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Newshour: New humanitarian crisis in Myanmar

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New humanitarian crisis in Myanmar

28/04/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, New humanitarian crisis in Myanmar

United Nations warning as civilians flee fighting between army and rebels in the north.

The United Nations warns of a new crisis as thousands of civilians flee fighting between the Burmese army and ethnic Kachin rebels in northern Myanmar.

Also in the programme: a massive protest in the Spanish city of Pamplona over acquittals in gang-rape case; and commemorations of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx.

Picture: Displaced Kachin residents flee fighting in northern Myanmar. Credit: ZAU RING HPARA/AFP/Getty Images.

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