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26/06/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Burmese Army General Sacked

The army says Maung Maung Soe was sacked for showing weakness regarding Rohingya attacks

The Burmese army has sacked a general, named by the EU as being responsible for atrocities against hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas because it says he showed weakness.

The Burmese army has sacked General Maung Maung Soe, named by the EU as being responsible for atrocities against hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas - because it says he showed weakness.

Also in the programme: Are Ethiopia and Eritrea about to make peace? and a Spanish doctor goes on trial accused of stealing a baby from her mother under the Franco regime.

(Photo: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Credit: Getty Images)

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