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BBC News with Sue Montgomery.
Spain's cabinet has passed a decree authorizing the removal of the remains of the fascist dictator general Francisco Franco from a monument to those who died in the Spanish Civil War. The general was laid to rest in the basilica, the Valley of the Fallen after his death in 1975. Mike Sanders reports. It is a grandiose burial site. A huge cross stands sentinel in the Guadarrama hills. Beneath lies the Catholic Basilica where general Francisco Franco's tomb has pride of place in the nave. Unlike the anonymous thousands also buried there, he did not die in the Civil War that killed up to half a million spaniards in the 1930s. The victorious fascist built it as a symbol of national reconciliation. It has proved anything but. For the far-right, it's a place of pilgrimage where sympathizers give fascist salutes. For the left. it's a vainglorious reminder of their defeat.
130 parliamentarians from Southeast Asia have urged the UN Security Council to take Myanmar to the International Criminal Court over its treatment of the Rohingyas. One year ago, Myanmar security forces drove more than 700,000 Rohingyas into neighboring Bangladesh. Jonathan Head reports from Bangkok. This is an unusually strong statement from politicians in a region where governments typically go out of their way to avoid criticizing each other. In their statement, the MPs expressed their grave concern over the risk of impunity for the perpetrators of atrocities against the Rohingya population in Rakhine State last year. Myanmar is not a signatory to the Rome Statute which established the International Criminal Court, so the court has no automatic jurisdiction there.
Scott Morrison has been sworn in as Prime Minister of Australia hours after his predecessor Malcolm Turnbull was forced out of office by Liberal Party rivals. Mr. Morrison, an ally of Mr. Turnbull, defeated two other candidates in a party leadership election. From Sydney, Phil Mercer. Scott Morrison and his deputy have presented themselves as the new generation that can put a bruised and battered government back together. They've promised to focus on the drought that has gripped much of Eastern Australia. But as they try to get back to business, huge divisions remain in the center-right coalition. Malcolm Turnbull, the former Prime Minister, said that Australians would be dumbstruck and appalled by this week's political infighting. Regaining the trust of voters will be Scott Morrison's great challenge.
BBC News.
