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Rohingya refugees crew on a fishing boat

Rohingya survivors face a new indignity: Banishment to a half-sunken island

The Rohingya may be pushed even farther from home: banished to a remote island off the coast of Bangladesh. There are nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Officials there are planning to relocate many of them to this tiny island as soon as next year.

a large group of Rohingya refugees shout slogans

Russians swept up in the Mueller probe, drama for Dolce & Gabbana, Bangladesh building remote Rohingya island

There are a lot of Russians who've surfaced in the long-running inquiry led by special counsel Robert Mueller. We learn who the main Russian characters in the probe are, and where they are now. Also, there was a time when Planned Parenthood enjoyed bipartisan support. One of its biggest Republican supporters? George H.W. Bush. Plus, a fashion brand is criticized for releasing an ad for the Chinese market that many around the world found insensitive and racist. Those stories, and the news, today on The World.

John A. Macdonald's statue against a grey sky

This founding father's legacy is darker than some Canadians care to remember

Sir John A. Macdonald is as close to a founding father as Canada has and monuments in his memory are sprinkled across the country. But now Macdonald is being remembered for a crueler aspect of his legacy: the infamous residential school system.

A man stands on a bicycle with a smoke flare in his hand, wearing a bright yellow vest in the street before the Arc de Triomphe. About 50 others also wearing yellow vests are also in the street.

For France's yellow vest protesters, 'gas tax is the tip of the iceberg'

Protests in France that initially targeted an increase in the gas tax have turned into a broader anti-Macron demonstration. Over the weekend, protesters torched cars and smashed windows in the worst disturbances Paris has seen since 1968.

a black and white Herrera and her band in a recording studio

Exclusive 360-degree video: Magos Herrera and Brooklyn Rider perform 'Balderrama'

The collaboration between Magos Herrera and Brooklyn Rider just released a 360-degree video of the song "Balderrama" shot in studio.

Magos Herrera and Brooklyn Rider against a dark background

A 360-degree music video, Canada's monument debate, the fallback of cutting climate pollution

A friend of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi has filed a lawsuit against an Israeli company that he says provided the spyware that allowed the Saudi government to spy on their conversations. Plus, Canada's debate over statues honoring its founding father Sir John A. Macdonald. Many Canadians feel it's time to reassess his legacy. Those stories, and the news, today on The World.

A red helicopter is shown landed on the Greenland ice sheet with team of three professors and three students unload their gear.

PHOTOS: Up close and personal with Greenland’s massive ice sheet

Researchers on Greenland’s ice sheet are trying to find out more about our planet and the future implications with rising seas. It’s also spectacularly beautiful and surreal.

Three people walk across ground covered in ice and snow as the horizon stretches behind them.

As Greenland’s ice sheet melts, scientists push to learn ‘how fast’

The Greenland ice sheet has long helped cool the world and keep sea levels stable. But now it's melting, and scientists are trying to learn as much as they can, as fast as they can.

Qatar's Minister of Energy Mohammed al-Sada speaks on a panel

Qatar is leaving OPEC. Other countries could follow.

Qatar's decision to leave the oil cartel comes after Saudi Arabia created a blockade in 2017 and issued a proposal this year to dig a ditch separating the two countries.

US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders all sit around a table, looking at the camera

President George H.W. Bush's legacy in the Middle East, dogs of diplomacy, truce in the trade war with China

The role former President George H.W. Bush played in the Middle East and the legacy of the Gulf War. Also, a look at OPEC, following Qatar's announcement that it plans to withdraw from the oil cartel next month. Plus, Monday mood music and the next installment of the Big Melt, our series on how the Arctic is changing because of climate change. Those stories, and the news, today on The World.

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