be sent back to myanmar. and a helping hand for graduates. president biden cancels $10,000 of student debt for millions of americans. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in ukraine, where the country s president, volodymyr zelensky, says a russian missile strike on a rail station has killed at least 22 people and wounded dozens more. mr zelensky had previously warned that russia might do something cruel to disrupt ukraine s independence day which coincidentally fell on the same day as the six month anniversary of the invasion.
she is forced to rely on basic rations to feed her young boys. translation: five years ago, the myanmar military - entered our houses and tortured us. we came here to stay alive. now i can t feed my children properly or give them nice clothes or medicine. we are in a bad situation. it was in august 2017 that hundreds of thousands of rohingyas crossed the borderfrom myanmar, escaping a deadly crackdown by the country s military. carrying whatever they could, they fled to neighbouring bangladesh. five years on and many of the refugees have made their way here to india, home to tens of thousands of rohingya muslims living in squalid conditions. many say they don t feel welcome here either. india s government describes them as illegalforeigners it
rations to feed her young boys. translation: five years ago the myanmar military - entered our houses and tortured us. we came here to stay alive. now i can t feed my children properly or give them nice clothes or medicine. we are in a bad situation. it was in august 2017 that hundreds of thousands of rohingyas crossed the borderfrom myanmar, escaping a deadly crackdown by the country s military. carrying whatever they could, they fled to neighbouring bangladesh. five years on and many of the refugees have made their way here to india, home to tens of thousands of rohingya muslims living in squalid conditions. many say they don t feel welcome here either. india s government describes them as illegalforeigners it says should be deported. for years, rohingya muslims have led
this is newsday on the bbc. i m karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: ukraine continues to put up a strong resistance to russian force six months into the war. it comes as 22 people are killed in a rocket attack on a train station. and thailand s prime minister is suspended by the country s constitutional court while it considers whether he s ruled for too long. it s been five years since hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims fled their native myanmar, after a deadly crackdown by the government there. more than 700,000 people escaped the country. the majority left for neighbouring bangladesh, ending up in the world s largest refugee camp in cox s bazar. others are now in other asian nations, including india. both india and bangladesh want to send them back to myanmar but with the military in charge there, it s not an option. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report from delhi.
the hope of returning to myanmar never fades. but with the military who attacked their families now in charge of the country, it s still not safe. what no one can tell these rohingya children is when they ll be able to go home. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. to the us now, where president biden has announced he will cancel up to $10,000 in federal student loans for millions of americans who earn less than $125,000 each year. those who received pell grants to go to university, which are given to people in most financial need, will be eligible for double that figure. an estimated 43 million americans owe a combined total of $1.6 trillion in federal student debt. here s the president speaking earlier. much of my time is spent how do we remain the most competitive nation in the world, with the strongest economy