Britain is bracing itself for another Royal Wedding. Prince harry is to marry the american actress and campaigner, Meghan Markle, in the spring. Seems he proposed to his girlfriend of 18 months over a Roast Chicken dinner earlier this month. Word from Buckingham Palace is that the queen and duke of edinburgh are delighted for the couple and wish them every happiness. This report from our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. Finally, its official they are engaged to be married. Prince harry, fifth in line to the british throne, and Meghan Markle, an american, an actress, a divorcee and, as she has put it herself, a woman who is proud of her mixed race heritage. Seldom can a Royal Wedding have indicated so clearly how times have changed. Reporter how are you both feeling . Yeah, thrilled im very glad its not raining as well. Harry was asked when he realised meghan was the one. The very first time we met. Reporter meghan, can you show us the ring, please . Yes. Ah, yes, the ring designe
Glad you to join us. Its glad you tojoin us. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in the morning in london, and 7am in coxs bazaar, bangladesh, where more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have now fled from their homes over the border from myanmar because of violence. But for many, it has not been the escape to safety they had hoped for. They are extremely vulnerable. Many have no possessions, and some are becoming victims of sexual explication. Reeta chakrabarti is in bangladesh, and has sent this report, which you may find distressing. This is coxs bazar, famous for being the worlds longest sandy beach, and the town that is nearest the refugee camps. It looks idyllic. But as day turns to night, a seedier side emerges. A huge and desperate new population nearby provides Fresh Opportunities for exploitation. And weve spoken to some young female refugees who are in real danger. Rohingya girls, alone and in their teens, are being traded by their own people and local bangladeshis. Theyre sold for sex.
In global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Today were asking for your views on a story thats gone viral injapan. A female politician there brought her baby to an Assembly Session to highlight the difficulties faced by working mothers. She is drawing support on social media. But what do you think . Is it ok to bring children to the workplace in an emergency . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. 0n the second day of his visit to myanmar, pope francis will soon arrive in the capital, naypyidaw, to meet the countrys de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. The question Everyone Wants to know is how will he raise the plight of the rohingyas . More than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled across the border to bangladesh. An outraged International Community views it as ethnic cleansing. 0ur South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head is in yangon. Just tell us what is the official purpose of his visit . Officially it is a diplomatic visit. This pope has
Thrilled, it is such exciting news. It isa thrilled, it is such exciting news. It is a really happy time for any couple and we wish them all the best and hope they enjoy this happy moment. Thousands of tourists remain trapped on the indonesia island of bali as a volcano threatens to erupt. And the photographer from coventry whos finally found fame for his photographs at the age of 95. On the bbc news channel, we will have all the latest reports, results, interviews and features from the bbc sports centre. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Pope francis has urged myanmar to respect human rights, justice and different ethnicities, but he stopped short of specifically referring to the Rohingya Muslims, many of whom have fled to bangladesh. The pope was delivering a keynote speech in myanmar, where he met the countrys de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Hundreds of thousands of rohingyas fled a military crackdown in myanmar that began in august. Many of them are now living i
Jobs. Anna good morning everyone. This is bloomberg daybreak europe. Let us get straight over to the Market Action in the asiapacific. Energy story. Nd energy and mining stocks are feeling the brunt of the selling in the asian session. There are questions about the move over 4 or the 10 year chinese yields if that will influence the stock markets negatively there. Second day we are seeing drops away from the highs. Doubts lingering in the markets as to whether there were as to whether there is really a conviction. That looms large on the agenda for thursday. We are getting comments from the Saudi Oil Minister saying there are no differences in opec. Is there asndex well. Pretty flat right now. We did see a little rally in the yen earlier. That perhapsjapan the North Koreans are preparing a Missile Launch and that increased the appetites for the risk havens earlier. We have the Jerome Powell testimony. Looking at the markets in the u. S. Fridays terms of shopping, cyber monday. We talke