and that people watch it. so the fact that we have come all the way this far has been so exciting. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin our coverage today with the story of a huge fire in bangladesh which has destroyed about 2,000 shelters at a rohingya refugee camp in the south east of the country. officials say the blaze has been brought under control but around 12,000 people have been left homeless at the camp in cox s bazar district and have nowhere to go. 0ur correspondent anbarasan ethirajan reports. the bamboo shelters of rohingya refugees in cox s bazar district are no match for the raging blaze. residents ran from the huts with their meagre belongings as the fire spread quickly. it s yet another blow for the rohingya refugees who had to flee their homes from neighbouring myanmar. thousands have become homeless in a matter of few hours. it will be a challenge for the authorities to rehome those affected. nearly a mi
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the fire has been put out in a few hours and the damage is being assessed. there have been a number of fire incidents in the camps in the past few years, and some are thought to be arson attacks. for the rohingyas, life is precarious, sometimes the camps are inundated with floodwaters, and in the dry season, the risk of fire. a stark reminder on the living condition of rohingya refugees. anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news. joining me now from the refugees international organisation is the vice president for programmes and policy hardin lang. great to get you on the programme and thank you forjoining us at a time where i imagine your teams on the ground are working very hard with folks out there. what is the situation right now? the situation as we heard situation right now? the situation as we heard in situation right now? the situation as we heard in your situation right now? the situation as we heard in your broadcasts i as we heard in your broadcasts appears to be increasingly under
UN urges US to drop Houthi terrorist designation
UN urges US to drop Houthi terrorist designation
15th Jan 2021
By Michael Hernandez
WASHINGTON (AA): The UN urged the Trump administration on Thursday to reverse its decision to label Yemen’s Houthi [Ansar Allah] rebels as a terror group, warning the move could exacerbate the country’s dire humanitarian crisis.
The UN’s aid chief Mark Lowcok told the Security Council the decision will push the impoverished nation into “a large-scale famine on a scale that we have not seen for nearly 40 years.”
Yemen, which has been locked in a civil conflict exacerbated by regional interests since 2014, imports 90% of its food through commercial channels. The Houthis control commerce in areas they govern.
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