national congress, china announces a big boost to its military spending as it warns attempts to contain it are escalating. supporters of pakistan s former prime minister imran khan gather at his house, as police arrive to arrest him. hello and welcome. we re going to start in bangladesh, where aid agencies say a huge fire has broken out in a refugee camp in the south east of the country. these are some of the latest pictures. it s being reported the fire is in the cox s bazaar district and has been brought under control. the charity action aid said their initial assessment suggested around 12,000 people had been affected. no casualties have been reported so far. we been reported so far. will hear from the internatioi federation we will hear from the international federation of the red cross and red crescent later in the programme, stay with us for that. a historic agreement to protect the world s oceans has been approved after ten years of talks. marine life is at risk from c
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this is bbc news. the headlines. a huge fire has ripped through one of the rohingya refugee camps in bangladesh. the blaze in cox s bazar district has been brought under control. more than 2,000 shelters had been gutted, affecting around 12,000 people. no casualties have been reported so far. after more than a decade of negotiations, un member states have agreed to establish an international treaty to protect the high seas. environmental groups say it will help reverse marine biodiversity losses. military spending in china will increase by more than 7% this year. at the opening of congress, the premier, li keqiang, called for more soldiers to be trained under combat conditions. and prince harry describes writing his memoir as an act of service in the hope that sharing details will help others. you re watching bbc news. now its time for ukraine: the children s story. child: the day before war started wasjust like any other. we played with our friends and ate with our familie
this is bbc news. the headlines. a huge fire has ripped through one of the rohingya refugee camps in bangladesh. the blaze in cox s bazar district has been brought under control. more than 2,000 shelters had been gutted, affecting around 12,000 people. no casualties have been reported so far. after more than a decade of negotiations, un member states have agreed to establish an international treaty to protect the high seas. environmental groups say it will help reverse marine biodiversity losses. military spending in china will increase by more than 7% this year. at the opening of congress, the premier, li keqiang, called for more soldiers to be trained under combat conditions. and prince harry describes writing his memoir as an act of service in the hope that sharing details will help others. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for witness history: lgbt special. hello. i m ben boulos. thanks forjoining me at the queer british museum in london for this edition of witness
cheering and applause thanks forjoining us on bbc news. a huge fire has ripped through one of the rohingya refugee camps in cox s bazar in south east bangladesh. the charity action aid said their initial assessment was that more than 2,000 shelters had been gutted, leaving around 12,000 people homeless. hundreds of thousands of rohingya refugees, who escaped violence in neighbouring myanmar, have been living in crammed camps near the border in bangladesh. earlier, i spoke to the country director of action aid bangladesh about what happened. it s a very densely populated camp. we host more than a million people in the rohingya refugee camps. so far, over12,000 people have been affected. a lot of people have been temporary evacuated. they came to the centre like action aid has, community centres in camp 11, and they are taking refuge there. and the water points, as already mentioned, and two of the health centres, primary health centres were affected. and tomorrow morning, we w