who ve been persecuted in their home country of myanmarfor decades. life in the camps is hard. rations have been cut to $8 a month, employment is prohibited and crime is rife. five rohingya gangs now operate in the camps and they re killing hundreds of their fellow refugees. at 1:30am, we get reports of another murder. entry to the camps is forbidden at night, but our team is just outside and have made contact with the victim s family. his name was muhammad yusuf. nabi hossain is a rohingya drug gang that uses the camps to traffic methamphetamines from myanmar to bangladesh. as muhammad s family wait for the body to be released, they tell us the gruesome details of how he was killed. with the gangs stalking the camps, it s too dangerous for refugees to speak openly about the violence. but this man has agreed to meet a secret location. mohammed taher was a community leader in kutupalong s camp 16. two years ago, gangs started smuggling drugs through his area. taher was blindfo
Most people took the bare minimum a suitcase and a tiny amount of cash. My mum wasjust saying, take the money out, throw it away. Mum, mum, its money no, just throw it now she must have left a lot behind. She did. We literally took nothing at all. I grew up Hearing Stories of a tropical paradise. But towards the end of their time there, my familys reality was very different. I must reorganise this country properly. Now, im going there with my mum and my aunt to understand more about what they lost, and how the expulsion impacted the country. You asking us questions, reha, but at that time, when you see how people run. Is this from uganda . Yeah. This is from uganda. They brought it with them. You put gas in here and then youd, what. Turn. Paraffin. Paraffin gas, yeah. Im reha, a reporter for the bbc, and im looking into my family history. What was your favourite thing to do at home . At home, favourite things. Actually, if you ask me, cooking. This is from uganda we brought it with us.
those of the latest headlines. now on bbc news the interview: sheikh hasina. bangladesh s prime minister sheikh hasina has been in power for past 1a years. her supporters describe her as a saviour, and her critics says she is a dictator, and her critics say she is a dictator, she s a dictator, accusing her of human rights abuses. in a rare and wide ranging interview with the bbc, sheikh hasina sits down with me, yalda hakim, to discuss some of the most important issues facing her country and the international community. she remains defiant when it comes to the treatment of the minority rohingya refugees and says that she is refugees and says that she s in no hurry to step down as the country s leader. you are the world s longest serving female leader. you re often described as the iron lady of bangladesh, you re the daughter of the founder of the country. i just want to know, how the last 1a years have been for you personally? i can tell you one thing the last 1a years ha
important issues facing her country. she remains defiant when it comes to the treatment of the minority rohingya refugees and says that she is in no hurry to step down as the leader of the country. you are the world s longest serving female leader. often described as the iron lady of bangladesh, you are the daughter of the founder of the country. i just want to know, how have the last 14 years have been for you personally? the last 14 years have been the best time for bangladesh. in every aspect, we made tremendous development. we couldn t do it in the past because, after independence, our father of the nation got only three years and seven months to build up the strength of his country and develop the country. after the military ruler took over directly or indirectly, then in 2008, when we won the election, it was a continuous democratic process for 14 years. that really helped our country to develop. every sector we made some progress. your country has been described as a f
give up its secrets. rebecca morelle, bbc news. the time is 10:30pm and darren is here with the weather. hello, i want to touch on the flooding in italy first of all. this is just another example of severe weather becoming more severe and happening more often. it wasn t too long ago that this part of italy was in drought, but there has been six months of rain in the last couple of weeks which has certainly changed all that. this programme contains repetitive flashing images there s more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight with victoria which is just getting under way the site of the former redcar steelworks is at the centre of a furious row between the conservative mayor of tees valley and labour. truly shocking. industrial scale corruption on teesside. a huge site acquired by the public body south tees developments limited for £12 million, in 2019. what s going on then? we ll talk live to the conservative mayor who s facing labour claims of cronyism, corruption