welcome to the programme. i m yalda hakim. we start in bangladesh where thousands of refugees have seen their homes destroyed or damaged by a powerful cyclone. the weather system hit land on sunday, narrowly avoiding a direct hit on the world s largest refugee camp in cox s bazar. at least 29 people were killed in myanmar, which bore the brunt of the storm. in a moment we ll have an exclusive interview with bangladesh s prime minister sheikh hasina. they were forced to see out the storm in their flimsy shelters. agency say a nightmare situation was just averted a stop that serves as a reminder of the vulnerability of almosti million refugees. in reminder of the vulnerability of almosti million refugees. in a moment, we will have an exclusive interview with the prime minister, but earlier this month, the bbc was given special access to the camp. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan and her team report now on the story of anwar a five year old boy who has only kno
the country has set a modest target for economic growth this year of around 5%, as it kicked off the annual session of its national people s congress, which is poised to implement the biggest government shake up in a decade. last year, successive strict lockdowns slowed growth in china. official figures show the world s second largest economy grew by 3% last year, which was way below the government target of 5.5% and its slowest for decades. now, compared to many economies, a 5% growth target sounds very positive but as janet mui, head of market analysis at brewin dolphin, explained china is an exception. i think economists were pretty disappointed at this conservative growth forecast, as you mentioned. it is actually a high figure for the developed market, but china is still an emerging market that should be growing strongly. so this is slower than expected, because i think in the previous year the government has missed this gdp growth target and i don t think that they
couzens has been sentenced for 19 months on top of the whole life term he is serving four sarah everard s death. of the whole life term he is serving for sarah everard s death. also on the programme: three people are found dead in a crashed car in cardiff days after they went missing. two others remain seriously ill in hospital. in iran, fury from parents of hundreds of schoolgirls who ve been victims of suspected gas poisonings. welcome to a place that is astonishing. and the beauty of the british isles, documented by sir david attenborough for the first time. and coming up on the bbc news channel, fulham look to equal a club record sixth away win in the top flight as they travel to brentford, who are also riding high. his extraordinary run in front of the goal continues. good evening. victims of the former metropolitan police officer wayne couzens, who s been sentenced for three offences of indecent exposure, have said he could have been stopped before murdering sarah evera