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
condemned internationally. now on bbc news, it s time for the interview with sheikh hasina. bangladesh s prime minister sheikh hasina has been in powerfor last 1a years. hersupporters hasina has been in powerfor last 1a years. her supporters described her as a saviour, and her critic says she is a dictator. they accuse her of human rights abuses. in a rare and wide ranging interview with the bbc, sheikh hasina sits down with 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 in no hurry to step down as the leader of the country. you are the world s longest serving female leader. often this bribed as the iron lady of bangladesh, you are the iron lady of bangladesh, you are the daughter of the founder of the country. i just the daughter of the founder of the country. ijust want the daughter of the founder of the coun
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
attack drones, more air defence, a new uk flying school for pilots. the europeans are keen to support ukraine s expected counteroffensive, but can they provide president zelensky with the kit he needs? we will get the view from kyiv and london. at home, rishi sunak is marshalling his troops. a downing street reception tonight, to officially celebrate the coronation of king charles iii. but is it also a much needed charm offensive, amid more splits in tory ranks over brexit and immigration? speaking of which, who s going to pick the spring cabbage and the rhubarb? the farmers said today they need more labour and higher prices to solve the food crisis in britain. and we will take a look tonight at those election results from turkey no victor in round one but early advantage president erdogan. but we start tonight with president zelensky s visit to the uk. ukraine he says, can defeat russia by the end of this year, with the right kind of western help. the latest tranche of sup
the sort of area between russian and ukrainian territory. the two sides had agreed on a two hour cease fire, so there was a narrow window of time that we had to move in and out during which there was no shelling which is pretty unusual in that area along that contact line in zaporizhzhia. and essentially at a certain point we had to stay back a little bit and an ambulance went with further down the road where the russians passed the body of joshua jones to the ukrainians. they then brought him down towards us, they took the body out. those two lawmakers who i mentioned, ukrainian lawmaker, went as side to identify the body. they had been in discussions with the russian side and already exchanged photographs to be sure that was it the body of i don t joshua jones. there were certain tattoos and markings that they used to identify him. and he was driven in to the city of zaporizhzhia and he will move on to kyiv and from there the hope is that as soon as possible he will be repa