i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: growing up in the world's biggest refugee camp, kutupalong in bangladesh, home to hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims who fled violence in myanmar. the two countries are discussing their repatriation, but there are grave concerns about their safety if they are sent back. we have a special report. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme. and it's official. "baby brain" is a real thing according to an australian study. we'll find out what causes mental fogginess in some pregnant women. and simon biles says she was sexually assaulted by her team doctor. live from our studios in singapore

and london, you're watching bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and 6am in the biggest refugee camp in the world, kutupalong, near the port city of cox's bazar in bangladesh. it's where around 570,000 rohingya muslims are forced to call home, having fled a violent military crackdown against them, across the border in myanmar. officials from both countries have been holding talks about repatriating hundreds of thousands of the refugees, but the united nations has expressed concern about the conditions they'd face if they went back. mishal husain is at the kutupalong refugee camp for newsday. it was a mass movement unmatched in recent yea rs it was a mass movement unmatched in recent years which created this refugee camp and the others in this area in the space ofjust five

months. they are dotted across the entire landscape in south—east bangladesh, right up to the border with myanmar, only a couple of miles away from where we are now. when you talk to the refugees, it is clear just how complex the idea of repatriation is, this process by which the bangladeshi and myanmar governments have been talking about today in the neighbouring capital. some of them say they will never go back unless their rights are guaranteed, and others are simply reside is spending the rest of their lives in these camps. in a camp where hundreds of refugees are still arriving every week, there is much to be done. new wells, new shelters, all part of providing for growing numbers and preparing the camp for the monsoon rains. the more construction and expansion that takes place at this last camp, the more permanent it starts to feel. but, at the same time, the talk of repatriating refugees is causing deep alarm. after the circumstances in which they fled myanmar less

than six months ago, who would really trust that things had changed enough for them to go home? that's because the destruction of their homes and villages continued even after myanmar said military operations had come to an end. these pictures were filmed by the bbc from the bangladeshi side of the border on the 10th of september last year, five days after the supposed ceasefire. this was your house? this is my house. that was also the day that irfan lost everything. a father of four, he was a secondary school teacher back in myanmar and lived here with his extended family. and who is that? that is my brother. the authorities told them they'd be safe, and then the soldiers came. translation: the military surrounded the whole area and they had weapons.

they opened fire as people were trying to leave. some escaped, but others were killed. my brother was at home that day, but he went out to check on his shop. he never came back. we don't know if he was burned alive. we still haven't heard anything. away from the main camp, another area is home to hindus from myanmar, who were caught up in the violence. they have been identified as among the first to be repatriated. but even they are not ready to go without international protection. translation: if the united nations goes with us, the hindus, we hope we will get security and be happy. if they are there, and we face any problems, the whole world will know about it. for now, it seems most likely that the children of these camps will grow up here without a country to call their own. the un's access to their old home, rakhine state, is severely restricted. they too call for change and for the rohingya to be doubly recognised. at this stage, i think it is premature to talk about returns in large numbers until three conditions exist. number one, the issue of citizenship and legal identity must be addressed.

they too call for change and for the rohingya to be doubly recognised. at this stage, i think it is premature to talk about returns in large numbers until three conditions exist. number one, the issue of citizenship and legal identity must be addressed. number two, there has to be a safe and secure environment for refugees to return to. number three, reconstruction and the re—establishment of services must occur. services here are more organised. but it's a precarious existence. a community who have been marginalised and persecuted are now entirely dependent on aid, and on what others decide for theirfuture. the other big fear is for what the months ahead hold for the refugees echoes of the extreme weather this

pa rt echoes of the extreme weather this part of bangladesh always experiences. —— because. three months of intense rain during the monsoon season. months of intense rain during the monsoon season. that not only increases the risk of disease, waterborne diseases, but it also means that the shelters, they are very flimsy shelters in which the refugees are living, they could washed away or blown away. so, it is a very does considerable worry for the aid agencies and of course the rohingya refugees themselves. another high—profile woman, this time in the world of sport, has come out and said she has been a victim of sexual abuse. olympic gold medallist, simone biles, has said that she too was abused by former usa gymnastics team doctor, larry nassar. in a letter published on twitter the athlete talked of her struggle to speak up and overcome the trauma. for more on this story, david willisjoins me now from washington dc. feel are seen on the background of

this story. -- fill us in. it was a long and heartfelt letter she penned. she said she wanted to go public on this, but in recent months, she has been feeling a little bit broken. she says the more i try to shut off the voices in my head, the louder it screams. larry was a trusted team physician. she says she should not have to carry the guilt that belongs to him, the agency and others. she goes on to say that it breaks the heart that in training to compete for tokyo, 2020, she has to return to the same facilities where she was sexually abused. we also know that he pleaded guilty over other cases last year. they were child pornography charges.

he is due in court tomorrow for what is expected to be a three—day sentencing process regarding various accusations of criminal sexual assault which he has already pleaded guilty for. he was sentenced at the end of last year to 60 years of prison. he could be sentenced to life the end of this hearing. now, today, one of simone biles' gymnastic colleagues, ali reitman, took to twitter to support her. she says you are incredible and i am shaking reading your post. i know we will all get through this together. now, she said she will not be attending the sentencing hearing beginning tomorrow in michigan because it is just all too dramatic for her. thank you very much for that, david willis, with the latest information. also this hour, police injakarta say the investigation

into what caused a mezzanine floor at the main stock exchange to collapse is ongoing. a warning that the pictures of the incident are quite distressing. cctv pictures recorded a group of more than 30 students crashing into the building's lobby. more than 70 people in total were injured, but there were no fatalities. pope francis has arrived in the chilean capital, santiago, at the start of a week—long visit to chile and peru. the trip has been overshadowed by accusations of child sexual abuse against almost eighty members of the chilean clergy. the highlight for the public of this three—day visit in santiago will be an open—air mass in a park on tuesday, which is expected to attract over half a million people. the pope will also meet victims of the military dictatorship of augusto pinochet. the philippine government has revoked the licence of one of the country's leading news websites. authorities say the rappler, which has two us investors, has violated a clause in the constitution that limits media ownership to philippine citizens. but editors of the website say it is an attempt of the government to silence criticism.

and here's something you don't see too often. a wayward wallaby wandering across sydney harbour bridge. police responded to a call after the marsupial was spotted and here's something you don't see too often. a wayward wallaby wandering across sydney harbour bridge. police responded to a call after the marsupial was spotted in lane eight on the northern side of the bridge. traffic controllers monitored the animal as it hopped across to lane one and headed onto the cahill expressway. the wallaby was eventually brought to the zoo for a check—up. and all seems to be well. let's go back to our main story, the plight of rohingya refugees in bangladesh. the aid agency unicef is calling it "a children's crisis" because of the large numbers of children who live in the camps. it's also voicing concern about the 25,000 refugee babies

who will be born there this year, and who won't have any legal papers. last september, the bbc‘s justin rowlatt met one rohingya woman who crossed the border when she was heavily pregnant. he's been back to see how she and her new baby are. hey, hello. mohammed is three and a half months old now. hello, mohammed. hello. but right from birth, he's faced discrimination. the bangladeshi authorities won't issue birth certificates to rohingya babies, so, officially, mohammed does not exist. we first met his mother the day she escaped from myanmar. she was nine months pregnant. she told me how the myanmar army and local buddhists had

attacked her village. but their troubles were far from over. guards moved her and herfamily on. they said there was land over the hill. but not enough for everyone. rishida's husband tried to stake out a plot, méféiwaxw-eam .u 7—77 — ' ' translation: he was born right here. there was no midwife, no medicine, no mat, no wood to light a fire. it was so painful, but by god's grace, a girl from next door came and cut the umbilical chord and then i picked him up from the mud. that's how my baby came into this world. luckily, mohammed hasn't caught cholera or diphtheria, two of the deadly diseases that have

broken out in the camps. but not having any official identity will be a real problem. it will be hard for him to get into school, to register for services and may make getting back into myanmar even more difficult for his family. so, like the rest of the refugees, he will have to eke out an existence here in bangladesh — stateless, with just a shack for a home, denied even the dignity of an official identity. justin rowlatt, bbc news. the former england footballer, cyrille regis, who became one of the first black players to achieve success at the highest level, has died. he wasjust 59. the player's former clubs include west brom, coventry and aston villa. 0ur sports correspondent, andy swiss, reports on an iconic career. commentator: regis taking it well on the chest,

and a lovely piece of control by regis. oh, and what a great shot. oh, what a goal! when it comes to making an impact, few ca n when it comes to making an impact, few can match cyril. there were few high—profile black players. he set about changing that, with pace and pinpoint precision. cyri regisl, going it alone. he has the power. not everyone was cheering. he was often subjected to racist abuse from the stands. he even received a bullet through the posts. nothing stopped him. —— post. bullet through the posts. nothing stopped him. -- post. you are used to it. i just stopped him. -- post. you are used to it. ijust took it as if someone

was trying to intimidate me. after becoming a west brom legend, he moved to coventry to be in 1987, he helped them lift the fa cup. —— coventry. he was awarded an mbe, a role model for a new generation of black footballers in is wide via his determination. -- inspired by his. he was the first footballer i looked at and he was the first footballer i looked atand said he was the first footballer i looked at and said that could be me. if you spoke to anybody in the neighbourhood where i grew up, it was the same. you know, he was this big, strong, black centre—forward who everyone wanted to be. at west brom this morning, the flat was at half—mast as fans paid their respects. they lost a treasure. he was far more than just a player, he

was far more than just a player, he was a footballing pioneer. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: disappearing from small town america. we look at the emotional cost of the us crackdown on immigration. also coming up: shock and sadness in the music industry. fans mourn the sudden death of the cranberries lead singer, dolores 0'riordan. we take a look back at the irish singer's life. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry, and it's one of its biggest, but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected.

huge parts of kobe were simply demolished as buildings crashed into one another. this woman said she'd been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black children in south africa have taken advantage of laws, passed by the country's new multiracial government, and enrolled at formerly white schools. tonight sees the 9,610th performance of her long—running play, the mousetrap. when they heard about her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonight's performance, but agatha christie would have been the last person to want such a thing. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: fears grow for the safety of thousands of rohingya muslims

in bangladesh, who face possible violence if they're forced to return home to myanmar. the us secretary of state rex tillerson heads to vancouver as foreign ministers from 20 countries meet to discuss north korea's nuclear ambitions. and several people have died in venezuela in an operation to try and capture a former police pilot, who's accused of taking a helicopter and throwing grenades at government buildings last year. an instagram video shows oliver perez with a bloodied face, saying the authorities were shooting at him with grenade launchers. that story is popular on bbc.com. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the new york times reports on how the us military is quietly preparing for a war they've hoping to avoid. it looks at field exercises and troop movements inside the united states.

the paper suggests they could be getting ready for a possible conflict with north korea. the china daily takes a look at the business of teaching the nation's tots. apparently it's going through a growth spurt. wealthy parents are happy to pay out to see their toddler reach the top of the class. that's got investors excited. but high prices and limited space mean many kids are missing out. the front page of the japan times features a new years resolution that might turn your blood cold. around 100 very brave swimmers took the plunge into freezing water. this traditional version of the ice bucket challenge is said to bring good health. now, what stories are sparking discussions online?

what do you do when you get a craving for your favourite dish but you are hundreds of miles away from getting it? well, a british ex—pat curry addict who was missing his favourite spicy meal arranged for it to be delivered to france. pilot james emery organised the long—haul delivery with the owner of a curry restaurant in southsea, hampshire. a total of 89 meals, 70 side dishes, 75 portions of rice, 100 papadums, and ten servings of mango chutney were prepared and packed on to an aircraft for the one—off flight to bordeaux. very tasty indeed. you've probably heard expectant mothers complain about something called ‘baby brain'. it's a feeling of fogginess or forgetfulness many feel during pregnancy. now a new study suggests it is a real phenomenon that affects cognitive functions as well as memory. earlier i spoke to linda burney, a

research on the study to explain the findings. 0ur our research revealed that we found differences in the memory of pregnant women versus differences in the memory of pregnant women versus non—pregnant women and also a range of other functions, like executive functioning, things like planning and mentalflexibility. did you functioning, things like planning and mental flexibility. did you get to the stage of figuring out why the human body reacts in this way, is specific reason? ok, we don't know for sure. 0ur specific reason? ok, we don't know for sure. our study was a meta—analysis. we took the results of 20 other studies, over 1200 women we looked at, with research that has been conducted over the two decades. this research doesn't necessarily tell us the reason behind that. but we suspect there are a number of things going on. things that happen naturally doing pregnancy, petit, the physical effects of nausea and tiredness —— fatigue.

the physical effects of nausea and tiredness -- fatigue. can you tell us tiredness -- fatigue. can you tell us when baby brain is likely to strike and how long it is likely to last for? we looked at two different types of studies. we looked at the studies that take one—time point in in—form's pregnancy and compare them to non—pregnant women. in those studies we found that the biggest difference was in the third trimester. that was where we found the greatest difference between pregnant women and non—pregnant women. what we found from the longitudinal studies, those studies that follow the women all the way through their pregnancy, that the change happens early. it looks like we start to see some cognitive changes the 21st second trimester, and then things slow down in the last pa rt and then things slow down in the last part of the woman's pregnancy —— the first and second. last part of the woman's pregnancy -- the first and second. is there any foundation to feeling that weight? in medical terms, what would

you say? -- weighty? after they have had the baby. a lot of the studies don't throw the women into that postpa rtu m don't throw the women into that postpartum period. immediately in that postpartum period when you have a new baby of course you have ongoing problems with fatigue, you'll sleep is interrupted. it is not surprising that happens in that period. but we don't have any evidence from the studies we looked out that the phenomenon continues after the baby is born. there is conflicting evidence there. some studies show us that women start performing back to their normal levels fairly soon afterwards. 0thers showed that those differences persist longer. we really don't know. that is why we are doing our current research study at the moment. dolores 0'riordan, lead singer of the irish rock band the cranberries, has died suddenly at the age of 46. she'd been involved in a recording session in london when she died. the cranberries, formed in the 1980s, had a string of hits and sold a0 million records around the world, as our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports.

# do you have to let it linger? # "linger" was the first song dolores 0'riordan ever wrote with the cranberries. it turned her and the band into stars. # ijust want to be with you. # "linger" was about teenage rejection. # i'm such a fool for you...# folks, do me a favour please welcome, and just in time for thanksgiving, the cranberries. their rapid success, particularly in america, soon saw the young singer—songwriter move on to weightier topics. # with their tanks and bombs...# zombie was a wrenchingly powerful protest song written after two young children were killed by an ira bomb. # in your head... # zombie, zombie. ..# last year, the band

were ready to tour once more, but it was cut short by health problems. i have had health issues a lot in the last few years, but one of the worst things was i had a disc problem in my back and i had stopped playing guitar. today, the irish prime minister said that for anyone who grew up in ireland in the 1990s, dolores 0'riordan was the voice of a generation. # you got me wrapped around yourfinger...# a generation tonight mourning the loss of one of music's great talents. # do you have to let it linger?# the singer dolores 0'riordan, whose death was announced on monday. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. we will be back with the headlines next. hello there. i think some people

will welcome the change to the weather this week to what we had last week, grey, at damp, drizzly conditions. this week is looking cold. we are getting our airfrom the arctic, from greenland. it will bring strong winds, sunshine and showers. the showers will continue to be frequent as they will through because of the night and into tuesday. snow falling over the high ground the north, wintry down to lower levels. to the south, largely rain. the tuesday, looking colder thanit rain. the tuesday, looking colder than it has been. windy as well. a mixture of sunshine and showers. most of them in the north and west of the uk. watch out for ice first thing across parts of scotland, northern ireland, and north—west england. there will be accumulating snow on the hills. it will be quite a wild morning. there could be some ice across parts of northern and western wales. to the south, the showers should be mainly of rain, maybe a little wintry nurse over the

highest hills. for east anglia into the east midlands and the south—east, a largely dry start. chilly where ever you are. throughout the day it will be blustery. west or north—west winds will be touching gale force in exposure. blowing in plenty of showers. most —— mostly in the north and west. snow and maybe blizzard conditions with the king in and the higher ground in the north. it will fill subzero with the north fools —— wind. 0n fill subzero with the north fools —— wind. on wednesday, fewer showers. they will be most frequent across the north and north—west corner of the north and north—west corner of the country. accumulating snow on the country. accumulating snow on the hills and wintry to be lower levels. lengthy spells of sunshine in parts of england and wales. temperatures 3— seven degrees. things get interesting as we head into the middle of the week. we look to the atlantic to the next area of low pressure. a deepening area of low pressure. a deepening area of low pressure. a deepening area of low pressure. it could bring a significant spell of gales, maybe severe, to england and wales. we

could see some significant snow through central southern scotland. either you get the gales or the snow in the north. it is likely there will be disruption possible. keep tuned to bbc local radio. it will move through quite quickly. thursday morning, the wind will have died down, the snow will have eased. not a bad day for central, southern, and eastern areas. further blustery showers across the north and west. things look that they will come down towards the end of the week and into the weekend. remaining on the cold side. i'm kasia madeira with bbc world news. the un high commissioner for refugees voices serious concerns about the repatriation of rohingya refugees from bangladesh to myanmar. the united nations has labelled the crisis as "ethnic clensing," and fears the rohingya people won't be safe if they return to myanmar. us secretary of state, rex tillerson, has left for vancouver in canada ahead of talks about north korea's nuclear ambitions. senior officials from 20 nations will gather there on tuesday. and this video is trending on bbc.com. an american firefighter made a miracle catch while responding

to an apartment fire. helmet camera footage shows the moment a resident escaping the building throws a child from a third floor balcony to a firefighter below. the blaze happened earlier this month, but the video has just been released. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk stephen sackur is in new york to speak to the hollywood actor and activist, ashleyjudd.