this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lucy grey. our top stories. after a decade of talks, more than 100 un member states agree on a treaty to protect our oceans. the ship has reached the shore. cheering and applause. a huge fire has broken out in one of the rohingya refugee camps in bangladesh. it's thought more than 2,000 shelters have been gutted, affecting around 12,000 people. police in athens clash with protestors, who blame the government for greece's worst ever train crash in which 57 people died. at the opening of its

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 climate change, pollution and overfishing, and climate activists are hailing the deal as a massive step. the new high seas treaty aims to safeguard marine life in 30% of areas that don't belong to any single country. it will establish limits on fishing, shipping and exploration activities. this would represent a substantial increase from the 1.2% which is protected under the current framework signed a0 years ago in 1982, the un convention on the law of the sea. the urgency stems from estimates that nearly 10% of marine species are at risk of exctinction. the bbc�*s esme stallard reports. the ship has reached the shore. cheering and applause

it took all night, but countries from around the world finally agreed on how to protect the high seas. we will formally adopt the text in all six official languages of the united nations. high seas are international waters that aren't controlled by any nation. they make up two thirds of the world's oceans and play host to most of our planet's marine life — some two million species. until now, all countries had a right to fish, ship and research in these areas, but it's left the animals and plants living there vulnerable. around 10% of monitored species are at risk of extinction. i think that this treaty, that will lay the groundwork for creating 30% of the ocean into marine sanctuaries that cannot be fished in, is so important. we have to save these creatures. talks were deadlocked for years,

mostly over how genetic material from plants and animals found in the high seas should be shared between nations. several important drugs, including treatments for covid, hiv and cancer, were developed from marine life. the potential for profit is huge. but no—one knows how much ocean resources are truly worth, nor how they could be split. it's a little bit hard to even wrap our heads around how big and how distant these areas are. if you imagine, like, a big high—definition wide—screen tv and if only, like, three or four of the pixels on that giant screen are working, that's kind of our knowledge of the deep ocean. we don't know so much of what's going on. countries will need to meet again to formally adopt the treaty. but for many, now there will be much relief. esme stallard, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to the bbc world service environment correspondent

navin singh khadka, who said while agreement was a big important achievement there were many further steps needed to implement the treaty. it remains to be seen how actually this will be implemented, and just to make it clear, this is yet to be adopted. the legalities, that's where they will have to work. and actually, the sharing of resources, a massive controversial issue, how will that be implemented? yet to be seen. and again, things like deep sea mining, will that be really assessed before actions happen? it's already a controversial issue. things like that, yet to be seen. sojust explain, these areas are going to be created as affected areas, and as you say, the implementation will be the key, who is going to ensure people stick to the rules in these vast areas? right. so let me take you back to last december, when they decide this

biodiversity agreement that committed to 30% of the ocean, 30% of land conservation. the thing was, that was an agreement but there was no legal ground how you implement it. this treaty, the high seas treaty as it is known, will help to secure that legal framework to secure what is known as the marine protected areas, mpas, and that is how they will go about it, they'll have to know where the locations are, 30% of the oceans, two thirds of it... that is where they have to really work on it. because there were disputes about doing it on the basis of consensus, or voting? that took time, and that is now thrashed out. lots to be worked on. you briefly mentioned the genetic material side of things. i know you said there isn't full agreement, but these are the materials that can go on to be used to make vital drugs in the future.

we may not even know what's out there in terms of how useful it is, but what are the options in terms of sharing that? well, the thing is, this is about the vast genetic materials there... again, we don't even know what they are right now. we are talking about pharmaceuticals, as we saw in that report, treatments for several diseases. and also other things, for example, deep sea mining, when we talk about all those rare materials to make electric vehicles, batteries, things like that. those are the things, again, how do you actually share? that is broadly agreed now, but again, there is a high alliance of countries working on this. poor countries have alsojoined in. but the details yet to come out. there is broad agreement. let's hope this works. this is a first step.

how many years are we talking for more concrete developments? lots of people now have to go home and it has to be agreed domestically, there are so many further steps required. how long are we talking? well, it took around 20 years to get here. and now we don't know, actually. the sooner, the better. but as you know with all these treaties we've seen in the past, let's say with the climate treaty, what happened with the biodiversity treaty, it takes time. but the thing is, what we need to understand here, i must quickly mention here, this is notjust about those minerals or genetic materials. 0ceans, as you know, half of the oxygen we breathe is from the ocean. similarly, the regulation of climate, climate change, how those climates are regulated, it's all about that as well. that's why scientists are saying this has to be done as soon as possible.

there is urgency. without that, none of the other agreements, climate agreement, biodiversity agreement, none of them can be implemented. that's why there is urgency and countries are under pressure. let's return now to bangladesh, where aid agencies say a massive fire has broken out in one of the rohingya refugee camps in the south—east of the country. no casualties reported so far. i'm joined now by rusikesh harichandan from the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies. what can you tell us about the fire? the fire broke out today at around 3pm in the camp and it took almost

two hours to be handled by the fire service agencies. it has brought massive damage, around 12,000 people affected. the facilities... services have been damaged. to mention particularly the camp, ten, 11, and nine, particularly damaged the facilities in these centres, very badly damaged. no casualties reported, however right now things are ongoing. inaudible. the civil defence and the fire brigade... the civil defence and the fire brigade- - -— the civil defence and the fire

brigade... right now they are communicating _ brigade... right now they are communicating with - brigade... right now they are communicating with the - brigade... right now they are - communicating with the commissioner and we extend our full support. we have been actually working closely with various people... tomorrow morning we will get a complete picture, however right now, it is continuing, and there will be more updates as soon as we have more information. updates as soon as we have more information-— updates as soon as we have more information. , , ., ., ., ., information. give us an idea of what the camp is — information. give us an idea of what the camp is like. _ information. give us an idea of what the camp is like. it _ information. give us an idea of what the camp is like. it is _ information. give us an idea of what the camp is like. it is huge, - information. give us an idea of what the camp is like. it is huge, isn't - the camp is like. it is huge, isn't it? so many people living so very close to each other.— close to each other. yes. these cam -s close to each other. yes. these camps are _ close to each other. yes. these camps are actually _ close to each other. yes. these camps are actually very - close to each other. yes. these - camps are actually very constrained, so many people living in these camps. it will be estimated now

thousands of people affected and 2000 houses damaged, but the picture will be clear once the morning starts, because it was almost evening by the time the agencies... we will be able to get more details as soon as we have more numbers to share. , , ., share. the numbers are huge, thousands— share. the numbers are huge, thousands of— share. the numbers are huge, thousands of people _ share. the numbers are huge, thousands of people will - share. the numbers are huge, thousands of people will need | thousands of people will need rehousing, finding shelter for them. where are they going to go? yes. where are they going to go? yes, this is a huge _ where are they going to go? yes, this is a huge operation. - where are they going to go? 133 this is a huge operation. as part of our agencies, we have tarpaulin and plastic nets... at least we can help

families... we hope we will be able to respond to those, fortunately there is no casualty which is a good part of that. we will also look tomorrow as we plan... co—ordinating with the authorities, like in the last fire, we were able to pitch tents the next day, and we want to do that tomorrow, that is our plan. appreciate you taking the time to speak to us, you must be very busy, really good of you to keep us up—to—date. really good of you to keep us up-to-date-_ really good of you to keep us u-to-date. ., ~ i. . violent clashes have broken out between police and protesters outside the greek parliament in athens after last week's rail tragedy. earlier, the greek prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, asked the families of the victims

of tuesday's rail disaster for forgiveness. the collision between a passenger and a freight train has caused nationwide outrage. in the last few hours, demonstrators set fire to rubbish bins and threw molotov cocktails. police responded by firing tear gas and stun grenades. 0fficers said 12,000 people had gathered in front of the parliament to demand accountability for the collision. at least 57 people died when two trains collided near the city of larissa. in a facebook post addressed to the nation, mr mitsotakis said he owed everyone an apology, but especially the victims' relatives. earlier, i spoke to greek freelance journalist anthee carassava, who gave us the background to the events on the ground in athens. these violent scuffles, as you said, broke out at the tail end of what was actually a very peaceful demonstration, one of many we've been seeing, rolling demonstrations and protests

for the past four days. we saw black—clad youth, militant youth, coming in and hurling petrol gas bombs at the greek parliament. and then there were scuffles that ensued between them and riot police. we understand that these scuffles have died down, they have subsided a bit. but there are draconian measures in place to keep them from heating up again. this is a scene that is recurring and will continue to be recurring, because there is a lot of palpable anger, notjust here in athens in front of parliament that we are seeing these violent demonstrations. we've seen them up in the north in thessaloniki, where most of these victims... inaudible.

..university students attending... station master was taken to testify before a public prosecutor. so there's a lot of palpable anger, and rightly so, if i may add. because while the government has attributed this tragic accident, the deadliest in greek history, to human error, a nation is asking, why are these types of accident recurring? and why this apology by the prime minister is coming 57 victims too late. china has announced a large increase in military spending and says it'll train more of its soldiers under combat

conditions, at the country's once—a—year parliamentary session. but the annual congress has set a modest target for post—pandemic economic growth this year. as our china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports from beijing, the gathering is also being used by xi jinping to further consolidate his power. the message to this mass gathering was that the government here has a plan for post—pandemic recovery. after xi jinping's standing took a hit from the strict anti—covid measures which hurt many people's livelihoods. the premier defended the party's handling of covid. translation: we overcame difficulties. _ we succeeded in maintaining an overall stable economic performance. ditching zero—covid has brought the economy back to life, and a 5% growth target was announced for this year. analysts think this is conservative. people are flocking to the major cities in search of opportunities, and the rebound is... i will say better than

expected originally. people told us they're definitely spending more. translation: we are going out| with friends, eating and drinking. translation: the covid restrictions really affected business, _ and now we are back to normal. china's economy is already rebounding — but it is, after all, coming off a pretty low base following years of pandemic. now there are concerns that these key economic roles within government are all to be filled with xi jinping loyalists, who won't be giving him the frank and fearless advice he needs to be hearing about the trajectory of the country. the outgoing premier is a respected economist from a different power bloc to mr xi. the man expected to replace him was once xi jinping's chief of staff. it seems everyone now is from team xi. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing.

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0lly. i'm here, many thanks. we arejust a few hours away from one of the biggest pictures in the premier league calendar, liverpool against manchester united at anfield, it finished 2—1 united at old trafford earlier in the season, and they are looking to complete the double over liverpool for the first time in seven years. united are third in the table, set to qualify for the champions league. liverpool would move up to fifth with a win. the? move up to fifth with a win. they -la ed a move up to fifth with a win. they played a better— move up to fifth with a win. they played a better season _ move up to fifth with a win. tie: played a better season than us move up to fifth with a win. ti3:1 played a better season than us so far, but thank god, it means nothing for the game on sunday. we have our own targets, yes, it would be a boost, 100%. we have to make sure we really show it's still incredibly difficult to play against us, because when we played there, it looked incredibly difficult to play

against them. we have to make sure they realise again it's really not a m they realise again it's really not a joy to face us. we they realise again it's really not a joy to face us— joy to face us. we don't have to compare- _ joy to face us. we don't have to compare- it's — joy to face us. we don't have to compare. it's about, _ joy to face us. we don't have to compare. it's about, yeah, - joy to face us. we don't have to compare. it's about, yeah, the | compare. it's about, yeah, the future, — compare. it's about, yeah, the future, it's— compare. it's about, yeah, the future, it's about now. we face a fantastic — future, it's about now. we face a fantastic opponent, we are looking forward _ fantastic opponent, we are looking forward. so it's all about us getting _ forward. so it's all about us getting the right preparation, to be ready— getting the right preparation, to be ready for— getting the right preparation, to be ready for that game. before that, the focus switches towards the bottom of the table. everton would move out of the bottom three with a win at nottingham forest, who are currently 1ath, four points ahead of them. four games in la liga in spain. the leaders barcelona take on valencia this afternoon. real madrid travel to real betis.

in italy, inter milan would move up to second with a win at the san siro. roma facejuventus in the italian capital later. less tha n less than two hours away from the first race of the formula 1 season. world champion max verstappen on pole position in bahrain. a red bull one—two, with sergio perez alongside him on the front row. both ferraris on the second row. charles leclerc a quarter of a second off the pace in third. this applies in qualifying, fernando alonso, getting his aston martin up to fifth, but it is max verstappen they will have to catch. a few things we still need to work on, we tried a lot in the practice sessions. never really got together. but we did the best compromise. of course very happy to be on pole but

i still don't feel as happy as in testing. still a few things we need to look at before the next race. that is in about an hour and a half, in bahrain. you can follow that on the bbc sport website. that's all for now. supporters of pakistan's former prime minister imran khan have gathered outside his home in lahore. here are those pictures. mr khan is facing arrest. a judge issued a warrant last week after he failed to appear in court, in a case relating to incorrectly declaring presents from foreign leaders. mr khan says the case is politically motivated. today, the bbc in india will announce the winner of the bbc�*s indian sportswoman of the year award 2022. the award honours the achievements of indian female players and is part of the bbc�*s commitment in india to cover women in sports and news. to talk us through the nominees, i'mjoined

by our correspondent divya arya. there are five, talk us through them. �* , . . there are five, talk us through them. �*, ., . ., ., ., them. it's a much awaited night for us here. them. it's a much awaited night for us here- lots _ them. it's a much awaited night for us here. lots of— them. it's a much awaited night for us here. lots of players, _ them. it's a much awaited night for us here. lots of players, sports - us here. lots of players, sports administrators and politicians, the ceremony about to begin any minute. the five nominees include three 0lympic the five nominees include three olympic medal winners. i'll begin with pv sindhu, a badminton player and the only indian woman to win consecutive medals at the olympics. then there is diminutive but really impressive weightlifter mirabai chanu, also an olympic medallist. and then two wrestlers, sakshee malikkh and vinesh phogat. medal winners at the olympics and the commonwealth and a asian games. and last but not least, nikhat zareen

who won a medal at the world boxing championship last year. tell who won a medal at the world boxing championship last year.— championship last year. tell us how the nominees _ championship last year. tell us how the nominees are _ championship last year. tell us how the nominees are chosen. - championship last year. tell us how the nominees are chosen. we - championship last year. tell us how the nominees are chosen. we have| championship last year. tell us how i the nominees are chosen. we have an independent — the nominees are chosen. we have an independentjury _ the nominees are chosen. we have an independentjury of— the nominees are chosen. we have an independent jury of sports _ independentjury of sports journalists and writers who go through the achievements of sportswomen over the last calendar year, 2022, and they come down to these five nominees. but after that, these five nominees. but after that, the vote is open to the public and all indian language websites and the english website, the bbc sport website, they publish information about the five nominees, and the winner is decided by a public vote. there is an extra category this year for power —— para sportswomen. yes. for power -- para sportswomen. yes, we added a _ for power -- para sportswomen. yes, we added a lifetime _ for power —— para sportswomen. 13:3 we added a lifetime achievement award category, and an emerging sports player category last year. as we understood the various battles women are facing in sport and how

they need to be acknowledged each year. this year, it is para sports, and not only are we honouring a bid to we also have a lot of students training in sports, disabled students training in sports, working with various ngos and academies, and they are part of the audience as well. a true commitment to diversity and representation, and acknowledging and recognising the achievements of indian women in sports. achievements of indian women in sorts. . , achievements of indian women in sorts. ., , . sports. thanks very much, we will kee ou sports. thanks very much, we will keep you undated _ sports. thanks very much, we will keep you updated on _ sports. thanks very much, we will keep you updated on the - sports. thanks very much, we will keep you updated on the results. | sports. thanks very much, we willl keep you updated on the results. a reminder of our top story. in bangladesh, aid agencies say a huge fire at a refugee camp in the south—east of the country. we can show you some pictures. it's been reported the fire in the cox's bazaar district has been brought under control. we spoke to one of the charities working there, who told us that 12,000 people have been affected, and around 2000 shelters

have been gutted. the fire broke out at around 3pm local time, it took two hours to bring it under control. that's all for now, thanks for watching. it feels chilly enough already out there today but things will get colder over the week ahead. today there is a lot of cloud, little or no sunshine, and probably more showers than yesterday, typically affecting northern ireland and northern scotland, where they are wintry over the mountain tops. temperatures could make eight or nine degrees in northern ireland and western scotland, chillier than yesterday but more cloud and showers to come overnight. change across scotland with this band of rain, sleet and snow over the hills, and then the air gets colder in northern scotland, snow showers and ice and frost, and we could see cloud breaking across eastern england, leading to frost early on monday.

things get colder because we have a northerly wind pushing down across the whole of the uk, bringing cold air from the arctic. that colder air follows the band of rain here, maybe sleet and snow over the pennines. ahead of that, across england and wales, cloud and some showers. sunshine for northern england, scotland, northern ireland, snow showers especially in northern scotland, temperature only one or two degrees. southern parts of england and wales could see temperatures of eight or nine, but this band of cloud and rain moving south, cold air coming in behind that could bring snow to southern england, and a cold and frosty and icy on tuesday with many places dry with sunshine, but snow showers packing in on the northerly wind. temperatures on tuesday four or five degrees, colder than today, but when you factor in a strong northerly wind affecting northern scotland and the east

coast of england, it will feel especially cold. this is a reminder of what's to come on monday and tuesday, snow showers across the north and east of scotland and north—east england, as much as 20 centimetres of snow in higher parts of northern scotland. after that on tuesday night, widespread clear skies and wind, then a widespread sharp frost with temperatures as low as minus ten. the future is more uncertain, as the forecast keeps changing, still looking like it will be cold but with weather fronts coming in, the chance of snow a little more widely.

this is bbc news. the headlines: a huge fire has broken out in one of the rohingya refugee camps in bangladesh. it's thought more than 2000 shelters have been gutted — affecting around 12,000 people. after more than a decade of negotiations, un member states have agreed on the basis of 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 parliament, premier, li keqiang called for more training under combat conditions. israel has seen the largest protests so far against the government's planned judicial reforms. up to 200—thousand people took to the streets

for the ninth saturday in a row.