welcome to bbc news. a huge fire has ripped through one of the rohingya refugee camps in bangladesh. the blaze took hold in cox's bazar in the south—east of the country. the fire has been brought under control and volunteers are estimating the damage. the charity action aid said their initial assessment was that more than 2,000 shelters had been gutted, affecting around 12,000 people. no casualties have been reported so far. hundreds of thousands

of rohingya refugees, who escaped violence in neighbouring myanmar, have been living in crammed camps near the border in bangladesh. earlier, rusikesh harichandan from the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies had this assessment of the damage. the fire broke out in the rohingya refugee camps around today at 3pm, and it almost took two hours to be handled by the fire service agencies. and the fire has brought massive damage. around 12,000 people are affected. around 2,000 centres have been... at the same time, the loading centres... most of the common infrastructure services also have been damaged fully. to mention particularly camp 10, 11 and 9, these damages are hugely done, particularly

on the water facilities. these centres have facilities that have been very badly damaged. and there is no casualty reporting. however, right now, the corner�*s investigations are ongoing. 0ur volunteers from bangladesh red cross centre were in the forefront. they have been supporting in wiping the fire out and also helping the civil defence and fire brigade in providing support. we're right now communicating with... inaudible ..to extend our full support. and we have been actually working closely by the mechanism set by iscg. tomorrow morning we will get a complete picture, however right now, it's continuing, and there will be more updates as soon as we have more information.

violent clashes have broken out between police and protesters outside the greek parliament in athens after last week's rail tragedy. the collision between a passenger and a freight train, in which at least 57 people died, has caused nationwide outrage. 0fficers said 12,000 people had gathered in front of the parliament to demand accountability for the collision. earlier on sunday, in a facebook post addressed to the nation, the greek prime minister said he owed everyone an apology, but especially the victims�* relatives. earlier, we heard from greek freelance journalist anthee carassava, who gave 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, very militant youth, coming in and hurling petrol gas bombs at the greek parliament.

and then there were scuffles instantly 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. it's notjust here in athens in front of parliament that we are seeing these violent demonstrations. we're seeing them up in the northern metropolis of 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 accidents recurring? and why this apology by the prime minister is coming 57 victims too late. you are watching bbc news. a historic agreement to protect the world's oceans has been approved, after ten years of talks. the high seas treaty aims to safeguard marine life in 30% of areas that don't belong to any single country, most of which are currently unprotected. the deal, which was finalised

at the united nations in new york, is being hailed as a "significant step" by environmental campaigners, as our climate reporter esme stallard reports. the high seas are home to most of the world's marine life — some two million species which provide food, jobs and medicines needed for human survival. after two straight days of negotiations, countries have agreed for the first time to work together to protect these ocean regions. the ship has reached the shore. we will formally adopt the text in all six official languages of the united nations. the world's international waters — or high seas — aren't controlled by any nation. 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. 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. now richer nations have promised to give a share of the proceeds from any products developed from the deep ocean to developing countries. the problem they still face is working out the value of the deep seas. 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 widescreen 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. like, we don't know so much of what's going on. an agreement might have been reached, but that is just the first step. before it enters into force, 60 countries need to sign the treaty and incorporate it into their national legislation. it is hoped this will be finished within a few years. esme stallard, bbc news. the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris, told the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg about one measure being considered to halt refugee arrivals in small boats crossing the english channel. it is part of a whole range of things, a whole gambit of things, to try and both keep people in home country or as close to home country as we possibly can, to try to make sure they are looked after in the first free

country they might come to, try and stop illegal people trafficking, which is a huge part in this and crack down on that, legislation at home to return people who come here illegally, a whole range of things. but where are you proposing people go if they arrive here? _ hopefully we will get to the point where they are arriving legally... but where should they go? it does not sound like what you have here is a practical proposal- for the many thousands who have been arriving in the uk _ i am not accepting your premise because i do not think there will be tens of thousands of people coming if we get this right, certainly illegally. we're accepting huge numbers of people legally to come to the uk, but i believe this plan, this complete plan, will do the job. the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris there. earlier, i spoke to

christina marriott, executive director of strategy at the british red cross, and asked whether the government's proposed plans to reduce the number of migrants arriving in the uk via small boats will achieve its goal. so i think this is at the heart of the uk asylum system a real catch—22. it is a completely impossible situation. at the moment, unless you are from ukraine or hong kong or you are one of the very lucky 1400 people who got on those resettlement schemes last year, the only way to claim asylum

in the uk is to reach uk soils. under this bill, if you do reach uk soil, you willthen be... so our essential question is, if you are fleeing persecution, fleeing war, running for your life from afghanistan or syria, how do you claim asylum in the uk if this bill passes? i think we would also say that there is no evidence this bill will work. we work with 30,000 refugees and asylum seekers every year and what we know, what we hear time and time again is that people don't know about the asylum system before they get here, and in fact the home office's own research has shown this. sojust making the asylum system harsher, making it more punitive, won't work because people literally don't know what the system is before they arrive in the uk. i want to put to use something that the prime minister has said, quoted in the mail on sunday today. rishi sunak said that illegal migration, as he calls it, isn't fair on british taxpayers, isn't fair on those who come here illegally, and he says it isn't right that criminal gangs should be allowed to continue this. what are your thoughts on that? so i don't think that any of us think illegal gangs are right. it isn't right that people have to use them in order to access the uk asylum system, because they have to get uk soil.

there are other things we could do — we could build on the brilliant work that the government did for ukrainians, for example. we don't find ukrainians in the boats crossing the channel because they have safe, controlled alternatives to get to safety in the uk. we could think about things like humanitarian visas. there are safe and controlled alternative ways for people to access protection from the uk when they need it. that's a much more effective way of undermining the gangs. the government has said for quite a while now that they do want to turn the tide and need to turn the tide on the rising number of people crossing the channel in small boats — as you will know the numbers have increased and they are currently at the highest since records began, which was admittedly only in 2018. do you feel that there is any option that the government is using that might achieve that? what we know is what what the government has done so far, talking

about removing people to rwanda, very similar to the bill they are suggesting, talking about harsher asylum system isn't working. we know the numbers are going up in the cross—channel boats. and we know removals have actually gone down. this is all to be expected because this isn't the way that will reduce the numbers. one of the reasons we have more people coming across the channel is because we have less people coming in lorries. this isn't the crisis it has been made out to be. we have about a third of the applications of germany, about half of what france has — our numbers are still lower than they were in the early 20005. this is not an enormous crisis we need to respond to. what we need to do is put in place controlled routes to asylum, as we had for ukrainians, and that's how you stop people crossing the channel in small boats. 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. a 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. celtic have restored their nine point lead at the top of the scottish premiership beating 10—man st mirren 5—1 they actually trailed 1—0 at the break — but made their extra man count in the second half. while you are liel abada put them 3—1 up, matt 0'riley then added a fourth a before a late penalty made it a very

comfortable afternoon in paisley. everton are looking to move out of the bottom three with a win at nottingham forest — they are into the second half at the city ground and lead 2—1. it would be a boost. 10096. we have to make sure _ it would be a boost. 10096. we have to make sure we _ it would be a boost. 10096. we have to make sure we really _ it would be a boost. 10096. we have to make sure we really show- it would be a boost. 10096. we have to make sure we really show that i it would be a boost. 10096. we have to make sure we really show that it| to make sure we really show that it is still incredibly difficult to play against us, because when we played there it looked incredibly difficult to play against them. but we have to make sure that they realise it is really not a joy to face them, in this case us. we don't have to compare. _ face them, in this case us. we don't have to compare. it _ face them, in this case us. we don't have to compare. it is _ face them, in this case us. we don't have to compare. it is about - face them, in this case us. we don't have to compare. it is about the - have to compare. it is about the future — have to compare. it is about the future it— have to compare. it is about the future it is_ have to compare. it is about the future. it is about now. so we face a fantastic — future. it is about now. so we face a fantastic opponent and we move forward _ a fantastic opponent and we move forward so — a fantastic opponent and we move forward so it is all about us getting _ forward so it is 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. manchester united have stretched their lead at the top

of the women's super league, beating leicester city 5-1. alessia russo was the star of the show at leigh sports village as she scored a hat—trick to send her team four points clear of chelsea, who they face next weekend. aston villa beat everton, manchester city currently beating spurs. reading drawing against west ham. no wsl game for chelsea this weekend because they are taking on arsenal in the league cup final at a sold out selhurst park. it tookjust 98 seconds for sam kerr to put chelsea in front. this was her 21st goal of the season. but arsenal have just equalised in the last few seconds. these are live pictures. it is over on bbc one if you want to watch that. about 20 minutes into the game. it is 1—1, arsenaljust equalising. arsenal knocked out the defending champions,

manchester city, in the semifinals. first race of the formula one season is underway in bahrain. you can follow that on the bbc sport website, you'll find 5live commentary on there. let's return now to bangladesh where a massive fire has broken out in one of the rohingya refugee camps in the south—east of the country. these are some of the latest pictures. no casualties have been reported so far. earlier, i spoke to the country director of action aid bangladesh about what happened. it's a very densely populated camp. we host more than one million people in the rohingya refugee camps.

so far, over12,000 people have been affected. a lot of people have been temporary evacuated. they came to the centre like action aid has, community centres in camp 11, and they are taking refuge there. and the water points, as already mentioned, and two of the health centres, primary health centres were affected. and tomorrow morning, we will have a clearer picture. but it's dry season. this is also another reason. it's dry season and the wind was blowing so it quickly spread. in such a short time. itjust two hours it had damaged a huge area. right now, action aid is working with the volunteers. we're providing dry food and water. but the repercussions are going to be a long term and we all have to work very closely. five departments of the fire service work very hard to put the fire down and we are all together in this situation. and as you say, there

are longer term repercussions and consequences here. what is needed in order to be able to help recover from this? and are the resources needed all there? the resources that we now need is to rebuild the infrastructure, and it takes a little time to do that. and as you know, the funding has been depleting. in fact, the world food programme had to cut down $2 from their existing package, which has also had repercussions on the rohingya refugees, particularly women and girls. to answer your question, no, we don't have all of the resources we need. and we need also resources and materials which will help to prevent in the future such spread. so that is where we want the world

community to come forward. and thankfully, we've had no reports of casualties. very briefly, in the medium term, how well looked after are the people who were caught up in this? very well, i would say — given the context that it is a rohingya refugee camp, and in a refugee camp there is a different reality and restrictions prevail. but the quick movement and the coordination. the local authority, the fire service, we all could come together and take action. and it is now five plus years that the rohingya refugees are living in the camp. it is much more coordinated.

regulated railfares in england and wales go up by 5.9% today. that's the biggest increase in more than a decade. the government says it's necessary to support crucial investment, and that it's intervened to keep the rise below inflation. katy austin reports. all aboard for another fare increase. 5.9%. oh, god. it already costs me almost an hour of my hourly wage just _ to buy my return ticket. a monthly ticket is somewhere around £600. they're not always on time and most of the time they're cancelled, delayed. for me, it's the cumulative effect. it's not just the price - of a ticket — it's the price of ticket, price of rent, . price of...everything else. i'm a student, so i'm obviously trying to save money and stuff, so it does suck. trying to be green, trying not- to use your car so much is actually costing more and more. if the increment is going to make it reliable, then it's ok. the 5.9% cap covers nearly half of fares in england and wales — including most season tickets. a decision hasn't yet been made in scotland. the government says it's made sure the rise is well below the rate

of inflation it would normally be based on. but this year's is the biggest increase in 11 years, and it comes as people are facing a host of cost—of—living pressures. passengers have also endured a period of worsening reliability, with record cancellation rates and a series of strikes. even before this current fare rise, passengers, on the whole, did not see train travel as great value for money. what customers, passengers really want — yes, they want an affordable railway, but value for money is about having a reliable, punctual railway as well. and for several months now, that's not been good enough. train companies' representatives said the industry was working hard to make the network more reliable. it's a time of challenges and change on the railway. more working from home means less commuting, and season ticket sales are at less than a third of what they were before the pandemic. flexible alternatives have already come in, and trials of things like scrapping return tickets are coming down the track.

with fares going up and up, passengers want to see service levels going that way, too. katy austin, bbc news. a leading childcare charity says it's never been harder for parents to find a place for their child. the early years alliance says thousands of providers have closed in the last year, due to rising costs and recruitment issues — and that the situation will get worse without more investment. 0ur correspondent navtej johal was given exclusive access to one nursery as it closed its doors for the final time. time to say goodbye. this nursery in southampton has been here for more than 20 years. it's beloved by the local community. emotional. that's the only word for it. emotional. especially, like, when you're on your own as a mum and you go home and you've got the teachers here for support. it's really... it is really hard.

this raw emotion is the result of hard economic realities. nearly all of the parents of the children at ymca weston park nursery and preschool make use of government—funded free childcare. but that funding has not increased in line with recent rising costs. the cost of living has gone up. everything has increased. 0ur overheads have increased. and unfortunately, that funding amount has remained the same. so that means that we are just in a deficit. we should not be having to close our doors and we should not be leaving children without provision. this nursery is the victim of a nationwide problem. and one leading childcare charity says more than 5,000 providers have closed in the last year. i have never witnessed such a difficult time for parents to find a place for their child. and it will not get better. this will get considerably worse unless there is adequate investment to make sure the infrastructure is strong. but it has never been this bad.

in a statement, the department for education says it recognises the financial pressures faced by parents and providers. it says it's spent more than £20 billion over the last five years to support families with the cost of childcare and provided unprecedented support to protect all businesses from high energy prices. but it's not been enough to save this nursery. navteonhal, bbc news, southampton. now on bbc news, the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. well, it's been a fairly cool, cloudy sort of weekend for most of us, but the weather is changing over the next few days. a bit of a u—turn back into something more wintry as we see a cold air mass potentially bringing some travel disruption. so some snow and some ice for monday and tuesday, especially for the north and east of scotland and northeast england as well.

in fact, we're already seeing a weather front working in here through the evening and tonight. so a spell of wintry ness for parts of scotland. and then that cold arctic air mass is going to push its way gradually further south across all parts of the uk over the next couple of days. so for the here and now, still a lot of cloud as we end sunday, a period of more persistent snow and some icy conditions for parts of eastern scotland overnight. and then the main weather front moves in later in the night, introducing those more widespread snow flurries in the north towards the south, then, variable amounts of cloud temperatures getting down a few degrees below freezing where we do see some breaks in that cloud for parts of eastern england, for instance. so, through monday, here's the cold front sinking its way south, bringing a few splashes of rain to the north of that sunshine. but some fairly heavy snow showers even to low levels across northern and eastern scotland and northeast england. so temperatures here about two to six degrees in the north. further south, still about seven to ten celsius. so just holding onto that milder air, a few splashes of drizzly rain around. heading on into tuesday and the cold front pushes

its way further south. it may welljust linger for parts of southern england, bringing a bit more cloud, a few spots of rain through the day on tuesday here. but elsewhere, most of us back into more sunshine on tuesday. but again, the cold northerly blast of wind bringing snow showers for northern and eastern scotland and down the east coast of england as well. temperatures colder for all of us, so around about two to seven degrees on the thermometer. but when you add on the wind chill, it's going to feel subzero for many of us. gusts of wind around about a0 miles per hour across parts of scotland and northeast england. so this is the areas most likely on monday and tuesday to see the snow flurries — five to ten centimetres, perhaps as much as 20 centimetres over the highest ground of scotland. but having said that, there could be some wintry showers elsewhere as well. heading into the middle of the week, and it looks like we're seeing low pressure from the atlantic starting to move in, trying to spill this milder air in from the southwest. but certainly, that is going to bump into the cold air in place. so temperatures particularly towards the south edging up later in the week, but the potential for some disruptive rain, sleet and snow during the second half of this week

bye for now.