this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the headlines. fire sweeps through a bangladesh refugee camp destroying shelters and leaving 12,000 rohingya people homeless. the greek prime minister has asked for forgiveness from the families of 57 people who died in the country's worst ever train crash last week following days of protests across greece. china will increase its military spending by more than 7% this year as premier li keqiang said attempts to contain china were escalating.

a huge fire has ripped through one of the rohingya refugee camps in cox's bazar in south—east bangladesh. the charity action aid said their initial assessment was that more than 2000 shelters had been gutted, leaving around 12,000 people homeless. hundreds of thousands of rohingya refugees, who escaped violence in neighbouring myanmar, have been living in crammed camps near the border in bangladesh. earlier i spoke to our south asia correspondent anbarasan ethirajan who started off my telling me where the fire took place and gave me an update on what we know so far.. it is a very sprawling camp where tens of thousands of people live in cramped conditions. and these huts are made up of bamboo and sometimes by polythene sheets or even tin roofs — and they are packed.

there are tens of thousands of people living there. in the evenings, somehow the fire starts by accident. but officials say they managed to bring it under control. but thousands of people are now affected. they are now homeless, with the women and children as the aid worker was saying. it is a very terrible condition because they will be staying outside in the cold. but the aid agencies say they are providing all of the help. it is also a reminder of all the situation of rohingya refugees where nearly a million of them escaped violence from neighbouring myanmar. these camps are situated very close to the border. many people feel, the rohingya community feel, they have been forgotten by the world communuity. earlier i spoke to safwan chowdhury from the bangladesh red crescent society who is in cox's bazaar. he says the fire is under control but the camp is extremely overcrowded.

the fire broke out in the camp, 2000 shelters were initially damaged. the primary health care centre of the district along with two other networks were fully burned down which contained 50,000 litres of water in each network yet they managed to supply water to put down the fire from another water network. the fire is under control now. the volunteers of the society are fully deployed as much safety as possible. ——fully deployed with this much safety as possible. where are they being evacuated to? they have been evacuated to the nearest camps and safe places like in different blocks, there are six blocks,

two blocks are fully burned down. so camp 11, take us through the conditions that people were living in. the conditions are two blocks partially demolished because of the fire incident. and along with other organisations that are providing support and they have fully deployed their volunteers to move people to other blocks which are safe. and the fire conditions are under control now. i was wondering what it was like to live there in the first place, before the fire broke out. what is it like living in those conditions? the camp situation is overpopulated, as you know. people living in a very congested area.

very vulnerable areas. they are living in overpopulated areas. the greek prime minister has asked for forgiveness from the families of victims of the country's worst ever train crash. he adressed the nation in a facebook post, following the days of protests. violent clashes have broken out between police and protesters outside the greek parliament in athens. the collision between a passenger and a freight train in which at least 57 people died has caused nationwide outrage. 0fficers said 12 thousand people had gathered in front of the parliament to demand accountability for the collision. the hellenic train company has responded to the bbc, saying they support the victims in cooperation with the ministry of transport and all relevant authorities, and that they lost 9

employees in the tragedy. now let's cross to the local journalist savvas karmaniolas in athens. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. i wonderfirst thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. i wonder first off what is the reaction been to the prime minister's apology? 50 reaction been to the prime minister's apology? so right after the crash the _ minister's apology? so right after the crash the prime _ minister's apology? so right after the crash the prime minister - the crash the prime minister addressed the greek people and refer to a fatal human error. the greek society since then started protesting in anger was building every day. today, he finally apologised to the people and there was a protest outside of the parliament which ended in tear gas and clashes. it was a fairly big

one. , ., , ., ., one. one protester -- what are protesters — one. one protester -- what are protesters saying? _ one. one protester -- what are protesters saying? what - one. one protester -- what are protesters saying? what is - one. one protester -- what are protesters saying? what is it i one. one protester -- what are - protesters saying? what is it about? is it about a deteriorating railway system, the way that things have been handled, what are they exactly saying? the been handled, what are they exactly sa in: ? , ., , , been handled, what are they exactly saina? , , saying? the protesters don't consider this _ saying? the protesters don't consider this to _ saying? the protesters don't consider this to be _ saying? the protesters don't consider this to be a - saying? the protesters don't consider this to be a simple | consider this to be a simple accident. they usually use the term crime for that. they don't seem to except the prime minister's first address to the people. i except the prime minister's first address to the people.— except the prime minister's first address to the people. i know it is address to the people. i know it is a terrible story, _ address to the people. i know it is a terrible story, i _ address to the people. i know it is a terrible story, i know _ address to the people. i know it is a terrible story, i know that - address to the people. i know it is a terrible story, i know that you i a terrible story, i know that you went to the site. were you able to speak to families that were there?

what happened and what did you see? it was a devastating to see. we saw me and my colleagues, he saw a father coming to the site searching for the belongings of his missing son, anything, he was trying to search for his shoes or his cross. scenes that you really cannot describe with words. i think that despite the greek society is building its anger. because at first the prime minister try to blame this on a single human error while the greek public considers other ways. when he says human error what was he trying to point to? to when he says human error what was he trying to point to?— trying to point to? to the station master. of _ trying to point to? to the station master, of course. _ trying to point to? to the station master, of course. but _ trying to point to? to the station

master, of course. but there - trying to point to? to the station| master, of course. but there was trying to point to? to the station i master, of course. but there was a whole lot of safety measures that were not working, traffic lights and the remote traffic control system that was either not in place or not operational on that day. so a single human error led to dozens of people dying. we really don't know what that human error might have been, it may have simple as turning a key to change the tracks. [30 may have simple as turning a key to change the tracks.— may have simple as turning a key to change the tracks. do we know what ha--ens change the tracks. do we know what happens next _ change the tracks. do we know what happens next because _ change the tracks. do we know what happens next because from - change the tracks. do we know what happens next because from the - change the tracks. do we know what i happens next because from the sounds of it the greek public want answers and the families are going to want answers as well. what is going to happen next? for answers as well. what is going to happen next?— answers as well. what is going to happen next? for now, the greek socie is happen next? for now, the greek society is protesting _ happen next? for now, the greek society is protesting for _ happen next? for now, the greek society is protesting for five - society is protesting for five consecutive days. so we will wait to see how this ends up and we don't know what happens to the

trainmaster. as the prime minister has apologised today, there may be a shift in the government policy regarding this issue.— shift in the government policy regarding this issue. thank you very much for the _ regarding this issue. thank you very much for the update _ regarding this issue. thank you very much for the update from _ regarding this issue. thank you very much for the update from athens. l 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 block 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. an 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. cheering and applause 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, and there could be many more discoveries out there. marine genetic resources are the genetic resources of things like deep—sea sponges, that you might find out there on the seabed in the high seas, and this treaty was going to be our first attempt, is our first attempt, to actually work out what happens if you discover that those genetic resources are very valuable. for example, is it the new aspirin, the new drug on the market? now, richer nations have promised to share the proceeds from any products developed from the deep sea. as part of the treaty, all countries have also agreed that any future activity in these protected areas including mining, fossil fuel exploration and fishing, will have to be assessed for their environmental impact. 60 countries need to sign the treaty before it can take effect. it is hoped this will be achieved in a couple of years.

esme stallard, bbc news. let's get more now on this high seas treaty with minna epps, the head of the oceans team at the international union for conservation of nature. hellenic hello. my first question just to put into context what was achieved today? i into context what was achieved toda ? ~ ., , ., . , ., today? i think a historic milestone for ocean protection _ today? i think a historic milestone for ocean protection the _ today? i think a historic milestone for ocean protection the safety i today? i think a historic milestone for ocean protection the safety of| for ocean protection the safety of the countries of the world came together and found common ground and agreed on a text for a treaty for high seas to protect them in terms of conservation and sustainable use on marine biological diversity. hosp on marine biological diversity. how do ou aet on marine biological diversity. how do you get 193 _ on marine biological diversity. how do you get 193 states to find common ground? do you get 193 states to find common round? . , p,

do you get 193 states to find common round? . , ., . ., ground? that is a challenging rocess. ground? that is a challenging process- as _ ground? that is a challenging process. as you _ ground? that is a challenging process. as you know - ground? that is a challenging process. as you know this - ground? that is a challenging| process. as you know this has ground? that is a challenging - process. as you know this has taken a very, very long time. there have been five rounds of negotiations so this was actually the presumed fifth session because... it is really a challenge in terms of how to get countries to agree of course you to be flexible in their need to be compromises and concessions are made by all parties. it has remained a challenge because each country delegates with a group and in this case really need to strike a balance between protecting national interests but also looking at the commonalities and to focus on our, and objective which is to protect the ocean. and objective which is to protect the ocean-— and objective which is to protect the ocean. ~ . , ., ., the ocean. which is long overdue. so when we say — the ocean. which is long overdue. so when we say the _ the ocean. which is long overdue. so when we say the micro _ the ocean. which is long overdue. so when we say the micro to _ the ocean. which is long overdue. so when we say the micro to the - when we say the micro to the oceans don't have borders so how on earth are you going to police this treaty. —— when we say the high seas. it

sets out a legal framework and fills in gaps that existed and when it comes to actually implementing it i think the next eight is that there will be a conference of party but also a specific committees and committees based on looking at monitoring compliance and also financial resources and etc. so there will be variables including a scientific and technical body so basically will be set up certain mechanisms in order to be able to operationalise it and ensure that that there is that enforcement and compliance in place. and it's a real challenge in the high seas because it is fast and very remote. so i think that is really achy because now we have this agreement but in orderfor it to now we have this agreement but in order for it to be effective it needs to ensure that it has compliance management and sufficient resources to do that. i compliance management and sufficient resources to do that.— resources to do that. i wasn't askin: resources to do that. i wasn't asking about _ resources to do that. i wasn't asking about the _ resources to do that. i wasn'tl asking about the effectiveness resources to do that. i wasn't - asking about the effectiveness of it because there is a un law of the

sea, a0 years old now, but when it comes to what has been put into place, if this had not been agreed what was at risk?— place, if this had not been agreed what was at risk? essentially at 4596 of our planet- _ what was at risk? essentially at 4596 of our planet. and _ what was at risk? essentially at 4596 of our planet. and ultimately - what was at risk? essentially at 4596 of our planet. and ultimately our. of our planet. and ultimately our own fate as well because we know that there is a lot of on monitored, illegal fisheries that take place. there have been a failure in managing fisheries. still a third of globalfish managing fisheries. still a third of global fish stocks managing fisheries. still a third of globalfish stocks are managing fisheries. still a third of global fish stocks are overfished and honestly there are no borders so there are also a lot of migratory species that actually are fished in the high seas as well which there is no current holistic approach to manage that at the moment. it is managed by regionalfisheries —— fisheries and management organisations in this treaty will hopefully strengthen those to better

manage fisheries in the high seas. thank you very much indeed for your insight. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, says he's committed to ensuring that people arriving here on small boats to claimed asylum will be sent back. mr sunak says he wants to end the "immoral trade" of criminal gangs. in the coming week, the uk's government is expected to announce legislation that will push for people arriving in small boats to be removed to other countries, including rwanda. but charities say the proposals are "vindictive" and "extremely concerning". 0ur political correspondent helen catt has more from westminster. rishi sunak has made this one of his priorities in government. 0ver a5,000 people who cross the english channel in this way in small boats last year, there is an acknowledgement that this is a problem. that people smugglers are running

these operations and that somehow it needs to be stopped. but there has been a range of reaction to the government's plan to stop it, particularly this new legislation. there have been some concerns raised by refugee groups about the ethics of this. ethics of detaining people who arrive here seeking asylum. they have been concerns about how workable it is some calling it unworkable. there are already tensions within the uk about some of those people who have already come across the channel are staying and where they are being put up in hotels or smaller towns for example. that is causing some tensions in the uk as well. so there are concerns about the practicalities, ethics, also historically fairly low levels of people being returned. concerns about the number of return agreements with other countries. as we do not have the fine detail of this legislation, but we just have that broad a thrust of it. we should get that a bit later this week when the government actually puts this to parliament. then rishi sunak will meet

the french president towards the end of the week as well to talk expecting on further measures there. but certainly there is a sense of uk government that this is something that they want to stop. the prime minister said that illegal migration is not fair on british taxpayers and not fair on those come here legally and not right to the criminal gangs should not be allowed to continue their immoral trade. regulated railfares — which are those controlled by the government — go up by 5.9% today regulated railfares — which are those controlled by the government — go up by 5.9% today in england and wales. that's the biggest increase in more than 10 years — but is far lower than the rate of inflation. the government says it's necessary to support crucial investment, and that it's intervened to keep fares as low as possible. here's our transport correspondent katy austin. all aboard for another fare increase. 5.9%. oh, god. a monthly ticket is somewhere around £600. for the service that you get, because obviously there's always train strikes or there's something going on with the trains, the tracks and everything,

it's not really worth it, because half the time you're late to work. struggling to afford it, i spend a lot of money on rail, so it's a big dent to my income. 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. to give a few examples... an annual season ticket from brighton to london has gone from £a,a80 to more than £a,700. the equivalent from wilmslow to manchester has risen by nearly £100 to £1,7a0 and an annual season from swansea to cardiff central has gone up to £2,068. the government says it has 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. well, 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. some breaking news concerning the upcoming coronation of king charles. we have had a statement from the duke and duchess of sussex today from the united states, a spokesperson from the couple said that i can confirm that the duke has recently received e—mail correspondence from his magistrates office regarding the coronation. an immediate decision on whether the duke and duchess will attend will not be disclosed by us at this time. so the duke and duchess of sussex giving no information as to whether they will be attending the royal coronation later this year. pakistan's former prime minister imran khan has accused the government of dragging him to the courts by filing

fake cases against him. mr khan made the remarks from his home in the city of lahore which was surrounded by his supporters. they were there to prevent the police arresting him on allegations that he wrongly declared gifts from foreign leaders while he was in office. earlier our correspondent farhat javed spoke to us live from islamad to give the latest update. the latest is their regulatory authority has proposed a ban on broadcasting speeches and comments and press conferences of the former prime minister imran khan. it came after he addressed supporters who gathered outside his residence and address them in setting that imran khan has been dragged to the courts by the government by filing these big cases.

so there is regulatory authority today issued an order saying that imran khan has been making these baseless allegations against the state and has been spreading hate speech and also adjust today that the former army chief was helping the prime minister and government leaders by postponing in the accountability code. so these allegations we saw today from the former prime minister at the same time, this is important to mention that this was not the first time that he has had such things. but initially the court settled the span and then later on in another such case the present government set aside this order by the revelatory authority. ——ban. this is happened again today and his party is now saying that they would file a case again against of this new order and would go to court and get it set aside.

at the same time, his party is also ready to file petetions for for protective bales to get him free from the situation that he was in today when police reached out to arrest him. where he had warrants against him. this is the situation right now. his supporters outside his residence in lahore and imran khan was not there as the police said today when they went to arrest him. now on bbc news the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. it's been a reasonably cool and fairly cloudy sort of weekend. we may well see a bit more sunshine over the next few days, but with it a real drop in temperature and some wintry weather on the way, too. through monday and tuesday, we're set to see a bit of snow

and ice, particularly for the north and east of scotland and north—east england as well. so there could be some travel disruption. but what we'll all notice is that drop in temperature, with a cold arctic air mass piling its way in from the north behind this weather front here. so as we head through tonight, a period of fairly heavy snow for a time across parts of eastern scotland, a few centimetres there, icy conditions developing and then more frequent wintry showers across many northern parts of scotland overnight. further south, some breaks in the cloud allowing temperatures to get down a few degrees below freezing and a few splashes of light rain across england and wales first thing tomorrow. that cold front sinks its way south. so a little bit of light rain through central parts of the uk. to the south of that, sunny spells few drizzly showers, but 7 to 10 degrees. further north, though, that's where that cold air is streaming in from the north. so typically only about 2 to 6, with those snow showers continuing to accumulate for northern and eastern scotland and north—east england. heading through monday night into tuesday now, again some snow and some ice expected across northern and eastern scotland and north—east england. so temperatures across the northern half of the uk below freezing but just about above freezing further south as that weather front continues to just push its way slowly southwards.

tuesday morning, then, we might well start with quite a bit of cloud and outbreaks of rain in the far south as that weather front slowly clears elsewhere, a return to sunnier skies, but a brisk northerly wind driving in more snow flurries, particularly for northern and eastern scotland, eastern england. but there could be a few for northern ireland, too. top temperatures typically only 2 to 7 degrees on tuesday. but when you add on the effect of that brisk northerly wind, it is going to feel subzero for many of us, particularly for parts of eastern scotland and eastern england where we've got those snow flurries. so this is the zone through monday and tuesday most likely to see some snowy weather, 5 to 10 centimetres across parts of north—east england and scotland, up to 20 centimetres of snow over the highest peaks. there could be some wintry weather away from this zone. and then as we head towards the middle of the week, a subtle change starts from the south—west as we see low pressure approaching. and then through wednesday into thursday, that low pressure piles this milder air in from the south—west that could well bring a period of rain, sleet and heavy snow. and then temperatures in the south will be on the rise. bye— bye.

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