hello and welcome to bbc world news. 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 this with as 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. 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 12,000 people had gathered in front of the parliament to demand accountability for the collision. the hallenic 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 nine employees in the tragedy. earlier i spoke to the greek journalist savvas karmaniolas in athens — and he told me the locals expect the change in the government policy. so right after 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. 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 protesters don't 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 they may be a shift in government policy. 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 2 million species, which provide food, jobs and medicines needed for human survival.

after a final 36—hour marathon negotiation, countries agreed last night how to protect these ocean regions. the ship has reached the shore. applause and cheering. we will formally adopt the text. the high seas are the world's international waters that aren't controlled by any nation. until now, all countries had a right to fish, ship and research in these areas. but it has 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 ourfirst 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. minna epps, the head of the oceans team at the international union for conservation of nature, joined me earlier to discuss the significance of the treaty. i think a historic milestone 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. how do you get 193 states to find common 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 resumed

fifth session because... because of the pandemic, it was pushed. 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. which is long overdue. so when we say the micro to the oceans don't have ——so when we say the high seas to the oceans don't have borders so how on earth are you going to police this treaty. 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 it 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 vast and very remote. so i think that is really a key because 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 wasn't asking about the effectiveness of it ——i was going to ask you 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?

essentially at 45% of our planet. and ultimately our own fate as well because we know that there is a lot of unmonitored, illegal fisheries that take place. we know that there have been a failure in 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 regional fisheries and management organisations, and this treaty will hopefully strengthen those to better manage fisheries in the high seas. 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". the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton—harris, told the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg that this was just 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 thejob. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has more from westminster. rishi sunak has made this one of his priorities in government. over 16,000 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. the practicalities you hurt in that programme about where you you would actually put all of these people. 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. a spokesperson for the duke and duchess of sussex has confirmed that they have received email correspondence from his majesty's office regarding the coronation. buckingham palace had declined to comment on reports that prince harry and meghan have been invited to the king's coronation in may. the spokesperson for prince harry and meghan said "an immediate decision on whether the duke and duchess will attend will not be disclosed by us at this time."|t follow suggestions that the couple have been contacted by email about attending official events for the king's crowning on may 6th.

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 ten 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 £4,480 to more than £4,700. the equivalent from wilmslow to manchester has risen by nearly £100 to £1,740 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. still in england, strikes by ambulance workers from the unite union — due to take place tomorrow and on wednesday — have been called off.

the union which represents 3,000 ambulance workers says it will enter into pay talks with the government. 0ther unions representing ambulance staff, the gmb and unison, announced similar decisions in recent days. 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 presents from foreign leaders while he was in office. a senior member of mr khan�*s party formerfederal minister fawad chaudhry has told us that a application they made to the supreme court to dismiss the arrest has been successful. 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 ban and then later on in another such case the present government set aside this order by the revelatory authority. 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. 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 reports from 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 is 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 a result of hard economic realities. nearly all of the parents of the children at ymca weston park nursery and pre—school 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, our overheads have increased, and unfortunately that funding amount has remained the same, and 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, 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 has spent more

than £20 billion over the past five years to support families with the cost of childcare and provided unprecedented support to protect all businesses from high energy prices. but it has not been enough to save this nursery. bye. navteonhal, bbc news, southampton. weightlifter mirabai chanu has won the bbc indian sportswoman of the year award for 2022. the 28—year—old commonwealth champion also won in 2021 and now becomes the first person to take the honour twice. 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. earlier our correspondent, divya arya, gave us the latest from the ceremony. well, she did have a tough fight.

she was facing other 0lympic well, she did have a tough fight. she was facing other olympic medal winners, and other women wrestlers and a boxing champion as well, she came out as the winter. she comes from really humble beginnings from a small village in the northeastern state of murray appalled. she�*s famously hitchhiked a truck drivers have ram in the morning to make it to a training centre which was far away from the village. along with her, there were other categories that also were honoured, including the lifetime achievement award, which went to a former indian hockey captain, than there was also an emerging player of the year to word right at the other end of the spectrum, a young woman as she begins her career in boxing and then we had the pair spread some of the year to that�*s been introduced only this year to make sure that the awards a all women in sports, and that award went to the first indian

woman to win a silver medal at the paralympics for table tennis. large rallies have taken place across israel for the ninth consecutive week in protest at the government�*s plans to overhaul the judicial system. tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in tel aviv, where police used water cannons to clear the crowds. there were also some clashes injerusalem. the government�*s proposed reforms would allow ministers to choose supreme courtjudges, and would limit the court�*s powers. critics describe it as an attack on democracy. 0ur reporter sofia bettiza reports. for the ninth week in a row, tens of thousands of israelis took to the streets in the capital, jerusalem, and in tel aviv. they�*ve been protesting against a controversial plan by prime minister benjamin netanyahu that would allow ministers to choose supreme courtjudges and would limit the court�*s powers.

tonight, we came to express our democratic rights and to fight for what�*s right and to hope that there will be a constitution and the separation of authorities will remain as it is and will improve, without impulsive reforms and without crazy people in the parliament. parliament includes a number of nationalist religious parties that have made changes to the justice system a key priority. they say that the supreme court needs to be reigned in from overreaching into the political sphere. but many fear that this will weaken the court and give the government too much influence when appointing judges. the separation of powers is very important and they want to cut the judicial independence and i think it's very dangerous. besides, what's very dangerous is the way this government

is treating palestinians and the fact that it wants to annex big parts of the west bank. it's very extreme nationalist, racist, religious, even fascist government. these were the largest demonstrations so far against the government�*s judicial reforms. they were largely peaceful. but later in the night, things turned violent. some people broke down barricades... ..and blocked highways. the police used water cannons to clear the crowds. and things are getting increasingly tense. earlier this week, police in tel aviv fired stun grenades at protesters. but with many people fearing that democracy in israel is under threat, those tensions are likely to get worse.

sofia bettiza, bbc news. now on bbc news, the weather. 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—10 celsius. further north, though, that�*s where that cold air is streaming in from the north. so typically only about 2—6 celsius 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—7 celsius 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