welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: a fire at a rohingya refugee camp in bangladesh destroys shelters, leaving thousands of people homeless. china outlines its plans to see economic growth bounce back, along with a hefty increase in military spending. a bbc investigation uncovers evidence that twitter is no longer able to protect users from trolling following lay—offs and changes under elon musk. why are these accounts that are bullying and harassing people still allowed on the platform? i would like him to read some

of the messages that i have been sent. prince harry and meghan�*s team say they have been invited to the king's coronation, but won't confirm whether the royal couple will attend. as we close in on the oscars, with a record number of nominees of asian heritage, i've been speaking to one of them about this special recognition. i was just i wasjust hoping i was just hoping that the movie gets finished and that people watch it and so the fact that we have come all the way this far has been so exciting. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin our coverage today with the story of a huge fire in bangladesh, which has destroyed about 2,000 shelters at a rohingya refugee camp in the south—east of the country. officials say the blaze has been brought under control,

but around 12,000 people have been left homeless at the camp in cox's bazar district and have nowhere to go. 0ur correspondent anbarasan ethirajan reports. the bamboo shelters of rohingya refugees in cox's bazar district are no match for the raging blaze. residents ran from the huts with their meagre belongings as the fire spread quickly. it's yet another blow for the rohingya refugees who had to flee their homes from neighbouring myanmar. thousands have become homeless in a matter of few hours. it will be a challenge for the authorities to rehome those affected. nearly a million rohingya refugees live in squalid conditions and camps scattered in cox's bazar district. the latest incident will put pressure on the ongoing aid efforts. the resources that we now need is to rebuild

the infrastructures, 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. the fire has been put out in a few hours and the damage is being assessed. there have been a number of fire incidents in the camps in the past few years, and some are thought to be arson attacks. for the rohingyas, life is precarious, sometimes the camps are inundated with floodwaters, and in the dry season, the risk of fire. a stark reminder on the living condition of rohingya refugees. anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news. i spoke to hardin lang, who's vice president for programmes and policy at refugees international and began by asking him what the situation was like

on the ground. the situation as we heard in your broadcast appears to be increasingly under control in terms of the level of the fire being under control, but with the level of displacement that will take place with around 12,000 people who lost everything that they had, it will be difficult for the community to respond to provide them with what they need particularly in light of the budget cuts that are looming and the lack of donorfunding. part of the problem is also within the authorities who keep a tight grip on what happens within the camp making it difficult for international institutions to respond. as you point out it is such a precarious situation there and in terms of where people go next, because these refugees because they are effectively refugees many times over but where can they go, are they expected to stay there and in what are the living conditions?

so this is an excellent point. the rohingya cannot leave these mega camps. the fire took place in camp 11 a subsection of the mega camp and i assume people will be located to other parts of the mega camp and ordered to provide them with some services but in addition to the shelters lost and the belongings lost there about 90 or so service point including like health, education, etc that have been destroyed or damaged as part of the fire so in essence we have the entirety of the infrastructure of the area has gone down and will have to try to find ways to supplement with the rest of the camp. and looking at the conditions of the rest of the camp this is an acute incident on what was already a chronically vulnerable and precariously poised population. first of all, if you are rohingya you cannot leave the camp. it is very difficult to get permission so it is hard to find a job

and pay for things. the moment that unicef cut its food rations as people are actually beginning to go hungry because donors are not, are fatigued over time and are not providing what needs to be provided. additionally limited opportunities to go to school and limited opportunities for rohingya to have any say over their own society and future in terms of how the camps are governed. so in general it is a very precarious situation and one of the reasons why we see so many rohingya makings precarious, like paying smugglers and being taken via a very dangerous water bornejourneys where i guess there are about 3,600, try to cross the ocean to get to other parts of asia and one in ten of those people died. so in general you will see an increasing level of pressure on a very difficult, vulnerable population. indeed. in the picture you have

painted is so grim. a reflection of the harsh realities on the ground. and sense of how this fire was caused and how safe it is for people there right now? there have been a number of fires over the last couple of years and began. again, it is not clear what started them. the sense is that in this particular section of camp 11 the fire is under control, but there are some wider security situations inside the camp. a number of rohingya civil society leaders who have been targeted and some assassinate. so this fire takes place in a general sense of insecurity amongst the camp. that was hardin lang speaking to me a little earlier. to china now, and it is attempting an economic bounce back after three years of covid restrictions. its citizens are enjoying the freedom to go out and spend money after the government abandoned its zero covid policy. economic growth, as well as a big increase in military spending, were key themes at the country's once a year parliamentary session. but its annual congress has also been used by president xi jinping to further consolidate his power.

0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports. the message to this mass gathering was that the government has a plan for post—pandemic recovery, especially after president xi jinping's standing took a hit from strict anti—covid measures. people's livelihoods were hurt by three years of restrictions on their movements. yet 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. people told us they're definitely spending more. translation: we're. going out with friends, eating and drinking. translation: the covidl restrictions really affected business and now we are back to normal. the government's written report

also mentioned world trade losing steam, foreign attempts to contain this country, and had a call for more combat training in china. 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 xijinping 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 xijinping's chief of staff. it seems everyone now is from team xi. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. earlier, i asked ian chong, associate professor from the department of political science at the university of singapore,

for his thoughts on the announcement of an increase in spending on the military so this is a trend that the prc has going on, it has been increasing as budget and has been talking about threats and dangers and uncertainties for a while now. some of this, think, is a veiled reference to what the perceives as a us containment that's their language. but whether there is containment, there is some debate over that. what right now is happening is that the us and the prc looking at each other with suspicion and the budget reflects that. $5 other with suspicion and the budget reflects that.- budget reflects that. as you oint budget reflects that. as you point out. — budget reflects that. as you point out, the _ budget reflects that. as you point out, the tensions - budget reflects that. as you - point out, the tensions between the us and china have been deteriorating recently. in this announcement of an increase in military spending also coming on the back of concerns from the united states about beijing possibly invading taiwan in the coming years. what is your

sense of that assessment, is it to extreme, is it reflected in what we are seeing at the congress? 50 what we are seeing at the congress?— what we are seeing at the congress? what we are seeing at the concress? . ., ., congress? so the language on taiwan in the _ congress? so the language on taiwan in the congress - congress? so the language on taiwan in the congress has - taiwan in the congress has actually been quite moderate. but i think what washington is looking at is basing's preparations. if you look at the military side, theirjob is to deal with any contingency should the leadership tell them to do so. the pla is a party's army, they want to be prepared if xijinping presses army, they want to be prepared if xi jinping presses the button, just like on the west side they want the military to be prepared should they be called to action their political leadership. so i think the talk about readiness is a reflection of the functions of the military, rather than any imminent war going on anytime soon. professor, i want to focus a little bit more on xijinping now. this week's meeting will also formalise his leadership, he will be elected president of china and head of the armed forces. how significant is this in your view

forces. how significant is this in yourview and forces. how significant is this in your view and what does that tell us about who is also going to be in the government make up? to be in the government make u - ? ~' to be in the government make u? ~ ., to be in the government make up? so the i think to know, becoming _ up? so the i think to know, becoming state _ up? so the i think to know, becoming state chairman . up? so the i think to know, l becoming state chairman for up? so the i think to know, - becoming state chairman for xi jinping foran becoming state chairman for xi jinping for an unprecedented third term, the last time they had this kind of unbroken leadership was deng xiaoping, and that was less formalised. so this is a consolidation of power 43 and if you look at the people he has brought into the state council, it seems to be people who are clearly very close to him and i think, in addition, the report for the national people's congress has talked about how there's going to be more state control over firms, industry, overtake, so there is a lot of consolidation under xi going on.— under xi going on. well, that was ian chong, _ under xi going on. well, that was ian chong, professor- under xi going on. well, that was ian chong, professor of. was ian chong, professor of political science at the university of singapore speaking with me a little earlier on what's been happening at that annual parliamentary session in china. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the authorities in greece have detained a stationmaster for his alleged role in a rail crash

that killed at least 57 people. two trains collided near larissa last tuesday, sparking widespread anger. there were further clashes involving protesters in athens on sunday. charities have described the uk government's plans to stop people crossing the channel in small boats as "unworkable" and "vindictive." new laws are expected to be published this week stopping anyone who arrives in the uk on a small boat from claiming asylum. initial results from estonia's general election suggest victory for the prime minister's reform party. with most of the ballots counted, it's secured about a third of the votes. the election was dominated by estonia's stance on the war in ukraine. and the cost—of—living crisis as the country battles inflation of almost 20%. pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan, has been barred from making speeches on national television. the media regulator accused him of repeating baseless allegations against state institutions and spreading hate speech. mr khan says the allegations

are politically motivated. if you want to get in touch with me, i'm on twitter — @bbckarishma. iam i am looking forward to hearing from you. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we speak to one of the record number of asian heritage 0scar nominees hoping to win a gold statue next sunday. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 24 hours then the soviet union lost an elderly sick leader

and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years hisjunior. we heard these - gunshots in the gym. then he came out through a fire exit and started firing _ at our huts. god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged 41, sentenced to 99 years and due for parole when he's 90, travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison in an eight—car convoy. paul, what's it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. what are you going to do now? is it going to change your life much do you think? i don't know really. i've never been married before. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: a fire at a rohingya refugee camp in bangladesh has destroyed shelters, and left

thousands of people homeless. at a session of the national people's congress, china outlines its bounceback growth plans — along with a hefty increase in military spending. present and former staff at twitter have told the bbc�*s panorama that the company is no longer able to protect users from online abuse, following mass sackings and changes under owner elon musk. exclusive academic research, and testimony from twitter users, supports their claims, suggesting abuse is thriving under musk�*s leadership. 0ur social media and disinformation correspondent marianna spring reports. with more than 350 million users, twitter�*s often described as the town square of the internet. but since elon musk took over last october, the company's been in chaos. the personal abuse i receive

on twitter has tripled. so i headed to san francisco to look for answers. twitter used to have around 7,500 employees. now, at least half of them have been fired or chosen to leave, including lisa jennings young. she worked on features designed to protect users like me from online hate. thanks so much for having us. it was not at all perfect, but we were trying and we were making things better. one of these protective measures was a nudge function, to scan tweets and ask users if they wanted to reconsider posting something potentially abusive. twitter�*s own research, seen by the bbc, appears to show the nudge and other safety tools being effective. so overall, 60% of users deleted or edited their reply when given a chance via the nudge. is it still happening? is there anyone working on it? no. there's no—one there to work on that at this time. the nudge does still exist. but when lisa and i tried it out, it appeared to be working less consistently. no nudge.

0ne engineer still working at twitter agreed to speak anonymously about what's been unfolding on the inside. it's like a building where all the pieces are on fire. when you look at it from the outside, the facade looks fine, but i can see that nothing is working. like others i spoke to, he said it's been difficult to maintain features intended to protect twitter users from trolling and harassment. people like ellie wilson. while at university in glasgow, she was raped. she started sharing her experience as a survivor on social media last summer. but when she tweeted about her attacker injanuary — after the takeover — she received dozens of abusive replies. the trolls' accounts targeting her had become more active since the takeover. some were newly created, or appeared to have been reinstated after musk�*s amnesty on previously—banned accounts. what would you say to elon musk if you had the opportunity?

i would ask — why are these accounts that are bullying and harassing people still allowed on the platform? i would like him to read some of the messages that i've been sent and tell me why those accounts are still allowed to be on twitter. musk has used votes on twitter to make decisions about its future. these polls have no statistical value, but having contacted him every way possible, i used one to try to catch his attention. over 40,000 twitter users voted and 89% of them said they'd like elon musk to do an interview with me. neither twitter nor musk have responded to the points raised in this investigation. twitter says defending and respecting the users' voice remains one of its core values. but the users i've spoken to are left with questions. marianna spring, bbc news. lots more on marianna spring's

report on the bbc news website. in other news for you today: a statement from prince harry and meghan suggests they will be invited to the king's coronation in may. it follows speculation about whether the couple, who are based in the us, would receive an invitation. their spokesperson said they would not yet disclose their decision. here's our royal correspondent, daniela relph. god save the king! at church today on the sandringham estate in norfolk. with just under two months to go, plans for the king's coronation are moving forward. invitations are posted out next month, but guests have now had "save the date" e—mails, and they include the duke and duchess of sussex. in a statement, a spokesperson for harry and meghan said... "i can confirm the duke has recently received e—mail correspondence from his majesty's office regarding the coronation. since they were last in the uk, harry's memoir spare has been published.

it is a very public airing of fractured family relationships. and last night, there was more. well, i certainly don't see myself as a victim. an online conversation between harry and author gabor mate, where family breakdown came up again. i am starting to, you know, go back to the point of trauma and be able to unravel and unpack everything so i can now live a truly authentic life and be genuinely happy and be a better dad for my kids. but at the same time, i am feeling more and more distant with my loved ones and my family. westminster abbey will host the king's coronation on the 6th of may. it is likely to be the first time we see harry and meghan back in the royal fold this year. there's no doubt relationships are strained but could the coronation be a moment of family unity? it will need the anger and upset to be put aside if all the royal family

are to celebrate this historic event together. daniela relph, bbc news. it's less than a week before the 95th academy awards — or the oscars — and this year's nominations have been groundbreaking on many levels. for the first time in 0scar history, there's a record number of nominees of asian heritage in a single year. in the lead up to the awards, i spoke to some of these nominees, including shirley kurata — the costume designer behind every character in the movie everything everywhere all at 0nce — which is also one of the contenders for best picture. this is herfirst oscar nomination in her 20—year career — and she shared how unexpected this has been. i came in, you know, working on this movie with no intention that it was going to lead up to the oscars. i was just hoping that the movie gets finished and that people watch it. and so the fact that we've come all the way this far has been so exciting. yeah, i don't think anyone

who has watched the film can not comment on some of the amazing costumes in it. you know, the things that come to mind are like the hot dog hands as well as the various costumes that the character of michelle yeoh also has. what was the inspiration for you in all of this? well, it was a little bit of everything everywhere, all at once. i looked at movies. i researched movies that michelle was in, hong kong cinema, movies that inspired the daniels, sci—fi movies. you know, i researched a lot of sort of like fashion blogs and books and kind of took elements from all aspects of my life that really inspired me and sort of threw it all in, you know, on top of the bagels, so to speak. yeah, and these kinds of movies in hollywood, you don't see very many

of them, do you, shirley? and the kinds of films that are typically made tend to cater to a much wider audience. so talk us through what it's been like for you navigating your way in the film industry. it's — you know, it's definitely been challenging. you know, there have been movies where i wasn't picked as the costume designer. i was told that, you know, i didn't have enough experience. but, you know, also, i've been in this business for over 20 years and worked with all kinds of people. so i think that it's great to sort of finally be sort of recognised for all the years of work that i've done. what do you think the takeaway is for you for that? the importance of having sort of like asian—american voice in these films, but the fact that it's also a story that's

that resonates universally. and so, even if i work on projects where it's a story that you haven't heard before, there's always something in there that i think, you know, universally people can understand — and that that's what really drives me. and do you think that being of asian american descent, you know, has that harmed or helped your career? has it had an impact on your career? it helped me immensely. you know, i know my parents came here, you know, with not a lot of money and they worked so hard. and watching them work so hard and sacrifice so much really was something that propelled me to also, you know, work hard and continue the path to what my parents so wanted for me.

do stay tuned — we'll be speaking to none other than the amazing michele yeoh later in the week. that's it for now. thanks for watching. hello. after a grey weekend, more of you will see a little bit of sunshine in the days ahead, but it'll come at a price. it's going to turn much colder out there and for some distinctly wintry. risk of some disruptive snowfall across north and east of scotland on monday and by tuesday that extends into the north—east of england, too. sudden reductions of visibility, and the snow could be mounting up in areas. those at greatest risk marked here, up to 20 centimetres of snow in the far north of scotland but there could be the odd flurry elsewhere. and it all begins now. this weather front is bringing about the change, opening the door to those arctic winds, pushing into northern scotland for the start of monday. frequent snow showers around. a dividing line is there across into northern ireland and northern parts of england first thing. rain or drizzle, lots of cloud on that, turning to sleet and snow on its back edge as it

works its way southwards, but with some sunshine. frequent snow showers in northern scotland, temperatures dropping barely above freezing by the end of the day. but through wales, the midlands, southern england, it's as you were temperatures similar to the weekend, plenty of cloud just one or two sunny breaks. here into the evening, we'll see some outbreaks of rain orjust as our weather front drifts its way south. there could be some sleet and snow for at times, notjust on the hills. in its wake, icy conditions for tuesday morning as temperatures drop quite widely, widespread frost away from the south and frequent snow showers. the north coast of northern ireland, far north of scotland and down through some eastern counties of england. but elsewhere, it can't be ruled out. but a cold day for all this is what it will feel like, subzero for many through the bulk of the day. and what will follow will be a particularly chilly night. temperatures into minus double digits as we go into wednesday morning where the snow is lying across parts of northern scotland. from there on, it gets a bit complicated because we've got atlantic air trying

to work its way back, fighting against that arctic air. 0n the northern edge of that, we could see some snow and that's dependent on wriggles of weather fronts and pushing in areas of low pressure. certainly for wednesday, there is a chance we could see some snow across southernmost counties of england. if that weather front gets close by. easing through the day before returning into the night towards the south—west. many further north will see some dry and sunny weather continue. it will still be cold. but then through the end of the week, it's just how quickly that boundary pushes northwards. there is a potential, particularly through friday into the weekend, of some more disruptive snowfall before things turn milder and wetter across the south. take care.

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