with complex relationship with animals, with the great media debate this week on d w or ah, this is dw news life from berlin. a breakthrough on protecting the world's oceans. after a decade of discussions, more than a 100 nations agree to a treaty, safeguarding marie nature environmental group say it will also help reverse bio diversity lawsuits. and on the run again, grow hinge,

a refugees are forced to flee after fire groups through their camp in bangladesh. ah, a micheal ok welcome. more than a 100 countries have agreed on the united nations treaty to protect the world's oceans. the landmark deal aimed to conserve marine life and buyer diversity in international waters. it's seen as crucial to bringing 30 percent of the world's land and sea under protection. by the end of the decade, the ship has reached the shore. applause and relief of to some 15 years of talks. a deal to protect the world's high seas is finally agreed by more than a 100 countries. i can safely say that this has been the learning journey of

a lifetime. so thank you very much. every what the oceans are our life support system. they provide us with food and transport routes. they regulate the climate and they offer a range of valuable raw materials. but nearly 2 thirds lie outside national boundaries, making them hard to protect. now the un high seas treaty will how can serve marine diversity in international waters. it's the largest habitat for life on earth. this vast their air on average, for kilometers deep. and until yesterday, there was no international law. no treaty, that guided conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in this area. it's

a big deal physically in terms of the size of the earth. but also in terms of multilateralism assign that countries can play nicely together and still get big stuff done. it's a good day for us. the world's oceans are under threat from plastic waste, climate change, and over fishing. now it's hoped this new deal will at last start to turn. the tide of fire has broken out at a refugee camp in the bangladesh border district of cox's bazaar. it host thousands of rou, hinge, refugees who had fled persecution in neighboring mir and more in 2016 police say the blaze which is now under control. as destroyed several homes, but no casualties have been reported so far. to better understand the scope of this fire. let's welcome is that

a lot measured. the chief of field offers for unicef, bangladesh, is that of the machine? what's the latest you can tell us about this disaster? thank you. to give you some background is that, is it, if you did come in the wall or saying about maybe your dad are $33.00 camps all together today at 2 30 pm. a fire was thought income is up and ready quickly. the fire sprayed, then the bank comes which is come now and come the situation as quickly evolving and then formation is just coming. we are just getting the numbers from my team. we had a lot of agencies unit on the port authorities are working together to just bring the fire under control,

which the latest report sees. now the fire is under control. we are really extremely concerned about situation of the children and their families because that previous experience that these fires can be so big and huge and show that it can be trapped before the k. yeah, i have received a report that about 20 learning center one, the collision center and a couple of movie for post on water sanitation facilities and also, and information feedback on the on board. i'm completely destroyed. and so at this stage that government reports that around $12000.00 people are affected and their shoulders on. so that immediate need for these, if you use for the children and families, our food water show up. and of course,

the moment that the situation is under control, we need to take care of it and all other services that to be become rece. the good news right now, the good news, the good news right now, as we understand it, is that there was nobody killed. can you tell us how large this particular camp is and what are the challenges now in the aftermath of the fire? these 3 times while we have for us, is hosting 800000 population almost under a 1050 percent of them are children. under age off. so the services for this population are destroyed and the situation is really our hearts are with don't hang the children and families that once again, they become on the left homeless. that is, is that

a lot my sheet from unicef, bangladesh? many, many thanks for your perspective. and your time, sir. thanks to you. nice. b. china's rubber stamp parliament, the national people's congress has begun its annual meeting in beijing, outgoing premier lee k. john is 2nd in command after leader shooting ping and says china's armed forces should be more prepared for combat in the face of escalating threats from abroad. beijing says it is cranking up military spending, but at the same time, it wants to promote peaceful relations with taiwan. which it claims as its own territory on the economy. the leadership has set a 5 percent economic growth target, one of the lowest in decades. she, jim ping and the ruling communist party elise arrive in beijing's great hall of the people for the biggest days in china's political calendar. the national people's congress is more of a political pageant than

a policy setting. parliament. it largely serves to rubber stamp decisions already made behind closed doors by the leadership. much of the n p. c will focus on communist ritual and slogans. however, china watchers carefully comb over proceedings every year for clues on china's future direction. in october, she cemented his unprecedented 3rd term as the general secretary of the party. now he will introduce a major shake up of personnel and institutions to help consolidate his power base. she is set to unveil a new premier ne chung who oversaw controversial pandemic locked downs, his party secretary of shanghai. the congress is closely watched for insights into how china plants to revive its economy. the world's 2nd biggest, which has been hard hit by locked downs. the government to set a modest target for economic growth this year, around 5 percent. the party plans to get more involved in private businesses,

top tech tie, kuhns like ali baba founder jack mart. and by does robin lee have been left off the list of delegates instead, the congress is expected to focus on scientific research to boost domestic production of micro chips. and the backdrop to the congress is growing tensions between china and the u. s. washington fears that beijing could start to supply russia with weapons in ukraine that speak now to journalist william yang in taipei. william a 5 percent growth target seems motus no. yes or most economist described as, as somewhat of the conservatives, a result and eco, the chinese government has laid out, but most of them also said this is somewhat actually a positive thickness because it shows the, the chinese government is raining in their desire and also their urge to try to

boost and find different ways to really trigger and push the chinese economic growth in rather focusing more on the possibility of economic reform in giving the chinese economy more breathing room rather than using many different ways to try to maintain and focusing too much on the actual number based on your experience covering politics, there will the threats and aggressive rhetoric against taiwan continue we are not going to probably see too much of a change in terms of china's rhetoric and also the approach. the only reason why our legal chance speech somewhat take a softer tone on taiwan without mentioning the threat of military invasion is because there is a presidential election coming up in january 2024 in taiwan in. china knows that any kind of very provocative rhetoric is not going to work in its favor in the election, so they aren't likely going to refrain from any very fiery words coming into the

next few months. lots of western eyes on china right now. there is a lot of speculation that china is going to really put its weight behind russia even supplying arms well, security issues feature at this congress. so the national people's congress mostly usually focused on domestic issues in setting the agenda for the communist party, especially targeting economy in the internal politics. and for this year it's mostly going to focus on the recovery of the economy and also the new lineup of the top leadership n o. so we are probably going to see some reforms to key government agencies in departments. many things to william yang journalist in taipei thank you. new ariel images have been released showing the extent of the damage done by the russian bombardment of the eastern ukrainian city of buck

moved. drone footage shows st. after street of destroyed homes with fire, still burning. pressure is mounting on ukrainian troops holding out in the eastern city. intelligence analysts say keep may be considering a controlled pullout. russian forces have spent months trying to capture buck mode seen as a key staging ground for further advantage. estonia is voting today for new government in an election dominated by the war in ukraine. public support for keith is overwhelming, but estonians are struggling with problems closer to home. the baltic state has one of the highest inflation rates in the european union, running at 25 percent. when estonians go to the polls, they'll be doing more than choosing new members of parliament. these elections will decide whether prime minister kaya colors will stay in office. her government was

quick to aid ukraine after russia's invasion, a year ago. per capita. no other country has supported ukraine more than estonia with financial military and humanitarian aid support or a greenhorn grain is sir 96 percent it's it's absolutely it's absolutely. it's almost 100 percent. and it sir thought of support because that reason is very easy. every body knows when or if ukraine lose, we are the next but polls suggest it's far from clear that callous government can hold on to it's parliamentary majority. despite estonians strong backing for ukraine, they're also struggling with high energy and from prices. the far right opposition has ceased on this dissatisfaction. we don't need to help them with as much because

our people are struggling to. it's good, they help, but they help lou do much bigger. so we need also is tonia borders on russia and has a large ethnic russian minority. it's a frequent target of threats from moscow. whoever wins on sunday will send a signal, far beyond is stony as boarders about the strength of support for ukraine. whatever the cost, this is g w news from berlin, and here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. more than a 100 countries have agreed on a united nations treaty to protect the world's oceans. the landmark deal aimed to conserve marine life in bio diversity in international water. it's seen as crucial to bringing 30 percent of the world's land and sea under protection by the end of

the decade. and we will end it there up next is our technology show shift with its international women's day edition. there's more of course on our website at www dot com. you can also check out our social media channels. the handle you need there is at the www. some michael, local in berlin from me and the rest of the news team. thanks for watching people and trucks injured one trying to flee the city center more and more refugees are being turned to way families to syria for the credit on.