restored at stormont. hello, i m lucy gray. president zelensky is returning home from the g7 summit injapan, having secured a pledge of unwavering support as well as more military equipment from ukraine s allies. speaking at the end of the meeting mr zelensky said that russia s defeat would result in lasting world peace. he also insisted russia does not occupy the embattled city of bakhmut. it comes after conflicting reports of who is now in control of the eastern city. russia s president putin has congratulated the wagner mercenary group for capturing the city. our asia pacific correspondent, laura bicker, sent this report from hiroshima. this president knows the cost of war. mr zelensky paid tribute to the victims of the hiroshima bombing and needed no reminder from the sombre city of what can happen when a bitter conflict leads to the use of a nuclear weapon. together with the entire g7, we have ukraine s back, and i promise we re not going anywhere. his meetings with th
in the hope that sharing details will help others. what the book came out, i felt incredibly free, a huge weight off my shoulders. a historic agreement to protect the world s oceans has been approved after ten years of talks. marine life is at risk from climate change, pollution and overfishing, and climate activists are hailing the deal as a massive step. the new high seas treaty aims to safeguard marine life in 30% of areas that don t belong to any single country. it will establish limits on fishing, shipping and exploration activities. this would represent a substantial increase from the 1.2% which is protected under the current framework signed a0 years ago in 1982, the un convention on the law of the sea. the urgency stems from estimates that nearly 10% of marine species are at risk of exctinction. the bbc s esme stallard reports. the ship has reached the shore. cheering and applause it took all night, but countries from around the world finally agreed on how to protect
national congress, china announces a big boost to its military spending as it warns attempts to contain it are escalating. supporters of pakistan s former prime minister imran khan gather at his house, as police arrive to arrest him. hello and welcome. we re going to start in bangladesh, where aid agencies say a huge fire has broken out in a refugee camp in the south east of the country. these are some of the latest pictures. it s being reported the fire is in the cox s bazaar district and has been brought under control. the charity action aid said their initial assessment suggested around 12,000 people had been affected. no casualties have been reported so far. we been reported so far. will hear from the internatioi federation we will hear from the international federation of the red cross and red crescent later in the programme, stay with us for that. a historic agreement to protect the world s oceans has been approved after ten years of talks. marine life is at risk from c
hello, and welcome to bbc news. a huge fire has ripped through one of the rohingya refugee camps in bangladesh. the blaze took hold in cox s bazar in the south east of the country. the fire has been brought under control and volunteers are estimating the damage. the charity action aid said their initial assessment was that more than 2,000 shelters had been gutted, affecting around 12,000 people. no casualties have been reported so far. hundreds of thousands of rohingya refugees, who escaped violence in neighbouring myanmar, have been living in cramped camps near the border in bangladesh. earlier, rusikesh harichandan from the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies had this assessment of the damage. the fire broke out today at around 3pm in the camp and it took almost two hours to be handled by the fire service agencies. the fire has brought massive damage, around 12,000 people affected. most of the services also have been damaged. camp ten, 11, and n
of rohingya refugees, who escaped violence in neighbouring myanmar, have been living in crammed camps near the border in bangladesh. earlier, rusikesh harichandan from the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies had this assessment of the damage. the fire broke out in the rohingya refugee camps around today at 3pm, and it almost took two hours to be handled by the fire service agencies. and the fire has brought massive damage. around 12,000 people are affected. around 2,000 centres have been. at the same time, the loading centres. most of the common infrastructure services also have been damaged fully. to mention particularly camp 10, 11 and 9, these damages are hugely done, particularly on the water facilities. these centres have facilities that have been very badly damaged. and there is no casualty reporting. however, right now, the corner s investigations are ongoing. 0ur volunteers from bangladesh red cross centre were in the forefront. they have