prince harry and meghan suggest they have been invited to the king s coronation but won t confirm whether they 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 hoping that the movie gets finished and that people watch it. so the fact that we have come all the way this far has been so exciting. 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
my guest today is felix maradiaga, who was recently taken from his nicaraguan prison cell and flown to america. the good news is he s been reunited with his family after years apart. the bad news is ortega is trying to eliminate all opposition. so has resistance become impossible in nicaragua? felix maradiaga in miami, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, steven. it s a pleasure to be back here. well, it is great to have you back on hardtalk, not least because you have just emerged from more than 600 days in a nicaraguan prison. was it a surprise when you were told that you were to be released? the release was a surprise given we were under terrible, inhumane prison conditions. and one of the most complicated parts was the complete isolation. we were not allowed phone calls for 611 days. i had no access to lawyers. even our trial took place inside the prison. so we were not able to really know what s going on outside. is it true that you lost, i think nearly 60 pounds? that is, wh
the road to the nfl is well travelled, but littered with pitfalls and broken dreams. typically, thatjourney begins age five or six and encompasses high school and college, before a select few reached the promised land. efe obada s route wasn t like many who ve gone before, but then again, his story is farfrom typical. hisjourney to america s biggest show began age 20. far from the glitz and glamour in south london. one of my friends, josh hastings, played american football for the warriors and he saw my size. we were similar built. we went to college together. and at the time, he was, he was very skinny. he s very modern. and when i saw him again, you know, he had some size on him. and he told me that he was playing american football and i would be a good fit. so i went down and i thought nothing of it. like, honestly, it was the first time seeing helmets and pads and all these things. it was very strange. like i never saw. i ve never seen anything like that in south london.
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 repo
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