0:00:04 > 0:00:07Tonight at ten - a royal wedding in the spring,
0:00:07 > 0:00:09as Prince Harry and the American actress, Meghan Markle,
0:00:09 > 0:00:12announce their engagement.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15After the announcement, the couple spoke to the BBC about the proposal,
0:00:15 > 0:00:19which happened in London earlier this month.
0:00:19 > 0:00:24It was so sweet and natural and very romantic.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26He got on one knee,
0:00:26 > 0:00:27Was it an instant yes?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Yes!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31As a matter of fact I could barely let you finish proposing.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33I was like, "Can I say yes?"
0:00:33 > 0:00:35She said, "Can I say yes?"
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Then there was hugs and I had the ring,
0:00:37 > 0:00:39and I was like, "Can I give you the ring?"
0:00:39 > 0:00:41And she was like, "Oh, yes - the ring!"
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Wearing a ring designed by the prince, Ms Markle said
0:00:44 > 0:00:46she would continue to support campaigns on equality
0:00:46 > 0:00:54and fairness in her new role.
0:00:54 > 0:01:00Very early out of the gate I think you realise once you have access
0:01:00 > 0:01:02with that comes a lot of responsibility.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04I'm at Kensington Palace, where the couple spoke to me
0:01:04 > 0:01:07about their story so far, and their hopes for the future.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10We'll have more on the day's events in just a few moments.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11Also tonight...
0:01:11 > 0:01:14We report on the plight of young Rohingya girls forced
0:01:14 > 0:01:19into the sex industry, as refugees in Bangladesh.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21In Syria, government forces are pounding one of the last
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0:02:13 > 0:02:15Good evening.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Prince Harry and the American actress, Meghan Markle, have
0:02:17 > 0:02:20announced their engagement, and they'll be married in the spring.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23As fifth in line to the throne, Prince Harry had to obtain
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Her Majesty's permission to marry, and Buckingham Palace said today
0:02:25 > 0:02:28that The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were "delighted
0:02:28 > 0:02:29with the news".
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Ms Markle, who's 36 and divorced, describes herself as a "strong,
0:02:31 > 0:02:36confident, mixed-raced woman", and a feminist.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39In their only broadcast interview today, Harry and Megan spoke
0:02:39 > 0:02:40to the BBC's Mishal Husain.
0:02:40 > 0:02:46So let's join Mishal at Kensington Palace tonight.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49This was the first time we had heard the couple speak together,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51and it was a first glimpse into their approach to life
0:02:51 > 0:02:53and what brought them together.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55The interview took place inside the palace, close
0:02:55 > 0:02:57to the cottage in the grounds that is their home.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01More of what they told me shortly.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03But first, this report from our Royal
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Correspondent, Nicholas Witchell
0:03:05 > 0:03:06Finally, it's official.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09They are engaged to be married.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Prince Harry, fifth in line to the British throne,
0:03:11 > 0:03:18and Meghan Markle, an American, an actress, a divorcee and,
0:03:18 > 0:03:20as she has put it herself, a woman who is proud
0:03:20 > 0:03:23of her mixed-race heritage.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Seldom can a royal wedding have vindicated
0:03:25 > 0:03:28so clearly how times have changed.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31REPORTER: How are you both feeling?
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Yeah, thrilled!
0:03:34 > 0:03:36I'm very glad it's not raining as well.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40Harry was asked when he realised Meghan was the one.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42The very first time we met.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44REPORTER: Meghan, can you show us the ring, please?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Yes.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Ah, yes - the ring.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Designed, it turns out, by Harry, and including
0:03:50 > 0:03:54two diamonds owned by his late mother.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Harry and Meghan - he 33, she 36.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01A happy couple who met 18 months ago, and are now starting to plan
0:04:01 > 0:04:04a wedding which will take place next spring.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Later, in their engagement interview with the BBC, the couple
0:04:08 > 0:04:11talked about the moment earlier this month when Harry proposed.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Just an amazing surprise.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18It was so sweet and natural and very romantic.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19He got on one knee!
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Of course.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22Was it an instant yes from you?
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Yes!
0:04:23 > 0:04:25As a matter of fact, I could barely let
0:04:25 > 0:04:26you finish proposing.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28I was like, "Can I say yes now?"
0:04:28 > 0:04:30She didn't even let me finish.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Then there was hugs, and I had the ring in my finger.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35I said, "Can I give you the ring?"
0:04:35 > 0:04:36She said, "Oh yes, the ring!"
0:04:36 > 0:04:39So it was a really nice moment, it was just the
0:04:39 > 0:04:40two of us.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43I think I managed to catch her by surprise as well.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44Yeah.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Harry spoke of the instant impact Meghan had made on him.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49The fact that I fell in love with Meghan so
0:04:49 > 0:04:54incredibly quickly was a sort of confirmation to me that everything,
0:04:54 > 0:04:56all the stars were aligned, everything was just perfect.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59This beautiful woman just sort of literally tripped and fell
0:04:59 > 0:05:03into my life, and I fell into her life.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06And the fact that she - I know the fact that
0:05:06 > 0:05:10she will be unbelievably good at the job part of it as well,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12is obviously a huge relief to me, because she'll be able
0:05:12 > 0:05:16to do with everything else that with it.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Within the royal family there is, as you'd expect,
0:05:18 > 0:05:19great happiness at the news.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22The Queen was delighted.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24As was Harry's father, the Prince of Wales.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26We are thrilled, thank you very much.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27For both of them.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30I hope they'll be very happy indeed. That's all I can say.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge tweeted their excitement
0:05:33 > 0:05:35for the couple, saying it had been wonderful getting to
0:05:35 > 0:05:42know Meghan and to see how happy the couple were together.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45So now, next spring, there will be a double royal celebration.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Another baby for William and Catherine.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50And a wedding in a so far unidentified church for Harry and
0:05:50 > 0:05:52his bride, Meghan Markle.
0:05:52 > 0:05:59Nicholas Witchell, BBC News.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Well, not long after the couple's first walkabout together -
0:06:01 > 0:06:04which took in the palace garden - I sat down with them
0:06:04 > 0:06:05for their first interview.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Meghan Markle has moved here having given up her acting career,
0:06:08 > 0:06:10with life in a different spotlight lying before her.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13She and Prince Harry told me about the warmth and support
0:06:13 > 0:06:16they had had from their families, but also the poignancy
0:06:16 > 0:06:18of his mother's absence.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22And I asked them about how they first met...
0:06:22 > 0:06:27We were introduced actually by a mutual friend.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28We should protect her privacy and not
0:06:28 > 0:06:30reveal too much of that.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Protect her privacy, but it was literally
0:06:33 > 0:06:36through her, and then we met once and then twice,
0:06:36 > 0:06:40back-to-back, two dates in London last July.
0:06:40 > 0:06:41Yes.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Beginning of July.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47And then it was I think about three or maybe four weeks
0:06:47 > 0:06:49later that I managed to persuade her to come
0:06:49 > 0:06:53and join me in Botswana, and we camped out with each other under
0:06:53 > 0:06:56the stars, and we spent -
0:06:56 > 0:06:59she came and joined me for five days out there which was
0:06:59 > 0:07:00absolutely fantastic.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03So then we were really by ourselves, which was
0:07:03 > 0:07:05crucial to me to make sure that we had a chance
0:07:05 > 0:07:07to get to know each other.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10But the friend who introduced you, was she trying to set you up?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Yes, so it was definitely a set-up!
0:07:12 > 0:07:14It was a blind date.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19It's interesting because we talk about it
0:07:19 > 0:07:22now, and even then, because I'm from the States you don't grow up
0:07:22 > 0:07:25with the same understanding of the Royal family,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28and so while I now understand now very
0:07:28 > 0:07:31clearly there is a global interest there, I didn't know much about him,
0:07:31 > 0:07:36and so the only thing I asked her when she said she wanted to set us
0:07:36 > 0:07:38up was I had one question, was he nice?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Because if he wasn't kind, it just didn't
0:07:40 > 0:07:41seem like it would make sense.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43In the case of your relationship, unlike for most
0:07:43 > 0:07:46people, there's this whole layer of what it means to get
0:07:46 > 0:07:49involved with someone in the Royal family.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52How much of a sense, Meghan, did you have of the enormity
0:07:52 > 0:07:55of what you be getting into and what it might
0:07:55 > 0:07:56mean for your life?
0:07:56 > 0:07:57I think I can very safely say, as
0:07:57 > 0:08:01naive as it sounds now, having gone through this learning curve over the
0:08:01 > 0:08:03last year and a half, I did not have any
0:08:03 > 0:08:07understanding of what it would be like.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10I don't think either of us did, but we both said that.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12No, I tried to warn you as much as
0:08:12 > 0:08:14possible, but I think both of us were totally
0:08:14 > 0:08:21surprised by the reaction
0:08:21 > 0:08:24after the first five or six months we had to ourselves
0:08:24 > 0:08:25of what actually happened from then.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28I think you can have as many conversations as you'd want and
0:08:28 > 0:08:30prepare as much as possible, but we were totally
0:08:30 > 0:08:31unprepared for what happened after that.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33The scrutiny?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Well, all sorts.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41I think also, there's a
0:08:41 > 0:08:43misconception that because I've worked in the entertainment industry
0:08:43 > 0:08:46that this would be something I would be familiar with,
0:08:46 > 0:08:48but even though I'd been on my show for six years at
0:08:48 > 0:08:51that point, and working before that, I've never been part of tabloid
0:08:51 > 0:08:59culture, pop culture, to that degree and lived a relatively quiet life,
0:08:59 > 0:09:04even though I focus so much on my job. So that was a really
0:09:04 > 0:09:09stark difference out of the gate.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10And some of
0:09:10 > 0:09:12that scrutiny, and you ended up making a public
0:09:12 > 0:09:14statement about it, some of the
0:09:14 > 0:09:16scrutiny was centred around your ethnicity, Meghan.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17When you realised that, what did you think?
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Of course it's disheartening.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20You know, it's a shame
0:09:20 > 0:09:29that that is the climate in this world, to focus
0:09:29 > 0:09:31that much on that, which would be discriminatory, in that
0:09:31 > 0:09:34sense, but at the end of the day I'm
0:09:34 > 0:09:36really proud of who I am and where I come from.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40And we have never put any focus on that - we've just focused
0:09:40 > 0:09:50on who we are as a couple.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56It is an immense change. You're getting a new country out of it and
0:09:56 > 0:10:01obviously a husband.I don't see it as giving anything up. It is a new
0:10:01 > 0:10:07chapter. And also keep in mind, I have been working on my chauffeur
0:10:07 > 0:10:12years. So we were very fortunate to be able to have that sort of
0:10:12 > 0:10:17longevity on this series. Once we had the 100th episode mother, I
0:10:17 > 0:10:22thought, I have tick this box, I feel really proud of the work I have
0:10:22 > 0:10:27done. Now it is time to work as a team with you.
0:10:27 > 0:10:34And Meghan, your parents, there were very happy for you obviously. Do you
0:10:34 > 0:10:38think they are worried about the scale of what you are getting into?
0:10:38 > 0:10:44I'm sure at the onset of my parents and close friends were concerned
0:10:44 > 0:10:50because we got quickly swept up in a media storm. They also had never
0:10:50 > 0:10:58seen me so happy. And I think also once my friends, excuse me, were
0:10:58 > 0:11:04able to really meet Harry and my mum, who we spend a lot of time
0:11:04 > 0:11:10with, it was so much fun.Her mum is amazing.It was just obvious that no
0:11:10 > 0:11:14matter what we were being put through, it was just temporary. And
0:11:14 > 0:11:17that we were going to be able to get through that. Everybody was really
0:11:17 > 0:11:26happy. If you talk to my dad, it has all been worth every effort.And you
0:11:26 > 0:11:33have met the Queen?I have Khmers. What was that like?It's incredible.
0:11:33 > 0:11:41I think to be able to meet her through his lens, not just with his
0:11:41 > 0:11:45honour and respect for her as a monarch, but the love he has further
0:11:45 > 0:11:49as his grandmother. All of those layers have been so important for
0:11:49 > 0:11:53me. So when I met her I had such a deep understanding and of course
0:11:53 > 0:11:56incredible respect for being able to have that time with her.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57We've had a really...
0:11:57 > 0:11:58She's an incredible woman.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00And the corgis took to you straight away.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01That's true!
0:12:01 > 0:12:04The last 33 years of being barked at, this
0:12:04 > 0:12:05one walks in, absolutely nothing.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Just laying on my feet during tea, it was very sweet.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08Your ring.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Tell us about the ring.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Oh, yes.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17The ring is obviously yellow gold, her favourite.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19And the main stone itself I sourced from Botswana,
0:12:19 > 0:12:24and the little diamonds either side are
0:12:24 > 0:12:25from my mother's jewellery collection.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27To make sure she's with us on this crazy
0:12:27 > 0:12:30journey together.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31It's beautiful, and he designed it.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35It's incredible.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39Yeah. Make sure it stays on that finger.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Of course!
0:12:41 > 0:12:47What does it mean to you, Meghan, to have those stones
0:12:47 > 0:12:49on your finger that once belonged to Princess Diana?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51I think everything about Harry's thoughtfulness and the
0:12:51 > 0:12:53inclusion of that, and obviously not being able
0:12:53 > 0:13:00to meet his mom, it's so important for me to know that she's
0:13:00 > 0:13:03a part of this with us.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05What do you think your mother would have thought
0:13:05 > 0:13:09of Meghan or said about her?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11They'd be thick as thieves, without question!
0:13:11 > 0:13:14She'd be over the moon, jumping up and down,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16so excited for me. But then, would've probably been
0:13:16 > 0:13:21best friends with Meghan.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24It is days like today when I really miss her being around
0:13:24 > 0:13:27and being able to share her the happy news,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30but with the ring and everything else going
0:13:30 > 0:13:32on I'm sure she is... She is with us.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34I'm sure she's with us and jumping up and
0:13:34 > 0:13:36down somewhere else.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, thank you both very
0:13:38 > 0:13:39much.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Thank you so much.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Meghan Markle has spent the last seven years appearing
0:13:47 > 0:13:50in the American television series, Suits, but is now preparing
0:13:50 > 0:13:52for an entirely new role.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54As well as her career, she's also used her profile
0:13:54 > 0:13:55for charitable and women's causes.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Daniella Relph has been finding out more
0:13:57 > 0:14:01about Meghan Markle, speaking to those who know her.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Have you heard?
0:14:04 > 0:14:06There is breaking news out of London this morning.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Drum roll, please.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle
0:14:11 > 0:14:12are engaged - yay!
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Congratulations, Harry and Meghan.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17We don't know you, but congratulations!
0:14:17 > 0:14:20But we will all get to know Meghan Markle much better
0:14:20 > 0:14:21over the next few months.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26She is no ordinary royal fiancee.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Her early acting career was made up of small
0:14:28 > 0:14:32television and film parts and adverts.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34There was also a stint opening the boxes
0:14:34 > 0:14:36on the TV programme Deal Or No Deal.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37It's Meghan Markle!
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Wow, you're pretty.
0:14:39 > 0:14:40Good, you've hit on me.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43We can get it out of the way that I am not interested.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44No, I'm sorry...
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Before her big break in the legal drama Suits.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50But she sometimes took issue with the way her character,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53Rachel Zane, was portrayed.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57This season, every script seemed to begin with
0:14:57 > 0:14:59"Rachel enters wearing a towel."
0:14:59 > 0:15:01And I said, "Nope, not doing it any more.
0:15:01 > 0:15:02Not doing it."
0:15:02 > 0:15:04And I called the creator and I was like,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07"It's just gratuitous."
0:15:07 > 0:15:08Meghan Markle will bring something different
0:15:08 > 0:15:10to the British Royal family.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Born and brought up here in United States, she is a
0:15:13 > 0:15:15proud American.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17But she's also a campaigner with strong
0:15:17 > 0:15:19opinions and, if possible, she won't want her marriage
0:15:19 > 0:15:28to limit that side her life.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30Her humanitarian work has taken her around the world,
0:15:30 > 0:15:33here in Rwanda.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36She's focused on gender equality.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Particularly as an advocate for United Nations women.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42It's really hands-on, being part of this,
0:15:42 > 0:15:47clean water being here for everyone. It feels really nice.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49I think her passion for other people and wanting
0:15:49 > 0:15:51to create social change is something that again,
0:15:51 > 0:15:55with that platform, can only be a positive thing.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00But she'll be fine. She'll be great, in fact!
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Meghan Markle grew up in this affluent
0:16:02 > 0:16:03neighbourhood of Los Angeles.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Her parents split up when she was two, and later divorced.
0:16:06 > 0:16:13She attended this private Catholic school in LA.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Her mother is a yoga teacher, and her father, a respected TV
0:16:16 > 0:16:19and film lighting director.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Meghan Markle has always spoken openly of her mixed-race background.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26But in the early months of her relationship,
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Prince Harry issued a statement, criticising some of the media
0:16:28 > 0:16:34coverage for its racial undertones.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36It definitely felt very coded and very racist to
0:16:36 > 0:16:40me, and very much like there was an attempt to make her seem like
0:16:40 > 0:16:43an other, like an outsider.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44So, yeah, that was pretty startling.
0:16:44 > 0:16:50This will be a whole new world for Meghan
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Markle. Swapping the small screen for a far bigger stage.
0:16:52 > 0:16:58Daniella Relph, BBC News.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00We're likely to have details of Meghan Markle
0:17:00 > 0:17:02and Prince Harry's wedding tomorrow.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05And perhaps in the coming weeks we'll also start to learn
0:17:05 > 0:17:07about what kind of royal she will be
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- where she will put her time and energy.
0:17:10 > 0:17:15She and Prince Harry talked today about work that needed to be done,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18the team that they plan to be, the Commonwealth - a hint perhaps
0:17:18 > 0:17:25of their commitment to public life, as well as their private bond.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30Thank you very much for the latest there tonight at Kensington Palace.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32More than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have now
0:17:32 > 0:17:35fled to Bangladesh, from their homes in
0:17:35 > 0:17:37neighbouring Myanmar, because of the violence there.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40But for many, it has not been the escape
0:17:40 > 0:17:42to safety they'd hoped for.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45They are extremely vulnerable, many have no possessions,
0:17:45 > 0:17:49and some are becoming victims of sexual exploitation.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50Reeta Chakrabarti is in Bangladesh and
0:17:50 > 0:17:59we can join her now.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Well, the Rohingya refugees have been camped here for around three
0:18:02 > 0:18:06months now. In the camps the basic problems over food and shelter
0:18:06 > 0:18:13continue. But we have uncovered here away from the camps a troubling
0:18:13 > 0:18:16issue of Rohingya girls and women being forced into the sex trade with
0:18:16 > 0:18:21few apparent means of escape.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23This is Cox's Bazar.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28Famous for being the world's longest sandy
0:18:28 > 0:18:30beach, and the town that is nearest the refugee camps.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31It looks idyllic.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34But as day turns to night, a seedier side emerges.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36A huge and desperate new population nearby
0:18:36 > 0:18:41provides fresh opportunities for exploitation.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45And we've spoken to some young female refugees who are
0:18:45 > 0:18:47in real danger.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Rohingya girls alone and in their teens are being traded
0:18:50 > 0:18:55by their own people and local Bangladeshis.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59They are sold for sex.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02And in the case of one 17-year-old girl, kept in a hotel by Rohingya
0:19:02 > 0:19:06men and treated like a slave.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27I asked her if she gets paid for any of the work she does.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30Nothing?
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Incredible, isn't it?
0:19:33 > 0:19:35She is just a slave.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46Another girl who was just 15 told us she escaped by
0:19:46 > 0:19:52boat from Myanmar after her mother was shot dead by the military.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55She used her only possessions to pay the boatman, who then attacked her.
0:20:09 > 0:20:14Once she got to Bangladesh, a local woman who she thought would help
0:20:14 > 0:20:18her, took her home. She had nowhere else to go.
0:20:18 > 0:20:28And now the woman forces her to sleep with several men a night.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Do the men pay you when they have sex with you?
0:21:03 > 0:21:06These two girls are now being helped by a
0:21:06 > 0:21:09local group, but there are many more in this town suffering the
0:21:09 > 0:21:12same fate.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14They all came to escape the violence at home.
0:21:14 > 0:21:24And now find themselves in a different kind of hell.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Well it's hard to know how many women and girls are involved in
0:21:27 > 0:21:33this. One estimate puts it at around 6,000. But this is an exploitation
0:21:33 > 0:21:37that is by its nature hidden. The two girls in that report were never
0:21:37 > 0:21:40registered with the authorities. They were never taken to the camps,
0:21:40 > 0:21:44the boatmen brought them here to the town and delivered them to the
0:21:44 > 0:21:50network. These networks are being run by local Bangladeshis but also
0:21:50 > 0:21:55by Rohingya themselves who came in a previous wave. Depressing aspect to
0:21:55 > 0:21:59this ongoing crisis. On the crisis of course we have been
0:21:59 > 0:22:04reporting on it for months, this is your second visit there. I am
0:22:04 > 0:22:09wondering what changes have you seen since your previous visit?Well, on
0:22:09 > 0:22:13the surface things have changed. The camps appear more organised than
0:22:13 > 0:22:18before. You don't see people sleeping by the roadside in the way
0:22:18 > 0:22:21I did on my last visit. You go to the camps and conditions are still
0:22:21 > 0:22:27very poor. There is a real lack of food, the shelters are very flimsy.
0:22:27 > 0:22:33The sanitation is poor. These are conditions in which health problems
0:22:33 > 0:22:37are rife and experts are having to deal with the psychological issues
0:22:37 > 0:22:42people have come with and tomorrow night I will be reporting on how
0:22:42 > 0:22:44doctors and counsellors are dealing with people who are severely
0:22:44 > 0:22:50traumatised. Thank you very much.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58Two major pharmaceutical firms have announced they are investing
0:22:58 > 0:23:01more than a billion pounds in the UK, creating nearly 2,000 jobs
0:23:01 > 0:23:07in London and Manchester.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09The news came on the day the government unveiled
0:23:09 > 0:23:11its industrial strategy,
0:23:11 > 0:23:13designed to boost productivity and attract investment in areas such
0:23:13 > 0:23:15as artificial intelligence, driverless cars and clean energy.
0:23:15 > 0:23:16Simon Jack has the story.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19Investing in new drugs is just the kind of medicine the economy
0:23:19 > 0:23:21needs after the bleak diagnosis of slowing growth and poor
0:23:21 > 0:23:23productivity it received last week.
0:23:23 > 0:23:28The Government's plan to incentivise investment arrives at a time
0:23:28 > 0:23:32when businesses are wary of Brexit uncertainty.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35We are the place that is going to be able to take a lead in these
0:23:35 > 0:23:37new industries of the future.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40At a time when companies are making investments
0:23:40 > 0:23:44and in the context of Brexit, to set that out with a clarity
0:23:44 > 0:23:47that we have I think is all the more important.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49The way it's supposed to work is basically this.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52The Government invests money in research and development.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Academic institutions work in partnership with business
0:23:55 > 0:24:00to provide skills and know-how.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04The Government provides test beds for new products like faster trials
0:24:04 > 0:24:07of new drugs or public roads for driverless cars, then hey
0:24:07 > 0:24:09presto, private companies invest.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12This gene therapy company in Oxford likes the approach.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14This new strategy is very important for business like ours.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17It allows us to look at what we can work on in the future,
0:24:17 > 0:24:21look at the grants we can get to help us expand the business
0:24:21 > 0:24:23and make our processes better to keep us at the leading edge
0:24:23 > 0:24:24of our science.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27It's perhaps no surprise the Government chose life sciences
0:24:27 > 0:24:29to be the poster child for its new industrial strategy.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32These are highly skilled, highly productive jobs
0:24:32 > 0:24:35in an industry which seems to have no problem attracting investment.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Most of the UK economy is not like this.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41The Government's challenge will be to increase productivity in areas
0:24:41 > 0:24:44of the economy where workers are more likely to drive white vans
0:24:44 > 0:24:46than wear white coats.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Most people work in what sometimes we call the everyday economy -
0:24:49 > 0:24:53shops, care homes, public services as well and we think in order
0:24:53 > 0:24:56to boost their earning power, which is what the Secretary of State
0:24:56 > 0:24:58said he wanted to do, we need a strategy that
0:24:58 > 0:25:01takes them into account.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Government intervention in industry has a chequered history
0:25:03 > 0:25:05with memories of money poured into failing companies
0:25:05 > 0:25:08like British Leyland.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11The Labour Party supports Government intervention and doesn't
0:25:11 > 0:25:13think the Conservatives are intervening enough.
0:25:13 > 0:25:19It seems to be a repackaging of existing policies and commitment
0:25:19 > 0:25:23and it doesn't go to the extent we would have liked it to, to really
0:25:23 > 0:25:25rebuild our economy and give businesses the support they need.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Will the plan work?
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Of the two companies who announced investments today,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33one told the BBC it would have done it with or without the strategy
0:25:33 > 0:25:36and the second said it hadn't finalised the size of its investment
0:25:36 > 0:25:38but the life sciences industry broadly welcomed it.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40There have been industrial strategies before and you haven't
0:25:40 > 0:25:42heard the last of this one.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Simon Jack, BBC News.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48In Syria, one of the last remaining rebel-held strongholds has come
0:25:48 > 0:25:52under renewed attack from Syrian Government forces,
0:25:52 > 0:25:54according to aid agencies and human rights groups on the ground.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Russia has called for a ceasefire there for the next two days.
0:25:57 > 0:26:04Medecins Sans Frontieres says dozens of people have been
0:26:04 > 0:26:06killed in eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, and that continued
0:26:06 > 0:26:08bombardment is stretching medical facilities to the limit.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10This report from our diplomatic correspondent James Landale contains
0:26:10 > 0:26:13some distressing images.
0:26:13 > 0:26:20If you thought the war in Syria was over, think again.
0:26:20 > 0:26:28This is Ghouta, east of Damascus, one of the last
0:26:28 > 0:26:32rebel held strongholds - and in recent days the target
0:26:32 > 0:26:36of some of the heaviest government air strikes in months.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Aid agencies and UK-based observers said more than 40 people have been
0:26:39 > 0:26:43killed since yesterday alone.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46In theory, Russia, Turkey and Iran have designated this area
0:26:46 > 0:26:50a non-escalation zone.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54In truth, it is exactly the opposite.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Ghouta may have been under siege and under fire for four years now,
0:26:57 > 0:27:01but in recent days it's been subject to wave after wave of strikes
0:27:01 > 0:27:06by warplanes and artillery.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09The United Nations special envoy to Syria could not hide his fears.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12I want to register at the moment my concern, serious concern,
0:27:12 > 0:27:16at the tremendous escalation of violence in eastern Ghouta
0:27:16 > 0:27:18in these last weeks.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22At least 45 people have been reported wounded
0:27:22 > 0:27:27in the last couple of days, adding to the many hundreds have
0:27:27 > 0:27:30been taken to hospital since the new offensive began
0:27:30 > 0:27:32two weeks ago.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Including, inevitably, many children.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39More than 350,000 people are packed into this besieged area
0:27:39 > 0:27:42outside Syria's capital, and this means that casualties
0:27:42 > 0:27:46are high, but it also means there is an acute lack of food
0:27:46 > 0:27:50and medical supplies.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53In apparent retaliation, rebel groups fired mortars from here
0:27:53 > 0:27:56into government held areas.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59The UN this week will try to reopen peace talks in Geneva,
0:27:59 > 0:28:03but there are few hopes of progress.
0:28:03 > 0:28:08James Landale, BBC News.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Six former British soldiers who've been in prison in India for more
0:28:11 > 0:28:13than four years are to be released.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17The men, known as the Chennai Six, were arrested along with 29 others
0:28:17 > 0:28:19on weapons charges in 2013.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22They'd been working as security guards on ships in the Indian Ocean.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25The group, who were acquitted by an appeals court, have always
0:28:25 > 0:28:29maintained their innocence.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32West Yorkshire Police say five people killed when a stolen car hit
0:28:32 > 0:28:35a tree in Leeds on Saturday night were all in the vehicle
0:28:35 > 0:28:37when it crashed.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Two men and three boys died.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41The youngest victim was 12 years old.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44A 15-year-old boy is being held on suspicion of causing death
0:28:44 > 0:28:46by dangerous driving.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Another teenager, who wasn't in the car, has been released
0:28:48 > 0:28:52pending further inquiries.
0:28:52 > 0:28:57More than 100,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes
0:28:57 > 0:29:00after warnings that the Mount Agung volcano on the island of Bali
0:29:00 > 0:29:02could erupt at any moment.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Columns of thick grey smoke have been billowing
0:29:04 > 0:29:06from the volcano since last week.
0:29:06 > 0:29:07Bali's main airport has been closed, leaving thousands
0:29:07 > 0:29:12of tourists stranded.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Cricket, and England have lost the first Ashes Test
0:29:14 > 0:29:17in Brisbane by ten wickets.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21Australia needed just 56 runs to win and reached that target
0:29:21 > 0:29:24in a little more than an hour, to complete a bad couple of days
0:29:24 > 0:29:27for England on and off the field, as Andy Swiss reports from Brisbane.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31Head-to-head on the pitch, and it seems off it.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34As Australia cruised to victory the focus
0:29:34 > 0:29:37was on Jonny Bairstow behind the stumps and Cameron
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Bancroft in front.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43What did happen between them in a bar in Perth four weeks ago?
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Well, after hitting the winning runs, Bancroft revealed Bairstow's
0:29:46 > 0:29:51rather bizarre greeting.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55He just greeted me with - yeah, just a headbutt kind of thing.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57So, I was expecting a handshake.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59As for Bairstow himself, well, he insisted the incident had been
0:29:59 > 0:30:02blown out of all proportion.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05There's no intent, no malice about anything during the evening.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09As you could see out there today, there's no animosity between myself,
0:30:09 > 0:30:14Cameron, any of the other Australian players.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Well, England say there'll be no disciplinary action
0:30:16 > 0:30:20against Jonny Bairstow but after losing this match it's
0:30:20 > 0:30:23a distraction they hardly need and one that raises more questions
0:30:23 > 0:30:27about players' behaviour.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30After the incident involving Ben Stokes in Bristol, and now this,
0:30:30 > 0:30:33the ECB say they'll be reminding the squad of their responsibilities.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36We can't be naive.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39We need to be smart, we need to be measured.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42We need to understand what we can and can't do,
0:30:42 > 0:30:46while at the same time trying to enjoy one of the great
0:30:46 > 0:30:49tours you could ever go on as an England cricketer.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51But for now this tour seems far from great.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54England's Ashes has begun in defeat and controversy.
0:30:54 > 0:31:02Andy Swiss, BBC News, Brisbane.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04That's it from us.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07In a moment the news where you are, but we'll leave you with some
0:31:07 > 0:31:08of today's scenes at Kensington Palace.
0:31:08 > 0:31:14Have a good night.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18When I walked into that room and saw her and there
0:31:18 > 0:31:20she was sitting there, I was like, OK, well, I'm
0:31:20 > 0:31:23going to have to up my game here!
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Just an amazing surprise.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30It was so sweet and natural and very romantic.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33He got on one knee.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36Have you heard, there is breaking news out of London this morning.
0:31:36 > 0:31:37Drum roll, please.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Prince Harry and American Meghan Markle are engaged to be married.
0:31:40 > 0:31:41It's fantastic.
0:31:41 > 0:31:42Oh, lovely!
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Marvellous.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48My mom just texted me about it so we wanted to come and see.
0:31:48 > 0:31:49It's really cool.
0:31:49 > 0:31:50I think it's great.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Another Royal wedding, something to look forward
0:31:52 > 0:31:53to in times of trouble.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55We're thrilled, thank you very much, for both of them.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58I hope they'll be very happy indeed.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02All the stars were aligned.