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Yeah, and I guess as a listener, it's up to you to decide whether this stuff is true or not. And that's pretty hard. Yeah.

Yeah, and I guess as a listener, it's up to you to decide whether this stuff is true or not. And that's pretty hard. Yeah.

Video games are big business, with more money spent on them than on film and music combined. But recently the sector has suffered from strikes and layoffs. Overnight, the industry held its version of the Oscars, the Game Awards, in Los Angeles. So how important is the event for gaming? The BBC's Andrew Rogers was watching.

Video games are big business, with more money spent on them than on film and music combined. But recently the sector has suffered from strikes and layoffs. Overnight, the industry held its version of the Oscars, the Game Awards, in Los Angeles. So how important is the event for gaming? The BBC's Andrew Rogers was watching.

Yeah. Were there any big announcements? And I know they also have a lot of surprise guests.

Yeah. Were there any big announcements? And I know they also have a lot of surprise guests.

And tell us about some of the big winners and the other highlights.

And tell us about some of the big winners and the other highlights.

One has to ask, who shall take the throne?

One has to ask, who shall take the throne?

But is a single night however glitzy enough to restore the optimism after all the recent troubles?

But is a single night however glitzy enough to restore the optimism after all the recent troubles?

BBC gaming expert Andrew Rogers.

BBC gaming expert Andrew Rogers.

Why pets are the big winners this Christmas. The military junta in Myanmar has been struggling to maintain its grip on power ever since the coup in 2021. Over the past year or so, it's been steadily losing ground to ethnic armed groups.

Why pets are the big winners this Christmas. The military junta in Myanmar has been struggling to maintain its grip on power ever since the coup in 2021. Over the past year or so, it's been steadily losing ground to ethnic armed groups.

One of the most powerful of those militias, the Arakan Army, has now taken control of Myanmar's border with Bangladesh after capturing the last military base in northern Rakhine state. Our Southeast Asia correspondent Jonathan Head told us about the bloody two-month battle.

One of the most powerful of those militias, the Arakan Army, has now taken control of Myanmar's border with Bangladesh after capturing the last military base in northern Rakhine state. Our Southeast Asia correspondent Jonathan Head told us about the bloody two-month battle.

You mentioned the Rohingya, that persecuted Muslim minority, many of whom fled across that border into Bangladesh. How significant a blow is the loss of that border to the military authorities?

You mentioned the Rohingya, that persecuted Muslim minority, many of whom fled across that border into Bangladesh. How significant a blow is the loss of that border to the military authorities?