i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: after the latest firing of a north korean ballistic missile, the us says it will reinforce its alliances in the pacific region. a massive heatwave in eastern australia creates what authorities call catastrophic fire conditions. i'm reged ahmad in london. the bafta is awarded to la la land. it is best film, best director and best actress for the american romantic musical at the british film awards. we will tell you who else picked up a bafta. hours away from the 59th grammy awards, beyonce and adele will go head—to—head for three major gongs, including album of the year. good morning.

it is 8:00am in singapore, midnight in london and 8:30am in the morning in pyongyang, where the official news agency says the military has successfully tested a new type of medium—range ballistic missile on sunday. the launch was widely criticised in the region and beyond. in washington, the white house said the us will reinforce vital pacific alliances to deter what they called the increasing hostility from north korea. our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports. the launch was almost certainly timed so that north korea's dictator, kim jong—un, could crash a weekend party taking place on the other side of the world. president donald trump and japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, have been spending the weekend golfing in florida. mr abe was not amused by the north korean intrusion. translation: north korea's most

recent missile launch is absolutely intolerable. north korea must fully comply with the relevant united nations security council resolutions. in his response, president trump seemed less certain, even neglecting to condemn the north korean launch. thank you very much, mr prime minister. i just want everybody to understand and fully know that the united states of america stands behind japan, its great ally, 100%. thank you. kim jong—un recently promised to test a much more powerful intercontinental missile. president trump has vowed that will not happen, but it is not clear how he intends to stop it. north korea already has short—range missiles capable of hitting south korea, and medium—range missiles capable of hitting japan. the musudan is an intermediate—range

missile, which may be able to hit us bases in guam. the ultimate goal is a so—called icbm, able to hit parts of the united states and australia. for more than 20 years, the outside world has been trying to stop north korea, with tighter and tighter sanctions. but it has been a complete failure. the border with china remains open, and trade is flourishing. the us and its allies will now move to tighten sanctions further, and accelerate the deployment of new anti—missile systems in south korea and japan. but no—one seems to have any idea how to stop north korea from becoming a fully—fledged nuclear—missile—armed state. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. this week we may see president donald trump making his next move on immigration, after an appeals court refused to reinstate his order banning

travellers from seven mainly—muslim countries entering the united states. mr trump told reporters on board air force one that he may fight the case in the courts, but could also consider issuing a new executive order. a senior white house adviser told us media that the appeals court has gone too far. we haven't —— have a judiciary which has taken far too much power and in many cases become a supreme has taken far too much power and in many cases become a supreme branch of government. one unelected judge in seattle cannot remake laws for the entire country. i mean, this is just crazy, john, the idea that you are going to have a judge in seattle say a foreign national living in libya has an effective right to enter the united states is beyond anything we have ever seen before. the end result of this, though, is that our opponents, the media, and the whole world, will soon see, as

we begin to take further action is, that the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial, and will not be questioned. also making news today: south korea's special prosecutor said it would summon lee jae—yong, samsung group's de facto leader, for re—questioning this week over bribery allegations. lee was questioned last month for more than 22 hours, but a court rejected a warrant to arrest him, in the inquiry into a scandal that led parliament to impeach president park geun—hye. mr lee denies the charges, and we will have more on this story in asia business report, coming up in the next 20 minutes. an update now on the attack on a hong kong underground train last week, where a carriage was set alight. a man has been charged with arson, and his case will be heard at kowloon city magistrates court on monday. 19 people were injured, and three people remain in critical condition with serious burns. hamburg airport in germany was temporarily evacuated and flights stopped after an irritant gas caused passengers to suffer breathing and eye problems.

firefighters later said they had found an empty cartridge that had likely contained pepper spray or tear gas, which is sold in germany for self—defence use. nine people have been taken to hospital. the red bull air race season has kicked off in abu dhabi for the tenth year in a row. czech republic's martin sonka won the first race of his career, after being disqualified last year. spaniard juan velarde finished second, and in doing so claimed his first podium placing. a record—breaking heatwave in new south wales, in australia, has produced the worst conditions ever seen for local firefighters, according to emergency services. homes and livestock have been lost to the flames. as david campanale now reports, the biggest blaze has been near the town of dunedoo, in the centre of the state, 350 km north—west of sydney. ideal conditions are in place

for these bushfires. temperatures in new south wales have soared to record levels of more than 45 celsius. fanned by strong winds, the fires raging across the state, and here in dunedoo are threatening homes and closing roads. more than 2,000 firefighters, many of them volunteers, are battling over 80 fires. the rural fire service in the state has issued a warning of catastrophic fire conditions, declaring this to be the worst day seen in the history of new south wales. we have got reports across a number of the fire grounds, particularly those that are subject of emergency warning, that we are seeing property impacted and we are expecting to see property lost.

the areas hit by fires are a long way from sydney, the state capital, where thousands of people have flocked to the beaches to cool off. while bushfires are not uncommon in australia's arid summer, climate change has pushed up average land and sea temperatures over the past century. australians are seeing a rising number of extremely hot days and severe fire seasons. but for this week, at least, they are hoping new, cooler weather fronts will give some urgent relief. david campanale, bbc news. will steffen is a climate change expert and former government adviser. speaking from sydney, he says australia's extreme weather is consistent with what scientists say will happen with climate change. one of the ways we can measure this isa one of the ways we can measure this is a thing called high fire danger weather index. and that is the sort of whether we were just then talking about, extremely hot days, high winds, low humidity. we have been monitoring that for half a century and we see a significant increase in this type of weather over the last

50 yea rs. this type of weather over the last 50 years. that has been pushed up why climate change, by the commission of fossil fuels. we are seeing very hot fires, fires that are behaving differently in the way that they might have in the past. there must be some desire from the government to implement policy to avoid this getting worse. well, we seem to have a real paradox here, in that australia is on the frontline of many of the impacts of climate change. last year we saw massive bleaching of the great barrier reef, this year we are seeing extreme heat, extreme bushfires, and yet our federal government is still pushing for increased use of fossil fuels. interestingly, though, many of the state governments are now taking matters into their own hands and starting their own renewable energy programmes to try and get this under control. what kind of temperatures and fire behaviour are we going to see, going into the future? is this only going to get worse? it is going to get worse for another couple of

decades, simply because of the momentum built into the climate system momentum built into the climate syste m fro m momentum built into the climate system from past emissions. this is a bit like trying to turn around a battleship. you can't do it insta ntly, battleship. you can't do it instantly, but you have got to start turning the wheel if you want to turning the wheel if you want to turn the ship down the road. we actually have to do this now with climate change, if we want to stabilise the climate system, to prevent an ongoing, long—term increase in these conditions, we have got to start reducing emissions now, and very significantly. we have some breaking news. the us, japan and south korea call for an emergency meeting. we got more earlier on north korea's recent missile tests firing into the sea of japan, receiving widespread international condemnation. president trump, who is hosting japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, says that america stands behind japan ioo%. we spoke to david willis. it has been an interesting response

from the white house, basically confining its remarks to a pledge of support to american allies in the region. but, as disconcerting as this will be for countries like japan and south korea, it is also, this missile test, some believe a shot across the boughs of trump administration. bearing in mind that they could be close to developing the sort of missile that is capable of reaching the united states. so this whole thing really is a more pressing problem for the new administration than perhaps many people took into account. that's right, because many are saying that really this test is really president trump's first test in his resolve, particularly in his relationship with the asian regions. so what can a asian leaders take away from the response so far? as

you say, it has been fairly muted. well, yes, and as you say, previous approaches by presidents down the yea rs have all approaches by presidents down the years have all come to nothing. they have tried talks, they have tried sanctions, and barack obama was basically adopting a process of... a tactic of wait and see, if you like. now, on the campaign trail, david cameron —— donald trump talked about sitting down face—to—face with kim jong—un over a hamburger. whatever approach he takes to this problem, he has to do something that previous presidents have failed to do, and he probably has to do it fairly quickly. the musical la la land has picked up big prizes at the british academy awards, including best film, best director, and best actress for emma stone. best actor went to casey affleck, for his role in manchester by the sea. our arts editor will gompertz wraps up the baftas for us. for tonight only, south kensington, in london, has been turned into its own version of la la land,

as hollywood's royalty arrive... ..along with british royalty, at the royal albert hall for the 2017 baftas. all the heat and all the talk has been about damien chazelle's musical homage to holywood, his film la la land, which has got 11 nominations. but the last couple of weeks there has been a bit of a backlash, with commentators and critics saying maybe don't believe all the hype, maybe it is not as good as people say, which means perhaps tonight, at the baftas, we could get a surprise or two... announcer: ladies and gentlemen... ..or maybe not. and the bafta is awarded tojustin hurwitz, la la land. it won for original music... ..for cinematography... ..for best director... thank you to the academy.

this is an incredible honour. ..the best film... both: la la land. ..and leading actress. emma stone for la la land. now, this country, the us and the world, seems to be going through a bit of time, just a bit, and... in a time that's so divisive, i think it's really special that we were able to come together tonight, thanks to bafta. emma stone's acceptance speech was in keeping with a generally reflective, earnest tone set by the winners. some were political. casey affleck, winner of the leading actor bafta, was confessional. the reason that i act is because, when i was a young kid, my mother would take me to al—anon meetings for children of alcoholics.

and it was therapy but it was acting. and acting has sort of been that for me ever since. i know you've been around and i thought... just beginning to settle in. it seems like he's doing pretty good, huh, considering? i think he is... dev patel won best supporting actor, for his role playing an adopted child, in lion. viola davis won best supporting actress for this powerful performance in fences, a film about the african—american experience in the 19505. the night finished on a lighter note, courtesy to mel brooks, who was awarded a bafta fellowship. so next stop, the oscars, in two weeks' time, in la la land. will gompertz, bbc news you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the music industry is gearing up for the grammy awards in los angeles. adele is up for five awards, including best song and album of the year. also on the programme: we hear how

the firm behind hello kitty has a new character that is challenging the norms of female behaviour in japan. there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader, ayatollah khomeini, has said he has passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'baby doc' duvalier. because of his considerable valuable as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud farm's central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning, elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories,

head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit lyel, in singapore. i'm reged ahmad, in london. our top stories: after the latest firing of a north korean ballistic missile the us says it will reinforce its alliances in the pacific region. a call for an urgent un security council meeting. a massive heatwave in eastern australia creates what authorities call "catastrophic fire conditions." and the story of how a newspaper in the dominican republic confused a donald trump impressionist for the real thing is popular on our website. el nacional have apologised after picturing the actor alec baldwin who plays the us president on the saturday night live show. let's take a look at some front

pages from around the world: the china daily is leading on president trump's meetings in the us with japan's prime minister shinzo abe. the paper is keen to emphasise that while washington has increased its security commitment to japan, it has avoided going too far in aligning with tokyo's wishes to contain china. the straits times also covers the re—affirmation of us—japanese security ties. and the paper suggests that the test launch of a north korean missile is seen as a protest by pyongyang against the bilateral relationship. on to the global economy and the business pages of the gulf news. now sharanjit what stories are sparking discussions online? well this is a big story of the week in new zealand, conservationists say more than two hundred pilot whales that had been stranded on the beach

are back at sea. most were refloated by the high tide, but some had to be helped back into the water. the award—winning jazz and pop singer, aljarreau, has died in a los angeles hospital. aljarreau was acclaimed for his versatility, winning seven grammy awards across jazz, pop and r&b categories. the 76 year—old was admitted to hospital earlier in the week. just days ago he announced he was retiring due to exhaustion. well the grammys are taking place tonight and i'm sure the stars will be paying tribute to aljarreau. peter bowes is in la. iam sure i am sure there will be a lot of

other tributes but there are also performances of people are looking forward to? the grammys are perhaps more about the performances on the night event of the awards. the awards are very important but the performances often see unique collaborations. lady gaga and metallica is one of the performances. lady gaga coming off her hugely successful performance at the super bowl. a flawless performance. she does have some metal roots, she performed in a heavy metal band when she was younger dog we have been seeing a lot of people arriving and no doubt everybody is looking forward to the start very shortly. but i believe for the first time there is an award for the first time there is an award for streaming? for the first time they are allowing artists to stream

their music to be nominated. charts their music to be nominated. charts the rapper, at 23 he rolled from chicago, hugely popular as an independent artists, never been signed to a label and is not one to be, and some people say this is the future in music, and he is nominated for best new artist and he could well be a favourite in the category. he has one already in one of the rough categories although it is controversial to some, not to be paid for your music, he firmly believes in making music forfree and distributing it forfree. believes in making music forfree and distributing it for free. and everybody is talking about adele and beyonce? adele has won two

categories so far. the rats to ceremonies, one not televised and the big show later. album, record the big show later. album, record the year and of the year she is nominated for and her rival is beyonce. lemonade is a favourite for beyonce. lemonade is a favourite for beyonce. we will catch up with you a bit later. being kawaii — or cute — is a huge part of growing up as a japanese girl. it's not just about appearance, but also about how you behave. but the firm behind hello—kitty has a new character challenging the norms of female behaviour in japan. and japanese women are connecting with her in a huge way. they could be queued outside but inside they might be quite aggressive. because i usually... in restaurants,

this is not huge, for example, chicken organs. —— cute. i think we feel a bit like aggretsuko, particularly on a rainy

monday morning. coming out, the booming interest in asia helping children to work out what they want to be when they grow up. and before we go, let's take a look at these pictures from the traditional lantern festival in guangzhou, capital city of south china's guangdong province. and they show glittering drones — a total of 1,000 of them — as they take off, lighting up the night sky. the drones are in different colours of light and flew in various of formations such as chinese characters for "blessing," and also "lantern festival," as well as the map of china. the performance set a guinness world record with the biggest number of drones involved. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. you can catch me on twitter and to

go to our website for all the news on the grammys. it gives you all the background on what to expect and who is going to perform. the grammys are starting shortly so do have a look. good morning. iam good morning. i am sure like me many of you will be glad to see the back of you will be glad to see the back of last week. it was cold are many with a lot of cloud. a brisk easterly wind, plenty of cloud, scotla nd easterly wind, plenty of cloud, scotland seeing the best of the sunshine. we have had further snow showers. this is a scene in west yorkshire. i am sure it was a beautiful scene but cold. temperatures are struggled last night generally at around three

degrees but something more springlike arriving in the week. we will start to see the first sign of the wild first thing in the morning. these are the temperatures at don. but the wind will still be with us so it will make you feel disappointed if you are out and about. in sheltered areas we may see some breaks in the cloud. windy in the far south—west. the best of the sunshine in western scotland. cloud thickening and five degrees here. eight on the west facing close. not bad in northern ireland. sunnier spells across northern ireland and england as well. i know on the face of it the temperatures will be higher — seven or eight degrees — but even in the double digits it will feel pretty disappointing out there so you will need to wrap up

warmly. gail, severe gales likely through the later stages of the date stop in the far south of coppel we could see some rain. it stays windy. the wind pivoting to a southerly and it will drag in slightly milder air. on tuesday, predominantly dry with some outbreaks of rain across the south—west and northern ireland. the cloud starting to break up. tuesday into wednesday, the risk of these lows from the atlantic trying to make their presence felt. the further east you live, better weather. 12 degrees likely in the south—east. milder by thursday but more cloud around on thursday. if you have not already got the message, things turning milder as we

get to the middle half of the week and after last week, that is good news. i'm reged ahmad, with bbc world news. our top story: the us, japan and south korea call for a meeting of the un security council, in response to the latest missile launch by north korea. pyongyang said the missile was capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, and hailed the test as a success. a record—breaking heatwave in new south wales in australia has produced the worst conditions ever seen for local firefighters. and this video is trending on bbc.com. it shows volunteers in new zealand trying to keep a pod of whales away from the beach. hundreds of whales got stuck over the last few days on a spit of sand, but most were re—floated. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, time for a special catch up on the other awards

at the bafta ceremony.