i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: after north korea hails a missile test, the us, japan and south korea call for an urgent meeting of the security council. the worst conditions they've ever seen. australian firefighters battle blazes in record high temperatures. i'm reged ahmad in london. they're off in la la land. the musical wins best film, best director and best aactress the musical wins best film, best director and best actress at the british film awards. and it's the 59th grammy awards. beyonce and adele go head—to—head for three major titles. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news.

it's newsday. good morning. it's 9am in singapore. 1am in london and 8pm in the evening at the united nations in new york where a urgent meeting of the security council has been requested, and which is expected to take place later on monday. it's been called by the united states, japan and south korea in response to north korea's latest missile test. the official news agency in pyongyang says the military successfully launched 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, 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 has told us media that the appeals court has gone too far. we have a judiciary which 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 isjust 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 actions, that the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial, and will not be questioned. steven miller, a senior white house adviser. also making news today: south korea's special prosecutor says it will 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'll 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—on fire. 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 a 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 was likely to have contained pepper spray or tear gas, which are sold in germany for self—defence use. nine people have been taken to hospital. and some impressive piloting skills now. the red bull air race season has started 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 the 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 kilometres northwest of sydney. ideal conditions are in place for these bushfires. temperatures in new south wales have soared to record levels of more than 45 degrees 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're 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 told me australia's extreme weather is consistent with what scientists say will happen with climate change. one of the ways we can measure this is a thing called high fire danger weather index. and that's the sort of weather we were just then talking about. extremely hot days, high winds, low humidity. we've been monitoring that for half a century, and we see a significant increase in this type of weather over the last 50 years. that's been pushed up by climate change, by the emission of fossil fuels. we're 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's going to get worse for another couple of decades, simply because of the 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 instantly, but you have got to start 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. let's get more on north korea's

recent missile test, firing near the sea ofjapan, which has received widespread international condemnation. in response, japan, south korea and the united states have now requested an urgent un security council meeting. david willis is our correspondent in washington it's 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 bows 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. you know what, previous approaches by presidents down the years have all come to nothing. they've tried talks, they've tried sanctions, and barack 0bama was basically adopting a process of... a tactic of wait and see, if you like. now, on the campaign trail, 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 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. a lot of warm tributes on the red carpet to aljarreau and other tributes to artists who have died over the last 12 months, george michael, prints and david bowie. david bowie has won four grammies this year. this happened at the

event that isn't televised, the main show is just getting under way, event that isn't televised, the main show isjust getting under way, but four wins for his final album, blackstar, which was only released when he passed away, he only won one grammy when he was alive and he has now won a further four posthumus lea ked now won a further four posthumus leaked so good news for fans of david bowie. the first news hasjust been handed out to chance in the best new artist category, one of the most prestigious, he is very interesting, he is a wrapper from chicago, he streams all of his music for free. chicago, he streams all of his music forfree. he doesn't chicago, he streams all of his music for free. he doesn't sell it, it's a new way of distributing music, he makes money by going on tour and he has many fans and this is the first year the grammys have allowed streaming music to be eligible in its categories. i notice james corden has given an opening speech, have we had any politics yet? not

yet but it was an interesting opening performance from james corden, very well—known in the states on late—night television as a chat show host and a comedian as well. he made a bungled entry to the show, falling down the stairs and performing his own rap song, essentially in honour of the grammys. it was quite a bizarre, very colourful entry by him. what's to come, what can we expect? everyone's looking at the battle between beyonce and adele, who is going to go home with the biggest prize of the night, best album, record of the year and song of the year. beyonce is favourite to win best album, she's won many grammys over the years, she's never won the top prize, though. but adele, who opened the show performing hello a few moments ago, she's one all the top three categories and she's probably favourite for hello, best song and record of the year. peter

bowes in la, thank you very much. lots of awards today, because today khan at the british awards have gone to la la land, which is 13 titles. also on the programme, we hear how the firm behind hello kitty has a new character that's 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. welcome back. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. and i'm reged ahmad in london. our top stories: the united states, japan and south korea have requested an urgent meeting of the un security council following north korea's launch of a ballistic missile on sunday. huge fires and a record—breaking heatwave in australia have produced what emergency services say are the worst conditions ever seen for local firefighters. 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. well, 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.

it questions how much longer inflation will remain low given the challenges to the status quo by the new american administration. now sharanjit what stories are sparking discussions online? it isa it 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 hollywood 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 afleck, for his role in manchester by the sea. 0ur arts editor will gompertz wraps up the baftas for us. for t9ni5ht qnny smhkéflsingtgry; 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 1950s. 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. and as you have and will, the awards season continues and as you have and will, the awards season continues with the oscars. and for coverage on you say when that happens. —— will. —— as eu heard from will. —— as you heard from will. the concept of "kawaii", or cuteness, is a huge part of japanese culture,

especially if you're a 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 cute outside but inside they might be quite aggressive. people say i usually... in restaurants, this is not cute, for example, chicken organs. iam sure

i am sure that we all feel a little bit like aggresuko sometimes. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. we will be looking at a booming business in asia which is 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. they are 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 lit in different colours and fly in various formations such as the chinese characters for the words "blessing," and "lantern festival," as well as a map of china.

the performance set a guinness world record with the biggest number of drones involved. amazing pictures, they are. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. good morning. i am sure like me many of you will be glad to see the back of last week. it was cold for many with a lot of cloud. a brisk easterly wind, plenty of cloud, just the far north—west of scotland seeing the best of the sunshine. we have had further snow showers. this is a scene in west yorkshire during sunday. i am sure it was a beautiful scene but cold. temperatures are struggled last night generally at around three

degrees but something more springlike arrived through the week. we will start to see the first sign of the warmth first thing in the morning. these are the temperatures at dawn. 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 the odd spot of drizzle. 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 in some spots — but even in the double digits it will feel pretty disappointing out there so you will need to wrap up

warmly. gales, severe gales likely through the later stages of the date —— day and in the far south of cornwall we could see some rain. it stays windy. the wind pivoting to a southerly and it will drag in slightly milder air. on tuesday, on the face of it, predominantly dry with some outbreaks of rain across the south—west and northern ireland. but the cloud starting to break up. and we will see 11 degrees to the south. tuesday into wednesday, the risk of these lows from the atlantic trying to make their presence felt. really just showers. the further east you live, better weather. so 12 degrees likely in the south—east on wednesday. milder by thursday again, but more cloud around on thursday. if you have not already got the message, things turning milder as we move through 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 have called for a meeting of the un security council in response to the latest missile launch by north korea. the pyongyang leadership said the missile was of a new, longer—range, type and is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. 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 pilot whales away from the beach at farewell spit. hundreds of the creatures became stuck there over the last few days, only about a third survived. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. and the top story here in the uk.