welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm lebo diseko. our top stories: best supporting actor for moonlight, as the oscars start in hollywood, goes to mahershala ali. i'm peter bowes, live in los angeles, where justin timberlake has kicked off the show and the first awards have been handed out. the early signs are that it could be a highly political oscars. there was just a message to reach out to others with opposite views. in other news: claims that british child migrants to australia were physically and sexually abused are to be examined in a public inquiry. the greater the evil, the stronger the conspiracy to keep it covered up. and sir mo farah insists he's

a "clean athlete who's never broken the rules," after new allegations involving his coach alberto salazar. hello. great to have you with us. film stars and celebrities have gathered for this year's oscars ceremony at the dolby theatre in los angeles. the favourite for the big award, best picture, is the musical, la la land, while denzel washington is a leading contenderfor best actor. the first big award of the night, best supporting actor, went to mahershala ali, in the coming—of—age film, moonlight. well, for more, the bbc‘s peter bowes is in los angeles. really exciting. we are half an hour

into the oscars. we are getting a sense of the mood of, not only the host, jimmy kimmel, but i suspect others who will get on the podium and say other words. mahershala ali, as you said, is the first winner, with best supporting actor for moonlight. i am with best supporting actor for moonlight. iam beginning with best supporting actor for moonlight. i am beginning to understand the mood of this audience. especially on the red carpet. . many people want this oscars two in a sense be dominated by the thoughts of the mood in america today. —— to. there was one reference to president donald trump byjimmy kimmel, who said he wanted to thank the president, and said it was the oscars last year that appeared racist. plenty to talk about. i am appeared racist. plenty to talk about. iam here appeared racist. plenty to talk about. i am here with the chief film

critic and april, who created the hashtag, #oscarssowhite. what did you think of the opening? there seems to already be some political electricity here. you would most expect the post to be the one to kind of lead that in a neutral way and let the winners do the talking. but, for me, the most encouraging thing in the last half—hour is who took home the first prize. mahershala ali. and moonlight could ta ke mahershala ali. and moonlight could take the last. if this award had gone any other way it might be that there would not be a chance that this very deserving film would not get what it deserves. and, april, you made such an impact when you created that hashtag last year, sorry, two years ago,

#oscarssowhite. it looks different this year. seven of the 20 nominees have been people of colour. and also behind the camera. the best documentary, best screenplay, we are seeing good signs with people of colour. a lot of work to be done still, though. mahershala ali, the first muslim to ever win in academy award. this is 2017 in the acting categories. you say it is a good sign that there is now some suspense. we will see what happens in the next two hours in terms of nominations for moonlight. is there a chance we could get a big upset la la land is nominated for 1h a chance we could get a big upset la la land is nominated for 1a in 13 categories. would you be surprised?

i would be surprised if la la land does not get the lion's share. but it gives me hope. iron really adored moonlight. it really feels like it is something. it is poetry, it is special. it is a collection of voices that we so seldom hear. april, is there a sense, i get it, talking to people who don't work in hollywood or los angeles, the mood at the moment, especially in the united states, if they want la la land for the escapism. there is definitely a place for that with this voucher. but when we have all these ha rd—hitting stories this voucher. but when we have all these hard—hitting stories in the world today, we are all looking for a moment, a couple of hours where we can sit in a dark theatre and really escape to a different world from the one which we have. thank you very

much indeed both of you for the time being. the oscars are onlyjust getting under way. the big awards best actress, best actor, and at the end best picture, still to come. with me is us broadcaster and author, carol gould. was that expected? mahershala ali was so good in moonlight. a3. it is lovely to get an oscar at that stage. his performance was very moving. it definitely was. i cried at the end. it is phenomenal. three actors playing one person. it has a very unusual theme that hits you around the middle of the film. he dominated it. it wasjust so beautifully done. i mean, this is such a departure from last year. last year we had the #oscarssowhite

boycott, and then an actor of colour winning the first award this year. it is not just winning the first award this year. it is notjust the diversity aspect. yes. we have the situation with the trump administration talking about the media being the enemy and the opposition. a lot in that atmosphere because of that. i think it is interesting, last year, what got the best picture? spotlight. a film about media. and this year eva directed a film about the 13th amendment, about the history of african americans. so, it is not just the sort of political aspect that has been involved. we have a lighter turn as well. jimmy kimmel starting off with satiricaljokes, saying meryl streep was kind of

mediocre, pointing at donald trump. there is a certain lightness that wasn't there last year. yes. i think we need that. we cannot have hours and hours of political drama tonight. i know some of these people would like to get political, though. we need a good balance of humour and a little bit of that good old—fashioned hollywood a little bit of that good old —fashioned hollywood style humour. it would have been good if ellen degeneres posted it tonight because she would have brought in a tremendous amount of politics. it will be interesting as well to see which film gets best picture. it used to be five films, now it is ten films nominated. i don't really like that. i wish it was down to five. look at this list. the golden globes divided into drama, musical, and comedy. it will give more of a

chance to give a variety of films. but it will be interesting to see if moonlight gets best picture. but it will be interesting to see if moonlight gets best picturem but it will be interesting to see if moonlight gets best picture. it will indeed. i really want to ask questions but that is it for now. you can stay up—to—date with the events in los angeles with live updates on our website. just go to bbc.com/news for the latest on the winners, nomineees, the politics, analysis, and the history of the awards. tens of thousands of people in south sudan are starting to see food aid arrive in the region where the united nations says that famine has taken hold. many of those affected have been facing starvation after trying to escape the country's civil war by seeking refuge in the marshes of the nile. our africa correspondent, alastair leithead, has travelled to a town in unity state, where people have been gathering to receive help. they came in their thousands as word

spread that help was on its way. most were women and children, hungry, tired, and waiting under a burning sun. they'd fled into the marshlands of the nile to escape the civil war which is destroying the world's youngest country. but now, they're desperate, and despite the risks, have come out for help. well, this is the heart of the area that has been declared in famine. thousands of people have gathered in the central area to be registered to receive food aid. they've come from the marshes and the swamps where they've been hiding from the fighting and where there's no food. and there are thousands more people who can't even reach here, and they desperately need help. each card entitles them to a month of food rations, which will be airdropped in over the next few days. everyone tells a similar story of hunger on the islands, surviving off wild honey and water lilies. "people are dying of starvation," she said.

"that's why we're here, lining up for help." and she talked about how hard the war has been, particularly for old women who can't run to the river fast enough people loot their possessions, stealing cattle and goats, she said. this is what's left of a medecins sans frontieres clinic, destroyed when government troops briefly took the town in november. and this was the market, now back in rebel hands. leer is the rebel leader's birthplace, which is why many suspect it's being targeted so harshly. "the government militia kill and abduct people," he said. "they raid and steal cows." "they've burned houses and the church. " the un needs both sides to agree to a ceasefire before they can bring aid into contested areas. that lack of access has contributed to the famine. so, what we've had is for many,

many months, humanitarian agencies have not been able to make it into this area. this is the first time that we are doing so, so it's a real issue. we need people to understand that without safety, without assurance of security for the people in need, and for the aid workers, we'll be having a catastrophic situation down the line. malnutrition is manageable here, despite the famine. but it's the places the help can't reach where hunger is taking lives. alastair leithead, bbc news, in thonyor, south sudan. here in britain, 2.5 years after it was set up by the government, the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse begins its first public hearings. its scope is vast, covering 13 different subject areas. one of the first claims to be investigated is the mistreatment of thousands of british children sent abroad after the second world war. the bbc has been told the inquiry will hear new evidence about abuse that took place, and claims that it was covered up.

here's our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. newsreel: the liner asturias arrives at fremantle from great britain with 931 new migrants for this country. i've lived for 60—odd years with this hate. they sent us to a place that was a living hell. we did nothing wrong. all we did was do as we were told, and suffered immensely for it. they've been called "britain's lost children." clifford walsh was nine when he arrived here at fremantle, near perth, one of thousands in care orfrom poorfamilies, promised a better life in the sunshine. he ended up at bindoon, run by the catholic christian brothers, where barefoot children built their own accommodation and were beaten and sexually abused. we were 60 miles from perth.

we had no parents. we had no relatives. there was nowhere we could go. these brothers, these paedophiles, must have felt they were in hog heaven. australia, britain, the christian brothers, have all apologised. but from tomorrow, the uk's public inquiry will begin examining the scale of the abuse, which has brought david hill back to britain, to tilbury docks, from where he left 58 years ago. he's a successful public figure in australia, who grew up at the fairbridge farm school, and interviewed its former children, who've only relatively recently disclosed sexual abuse. i've put the figure at over 60% of the kids that went to fairbridge were sexually abused. 60%? 60%. and i think if you look at the conditions that prevail in the other child migrant institutions, i'd be staggered if the figure isn't equally high,

or even higher, in some of the catholic boys' homes in western australia. files in the national archives show that in 1956, british inspectors visited all of the homes. there were no mentions of sexual abuse, but there were serious concerns about standards of childcare. officials drew up this blacklist of institutions that should receive no more children. but the files show that the charities and religious organisations running the schemes successfully put pressure on the government to keep them going until the 1970s. fairbridge has become part of the prince's trust, which says the public inquiry will have access to all the charity's archives. should this inquiry bother with what's becoming history? it will examine new claims of a cover—up, and that paedophiles selected migrants for emigration. many of the lost children are still alive and demanding answers. the greater the evil, the stronger the conspiracy to keep it a secret and keep it covered up. so, if this inquiry is capable of opening some of that truth,

then that's a good thing. tom symonds, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: it's a star—studded night as hollywoods finest gather for the oscars. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malacanang, the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. every vehicle was greeted as if it was the first in the relief of kuwait and in the city once among the richest in the world, kuwaitis can gather freely again.

not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope. very soon, for the sake of the credibility and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, be hidden from the world for the rest of his life. this is bbc news. i'm lebo diseko. the latest headlines: mahershala ali wins best supporting actor for his role in moonlight as the oscars ceremony begins in hollywood. claims that british child migrants to australia were physically and sexually abused are to be examined in a public inquiry. britain's four—time olympic champion sir mo farah has insisted he is a clean athlete who has never broken the rules after allegations in a leaked report that his coach may have broken rules against boosting

athletes' performance. alberto salazar has been under investigation since allegations about drugs use at his american training base were made by the bbc‘s panorama programme in 2015. mark daly, who originally broke that story, has this report. commentator: can it be a moonlight two for the salazar group, it looks like it. he's the coach and mastermind behind britain's mo farah and his four olympic golds but alberto salazar and his nike oregon project has been under investigation by the us anti—doping agency or usada since the bbc panorama programme in 2015 rugby world cup aims of doping and unethical practices. high profile us athletes made a series of allegations against theirformer made a series of allegations against their former coach. he is a win at

all cost person, it's hurting the sport. today a first glance of usada's findings has been leaked by the russian hacking group fancy bears and passed to the sunday times. the report alleges salazar used banned or unethical methods to boost performance, including: the report states that farrah‘s alleged use of an infusion in 201a remains under investigation. usada said it could confirm it has prepared a report in response to a subpoena from a state medical licensing body regarding care given bya licensing body regarding care given by a physician to athletes associated with the nike oregon project. usada continues to investigate but serious questions now for uk athletics who were,

according to this leaked report, warned about salazar and his methods by one of their own doctors as far back as 2011. salazar maintains his athletes' use of medications has a lwa ys athletes' use of medications has always fully complied with the world and to code in exactly the way usada directed. mo farah has released a statement, but questions will persist over mo farah's continuing but questions will persist over mo fa rah‘s continuing loyalty but questions will persist over mo farah's continuing loyalty to a controversial coach the doping authorities seemed so determined to pursue. not daily, bbc news. —— mark daly. in other news: up to 20 people have been injured in a fire at a hostel for asylum seekers in sweden.

two people were hurt afterjumping from windows and several others suffered the effects of smoke inhalation. the cause is unknown but police have opened an arson inquiry. britain is facing a level of terrorist threat which it has not seen since a wave of ira attacks four decades ago. that's according to the uk's new independent terrorism watchdog. writing in the telegraph newspaper, max hill says islamists are targettng uk cities and the threat cannot be ignored. the united nations' cultural agency says the damage caused to iraq's cultural heritage by islamic state militants has been even greater than feared. the organisation wants to fence off archaeological sites to protect them from any more damage. rainstorms and landslides in chile have contaminated a major river, forcing the authorities to cut off drinking water to four million people in the capital, santiago. the rain has resulted in mudslides and rubble pouring into the river which supplies most homes in the city. let's get more on the oscars

ceremony at the dolby theatre in los angeles and the favourite for the big award, best picture, is the musical la la land while denzel washington is the leading contender for best actor. the first big win of the evening, best supporting actor, went to mahershala ali for his incredibly moving portrayal of a miami drug dealer in the coming of age drama moonlight. with me is us broadcaster and author carol gould. we just wejust had we just had another win, best documentary. yes, 13. or was it made in america? i'm pleased about that because 13... 13 and made in america we re very because 13... 13 and made in america were very close but i'm pleased the oj documentary won. there was one that wasn't nominated, the empty chair about james bowley, the murdered journalist in syria, that

was one of the greatest documentaries i've ever seen but the academy ignored it —— james foley. that is the luck of the draw as the cliche goes. it seems incredible compared to last year that we have had the first black actor to win in a number of years for the supporting actor award. we have had best documentary, a film based on the story of a black man, really different from last year. yes. in the studio talking about oscarssowhite with your colleague, kasia madera, now this year it is so different. it is phenomenal the change. it also shows you... the united states when it is doing something good for the world really goes for it. really and truly hollywood pulled out all the stops this year to bring diversity and also women, more women being involved this year in directing and

editing and there are some great performances by actresses, absolutely so hard to pick who could win in the acting categories. who is your money on? my money is on viola davis and on casey affleck for manchester by the sea. it's possible that denzel washington dell well will get it for fences, because he was phenomenal, there were some brilliant male performances. and andrew garfield for hacksaw ridge, it's interesting, $16a million, about okinawa, world war two still brings people in, one of the last battles of the war and that's extraordinary, the second world war still pulls people in and andrew garfield i have to say was superb in that film but i don't think he will win. is been controversial but mel gibson has made his way back into the fold. yes. -- it's been controversial. for people that don't

know mel gibson a few years ago made comments that were seen as anti—semitic and it up upset people all around the world and in hollywood. we are just out of time but it has been incredible. —— and it upset. i have to tell you the winner of the best documentary, the eight hour documentary film, oj simpson: made in america, the director paid tribute to ron goldman and nicole simpson brown. he said this is bought them and their families, this is for others who are the victims of violence, police brutality and racially motivated violence. that's all the time we have four at the moment, stay with us, more on the oscars and lots of other things. stay with us. —— for the moment. goodbye. hello, good morning.

the weekend brought us some wet and windy weather, but at least it was on the mild side. some of the wettest weather was around glasgow area, so we had scenes like this sent in by one of our weather watchers, and most of that rain came due to storm ewan. that area of low pressure is running to the north of scotland, but it could return on tuesday as a much weaker feature. in its wake, though, we are drawing down some cold air. that brings with it the risk of some frost, ice and some snow as well. and the risk is greatest by the morning across the northern half of the uk, some snow over the hills. to the south, we have got stronger winds, with the bands of heavy showers moving in, and some heavy rain to clear away from the south—east early in the morning. the ice risk is there, and through the day we will see bands of showers, particularly running across england and wales. don't be surprised, even here, to find some hail, sleet and even some snow.

a little bit drier further north. the best of the weather, actually, across the northern half of scotland, where it should be less windy and there will be more sunshine. but it will feel cold pretty much everywhere, especially where we have got the stronger winds and the showers rattling in, and those will continue across england and wales during the evening and overnight for a while. then we have got some clearer skies. things calm down a bit, and there may be some more ice around overnight into tuesday morning, because it may be just that little bit colder, pretty much wherever you are. and then this area of low pressure, this is what is left of storm ewan. as promised, it is coming back in from the north—west. it will bring some stronger winds, but nothing out of the ordinary. it will bring some rain, maybe some snow over the hills, most particularly in scotland. those stronger winds will push some showers into england and wales, and temperatures at best eight or nine degrees. that area of low pressure, the ex—storm, is going to pull away, taking the wet and windy weather away with it overnight, and by the time you get to wednesday morning,

things much quieter. but cold again, cold enough for some frost and some icy patches. many places starting off dry and bright, with some sunshine, but into the south—west we will see the winds picking up, and some rain pushing in from off the atlantic, perhaps just lifting the temperature a little. but we are opening the door to the milder air coming in from the atlantic, particularly across the southern half of the uk. but there will be some stronger winds as well, quite unsettled, really, through the week ahead. to begin with, it is going to feel really cold after the mild weekend. there will be some wintry showers around as well, and the temperatures recover a bit later on this week. but some rain around, especially in the south. i'm lebo diseko. the latest headlines from bbc news: mahershala ali wins best supporting actor at the oscars in hollywood. he plays a miami drugs dealer in the coming—of—age drama "moonlight." the favourite for the big award, best picture, is the musical, la la land. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse begins its first public hearings. one of the first claims to be investigated is the mistreatment of thousands of british children sent abroad after the second world

war. tens of thousands of people in south sudan are starting to see food aid arrive in the region where the united nations says that many of those affected have been trying to escape the country's civil war. time now for a week in parliament.