welcome to newsday, i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: a 70—year—old german tourist is beheaded in the philippines four months after being kidnapped by islamist militants. president trump promises to increase america's military spending by $54 billion without running up any more debts. deported to singapore with just £12 in her pocket. we hearfrom the woman thrown out of the uk despite three decades of marriage and children. all they say is i can't be in the country and i have to kids and a husband and that's no grounds, i don't know what kind of grounds you want. and the prime minister of singapore tells us what he thinks of press freedom, the tpp deal and the rising tensions between washington and beijing. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news.

it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 8am in the philippines were anti—terrorist forces are searching for the militant group which first kidnapped and then killed a german tourist. jurgen kantner‘s and then killed a german tourist. jurgen ka ntner‘s death and then killed a german tourist. jurgen kantner‘s death was a p pa re ntly jurgen kantner‘s death was apparently killed by members of the abu sayyaf group. it's thought he was killed after their ransom demands were not met. mr kantner had been abducted from a yacht last november. the philippine government said it lost some of its best men trying to rescue him. our asia editor michael bristow has more. it's thoughtjurgen it's thought jurgen ka ntner was beheaded. abu sayyaf militants wa nted beheaded. abu sayyaf militants wanted $600,000 for his release but the deadline for payment passed on sunday. the german yachtsman was kidnapped in november. his boat was

found drifting in the sea in the southern philippines. his partner was killed in the abduction. the philippine army had spent the last few days looking for mr kantner. the insurgents could have killed him because he was too ill to move around. the german government wondered what kind of people could commit such a barbaric crime. from geneva, manila's foreign minister said the killers would be hunted down. we have to be tough and exterminate them and we have to make sure that the hostages will be kept from harm's way, we will undertake operations to make sure we give a premium to saving the lives of the hostages and because of this our task has not been easy but we are prepared to crush them. abu sayyaf area prepared to crush them. abu sayyaf are a muslim group fighting a religious war, but they have become as feared for their habit of kidnapping for ransom. those who don't pay our sometimes

killed, just like this canadian, shown here in the middle, who was murdered last year. the militants hide injungle murdered last year. the militants hide in jungle clad murdered last year. the militants hide injungle clad mountains, which means they're difficult to find. there were more than 20 other hostages out there. incredibly, jurgen kantner and his partner were taken hostage jurgen kantner and his partner were ta ken hostage before jurgen kantner and his partner were taken hostage before in 2008 by somali pirates. they were freed after 52 days. afterwards the yachtsman said he didn't deliberately seek danger, but he prayed he would never be kidnapped again. michael bristow, bbc news. let's ta ke let's take a look at the other news stories and donald trump's first budget will include a proposal to increase us military spending by $54 billion, that would be a 10% jump from the current amount. here's how the president plans to fund the increased. mr pence spending increase will be offset and paid for by a finding

greater savings and efficiencies across the federal government —— this defence. we're going to do more with less. we're going to do more with less. we're going to do more with less and make the government lea n with less and make the government lean and accountable to the people, we can do so much more with the money we spend. also making news today: prosecutors in south korea say they will make their final in south korea say they will make theirfinal indictments in south korea say they will make their final indictments in their investigation into president macro korea n investigation into president macro korean on tuesday. they said they had asked the enquiry to be extended by 30 days but the prime minister's office refused and the special prosecutor said they weren't able to question president park, something they describe as deeply disappointing. the south korean intelligence agency said it believes four of the north korean men suspected in the involvement of kim jong—nam our government spies. mr kim, the half brother of north korean leader kim john bowen, died after being poisoned at kuala lumpar airport. south korea says it is now treating the death as a state led terrorist incident —— kim jong—un.

malaysia says saudi arabia is to invest $7 billion in an oil processing plant. the deal was announced on monday on the second day of a visit by the saudi king soundman. the refinery, which is being built near the malaysian border with singapore, is due to begin operations in 2019 —— salman. the who says there is an urgent need for new antibiotics to treat diseases caused by bacteria. they've identified 12 strains which are system to current antibiotics. they say unless something is done to tackle them, around 10 million will die every yearfrom tackle them, around 10 million will die every year from drug—resistant disease by 2050. now to a most unusual game, it's called bandy, a bit like ice fog but what sets apart this match played in russia on sunday is all of the goals are being scored by players against their own team. with 20 minutes to go the match was goalless when one player put three shots into his own

net. his opponents then scored nine own goals in response only for the first player to score eight more past his own goal tender. the final result, 11—9, and all of those were own goals. the spectators were understandably confused, i am too, but it seems it may have been a ploy to secure and easier match in the play—offs. it's being investigated and both sides could face punishment. it's been 70 years since one of the darkest chapters in taiwan's history, and for relatives of those who died in what's become known as the white terror, the search for justice continues. commemorations are being held for the victims of the so—called two to eight massacre which took place on february the 28th in 1947. troops pig belonging to them ashton west leader, whose party governed taiwan at the time,

cracked down on anti—government riots on the island killing up to 28,000 people. —— the taiwanese leader. the purges led to executions of thousands more. the current government has promised to investigate the purges but the first report is not due for three years. cindy suejoins me now cindy sue joins me now from taiwan we re cindy sue joins me now from taiwan were commemorations are taking place. why investigate this 70 years later? 70 years after the massacre began on february the 28th, there are still many unanswered questions. many of the cases are still not resolved and one of the examples is the church behind me, that used to be the apartment of a pro—democracy lawyer. his mother and his twin daughters, aged six, were killed in the subsequent years following the massacre. it's not only this case that hasn't been resolved but many cases of the people who were killed

and persecuted have not been resolved. to this day nobody has been brought to justice. resolved. to this day nobody has been brought tojustice. this is causing a lot of resentment in taiwanese society and people want a nswe i’s eve n taiwanese society and people want answers even 70 years later. how is china viewing all this next door? surprisingly china for the first time this year has said that it will also commemorate the 228 massacre's anniversary and this is surprising because as we know china does not commemorate any uprisings against the government or any massacres of its own. it's interesting, it's being seen as an attempt right now by china to try to seem like it is connecting with the taiwanese people, they understand taiwanese history and culture, but also china is trying to use this as an attempt to criticise the current taiwanese government. it says the president is

using this as political capital to make the opposition party right now look bad and revive resentment against her and this actually caused them to lose the last elections badly, not losing only the presidency but the parliament for the first time, the majority in the parlour and, for the first time in january elections. it appears to be politicised even now —— in the parliament. how our younger people remembering this? young people are taught about this period of history in their school textbooks but only briefly. many of them don't even know what happened to their families u nless know what happened to their families unless the families talk about it. i've talked to young people who are the third generation of families that suffered and even though some of them didn't suffer very much, they might have had an uncle that had to flee overseas, but they're still quite resentful and they still

wa nt to still quite resentful and they still want to know what exactly happened. why hasn't anybody been punished and who is really accountable? the government has never said. there are still many images of him in taiwan, as tourists will see. many thanks, cindy sue in taipei. a singaporean woman who was the ported from the uk despite being married to a british national 427 yea rs has told married to a british national 427 years has told the bbc she will challenge her deportation in the european court of human rights. she was deported on sunday despite insisting she was needed to care for her british husband. according to the uk's rules, if someone has been given indefinite leave to state they still need to apply for a visa to live in britain if they've been away from more than two years and they have to demonstrate strong family ties as well as explaining why they lived abroad. that would mean irene

clennell had no legal right to remain in the uk but she's not satisfied with that ruling, as she told tim mcdonald. people just walked out from behind the door. there was about 12 of them, they surrounded me and one with a camcorder was recording everything. there were four officers from outside who came and they checked and i said i can't go because i haven't got my clothes and stuff like that, they said don't worry about it, i asked if i could at least go and change, they said i couldn't, could i take my phone, i couldn't. i couldn't do anything so they went upstairs and got my belongings, put it in a bag and brought it down and i went in the van. isaid brought it down and i went in the van. i said i brought it down and i went in the van. isaid i didn't want to brought it down and i went in the van. i said i didn't want to go. they didn't give me any notice to say that i'm leaving and i didn't have the opportunity to say i'm not leaving. they just have the opportunity to say i'm not leaving. theyjust came down and asked me to leave. they said we

can't do anything, the home office wa nt can't do anything, the home office want you to be removed so they took me to the airport. do you feel like you've been treated unfairly? eloped the way they escorted me was like i'm a terrorist. they got both my arms locked in. these girls are quite big and i'm walking in the middle and everybody is looking. i was thinking why. can you just let go? can one person hold me, one is strong enough. they said they have to do theirjudy so both were holding my hands. the only mistake i've done is getting married in that country. —— duty. nothing else. i feel like a terrorist. it's quite embarrassing as well. and then they told me that i would... when they bring me to singapore

someone would be meeting me down here to give me accommodation and looked after me and stuff like that —— look after. and the lawyers would assist me and all that. but when i came here there was no one there and the office in thailand was shut and when i asked them for the phone, as soon as i landed in singapore, the officer didn't even look at my face to say you can't have it or nothing, shejust to say you can't have it or nothing, she just blanked me. to say you can't have it or nothing, shejust blanked me. can you understand how somebody might look at your immigration history with so many rejections from the home office and think it's a little unusual? eloped every time they say there's something wrong somewhere and i tried to get that evidence and send them back, all with payment, and they keep rejecting and rejecting and rejecting. all they say is i have no grounds to be in the country. if two kids and a husband isn't grounds then i don't know what

kind of grounds you want. britain's home office has released the following statement: you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: more red faces than red carpet at the oscars after a mix—up meant the prize for best film was given to the wrong production. 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. citizens are trying to come to grips with their new freedom. though there is joy and relief today, the scars are everywhere. 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. welcome back. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm karin giannone in london. our top stories: a 70—year—old german tourist has been beheaded by islamist militants in the philippines. and president trump has announced an increase in us defence spending of nearly 10%.

let's take a look at some stories making newspapers around the world. we'll start with the front page of the south china morning post. it reports a top chinese diplomat‘s gone to the us to lay the groundwork for xijinping to meet with donald trump. now, it says the meeting could come as early as may. the front page of the japan times picks up on reports north korea's violating sanctions and selling military equipment through malaysia. it quotes a un report that says the country's spy agency has set up a fake business in kuala lumpur and has made sales to countries like eritrea. and the front page of the international new york times is dominated by a photograph of im chaem. now, she was accused of overseeing the slaughter of thousands under cambodia's khmer rouge. it says her case has been dismissed, raising questions over whether the inquiry gave in to pressure from cambodia's government. now karin, what stories are sparking

discussions online? 0ne story trending now: water supplies have been cut to some five million people in chile — because of heavy rains. that may sound like a contradiction, but the floodwaters have risen and the rocks, mud and other debris they carried with them have blocked the fresh water intakes. supplies are slowing being restored, but it could be several days before all of the taps in chile are working properly again. now, in the constantly changing world of asian politics, singapore's prime minister lee hsien loong has established a long—term presence. since taking power in 2004, he's won three elections, and ensured that his country remains a stable democracy. but recent events have left him, and many other regional leaders, having to reconsider some policies — particularly in the light of donald trump scrapping the tra ns—pacific partnership,

and the growing tensions between china and the us. mr lee has been speaking to stephen sackur from the bbc hardtalk programme — and here's a little of what he had to say. we are completely open. we have one of the fastest internet access is in the world. we have no great wall of the world. we have no great wall of the internet. you can get any site in the world. so where is the restriction? if the government of britain were to make a link between a trade deal and seeking guarantees at about human rights press freedoms, workers rights, demonstrators' rights in this country, your ration would be...” would wait to react until i said. if american and chinese relations become difficult, our position becomes tougher. because then we would be coerced to choose between being friends with america and friends with china. that is a real

worry of you? that is a real worry. now, we are friends with both. —— for you. we are friends with both on the relationships are in good order. do you believe that beijing — washington relations are in danger of deteriorating? i think that relationships require close and sustained attention from both sides. some other signatories, thinking of australia, new zealand, said that they would not rule out a tpp without the united states. injapan, thatis without the united states. injapan, that is seen to be a nonstarter. how is that seen in singapore?“ that is seen to be a nonstarter. how is that seen in singapore? if there was a consensus, and 11 countries signed the thing, just without the us, singapore would sign. whether that happens, i am not sure, because the japanese in particular made very painful concessions in exchange for a american concessions. if you have a american concessions. if you have

a deal with the japanese giving these concessions, without america being party, ithink these concessions, without america being party, i think the political balance and economic balance shifted. so i would not rule it out, but i think it would not be so easy to achieve. i think it is a law which is their. if i remove it, will not remove the problem. because i will look at what has happened in the west, in europe, and in britain, it when you decriminalised it in the 19605, it when you decriminalised it in the 1960s, and your attitudes are changing long way, but even now, it can marriage is contentious. in america, it is very contentious. even in france, and paris, they have had demonstrations in the streets against gay marriage. but what is your personal view? would you like, all things being equal, to get rid of 377a ? all things being equal, to get rid of 377a? my view is that if i don't have a problem, this is an easy compromise and i do not have a problem with it. that was the prime minister of singapore, lee hsien loong, talking to stephen sackur.

and you can see the full interview on hardtalk on bbc world news, at these times on wednesday the first of march — 0430, 0930, 1530 and 2030 gmt. now, of all the places to make a mistake, surely the highest profile awards ceremony in the world is one to avoid. but that's exactly what happened at the oscars in los angeles on sunday evening — when confusion over envelopes led to the wrong film being named as best picture. 0ur arts editor will gompertz has the story of the show that went a bit wrong. it was supposed to be the grand finale of a wonderful 0scars night. warren beatty and faye dunaway, bonnie and clyde 50 years ago, came on to present the prestigious best picture academy award. the veteran actor opens the all—importa nt envelope and pulls out the card on which a winner's name is written. he seems a little unsure.

the academy award... and then a bit perplexed. the drums are rolling. ..for best picture. faye dunaway thinks he's playing for laughs. la la land. and reads the name on the card. so it's hugs all round from the la la land crew, as the team behind the feel—good musical homage to hollywood make their way to the stage. thank you to the adademy... an emotionaljordan horowitz, the film's producer, effusively thanks friends and family. thank you to my parents... as the acceptance speeches continue, a small commotion develops. no, there's a mistake. moonlight, you guys won best picture. what?! this is not a joke — moonlight has won best picture. moonlight, best picture. the team from moonlight, a coming—of—age drama set in the mean streets of miami, are delighted and bemused. i want to tell you what happened.

i opened the envelope, and it said, "emma stone, la la land". that's why i took such a long look at faye and at you. i wasn't trying to be funny. he had been given the wrong envelope. you see, there are duplicate sets of winners' envelopes produced by the two 0scar auditors from accountancy practice pwc, a firm that has been overseeing the academy awards for more than 80 years. within hours, pwc released a statement apologising for the mistake. things happen, you know, you make a movie, a boom dips into the shot, it's a human error. so whatever happened, i still don't know what happened, it happened, but the result was the same. we've all hugged it out, the two camps, and we're good, we'll wake up tomorrow... well, we won't go to sleep, but tomorrow we'll figure out what happened. and the oscar goes to... the night was memorable for other, less calamitous reasons. moonlight‘s success wasn't limited to best picture.

mahershala ali was recognised for his supporting role and duly became the first muslim actor to win an oscar. la la land might have rather publically missed out on the big prize, but damien chazelle won best director, becoming the youngest person to win that category. and emma stone won leading actress. casey affleck picked up the best actor 0scarfor playing a broken man in the film manchester by the sea. he was thrilled. denzel washington, who had also been nominated, didn't seem quite so pleased. one of the first people who taught me how to act was denzel washington, and ijust met him tonight for the first time. thank you. viola davis. viola davis's supporting actress triumph for her role in 1950s drama fences was another win that helped the oscars feel a little less white this year. at least we won't forget who won the

award, this year. the much—loved and only hippo in el salvador‘s national zoo has died after being attacked. as you can see here, zoo officials tried to help the 15—year—old hippo named gustavito after he was beaten and stabbed over the weekend by unknown assailants. police are trying to establish how the attackers got into the zoo, and why they did it. many salvadorea ns have taken to social media to express their sadness and horror. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. coming up we have an exclusive interview with arun jaitley india's finance minister on the country's cash clampdown. and before we go, let's take a look at these pictures from peru. they show just how treacherous it can be trying to cross a river in a bus. the vehicle had been using this crossing point over the rio seco, when the current pulled it over. they were all 0k in the end. stay with us, you're watching bbc news. hello, is the truth were known, i

could have put up any variety hello, is the truth were known, i could have put up any variety of globes to show how very the weather has been as we start the new weather week. as ever, our weather watchers have courted for us. you will notice that the day ended on a wintry notebook parts of scotland. we see the big picture, you will understand. this is why we have a variety of weather on offer at the moment. low pressure is neverfar away. but in the mist of that, cloud and rain, well, the skies are clear for some, and that is why the temperatures will dribble away to the first part of tuesday, to the extent that ice will be quite a problem, if the surface you have not been treated, there were about. even that stage, with an area of low pressure dragging some bands of cloud and rain into the western side of scotla nd cloud and rain into the western side of scotland and into parts of northern ireland as well. do bear in mind wheni northern ireland as well. do bear in mind when i say about the ice risk. really quite extensive, say, perhaps, for this far south—eastern

corner. but even then, one or two showers, that might have some winteriness about them. but for the most part, some fine settled whether to start the day, but don't bank on a lasting. because that air of cloud and rain will bring winter needs across the high ground. —— winteriness. it will leave behind a legacy of wet and i weather across the north—west and through the north of wales. a pretty miserable day coming here. neverwarmer of wales. a pretty miserable day coming here. never warmer than about five or six degrees. throughout the evening, we will take that band of weather towards the south and east. the skies were clear again. the winds will begin to die off of it. good conditions for a touch of frost on the first part of wednesday. wednesday will be marked by another dry start across the heart of the british isles. but notice this: and other aerial cloud and rain moving into the southern parts of england and wales. some winteriness on the high ground of wales and as we move into the medlars. 0n

high ground of wales and as we move into the medlars. on thursday, a rich on the isobars, trying to kill some of the showers for some, at least. but you will notice we have also got a finger of rain there, as well, right through the heart of the british isles. so something of a mixture. many will view thursday as one of the better days of the week. but by friday, and into the weekend, we will start clapping is up again, and there will be more bouts of rain. that is how we played for the rest of the week. day today changes, a little bit of rain and some sunshine, and for some in the north, the risk some snow. —— play it. i'm karin giannone with bbc world news. our top story. it's been confirmed that a german tourist has been killed by kidnappers in the philippines. jurgen kantner was 70 years old. he was kidnapped four months ago by militants linked to so—called islamic state. the philippines government says several troops died while trying to rescue him. president trump says he'll increase us defence spending by nearly 10%. there'll be big cuts elsewhere to pay for it.

and this video is trending on bbc.com. it shows eight hours of snow in eight seconds thanks to timelapse pictures from the icelandic capital reykjavic. more than 50 centimetres of snow fell in just one night, the city's biggest snowfall for 70 years. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now it's time for hardtalk.