i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: president trump signs a revised travel ban against six mainly muslim countries. his team says it will overcome any legal challenge. the department ofjustice believes this executive order, just as the first executive order, is a proper and legal exercise of presidential authority. a retired police officer in the philippines testifies that the country's president duterte approved the killings of nearly 200 people when he was a city mayor. i'm kasia madera in london. china's war on traffic pollution as it promises to "make the skies blue again," but is it losing the battle against the smog? and tummy trouble for the turtle who ate hundreds of coins! live from our studios in singapore

and london. you're watching bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 9am in singapore. 1am in london, and 8pm in washington, where president trump has finally signed his replacement executive order on immigration. it reimposes travel restrictions on six muslim—majority nations. but the new order omits iraq, offers protection to people that already have green cards, and removes an indefinite ban on syrian refugees. even so, new legal challenges are expected, as nick bryant reports. there was applause when president trump signed the first executive order, but it caused anger, chaos and confusion at america's airports as the travel ban on entrants from seven mainly muslim countries was hurriedly put into effect but the us courts blocked it opening the borders,

delivering an embarrassing rebuke to president trump. so today he signed a revised ban with unusually little fanfare. the washington press corps not invited to witness it and this photograph ta ken instead by a white house staffer. he left it to a senior administration officials to sell one of his signature policies. it is the president's solemn duty to protect the american people. and with this order president trump is exercising his rightful authority to keep our people safe. whilst citizens from somalia, sudan, syria, iran, libya and yemen are still affected, iraq, unlike last time, is not on the list. people with legal residency in the us who are holders of green cards and those who already had visas will not be subject to the ban. syrian refugees originally banned indefinitely are not singled out for harsher treatment. the trump administration claims some refugees pose a potential terror threat. in fact, today more than 300 people, according to the fbi,

who came here as refugees, are under an fbi investigation today for potential terrorism—related activities. by delaying its implementation until later in the month the white house is hoping to avoid a repeat of the botched roll—out of the original travel ban. removing iraq, a key ally, is designed to make it more politically palatable for republican critics. and the trump administration has tried to make it legally watertight. but to constitutional scholars think they have succeeded? there are still grounds to challenge this executive order. in fact, they are the same grounds as before, it willjust be more difficult. none of this means that courts could not strike this town or issue a restraining order, it's just that it will be tougher. this has fewer edges. the muslim neighbourhoods of america such as this one in michigan, the travel ban affects family members and friends. and many complain it also marginalises them. it's really sad because it's

affecting a lot of people and it's going to hurt a lot of people. i think it's a wrong decision. i wish he would teach us how to love each other more and be more peaceful, do not say this group is bad, that group is bad. america has long celebrated its welcoming tradition towards immigrants, symbolised by the statue of liberty. but opinion on the travel ban exposes deep divisions here between those who protest it's un—american and those who believe it's necessary to protect the american homeland. omarjadwat is the director of the american civil liberties union immigrants‘ rights project and joins us now from our new york studio. you work to protect immigrant rights. do you think this new order

has done enough for it to be deemed not anti—muslim? has done enough for it to be deemed not anti-muslim? absolutely not. at its core, it is exactly the same as the old order. they omitted one from the old order. they omitted one from the previous. but it is the same plan, to deny muslims from entering the united states, exactly what donald trump promised us when he was running for president, and what repeatedly, if you look at the evidence, it is clear that this is the fulfilment of that promise. and that promise is not consistent with the constitution of the united states and not one ultimately that the united states and the people will let him keep. but, omar, by getting rid of contentious aspects like prioritising christian refugees, it will be harder to fight this. i don't think so. it does

definitely respond to some of the specific things courts have said already. but the core problem is that, in fact, already. but the core problem is that, infact, if already. but the core problem is that, in fact, if you look at what the second ban, how it relates to the second ban, how it relates to the first ban, it shows the so—called security issues they have raised are false. if you look at what they said initially, these seven countries, you know, it is an inviolate list, it has some inherent national security problems with it. now it has six countries, which does not include iraq, because iraq negotiated its way off the list. if there was really a national security concern on the first list, they would not have changed it so easily this time around we have seen documents coming out of the government showing that the government's own intelligence a nalysts

government's own intelligence analysts have said this is not the way to accommodate national security concerns. in fact, way to accommodate national security concerns. infact, no way to accommodate national security concerns. in fact, no purpose would be served by a country based ban like this one. 300 people were admitted as refugees to the united states who are now being investigated by the fbi, according to the government. there is a security concern. i appreciate that they have not said whether they are guilty, but they point to a security concern. let us see. 200 people under some sort of suspicion does not really tell you much. what we can look at is the two, two, out of the million who have come as refugees to this country since 2000, who have been a problem. one is the

bowling green massacre, which never happened, another is a five year old who was subsequently radicalised and took part in a conspiracy that did not go anywhere and hurt anybody. the whole point of this seems to be that we need better vetting for five key roles. this is the wrong way to go about it. -- five year olds. omar from aclu, thank you for your time. also making news today: north korea's official news agency has just reported that monday's launch of four missiles was a training exercise for a strike on us bases injapan. the country's leader supervised the drill and according to the same report personally ordered it to start. leaders of the french centre—right have reasserted their support for republican presidential candidate, francois fillon. mr fillon has faced intense pressure after being told he was being subject to an embezzlement investigation.

he denies the charges and has refused to step aside. our correspondent, hugh schofield, says mr fillon is not out of the woods yet. and north korea's ambassador in kuala lumpur has arrived in beijing after being asked to leave malaysia in a diplomatic row. north korea says it will expel the malaysian ambassador to pyongyang in return. a deterioration in relations follows the assassination of kim jong un's half—brother at kuala lumpur airport. football news. chelsea have extended their lead at the top of the premier league with a 2—1 victory at west ham united. star players, eden hazard and diego costa, were both on the score sheet for the blues. chelsea now lead second place spurs by ten points. was a great victory.

a retired police officer in the philippines has admitted to killing nearly 200 people, saying he was part of a "death squad" under the now president, rodrigo duterte. arturo lascanas had originally denied the killings carried out when duterte was davao city mayor. lascanas said he'd lied because he feared for the lives of his family. duterte's spokesman called his testimony "fabricated and unacceptable. " our asia—pacific editor, michael bristow, has more. under oath in the senate in manila, arturo lasca nas gave some shocking testimony. he said he was part of a death squad in davao, operating under the orders of president rodrigo duterte, who was then the city's mayor. translation: during my time in the death squad, starting in 1989, let's just say i killed almost 200. i cannot take to my grave these dark and evil secrets from my life, borne out of obedience to rodrigo duterte's orders and his campaign against

illegality and drugs. i had blind obedience and loyalty to the point that i was indirectly involved in killing my two brothers. the retired policeman previously denied being a hitman, and senators wanted to know why he'd changed his story. he said he had been told to stay quiet, and feared for the lives of his loved ones. davao was once a byword for crime. it's now largely peaceful. rodrigo duterte cleaned up the city when he was mayor. but some say he did it by ordering the killing of drug pushers, criminals, and even those who criticised his leadership. when he became president last year, mr duterte took some of his tough policies in davao, and applied them to the whole of the philippines. he declared a war on drugs. he's been controversial. thousands have died at the hands of hit squads made up of police officers. despite the killing, mr duterte remains popular. and it is like that from arturo lasca nas, however distressing, is unlikely to bring down the president. michael bristow, bbc news.

you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. in china, the government's promising action against old polluting vehicles. but can it really make the skies blue again? first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards and it was a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb on a remote pacific atoll. the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier and so my heart went bang and bang.

the constitutional rights of these marchers have their rights as citizens of the united states and they should be protected even in the right to test them out so they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy, i know you don't want to say too much about it, but does it worry you it's going to boil up when you get to the stage? well, it worries me, yeah. i hope everything will be all right in the end of the day. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm in london. our top stories: president trump has signed a revised travel ban against six mainly—muslim countries, with some of the contentious aspects of the old order removed. a retired police officer in the philippines has admitted to killing nearly 200 people as part of a death squad under president duterte.

let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the front page ofjapan times is dominated byjapan's reaction to north korean missile tests that landed in the sea insidejapan's exclusive economic zone. prime minister shinzo abe described this a new level of threat, and utterly intolerable. he vowed to co—ordinate with japan's allies to urge north korea exercise restraint. philippine daily inquirer leads on the reaction to a former policeman's startling testimony that linked president duterte to killings by a death squad in davoa. some senators have questioned the motives of arturo lascanas in linking duterte now. they suggest that he became unhappy because the administration had turned down deals that he attempted to broker for his friends. the new york times has an incredible and heart—warming migrant success story from denmark. ali sonko, pictured here

smiling in the kitchen, worked as a dishwasher at noma, one of the best restaurants in the world, for 14 years. last week, he was promoted as a co—owner of the restaurant. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? in thailand, it is all about a green sea—turtle named bank, so—called because she would eat up the coins thrown into her tank, at a conservation centre near bangkok. many thais believe throwing coins will bring longevity, but not necessarily for turtles, however. vets had to operate on bank after the coins became so heavy they cracked her shell. here are all the coins they removed.

let's hope she makes a full recovery. a british woman has been rescued by police in the australian state of queensland, after allegedly being held against her will for more than two months. a 22—year—old man from the northern city of cairns has been charged with several counts of rape and assault. the woman was rescued when police pulled over her car near the town of mitchell, and noticed she was distressed and had serious injuries to herface. they found a man in an alcove in the back of the vehicle. our correspondent hywel griffith is in sydney. what do the police believe happened to this woman? well, they say that

the couple met a few months ago, at the couple met a few months ago, at the tail end of last year, and at some stage there was an agreement potentially to go on a road trip from the northern city of cairns down towards the area where they we re down towards the area where they were found, mitchell, in the south of the state. but the police say that from the second of january onwards, until they found her on the fifth of march, that woman was being held against her will, essentially she was a hostage, and she was brutally abused. she was the victim of rape on multiple occasions, of several assaults. they have charged the 22—year—old man with four counts of strangulation, and as well he has been charged with drug offences. as you say, they found him, he allegedly was hiding in the back of the vehicle and she was driving, but clearly distressed. she had very obvious facial wounds and she needed to receive treatment for those wounds, although we are told they

won't life—threatening. wounds, although we are told they won't life-threatening. and there have been concerns lately about the safety of backpackers in australia. —— won't life—threatening. safety of backpackers in australia. -- won't life-threatening. australia isa -- won't life-threatening. australia is a popular backpacking destinations. more than 600,000 people come here from across the world and about a third of them visit northern queensland but there have been a couple of incidents which have suggested that safety needs to be improved, we think of a case last year when two british backpackers, were both stabbed and killed at a hostel in northern queensland. the person alleged to have carried out that attack is currently in custody and awaiting trial, but there are concerns about how some backpackers become isolated. often they are young people out on the road from the very first time and therefore more potentially needs to be done to safeguard their safety. now, we understand that this 22—year—old woman, asi understand that this 22—year—old woman, as i said, has received

treatment as the victim of sexual assault. she will remain anonymous. china has promised to make its skies blue again, as it introduces new plans to tackle its notorious air pollution problem. it is targeting vehicle emissions and encouraging the use of greener cars. as part of our series on tackling air pollution, our china editor carrie gracie reports from beijing. everything in china is on a massive scale, the problems and the solutions. cars are to blame for about a third of china's air pollution, so it is scrapping the worst offenders. but this ritual in the wreckers' yard is a losing battle against 30 million new cars taking to the roads this year. if these people want clean air, then from transport, to heating and lifestyle, they have

to change their behaviour. china has to kick its addiction to fossil fuels. for this beijing couple, the morning commute is a his—and—hers divide. he is part of the problem, and she is part of the solution. meet little blue. harmful emissions — zero. to beat the petrol heads, china subsidises electric vehicles and makes them much easier to license. on smoggy days, little blue does not face restrictions, like other cars, and she is proud to do her bit for clean air. translation: we all have to live in the city, and the pollution is terrible for our health and for beijing's image. but driving little blue, i don't have to feel guilty, even on smoggy days.

i tell my friends they should get one, too. gathering winter fuel. to beat the smog, all the villages surrounding beijing have banned the burning of coal. and this 70—year—old farmer is forced back to the old ways. the fire heats their brick bed. the government did give them an electric heater, but on their pensions, they cannot afford to switch it on much. winters are sub—zero here, but he tells me he is more worried about his electricity bill than about the cold or the smog. he is wearing thick layers of longjohns. beijing can clean the air when it wants to, like now, for the annual session of its rubber—stamp parliament. but it cannot do it for long,

because despite the push for cleaner vehicles and cleaner heating, the chinese economy is still fuelled by coal. and, in the one—party state, there is little the public can do to force the politicians here to deliver air fit to breathe. carrie gracie, bbc news, beijing. after their names were torn off dorm doors, in a racist prank, chinese students at columbia university in new york made a video explaining what their names mean, and why they are important. their video, titled say my name, has gone viral, reaching over 250,000 views on facebook. they told the bbc more about it. whenever there is a chinese name on the door, it would be ripped off. i also go byjack by my friends. a

lot of people adopt english names for the purpose of making it convenient forforeign for the purpose of making it convenient for foreign people, to pronounce their names. during chinese new year a group of students discovered that their name tags were missing so they went to their resident adviser and said, yo, whereas our nametag? they are put up by the resident adviser and he was super confused and said i did not ta ke super confused and said i did not take it down and that is when they realised they were targeted by some third party. i don't know what their intention is, but no matter what their intention is it is really hurtful and really distressing to the chinese community here. much of the chinese community here. much of the university don't even know what happened. so yes, my video was sort ofa happened. so yes, my video was sort of a result of that. i feel like a need to do something. our attitude, al voice, needs to be heard.

my my name is joy my name isjoy and happiness in chinese. in chinese it means to continue the cultural legacy. chinese. in chinese it means to continue the cultural legacym means her role in and my parents took it from the story of mulan, to say that i could be just as good as a guy. —— heroine. say that i could be just as good as a guy. -- heroine. sometimes people are rude to you not because you are chinese, but because they are rude. this time i feel like i am being targeted specifically.” this time i feel like i am being targeted specifically. i am very shocked by the overwhelmingly positive feedback from just everywhere. because when i first made the video, i intended the video

to be shown among the campus community. and somehow the video was shared too, like, toronto and london and sydney and paris and moscow. the la st word and sydney and paris and moscow. the last word means the brightest star in the night sky, so when my parents are at home, they look forward to make up to the sky and they can see me. the brightest star. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. we will be looking at australians who are giving their wallets a workout. they are spending around $270 billion on fitness apparel. thank you for watching newsday on bbc world news. goodbye. hello, good morning. the start of the week brought a mixture of sunshine and showers but we were very close to some

severe and potentially damaging weather. just across the way, in brittany, a gust approaching i20mph. that area of low pressure brought us some rain in the south—west and the channel islands, and is running away across europe rapidly now, to bring more some snow to the alps, take some wet weather across italy and to the adriatic, potentially bring some damaging mistral winds to south—east france and gusty winds into sardinia and corsica. here at home, things very much quiter. the winds quite light, actually, and a lot of the showers that we had earlier on are beginning to fade away. so we will see clearer skies developing, and it will be turning into quite a chilly night. ground frost, i think, in many places, and in the countryside there may be a pinch of air frost as well. so a chilly start to tuesday morning but a dry and bright one for the most part. the showers along those north sea coasts tending to pull away and instead we look to the west to see increasing amounts of cloud

coming our way, and eventually some outbreaks of rain and drizzle, too. for most of the day, mainland scotland will be dry, but we will keep some showers going across the northern isles, towards lerwick, shetland in particular, and we will see the cloud increasing in scotland, ahead of this rain that arrives in northern ireland through the afternoon. it is mostly light and patchy. ahead of it still dry across many central, northern and eastern parts of england. a decent enough day. the sunshine turning increasingly hazy as the cloud increases. and we will see some patchy rain coming into wales and the south—west of england as well. no great amounts during daylight hours. through the evening, the rain turns a bit heavier, and briefly we could see a bit of snow in the scottish mountains. but the rain across northern parts of the country doesn't last too long. further south, across england and wales, the rain grinds to a halt a bit overnight. that wil keep the temperatures up, leading to some misty weather and some hill fog. clearer skies to the north and ity will be turning a touch chilly. some stronger winds in the far north—west of scotland, perhaps, and a milder wind blowing across southern parts of england and wales, where we are more likely

to keep some drizzly rain going through the day. a lot of cloud across much of wales, south midlands, southern england, so a bit of a damp and dreary sort of day. but decent temperatures. further north though it will be sunnier and watch out for some heavy showers in the north—west later in the day in particular. that weather front does eventually take that rain and drizzle away from southern—most parts of england, and then it comes back in again from off the atlantic towards the south—west of england so here we will see some rain arriving on thursday. brighter day for many other areas. a little sunshine, a few blustery old showers across northern parts of scotland. decent temperatures, and staying mild and cloudy on friday. i'm kasia madera with bbc world news. our top story: president trump has signed a new executive order imposing a ban on travellers from six mainly muslim countries. most of the contentious aspects of the old order have been removed, such as a stated preference for christian refugees. the new order also drops the indefinite ban on syrian refugees, and will be phased in over the next two weeks. a retired police officer in the philippines has admitted to killing nearly 200 people, saying he was part of a "death squad" approved by the man

who is now president, rodrigo duterte. and this video is trending on bbc.com. vets in thailand have operated on a green sea—turtle to remove more than 900 coins she'd swallowed that were thrown into her enclosure for good luck. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. and the top story here in the uk: trade union leaders want assurances over the future of thousands of jobs at vauxhall‘s car plants at luton and ellesmere port. vauxhall has been sold by general motors to french car