hello, everyone. i'm rico hizon. the top stories: the un calls for calm asa top stories: the un calls for calm as a diplomatic row escalates between malaysia and north korea. both sides have banned each other‘s citizens from leaving their countries. wikileaks countries. wikilea ks publishes thousands countries. wikileaks publishes thousands of documents, it says, containing details of a crow to hacking techniques. welcome. amal clooney tells the bbc about taking her legal battle on behalf of the persecuted yazidi people to the un. trying to destroy them as a group and we are allowing it to happen. and poachers kill a rhino for its horn at a zoo in paris, in the first attack of its kind in europe. live from studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's

newsday. glad you could join us. it is currently midnight in london and 8am in singapore and in kuala lumpur, where the diplomatic crisis between malaysia and north korea shows no sign of letting up. the north korean embassy in kuala lumpur has been cordoned off and the un has called for calm, after the two nations banned each other‘s citizens from leaving their countries. it is part ofa leaving their countries. it is part of a growing row over the killing of kimjong—nam at of a growing row over the killing of kim jong—nam at the half brother of the north korean leader. malaysia has not directly blamed the north for the killing, there is widespread suspicion pyongyang was responsible. for the latest, let's cross over to the capital. we are joined for the latest, let's cross over to the capital. we arejoined outside the capital. we arejoined outside the north korean embassy by my colleague sharanjit the north korean embassy by my colleague shara njit leyl. the north korean embassy by my

colleague sharanjit leyl. what's a situation like? it seems peaceful and the embassy hasn't been cordoned off? that's right. it has been relatively quiet here this morning will stop essentially we've only seen the one police car parked outside the main gates of embassy. two police bikes went past earlier, the relatively quiet, compared to other news agencies camped out next to me. what it's a huge rise in tensions. essentially it starts again this week on tuesday, this latest incident, when the north korean state media said relations in north korea were temporarily prohibited from leaving the country until this incident, they said, in malaysia is solved. of course that the incident over the death of kim jong—nam, the death of the north korean leader. of course this prompted a furious response from malaysia's my minister, who called it and malaysia's my minister, who called itand a malaysia's my minister, who called it and a borrowed act and said it was tantamount to holding malaysians

hostage. —— a —— two police —— we know there are about 1000 malaysians in north korea. some 200 in an eastern state, working on coal mines and hydro projects. there are two north korean suspects, however, that the malaysian police chief says, are in the embassy behind me. on the malaysian side there are 11 mostly diplomatic staff who are stuck in pyongyang. the deputy foreign minister in malaysia has vouched for them and says they are all safe. and what's next as this diplomatic dispute between pyongyang and kuala lumpur plays out? i can tell you how malaysians are reacting and it is furiously, just like their prime minister. these are the front pages of the newspapers today. as you can

see, trapped in pyongyang. inside this paper you can see that there is one staff member, a councillor in late in embassy, saying, don't worry, we are safe. so that's one paper. we've also got the new strait times paper which has on the front cover the prime minister calling and national security council meeting, an emergency meeting, when he returned from jakarta. essentially saying the safety of malaysians are priority. so they are working on trying to ensure the safety of the 11 known malaysians who are in north korea. the papers say that of course they can't doubt for any others who might be there on business or pleasure. finally, the sun, which is saying that, held hostage. so a lot of dramatic headlines and reaction on social media. a lot of malaysians

are furious, saying preventing free movement of citizens in north korea is tantamount to war. thanks very much for updating us, from outside the north korean embassy in kuala lumpur. some of the other developments today. the us has sought to reassure china that its deployment of a missile defence system in south korea isn't a threat to beijing. china strongly opposes the deployment of the system and says it will take measures to defend its security, but the us state department spokesman said the deployment was designed to prevent an attack from north korea. we've been very clear in our conversations with china that this is not meant to be a threat and is not a threat to them or any other power in the region. it is a defensive system and is in place all will be in place because of north korea's provocative behaviour. also making news, the british government has suffered a second defeat in parliament over its

legislation to trigger the process of britain leaving there eu. —— the eu. the house of lords voted to get a legal commitment that parliament will have a meaningful vote on the deal britain negotiates when it leaves the eu. but, as our political editor explains, the amendment can't block the bill to invoke what is known as article 50 of the lisbon treaty. that is the mechanism for leaving the eu. in football that has been humiliation for arsenal in the champions league my thrashed 5—1 at home by bayern munich. that means they lost the tie on aggregate, piling pressure on already manager arsene wenger. in the other game, real madrid beat mapperley away from home to progress. —— napoli. they 110w home to progress. —— napoli. they now progressed to the last eight. in bangladesh this fashion show featured survivors of acid attacks. those appearing had been attacked by relatives, partners

and neighbours. many are now shunned socially. the show was devised by a bangladeshi designer and takes place on the eve of international women's day. on the said it was the attackers who should hide their faces and not those who had been disfigured. wikileaks has published thousands of unverified documents of what it says are wide ranging hacking tools used by the cia. the documents allege how cyber weapons have been used to break into use computers, mobile phones and even smart tvs to gather intelligence. the cia has not commented on the credibility of these documents, at some experts say at this point the material does appear legitimate. fresh embarrassment for the us security services today. iquique has

published details of what it says shows the tools the cia uses to hack their targets. they say using them would allow the agency to break into smart phones, communication apps and electronic devices, including smart tvs , electronic devices, including smart tvs, which can be used to record conversations. wikileaks said its sources had shared the details to prompted debate onto with the cia's hacking capabilities has exceeded its mandated powers. the leak hasn't been confirmed by the agency. they said —— didn't comment on documents' authenticity. this is the latest lea k authenticity. this is the latest leak by the whistleblowing website to hit a us government department. for the past seven plus years they've published hundreds of thousands of classified files from the state department and the pentagon. this is in some ways wikileaks' biggest pentagon. this is in some ways wikilea ks' biggest release pentagon. this is in some ways wikileaks' biggest release yet because these documents, from the heart of america's top intelligence agency. the source of the leak isn't

clear, but more than 800,000 people have top security clearance. the man who previously ran both the nsa and cia said that if this was a leak the issue could be that the next generation recruits have a different mindset. i don't mean to judge them at all, if this group of millennial is and related groups simply have different understandings of the words loyalty, secrecy and transparency, that's a my generation did. that is people like edward snowden who previously embarrassed the nsa when he leaked their secrets. he tweeted that he thought the leak was real. if it is, it raises questions about exactly how secure the central intelligence agency really is. a rhino has been shot dead by poachers at a zoo in france in what is believed to be the first such incident in europe. keepers found vince, a four—year—old white rhino, in his enclosure on tuesday morning. one of his horns had been hacked off with a chainsaw. 0ur paris correspondent

lucy williamson reports. this is where poachers came looking for their latest kill, a safari park west of paris. their victim, this four—year—old rhino called vince. they shot him three times before cutting off his horn with a chainsaw. park staff say the attackers broke through two fences and a wall to reach the rhinos. it's thought to be the first time poachers have targeted live animals in a european zoo. it's horrific that vince, our rhino, was shot. we've got this notion that here they are protected from poaching and that poaching happens far away in their natural habitat and here they're safe and poaching has come here now so that's extremely destabilising and shocking. tonight there's extra security in place at the rhino enclosure behind me where the two surviving animals are still being housed.

this was a well—planned operation with apparently detailed knowledge of the park and it has put zoos across europe on alert. poaching has been growing in parts of africa. new tactics to stop it like airlifting animals to safety are now being trialled. all saw in off the prize torn to prevent being targeted, putting on a monitor can track their movements but the rewards of poaching are great and, as supply dwindles, prices and incentives rise. these criminals will seek out the weakest link to get their hands on the rhino horn. like vince, the other young male at thoiry might one day be used for breeding.

as long as the incentives are high enough to take the risks they will go for those risks. like vince, the other young male at thoiry might one day be used for breeding. europe's zoos, designed to protect the species, are now themselves being targeted for the animals in their care. lucy williamson, bbc news, thoiry. this is newsday. live from london and singapore. still to come: we find out exactly what's going on in this singapore bus. 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 at the end of the day. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon, in singapore. our top stories: the united nations has called for calm between malaysia and north korea, as the diplomatic row between the two countries worsens. wikileaks has published thousands of secret documents, which it says

contain details of hacking methods used by the cia. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the philippine daily inquirer leads with president rodrigo duterte's brutal war on drugs and how it's impacted the lives of children around the country. the article explores the story of a 13—year—old boy selling crystal meth on the streets of manila. he was caught by police officers, beaten and shot. but he survived to tell his story. the straits times details a ground—breaking education shift in singapore that will focus on individual student strengths. schools will discontinue academic ability tests and will instead consider the talents of individual students. it means students will be given the chance to study their stronger subjects at higher academic levels. and, finally, on the front page of the china daily

is president xi jingping, urging north—east china to regain industrial strength. the north—east region of the country largely relies on heavy and chemical industries, but economic growth has slowed in recent years. presidentjingping urged leaders to return to the "real economy" of the production of goods and services. —— president xi jinping. it's international women's day today. despite the macho image of president duterte, the philippines remains one of the more gender balanced countries in east asia. loren legarda is one of six women elected to the country's senate. i asked for her assessment on women's participation festival in politics. then allowed a voice in many of the 24 then allowed a voice in many of the 2a senators. the fact that i have been a senator since 1998, i was the

youngest senator then, and continue to bea youngest senator then, and continue to be a senator now for the next three years. and in the lower house, there are more than 50 — there are many congresswoman are more than 50 — there are many congresswoman resenting people in the philippines. we also have more governors and mayors and board members, and even in the private sector, there are more women executives ncos who are very powerful and intelligent, and very determined. —— and see those. and so while we are only six, we interpolate a lot. —— and ceos. we have a loud and listened to voice in the philippine senate. see you generally sound pretty optimistic, pretty positive about way things are. some looking at the philippines from the outside say you have this president who is known for this macho image. but is he on the same pages you chris does he support the furthering of women's rights? in

fa ct, furthering of women's rights? in fact, when he was the mayor of davao city, he was to make provided —— he provided the model for many the progress the women. in fact, in davao city, when he was mayorfor several decades, he was a model for gender balance and four pro— women legislation as follows pro— women activities. —— for. as the islamic state group are gradually driven out of iraq, the scale of their atrocities is being revealed against one ethnic group in particular. the yazidi people are the victims of a genocidal campaign, according to the un. so far, it's thought 5000 have been killed. over 3000 mostly women and children are being held captive.

some yazidis have managed to escape and seek sanctuary in germany. the bbc‘s naomi grimley went to meet them. a secret location in south—west germany, it's a place of exile, 80 yazidi women and children now live here. they were violently persecuted by so—called islamic state and chased out of northern iraq. these two boys were captured by the extremists and sent to a military training camp, aged just 1a and 16. this is their story. translation: the training was about weapons. we learnt how to load and fire a weapon. we were training to be soldiers. we would do exercises, crawling under barbed wire, things like that. translation: to learn how to fire a gun on human beings they took us to big graves where they had the dead bodies of muslim traitors, spies of the regime or those who took drugs. they said we have to fire on the bodies to get used to it. after a year, a smuggler helped them escape the camp.

translation: by god i knew it was dangerous, but there was nothing left to be afraid of. we had seen death with our own eyes. we saw how they killed. when you lose everything, you have nothing left. we had nothing to lose. more than 1000 yezidi said being given shelter in a german city. and should they wish to stay there, they also given a chance to start a new life. nothing replaces home, but at least it is far away from those religious zealots who are trying to wipe them out. on wednesday, the international lawyer acting on behalf

of the yazidis will address the un in new york — and call for a formal investigation into allegations of genocide perpetrated by the islamic state group. amal clooney has been telling fiona bruce why she's decided to represent the yazidis — and why their cause is so important to her. you're calling for so—called islamic state to be held to account for genocide, why is that so important to you? i've been to refuges in germany, like the one that you showed in your piece, and i've interviewed former child soldiers and young girls who were raped and enslaved by isis. it's been the most harrowing testimony i've ever heard. we know that it's genocide, the un has said so. in other words, isis is trying to destroy them as a group and we are allowing it to happen without actually calling isis to account. so what do you think can be done practically to bring islamic state to justice? well, the first step that should be taken is for evidence to be collected on the ground because we know that it's disappearing. so there are mass graves that are being discovered. just a few days ago, in mosul, a huge mass grave,

that's thought to have 4,000 bodies in it, was discovered. and there's other types of evidence as well. isis is actually a big bureaucracy, believe it or not, and they're leaving behind documents. —— you know, you need to collect dna, you need to collect phone records and none of that is being done at the moment. you're going to the un this week, what are you going to be saying there? i'm addressing the un on the issue of accountability and saying something needs to be done. so why do you think they're not doing it? this is exactly the question that i'll be posing to member states. you know, i'm going to ask them — are the crimes not serious enough for you to investigate? well, that can't be it because it's genocide. you know, do you think that there's no evidence for you to collect? that's not right either, there are mass graves whose locations are known, you can start there and there's plenty of other evidence to collect. the fact that you are now not just a human rights lawyer, but you are known — obviously because of your marriage to one of hollywood's

biggest stars — i mean, does that help in terms of giving you a bigger platform and getting more people to listen to you? i mean, there's lots of my work that takes place behind closed doors, that is not ever seen. i think if there are more people who now understand what's happening about the yazidis and isis and if there can be some action that results from that, that can help those clients, then i think it's a really good thing to give that case the extra publicity that it may get. but, you know, if you don't have a good case and you don't have a good message, then shining a light on it is not going to get you very far. how do you encourage more people to catch public transport? a singapore bus operator believes it's got the answer: scented buses. about 100 public buses will be rolled out in march. so what do commuters think of it? let's take a look. do you notice anything different

about this bus? no? 0k, a very subtle kind of sand. yes, maybe. yes, it does a little different. it doesn't air freshener. i really like it. the smell is good. -- it i really like it. the smell is good. —— it smells like air freshener. i really like it. the smell is good. -- it smells like air freshener. if we are getting people to move from the private cars to more of a public bus usage, we really need to incentivise them to do that. we are living in the garden city and a very much tropical climate as well. we wanted something that had a green note to it, as well as refreshing and calling. and so the key components of the fregon eucalyptus, and rose.

—— of the fragrance. -- of the fragrance. if a bus not like this, i would probably catch it. i would not like to spell out. lemon... do you like it? i don't think. scented buses in singapore. why not? i will give it a try one of these days. you have been watching newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us, because coming up, how much would you spend on your kids' tuition after school? we will be looking at how far pa rents a re we will be looking at how far parents are going to make sure their kids are at the top of the class. and it parents spend a lot on their

children's tuition, but i would like to wish all the women watching us today happy international women's day. thank you very much, ricoh. happy international women's day to all of our viewers. —— ceos. international women's day to all of ourviewers. —— ceos. i international women's day to all of our viewers. —— ceos. iwill international women's day to all of our viewers. —— ceos. i will mount gesture she's only because we have in the white house. —— i will now just show you. that is how much excitement you get if you are a school child visiting the white house, and its most famous resident makes a surprise appearance. donald trump greeted the first wave of stu d e nts trump greeted the first wave of students coming through city took office. this boy was selected for a presidential hub. that is all from me. “— presidential hub. that is all from me. —— hug. that is all the now. stay with bbc world hello. good morning. tuesday was a

decent effort isn't side of the uk. we have seen more cloud though coming in from the west. all our cloud is coming in from the atlantic at the moment. all this cloud is driven by an area of low pressure thatis driven by an area of low pressure that is running between iceland in scotland. and these weather fronts too. the rain across the northern half of the uk is running across fairly quickly, but to the south, and things grind to a halt towards the end of the night. so after the rain across the northern half of the uk, some showers rattling into the north—west of scotland dozing in the morning. there could be snow in the mountains. gales for the northern areas. sun is out across northern ireland and the cloud continued to break up across northern england, brightening up quite nicely, as that rain is out into the north sea. good across at east anglia, the midlands, and south wales, with more cloud, quite low cloud, quite mild. but there will be so rain in the air, as well. it is never is never really going to —— is never really get a

clear away. most were sunshine riding across north wales, northern england, northern scotland. if you sharp showers here. the brits will be lower. the highest averages will be lower. the highest averages will be in the south—east, where there is the cloud and threat of rain. source and rain across southern part of england and wales on wednesday evening. that rain eventually tra nsfer evening. that rain eventually transfer southwards into the english channel, but to the north, we will see the showers picking up again across northern ireland and into scotland. there could be some snow across the high hills —— nothing to got out there. as we head into thursday, though, showers across scotla nd thursday, though, showers across scotland become fewer and lighter, largely confined to the north—east as the wind eases down. many places, though there will be dry, with sunshine around. more cloud towards the south and south—west, with that rain sitting through the channel and threatening to come back northwards again overnight and into friday. a

fairly wea k again overnight and into friday. a fairly weak weather front taking rain into the north—east of england primarily. then we are drawing in ourairfrom a long primarily. then we are drawing in our airfrom a long way primarily. then we are drawing in our air from a long way south. this is quite mild air, but it isn't to be companied by a good deal of cloud. so little, if any sunshine around on friday, but thought the second half, temperatures as high as 13 or 1a degrees. heading into the weekend, it looks pretty unsettled, at least to start with, without bra kes at least to start with, without brakes of rain a saturday. mild, as well. cabbages will start to slip away —— temperatures. i'm karin gianonne with bbc world news. our top story: the united nations intervenes in the worsening diplomatic row between north korea and malaysia. it calls for calm as both countries bar each other citizens from leaving. the extraordinary tit—for—tat follows north korean fury at malaysia's investigation into the death of kim jong—nam. wikileaks has published thousands

of confidential documents revealing what it says are top—secret hacking tools used by the american central intelligence agency. this video is trending online. much excitement for these children visiting the white house, when its most famous resident made a surprise appearance. president trump greeted the first wave of tourists to come through the the building since he took office. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, time for hardtalk.