i'm mariko oi in singapore, the headlines: dozens of children are believed to be among 200 people killed in devastating mudslides in colombia. as australia's inquiry into child sexual abuse by catholic priests draws to a close — some victims claim the church is still failing to protect children. i'm babita sharma in london. the bbc sees evidence of so—called islamic state fighters appearing to use children as human shields in iraq. and selling for the first time in hong kong for $86 million. and an iconic andy warhol painting of chairman mao has been auctioned in hong kong. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news.

its new stay. —— newsday. good morning. it's 8:00 in the morning in singapore, iam in london and 7:00 in the evening in southern colombia — where rescue teams are continuing to search through tons of mud and debris for anyone who survived the devastating mudslide. it's happened in the city of mocoa. over 200 people have been confirmed dead. hundreds are still missing and five villages have been destroyed. richard lister has the story. mocoa is a place of mud and misery. when the rolling wall of water and debris rushed through here on friday night, it swept away houses, cars, trees and people. whole families died here. the painstaking search for survivors is continuing.

rescue workers moving quietly through flattened neighbourhoods, hoping for sounds of life in the wreckage. nothing here. with every hour that passes, hopes of finding more people alive diminish. within hours of the deluge, message boards went up, listing the dead and missing. many of those unaccounted for are children. "we are searching for a baby", she says. "a little baby. we can't find him anywhere". this man has lost his daughter. "i hope somebody has her", he says. "she's called luisa". closest to the river, the streets are now boulder fields, full of people trying to retrieve what they can of their lives. the shock of this disaster is still sinking in. in the worst affected areas, people struggle to find the places

where their houses once stood. the rains that caused this flood were unusually heavy, but deforestation upstream played a part, too. emergency teams have been working here night and day, since the river burst its banks. more help from the government is on its way. translation: there are ten water tankers here and ten more are on their way. we are also bringing water purification equipment and generators to ensure there is a clean water supply for the people. for now, though, many people in this town of 40,000 still lack access to power and fresh water. the homeless need housing. the infrastructure needs to be restored and the wreckage cleared. deep in the amazon basin, mocoa was hard to reach before. now, with roads and bridges washed away, the challenge is even greater. richard lister, bbc news. our other top story — police in pakistan say at least

20 people have been killed by the custodian of a sufi shrine close to the pakistani city of sargodha in the province of punjab. the victims are said to have been his spiritual disciples. secunder kermani reports from islamabad. a place of worship turns to a scene of horror. followers of a local saint were reportedly drugged, then beaten to death at this shrine. 20 bodies were brought to hospital late last night, after four people managed to escape and raised the alarm. the killer is believed to be this man, abdul waheed, the custodian of the shrine, arrested by police along with two alleged compasses. translation: the three accused, who are under arrest, invited the disciples to the shrine. as they kept arriving, they were torturing and murdering them. in islamabad, mourners gathered to pay their respects at the home of one of

the victims, asif bid ali. the shrine where this attack happened was dedicated to asif‘s father. the suspected killer was one of his followers. translation: waheed used to take care of this shrine, like other close followers. what was he thinking? what was in his heart? we don't know. there had been reports that devotees at this shrine would be regularly beaten by the man they followed. in pakistan, some spiritual leaders have been known to abuse their position but this mass killing has shocked the country. secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. our other top story this hour — a 17—year—old iranian kurd remains critically ill in hospital in london after he was attacked bya gang. police say the boy was a victim of a hate crime. he was left with a fractured skull and a blood clot on the brain. the boy was attacked at a bus stop in the area of croydon after he said he was an asylum seeker.

simon jones has more. he was waiting for a bus on friday night but the 17—year—old, a kurdish iranian, was approached by a group of eight people, according to the police. they asked where he was from. he said he was an asylum seeker. at that point, the police say, the group started chasing the 17—year—old, who was with a couple of friends, away from the bus stop, down this street and around the corner, where the attack took place. he suffered several blows to the head. kana varathan heard the screams. normally, the friday night, they are always making noise. then it sounded really funny. then looking out the window, the group of people beating one person. some people tried to intervene, others dialled 999. the police are treating the attack as a hate crime. police patrols have been stepped up

to try to reassure people this is not typical for the area, but this is a community in shock. it is very appalling really. you expect people to appreciate one another here. this is a diverse society. yesterday, it was a shock. because i have got my two daughters, a boy and my wife is coming to school then. it's not good, it's not safe. tonight, one response to what police have condemned as a savage attack. simonjones, bbc news, croydon. aung san suu kyi's party has won nearly half of the seats contested in by—elections in myanmar but was bruised by losses in ethnic minority areas. it's the first vote since her party swept to power a year ago and is seen as a test of the de facto leader's popularity after a bumpy first year in office. the missing south korean cargo ship that was travelling from brazil is now understood to have sank in the south atlantic. 22 crew members are still missing more than 3,000km off the brazilian coast.

two filipino sailors who had been on board the vessel were rescued by a search team. dozens of women have taken part in female—only bike races across a number of cities in pakistan. the races are one of a number of events organised by a group called dhabas — who aim to challenge male dominance of public spaces. members of the group say they are a new generation of pakistani feminists. a huge inquiry into child sexual abuse by members of the catholic church is drawing to a close in australia. the four year long inquiry — which has uncovered more than 8,000 abuse survivors and heard allegations against more than 500 priests — is being closely watched by the vatican. from sydney, hywel griffith reports. shining a light on australia's most

trusted institutions. for some, the level of abuse exposed by the royal commission has been difficult to comprehend. so the grooming started when you were about nine? but for this man, it has been all too familiar. as a boy, peter waw sexually abused by his parish priest. it lasted for six years but it took another three decades for his abuser to be jailed. he believes the catholic church is still failing to protect children by refusing to make it mandatory for abuse mentioned in confession to be reported to the police. it is literally a get out ofjail free card for criminals. and, again, what they are doing is saying we are more prepared to protect an offender than we are to take care of this child and future generations of children.

the church has not responded with one voice. the archbishops of australia have spoken of shame and negligence. over £160 million has been paid in compensation but there has been no change on issues about confession. i think it would be a tragedy if the privacy of the confessional, if you like, the privileged communication in the confessional is abolished. even if that means abuse goes unreported ? i think what is needed is a protocol, if you will. the catholic church is not the only body which has come under close scrutiny during the four—year enquiry. it has heard allegations of abuse at 4000 different institutions, orphanages, sports clubs, schools... a common thread — a failure to listen to victims. 0ur voices are being heard and issues raised here will resonate across the world.

but for the abuse survivors, the impact remains the same. my life will never be the same and i think that i am one of the lucky people. there are hundreds of people in this country, possibly even thousands, who have taken their own lives because they could not cope with that breach of trust. for the catholic church, rebuilding the trust could take decades and may need to begin with changes to doctrine followed for hundreds of years. let's get more now on our top story — the devastating landslides in southern colombia. i spoke earlier to the journalist dimitry 0'donnell, who had this update on the rescue operation. it is still continuing. there is still daylight here so we have about 1.5 hours of daylight to continue the rescue operation. it will be difficult after that because large parts of mocoa are without power. and more details about damaged

infrastructure have emerged, that includes a massive power station in the region. that means it will be a tricky process to try and get the electricity established as quickly as they would have liked. they have also announced that seven bridges were badly damaged and two have been completely destroyed and several roads leading from mocoa to other parts of the country have been washed away or are completely closed with massive boulders that have been removed from the mountain landscape around mocoa. there have been problems and not as many people have been recovered as they would have hoped for. devastation for communities and many people would have been left stranded and unable to gain any kind of access to communications or emergency relief. absolutely. communications is a big

problem right now in mocoa because there is no power. also because all of the power lines have been completely uprooted and villages destroyed. also what we have seen lately is news from the meteorological service. they say 500 municipalities are still on alert for landslides. weather conditions have improved and there are no heavy rains expected, but 182 of the municipalities have an orange or red alert still in place. it has also emerged that on friday night, i82 millimetres of rain fell on mocoa in the space of three hours. it was quite a lot of rain and it burst the banks of the rivers and caused such havoc and devastation that we see unfolding today. you're watching newsday on the bbc.

still to come on the programme: an iconic andy warhol portrait of chairman mao is sold at auction in hong kong — but falls short of its top estimate. also on the programme: how one photographer has tried to change the way the world sees babies and childbirth. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can at worst produce a meltdown. in this case the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and

restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko 0i in singapore. thanks forjoining us. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: in colombia, hundreds of rescue workers and troops are continuing to dig for survivors of landslides that have killed more than 200 people — including dozens of children. australia's four year long inquiry into sexual abuse by catholic

priests draws to a close. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with the financial times, which has president trump warning china that the us could take unilateral action against north korea over the nuclear threat. that's ahead of his first meeting with the chinese president xi jingping, when they meet this week for the first time in florida. perhaps unsurprisingly, the japan times has a survey that says 60% of utility companies entering the electric power industry are against government plans to make them shoulder some compensation costs for the fukishima disaster. and here in singapore — we were monitoring this as well — the straits times has a story

of a man who has been arrested for leaving his bag at a metro station while running an errand. the incident triggered a 20 minute closure of the station over safety fears. the bbc has seen evidence of the so—called islamic state appearing to use children as human shields in the battle for mosul. it comes as the militants are all but encircled in the old centre of iraq's second city, with rising concern over civilian casualties. bbc persian‘s nafiseh kouhnavard and producerjoe inwood were given exclusive access to iraq's helicopter pilots, as theyjoined them on the dangerous flight over mosul. far below, a city that was home to two million people. we are flying with the helicopters of the iraqi army as they fight the so—called islamic state. we are now over old mosul, where the battle is at its fiercest, as the last isis fighters, with many civilians, still trapped in the narrow alleys. and this footage, taken

from our helicopter‘s camera, shows the challenges the pilots in mosulface. radio it shows armed men walking through a war zone with children. radio military sources have told the bbc this is the clearest example yet of the use of human shields in mosul. 0n the ground, major 0sama explains why human shields are effective. isis use the kids so they escape from our aircraft because they know we can't shoot at them. they escape this way. but many civilians have been killed since the beginning of the war. mohammed is one of the most experienced pilots in the army. he says sometimes he has to trust to a higher power. i ask my god, when i shoot every time, when i shoot the fire, please, god, save the

civilians, just kill the bad guys. the battle for mosul is notjust about taking back a city. it is about regaining the trust of its people. every civilian casualty undermines that work and so, the iraqi forces have to take their time. translation: we have two reasons for slowing down. one is the civilians, the second is that we have got to old mosul. it is a difficult part of the city to fight in, full of narrow streets with small houses. it is ancient and crowded. back above mosul, the pilots circle, looking for targets. they spot a group gathered in an alley. the men have seen us, too. they shoot into the sky. the helicopter returned fire.

it is clear why air power has been so vital. mosul is now surrounded but the battle for the old city will come at a cost. much of it paid by the civilians still trapped inside. nafiseh kouhnavard, bbc news. an andy warhol portrait of chairman mao has been sold at a historic auction in hong kong, to an asian collector. but the piece didn't manage to generate the frenzied level of buying that had been anticipated. here's our hong kong correspondentjuliana liu. 80 million... 82 million... at 86 million... and selling for $86 million. sold!

when the hammer came down, this iconic painting of chairman mao was sold for $11 million. it was the first time a warhol depiction of the chairman had been offered at a public auction on chinese soil. the price, though, unexpected fell short of its lowest estimate. the absolute star of the auction was this piece by andy warhol. but the sale disappointed, the painting failed to get as much money as the auction house expected. critics say that it could be because the chinese art world is recovering from a crackdown by the president xi jinping. it could have a lot to do with the anticorruption campaign that's happening in mainland china. and that — that could have discouraged quite a number of potentially interested mainland chinese buyers. political imagery is highly controlled on the mainland. four years ago, pieces from this series of paintings were banned

from an exhibition in beijing and shanghai. the mao pieces were part of andy warhol's most acclaimed works. he began the series in 1973, after the us president, richard nixon, made a historic trip to china, to meet the chairman. at the time, mao zedong was one of the world's most famous people. when you look at this work, you see andy warhol's fascination for celebrities. by choosing also this image, the most reproduced image in the communist world, you see the juxtaposition between capitalism and communism. the painting was won by a collector in asia, so it is a homecoming, of sorts, for this famous portrayal of a chinese icon by a western artist. juliana liu, bbc news, hong kong. it's often said that a picture tells a thousand stories. well, the australian—born photographer anne geddes has changed

the way the world sees babies and childbirth, through her photos. her new book, small world, looks at her 30—year career in photography. musical box-style melody plays. i'd worked with the same props and styling person since my very first book. dawn mcgowan, my props person, my partner in crime, we call each other, because we've worked together for so long, we kind of read each other‘s minds and know what we both bring to a scenario. but she made those little peapods. the peas that surround the babies are real peas. you have taken a lot of pictures of pregnant women. how did that come about? it is obviously the beginning of the babies. my whole philosophy around my work is the importance of babies, what they bring to families, the miracle of conception and pregnancy.

i had two babies myself and i've photographed a lot of pregnant women throughout my career and tried to also portray with the newborns what it must be like in those weeks before birth, how they were in the womb. a lot of my images of newborns, the babies are curled up as they would have been. a lot of the pregnant images in this new book, small world, i really see the connection with nature and pregnant women. and so i've styled a lot of these women in line with elements of nature that bring forth a new life. what i was trying to say to people is it is around you all the time, it's in your backyard, and we take so much of it for granted. my creative world is very much tied up with nature itself. very pretty pictures. wonder how i

can register my unborn child. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. we will be taking a look at why many young people in beijing are struggling to get onto the property ladder. and before we go, we will leave you with these pictures. this a 44 metre high factory chimney in the city of roosendaal in the netherlands. here it's being moved from one site to another. we've had to speed up the process for you because the distance took four—and—a—half—hours to complete. but they did it, and very well indeed. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. good morning. if you like your weather dry

and sunny, you were very happy with the first couple of days of april. in fact, we had sunshine topping and tailing the country. just look at this picture from sunday in south—west scotland. a beautiful day here. similar story in the london area, as well, where you can enjoy the spring blossom. it was the warmest place in the country with 17.2 celsius in st james‘s park. now, our week ahead will be a mostly dry one. just a little bit fresher, though, and i suspect through the night, some chilly nights will come. a touch of light frost not out of the question. high pressure hanging on in there in eastern areas, but out of the west, these are these fronts pushing in. they will not bring significant rain but will bring a change through northern ireland and western scotland, as we go through the morning, eventually into western fringes of wales in the south—west. ahead of it, though, any early—morning mist will lift away for sunshine. so, by the middle of the afternoon, eastern scotland should cling on to the dry weather, but elsewhere, those weather fronts

bringing some showery outbreaks of rain into scotland and into northern ireland. ten or 11 degrees the high. eventually pushing into the west of wales. more cloud, certainly, through the lake district, wales, and down into cornwall. but to the east, we should see highs of 17 degrees inland. maybe if we keep a little bit of coastal cloud cover it could stay a little cooler and disappointing. 0ur weather fronts continue to push across from the west through monday night into tuesday morning. by now, a band of weak spits and spots of rain, really, just pushing into the south—east. but it keeps a fair amount of cloud first thing on tuesday morning. that will clear away into the afternoon. slowly brightening up from the west, breezy with a scattering of showers to the north and west of scotland. high expected on tuesday, though, temperatures in scotland fresher on tuesday, at about eight to 15 degrees.

so as we move out of tuesday afternoon into tuesday night, there's some premier league matches. it looks as though it will be a dry affair for all the kick offs. just that little bit fresher. but all in all, not too bad, if you are going to watch those matches. and a similarfor the scottish premiership — dry, with temperatures over eight or nine degrees is a high. talking of high, stays with us, really, through the middle of the week, building from the south—west. all the while, these weather fronts toppling off the top into scandinavia. a bit of a stronger wind into the far north and a slightly fresher direction, but this does mean a fair bit of dry, sunny weather on offer for many. very pleasant indeed. take care. i'm babita sharma with bbc world news. our top story: a desperate search for survivors after colombia's deadly landslides. more than 200 people have died,

many of them children in the southern city of mocoa. hundreds are still missing. the colombian army and emergency services have joined the search operation. a huge inquiry into child sexual abuse by members of the catholic church is drawing to a close in australia. the four year long inquiry heard allegations against more than 500 priests. and this story is trending@bbc.com. sold at auction in hong kong. ——a portrait of chairman mao by the artist andy warhol has been sold at auction in hong kong. it sold for around us$12.7—million. the portrait is among the most famous images of the 20th century. that's all from me now — stay with bbc world news. and a stop story in the uk, —— top story.