welcome to newsday. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines. g7 foreign ministers meet as international pressure grows on russia to abandon its red —— support for syria's president. china and south korea are greeted take strong action against north korea if it conducts more nuclear or missile tests. i'm babita sharma in london. we have a special report on life in an indonesian village where half the children live without their parents. and a video captures the moment a passenger is forcibly dragged off and overbooked united airlines flights. the airline issues are partial apology but the video goes viral. live from our studios in singapore

and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning, it's 7am in singapore, iam in london and 10am in lucca where top officials are meeting to try to persuade russia's alliance with the syria is no longer in its interests. rex tillerson will deliver that message in person to moscow on tuesday. the syrian government still denies carrying out its chemical weapons attack last week which killed more than 80 people. contemplating italy's past glory and syria's present horror, borisjohnson and rex tillerson were in lucca to turni up the international heat on president assad and his russian backers. this morning rex tillerson very deliberately started his day at a memorial to nazy the atrocity in 1944,

the massacre of local villagers, and drew a direct parallel to the gas attack last week. we will rededicate ourselves to holding to account any and all who commit crimes against the innocents anywhere in the world. so when president trump's foreign minister, who will speak to the russians this week, sat down with the foreign secretary who cancelled his visit to moscow to be here instead, they talked of ways to win the widest possible international support against vladimir putin's present path. i think it's very important in these circumstances for the world to present a united front and for there to be absolutely no ambiguity about the message and the message that we're sending to the russians are very, very clear. do they want to stick with a toxic regime? do they wa nt to stick with a toxic regime? do they want to be eternally associated with a guy who gases his own people or do

they want to work with the americans and the rest of the g7 and indeed come a like—minded countries for a new future for syria. but president assad's major backers of iran and russia have warned of the military retaliation if president trump repeats last friday's cruise missile strikes of last friday, ordered the iranian president, seen as a moderate, seems to contradict his own hard—liners today, saying change in the assad regime should go hand—in—hand with fighting his opponents. translation: terrorism in syria should be eradicated and some reforms should be implemented within syria are within the regime. this evening g7 ministers, all but one of them nato members as well, are starting to explore new pressures they could apply, knowing full well that russia has so far stuck firmly with president assad and his regime. that look at some of the day's other

news. south korea and china have agreed to take strong action against north korea if pyongyang test another nuclear device. the announcement follows a meeting in seoul between china and south korean envoy. translation: both sides agree, if they make provocations such as the nuclear launch, there should be strong nuclear launch, there should be strong measures. nuclear launch, there should be strong measures. both sides agree to discuss this further. the meeting follows us‘s decision to send naval to the waters. also making a newsletter, president trump's first nominee to vet the supreme court of the us has taken his first oath. neil gorsuch should they feel is one of president

trump's campaign promises. iam humbled i am humbled in the trust placed on me today will stop i will never forget that for whom much is given, much will be expected. i'm promising i will do more —— all of my powers to permit myself to be a constitution of the laws of this great nation. funerals have been held in egypt's 444 people who were killed on to a taxi and coptic churches. the so—called islamic state group was behind the attacks. egypt's's president has announced a three—month state of emergency which has been approved by parliament. malala yousafzai's become a un messenger of peace. the messenger of

peaceis messenger of peace. the messenger of peace is at the highest honour given by the un. extremists tried their best to stop me. they tried to kill me and they didn't succeed. this is clear evidence that no one can stop me and this means that now this is a new life, a second life and it is for the purpose of education. the funeral has been taking place after police officer killed in the westminster attack in london. keith palmer was stabbed to death as he stood guard outside the palace of westminster. thousands of police officers lined the route of his coffin. two adults and a child have been killed in a shooting in a prime school in san bernardino in california. local police at gunmen shot a classroom teacher dead who was his wife in a so—called murder—suicide attempt. to schoolchildren were injured in the shooting and one died later. this take a look at these pictures. the first direct freight train from

britain to china which has left london. 30 containers carrying medicines, food and fizzy drinks will take 17 days to reach the eastern part of china. it is claimed that china is enforcing an elaborate system to obscure the massive scale of executions in the country, despite ricky —— repeated claims it is making progress to itsjudicial transparency. that is the finding of amnesty international‘s report into the use of the death penalty and round the world. it found that once again china executed more people last year than all countries in the world put together. our east asia director from amnesty international joins me now. in your report, you find the rate of executions around the world is at its lowest level recorded in any year since 1991 but the situation in china appears not

to have improved. can you tell us a bit about your findings? absolutely. the main finding of the report really is that china is a com plete report really is that china is a complete outlier in the international community in respect to the death penalty. china secretly sentences to death and executes thousands of people every year. it also engages in elaborate efforts to mislead public opinion to hide the horrifying scale of these executions. just last month, the government stated that over the past decade, it had only executed an extremely small number of people. we we re extremely small number of people. we were able, through this investigation, using government's onlyjudicial records, to show that there were several 100 cases that we re there were several 100 cases that were in the national database

verdict which is far from being an extremely small number. we were also able to find many more cases that we re able to find many more cases that were not registered and made public. hundreds of cases, actually. and we think this is only the tip of the iceberg. as i mentioned, the global situation, according to your report, seems to have improved but you talk about this lack of transparency in china and that's a real worry but what kind of pressure can be exerted on the chinese from institutions like yours to try to change this behaviour? well, i think there is a lot of pressure that can be brought on china. simply because it now china is a global leader in respect to the is a —— is china is a global leader in respect to the isa —— isa china is a global leader in respect to the is a —— is a global leader. in respect to the death penalty,

people being innocent in court is fairly low. this is a system that is not independent and overly relies on confessions of an obtained on torture. i think the chinese government is in a difficult spot in justifying the scale of execution because the risk of wrongful executions and miscarriage of justice is so high. just last year, the supreme court found a man for the supreme court found a man for the road —— murder of rape and of someone the road —— murder of rape and of someone but the verdict came 21 yea rs someone but the verdict came 21 years after he had been executed. —— found the man to be innocent. i think china is to come clean and lift the secrecy on the number of executions and just add meat to how many people it's killing year. we will leave it there. thank you for joining us. millions of women in indonesia have

left theirfamilies millions of women in indonesia have left their families to work in the golf in asia, often in during harsh conditions. the east lombok district is known as the migrant hotspot. in one village, half the children are being raised without both of their pa rents. being raised without both of their parents. it is known as the motherless village and we have been to visit. still to come on the programme. we will take a look at a see—through swimming pool. it is 500 feet up in the air. also ahead, the first black man and editor to take part —— that other powerfulfashion man and editor to take part —— that other powerful fashion magazine man and editor to take part —— that other powerfulfashion magazine in 100 years. pol pot is reported to have died of natural causes. he was responsible

for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia where playboy has gone the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine ‘s offices have been attacked and its editors are in hiding. it was clear that the only contest was with the clock and as for a sporting legacy, paula radcliffe's competitors will be teasing herfor a long time. paula radcliffe's competitors will be teasing her for a long time. she seemed just to slide away under the surface and disappear. welcome back. you're watching

newsday. thanks forjoining us. the top stories: foreign ministers from the g7 group of countries are meeting in italy to discuss the war in syria and russia's role in the conflict. south korea and china agree to take strong action against north korea, if pyongyang tests and other nuclear device or intercontinental missile. let's have a quick look at what's making the headlines in papers. the china daily reports a deal in china and myanmar to do with the crude oil agreement. the article says it is one of many deal that has been signed during the president of myanmar‘s first trip to china since taking office. the south china morning post has a story about travel chaos in hong kong. this is the main picture, showing many commuters stuck behind station turnstiles after a train service was halted for two hours. in

the gulf news, more on that story we mentioned earlier about the first everfreight train mentioned earlier about the first ever freight train from britain to china. it has begun its 17 day journey, carrying 30 containers of medicines, food and fizzy drinks to an eastern chinese city. that's the way the papers are this morning. 0ne video has caused a lot of uproar in social media. you can tell us more. that's right. it has gone viral. take a look. it captures the moment a passenger was forcibly removed off a passenger was forcibly removed off a united airlines flight. the american airline has apologised, but that apology has done little to quell the criticism of united airlines on social media. these are the disturbing moments that have now travelled around the world. several smartphones record as three police were for over a man who has been forced to exit the aircraft.

the situation quickly escalates, after one officer manhandles him out of his chair. oh, my god. all three officers then drag him bloodied and injured from the cabin. no, this is wrong. oh, my god. look at what you did to him! the incident began when united airlines asked for volunteers to give up their seats for additional crew members. when none were found, they chose passengers at random, but this man refused. 0ne passenger said he claimed to be a doctor who had patients he needed to see. good work, way to go. ten minutes later, in unexplained circumstances, the man, clearly sha ken, ru ns back on the plane. united airlines in a statement, said: that's what makes the world's leading airline

flyer friendly. the airline has been criticised for its handling of the situation that some say clearly contrasts with its claim to fly the friendly skies. 0ur correspondent is in new york with the reaction from the public to all of this. from the public on social media there has been a lot of negative reaction. but if you look at wall street and how the share price has reacted, markets closed about two hours ago here and there was actually no real negative reaction. in fact, the stock price for the company ended a little bit higher in today's trading. united had overbooked. intrinsically it was at fault. of course this is what is the main criticism that's been lodged. is there something intrinsically wrong with the us airline industry? well, most

airlines do this. they actually overbook. .. a oversell airlines do this. they actually overbook... a oversell the seats on their plane because they want to maximise how... maximise each flight. maximise how... maximise each flight. so they want to make sure there is someone who is occupying each seat. they've already worked it out and they have algorithms that really work out the best planes to be doing this with. and just how many times they will have people who are going to miss their flights many times they will have people who are going to miss theirflights or have no shows. i would argue that's probably why we are seeing no real impact on the share price, it was what people in wall street are concerned about is how much money these airlines make and this overbooking practice in fact does result in pretty good numbers for the compa ny‘s. result in pretty good numbers for the company's. online. as you say, there hasn't been a reaction in terms of its stock prices, but surely its brand image is suffering now? shaw, absolutely. it is a bad

pr incident coming off yet another incident a few weeks ago for united airlines. there are a few factors to consider. in general, when people think about airline travel, a regarding the pretty negatively these days. no one says that airline... flying on airlines is something that's great, it is viewed as one that can be taxing to the consumer. with regards to questions about how much this will impact united and how people purchase their tickets, flying is already quite expensive and generally customers will be looking for the best deals possible. it has been a big day for british fashion after vogue magazine said it appointed a ghanaian stylist as its new editor. it is the first time a majorfashion publication new editor. it is the first time a major fashion publication has appointed a male and a black person as editor. a first for vote in its 100 year history. earlier i spoke to

the guardian newspaper editor and asked what she thought of the appointment. i think it is brilliant and it really is a big day. british folk has in the past been criticised for lack diversity. —— british vogue. for 12 years there wasn't a single solo black model star. between 2002 and 3015, which is very recently. all of the decision—makers have always been white. now a black quy have always been white. now a black guy in charge, it really is a big day and a great day for british fashion. it is a fantastic appointment. when i was reading the copy about this story and about edward, who is a talented stylist and has been for a number of years, he has been industry for long time, he has been industry for long time, he is making headlines because he is black a man. it has taken the industry 100 years to acknowledge somebody of a diverse background. for gendered equality and perversity. that's pretty shocking, isn't it? absolutely. it is

absolutely shocking. the fashion industry has been rightly criticised for being incredibly racist and not being diverse enough. that's one of the reasons this appointment is so heartening. however, as you say, there are a million other great things about him. he has been in the industry since the 90s, his great friend to take moss and the —— naomi campbell. i ensure you will see all of his friends on the covers for top he is an international name, a very big american stylist, which is great for british fashion. he has also got something like almost 500,000 instagram followers, which in this day and age really matters. vogue will be seen on social media as well. he is really talented and there are so many layers of

brilliant about this. it is good news. he is a vocal campaignerfor equality issues. this has been picked up by a lot of media today, when he was referred to as being in the second row at one of the catwalks. he said if all of my cou nterpa rts catwalks. he said if all of my counterparts are in the front row, why should i be in the second? is really bringing the spotlight on an industry which perhaps need someone like him to shake it up a bit? definitely. absolutely. fantastic for him to speak out because there are terrible things behind the scenes in fashion and it is really now in the social media age where all sorts of people have been able to say that it is racist, or a lot of us have been able to talk about experiences backstage. the fashion industry it really matters to the representation. we were talking about the

appointment at vogue. a big moment for them. lots of people have been talking about another story and i will have to close my eyes for this one. that's right. it is a story that's not for the fainthearted, especially if you suffer from fainthearted, especially if you sufferfrom vertigo. if fainthearted, especially if you suffer from vertigo. if you are scared of heights then this isn't the swimming pool for you! this is a glass bottomed pool at market square tower, that's its 40 stories above the busy street in houston. swimmers can step out onto the glass platform and so that the exciting walk, are the stomach churning view below! nervous visitors will be pleased to hear there is 20 centimetres of thick glass between your feet and the empty space to the ground below, so the empty space to the ground below, so you the empty space to the ground below, so you can the empty space to the ground below, so you can be rest assured by that. you've been watching newsday. stay with us. lots more on toshiba next, which will release its earning results later. reports that there

could be a $25 million bid for toshiba. and before we go, many of us toshiba. and before we go, many of usjoke about toshiba. and before we go, many of us joke about leaving a restaurant without paying. somebody did that after racking up a big bill in a seafood restaurant and to avoid paying he ran into the sea. police chased him on jetskis paying he ran into the sea. police chased him onjetskis and caught up with him. he has now been in court for theft. he says his lobsters were overcooked! thanks for joining for theft. he says his lobsters were overcooked! thanks forjoining us and see you soon. good morning. sunday was the warmest day of the year so far, with 25 degrees recorded. whatever the weather on monday it could have been a little bit disappointing. 0r weather on monday it could have been a little bit disappointing. or was it? on the whole not bad in the south coast, as you can see, and

temperatures peaked at 16 celsius. with the sunshine it still felt reasonably pleasant. a different story in the highlands. a grey day and it looks like we will see more cloud and outbreaks of rain into the north—west today. the wind swinging to more of a westerly. that will ta ke to more of a westerly. that will take the edge off the feel of things as well. with the sunshine not bad on the whole. the cloud and rain continuing into the far north—west of the great glen in particular. top temperatures of about 11— 16 degrees. as we move out of tuesday and into wednesday we have a series of weather fronts slipping our way steadily southwards and the wind pivots to a north—westerly, making it feel fresher on exposed coasts, especially as the winds will strengthen, gusting at gale force in the north and west. with the weather fronts slowly slipping south it will bring showery outbreaks of rain. nothing especially heavy, but a bit ofa nothing especially heavy, but a bit of a nuisance. top temperatures of 10- 16 of a nuisance. top temperatures of 10— 16 celsius. that's the story to

wednesday. with clearer skies through the night we could in rural spots the temperatures into low single figures. a light frost not out of the question. some sunshine across central and eastern areas before cloud and showery outbreaks of rain gather again from the north and west. so there is a bit of a theme developing as we head towards easter weekend. the jet stream slicing the country into two and a lwa ys slicing the country into two and always coming from a north—westerly direction. a cold sauce. low pressure the beast, high pressure to the west and settled weather is likely to be in the western areas. with the north—westerly below the chances are that temperatures will dipa chances are that temperatures will dip a little into the easter weekend and perhaps just below where they should we at this time of year. but we could be heading to the classic case of sunshine and april showers. if you catch the sunny moments the sunshine is quite strong and it will feel reasonably pleasant from time to time. on good friday, another wea k to time. on good friday, another weak weather front making its way

slowly south across the country. scattered showers following on. 7— 15 degrees is the high. in the saturday the start of the easter weekend. again, predominantly cloudy, but a good deal of dry weather in the story. the cool north—westerly breeze as well. take care. you watching bbc world news. and babita sharma. 0ur you watching bbc world news. and babita sharma. our top story. g7 foreign ministers meeting italy to try and find an unified approach to deal with syria conflict. pressure is growing on russia to abandon its support for president assad who unleashed a chemical weapons attack on its people. chinese and south korean leaders have met in seoul where it promises to take strong action against north korea if they test and other nuclear device. in this story is trending. united airlines has issued a partial apology after one of its passengers is forcibly removed from it

overbooked flight. video showing airlines security guards dragging the man from his seat has gone viral on social media. that is all from the team, you are up stay with us. now on bbc news, a special anniversary edition of hardtalk.