this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines: north korea's leader speaks of a "warm climate of reconciliation" with the south after a delegation returns from the winter olympics. jacob zuma is reportedly told by his own party to resign as south africa's president within 48 hours. i'm sharanjit leyl in london. also in the programme: surviving in the big smoke. with more than half the world's population living in cities, we look at how urban life across asia can be made better. and dodging the dogs in india. good morning.

it's 9:00am in singapore 1:00am in london and 9:30 in the morning in pyongyang, where the north korean leader kimjong—un has praised south korea as "very impressive". according to state media kim jong—un also expressed "satisfaction" and "gratitude" after his sister and other top regime officials returned from a landmark visit to the south for the winter olympic games. let's get the very latest from our correspondent stephen mcdonell in seoul. this seems to be a very optimistic sign. for those who would want greater dialogue between "if; 7 7 it isgéeteve da —~~ it isgéeteve da ou f it isgéeteve da ou et it is; eve da ou et kim sign. it is not everyday you get kim jong—un praising the south. normally he is talking about the puppets of us imperialists and a sort of thing.

instead we are hearing him say south korea is very impressive. this came in the form of report from north korea's state—run media which said the north korean delegation returned from the south green winter olympics and reported back. after hearing that report, he was very impressed —— south korean winter olympics. he was impressed that the north koreans we re was impressed that the north koreans were prioritised here and are treated well, and called for the north and south korean ties to be even warmer. so it does seem that the thought is on, if you like. people will remember, just a few days ago he sent a personal message, a handwritten message, to be leader of south korea inviting him to visit the north. —— thaw. we have not heard whether the south korean leader is going to do that. he does not want to just say automatically i will go, there would have to be some conditions. and yet there we have

the us side, and we are not sure what is going on with them in terms of the conflicting reports about their to speak to the north. of the conflicting reports about their to speak to the northm seems that they are more open speaking the north. and the trump administration is seen this closeness between the north the south developing. with all this report from the washington post saying that us vice president mike pence had told a reporter on board air force pence had told a reporter on board airforce two, on his pence had told a reporter on board air force two, on his way back from the winter olympics, that the trump administration would consider an initial meeting with the north without preconditions. and people heard this report and thought it is on. dummy half rex tillerson, the secretary of state, following that and saying, it not so clear terms, that north korea has to do certain things in terms of talks going ahead. it is pretty uncertain what the actual position of the top

administration is in terms of its preparedness in speaking to north korea. thank you for speaking tours from seoul, steven mcdonnell. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. south africa's president jacob zuma has been given 48 hours to resign. top officials from the governing anc are discussing the future of the president, who is under pressure to quit over corruption allegations. local media have reported a late night visit by the party's new head, cyril ramaphosa, to mr zuma's house, to deliver an ultimatum. the bbc‘s milton nkosi is in pretoria for us. what we now know is that since we have been here the president of the anc, cyril ramaphosa, drove out and he went to presidentjacob zuma's official residence and when he arrived there there was some delay at the gate, they said it was too late, eventually they will attend. after a very brief periods the

convoy returned back here. and they we re convoy returned back here. and they were still talking, i suppose at that time he had been coming back with the response for president zuma on whether he would voluntarily resign or whether he would be forced to be recalled, probably through an impeachment process in parliament that would be a humiliation that sir ramaphosa had said publicly he is trying to avoid. remember that the president still commands considerable support in rural areas, particularly in south africa, it he is on particularly in south africa, it he isona particularly in south africa, it he is on a pat —— anti—apartheid struggle hero. he served alongside nelson mandela. these corruption allegations that have brought us here today have been hanging over him for well over a decade now. his own party has been calling for him

to step down. it now looks like he is left with no other option but to concede to the calls of his own party, the african national congress, which is the oldest liberation movement on the african continent, and to respect its own wishes for him to step down, just as they did with thabo mbeki, his predecessor in 2008. now south africans are waiting to hear whether president zuma has agreed to step down. milton nkosi that. -- there. also making news today — president trump has promised what he's calling the biggest and boldest infrastructure investment in american history. announcing the plans as part of his new budget, he said he wanted to create thousands ofjobs, building roads, ports, and airports. the proposal is for some $1.5 trillion of investment, but only $200 billion will come from public funds. last friday, reuters published an extensive report into the killing of ten rohingya men in september, including this photograph and eyewitness accounts.

while working on the story, two of the agency's journalists were arrested and now face up to 14 years in prison. a long—time friend of aung san suu kyi, is the former us ambassador to the un bill richardson. he has been speaking to my colleague katty kay about what happened to the reuters journalists. when i asked her i said, with these two specificjournalists, why are they being detained? they were doing theirjob, they possibly discovered some mass graves. she exploded at me. she wasn't willing to listen to frank advice, even from herfriends. we go back 30 years. and the situation, katty, is getting worse. there's one million refugees in bangladesh who want to go home but the repatriation process is not working. there are killings, there are rapes, there's massive degradation of human rights. this is an international crisis that the international community needs to respond to. 0xfam's deputy chief executive has resigned over the handling of a sex

scandal involving aid workers. the british charity is accused of concealing the findings of an inquiry into claims staff used prostitutes while delivering aid in haiti in 2011. penny lawrence said she took full responsibility. and a happy ending for a terrier named charlie, who was pulled to safety after a 72—hour rescue operation in the scottish highlands. charlie was treated to a steak pie after his ordeal and is doing well, according to his owner. today marks ten years since the national apology to australia's indigenous communities for the grief and loss they suffered over many generations, including the removal of aboriginal children from their families. a new report shows the social gap between aboriginal australians and others is still wide, with progress in four out of seven key areas not on target.

hywel griffith is outside parliament. how is it being commemorated? we are seeing events across australia today, ten years to the day since an apology was delivered in parliament there. ten years ago there were thousands of people on this morn to witness the moment. but a decade on many people are asking how much progress has been made. as you said ina progress has been made. as you said in a report, startling findings in the difference of life expectancy, the difference of life expectancy, the employment rate still significant. i am joined the employment rate still significant. iamjoined by the employment rate still significant. i am joined by richard weston significant. i am joined by richard westo n fro m significant. i am joined by richard weston from the yi ling foundation. take me back ten years ago, what is your memory of the apology and the impact it had —— healing foundation.

0ur prime minister stood up in the national parliament and was broadcast live on television. he said those amazing words, he said sorry, and he apologised for the atrocities of the past. he made apology specifically to the stolen generations for their hurt, their pain, and the trauma they have had to endure. it was a time of great hope, i think, to endure. it was a time of great hope, ithink, that to endure. it was a time of great hope, i think, that finally australia was ready to right the wrongs of the past, but ten years down the track there is still a long way to go. how much of that hope is left? an apology is significant, but what about action was blue in itself, the apology is still an amazing occurrence, but you are right, there has not been enough progress against the main policy, which is to close the gap, the life expectancy gap between aboriginal people and non— aboriginal people. we have a report from the prime

minister yesterday, which he does annually to the parliament, he reports on a number of targets, seven targets to close the gap. we are only on track in the three of them to achieve those outcomes. you work with stolen generation survivors, indigenous communities across australia, how engaged are theyin across australia, how engaged are they in this process, the government says it is doing everything it can but it needs indigenous communities to work with them. how much willis there to work with the government? look, i have been working with the foundation for eight years, our role is to tackle trauma and support healing in our communities. everywhere i go around australia people want to see change, they want to address the disadvantaged in their communities. there is plenty of leadership at the grassroots level. last year we had a gathering of indigenous people at uluru who issued a statement for constitutional recognition. that said to work with us, in

partnership, and we will help you close the gap and we will achieve better life outcomes for average people in this country. thank you very much. one of many events to commemorate the anniversary. as you can see, there are major issues to be tackled. up high parliament in canberra. —— outside. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: surviving in the big smoke. with more than half the world's population living in cities, we look at how urban life across asia can be made better. there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader, ayatollah khomeini, has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked

to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'baby doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud farm's central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning. elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories. head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm sharanjit leyl in london. our top stories: the north korean leader speaks of a

warm climate of reconciliation with the south after a delegation returns from the winter olympics. south african president jacob zuma has been told by his own party that he has 48 hours to resign. london's heathrow airport has said a duty free promotion at the weekend where chinese customers were asked to spend more than non—chinese customers to receive the same discount was "unacceptable". that story is popular on bbc.com. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. japan times leads with vice president mike pence's suggestion that he'd be open to holding talks with north korea without preconditions. the paper questions whether we're seeing a significant shift in the trump administration's approach to pyongyang. the straits times newspaper leads with the surge in tourism from china in singapore.

it's made china the number one source of tourism revenue for the city — a post previously held by indonesia. and finally, china daily looks at xi jinping's visit to a space launch centre in sichuan province. the chinese president ordered the centre to focus on boosting the country's space program. the week—long world urban forum concludes today in kuala lumpur, malaysia. this event is dedicated to the idea that managing cities properly is the key to sustainable development. it comes at a time when 54% of the world's population lives in cities — that percentage is only expected to grow. and the work done in cities make up 80% of the global economy. but the impact is not all positive. large cities also create 70% of global carbon dioxide emissions, giving urban areas a crucial role in fighting climate change. and not everyone benefits equally

as more and more people move to the cities. there are nearly 900 million people still living in slums, highlighting the pressing need for affordable housing. let's go to our reporters to see what problems they're encountering in cities across the region. china has urbanised at a staggering rate over the last 30 years. it's pushed about a third of its population into megacities. this is the most mega of those cities — shanghai — about 24 million people live here. one of the big downsides to that is this — there's traffic everywhere. have a look at the congestion up there. at times, the network here is sclerotic. what are the causes of that? well, as china's got richer, it's cool to own a car, it's a status symbol. and also, there's so many people here coming to work, coming to school and going home

all at the same time. the government's tried to deal with that with public transport, it has a metro system that's expanding by the year and it's very cheap — just 50 cents for a basicjourney. it's also auctioning new licence plates for cars — $10,000 to get some on the road. but the bottom line is it's cool to a car in this country and that's showing no sign of changing. here in india's financial capital, mumbai, affordable housing is a big challenge. behind me across this railway line is dharavi, which is asia's largest slum. it's estimated that more than 40% of mumbai's 21 million population lives in slums. now, mumbai is surrounded by water on three sides, making it difficult for the city to expand. adding to the pressure is the fact that growing employment opportunities in the city is attracting migrants from other parts of india.

due to huge demand, real estate prices have been rising steadily over the last few decades, making formal housing unaffordable for most migrants in the city. jakarta, the mega city of indonesia, is predicted to be sinking faster than any other city on the planet. in some places, predicted to be sinking up to two inches every year. that means when there's a heavy typical monsoon rainfall in the hills behind jakarta, many areas flood. less than half of the people living here injakarta have access to clean piped drinking water. most people rely on things like this — a pump that's drawing up the groundwater to get access to clean drinking water. but the underground water supplies are not being replenished with most of jakarta now covered by concrete and asphalt. the waterways that flow through jakarta are some of the most polluted rivers in the world, filled with plastic

and other household waste. this builds up, creating plastic dams and makes the flooding worse. the government is now conducting a massive clean—up of these waterways, but the task is huge. observers say the city desperately needs more green spaces to absorb the rainwater and observers say that to stop the sinking, the city has to stop drilling wells. and the government, therefore, needs to provide the millions of citizens that call the city home clean, reliable, piped drinking water. jason pomeroy is an award—winning architect and an expert in sustainable urban design. iasked him — how do we can begin to address all these problems? when you think about the fact that since 20007 1/2 the world's

population has been living in city centres, by 2050, that will increase, 75% of people will be living in city centres. congestion, pollution, crime are some of the key issues we are facing. i think what we are seeing in southeast asia and asian cities is a greater drive towards greener, smarter, more sustainable city environments. how do integrate these smart city concepts into cities that are highly urbanised and populated ? with a lot of difficulty. i would say that if we take the first generation smart city for instance or even other cities like shenzhen, what we see is that there is a great wealth of knowledge and a shared intelligence where people want to actually create start—up companies that will actually help bring people from the slums and give them jobs then give them aid at a place to live, what we are seeing is that in these first—generation smart cities, there has been that kind of opportunity for people to grow within the cities.

so that is smart 1.0. what about 2.0? 2.0 city is one we start to see, well, if the first generation was all about big companies, big infrastructure, technology and the economy, very top—down government riven, the second generation is all about people power, all about what is in it for me? what is it for my culture, what is in it for me on the street? what about the third generation? they start to the environmental aspects. we are all aware of the climate change agenda, keeping a lid on temperature rising. what we see is a greater embrace of greenery, open spaces for the greater good of man as well as the environment. but can these three generations be embraced by asian cities? it can indeed. it is like looking at it at a —— as a layer cake. it is able to have a legislated structure,

the mayor has said, look, as long as we can set up an administration that will allow you to tell me your problems through twitter or facebook, we will then be able to sift through the issue then find out and root out that problem and i will fix it. but the bottomline is political will and partnerships between the public and private sector. yes. you have the public and private sector, but i argue that you also need academia and the private corporation. if they work together, that is when you get a great smart, sustainable city. a third of all rabies deaths worldwide occur in india, around 20,000 a year, according to estimates from the world health organization. if untreated, a bite from a rabid dog is almost always fatal. patients die in agony. so why isn't india doing more to tackle the problem? here's our south asia correspondentjustin rowlatt. it is 8:00 at night and this

is the main shopping street in leh. leh is the capital of a himalayan region in the north of india. now, normally, you would expect a street like this to be fairly busy. now, it is winter, but there is another reason why this place is so quiet and that is that lots of people here are simply too frightened to come out, and that is because they have a really serious problem with stray dogs. at least 180 people were bitten by dogs last year. one man was mauled to death. i want to get an idea of the scale of the problem. so we're out here looking to see how it dogs we can find. and just to be on the safe side, i've brought a stick. there's obviously some dogs down here. there are estimated to be 30 million stray dogs in india.

huge numbers of people are bitten. 0ne estimate is that as many as 15 million people could be bitten each year, and an indicator of just how serious that is are the world health organization's statistics on rabies — 20,000 people a year die of rabies here in india. that is a third of the world total. here, here! there's a ton up here. everywhere you go in the city, you hear this — you just hear dogs barking. they're all over the place. now, this is a problem across india and it's really, really difficult to solve. one of the reasons why is because there is a law against killing feral dogs. now, there have been attempts at vaccinating them and sterilising them, but it simply hasn't been working.

and until a solution can be found, the streets of india' cities will continue to be very dangerous. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. the problem of plastic polluting our oceans — now some firms are being creative with new initiatives to combat waste. that's coming up shortly. and before we go, let's take a look at these pictures. at the national portrait gallery in washington, the official portraits of president 0bama and his wife michelle have been unveiled. mr 0bama called his likeness 'pretty sharp', while mrs 0bama said of hers simply 'wow'. among those in attendance were former vice presidentjoe biden and hollywood luminaries like stephen spielberg and tom hanks. the portrait gallery's tradition of commissioning presidential portraits began with president george hw bush.

hello. tuesday's weather is a wet, windy, and for some of us, rather wintry tale. the culprit — an area of low pressure swinging in from the atlantic that will bring some disruptive snow to the northern half of the uk. some wet and windy conditions further south. so here it is — this weather front pushing in from the west. a low—pressure centre to the north. the low itself will keep the winds up right the way across the british isles. worst of the snow will be through the morning in time for rush hour, sadly, across scotland with 5—10 centimetres possible across the highlands. a good few centimetres possible through the centre belt, making for a dangerous rush hour. northern ireland, perhaps the worst of the snow pulling away by 8am, but not before we've had some significant accumulations. snow for the pennines and higher ground of wales too. even to lower levels for a while, even possible across the midlands. further south, some heavy rain and some strong winds. for the morning, a very messy picture.

keep up to date with the travel on your bbc local radio station. this is how the day then pans out. this whole weather front will push eastwards, clearer skies will follow on from the west, but some wintry showers for scotland and northern ireland. you can see scotland clears considerably as the day goes by. that threat of something a little bit winter across the midlands through the mid—afternoon is mostly rain by the time that front gets into eastern england in the second part of the day. still a chilly story wherever you are, even with some sunshine. highs of 4 or 5 degrees. this weather front away to the east through tuesday evening, overnight into wednesday, clear skies again after that falling snow and all the moisture lying around, a widespread frost developing. ice a big risk first thing on wednesday. we're talking about quite a widespread frost for first thing wednesday, and quite a hard frost as well. towards the west, notice the blue easing somewhat by the end of the night. that's because we'll see a weather front approaching, trying to bring in some cloud, which will lift the temperatures, but of course, it's bumping into all that cold air, so again. snow a potential. we're barf; sf emmy; '

so turning back to rain across northern ireland and wales as the day goes on. temperatures in double figures for cardiff and plymouth through the afternoon. that weather system, again, well, that moves through pretty quickly off into the continent for the small hours of thursday. then we're still left with a low—pressure centre driving our weather for the remainder of the week. it will keep some showers pushing into scotland and northern ireland, and some of them could be wintry for a time. but generally, things look a little milder by the end of the week. i'm sharanjit leyl with bbc world news. our top story: the north korean leader, kim jong—un, has said he wants to build on the atmosphere of reconciliation with the south. speaking after meeting the high—level delegation that returned to the north korea from their three—day visit in the south for the winter 0lympics, he made no mention of the invitation for the south korean president, moonjae—i to attend talks in pyongyang. jacob zuma has reportedly been told by his own party that he has 48 hours to resign as south africa's president. he faces a number of corruption

charges after nine years in power. and this story is trending on bbc.com. london's heathrow airport has said a duty free promotion at the weekend where chinese customers were asked spend more than non—chinese customers to receive the same discount was "unacceptable". that story is popular on bbc.com. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: the charity commission has announced a statutory inquiry into 0xfam's