i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: nikolas cruz, the 19—year—old accused of killing 17 people at his former florida high school, appears in court. south africa's new president, cyril ramaphosa, vows to fight corruption after being sworn in. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme: on the menu, we take a look at some of the local dishes being enjoyed at the winter olympics. and xin nian kuai le! happy lunar new year! chinese people around the world celebrate the spring festival. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning.

it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in parkland, florida, where a vigil is taking place to remember the 17 people killed by a teenager yesterday. these are live pictures. earlier in the day president trump promised action to make america's schools safer. nikolas cruz, a former student at the school, appeared in court. the fbi said it had been warned a year ago about the potential threat posed by cruz, but that there was no evidence he was planning an attack. aleem maqbool reports. for hours, children at a high school found themselves in a combat zone. i have the gunshot victim. there was mayhem and bloodshed as a gunman stalked its corridors. shots can be heard close by as these terrified pupils sheltered in a classroom fearing for their own lives. he went up and down the hallwayjust banging and shooting

into the classrooms. he shot through the door and broke the window. then all of a sudden we heard one of the student government teachers say, run as fast as you can, and we heard a gunshot. 17—year—old lewis mizen, originally from coventry, moved to florida three years ago and is a student at the school. he was barricaded in a storage cupboard for two hours during the shooting. we heard the door to our room being unlocked. we heard someone say, "police, police". there were two different people. we didn't know how many shooters there were. we didn't know if it was police. i remember my teacher turning to me and saying, "what do we do?" that's terrifying. she opened the door and the relief when you realised it was these guys in military getup holding pistols and assault rifles. i have friends who have been killed, friends who have been shot. how can this be real? this is a school i go to.

i'm watching video footage and it's my friends going out with their hands up. police did finally get to every classroom. the fear palpable. police! put your hands up. survivors were ushered through the corridors with hands on their heads, police marksman watching closely in case a gunman was still among them. the first of those identified as having been killed was a football coach and security guard at the school. in the coming days, we'll learn details of the young victims too. this is one of many vigils being held for those who died. shocking here to see the faces of so many young people who yesterday were attending what they thought was a regular day at school and today they are mourning friends who sat beside them in their classrooms. the killer escaped with fleeing schoolchildren, but was soon arrested without a struggle. he is 19—year—old nikolas cruz. a young man known for having

a fascination with guns, and who even, it now appears, threatened in a social media post to become what he called "a professional school shooter". are you nikolas jacob cruz? yes, mam. the leader of a white nationalist militia said cruz had taken part in paramilitary training with them. you're charged with some very serious crimes. kevin trejos found the girl who sat next to him in an english class earlier in the day was one of those who have died. he also knew the gunman, who'd been a former student at the very same school he attacked. he's someone who used racial slurs. who was just awful to other people. i'm sure he was bullied himself by some, but he was the type of person who people were scared to bully because they knew something could happen. they just didn't think this would happen. it makes me angry because we all knew him, we all knew that there was a potential

for something to go wrong. it just sucks that we couldn't stop him. these thoughts are the type with which no children should have to burden themselves. but in a country where there have been more than 200 school shootings in less than five years, more and more are being taught by such horrors. aleem maqbool, parkland, florida. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the leader of the african national congress, cyril ramaphosa, has been sworn in as south africa's new president. jacob zuma resigned from the post last night after pressure from his party over various corruption allegations. this was the moment he took the oath of office. would you please raise your right hand as the president—elect and say, "so help me god". so help me god. applause i confirm that we have both

sealed the oath by signing and it's my honour and privilege to congratulate the president of the republic of south africa. congratulations. applause president trump's former chief adviser, steve bannon, has refused to answer a range of questions posed by a congressional committee. he was being interviewed by the house intelligence committee, which is investigating alleged russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. the committee is reportedly considering holding him in contempt. the hong kong pop singer denise ho says she's been denied a performance permit in malaysia because of her support for gay rights. she is openly gay and very outspoken on lgbt issues. she had been scheduled to perform in kuala lumpur in april. a malaysian government minister said that performances had to comply

with local values. the former oxfam worker accused of paying for prostitutes while working in chad and haiti has responded in the times. roland van hauwermeiren denied paying for sex and said that an event he attended in haiti was not as alleged a sex party. jennifer anniston and her husband justin theroux have announced that they are separating after less than three years of marriage. the 49—year—old star of the american sitcom friends, and 46—year—old leftovers actor, said inajoint statement that the decision was mutual and lovingly made at the end of last year. now, how careful are you with your belongings at security at an airport or train station? probably not as vigilant as this woman. she climbed into an x—ray machine during security check for fear of being separated from her handbag, much to the surprise of security staff. emerging apparently unscathed from the experience, the woman left the area immediately afterwards. it's the beginning of what could

well be the biggest annual celebration worldwide, the lunar new year, also known as the spring festival. more than 1.4 billion chinese people around the world marked the official entry into the year of the dog with lanterns, banquets and colourful celebrations. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. in all, this is how most of the country sees in the lunar new year. state television spring festival gala. by some estimates, the most watched entertainment programme on earth. around 700 million viewers for a four hour spectacular of

colour and sound. low—key and subtle it is not, but this has become a new year tradition. some decided to celebrate in their own way with fireworks and sparklers in beijing. the sound of firecrackers young and old enjoying the noise and the spectacle. translation: old enjoying the noise and the spectacle. translationzlj old enjoying the noise and the spectacle. translation: i hope this year of the dog the children keep growing up in good health and our elders keep well, and i also sent oui’ elders keep well, and i also sent our new year wishes to everyone. away from the fireworks, there's food. entire families gathering together to make and consumed dumplings and noodles. a tasty way to welcome the year of the dog. at this buddhist temple in shanghai, people prayed for good fortune. they burned incense, looking forward to new opportunities. and it isn'tjust

china celebrating, this a sea of red la nterns china celebrating, this a sea of red lanterns in kuala lumpar. plenty of dogs were pleasant, some symbolic, some real. hundreds of millions of people coming together to say goodbye to the old and hello to the new. tim allman, bbc news. earlier i spoke to feng shui master chee hiang chua. i began by asking him for his predictions for the year of the earth dog. this year will be a good year because of the wa element. there are five elements in chinese metaphysics and this is the earth dog year. you've brought a little yellow dog? that's right, the colourfor the element of earth is yellow so a yellow dog for the year. and the mandarin czarfor yellow dog for the year. and the mandarin czar for the celebrations across the region? i wish all our viewers a happy lunar new year.|j

wa nt to viewers a happy lunar new year.|j want to know, who will have a good and bad year in the year of the dog, any predictions from you? depending on which side of the field you are, mr donald trump, president of the united states, is going to have a good year going by his birth chart. might be good news or bad news depending on... wejust had might be good news or bad news depending on... we just had a tragic incident in florida and we have a lot of issues surrounding the administration, but you predict a really good year? on the surface everything will look kind of calm because the element of earth pretends to favour loyalty and trust. so on the surface everything looks cool and calm but at the same time this year's pairing of chee hiang chua, a double earth year, is known as the tempest, a wild southern wind. while everything might look odd, good on the surface, look out. you mentioned calm, but we

had scandals and revelations regarding the #metoo movement in 2017. can we expect more of those revolutions this year? the element of earth in chinese is called ou, but at the same time represents older men. it probably mightjust be a salacious year, we will see a continuation of the #metoo and all of that for the year. for our viewers who want to do something to make sure that they have a good year, is there any advice you have for the year of the dog? for chinese new year it's always a good idea to wear red because red is the colour of cell they should. i'm wearing it and then he is wearing a red tie as well —— salvation. the yellow dog, is yellow a good colour? if you want to dress according to the element of the year, that would be yellow on

the year, that would be yellow on the ear. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: all that exercise must work up an appetite, we take a look at the food on offer at the winter olympic games. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal in good order, but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm was murdered. that has a terrible effect on the morality of the people. there on the morality of the people. may be repercussioi streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no letup in the eruption itself. lava streams from an event low in the greater slowdown into the sea east of the island, away

from the town for the time being, but it could start flowing again at any time. the russians heralded their new generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they called it mir, the russian for peace. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko oi in singapore. and i'm ben bland in london. our top stories: more details emerge about the suspected teenage gunman who attacked his former high school in the us, re—igniting the long—running debate about gun laws in america. cyril ramaphosa has replaced jacob zuma as president of south africa, taking over a country with a struggling economy and a divided ruling party. mr ramaphosa vowed that fighting corruption would be a top priority. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world.

the japan times reports on the fallout from a recent hacking of the cryptocurrency exchange coincheck, worth about $500 million. traders in the digital money have filed a lawsuit in tokyo against coincheck for reimbursement of their money plus interest, and the lawyers say about a thousand more people want to do the same. gulf news looks at a possible distraction for drivers in the united arab emirates, a road—side gallery. motorists driving from dubai to abu dhabi will be able to see ten billboards with pictures of artworks at the louvre abu dhabi, and tune into a radio channel to hear 30—second lesson on each piece. and the financial times has a look at sticker rules in london planned for driver hours, that could hit ride—hailing apps like uber. london's transport authority says all private car companies will be

compelled to hand over data on driver working hours, in a move the paper says that's seen as specifically aimed at uber. and the shooting in florida is bucking a lot of discussion online? yes and a lot of it is calling out american politicians. a screenwriter who writes forjimmy kimmel has been singling out senators who are tweeting their condolences. he is responding with the amount of money they have received from the national rifle association. for example, florida senator marco rubio retweeted: today is the horrible day we hope it never comes. and the reply was the figure that was

donated, over $3 million. and staying with that story, while the shooting has rekindled calls for gun control in the us, president trump has been trying to put the focus on mental health. earlier i spoke to liza gold, a clinical professor of psychology at georgetown university, and editor of book gun violence and mental illness. here's what she told me about this line of thought. really it's a very unhelpful and unproductive line to follow. it increases the stigma associated with mental illness. anything that increases stigma decreases the likelihood that people who need help will come forward and even if you did give everybody who needed the help they wanted or could take, it wouldn't make a dent in the one dimeback gun violence we are seeing and get so much publicity. —— the gun violence. if a lack of attention to helping people with mental health problems is part of the problem, what can be done to help? well, it's

really a public health problem, both mental health and firearm violence in the united states are both public health problems and they need to both be addressed as public health problems. mass shootings get the most public attention but are actually the least common form of gun violence in the us. two thirds of the gun violence in the us is actually firearm suicide and the other third are homicides that are not typically related to people with mental illness. mass shootings account for less than 1% a year, which is not to say that they aren't horrible and tragic, but to try to focus on preventing mass shootings by looking at those who are mentally ill, most mass shootings are not committed by people with mental illness. there is indeed that commonality. so as evidenced by the fa ct commonality. so as evidenced by the fact that we are just repeating the same script over and over and over again, focusing on mental illness each time, which is the knee—jerk

reaction, is not effective. there is the focus on the mental health of the focus on the mental health of the perpetrator, but then of course there has to be a focus on the mental health of those who have been through all of this, because they will have seen some horrific things. i wonder what the best way to help them recover, although in some cases it may take months and years for that. well, you know, each person has to be offered the opportunity to sort of do a very immediate and acute trauma debriefing, so to speak, and do not try and avoid the very natural inclination to try to avoid or ignore feelings or to go on as if things are ok or appear to be 0k. and as if things are ok or appear to be ok. and that's really the best way to avoid longer term issues, although it is inevitable that with this kind of trauma as some people,

not everyone, but some people will have longer term issues. some people will be more vulnerable, some people will be more vulnerable, some people will be more resilient. korea is known for its food. and with the winter olympics taking place there, the food is in the spotlight. our correspondent stephen mcdonell checked out some of the local dishes available around the olympic village in pyeongchang. the athletes, coaches and spectators visiting here for the winter olympics will no doubt be keen to try out some korean barbecue. and the area where the games are being held is known for a particular type of beef, making the barbecue experience in this region a special one. but for many, the striking cuisine in these mountains is actually to be found pegged up outside. when you walk around pyeongchang, you can't help but notice all of this dried fish hanging up beside the river. overnight it's dropping down to —20 degrees celsius, it's absolutely freezing. why would you hang out this fish

in such harsh conditions? well, apparently this is crucial to the process which delivers such a unique flavour. translation: the reason why we hang it in the winter is because we need to repeat the process of freezing and thawing. we hang them to dry from december to april, around 120 days. locals buy this fish by the bagful to take home and you can get it at restaurants. what's more, the good news for athletes going into celebration overdrive after their events is that the fish is also used to make a famous hangover cure soup. so i might get me some of that. pretty good. and staying with korean food, over in the north, a competition other than the olympics drew attention.

lime, peanuts andsf’rfl‘r' ff" saying auspicious things, like "may you have a sweet life." then with family and friends you toss it all up. so, mariko, what will you be doing for lunar new year? i was just talking to colleagues

here. we do the office lohei each year. i just want to emphasise because i saw year. i just want to emphasise because i saw some year. i just want to emphasise because i saw some online reaction to that report of lohei, but it's a waste of. food i want to reassure all of you that we finished salad. later today if i can stay awake i will probably go over to a colleague's house to celebrate the new year and colleague's house to celebrate the new yearandi colleague's house to celebrate the new year and i will bring my children so they can collect envelopes with a lot of money in it! moving over to animals now. keeping wild animals in private property is illegal in india. but a social activist has built a private zoo for almost 100 animals. it has been operating as a rescue centre for newborns whose mothers were killed by local hunters. you've been watching newsday on the bbc. it leaves me to leave you with these pictures of baby pandas, enjoying

their lunar new year gifts. the cubs are members of the new—born family at a breeding base in the province, which saw the births of 42 panda cubs in 2017. the weekend is fast approaching and the weather is looking mixed. a little mixed through the weekend. friday, for most of us, is looking absolutely fine. a lot of clear skies out there so there is plenty of sunshine on the way. but friday is going to start off pretty frosty. here is the satellite image. we have got some snow clouds across scotland right now. there's a cold airstream coming all the way from the arctic regions — from greenland, from iceland, tucking into scotland, so here we could see over the next couple of days or so quite a bit of snow. but that is going to be mostly across the hills. so the towns and cities and coastal areas will be mostly getting rainfall. the rest of the country, the early hours, look absolutely

clear, england and wales. even around plymouth the temperatures will be around freezing or below. barely above freezing. here is the pressure map for friday. this is an area of high pressure, the closer you are to this area of high pressure today the better the weather will be. for places like hull, norwich and london and southampton will have plenty of sunshine and actually a lot of sun further north as well. across scotland, more cloud and rain in the western isles, slightly stronger wind and thicker cloud also for northern ireland. it won't be cold, around about 10 degrees in the south and in the north, newcastle eight degress, aberdeen around seven. that's friday daytime. let's look at friday night. into the early hours of saturday and the weather front is approaching, thick cloud on the tip of cornwall through wales into western scotland there will be some rain around too. snow mostly across the hills, first thing on saturday morning in the north of the pennines, the highlands as well.

then saturday itself we have weather fronts grazing northern parts of the uk, so this is where we are most likely to have the thickest of the cloud, there will be some, again, wintry showers around across scotland but for most of us the weather on saturday actually doesn't look too bad at all. some hazy sunshine around and those temperatures will be just about double figures in the south, seven or eight in the north. a lot more cloud in the atlantic. that will be coming our way, so come sunday, thick cloud right across the country here, a very different day, out of the two days, saturday is the sunnier day, sunday will be more cloudy with outbreaks of rain getting into cardiff, birmingham, belfast. maybe a bit of brightness in the north—east of scotland and east anglia for a time. bye— bye. i'm ben bland with bbc news. our top story: more details continue to emerge about the american teenager suspected of a gun attack on his former high school. 19—year—old nikolas cruz has

appeared at court in florida, charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. it was the 18th school attack in the us this year. cyril ramaphosa has been sworn in as south africa's new president. he replaces jacob zuma, who stepped down on wednesday after caving to pressure from his own party, the anc. and this story is trending on bbc.com. do you worry about your bags being stolen when passing through security check? well, one chinese woman joined her handbag through an x—ray machine to preventjust that. apparently she emerged safely on the other side. it is still unclear what the cherished handbag contained. that's all from me now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: victims of the former youth football coach, barry bennell, have been speaking out after a jury found him guilty of seven further