this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: demanding action on gun control. teenage survivors of the florida school shooting say they'll march on washington. after fire ripped through lhasa's jokhang temple, the extent of the damage to the most important shrine in tibetan buddhism is still unclear. i'm sharanjit leyl in london. also in the programme: the search for a downed passenger plane in iran is stopped for the night, as a blizzard sets in. as many as 66 people are feared dead. and all in black on the bafta red carpet. the stars show their support for the campaign against sexual harassment. live from our studios in singapore

and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in florida, where a group of teenagers who survived a school shooting in the us state have announced a national march on washington to demand action on gun control. they say they're determined that the mass shooting, in which 1a pupils and three members of staff were killed, will be a turning point in the national debate on guns. the bbc‘s david willis has more from washington. after this florida shooting it seemed that the national debate might follow the sort of conventional pattern it has followed in the past. you know, outrage, followed by calls for action, followed by precisely nothing.

but now we have these students calling for some sort of action. these are people who, of course, don't remember the columbine massacre back in in 1999. they weren't born at that particular time. and unlike columbine, which had outrage but not activism following it, these people are calling for a change and they have come up with various ways of bringing that about, including this scheme to have a march on the capital, washington, dc, next month. that is going to be called the march for our lives. separately, they are planning a school walkout on the 20th of april, that marks the 19th anniversary of the columbine massacre and there's a big rally planned for wednesday in the florida capital tallahassee, all basically to advance the calls for tighter gun control laws here in america.

david willis there in washington. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. rescue teams in western iran searching for a passenger plane which disappeared with more than 60 people on board have called off for their search for the night because of heavy snow. families have been gathering at a mosque close to the airport to get information about their loved ones. it's feared there are no survivors. the plane went down in the zagros mountains during a flight from the capital tehran to the southwestern city of yasuj. amir paivar from the bbc‘s persian service has the latest. the weather conditions are very severe, the teams that tried earlier on to go to the crash site were unable to do so and they were sent back halfway through because the blizzard is so severe that they couldn't reach anywhere near the crash site. there is no exact knowledge of the number of people who were on board, which is between 55 and 66.

that has added to the misery of these relatives. also making news today. streets around one of the most sacred sites for tibetan buddhism have been reopened to pilgrims after a blaze broke out on saturday evening, according to chinese state media. the official xinhua news agency said the fire in part of the 1,300—year—old jokhang temple was soon put out. however, tibetans living abroad said that photos and posts about the blaze were quickly being censored. we'll have more on that story in a few moments. a memorial service for zimbabwe's opposition leader, morgan tsvangirai, has been held in the capital harare, four days after he died from cancer in south africa. politicians from across the political divide paid tribute to mrtsvangirai. the bbc‘s shingai nyoka has been watching events in harare. hundreds of opposition supporters, leaders from across the political

divide, as well as diplomats and representatives from some african countries have gathered here to bid farewell to morgan tsvangirai. the speakers that were in this church service remembered his contribution to democracy in this country. some poignant pictures from syria, where children are returning to schools that have been partly destroyed by the war that's raged for seven years. more than 50% of schools have been affected and students often have to make do without windows, doors or heating. many of the teachers work without any salary. but as you can see, the children try to enjoy themselves when they can. russian officials have confirmed that one of their athletes at the winter olympics in south korea is suspected

of failing a doping test. they haven't named the athlete, but some russian media outlets suggest it was alexander krushelnitsky, who won a bronze medal in curling. he is one of the individual athletes who was allowed to compete, despite a ban on the official russian team because of an alleged state—sponsored doping programme. our correspondent in seoul stephen mcdonell has been following the story. there will be a lot of attention on this case today, we have had these reports that alexander krushelnitsky has failed a doping test. now, he won a medal in the teams curling, if he fails a second test, i suppose they will be taking that medal off him. it does draw a lot of attention again to the russian athletes. people will remember they're not competing here at the winter olympics as russia per se, but as these kind of individual athletes under the olympic flag

following the doping scandal at the sochi olympics. broad allegations of doping amongst the russian team at the sochi olympics and they were banned as a team. many athletes still prohibited from coming, but some have been allowed to attend as individuals, including this athlete in the curling, and yeah, now it seems he has at least failed a first test. the way it happens is that you fail a first test and there has to be a second test that comes along. stephen mcdonell in seoul. let's return to the news of the fire that broke out in the most important shrine in tibetan buddhism, thejokhang monastery in lhasa. chinese state media said the blaze, which started on saturday evening, was soon put out. but the extent of damage to the sprawling compound is unclear. tibetans abroad noted that photos and posts about the blaze were quickly being censored. it is really the heart of tibetan culture and the tibetan land. built in the 7th century, the first buddhist temple in tibet. perhaps one of the oldest timber

structures, temples in the world. it has been the centre of pilgrimage of devotion for people all around the world, mongolians and others, for many centuries. it was originally the site of the previous tibetan government before the chinese moved in in the 50s and became a site of major unrest in the 80s and again ten years ago. it is a very sensitive area and terribly important for tibetan people. as you say, religious and politically sensitive. we know that china's rule of tibet has been controversial, human rights activists accusing china of human rights violations. what's even more controvertial about this story is that they seem to be censoring some of the reports coming out about this fire,

why do you think they're doing that? it's extraordinary because the chinese don't face a military problem in tibet, pouring money in and trying to win people over through economic improvement. they face this perpetual problem with culture that they don't seem to be very good at handling religion and culture and they have a huge problem with legitimacy. you would think that this would be an issue where they would rush to show people and reassure them that the temple has not been badly damaged, but there is almost no news coming out at all in the last 2a hours. pictures only of the party secretary visiting the temple and telling the tibetans how fortunate they are to have party rule and one or two tiny pictures of the main statue that everybody is worried about in the shrine without any comment and no reference to the fact that there has been a fire. so this is really provoking rumours and uncertainty i think, among the people. australia's prime minister, malcolm turnbull, says he has no

regrets about a new sex ban stopping cabinet ministers from having sexual relations with their staff. mr turnbull announced the ban on thursday after it was revealed his deputy prime minister, barnabyjoyce, had an extramarital affair with his media adviser, who is now pregnant with his child. our sydney correspondent, hywel griffith, told me how that new ban is being perceived. well, it's still a running story here in australia. it was announced last thursday as part of malcolm turnbull‘s condemnation of his colleague, barnaby joyce, and turnbull‘s condemnation of his colleague, barnabyjoyce, and the extramarital affair he'd had, which is now going to result in him becoming a father again in april. now, the two men met at the weekend hoping to put their differences aside. were told they had a good, long discussions. there are two strong characters but their relationship is on track. that however hasn't deterred the story still having some fire left in it, it's on the front pages against b let me quickly show you the australian newspaper for example,

one of the big sellers here, saying voters' berdych, joyce must quit. its latest poll included a question to voters about whether barnaby joyce should quit and according to this one poll it says 65% of voters think he should go. barnabyjoyce on the front page of the sydney morning herald, you can see him defending himself there against lots of allegations. this paper has been investigating in particular his record of accommodation claims and use public money, mrjoyce insisting he's done nothing wrong there but lots of fire coming in his direction so lots of fire coming in his direction so therefore even more pressure lots of fire coming in his direction so therefore even more pressure on him so therefore even more pressure on him to go this week. when you talked about the two coming together over the weekend and having quite a good chat, but of course ongoing suggestions there's a rift between them. what is being said about that? yeah, it's hard to see how the relationship can really be patched up. i guess if they can survive a few more days and a few more weeks it will all blow over, however mr

joyce will be out of you this week, he's elected to take a week's leave of absence. that might help or it might create a bit of a vacuum for other people in his party who fancy their chances to come forward as leader of the national is to maybe make a very public play against him. so it is all in place. some people criticising particularly in the more right wing papers malcolm turnbull‘s handling of this, not for the announcement of a sex ban and his critique of barnabyjoyce, but he's not been strong enough to push against him. he doesn't have it within his gift to sack barnaby joyce, they're from different parties, but people say this makes him look weak, that he's got a deputy that he clearly doesn't get on properly with, or at least can't condone his behaviour, and therefore the relationship is troubled and alternately doomed. hywel griffith in sydney. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: living the pipe dream in hong kong. these housing units are made from, yes, water pipes.

we'll talk to the architect next. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed 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. i'm terrified of the repercussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no letup in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flowed down to the sea on the 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. welcome back. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm sharanjit leyl in london. our top stories: teenage survivors of the florida school shooting say they'll march on washington to demand action on gun control. after fire ripped through lhasa's jokhang temple, the extent of the damage to the most important shrine in tibetan buddhism is still unclear. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with the south china morning post and a report on china's foundering economic ties with the european union.

the paper says the eu's investment in china fell by 9.1% last year, because of frictions over market access and other issues. the new york times is leading with donald trump's son's visit to india this week. donald trumpjunior‘s main task will be to promote luxury towers, not diplomacy but, the paper says, indians might be forgiven for not making much of the distinction. and finally — the front page of the philippine daily inquirer, and this beautiful picture of the start of international pyro—musical competition in pasay city in the philippines. ten countries are joining the contest — to showcase their best fireworks displays. now, what are people

talking about online? the malaysian government is facing ridicule after it took out a full—page advert to celebrate the lunar new year featuring a barking rooster. the trade ministry's advert wished people a prosperous year of the dog but showed a rooster, barking in chinese. the ministry has apologised for what it called a "technical error". the risk of a military clash in the disputed waters of the south china sea is one that all nations in southeast asia are keen to avoid. china and asean have already signed a declaration of conduct at sea and they're now planning one to cover disputes. the bbc‘s lyse doucet asked singapore's defence minister, who's been attending an international conference on security in munich, whether he was worried the situation in the south china sea is generally calm but you

asked the question because we just concluded a round table on the south china sea. it was conducted under chatham house rules but i think there was consensus. it was notjust a simple issue of who owns what. there are a number of claimant states within the area and if truth be told, all of them have built on disputed features. it is just that china built the most. that will continue to be an irritant. an issue. it will continue to be an issue but despite that i would say that compared to previous years, the fact that we are talking about the area and focusing on confidence building measures between asean and china including an agreement that we made an understanding two

weeks ago and i think that has brought down the temperature. china has indicated it would like to take on a wider role globally that also includes its neighbours. do the neighbours sense this in practical terms? in a big way. not only do you sense it, it is a disruptive change. compared to ten years ago, the leading trade partner for most of asean countries in australasia was not china. and yet china is the trading partnerfor all of us countries including australia and new zealand. and without the growth of china in the last decade, where you had a recession as will as the global financial crisis affecting the us, the americas plus europe, asia would have grown much slowly.

in fact we depended on the chinese engine. on the point of view of china's economic heft you have, if you like, a tide that lifted boats. beyond that, the one belt one road initiative is potentially a very powerful instrument to build up infrastructure in asia, or an asia—pacific. and that is substantive. hong kong's held the title of the world's priciest city for home—buyers for the last seven years, but one local architect thinks he might have come up with a solution. james law's micro—housing units are made from a rather unusual material — concrete water pipes. the stackable pipes are laid on their sides, and each have a kitchen, bathroom and sleeping area all squeezed into an 11 metre square cylinder. james told me what pushed him to come up with the idea.

we are struggling with this everyday. the young people here are really struggling to find their first steps in life and to afford a place to live. as an architect i was responding to the pressure that i see every day to find a new kind of design that could inspire them. do you think this will be popular with people looking for affordable housing? i think it is an alternative and i did this project really as a way to generate some positivity and some optimism. i think there is an opportunity to really drive a bit more space, affordable space out about down out of a dense city like hong kong by using this sort of architecture. i have been given a lot of interesting comments and approaches from people who are interested in trying to live in one.

so people are not living in them just yet and as you say it is just the design of this page. a bit of a pipe dream, one might say. you think your design is helping address issues of hong kong's scarcity of land ? people say hong kong is short on land that it actually isn't. it is just the way that the land is planned in hong kong means that at the heart of our city we are extremely dense and quite expensive. in our city there is still a lot of interesting land left. land left under the flyover is, in between buildings and perhaps on top of buildings. i thought that we might have a new kind of architecture that could really take up on this leftover land to create something affordable. hong kong, if it can be innovative and look into these alternative kinds of buildings, could actually drive more space and affordability for young people in our city. the best of british film—making

talent has been honoured at the baftas in london, with many of the stars using the spotlight to highlight the sexual harassment scandal which has gripped the industry in recent months. the big winner of the night was three billboards outside ebbing, missouri which won in five categories. here's our arts editor will gompertz. his report contains some flash photography. the baftas 2018. part award ceremony, part platform for protest. the wear something black dress code represents a collective stand against harassment and inequality in the workplace. there is definitely a different feel to the baftas this year. people are still coming to celebrate filmmaking at its finest but it is a sombre and serious mood with the time's up campaign and it does change the emphasis of the awards. it is notjust a case of who will win what, but who will say what.

who will capture the mood and spirit of these times as oprah winfrey did at the golden globes? the answer turned out to be the best actress winner, frances mcdormand, who gave a mischievous, witty, potent acceptance speech. i have a little trouble with compliance. laughter. but i want you to know that i stand in full solidarity with my sisters tonight in black. i also want to say that i appreciate a well—organised act of civil disobedience. power to the people. she won for her role in three billboards outside ebbing, missouri. start up a database. as soon as he done something wrong, cross—reference it and make 100% certain it was a correct match, and then kill him. the american—set british film was a big winner.

lam humbled. best original screenplay for the film's london—born irish director, martin mcdonagh. and the top award. what we are most proud of about this film, especially in this time's up year is that it is a film about a woman who refuses to take ———— any more. played by a woman who has always refused to take any ————. and then there was the leading actor award, complete with a dig at last year's oscars. the winner is frances mcdormand... nah, just kidding. the bafta goes to gary oldman. he won for this portrayal of winston churchill in the film darkest hour work. you cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth.

so grateful for this incredible honour. thank you. allison janney won best supporting actress for playing the hard—bitten mother in i, tonya. how old are you? she's a soft 4. guillermo del toro won best director for his film the shape of water on what was a slightly disappointing night for this hotly tipped movie. perhaps it will be a different story at the oscars in a fortnight‘s time. congratulations to all the winners at the bafta awards. this is newsday on the bbc. and before we go, let's take a look at these pictures. they show the incredible scenery of the changbai mountains in northeast china'sjilin province, which amazes thousands of tourists every winter. as you can see, the scene is shrouded in white steam rising it looks like the weather

pattern will change quite significantly over the week ahead. the last few weeks or so we have had fast moving weather with a strong jet stream across the atlantic. over the next few days everything will slow down and the jet will become weaker and it will change position. much more undulation in the jet stream that will induce this area of high pressure for midweek onwards settling things down. at the moment, pressure is low and we have weather fronts on the same. a lot of cloud and rain or round from the first weather front up there. no frost at the moment. and an envelope of mild air between those two weather fronts. so some sunshine in the west that could be quite mild.

a change of fortunes for eastern scotland and eastern england. drab and dreary. drier, brighter with a little sunshine, especially around the coast and northern ireland ahead of the next weather system arriving later in the day. sunshine and 13 degrees. hill fog. those bands of rain join forces to bring rain to the eastern parts of england. a little heavy at first, the rain will peter out during the day. stronger wind will push the cloud further across the midlands and the west country, further west and north will have clear skies. more sunshine on the way and still some decent temperatures. with the clear skies and not much of a breeze towards the north—west, those temperatures will drop away quite quickly. the rain in the south will peter out and we will hang on to more clouds, so not as cold but we will have a frost elsewhere. this is the first of a few

frosty nights to come. a cold start then on wednesday but a bright start with plenty of sunshine around for many. more cloud filtering into the wales and the midlands. sunnier skies further north. by this stage on wednesday the wind will be light everywhere with some sunshine it will feel pleasant however the temperatures will be around seven or eight degrees. some weather systems are trying to push into the north—west, threatening to bring back the sort of whether we have seen recently. high pressure is blocking everything off. thursday and friday should be dry. we begin the week on a mild note, 13 degrees and it will turn colder as the week goes on with high pressure building in. it should be dry and cold at night. i'm sharanjit leyl with bbc world news. the top story: a group of teenagers who survived last week's school shooting in florida are organising a national march on washington. they‘ re demanding political action on gun control after the attack which left 17 people dead. the say the tragedy should be

a turning point in the national debate on guns. and this story is trending on bbc.com. the best of british films has been honoured at the baftas in london, with many stars wearing black to highlight the issue of sexual harassment. the big winner was three billboards outside ebbing, missouri, winning in five categories. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. we'll be back at the top of the hour with more stories. and the top story here in the uk: the prime minister theresa may says the government will look at the whole system of student funding as part of a review