pcs at newsday on the bbc. —— this is. i'm rico hizon, in singapore, the headlines: a large fire at a shopping mall in the siberian city of kemerovo kills at least 37 people, with up to 30 missing, many of them believed to be children a protest in catalonia turns into a stand—off with police, after the arrest of the region's former leader. his lawyer says he'll fight the case all the way. translation: the arrest warrants is being used for political reasons. i'm sharanjit leyl, in london. also in the programme: a crisis in australian cricket — the scandal over ball tampering sends shock waves through the world of sport and tributes are pouring in forjose abreu, whose music education programme, el sistema, brought classical music to the slums of caracas. live from our studios in singapore and london,

this is bbc world news — it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 6am in kemerovo in russia, where at least 37 people are now known to have died in a fire that tore through a shopping centre. local emergency officials say up to thirty people are feared missing, and that a high proportion of these could be children. andrew plant reports. a fire afire on a fire on the fourth floor. this shopping centre surrounded by firefighters searching for survivors. fighting the smoke

billowing outside. the fire started here on sunday. dozens were evacuated but it was clear dozens more were missing, many of them children. the area of the fire is about 1500 square metres. at this moment 2008080 emergency officers are working on site as well as units of equipment and airbourne groups taking part in the search and rescue operation. we are taking all measures to extinguish the fire. there is a lot of combustible material. people gathered to stand and stare as of the fire unfolded. witnesses said that trapped people on the upper floor and some had jumped from windows to try to escape the flames. an industrial city of more than half a million, it is one of the biggest coal producing regions in russia. already, there

are reports the fire again near a cinema and children's entertainment centre. president putin has a ready sent his condolences to friends and families of the victim is. a criminal investigation will now began to try to find out what caused the fire. —— will now begin. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: demonstrators have clashed with police on the streets of barcelona, where they were protesting against the arrest of their ousted leader, carles puigdemont. mr puigdemont was arrested in germany, after he crossed from denmark on his way back from finland to belgium, where he's been in self—imposed exile since october. this report from damien mcguinness in berlin. in barcelona, thousands of people took to the streets in support of former catalan leader carles puigdemont. they are calling for germany not to extradite him back to spain, where, according to pro—separatist politicians, he would not get a fair trial. translation: this

prosecution has no basis. there has never been violence. we remember we are still the revolution of smiles. for now, mr puigdemont is being held in this prison, and tomorrow he will appear before a german judge, who will decide whether he will remain in custody while the extradition order is being processed. berlin backs madrid's stance that it would be illegal for catalonian would be illegalfor catalonia to back away unilaterally. there is no more democracy in spain because they put their political opponents injail. that is a dictatorship. carles puigdemont became the leader

of catalonian in 2016, and led the referendum campaign a year later. but since then he has been living in self—imposed exile in belgium. his arrest reignites tensions in catalonia, where most of the independence leaders are now facing legal charges. that has to a certain extent undermined the independence movement, but also energised many of those who support it. also making news today: two lawyers who were due to join donald trump's team which is handling the special counsel investigation into russian interference in us elections, will now not take up their places. the president's spokesman said "conflicts" meant they could no longer be hired. but they added they hoped the legal team would be able to assist mr trump with other matters. more than 100 girls and young women who were kidnapped by islamist militants in north eastern nigeria, before being released, have been returned to their families. the dapchi girls spent five weeks in captivity — some of their fellow

abductees are still missing. a senior nigerian official confirmed that the return of the girls had been due to negotiations with the boko haram militants who had taken them boko haram are terrorists themselves. they took them away because of an agreement they made earlier. negotiations are expected. there will be no killing, no maiming, no nothing, no problem whatsoever. a car bomb has exploded at a busyjunction close to somalia's parliament in the capital, mogadishu. the city's ambulance service says four people were killed, including a suspected suicide bomber. now, if you're one of those people who think bigger is better, then this is the cruise ship for you. it's the symphony of the seas,

casting off from the french port of saint nazaire, about to make its first big trip to spain. the ship is 362 metres long, and cost $1.1; billion to build. it has enough space to accommodate 9,000 passengers and crew. in an ideal world, only around one in every ten pregnant women should need a caesarian section. that's according to the world health organisation. but delivering babies by c—section is becoming increasingly common around the world. in china, for instance, it's thought nearly half of all births are now caesareans. the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists or rcog, has just held its annual congress in singapore , bringing together nearly 3,000 medical practitioners dr lim min yu is

a member of the rcog, based here in singapore. thank you forjoining us. the two categories of the c section, one planned and one emergency. why are we seeing an increasing number of cesa rea n we seeing an increasing number of cesarean operations? good morning and thank you for having me here. i think there are a lot of different reasons why the rate of cesarean sections appears to be rising. in singapore, for example, the most recent data shows a rate of 37%. the categories of women that contributed to this, about one third were women giving birth for the first time, about one third were women who had given birth previously before having

had a cesarean section. the first cesa rea n had a cesarean section. the first cesarean section becomes the risk for the second cesarean section. why would women want to have cesarean sections, because of obesity and age? obesity and increasing maternal age? obesity and increasing maternal age are trained in women who give birth and if somebody is obese, we know that their labour is more likely to be complicated and there may be a greater risk for emergency sections. what are basically the risks if women have cesarean sections operations? there are both short—term and long—term risks. the short—term and long—term risks. the short—term risks would include pain from the operation, the risk of bleeding and infection and also the risk of blood clots forming in the

legs or the lungs. the longer term complications can be, because of scar tissue that forms after any operation, if you want to have a second cesarean section, and increased risk of injury to the surrounding structure, that is to say the bladder, the intestine is et cetera. where is the greater risk in terms of c section operations? is on after the first, the second or third? i think there is was an increased risk with every cesarean section so the more cesarean sections woman has, the greater the risk of these injuries i have previously mentioned. think so much for discussing the risks involved. an interview with the adult film actress at the centre of a sex scandal involving donald trump is due to air around now

on an american television network. stormy daniels, whose real name is stephanie clifford, describes the affair she says she had with president trump between 2006 and 2007. mr trump has denied the allegations. 0ur correspondent james cook is in los angeles. i asked him how explosive is the interview anticipated to be. well, i mean, it is difficult to say. we know some details of what stormy daniels, whose real name is stephanie clifford stephanie clifford, alleges happened to her with president trump before he was president. an interview some years ago was published in recent months giving an insight into the details we might expect from this interview and she talks about going to donald trump's hotel room, going up to his

room at his invitation, where she said he was in his pyjamas and watching a documentary about sharks, of which he is not apparently fond. the rest of the details are perhaps best not resited at this time but you can imagine. she says she had an affair that ran for ten months in 2006 - 2007. cricket is seen by australians as their national sport — with, so it is said, the captain of the national team being more important than the prime minister. so it says quite a lot that the prime minister himself, malcolm turnbull, has voiced his concerns that australia's cricket captain, steve smith, was caught cheating during a test match. he and his vice—captain david warner have both given up theirjobs, at least temporarily, after it emerged they were aware of a plan to break the game's laws by having a junior player tamper with the ball. we asked australia's high commissioner to the uk, alexander downer, what damage he thought had been done

to his country's sporting image. i think it is bad for the national psyche. i think australians are outraged about this national team which they hold in such a highly esteemed behaving in this way. it is often said that wearing the baggy green, which is the test cricketers were, is one of the greatest honour bestowed on australian men and women. people behaving like that wearing a baggy green is astonishing. it has separated the australian cricket team from the australian cricket team from the australian public and the team has lost the affection and support of the public at this time. earlier i spoke to australian sports presenter bill woods about how the scandal is affecting the image of cricket in the country and what kind of reaction there's been so far in this modern era of social media,

we often have a bandwagon effect on issues like this and lynch mob and talent it is not uncommon but even i was surprised at the level of outrage, the feeling of betrayal from not only cricket fans but sport fa ns a cross from not only cricket fans but sport fans across australia. cricket fans particularly, and some have tried to explain their feelings today as the story unfolds in a mainstream media and that they see the cricket team as an exceptional national team. the prime minister himself said this tea m prime minister himself said this team was on a pedestal. personally, ifind team was on a pedestal. personally, i find that a little surprising these days. since lance armstrong all bets are off but in this country is believed the cricket team is exceptional and, as you heard from alexander downer and your report, the baggy green is held as a very special national icon and that feeling is still very strong. you're watching

newsday she on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we meet the man who's declared death to the chicken nugget, when it comes to children's food. also on the programme. tributes to the man whose music education system transformed the slums of caracas. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. i'm so proud of you both. with great regret, the committee have decided that south africa should be excluded from the 1970 competition. chanting.

streaking across the sky, the white—hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. woman: wow! this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm sharanjit leyl in london. our top stories: at least 37 people have died in a large fire at a shopping mall in the siberian city of kemerovo. another 30 people are missing, many of them children. demonstrators have clashed with police on the streets of catalonia. they came out to protest after the region's former leader was arrested in germany.

let's take a look at some front pages, and the looming trade war between the us and china still making headlines, with top beijing officials saying that the country can handle the shock of a trade war. that is headlining the south china morning post. but china's vice premier, han zheng, warns that a dispute will hurt everyone. meanwhile, beijing is pledging to open up its economy further, the straits times reports it is promising to treat domestic and foreign companies as equals as it transitions to high—quality growth. and how about this story in the china daily. chinese consumers‘ thirst for fine wine will see the country replace the uk as the world's second—largest consumer market, injust three years. now, sharanjit, some unusual weather has been grabbing attention online.

yes, you would normally expect snow to be white. but in eastern europe, the winter landscape has gone a bit orange. just take a look at these pictures, snapped on the slopes at resorts across russia, romania, bulgaria, and ukraine. the phenomeonon, which occurs once every five years, is caused by sand from the sahara desert mixing with moisture as it falls, colouring the snow orange. it poses no risk to the snowboarders and skiers, though it does apparently make the snow a bit grittier than usual. tributes have been paid tojose abreu, the venezuelan musician credited with bringing a love of classical music to millions of under—privileged children. his scheme, known as el sistema, provided free music education in venezuela's shanty towns, and was copied around the world. tiffany sweeney reports. fighting poverty through music, that

was the idea behind jose abreu's revolutionary music projects, bringing mozart, beethoven, tchaikovsky, to the poorest areas of venezuela, to make a young generation appreciate them, and escape a life of poverty and crime. el sistema spread across the world, and was used by thousands of students, many from disadvantaged backgrounds. it was heavily promoted by the socialist government of former venezuelan leader hugo chavez, becoming one of the country's best funded social programmes. but maestro abreu told the bbc in 2009 that he was less interested in politics than helping

young people. i think it is important, because it will spread the ideas which constitute a fundamental project. solidarity, social action through music, and understanding between peoples. tributes have been paid, including venezuelan president maduro. translation: we are deeply moved by the passing of maestro abreu. he leaves behind a great legacy of morals, ethics and culture, as expressed through the orchestral system. to the simon bolivar orchestra, i pass on my condolences. his students included the musical director of the simon bolivar orchestra, a renowned venezuelan conductor. he expressed his sadness to his beloved maestro. he was an

economist, politician and activist, but it was an educator through music that maestro abreu pulled thousands of venezuelan children from crime and poverty. his legacy lives on. how often have you gone out for a meal and found the children's menu containsjust three items — chicken nuggets, spag bol and fish and chips? our next guest is a former advertising executive who is putting brand thinking and creativity into solving one of the problems of our times. he is a man on a mission to improve the quality of children's menus. jonathan pangu is declaring death to nuggets, and hejoins me now from melbourne. first off, what is set you on this mission to transform kids' menus?” think it is really exactly as you said. you can go out for a meal, and

you can know exactly what would be on the menu before you would even look at it. it was extremely predictable. lots of beige stuff, lots of fried stuff, very little fresh stuff and very little vegetables. right, and obviously this is in an effort to tackle the rising scourge of obesity among children as well. but what is different about what you are doing over campaigns that came before? jamie oliver's attempt to make healthier menus on kids' lunchers comes to mind. yes, absolutely. i felt with my background in marketing and advertising i could bring something a bit different to those efforts, in order to get your message through, you have got to make it interesting. you have got to make it interesting. you have got to make it interesting. you have got to make it feel like it is not a lecture coming from an adult. so death to nuggets was really born from a desire to make good food genuinely interesting to kids, and not feel like it was going to be a

lecture from an adult. so how are you making the food interesting to kids? because lots of kids, like my son, for instance, are fairly fussy eaters. so how do you make these menus of healthy vegetables appealed to them? yes, it is a good question. so we try to put a lot of imagination and fun into the food that we do. so we have put on our own dinner parties for kids and adults, and we have done dishes like rainbow spaghetti or backwards fish and chips. lots of kind of quirky, fun things, so that the food feels interesting to them rather than, you know, something that they have to eat. and beyond that, there are loads of strategies and tactics, like giving them lots of things to pyg ott like giving them lots of things to pygott and graze out, so they are not confronted with just one thing. stuffed it with your hands, kids absolutely love. —— stuff to eat

with your hands. so things that make the whole experience fun, as well as the whole experience fun, as well as the food nutritious. and how has it gone down amongst the kids you have tested it on, including your own kids? what do they think of this all? yes, kids love stuff that is fun. so we are doing really well with the people that we are coming into co nta ct with the people that we are coming into contact with, and we hope to get into contact with lots more. because as you said at the start, obesity is a global health problem. you look at the data, people like the gates foundation, in 2015, found that the rate of obesity is doubling in 73 of the 195 countries they looked at, and the rates are increasing most quickly for children, in many cases. so we are moving in the wrong direction. we need some new strategies, and so we

just hope to be a part of that effort. and good luck to you. thank you forjoining us, jonathan pangu, declaring death to nuggets. i still love nuggets, sharanjit. you have been watching newsday. coming up: asia business report. we will be looking at whether it is time for india's agriculture industry and infrastructure to have widescale reform. you have to watch those nuggets, rico, don't have too many. and before we go, let's take a look at these pictures. this was an implosion of a building in the centre of austin, in texas. it went without a hitch, although the cloud of dust and piles of rubble will take quite some time to clean up. hello once again. i hope at least at

some point during the course of the weekend you manage to get to see some sunshine, because it may well be in the forthcoming week that that is in short supply for some areas, especially the northern parts of scotland. all of us will notice it turning a little bit colder, because initially there is some want to be had, especially across the southern half of the british isles. but as i move you through to a roundabout wednesday, well, those yellows have moved away. we have tapped into some cold air yet moved away. we have tapped into some cold airyet again moved away. we have tapped into some cold air yet again from scandinavia, to the northern half of britain. to the south, well, there is an incursion of milder air, relatively, from the atlantic. but it comes as something of a price. in some of you will start paying that as early as monday afternoon, because the cloud and rain began to pushing towards northern ireland, the west of wales, down into the south—west of england. elsewhere, after a chilly start, the temperatures pick up quite nicely. ten, 11, 12, 13, something of that order. but that may well be the last you see of those, because from

monday night on into tuesday, so we push this low pressure closer to the british isles. that in turn pushes this weather front ever further towards the north and east. does the rain get away from the eastern side of england during the course of the day? well, it is a pretty close call, and it is certainly there to be had across the eastern part of scotland, where it is going to be really quite chilly. the last of any semblance of of wall is to be there to be had across england and wales. from tuesday on wednesday, that weather front is stuck across northern part of scotland. the cold airflow to make flooding in, remember, from scandinavia. so we will see particularly on the hills, the grampians, the snowfall totals really beginning to mount up in the south. it will just really beginning to mount up in the south. it willjust push some areas of cloud and rain ever further towards the east. and following on behind, we have got a bright and blustery day. some of the shower is really quite sharp, maybe a wee bit of hail in there as well, as we see the first signs of that colder conditionjust the first signs of that colder condition just beginning to seek its southern half of britain. and then from wednesday on into thursday,

that weather front is still they are across the eastern side of scotland, so the snow just across the eastern side of scotland, so the snowjust keeps on coming to the higher ground. and by this stage things may well be cool enough just to drag some of that snow to a slightly lower level. further south, a bit ofa slightly lower level. further south, a bit of a lull in proceedings, and then we will just a bit of a lull in proceedings, and then we willjust push another area of low pressure in, with its attendant cloud and some sharp bursts of rain as well. and at this stage it really will feel cold and miserable across the eastern side of scotla nd miserable across the eastern side of scotland particularly. the south temperatures just about getting towards 1011 degrees. just in time towards 1011 degrees. just in time to the easter weekend, low pressure is very much the dominant feature —— ten or 11 degrees. i'm sharanjit leyl. this is bbc world news. our top story: a huge fire in a shopping centre in the russian city of kemerovo has left 37 people dead. up to 30 are missing, including many children. there's a big rescue operation underway. the fire is said to have begun in a cinema inside the huge shopping complex which was packed with people in the middle of the day. more than 200 emergency responders have attended the scene. demonstrators have clashed

with police on the streets of catalonia — they came out to protest after the region's former leader carles puigdemont was arrested in germany. and this story is trending on bbc.com... australian cricket is in crisis — as a scandal over ball tampering continues to send shock waves through the world of sport. the team captain stood down for the latest test match against south africa, which his team went on to lose. that's all from me now.