continue to ' um mimic“. the tributes continue to martin luther king. at a country that has love affair —— and a country that has a love affair with guns, and wear black lives still not make do not matter. you're watching bbc news. we are live in memphis in america, where the life of martin luther king is being remembered. —— black lives still do not matter. 50 yea rs black lives still do not matter. 50 years after he was killed, bills will toll around the country, 39 times, honouring the number of years that he lived. we are crossing to oui’ that he lived. we are crossing to our correspondants live on the scene. but let's listening to what is happening. speak to the sa is like to sump wrote and and injured. the place else it and have faith, we purpose

of hearts to take the venom out of the heat america's veins and give oui’ the heat america's veins and give our transfusion with blood, truth, justice, love and righteousness? we commit ourselves to holding america accountable for what she has promised us? or will we be assassins to martin's assassination by our silence? we may not have been here 50 yea rs silence? we may not have been here 50 years ago but we are here now, to not be an assassin. continue his legacy. —— do not. bell ringing

you're watching newsday on bbc world news. is, were day off performances and speeches are taking place commemorate 50 years since the civil rights leader martin luther king was killed in. —— we are live in memphis, where a day off performances. you heard there one of many bells ringing out across the country 39 times, to honour the number of years martin luther king lived. they rang out to honour the moment that he was guns down. let's speak to our correspondent nada tawfik, who is in memphis for us now. certainly a very momentous occasion, a momentous day for many. absolutely, it is hard to really put into words what doctor king's legacy

means to so many people, how he shaped so many lives and how difficult the state of america would be without him. i am doing now buy at the bbc‘s political analyst ron christie, and when those bells ringing, it was such a powerful moment, you could have heard a pin drop. i think i heard someone say let freedom ring. let freedom ring. you see so much by the protests today are now behind us, a celebration of his life. and ijust wonder on a personal level, tu, how do you think he has affected your life on a very day—to—day basis? do you think he has affected your life on a very day-to-day basis? by grandparents and my parents are from the south. they dealt with discrimination, they dealt with like and cross burnings, they dealt with all the terrible things we have seen in the civil rights movement, so for me to be able to stand here 50 years

later after doctor king left us, is tremendous. we need to continue to do better but i am blessed that leaders like jesse jackson, doctor king paved the way. doctor king was ever the optimist, he said that his people would get promised land. he was also very, he saw it as his duty to call out the injustices he saw, to call out the injustices he saw, to actively fight against them and today on this podium, we heard people talk about police brutality, about the economic justice people talk about police brutality, about the economicjustice that persists, hyatt unemployment, what do you think, how far do you think this country still needs to go?|j think this country still needs to go?” think we have a long way to go. if you look at black wages versus white wages in this country, there is still a huge gap. wages in this country, there is stilla huge gap. if wages in this country, there is still a huge gap. if you have the power of an education, which doctor king at and pioneers really enabled, people like me in so many others to

ta ke people like me in so many others to take advantage of, i think that leads to a betterjob, not least about opportunity. what do you think doctor king would be thinking now looking at all these people who have come out for him? well, you know what he would say, he would be like disperse, get out of here, go march, go continue the fight against injustice. don't sit here and on me, on me by doing right for others. absolutely, we heard jesse jackson, one of the civil rights icon so was with martin luther king that day, saying that he did not die in vain and urging everyone here to get out and urging everyone here to get out and on his last works. back to you. live in memphis as events mark the anniversary of 50 years of the passing martin luther king. more to come on that. let's take a look at some

of the day's other news. britain and its allies have blocked moscow's request for a joint inquiry, involving russian experts, into the poisoning of the former spy, sergei skripal, and his daughter in england a month ago. at an emergency meeting of the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons, russia got only six votes in favour of its proposal, with 15 against. russia's delegation complained the uk investigation won't tell them what they need to know. translation: we are being told that we will be informed on the result of this investigation only if there is goodwill to do so. however, knowing oui’ goodwill to do so. however, knowing our british so—called partners, we cannot really count on the goodwill. —— on their. also making news today: the us president has agreed to keep american troops in syria for a little while longer to help in the fight to defeat isis, according to a senior administration

official. president trump had signaled his desire to pull them out. there are about 2000 us troops in syria. the duke of edinburgh has undergone a hip replacement surgery operation at a private hospital in london. in a statement, buckingham palace said the duke, who's 96, was comfortable and in good spirits. saudi arabia will open its first cinema in decades in the next two weeks. it's part of a deal that the saudis have done with amc — the world's largest cinema chain. the plan is to open up to a0 cinemas in some 15 saudi cities over the next five years. it's been revealed that as many as 87 million users may have had their personal information shared with the data firm, cambridge analytica. within the last few hours, facebook‘s chief executive, mark zuckerberg, spoke to reporters. he said he had made

a "huge mistake", and that the company had not done enough to protect people's information. earlier, i spoke to dave lee, who had details of that call. well, it was quite an unusual step for mark zuckerberg to be so open in a press conference. he took many questions from several different organisations, including the bbc. i think the nub of it frankly is that he is defending his position as the head facebook. he is the chief executive and the chairman of the board at facebook, and when ask directly if he felt he was the right man to continue doing those jobs, he said yes. he said that mistakes had been made in the past, he said that he had been too idealistic when it trusting third parties in terms of using facebook data, but he said going forward it is about restoring accountability and the company's reputation. many people think that this press conference, which was done by a conference call rather than in person, think this is good preparation for some real scrutiny

he will get next week when he speaks to congress in washington. it certainly a more open mark zuckerberg and we have been used to seeing recently. absolutely, march 11 seeing recently. absolutely, march ii is the date when he speaks to congress. we know the share price has plunged it is there any sense that users are turning away from it, that users are turning away from it, that they are not using it as much oi’ that they are not using it as much or advertisers are withdrawing advertised on its? well, this is the interesting part because of course, seeing that stock market value tumble would suggest that it is having a huge and damaging effect on the company but that is all about perception, of course. now, in reality, mark zuckerberg said today that they are not seeing any noticeable effect since the scandal took hold and by that he meant users on facebook using the platform and also advertisers. he said quite clearly, they have not seen a noticeable affect in advertisers not wanting to work with facebook any more. we have had this in the past, quite often they will be movement

stu delete facebook, to delete advertising, but there are still 2 billion people using it regularly around the world and that will continue to be useful to both the people on the platform and indeed, those who advertise on it. —— to delete facebook. however, if there are regulations in the future, that could force regulations that would have a very real impact indeed. as well, we know that mark zuckerberg is going to congress, he is obviously going to testify next week that he is sending high ranking officials to other places around the world to ansett ‘s testimony of this, particularly the uk is well and some of the latest revelations that 1.1 million uk users were also affected. is that a sense that perhaps he is shirking his responsibility elsewhere. in the past, he has managed to avoid any hearing of this nature. he's going

to speak to two panels in washington, as you say, but he is going to —— that is going to include his chief of staff, and also the chief dental officer is going to be going around to different panels around the world to answer questions that people wanted mark zuckerberg to ads in self—pity is going to palm off that responsibility to two high ranking members of his team. they certainly know a lot about facebook, but i think those investigators will be angry and disappointed not to hearfor be angry and disappointed not to hear for mark zuckerberg himself. dave lee speaking to me earlier. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: a war of tariffs. we look at the mounting tensions between beijing and washington as both countries threaten taxes. also coming up: the commonwealth games kick off on the gold coast in queensland, australia. we're there live for dayi of the games. 55 years of hatred are just a jump

up 55 years of hatred are just a jump up on the statues. today it is about the promise of a bright future, a day when we hope a line can be drawn under the bloody past. i think picasso's works were beautiful. they were intelligent, and it is a sad loss to ever ready who loves art. this is newsday on the bbc.

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories. african american leaders have gathered in memphis to mark the moment fifty years ago the civil rights icon martin luther king was assassinated. facebook now says as many as 87 million users may have had their personal information shared with the data firm, cambridge analytica. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the strait times looks at the commonwealth games beginning in australia, and reigning commonwealth games air pistol champion teo shun xie lead singapore. the country is represented by 60 athletes in ii sports. in thejapan times, a cute study on macaque monkeys. japanese researchers say the snow monkeys bathe in hot springs to reduce stress from the winter cold. and finally, the new york times leads on a european story in hungary.

in seeking reelection, their prime minister has started a national workfare program, but residents are sceptical and say in winter, "there isn't work anyway". now, what stories are sparking discussions online? yes, let's looks at what is trending right now. philippines is closing one of its most famous tourist islands, borocay, on the command of president duterte. a government spokesman there was a need for a major cleanup of what he described as a "sewer pool", despite its luxury hotels and lively night scene. now if anyone thought china would take donald trump's protectionist threats lying down, think again.

beijing has announced huge tariffs against us products — day three of growing trade tensions that are spooking financial markets and wiping billions from people's pension plans and investments. with me to discuss this in more detail is our asia business correspondent, karishma vaswani. she has been keeping a close eye on all of us. it had been labelled a trade war. that is whatever was coined. but donald trump said we are not ina coined. but donald trump said we are not in a trade war over night, and a trump. it is a public negotiation over the terms and conditions of how the world's two largest economies are going to do business with one another from now on. are going to do business with one anotherfrom now on. if are going to do business with one another from now on. if you are going to do business with one anotherfrom now on. if you look are going to do business with one another from now on. if you look at the tariffs that each side has said it wants to place on products from the other side, they have targeted politically sensitive products, with

china targeting agricultural products from the united states. that hits american farmers. and the us targeting products in industries, innovative industries, that china says it was to be a leader and in the next decade. but they have not put these tariffs into place yet. nothing has gone into effect yet sharanjit leyl. nothing has gone into effect yet shara njit leyl. that nothing has gone into effect yet sharanjit leyl. that this is a negotiation tactic on both sides have actually said that they want to keep talking before any of this actually comes into effect. and he will be watching this very closely for us. thank you forjoining us. —— and you will be. the commonwealth games are getting under way on australia's gold coast. the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall attended the colourful opening ceremony, which featured plenty of aboriginal motives. more than 4000 athletes from 71 different nations and territories are set to compete. and for the first time at a major multi—sport event, there will be the same number of men's and women's medal events. i spoke to chris mitchell, who is there on the gold coast. i feel a little bit ifeel a little bit weary, i have to say. it was a late night last night

with prince charles and camilla at the opening ceremony. that ended way after 1030, then we had to make our way back through the busy streets here. now the condition gets under way. you had to feel for alistair brownlee, england's top chance in the trifle and —— triathlon, which gets under way in a few hours. he was the flag bearer. who knows how he will jump was the flag bearer. who knows how he willjump in the ocean and some 750 metres, but i have to say, babita sharma, that the ocean looks beautiful today. that rendered the organisers were really worried about, the tropical site i and further up about, the tropical site i and furtherup in about, the tropical site i and further up in northern queensland has moved away. —— that rendered the —— that rain that the organisers. it was a slow and wet start. a storm greeted the opening. but after that, really good. they celebrated australian pop culture, there was a sandy beach in the middle of the

stadium, with 35,000 people watching, and it also celebrated, importantly, the australian indigenous heritage, with things like the didgeridoo orchestra. it was well received. it was a long night. southward was well received. it was a long night. southwa rd is just was well received. it was a long night. southward isjust behind us, here. i think you're beautifulfaces slightly jarring for us. —— southport. i would say, i will stay with you, if they can, because this is an event that is being celebrated for being the first internationally to have a balance between men's and women's militants, as well. that is right. and they are proud about. and they are trying to revamp the school of games. —— medal events. they are trying to the column lock games

releva nt — — trying to the column lock games relevant —— they‘ re trying to the column lock games relevant —— they're trying to keep the commonwealth games relevant. these used to be called the british empire games. there is a lot of talk about whether or not the games are still relevant. one of the ways that organisers want to give it relevant is by acknowledging that the world has changed and by having an equal number of medals for men and women is one of the ways that they are to do that. and that was babita sharma speaking to chris mitchell, who is covering the gold coast from world games. —— commonwealth games. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. southeast asia's most valuable tech company, grab, pushes on to expand into the payments business. we'll take a look at how. and before we go, how about spotting this on your dayjob? water police in australia had a close encounter with a massive great white shark. a colleague in another boat managed

to film the shark tailing the patrol boat off the coast of south australia, inching closer before losing interest and swimming away. wednesday brought a real mix of weather across the country. thursday is looking completely different. it will be a chilly start. frosty start for some of us, but grey weather. a lot of sunshine eventually in the afternoon. that will be right across the country. —— great weather. u nsettled the country. —— great weather. unsettled weather still in the north, with some snow. that is finally clearing away as we head through the course of the morning. the remnants of the cloud across lincolnshire, east anglia, the midlands, but the skies already clearing in many areas. by early thursday morning, it will clear in

england too, and temperatures will drop in the northern half. some rural spots in scotland could get down to minus seven degrees. in the south, we are now at 360 celsius. tell us that cloud will clear away from the southeast in the morning on thursday, then such an all round. —— 36 degrees celsius. slightly cooler on thursday. maybe eight have until degrees celsius. that is because the morning will be chilly. that sun will have two work harder. —— 3—6 degrees. quite a split in the weather towards the end of the week. many western areas will eventually turn very proudly, cloudy. look at that central and eastern area. —— turn very cloudy. the southerly wind will start to making still warmer.

temperature up to 15 in london, with some eastern areas getting up to 13 as well. friday into saturday, the warm air is still part of winners. certainly not for everybody. we will mostly hope the south—east and eastern areas of the country. but get to saturday, the chances are that it may turn warmer still. but notice that there is a bit of rain drifting out of the south, moving northwards. some are not saturday, with the possibility of temperature is getting up to 17 degrees in east anglia. that is really going to fill a spring. the most of us on saturday, it will feel cooler, more like 12- saturday, it will feel cooler, more like 12— 14 saturday, it will feel cooler, more like 12— 1a degrees. on sunday, that love of rain from the novel move northwards into scotland. things should dry out. still decent temperatures, 1a in london, 13 expected in edinburgh and glasgow as well. that is it. have a good night. i'm babita sharma.

our top story: civil rights leaders have been marking the moment, exactly 50 years ago, when martin luther king was assassinated. he was shot dead in memphis while leading protests against racism and poverty. his life has been celebrated today in cities across the united states. facebook now says that the personal information of up to 87 million users was obtained by the british political co nsulta nts, cambridge analytica. ceo mark zuckerberg said the company made a "huge mistake" not adequately protecting user information. and a team of maritime police in australia have had a close encounter with a massive great white shark. a colleague in another boat managed to film the shark tailing the patrol boat off the coast of south australia inching closer, before losing interest and swimming away. stay with us. more to come.