this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: at least 50 palestinians have been killed and thousands injured by israeli troops during protests, as america opens its new embassy in jerusalem. the embassy opening was attended by president trump's daughter and son—in—law. but there's been a mixed reaction. president trump, by recognising history, you have made history. nothing will break us, not benjamin netanyahu, nothing will break us, not benjamin neta nyahu, not nothing will break us, not benjamin netanyahu, not israel, not the united states. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: the islamic state claims responsibility for a spate of suicide attacks in the indonesian city of surabaya, raising fears about its influence in south—east asia. and the people of bangalore, who spend 250 hours a year in trafficjams, let off steam about the city's congested roads. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news.

it's newsday. thanks forjoining us. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 2am in the morning in gaza, where palestinian officials say that israeli forces have shot dead more than 50 protesters, on the same day the united states opened its new embassy injerusalem. more than 2000 palestinians are reported to have been injured. from jerusalem, here's our middle east editor, jeremy bowen. palestinians call these protests the ‘great march of return‘. for many of the young people who rushed the border wire with israel, it was a one—way journey. israel used tear gas and bullets. the prime minister said the security forces were defending israel's borders, its sovereignty,

and its citizens. the dead and wounded, he said, were the fault of hamas — the islamic resistance movement that runs gaza. palestinians say that their rage comes from israel's brutality and its denial of their right to independence. protests and killing went on for most of the day. injerusalem, police scuffled with israeli peace campaigners outside the american embassy. for what is left of israel's peace movement, this is a dark day. inside, the us marines showed their colours, and so has the trump administration. it's broken with an international consensus thatjerusalem's status is undecided, so embassies should stay in tel aviv. president trump's daughter ivanka did the honours. we welcome you efficiently and for

the first time to the embassy the united states, here injerusalem, the capital of israel. thank you. her father appeared on video. israel is a sovereign nation, with the right like every other sovereign nation, to determine its own capital. but for many years we've failed to acknowledge the obvious, the plain reality that israel's capital is jerusalem. ivanka's husband is a senior adviser to her father. they celebrated with israel's prime minister. what a glorious day. remember this moment. applause this is history. president trump, by recognising history, you have made history. moving the embassy is a triumph for prime minister netanyahu, it's a promise kept for president trump, and most israelis are happy. but so far, there's no evidence to back up mr netanyahu's claim

that it's good for peace. in ramallah, on the west bank, palestinians demonstrated against what the americans call the "new realities", and against old ones. for palestinians, keys are symbols of the dispossession of 750,000 refugees never allowed back after israel beat the arabs in the 1948 war. we're marching in the best traditions of martin luther king and gandhi, peacefully, nonviolently, insisting on our right forjerusalem as our capital and for our right of return. nothing will break us — not netanyahu, not israel, not the united states. injerusalem's old city at the weekend, israelis distributed flowers to palestinians, apologising. they were apologising for this. an annual march by nationalistic israelis through the overwhelmingly palestinian muslim quarter.

the parade celebrates israel's capture of east jerusalem from jordan in the 1967 war. 0n the streets, the lead—up to today's events has been tense and angry. mostly, it was noise and insults. sometimes, it boiled over. nobody‘s saying that arabs can't live here, god forbid, of course they can live here. but sovereignty is a different story. you find it hard to say the word palestinians, don't you 7 there are arabs living in this area. why don't you call them palestinians? there's no reason to. why? because there's no such thing as a palestinian people, there never has been. there's always tension and hatred injerusalem and on days like this, it's very stark.

that's becausejerusalem is right at the centre of the conflict between israelis and palestinians. the future of this city is probably the most politically radioactive issue in the entire middle east. more people will suffer and die if leaders on both sides cannot calm this crisis. the americans believe that with saudi support they can persuade palestinians to accept less, but in gaza nearly two million people live with little hope, less patience, no desire to listen, and a belief that they have lost enough. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. this has been the bloodiest day since the 2014 palestinian—israeli conflict in gaza, and the protests weren'tjust in gaza, but in the west bank too. yolande knell is in ramallah

and gave us this update. here in nirmala, the palestinian leadership has declared three days of mourning and the huge strike. those protests were on a huge scale and produce the bloodiest day at there since the previous contract, conflict with israel. —— ramallah. the leader of the has accused israel of carrying out massacres, he has repeated that the us can no longer bea repeated that the us can no longer be a mediator in the peace process and is calling instead for international mediation. what we are seeing is plenty of international condemnation of what has happened out of the border and international calls for restraint. i sucked puppet and turkey have recalled their ambassadors to israel. the israeli prime minister though is defending the actions of israeli forces. what really remains to be seen is what is going to happen tomorrow when all the funerals take place of those people who have been killed, one of

them as young as 14. afterwards, you can expect that many of the mourners are going to march back towards those protest camps. what has the reaction to the violence been from the white house? 0ur north america editorjon sopel has been watching events from washington. well, there has been no cause for restraint from the white house. instead, they have put the blame on the palestinian leadership, on her master what has happened. we believe that maths is responsible for these steps, that their cynical exportation of the situation is what is leading to them. that was from the white house spokesman a little earlier. i went to donald trump year ago to saudi arabia and israel when all the talk was of pulling off the biggest deal of all, bringing peace to the middle east. but ever since donald trump announced his intention to move the israeli embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem, we to move the israeli embassy from tel aviv tojerusalem, we hear a lot less about this. an important point has been domestic public opinion,

yes, the israeli lobby but that is not as important as another group, evangelical christians have been out in force supporting the president today. they were an important part of his base, 80% voted for president trump, 14% voted for hillary clinton in the 2016 presidential election. that explains president trump's decision with the consequence is that there have been. also this hour... at least 80 people have died and more than 130 others have been injured after a wave of sand and thunderstorms battered india. high—speed winds of over 100 kilometres per hourflattened nearly a0 houses across the country's most populous state, and lightning also devastated many villages. officials are warning of more bad weather to come. the leading indian politician and former un diplomat, shashi tharoor, has been charged in connection with the death of his wife four years ago. sunanda pushkar was found dead in a hotel room. she was poisoned.

despite earlier suspicions that she was murdered, police have charged mr tharoor with cruelty and abetting her suicide. president donald trump's wife, melania trump, has undergone a surgical procedure on monday to treat a benign kidney condition and will remain at a medical center for the rest of the week. the actress margot kidder, best known for playing the character lois lane in the hollywood movie superman, has died at the age of 69. she starred opposite christopher reeve in the 1978 film, and in its three sequels. there is more on her life at bbc.com/news. indonesia is reeling from a second suicide attack in which parents blew themselves up and their own children. a police station in surabaya was targeted by a family of five on monday. ten people were hurt and the family all died, except for an eight—year—old girl. on sunday, another family split into three groups to target churches in the same city. 13 churchgoers died. 0ur correspondent mehulika sitepu

brings us the lastest. behind me is the surabaya police station that was attacked by a family of suicide bombers this morning. ten people were wounded when a family of five, including children, blew themselves up at the gate. four attackers died but in a chilled girl survived. the police station, located at a main road that is normally very busy but tonight it is normally very busy but tonight it is very quiet, the city's mayor has urged all residents to stay at home temporarily. —— closed roads. so far, police have arrested ten suspects. 0n far, police have arrested ten suspects. on sunday, anotherfamily attacked three churches in the city, killing 18 people, including the bombers, who again included

children. it was the worst terrorist attack in the country in more than a decade. the attacks were carried out bya decade. the attacks were carried out by a islamic state inspired network. the network was also responsible for a suicide gun and bomb attack in ja ka rta a suicide gun and bomb attack in jakarta in 2017 and on several other police stations. traffic has been a major election issue in the southern indian state of karnataka, where a new government will be announced on tuesday. the bbc has been speaking to people in its capital, bangalore, who have spend about 250 hours a year stuck in traffic. beeping it is horrible, it the busy streets of bangalore. you're watching newsday on the bbc. live in singapore and london. still to come on the programme... anwar ibrahim — a key player

in malaysian politics jailed on sodomy charges — will be set free. per what role he played in the future of the country? the pope was shot, the pope will live — that's the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism had come to the vatican. the man they call the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced to six years injail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all—out effort to help

the victims of a powerful earthquake, the worst to hit the country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion, garry kasparov. it's the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. america's first legal same—sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. god bless america! this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories. israel says it was acting in self—defence when 52 palestinians were killed in clashes in gaza. the palestinian ambassador at the un has called for an emergency meeting of the security council. the clashes came as the united states formally opened its embassy injerusalem. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the japan times' reports on the deadly clashes

between palestinians and the isreali army. it says thousands of palestinians marched to the gaza border to contest the relocation of the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. the china daily features the extraordinary story of a pilot who saved over 100 passengers onboard a plane with a broken windshield. the paper speaks to the captain who describes the moment the chinese plane's cockpit windshield blew out at 32,000 feet, nearly pulling his co—pilot out of the window. he managed to make an emergency landing in sichuan province. and the international edition of the new york times has a story about aging japanese drivers. the paper says the country is trying to ease aging drivers off the road to limit accidents as those over the age of seventy five caused twice as many fatal accidents last year. now, what stories are sparking

discussions online? yes, let's looks at what is trending right now. a 69—year—old chinese climber has become the first double amputee to reach the summit of mount everest from the nepal side. xia baoyu lost both legs more than a0 years ago but that didn't stop him from reaching the top of the world's highest mountain. malaysia's former deputy prime minister anwar ibrahim is expected to be released from prison this week. anwar was jailed on sodomy charges in 2015 but the election of prime minister mahathir mohamad last week, has paved way for him to be given a full royal pardon. with me is francis hutchinson, senior fellow and coordinator of malaysia studies programme at yusof ishak institute. thank you forjoining us. when anwar

ibrahim is released from prison, it was supposed to be today but it was removed. what do you think his role will be in the new administration? he will be the head of his party, the pkr, the largest part of the coalition that mahathir is heading. but he will most likely wait until there was a transition with mahathir stepping down, perhaps one or two yea rs stepping down, perhaps one or two years from now. senior advisor, major role in the government of mahathir, why not deputy prime minister, a role he had many years ago and then prime minister mahathir? of course, if he were to ta ke mahathir? of course, if he were to take that role, that would put him ina take that role, that would put him in a subordinate position to mahathir and also could allow the

transition to be lengthy. it's in his interests to remain outside pressure. there is pressure at some point in the next year or two or mahathir to yield and give way. so he wants to take a different leadership succession model than the one in the previous decade? exactly. is this the best way for him to assume the top role in malaysia?” think so. if he takes that position, he comes in under mahathir, he can a lwa ys he comes in under mahathir, he can always make the argument. this can provide a little bit more of a justification. of course, mahathir is not getting any younger. he is 110w is not getting any younger. he is now 92 years old. there are really has to be a succession because if he will be in capacitated? sure, and i

think mahathir has done a lot of important things and what he has done is significant enough. you brought together the coalition, was able to postulate himself as prime minister said the first time, pkr had a prime ministerial candle late —— candidate into the election and he was able to allay the fears of malaysia voters, so he made it much more broad—based and in that period between when the results came out and he was sworn in, he really put a lot of pressure on the country's institutions for him to be sworn in because there was a period when perhaps the emergency rule could have been declared or some parliamentarians could have been enticed to cross the floor and pkr could've lost its majority. as we have seen in the first three or four days, he's done a lot of things like

naming top cabinet members. we'll have to see what happens next when anwar ibrahim is released and if he will ever become prime minister of malaysia. francis hutcheson, thank you very much for your insight. there are just five days to go before actress meghan markle marries prince harry at windsor castle and the build up is not without controversy. as it remains unclear whether meghan markle's father will walk her down the aisle on saturday as planned. thomas markle is reported to have told journalists at his home in mexico that he had decided not to attend his daughter's wedding. kensington palace issued a statement saying it was "a deeply personal moment for ms markle in the days before her wedding. she and prince harry ask again for understanding and respect to be extended to mr markle in this difficult situation." well, royal wedding fever continues regardless, notjust here in the uk but in washington where bars and hotels are trying to get in on the act too — katty kay has been exploring. a couple of centuries ago, america

had a majorfalling out a couple of centuries ago, america had a major falling out with britain's royal family. king had a major falling out with britain's royalfamily. king george iii was booted out in the war of independence. fast forward to may of 2018 and americans can't get enough of the royal wedding. this is like a wedding on the highest level and especially with the world the wait is right now, it's fun to come together over something that is much fun. one bar in washington has recreated st george ‘s chapel. thereafter railed the flags, stained—glass windows, white roses and peonies. the royal wedding lookalike as people lining up down the block. we get down now before it opens on the line is down the blocks we wa nt opens on the line is down the blocks we want to make sure we will get in, get our drinks we want to make sure we will get in, get ourdrinks and we want to make sure we will get in, get our drinks and check out the royal wedding theme.” get our drinks and check out the royal wedding theme. i left work early to get in line to wait and be one of the first. and if, like me,

your invitation got lost in the post but you still want to be treated like a royal, there is something like a royal, there is something like that in washington as well. the fairmont hotel is offering a royal package was $75,000. you heard that correctly, $75,000. it includes two first—class airline tickets, two nights in the royal suite, a queen scitex —— escort and a chauffeur and a personal chef at $10,000 gift card to burbury. this more special because we were concerned about harry and where he is going and now we have cemented this relationship with the us, lots of people are right there wanting to see this be a tremendous success. it is not win sir, but washington has a severe case of wedding fever. bbc world news is the place to keep up to date with all the preparations for the royal wedding. our special coverage of the event itself starts on thursday, the 17th of may. we'll be live in windsor — hope you can join us for that.

i want to be there. katty kay and many did not get an invite. —— katty kay and i. stay with us as we look at how a rare and exotic type of mushroom is proving lucrative for the residents of the troubled area of the himalayan region of kashmir in the north of india. and before we go, we want to go to new york in the sotheby‘s auction house. history could be made, expecting to see the auction of a nude painting, set to be one of the most expensive artworks ever when it goes on sale by the artist amadeo modigliani. the presale estimate is $150 million. stay with us, we will bring you the results of that sale as soon as we get it. hello, good morning. 21 celsius was

the higher on monday. tuesday could bea the higher on monday. tuesday could be a little bit warmer, settling down this week, a lot of dry weather around, some sunshine as we saw yesterday. the week ahead sees very little rain at all. very weak weather fronts heading our way because high pressure is in charge. a bit cooler around the middle part of the week. the cooler air is going to come in behind that very weak weather front. that is the first one to approach the uk but it's running into high pressure. not completely pain sailing because there is missed, fog and low cloud around north sea coasts, burning back to the coast, lingering down to the southwest approaches, with the weather front around scotland, northern ireland, rain and drizzle. it's ahead of the front where we have the warm sunshine and highs of 23 celsius. the weather front pushes down into northern parts of england and wales. still a bit of rain in

drizzle, more cloud coming in off the north sea towards east anglia and the south—east. scotland and northern ireland, quite cold here. a chilly feel one way or another. more ofa chilly feel one way or another. more of a breeze coming in off the north sea. maybe a little rain or drizzle to the south—west. 0nly sea. maybe a little rain or drizzle to the south—west. only 17 degrees here. further north, despite some sunshine, template —— temperatures struggling around 12 or 13. the weather front does move away and high pressure begins to build in across the uk. the winds begin to drop down a little bit. it might not feel quite so chilly. a bit of a dry day. some spells of sunshine. fairweather cloud bubbling up. a fine day, 17 degrees in london and cosco. certainly an improvement here. there is a high pressure, still around the end of the week.

notice we have some weather fronts here. very weak, approaching the far west corner of the uk. some spells of sunshine. light winds as well. an atla ntic of sunshine. light winds as well. an atlantic band of cloud coming to the west of northern ireland, the west of the isles of scotland, but to many of us, it should feel a bit warmer on friday as temperatures begin to climb once again. the weather still find across england and wales, this weekend, perfect weather for the royal wedding in windsor. sunny spells, dryer, 21 celsius. you're watching bbc world news. i'm babita sharma. our top story. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. has called on other countries to follow the united states and move their embassies tojerusalem. he was speaking ahead of monday's opening of the new american embassy in the city.

the palestinian ambassador to the united nations has called for an emergency meeting. and this story is trending at bbc.com. the chinese climber who was crippled by frostbite more than a0 years ago has scaled the peek at the start of this year's ski season. she is the first double amputee to scale the peak,