this is newsday. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: vigils in france and the uk for missing footballer, emiliano sala. with his plane still missing, owners of his new club say they're in shock. we, we really feel sad to hear of this news. because we met such a great person. as the us government shutdown enters its second month, some unpaid federal workers are forced to turn to foodbanks. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: look at me! how dare you? close your eyes! the favourite and roma lead the charge for this year's oscars, with ten nominations apiece. and we'll explain why greece's new tennis star stefanos tsitsipas is proving to be such at hit at the australian open. live from our studios in singapore and london, it's newsday.

hello everyone, and welcome. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and the search for a small plane carrying cardiff city's new striker, emiliano sala, has been suspended in the english channel. all contact with the plane was lost near the island of guernsey on monday. the 28—year—old argentinian signed for the club over the weekend, and was flying to cardiff after saying goodbye to his team mates in france. the pilot is also missing. jon kay has the details. hear me signs for cardiff city at the weekend and was due to meet his new teammates today but tonight, emiliano sala is missing. he was so happy tojoin emiliano sala is missing. he was so happy to join cardiff city. we have a lot of fans and supporters who are very concerned and we can understand

their concern, we are too. he'd played for the french team nantes for the last four years, and last night, he was the only passenger on board a light aircraft from there to cardiff. but the plane lost contact off alderney in the channel islands. the pilot has not been named. we've now searched over 1,000 square miles of sea, by day and night. the search continues, using assets from the uk and from france, alongside our own channel islands search assets. some items have been spotted floating in the sea, rescue teams do not know yet if they are from the missing plane. in argentina, the striker‘s father told a tv channel he was desperate for news. our thoughts are with his family, the pilot's family... in cardiff, they had hoped the record signing would ring much—needed luck. —— bring.

he looked the type of player and the type of person that the fans would have taken to. they'd already started making up songs for him, to sing about him on the terrace. so, you know, it's heartbreaking, really, really heartbreaking. emiliano sala had posed with cardiff fa ns emiliano sala had posed with cardiff fans at the weekend. before he flew out of here last night, he tweeted a message to his old club. it means, "the last goodbye". the cloud says —— chethan pathak from the bbc sport centre says everyone is shocked and saddened. as you heard in that video there, fa ns as you heard in that video there, fans describing their shock at what has happened. we have not heard from ca rd iff's has happened. we have not heard from cardiff's vincent tan yet, the cloud's malaysia chinese owner, but they did release a statement saying we are very shocked upon hearing the news, we all very distressed about the situation, we continue to pray for positive news. the signing of

emiliano sala was a significant one for cardiff. they are in the relegation zone in the english premier league, they have only scored 19 goals all season. huddersfield rock bottom of the table are the only team who have scored fewer goals. when he left his native argentina, he went to france and played for a range of clubs, including bordeaux and then that nantes, that sort of effect would help cardiff city. it was a big announcement, no mistake about that. will ho there that cardiff might be able to survive relegation but of course, no wonder‘s mine is really on football today when the news first emerged that the light aircraft had gone missing. police say the search of course at the moment has been suspended with no —— sign ofa moment has been suspended with no —— sign of a light aircraft. —— minds. indeed, the transition of emiliano

sala to the front lines would have been a big signing for cardiff city and this was a cloud record for the cloud owners, £15 million. it was, i think there is some understanding that vincent tan, who of course took over cardiff city, had learned from 2013, 2014, when he said by his own admission they did not quite manage the money rightly, they paid a little too high wages, they were little too high wages, they were little more conservative in their this season. a few years ago, he changed the clouds colours, the cloud's home kit from blue to red. he thought that would have more pertinence in the east, immolation and chinese markets. the cloud in fa ct were and chinese markets. the cloud in fact were not happy and then he changed his mind. —— in asian. this £15 million was significant, as you say a cloud record, in the hope that it will provide the cloud with the

goals they needed to have a chance of staying in the premier league but asi of staying in the premier league but as i say, listening to what fans we re as i say, listening to what fans were saying there and indeed at nantes, his former cloud, they were very much talking about prayers for him and hoping for the best and that is very much the message out of cardiff at the moment. our other top stories this hour. the partial shutdown of the us government is entering its second month, with 800,000 federal workers still without pay. despite president trump's offer of what he called a compromise, there is no sign of negotiation. republicans and democrats remain opposed to each other over the funding of trump's border wall. here's anthony zurcher in washington. it was part of donald trump's announcement this weekend that he was going to offer a compromise legislation in the senate that would offer some sort of conciliation with the democrats for immigration changes, the details of legislation arejust changes, the details of legislation are just starting to come out now in the senate and it is going to be very difficult for democrats to this legislation. the protections for

childhood migrants are not as broad as donald trump made not to be on saturday, there are changes to asylu m saturday, there are changes to asylum laws for miners, who will no longer be able to seek asylum at the us border, they will have to apply their central american home countries. it seems unlikely the democrats are going to support this before republicans in the senate, this will lease given the chance to vote for something that will reopen the government that you will continue to have the stand—off between the democrats in the house and the republican—controlled senate and the republican—controlled senate and donald trump, and there does not seem and donald trump, and there does not seem to be any real signs of compromise from either side. also this hour — the us supreme court has temporarily allowed president trump's ban on some transgender people serving in the military to take effect. thejudges ruled in favour of a government request for the policy to go ahead, while legal challenges are heard in lower courts. lgbt activists say the ban is cruel and irrational. zimbabwe's opposition mdc party is accusing the security forces of brutally suppressing its members, in response to last éifithii‘ééiééiééxfiséfg .. .

killed since the protests began. there's been an uproar over what is being called rampant sexism in australia's federal parliament. a greens senator was expelled from the chamber for calling a conservative rival a "sexist pig", in response to alleged bigoted comments. a female mp has also quit government alleging intimidation and harassment from male colleagues. from sydney, the bbc‘s phil mercer reports. australia sees itself as a beacon of equality, but the battle of the sexesis equality, but the battle of the sexes is often not a fair fight. when the there should be equal opportunity, there can often be bigotry. in a lot of the research indicators, australia is more sexes

than comparable western liberal democracies. let's not forget the sexes cree nation act, the federal act in australia, was passed in 1984. it is over 30 years since that act was passed and we are still seeing significant sexual harassment, significant gender gaps. —— sexual equality act. harassment, significant gender gaps. -- sexual equality act. australians say that it has no place in society, yet studies show 30% of young women had been harassed in the street in the last year. experts say there is a high level of low—level sexism in this country. its impact is demeaning and upsetting. as a woman, you kind of get a lot of things towards you. just coming down the street here, we had guys in france just whistling addams. street here, we had guys in france just whistling addamslj street here, we had guys in france just whistling addams. i will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man... seven years ago, australian's first and only female

prime ministerjulia gillard delivered one of parliament's most memorable speeches when she took aim at the behaviour of a conservative rival. the problem of sexes in australian politics has not gone away. real men do not insult and threaten women, they do not slight shame them, and they do not attack them and make them feel within their work place. and future generations do better? primary school students in sydney think they can, and believe that politicians are behaving badly. they are supposed to behaving badly. they are supposed to be good role models for young people, but then acting like that is setting a bad example. women are just as capable of doing things as men are. you should not treat a different gender differently, just because they are not the same as you. they are still a person. gender pay gap is getting smaller in

australia, but the intimidation and bullying of women at work are common. there is though one key area where females he invariably do better than men, they lived a lot longer. —— they live. could technology be the answer to solving climate change? a group of scientists hope a mix of current technologies and replanting forests could help. the research funded by the actor leonardo dicaprio's foundation has been presented at the world economic forum in davos. carlos alvarado is the president of costa rica, and he announced a plan to make his country carbon neutral by 2021. the bbc spoke to him earlier from davos. i'm trying to tell the world he is, it is possible to decarbonise the economy. for us, it is possible to have an electric grid that is 99% renewable energy is possible to plug into transportation and it is possible to have a better and

positive world, and i'm saying that their example and i do believe that their example and i do believe that the data, it is there for people to look at, and it is possible to say economic growth can go hand in hand with decarbonisation and with sustainability, so that as an example we want to share with the world, which means also a blueprint with hope. the new plan is known as the one earth climate model, and a little earlier i spoke to its lead author, sve n tes ke. we did a two—year analysis of the global potential for renewables, and the possibilities to implement renewable energy sources to power the entire energy system worldwide with renewable energy. and we have broken down this research into more than 70 sub measures, so we have a very clear idea for what is possible in what country, and that is also a model which shows that we can phase

out fossil fuels within one generation. it is economically and ecologically viable. what more do is the blueprint tell us about how we need to act on when we need to do it by? —— what more does. need to act on when we need to do it by? -- what more does. basically, we have a language that needs to be implemented by 2020 onwards. —— plant. basically we had 12 months to prepare the right policies in order to start implementing the technologies. in lamenting some technologies. in lamenting some technologies takes 15 to sometimes 20 years, but we need to start now on the main barrier that we have now is the policy framework in many countries is not in place. —— implementing. is concerning many put it like that to know that time, i suppose, is running out when we look at the legislation perhaps over a decade, when you are saying that in just one year alone, we need to act.

what do you think can be done to provide a framework for something like this model to be introduced? we need to have a few front—runner countries who just start. we have a lot of countries right now, we have just heard costa rica and we are actually involved in a technical plan for actually involved in a technical pla n for costa actually involved in a technical plan for costa rica as well, but also china is in a lot of renewable energy. in fact, 50% of all solar and wind plants installed last year and wind plants installed last year and over the last ten years are installed in china, so if the country is going to that field of renewa bles country is going to that field of renewables because it is simply cheaper. the cost of implementing our plan could be covered to a large extent, the 90% by fossil fuel savings, so it is economically viable, technically viable, but we do need the right policy framework in order to implement it. and how much does it cost? is an investment of about $1.7 trillion the year,

that sounds like a huge amount of money. —— it is. it is the huge amount of money but this is basically the same amount of money spent for weapons, for example, in 2017 worldwide, and if we have subsidies forfossil 2017 worldwide, and if we have subsidies for fossil fuels, it also matches. there are different estimations how many subsidies are paid, they are going from $500 million to $5 trillion, so if we phase out fossil fuel subsidies, we can actually invest in renewable energy. you're watching newsday on the bbc. life in singapore and london. —— live from singapore and london. still to come on the programme... we'll take a look at the oscars nominations, as hollywood announces who is in the running. could men's tennis be 99.9.9! '.'9. 99!" 9: “39—55. a??? why greece's stefanos tsitsipas is taking the australian open by storm. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several

hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first — america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests , g klaus altmann is being held here on a fraud charge in bolivia, but the west germans want to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo chief, klaus barbie. broken all records. this is newsday on the bbc.

i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories. the malaysian owners of the premier league club cardiff city say they're ‘very shocked' after a plane carrying their new signing emiliano sala to the uk went missing. and the us government shutdown has gone into a second month with some unpaid federal workers now forced to turn to foodbanks. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. starting with the financial times, who are also reporting on james dyson's decision to move his company's hq to singapore. the move is being called hypocritical by some who say it's at odds with his enthusiastic public support for brexit. the south china morning post is reporting on the continuing diplomatic rift between china, and the united states and canada.

the paper says beijing is promising retaliation against both countries if they go ahead with plans to extradite huawei's chief financial officer meng wanzhou. and the japan times has a story about the royal wedding that didn't happen. they say that kei komuro, who was supposed to marry japan's princess mako, is claiming that the financial troubles blocking his way to marriage have already been resolved. the british technology firm dyson says it's planning to move its corporate headquarters from the uk to singapore. the compa ny‘s owner, sirjames dyson, is a vocal supporter of britain leaving the european union. but he insists the move has nothing to do with brexit — which he says would have no practical impact on the business. he also pointed out that dyson's manufacturing operations and an increasing majority of its customers are now in asia. so rico, why singapore then? well, babita, singapore is home

to many multinational companies and global headquarters for decades. many companies see it as a place that has a stable government, safe, it friendly, a city of low taxes and closer to china. also analyst say it makes sense for dyson because they already have a presence in singapore. in october the company announced plans to build its new electric car in its new factory here. chief executivejim rowan said it was not to do with brexit or tax but added: "it's to make us future—proof for where we see the biggest opportunities." the move by the appliance maker means two executives will relocate — chief financial officerjorn jensen and chief technical officer martin bowen. that's why they chose singapore.

the period drama ‘the favourite' and netflix's ‘roma' are leading the nominations for this year's 0scars, with both films receiving 10 each. the academy awards are held in hollywood next month. 0ur arts editor will gompertz has more details. did you just look at me? did you? look at me! look at me! how dare you! close your eyes! olivia colman giving what might well turn out to be an oscar—winning performance as a potty—mouthed queen anne in the favourite. alongside fellow british actress rachel weisz, who is shortlisted in the supporting actress category with co—star emma stone. i'm a servant. where would i get a horse? many of the scenes in the favourite were filmed here in the cartoon gallery at hampton court palace, which is now full of the costumes that featured in the film, including the one worn by olivia colman playing queen anne in her nightdress. now, queen anne also lived here in the early part of the 18th century when she was monarch, using this very space for her privy council meetings. the favourite has ten nominations, as does alfonso cuaron's roma, a memoir of his childhood

growing up in mexico city. it gives streaming service netflix its first—ever best film nomination and, should cuaron win best director, a very public platform on which to give his opinion about president trump's proposed wall. diversity is a theme amongst this year's nominations. black panther, a film celebrating black culture, is the first superhero movie to be shortlisted for best picture. along with two films exploring racism in america — spike lee's blackkklansman, for which the director gets his first nomination in decades and green book, an interracial road movie whose stars mahershala ali and viggo mortensen are both nominated. you never win with violence, tony. you only win when you maintain your dignity. dignity always prevails. almost every single person has told me they like the way i sounded but they didn't like the way i look. i think you're beautiful. lady gaga is in with a shout for best actress for her performance in the eight—times

nominated a star is born. but she's got some stiff competition, not only from olivia colman, but also glenn close who is on top form in the wife. quiet, please. and. . .action! so far, so diverse. although not so much behind the camera. there are no women, for example, recognised in either the best director or cinematography categories. a situation which many argue is caused by a lack of opportunity, not a lack of talent. will gompertz, bbc news. the greek tennis player stefanos tsitsipas has shocked the world at the australian open this month. he's already beaten number three seed roger federer and he's set to face rafa nadal in the semi—finals. understandably he's creating quite a buzz in melbourne, which boasts a big greek population. one restaurant is even naming a dish after him! nicole papasavas is the owner of stalactites restaurant and she told me what the atmosphere is like in the city at the moment. it's very, very exciting at the

moment. there is such a big buzz are around melbourne. it is a sea of blue and white everywhere you look. in the restaurant, at the tennis, at the australian open itself, the energy is electric at the moment. and of course, stalactites which you are the managing director of, it is supposed to name a souvlaki after tsitsipas. will you only name the souvlaki after stephane is if he wins the gland —— grandstand tournament or if you beat rafael nadal? —— stefoanos. —— stefanos. allah, we are happy to do it now. getting to the semifinals is a big achievement so we are going to do it now. --we are happy to do it now. we are waiting for him to come in and choose the ingredients. what you

think will be the ingredients? it he mentioned he likes tomic ran it, the geeky, french fries, tomato and basil. --he mentioned he likes pomegranate. what will it be named? stefa n h uss pomegranate. what will it be named? stefan huss souvlaki ? pomegranate. what will it be named? stefan huss souvlaki? —— stefanos. we will name it tsitsipas souvlaki to keep it true to his name. what you make of this tennis superstar? young greek australians are going crazy. they are so happy with everything that is happening. it is someone we can get everything that is happening. it is someone we can get behind and it gives us a good connection back to ourfamilies, our gives us a good connection back to our families, our parental gives us a good connection back to ourfamilies, our parental home. it is, you know, bakeware three is a great role model for aspiring athletes so it's quite exciting at the moment. i will get a prediction

from you right now. who do you think will win the semi—final, rafael nadal or stefan huss 50 plus? —— stefa nos nadal or stefan huss 50 plus? —— stefanos tsitsipas. definitely stefa nos stefanos tsitsipas. definitely stefanos tsitsipas. definitely stefanos tsitsipas. i spoke to her after and she will name a souvlaki after and she will name a souvlaki after rico hizon and babita babita sharma. and how good are your eyes, rico? probably not as good as this taiwanese artist who's carved these the three little pigs, really teeny pigs, on a grain of rice. it's to celebrate the lunar new year — this year being the year of the pig. some of us got to see some sleet and snow during tuesday, particularly during the second half of the day.

some of the snow was pretty heavy like this weather watcher picture suggests, across some of the chilterns, we caught some good covering of snow into the evening. it has left a legacy of ice and further showers to take us into wednesday. disruption could be light to make a likely. take extra care. it isa to make a likely. take extra care. it is a cold start to this morning, widespread subzero temperatures with some life and we could be looking at temperatures below minus five celsius in northern areas. a few wintry showers across the far south—east of england which could amount to another couple of centimetres in places, something to bearin centimetres in places, something to bear in mind. there will also be freezing fog patches will stop widespread ice and further wintry showers pushing through the midlands. could see further ice as well across northern ireland and into scotland with some sunshiny showers from the word go across western areas. could be looking at temperatures down to —12 celsius.

but, on the plus side, there could be plenty of sunshine around once the mist and fog tend to clear away. we should see showers easing away with a few showers. it along western areas. two bridges. all after that. very low start. as we look into thursday, a weather front approaches this north—west corner. ahead of it, some showery burst of rain which will continue to move southwards. it might turn into sleet and snow into the south—east, something to keep an eye on. further west, the clouds will build up with outbreaks of rain. which of the country except for a few showery burst of rain, should be dry with some good spells of sunshine. still on the chilly side. on into friday, the warm front, as the name suggests, the temperatures may pick up. a bit more mild airof the

temperatures may pick up. a bit more mild air of the atlantic but it will be short lived because on the weekend, it turns colder once again. a lot of cloud around on thursday —— friday. it should clear off into the north sea although further showers will pile into scotland and northern ireland. more of a breeze as well so less sunshine around but milder temperatures in the upper single digits, maybe ten or 11 across western areas. it is short lift, it will turn called again on into the weekend. it looks like a sunday will be the drier and brighter day. i'm babita sharma with bbc world news. our top story: hope is fading that a premier league footballer whose plane went missing on the way to the uk will be found alive. emiliano sala had just signed for cardiff city. the club's malaysian owners say they're very shocked at the news, and their thoughts are with his family. the partial us government shutdown has gone into a second month, with no signs the republicans and democrats can break the deadlock. some unpaid federal workers have been forced to turn to foodbanks. and the oscar nominations have been announced in hollywood.

netflix has scored its first nomination for the spanish language film, roma, which is up for ten awards. the period drama the favourite is also up for ten, including best actress for its star olivia coleman. that's all. stay with bbc world news.