hello, everyone. this is newsday. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: journalist jamal khashoggi was the victim of a brutal and premeditated killing by saudi arabian officials, according to the un investigator looking into the case. instagram says it is removing all graphic images of self—harm, after an outcry over the suicide of a british teenager. hello, i'm nuala mcgovern in london. also on the programme: the body recovered from the wreckage of the plane that went down in the sea between france and britain is identified as footballer emiliano sala. and a new island is born in the south pacific, but scientists say it could soon sink beneath the waves. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday, glad you could join us.

it's 8am in the morning in singapore and midnight in london. the un expert investigating the death of jamal khashoggi says the journalist was the victim of a brutal and premeditated killing by saudi officals. agnes callamard has been to turkey as part of the investigation and says she was given access to information, including "chilling and gruesome audio material" which was obtained by turkish intelligence officials. imogen foulkes has the latest from geneva. we should stress that this initial statement from the united nations special investigator on extra judicial killings, these are preliminary findings. nevertheless, reading them, they‘ re pretty damning. she says that based on the week—long

visit to visit to turkey and the evidence she saw and heard, she was given an audio recording to listen to, which apparently recorded the moments of khashoggi's death, all of this evidence points to a brittle and premeditated killing, planned and prepared, carried out by saudi arabian officials. she says that subsequent to mr khashoggi's death, the actions of saudi arabia did not help at all turkey's investigation. in fact, it appeared that they were actively hindering it. now, she's asked to go to saudi arabia herself to investigate there. as far as we know, there's been no positive response to that request. in the meantime, she's expressed doubt that the trial currently under way in saudi arabia, of 11 individuals, will actually be fair and be a fair reflection of exactly what happened here. now, let's stress, this investigation is not over yet, she will be going back to turkey, she wants to have a proper official look

at turkey's forensic and police records. so this is an investigation really that will go on for several months, but what we do expect is a final report to the united nations human rights council in june, and as i said at the beginning, the initial findings are very, very damning towards saudi arabia's alleged involvement in this crime. will have more on saudi arabia little later in the programme. —— we will have more on saudi arabia a little later in the programme. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. france is recalling its ambassador in rome because of what it calls an unprecedented series of unfounded attacks by italy. on tuesday, the italian deputy prime minister, luigi di maio, met members of france's anti—government yellow vest movement. paris has accused the italian populist coalition government of interfering in french domestic politics. lucy williamson has more from paris.

well, it seems to have been sparked bya well, it seems to have been sparked by a visit to france by the italian deputy prime minister, luigi di maio. he came to speak to some members of the giletjaunes protest movement here, who are planning to run in the european parliamentary elections later this year and the french government is very unhappy with this visit, coming as it says after months of repeated accusations and baseless attacks, unprecedented it says since the end of world war ii. this argument has been going on really ever since italy got its new populist government. mr macron has been described as a hypocrite over the migration issue, and he has described the spread of populism to europe as a kind of leprosy and there is no doubt the european elections this year have given a kind of turbo boost to that row, pitting two for a different governments, two for a different political visions against each other. —— very different. also making news today.... the president of the european council,

donald tusk, has said that talks would continue. there's no breakthrough in sight to the deadlock over britain's exit from the european union. british prime minister, theresa may, has been in brussels seeking to persuade eu leaders to make legally binding changes to the backstop — the plan to keep the irish border open. it has been confirmed that a body removed from the wreckage of a plane in the english channel is that of premier league footballer emiliano sala. he was being flown from nantes to cardiff last month, when the plane ditched into the sea. the body of the pilot, david ibbotson, has not yet been found. amazon ceo jeff bezos has accused the owners of the american tabloid the national enquirer of blackmailing him with the threat of publishing "intimate photos" of the in an online post, —— of publishing "intimate photos". in an online post, mr bezos said he was looking into how they had been

able to tame the pictures. —— to obtain. authorities in indonesia say they found 193 men from bangladesh locked in a business premises on the island of sumatra. they'd been lured there by human traffickers with the promise of getting to malaysia. the men have now been taken to an immigration detention center and will be sent back to bangladesh. jay—z says the arrest of rapper 21 savage as "an absolute travesty" and has hired a lawyer to help him fight deportation. the atla nta—based rapper, a british citizen, is being held by us officials who say he came to the us as a child and has been living on an expired visa. instagram — one of the world's biggest social media platforms — has told the bbc that it will act swiftly to remove all graphic images of self—harm. the decision follows the prominent case 01:14 year—old molly russell, who took her own life in 2017. her father said that images she viewed on the platform had been partly responsible for her death. our correspondent angus crawford, who first highlighted molly's case, has the story.

i've seen videos. i've seen pictures. nothing's blocked. no. nothing's blurred. i haven't seen anything blurred. meet grace, lucy, shani and julia. if you search for self—harm, you are then suddenly guided to how to commit suicide, how to hang yourself, how to tie a noose. horrified by molly's story and spurred into action, though their own families haven't been affected, this week, each set up a brand—new account. and they have a message for the head of instagram. you can still go and read how to kill yourself successfully. and you need to take a stand, and you need to do something now, you have a moral responsibility. so that's what a proportion of british society now feels about your platform. i mean, it's powerful. it's heavy stuff. i think we have an immense amount of responsibility. i think that it's clear that we are not yet where we need to be on the issues

of self—harm and suicide. because the concern from, i think, some of those mothers and others is that, in effect, instagram, in the words of molly russell's father, has been monetising misery. we're not looking to monetise misery. we look to connect people with their friends and the interests that they love and care about. we think that we create a lot of good in the world, and we were not as focused as we should have been on the risks that came along with connecting so many people. but moving forward, actually, we're going to change our policy to not allow any graphic images of self—harm, whether or not it's admission or promotion. so you're going to take all self—harm images off of instagram? graphic self—harm images, yes. so i might have an image of a scar where i say, "i'm 30 days clean", and that's an important way for me to share my story. that kind of content can still live on the site, but we're actually, the next change is that it won't show up in any recommendation services, so it'll be harder to find. it won't be in search. it won't be in hashtags. it won't be in recommendations. but graphic imagery, we're going to take off

instagram entirely. that's going to take some time, but we're committed to doing it. she said, "if i get over 2000 likes, i will cut myself on live feed". any success won't be measured in the boardroom or even parliament, but in homes and by families across the uk. angus crawford, bbc news. let us turn to british horseracing. all horse race meetings have been cancelled until at least next wednesday because of an outbreak of equine flu. the decision was made after three horses tested positive for the disease. this comesjust over a month before one of the biggest events in the uk horse racing calendar — the cheltenham festival. 0ur horse racing correspondent cornelius lysaght has the latest. this is a highly contagious illness, but it is similar to a bad case of flu for you or me orfor any but it is similar to a bad case of flu for you or me or for any of us, however, you are talking about 14,000 racehorses in training in the

uk clearly not able to communicate how they are feeling. and the fact is, if you have got huge numbers of horses were under the weather, as it were, and also a certain amount of uncertainty about whether some horses under the weather or some just have different symptoms, the most sensible way to proceed is to have no racing at all. and the science behind this is the no more positive test for equine flu, however the symptoms can take up to three days to actually show themselves and then a further three daysis themselves and then a further three days is required to carry that process through a bit further, so thatis process through a bit further, so that is the science before it. no racing, no point point racing in the uk, and that news at the earliest, so uk, and that news at the earliest, so decisions will have to be made in the next few days as to when racing can take place. you're watching newsday on the bbc.

still to come on the programme... more damage than alcohol and drugs combined — a new initiative aims to help aboriginal australians stop smoking. also on the programme... we're going to show you one of the world's newest islands, born out of a volcanic eruption in the south pacific. there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'baby doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud farm's central block.

shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning. elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories. head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm nuala mcgovern in london. our top stories: the journalist jamal khashoggi was the victim of a brutal and premeditated killing by saudi arabian officials, according to a un investigator. instagram says it's removing all graphic images of self—harm — after an outcry over the suicide of a british teenager. let's take a look at some front pages

from around the world. (mix papers in screen) (gfx) the international addition of the japan times is leading with the sharp spike in the number —— the international addition of the japan times is leading with the sharp spike in the number of child abuse cases reported last year. preliminary government figures show over a 20% rise in the number of cases than in 2017. the paper thinks a growing awareness might be partially behind the figures. and in le figaro — they are shedding light on an uproar facing the eu away from brexit! the paper says the european commission's decision to block the merger of two industrial giants — alstom from france and siemens from germany — raises questions about future industrial strategy. and taking brexit head on — germany's frankfurter algemeine has gone for a graphic portrayal of donald tusk‘s comments on brexit campaigners without a plan. the headline — above

a snippet from a painting by hieronymus bosch, the medieval dutch painterfamous for his images of sin and suffering — says 'to hell with the gamblers‘. a un investigator says saudi officials planned and carried out the murder of the dissident journalist, jamal khashoggi. earlier i spoke to sarah leah whitson, the executive director of human rights watch's middle east and north africa division. she told me this is very significant. it's a strong signal that the international community, the un, is not putting this matter to rest on the demand for accountability is going to persist as it has with the preliminary report of ms callamard

that was published, as was the preliminary bill posed in the us congress, the ban is that the us president deliver the report that he is due to tomorrow for accountability. tomorrow is the deadline. some people are saying the united states has not taken any action so far. that had 120 days to do so. 0ur hopeful ru that there will actually be movement coming from washington dc? in terms of movement, by the white house and the president, there were at least some indications today with the secretary pompeo that would be some sort of response 01’ pompeo that would be some sort of response or delivery of information to congress tomorrow but the substance of that i doubt is going to be meaningful or satisfactory because it's very clear that the white house is very much wishes this would go away and they are able to sweep it under the rug, even if it

means attacking the cia and the cia's finding on this as well is the personnel of this un report and its preliminary findings. it'sjust personnel of this un report and its preliminary findings. it's just not working. there is a trial taking place with 11 individuals but it's taking place within saudi arabia. is there any way for those people that are currently under investigation or under trial to be tried in another country, for example? there is certainly to happen. they can be extradited to turkey where the crime took place and the turkish government has made an extradition request and that would be the appropriate place for them to be tried, rather than this sham trial by the saudi government which is trying to throw some lower—level tools on the chopping block to act as the fall guys for a crime that

was clearly the responsibility of much more senior officials in the saudi government. most likely of course, the crown prince himself, which is the cia's own conclusion. high rates of smoking continue to damage australia's indigenous communities. experts say smoking does more damage than alcohol and illicit drugs combined. australia has led the world in combatting smoking, but this group has been left behind. so in sydney, a new programme is trying to help aboriginal australians turn away from tobacco. from sydney, phil mercer reports. smoke is sacred to australia's indigenous people. the ceremonial burning of leaves and bark wards off evil spirits and is a sign of

respect to elders. smoking tobacco was introduced by european settlers. it's left a terrible legacy. today, about a third of aboriginal adults smoke. tobacco use is one of b, probably the biggest health issues for our community. a lot of our mob smoke some programme really is about trying to stop the young ones from ever picking up a cigarette server don't have to go through a lifelong battle of trying to quit. crash tackling the desire to smoke is part ofa tackling the desire to smoke is part of a course for high school students at the national centre of indigenous excellence in sydney. but many aboriginal australians still find it ha rd to aboriginal australians still find it hard to quit. i've got asthma, so i've already had pneumonia twice and smoking doesn't make it any easier soido smoking doesn't make it any easier so i do stop and think it's about time. one day i probably will get so sick row will have to give up smoking but notjust yet.

sick row will have to give up smoking but notjust yetlj sick row will have to give up smoking but notjust yet. i still enjoy it. i'm around people who haven't been educated and our health is poor and education is poor. that has a lot to do with it. its will. it's like in sport, if you've got the will to win, do you have the will to give this up? do you? i must admitl will to give this up? do you? i must admit i haven't got the will. in 2012 australia led the world by introducing plain packaging for cigarettes and bans on tobacco in many public places and graphic health campaigns mean that now only about 12% of australians smoke. rates in indigenous communities are falling but they remain much higher than the national average. smoking is part of what the community actually does, everybody does it, mum, dad, the kids, little kids, so it's part of the culture of what people do so to break that is extremely difficult. indigenous australians dine average ten years earlier than their non— aboriginal

counterparts. poverty and poor housing as well as alcohol and drug abuse all play a part but experts say the undisputed wrecking ball to indigenous health is smoking. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. a submerged volcano erupted in tonga in 2014, and researchers have revealed more information about the island. french sailors landed there in 2017 and last year, nasa scientists made a visit. the race is 110w scientists made a visit. the race is now on to see what we can learn from the new landmass before it vanishes. for more on this, and why it's fascinating scientists the world over, i poke to the volcanologistjess phoenix. it's such a unique place because we don't see these things very often. most of the volcanoes that research is get a chance to study and become familiar with a well—established, they are big and famous. we have all

heard of pompeii and mount saint helen 's but these volcanoes that rise from the ocean, it is literally new earth being created and looking at the life cycle of these brand—new 01’ at the life cycle of these brand—new or kano skips as a chance to understand how things in the past would have happened and potentially how things occur on other planets that have volcanoes or had them in the past. which ireland would you compare this to which still exists. surtsey in iceland is one that anyone who was alive in the early 60s and tuned into the news would have learned about because it had a dramatic birth rising from the ocean and surtsey is eroding very rapidly but scientists have this unique natural laboratory to really dig in and try and understand the processes that these volcanic islands go through and this is another opportunity for science to look at things in detail. -- scientists.

looking in detail but the question is, what would be the new lifespan of hunga tonga? the estimates were between six and 30 years but the scientific team that went outlast ball was able to determine that the island is actually eroding at a much more rapid rate than was initially predicted, largely due to rainfall as opposed to the ocean waves battering it which is what we would usually look out for an erosional mechanism but hey, we can look at the rain and realise it's a wet area, erosion is going to be sped up so we might have a couple of years to just so we might have a couple of years tojust a decade. if so we might have a couple of years to just a decade. if we are lucky, we would get the full 30 years but it looks like that won't happen. she was a pioneer in the field of science and now the new uk—built rover that will be sent to mars next year will bear the name of rosalind franklin. over 30,000 people from across europe took part in a naming competition for the vehicle. the event was orchestrated by uk astronaut tim peake and our science correspondent rebecca morelle was there.

iam here i am here at a mockup mars where the prototype rover has been put through its paces. it's designed to roam across the rocky martian to rain. this mission is nearly complete. everything is almost ready that one vital element has been missing and thatis vital element has been missing and that is the name and today it's been unveiled as the rosalind franklin rover. to explain why i'm joined by a british astronaut tim peake. why the name? rosalind franklin, a great british scientist who did so much to unlock the secrets of human life, the dna and double helix so it's only fitting that the rover is named after her because it will be searching for signs of past life on mars. you got the public involved with this naming process. absolutely. the competition was opened up to the public, 36,000 entries to a huge response and it shows that there is so much appetite and public appetite for these

exploration missions. this really is a big mission for the european space agency. why is it so vital to get out there to mars? it's a really exciting mission. this rover is going to drill two metres under the surface of mars which is where we stand the best chance of understanding organic molecules which could have resided on mars so it's going to a very special ancient landing site where there was once a liquid ocean and we know that 3.7 billion years ago, earth and mars we re very billion years ago, earth and mars were very similar so life could have evolved on mars as well. thank you very much, tim peake. this is obviously a robotic mission heading to mars in the real thing is being assembled together at the moment, scientists working round—the—clock and it really will be a fitting honourfor and it really will be a fitting honour for the and it really will be a fitting honourfor the woman and it really will be a fitting honour for the woman who truly was an unsung hero of science to have this legacy that will now live on mars. a perfect name for the rover

to mars, rosalind franklin. i hope it will discover a lot more things. her legacy will continue. you have been watching newsday. i'm nuala mcgovern in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. coming up — cookies and crumbs! we'll be taking a bite out of india's oldest and most recognised biscuit—makers and seeing how the compa ny‘s reinventing itself. and before we go, how about this for a not so romantic idea with valentine's day fast approaching. a zoo in kent in southern england will — for a small fee — name a cockroach after your ex lover. and post it on a public noticeboard. el paso zoo in texas are offering a similar servive. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello there. the weather has taken that of a turn to something a lot

more unsettled to in the week. something we haven't seen in quite awhile, pretty deep areas of low pressure bringing gales and spells of heavy rain and friday is looking very unsettled with a deep area of low pressure to bring widespread gales and heavy rain. this is actually a deep blow that is being named storm eric by met eireann because it will bring disruptive wins to the north of the country including parts of scotland and northern england friday night into saturday but early this morning, the wind will be picking up from the south—west is this storm gets closer. pushing in some pretty heavy rains in northern and western parts with snow over the scottish hills. it's going to be a very mild start to friday, particularly across the south—west, plymouth around 10 degrees. it is going to be a very blustery morning. 0utbrea ks degrees. it is going to be a very blustery morning. outbreaks of showery rain ahead of the main band of rain which will spread its way eastwards and some pretty torrential in central and eastern areas into the afternoon, the rain remaining heavy across much of scotland and

northern ireland, those wins will feature 40, northern ireland, those wins will feature 40 , 50 northern ireland, those wins will feature 40, 50 five across many areas. 60—70 across northern and western coasts over the hills as well. on the plus side, pretty mild because of those south—westerly winds,10— because of those south—westerly winds, 10— 12 degrees but might not feel as mild because of wind and rain. storm erika is very slow moving up towards the north of the uk on friday and saturday in the southern flank cuts a swathe with strong winds across parts of northern ireland into central and southern scotland and northern england. a very blustery start of the day, perhaps disruptive to start on saturday morning. a very windy day that further south, sunshine around the northern scotland will remain very wet with snow on the hills. rainfall totals melting appear with a chance in places. another mild day in the south. rain arriving in the south—west later. friday and into saturday, likely to see some disruption from these very

strong winds, so check the weather forecast on your bbc local radio. this feature may bring a spell of wet and windy weather across the far south of england, saturday night into sunday but it should slowly clear away into the near continent as sunday wears on so and improving picture here, with winds turning into a north—westerly direction so it will be a cooler direction but at least brightening up and we will see a band of showery rain moving south across northern areas with some cool air there handsome snow on the hills. it will be turning cooler from sunday onwards. i'm nuala mcgovern with bbc world news. our top story: a un investigator says journalist jamal khashoggi was the victim of a brutal and premeditated killing by saudi arabian officials. agnes callamard said she was given access to "chilling" audio material during a visit to turkey. the head of instagram has vowed to remove all images of self—harm from the image—sharing app, after an outcry over the suicide of british teenager, molly russell. and this story is trending on bbc.com. nasa scientists have

revealed their findings about a new south pacific island, that literally rose out of the sea when a submerged volcano erupted in tonga in 2014. they're your headlines. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk.