of look towards the end the week. —— of the week. i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines: heading to his new home — the bahraini footballer freed from a thai jail will soon arrive in australia. a malaysian court postpones the trial of former prime minister najib razak — who's facing multiples charges of corruption. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: president trump heads to texas to rally support for his border wall as the threat of another government shutdown looms. small creatures, big problem, why the threat of insect extinction could have catastrophic results for us all. good morning.

it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and ham in melbourne where in the next hour the footballer who fled bahrain to seek asylum in australia is expected to arrive. this is hakeem al—araibi getting on board a flight in bangkok. he's the man on the left in the black shirt. he had been detained in thailand, where he'd flown for his honeymoon, after the bahraini authorities requested his extradition, on charges related to the arab spring protests. but that request was then dropped, and he was freed to return to australia, where he has refugee status. mr al—araibi's plane is expected to touch down

in melbourne in a few hours‘ time. our correspondent hywel griffith is there. we wa nt we want to find out why did bath rained drop the extradition request? —— bahrain. rained drop the extradition request? -- bahrain. are no full answer by the kingdom bahrain, they say they have dropped the extradition request but they still hold the right to prosecute him. he is accused of having vandalised a police station during the arab spring stock regardless of the fact that footage ofa regardless of the fact that footage of a football match shows that he was elsewhere at the time. he fled bahrain in his absence, or is convicted and sent to —— faces a ten year jail sentence if he convicted and sent to —— faces a ten yearjail sentence if he returns. during the days in bangkok, that has been a very real prospect as the thai officials looked at an extradition request from bahrain.

within the last 12 hours, as you say, the request was withdrawn. bahrain says it still holds the right to prosecute and to jail him that they do not at this stage what to extradite him. now have -- now he has been given refugee status by australia, what does it mean for him? yes, he has had refugee status for the last couple of years here in australia. he has been able to start a new life here. the whole reason he went to thailand was for his honeymoon. his wife is here. the bbc spoke to her in the last few hours and she is delighted he is coming home. she wasn't sure she could ever see him again. she didn't know if she could take the emotion of coming to the airport. she clearly can't wait to see her husband again. we know he will be greeted by some of his teammates at pascoe vale

football team. they are expected to be here in the next couple of hours to give him a very rousing welcome. the plane is let's take a look at some of the day's other news. a malaysian court has postponed the first trials of former prime minister najib razak, who is facing multiples charges of corruption. the kuala lumpur high court was set to start hearings on tuesday on the seven counts of criminal breach of trust, corruption and money laundering that najib is facing. mariko oi in kuala lumur explains why the proceedings have been delayed. he faces 42 charges ranging from money—laundering, corruption, you name it. he of course denies all the charges but they are all linked to malaysia's wealth fund called 1mdb which was set up by larger than a jeep --

which was set up by larger than a jeep —— mr naji. —— macro trickles of it has been alleged four point $5 billion may have ended up in mr najib's list —— bank account. —— najib. if it can be proven during the trial, it becomes the world's against financial scandal of all time. also making news today: one of brazil's best known politicaljournalists, ricardo boechat, has died in a helicopter crash. the aircraft crashed on top of a lorry in sao paulo's busy ring road. the pilot has also died. the driver of the lorry was rescued by paramedics and suffered minor injuries. britain's prime minister, theresa may, is set to update mps in parliament on tuesday on brexit negotiations. the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, held what he called "constructive" talks with the brexit secretary in brussels on monday evening. the un is urging the warring parties in yemen to give it access

to a vast store of grain that's desperately needed by millions of people who are threatened by famine. aid workers haven't been able to reach the flour mill in the port of hodeida for five months. this is the south korean pop group, bts, making history by becoming the first k—pop group to present an award at the grammys. the seven band members, who were also nominated for an award, presented best r&b album. which was won by the singer her. a good night for women performers at the grammys. bts didn't win this time. but they did bring a little taste of home with them, arriving in a hyundai car. human activity could wipe out 40% of insect species within just a few decades. that's the alarming suggestion of a major scientific study by researchers in australia, which claims that pesticides,

agriculture and climate change are all drastically affecting the insect world. victoria gill reports. they're the planet's smallest, most essential workers, producing ourfood, cleaning up our waste. but changes we are making to the environment threaten the very existence of earth's insect population. that's according to scientists, who analysed dozen of insect surveys that were carried out all over the world over the last 13 years. it revealed that many species are now sliding towards extinction at a dramatic rate. overall, a1% of the world's insect species are in decline, and that includes some very familiar creatures. 49% of beetles are declining, 37% of mayflies, and 53% of butterflies and moths. so that is one of the groups that is troubled ? absolutely, moths and bees and beetles are all massively in trouble right now...

those losses, scientists say, could jeopardise our way of life. so much of our atmospheric carbon, which is linked to climate change, that's stored in the soil, and that's cycled through the soil by insects. our food is grown in the soil, that's made by insects. and then our food is then pollinated by insects. every single step along that has an insect associated with it, that's doing an importantjob. and without that, we would lose the ability to produce food, wouldn't we? but, as much as we rely on insects, it is primarily our activities and our food production practices that have been driving these declines. there are three key things that this study highlights as threats to our planet's insect diversity — climate change, invasive species, and critically, how we use our land, the increasing intensification of agriculture. around the world, suitable habitat is being consumed by farming and urbanisation, and the study says widespread use of synthetic

pesticides is a major driver of insect loss. bug lovers can help by making gardens more pollinator—friendly. but researchers say food production will have to change to stop our most important pollinators becoming collateral damage in the battle against pests. you are watching newsday on the bbc live from singapore and london. still to come on the programme: you may have heard of a spelling bee — but how about a counting bee? scientists say they have proof that honeybees can do simple sums. loads of insect on the programme today. —— insects. also on the programme:

bollywood comes to the berlin film festival — with a movie about a man who raps his way out of the slums of mumbai. 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. and i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: bahrain drops its request to extradite a footballer who was being held in a thai prison. hakeem al—araibi is now on his way back to australia, where he has refugee status. a malaysian court postpones the trial of former prime minister najib razak, who's facing multiples charges of corruption. russia is considering whether to disconnect temporarily from the global internet, as part of a test of its cyber—defences. it would mean all information

being shared on the web would have to stay within russia, rather than be routed via international servers. the experiment is set to take place before the end of march. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the straits times reports that thai princess ubolratana rajakanya has been formally de—selected as a candidate for prime minister. the thai raksa chart party came under pressure from the king for nominating his sister, which he described as "inappropriate". the philippine star is reporting that the measles outbreak in the country is not yet under control. 70 people have died so far, but the department of health says vaccination rates are improving. and the south china morning post leads on hong kong's analogue television switch—off. it says 160,000 households will be eligible for a subsidy to buy

a digital tv when the signal is turned off next year. turning to the us. in the us, donald trump is about to take in el paso. he faces a deadline about his border wall because it another partial government might be triggered if you cannot reach a deal. we are now joint life by gary 0'donoghue in all passe. —— el—paso. in all passe. -- el-paso. around 78

miles of it. it was the sole reason that crime fell. el—paso came from being a violent place to one of the safest places in america. the problem with all that is it's not true. el—paso was never a particularly violent city for its size. across the border, its twin town, if you like, in mexico is an incredible violent place. the violent crime numbers went up a little bit actually went the book wall went up. he has repeated this in the state of the union and elsewhere and i wouldn't be at all surprised if he says it again tonight. it is part of the wider rhetoric, if you like, to persuade congress and the democrats that they do need this wall and to keep his core support on side because for them, this is a signature issue. and

as he is preparing to make this speech, the democrats and republicans back in washington i tried to get some kind of deal through otherwise we are looking at another government shutdown. yeah, the deadline is at midnight on friday. they will need some days to get legislation through. really, they need to be heading for a deal today and tomorrow to get that done. at the moment, we understand that the signs are not good. they are disagreeing over things, particular details like the amount of detention beds that are present in detention centres for migrants around the country. the democrats want to limit that so it prevents the administration from keeping quite so many people in detention. the republicans are against that, as you can imagine. the president will come here tonight to keep the pressure up that he made reissue that threat about issuing a state of emergency

and taking the money from elsewhere that he can't get from congress itself. we will see. he will again, iam sure, itself. we will see. he will again, i am sure, try and keep up that pressure, keep up that idea tying illegal immigration, not just pressure, keep up that idea tying illegal immigration, notjust to pressure on public services, not just to illegality in itself, but to crime. it is an essential part of his message ever since he was a candidate. that illegal immigrants bring in crime. we will hear him in an hours' time. you may have heard of a spelling bee, but how about a counting bee? scientists claim to have proved that honeybees can do simple sums. the research teams in france and australia set the insects the task of getting through a maze, working out which way to go by using either addition or subtraction depending on the colour of a shape. the lead study author and biologist scarlett howard spoke to me about the new discovery. we found out just as you

we found outjust as you said that bees can perform simple addition and attraction and using that, they can navigate their way to reward of sugar, which they can then take back to their higher for the rest of their hive mates. i have also read that bees might have an understanding about sameness and difference as well. yes, so that was a study done a while ago and bees are able to either learn to choose something similar to what they have seen before or something different, so they can do that with colours and was sent. all right, you're counting bees, what about other animals that can count? 0ne bees, what about other animals that can count? one other paper i have read says that monkeys and birds can. yeah, there are actually a number of species that can use numbers in different ways, there are spiders who can subtract, as well as the african grey parrot and pidgins, and quitea the african grey parrot and pidgins, and quite a lot of animals will use numbers in their natural environment. and what is this

discovery means a science? well, it means a number of things. one of the things we're interested in is looking at insect cognition, in particular the bee gees shows quite a lot of ability to learn and use rules to adapt to different situations, so we are interested in seeing how far that could extend, so this is one stepping stone towards that research. —— akrotiri. it could also be useful to such things as looking at al a new ways of processing information in computers. and you mentioned artificial intelligence and creating smarter robots autonomous vehicles, how can this help going forward? honeybees have quite a small rain, so it is very different processing system can to our own, we still see very complex behaviours and the ability to learn complex rules, to want to know how their small rain is able to process so much complexity in their natural environment and also in the experiments that we give them, and

this can tell us a bit more about how perhaps a small processing system like a computer or biological rain is able to process so much information such small space. fascinating information. —— in such. if you want to see african art, you're probably better off looking outside the continent. a new report says that 90% of africa's cultural heritage is elsewhere — that includes art seized during the colonial era, which remains on display in museums across europe. the report suggests that the artworks be returned to africa, coinciding with broader efforts already underway. the bbc‘s africa editor fergal keane reports. the past is alive, but to whom does it belong? to the descendants of the empire builders, or the people from whose lands it was taken? in the old imperial capitals, art that was stolen by colonial conquerors is now the focus of a growing campaign for restitution. these are the benin bronzes at the british museum, looted by british forces in nigeria at the close of the 19th century.

those pieces, that art, represents the essence of us. i need to be able to explain certain things about my being, certain things as to why i'm who i am and do things the way i do and think the way i do. and that's why art is important. on one level, this is a debate about priceless pieces of art and where they really belong. but it's part of a much larger movement in africa and the african diaspora, to reclaim a stolen cultural heritage. it's about the right of africans to possess their own history. perhaps nowhere is the debate so haunted by past cruelties as here, at the grand museum erected outside brussels by king leopold ii of belgium. it was built on the profits of forced labour in rubber plantations. those who failed to collect the quota had hands chopped off. african art was carted back here in vast quantities.

but the museum has undergone a major revamp, to reflect the reality of colonial history. if you look there, you know, there's a hologram of leopold ii about six times here, and in total about 45 times throughout the building. he wasn't a man for understatement, was he? no, he was really... but as for restitution, there are reservations about capacity and the dangers of corruption. do you trust the authorities in congo? no. to treat anything that is brought back with the care it deserves? at this moment, no, absolutely not. i wouldn't trust any of the people that are currently in charge. not that they are of bad will, but just they don't have the facilities. there is no security system. a lot of these objects are worth a lot of money. people are paid very badly. what would you do if you were paid, you know, not even $100 a month? but african voices are insistent, change must come.

in the democratic republic of congo, we visited a fledgling museum in kinshasa, that combines old colonial sculpture with this storehouse of congolese art. professor washna acknowledges the worries about corruption in congo. but a new national museum has been built with south korean help. a place that could provide a congolese home for looted treasures. translation: during colonisation belgium, england, america, unfortunately took a lot of the art. this is only a small portion of what can be found in europe, so we should claim them back. it's better that it is here, for the good of the congolese people. there is, in africa and the west, a growing view that collaboration is the way forward. exhibitions rotating between continents. like the benin bronzes of the british museum. it's a debate defined by reasonableness.

not least on the part of africans, still willing to share what was stolen from them. fergal keane, bbc news. now let's turn to the story of bollywood in berlin, where the indian movie industry's first mainstream film about hip hop has been premiered at the berlin film festival. ‘gully boy‘ tells the story of a young man who raps his way out of the slums of mumbai. haroon rashid reports. tour of india's vigor stars brought bollywood to berlin for the world premiere of a gritty musical drama. gully boy is a rags to riches story about an underdog from the slums, who aspires to become a famous rapper. it's india first hip—hop movie. this film was in irresistible prospect to me, quintessential mumbaifilm, so

prospect to me, quintessential mumbai film, so that culture, that language, that texture, those themes, and hip—hop, two things that i love. the coming together these two things, it is almost good to be true. the film is inspired by the experiences of two real rappers, who went from living in asia's largest slum to being signed the global record companies. i have been to the places they lived, met their families, met their girlfriends, where they hang out, who their friends are. they consulted on the script, they would be in and say would not happen like this, this is authentic. the dialogue supervision was done by rappers, the music is created by them, and the rest is obviously filmmaking stop right gully boy is not the first bollywood film to have its world premiere here at berlin international film festival, however because of its unique story and a list passed, there is an added interest in this film. we've never had like a raptor

one bollywood and it is the first time andi one bollywood and it is the first time and i am really excited. aim here because i love this man so much, i swear i love him will stop ——a much, i swear i love him will stop —— a list. much, i swear i love him will stop -- a list. addicts have praised the film for swapping social realism about real issues affecting india today. when it premiered in somewhere like oleon and people from berlin can see it, you are just expanding the culture and you're telling a story that is so close to home and if they like it, that is unity. the team of gully boy received a standing ovation at the end of the premier. the film releases globally this week. —— premiere. haroon rashid, bbc news. a fantastic looking film. you have been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. and i'm rico hizo in singapore. stay with us. because the japanese car maker, nissan, is due to release

its quarterly earnings — its first financial snap shot since its former chairman, carlos ghosn, was arrested. hello there. we may well be heading towards the final few weeks of a nswer towards the final few weeks of answer now but actually, the weather is feeling almost springlike, some slightly milder condition survey on the cards over the next few days. this was the scene taken near eastbourne on monday. some blue sky, a bit of sunshine around. as we head to the course of the next few days, still quite a lot of dry weather, there will be rain across northern and western parts of the uk, things turning mile by day but we have still got a few chilly nights to come, could be the odd spot of frost and perhaps a bit missing is around too. you can see the yellow colours moving in from the south—west gradually over the next few days introducing that milder air, the blue colours, colder air kept at bay for now. the tuesday morning, quite

chilly start across much of england and wales, particularly in the south and wales, particularly in the south and east. more cloud in the word go in the north and west. a frontal system it just moves in the north and west. a frontal system itjust moves its way gradually south—eastward through the day. it should brighten up for scotla nd day. it should brighten up for scotland and northern ireland during the afternoon, as though south—westerly winds helped to break up south—westerly winds helped to break up the cloud. a bit of rain lingering for northwest england, but central, southern and eastern england should stay dry through the day. temperatures up to around ten to 13 degrees, a little above—average relief this time of year. as we moved the tuesday night and into wednesday, high pressure sits towards the south. we still have this frontal system which is pushing its way gradually further north eastwards into wednesday morning, so through the day on wednesday, still quite cloudy across western parts of the uk. a few spots of rainfor western parts of the uk. a few spots of rain for parts of scotland, england wales suddenly staying dry to the day there will be a bit more on wednesday, compared to tuesday. so temperatures will be doing reasonably well again, around ten to 13 degrees or so, could see 1a

celsius in the warmer spot. we have milderair celsius in the warmer spot. we have milder air with us into the start of the week. we are drawing in these westerly winds, they stay with us into thursday as weather front is clear off to the north. i think thursday not a bad day, should be quite a thursday not a bad day, should be quiteafairamount thursday not a bad day, should be quite a fair amount of sunshine especially across england, northern ireland, wales, one or two showers for scotland, especially in the far north. temperatures will be up again in double figures with a chilly start, 12 or 13 the warmer spots on thursday afternoon. looking towards the end of the week and we keep that month in the weather and it will turn a little bit more unsettled towards the end of the week as those winds strengthened rain particularly in the north and west at times. goodbye for now. —— strengthen and. i'm kasia madera with bbc news. our top story: a bahraini footballer who was being held behind bars in thailand is now heading to australia where he has refugee

status. hakeem al—araibi had been convicted in his absence of vandalising a police station. he denied the charges and was fighting extradition in thailand where he was travelling on his honeymoon. the much anticipated trial of the former malaysian prime minister najib razak for alleged money laundering has been postponed. it was due to begin on tuesday. mr najib's lawyers have succeeded in getting the trial delayed on a technicality. and this video is trending on bbc.com. russia is considering whether to disconnect temporarily from the global internet as part of a test of its cyber—defences. the experiment is set to take place before the end of march. that's all. stay with bbc news. now on bbc news, hardtalk.