hello, everyone. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: president trump is set to declare a national emergency to secure funding for a border wall with mexico. he faces a battle with democrats — and some republicans — over his plans. the ayes to write, clinton 58. —— to the right, 358. the noes to the left, 253. another big parliamentary defeat for the british government over its vision for brexit. i'm nuala mcgovern in london. also in the programme: a british teenager, who ran away to syria to join the islamic state group, is told she could face prosecution if she tries to come home. and making his mark on the philippines. controversial leader rodrigo duterte says he wants to change the country's name. 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 singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in the evening in washington, where donald trump has said he will accept the budget deal and thus avoid a second partial government shutdown. but — and it's a big but — the white house says he will make up for that deal not including all of the funding he wants for his border wall by calling a national emergency to secure the shortfall. our washington correspondent chris buckler has the latest. he is having to look at other options and he is funding a spending bill despite the fact that congress would not give the $5.7 billion he says he needs. he is backed into a corner because fundamentally, he does not want to have another partial government shutdown. poll suggested that he was the one getting blamed, but he is now saying he will take the money from other pots, from other funding.

he will take the money from other pots, from otherfunding. it is why he is talking about declaring a national emergency at the southern border, it is to try and build that wall, which he promised of course to his supporters during the 2016 election campaign. exactly where will that funding be coming from and what are the democrat saying about this national emergency? yeah, you can imagine that that is the big question being asked. as far as donald trump is concerned, it is likely is going to try and take the money from pots like military funding, there is even a suggestion he could go into disaster relief funding, money set aside for the likes of california after the wildfires, things like that, and if he does that, that will be controversial. there are suggestions that this could face even court and legal challenges. already as you mention there, the democrats are calling this a lawless action, suggesting that this is unconstitutional. in america,

effectively congress is supposed to hold the pursestrings, it decides where money should be spent and the president carries that out. as far as they are concerned, this is president trump trying to get around that, trying to make decisions about how money is spent. so i think we're going to have a battle over this national emergency and i think if anything, the controversy has just begun. let's take a look at some of the day's other news now. the british prime minister theresa may has suffered another defeat in parliament — having asked for its continued backing for her handling of brexit negotiations. that vote doesn't force mrs may to do anything different, but it does suggest that she won't automatically have a majority in the british parliament for any changes to the brexit deal she can negotiate with brussels. there are just over six weeks to go until the uk is due to leave the eu. let's get the view from brussels and westminster with our political editor laura kuenssberg and europe editor katya adler. this boat might not change much in theory, it changes something in

political practice. remember, a few weeks ago, mps competently chucked up weeks ago, mps competently chucked up prime minister's compromise. since then, she has been trying to show to the european union that it is worth giving her a change to that deal and that she can keep a party in parliament together, but today those efforts failed. the tory party once again was split. it is not going to dramatically change thinking in brussels because the eu was already feeling that now was not the moment for them to act because they don't believe that theresa may has a stable majority in parliament, and since she is trying to appease all sorts of different sides, the eu thinking is that if they give something now in order to keep mps oi'i something now in order to keep mps on board, she would have to come back again in maybe two weeks's time and ask for more again, a bit like 0liver twist. also making news today...

india has called for international sanctions against the leader of the pakistan—based militant group, jaish—e—muammad. the group said it was behind that suicide car bombing that killed at least a0 indian paramilitary police in kashmir. in a statement, india asked for the leader, masood azhard, to be designated a terrorist by the un. students and teachers across the united states have been holding vigils to mark the anniversary of the parkland shooting — that's a high school in florida. 1a students and three staff members were shot dead by a pupil at the marjory stoneman douglas school. officials from north and south korea are in switzerland, for talks about a potentialjoint bid to host the 2032 summer 0lympics. the delegations from the two koreas are expected to meet on friday. if successful, it would be the first time the games have been co—hosted. now, i want you to meet the newest member of the legal profession in the american city of lansing — a dog named kory. he's a courtroom support dog, and he's been trained to provide emotional support to victims of crime during trials.

it's a serious position — he will be formally sworn in by a judge before he starts his new career. a verdict could come as early as friday in the murder case of u ko ni, a supreme court advocate, who was shot outside yangon international airport two years ago. the 63—year—old was also a legal adviser to aung san suu kyi's government and a prominent voice for religious harmony in myanmar. nick beake has the latest. well, this is the exact spot that yang gong international airport where ko ni was assassinated two yea rs where ko ni was assassinated two years ago. it was a chilling is crime that shocked myanmar, the fact that it was carried out in such a public place, many simply could not believe it. many do not believe that, they see this as the perfect illustration of

despite there being a civilian government now, the army still being able to click crimes and get away with it. later today at a courthouse in young gone, we are expecting to get the verdicts on the trial of four men who have been on trial in connection with the murder for the last few years. three of those men have connections with the military. there is another suspected man who is believed to be still at large, he is believed to be still at large, he isa is believed to be still at large, he is a retired colonel. ko ni's family have said they wantjustice, but whether or not they get that is hard to see. he was trying to loosen the grip of the military on this country and lots of people believe he died because he was doing that, and so not only did the assassin rob a family ofa not only did the assassin rob a family of a father and grandfather, he also robbed a country of the great hope for more democratic future. this time yesterday, we brought you the story about the british woman who ran away from east london to join the islamic state when she was 15 years old. now british ministers have

said that if she returns home, she could face prosecution. in an interview with the times newspaper of london, shamima begum said she had no regrets about fleeing in 2015 and wanted to give birth to her third child in the uk. the case of shamima begum, and other schoolgirls also from east london, highlighted the issue of young muslim women becoming radicalised, and making the journey to syria. 0ur correspondent sabiyah pervez has been speaking to four women from muslim backgrounds in the english city of bradford, to gauge their views on the case and the risks of radicalisation. my name is rosema, and i'm a youth cafe co—ordinator in bradford. hi, my name is samar, i'm a phd student in business studies. i'm hiba maroof, i'm 20 years old and i work in media. i'm saf and i'm a boxerfrom bradford. we're in a restaurant in bradford with four young women from muslim backgrounds, discussing the questions arising around shamima begum's desire to return home to the uk. she was 15 at the time, she's now 19, it's four years

later and she's saying, ok, i'm pregnant and i want to come back. do you think she should be allowed to come back to the uk? it's not the kid's fault, and the kid should be able to have to have a chance here, but obviously, she should take this responsibility for her actions. we're giving the baby a chance to take advantage of our healthcare system, we're not doing it for her. no—one cares if she's taking advantage of it or not. she says she has no remorse, when she saw severed heads in the bin, it didn't faze her. personally, i don't feel comfortable with someone who doesn't feel remorse and she still believes in the utopia that she's created. you've been groomed, it's your way of life, it appeals to you, but her decision to fly all the way to syria, to board that plane, to go through security, to land and get there, to have this life, is all on her.

so what needs to be done then to make sure that people like shamima don't go out there? we need to talk, we need to stop this stiff upper lip society where we don't want to talk about things. we need to start talking, we need to live in a society where we can have these open and frank discussions, where we all have different opinions and we can talk about them around the table. it's clear from the discussions here of shamima begum, that more needs to be done to protect young people from being groomed by radical fundamentalists. sabbiyah pervez, bradford. sweden has recalled its ambassador in beijing following apparently unofficial attempts to free a swedish citizen being held in china. the swedish government is investigating anna lindsted's involvement in meetings to secure the release of gui minhai. mr gui's case has received international attention. john sudworth has more from beijing.

well, the world of international diplomacy can be a very murky and impenetrable one, but the events surrounding the departure of sweden's ambassador to china, anna lindsted, appeared to be very strange indeed. they centre on the case of a man called gui minhai, a chinese—born swedish national, his daughter angela says she was invited by ambassador and instead to a meeting in sweden last month, that week she was introduced to a shadowy group of chinese businessmen who say they have close connections to the chinese communist party, and she says that with ambassador linsted present, she was offered a bizarre deal, pressured in fact in to except in which herfather was deal, pressured in fact in to except in which her father was going to serve a few more years in prison, she was told, and then would would be released. —— apra three. but in exchange, she had to guarantee her

silence, that she would stop campaigning publicly for his release. it gets even stranger because sweden's foreign ministry says that it had no knowledge of this meeting is taking place at all. it was not informed until after the event and as a result, it seems, ambassador linsted has been called backin ambassador linsted has been called back in china and is now facing an internal investigation. angela says she will continue to campaign for a father's release. —— for her. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... dealing with dementia — the world health organisation warns asian countries to prepare for a significant rise in cases. also on the programme... why does president duterte want to change the name of the philippines? nine years and 15,000 deaths after

going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order that the army defeated in the task had been sent to perform. 0ne the task had been sent to perform. one wonders who is left. as the left got under way, there was i'io as the left got under way, there was no letup in eruption itself. lava streams from low in the crater flow down to the sea on the east of the island, away from the town for the time being that it could start flowing again at any time. the russians heralded the new generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they called it mir, the russian for peace. this is newsday on the bbc.

i'm rico hizon, in singapore. i'm nuala mcgovern, in london. our top stories: president trump's set to declare a national emergency, to secure funding for a border wall with mexico. the british government has suffered another damaging parliamentary defeat over its brexit plans. and archaeologists in pompeii have announced their latest find on valentine's day — a fresco of narcissus, who legend has it was a man who loved only himself. the work of art has remained intact for nearly 2,000 years since the ancient roman city was buried when mount vesuvius erupted. you can read more at bbc.com/news let's take a look at some front pages from around the world: the south china morning post reports that negotiators from china and the united states have started two more days of trade talks.

the countries are racing to reach a deal before a 90—day truce on tariffs ends in two weeks, and the two sides place billions of dollars of taxes on each other‘s products. india's business standard leads on a new tax being proposed on global technology firms like google, facebook and amazon. the companies would have to pay a digital tax of between 30% and a0%, leading to bills in the billions of dollars. and the philippine star says more than half of candidates running for senate in the upcoming general election are in trouble for putting up posters that are too big. 3a candidates have been given three days to take the posters down orface legal action from the election commission. now nuala, some amazing pictures have been getting quite a reaction.

yes, it's a view of one of the most dangerous places on the planet, which is unlike anything we've seen before. it's footage filmed inside one of the reactors at the fu kushima nuclear power plant in japan. you'll recall how the site was sent into meltdown by the earthquake and tsunami in march 2011. this footage was taken by a robot, and it shows the machine picking up pieces of the radioactive fuel. it's hoped the technique can be used as part of the long process of clearing up the site. dementia is one of the world's great medical challenges, shattering lives and robbing families of the people they know and love. now the world health organisation is warning asian countries in particular to prepare for a significant increase in those suffering from the condition. at the moment around half of the world's 50 million sufferers live in asia,

but the who says that figure will rise by 2050. paola barbarino is the ceo of alzheimer's disease international. she told me we still have much to learn about the causes of dementia. alzheimer's disease is a complex disease as indeed is dementia in general. fundamentally we still really do not know what causes dementia otherwise we would be more advanced in finding out what to do about it. it is a disease that certainly started in a very confusing mannerfor certainly started in a very confusing manner for many people who do not yet recognise the signs so there are issues about not knowing where you are, location, difficulty in speaking or writing in your normal way or you may have

behavioural difficulties. who is most at risk? after 65 years of age you are automatically more at risk. the prevalence is that people are more likely to get alzheimer's or dementia after 65 however with the increases in advances in diagnosis you can unfortunately be diagnosed much earlier and it is important to get a timely diagnosis. 65 is about 13 years away, how can i prevent to get to that stage? there is lots of good news around that. there are a lot of things people can do that will decrease the risk. eating well, good healthy food, lots of fruit and vegeta bles good healthy food, lots of fruit and vegetables and looking at your diet, not being overweight, education is

extremely important and also maintaining your brain at if. socialisation is actually very important as well and exercise. doing these things really does decrease your risks. are we closer to any kind of cure? unfortunately, not quite yet. so far it is 15 years since the last medicine on dementia was actually discovered and, u nfortu nately, was actually discovered and, unfortunately, not, we are not close toa unfortunately, not, we are not close to a cure but we can do a lot about care. in asia, we are risk, how do we reinvent it had the government prepare feeds? knowing what to do about a population which will have to cope with dementia. 71% of all car is our women, they carry the burden. it is very important that the government thinks how they can enable the workforce to work for

longer while caring for someone with dementia. we are all getting older so dementia. we are all getting older so this will become a bigger problem and we have to be prepared for it. a philippinejournalist and government critic accused of libel, has told bbc world news that the accusations against her are ludicrous, and amount to political harassment. maria ressa has been released on bail. these pictures are from wednesday, when she was arrested and led out of the company's headquarters because of an article written seven years ago. she told the bbc the government is trying to silence her and her news website, rappler, which has frequently criticised president rodrigo duterte. this is the sixth time i have bailed and it shows an abuse of power and the law. i am going to the philippine government to demand my right. this is political harassment. it is meant to be timid date both me

and rappler into ciders but beyond that it goes to the heart of the role of a free press in society. press freedom is notjust for the journalists, which is notjust about me and rappler, freedom of press is a pillar of democracy. it is that we can hold the powerful to account. marites vitug is a journalist at rappler, who told us more about maria ressa. she is back to work. doing herjob despite all the pressure. that is quite something, to be back at work after being part of the global headlines in the past 46 hours. what his plan, just to push ahead with this indictment? there will be caught hearings and rappler has its

own set of lawyers to visit libel case. it will take time. in the history of the philippine press, this is not new but rodrigo duterte under it stresses the lengths to which people go to intimidate a news organisation. we will keep a close eye on those court proceedings as they unfold but i also wanted to ask you, we began reading that rodrigo duterte wants to change the name of the philippines? how do you understand why he wants to do that? he wants to project himself as an anticolonial, nationalist leader. remember that he embraced china and also russia, away from the us cert thatis also russia, away from the us cert that is the kind of image that he wa nts to that is the kind of image that he wants to leave behind or to show the

world, but it is not a pressing concern. there is no urgent need to change them name, there is no demand for a change of name. i have heard it said that to leave the colonial past the hike, it did not have that connection to a former king of spain, king philip? there are more substantial ways of doing that. teaching the curriculum from children to college. the history books really have had little on the philippines american war, we have not had extensive history taught to children and university students. it is more substantial than changing a name. what does the new name mean? historians have discussed it stability, free man, but it is also associated with the former leader marcos because he also wanted to

change the name. do you ever feel afraid? well, no... i have been a journalist for more than 30 years. i have been through many times and one of our colleagues was arrested, the same thing that has happened to maria, any years ago. i was a colour cues. we also had to spend the night with her injail cues. we also had to spend the night with her in jail because we could not find a night court to pay bay hill. -- not find a night court to pay bay hill. —— pay bay hill. this is part of the territory. . it makes the country bought dangerous notjust for journalists by country bought dangerous notjust forjournalists by the others, this culture of impunity that this drug war has created is really scary.

you have been watching newsday. i'm nuala mcgovern, in london. and i'm rico hizon, in singapore. stay with us. coming up: afterfierce opposition, amazon cancels its plans to build a new headquarters in new york. we'll have a report from the big apple. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures of the russian president vladimir putin practising one of his hobbies — judo. he took part in a session with russia's olympic team, and used his own black belt qualifications to throw several opponents to the floor, although none of them seemed to want to send their 66 year—old leader flying through the air. that's all for now. hello, it was notjust loved in the

airon hello, it was notjust loved in the air on valentine's day, spring in the air also. the temperatures highest in 21 years. in one area 16 .1. you can see the extent of temperatures elsewhere and how far removed they are from average this time of yearand removed they are from average this time of year and more mild to very mild weather on the way. the night are quite chilly and friday starts ona are quite chilly and friday starts on a cold note in scotland and northern ireland compared to thursday morning, compared to england and wales. a touch of frost around and a further south, the chance of seeing dense fog patches, rather slow to clear. for most of us, it is a blue skies and sunshine all the way. the cloud increasing in northern ireland especially to the west and western scotland. the north—west some outbreaks of rain

moving in. the colours indicatejust how much temperatures that will rebound after the chilly start, towards the midteens, 15 even 16 celsius. though it is quite breezy. a touch windier than those that especially towards the north—west. gusts of up to 50 miles per hour. 0n friday night, not as chilly. more cloud moving into the uk courtesy of this fairly bleak weather front. another system coming in later in the weekend. more cloud in places. the important thing, the flow around this system will maintain the theme coming in from the south and that means it will state mild, with temperatures above average. the weekend, mild and breezy. drive by many but these weather systems i pointed out will bring some rain, we may well come that in the garden especially towards the west. more

cloud in southern england, on saturday. maybe a bit of drizzle in the far south—west. broken cloud in northern ireland. cloudy in north—west scotland, patchy rain. early rain clearing. still breezy and mild. 0n early rain clearing. still breezy and mild. on sunday, more sunshine around to start the day. this weather system coming in from the west, that she rain towards the scotland. it is still breezy but it is still mild, especially when you see the best of the sunshine down the eastern side of the uk. bye—bye. i'm nuala mcgovern with bbc world news. our top story: president trump will declare a national emergency to fund his border wall. at the same time, he'll sign new spending measures to avoid another government shutdown. the spending bill is expected to be approved by both houses of congress. democrats, who control the house of representatives, had refused to give mr trump more than $5 billion he'd asked for. the british prime minister, theresa may, has suffered another big

parliamentary defeat on her brexit plans. members voted against the government's appeal to back the approach agreed two weeks ago. this video is trending right now on bbc.com. archaeologists in pompeii have discovered a fresco of narcissus, who legend has it was a man who loved only himself. the work of art has remained intact for nearly 2000 years, since mount vesuvius erupted.