you have been watching newsday. this is i'm mike embley with bbc news. this is i'm mike embley in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. —— our top story: britain's prime minister has suffered a further reverse in parliament over brexit. mps have voted to remove welcome to newsday on the bbc. the option of the uk leaving the eu without trying to look at your facebook page but it isn't working today? as some of you may have noticed, facebook has suffered partial a formal agreement. outages and we try to get i'm mike embley. to the bottom of the mystery next on asia business report. on thursday, parliament will vote on whether to request an extension to the process. theresa may said that britain's parliament votes unless mps backed a deal soon, to reject a no—deal brexit that's all for now — but under current law, stay with bbc world news. the extension would be a long one. boeing has grounded the uk could still be leaving its entire global fleet the european union without any of 737 max aircraft. agreement at the end of march. the us faa said new evidence boeing grounds its entire worldwide at the scene of the fatal fleet of 737 max aircraft, ethiopian airlines crash as new evidence is uncovered prompted the decision. and this story is about the most recent fatal hello again. trending on bbc.com. storm gareth may well have blown president trump's former crash in ethiopia. itself away out into northern campaign manager, paul manafort, has been jailed europe, but our weather stays pretty for another 43 months. i'm rico hizon in singapore. blustery over the next few days. that's on top of the 47 month there is gareth working sentence he received across denmark. a week ago in a separate fraud case. but further west in the atlantic, also coming up: things looking pretty lively still with weather fronts, areas of low pressure targeting the british isles. the thai woman accused of the murder of kim jong—nam, the korean leader's half brother, and that means over the next few has arrived at court days there's no end in sight really at the beginning of her defence

hearing — her co—accused has already to this run of windy weather through thursday, already been released. friday, into the weekend as well and a surge in demand before things calm down for measles vaccinations in the following week. in new zealand to combat a mass now, for those of you heading outbreak of the highly contagious virus. outside over the next few hours, it is quite breezy outside, some fairly strong winds across north—western areas, thick cloud around and outbreaks of rain as well, quite heavy rain at that across parts of northern live from our studios in london and england, southern scotland and wales as well. now, these are the kind of temperatures you might encounter if you're heading outside. singapore, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. hello. it's 9am in singapore and 1am here in london, where the uk's parliament has voted to reject any no—deal brexit. now, as we look at the weather picture for thursday, that in itself doesn't no surprises — the low pressure change the law, though. as prime minister theresa may told is right over the top mps, and the european commission has of the british isles. we've still got fairly tightly confirmed, leaving the eu packed isobars showing up without an agreement still remains on the charts too. the default at the end of this so, it's going to be a cloudy, windy and wet start to the day. month, unless a deal can be reached. the worst of the rain will tend to clear through across england and wales, and quite it's not enough for british mps quickly thursday morning, to vote against leaving with no we'll see some bright weather for scotland, deal, they also have northern ireland, northern england

to approve a deal. with a scattering of showers blown this from the bbc‘s political in by those blustery winds. editor, laura kuenssberg. gusts of wind that could reach 40, even 50mph there really was something worth across the most exposed locations. that of course means the showers watching for the small crowd outside don't stay in one place for any length of time. the commons tonight — a vote, a result, the prime minister never wanted. it's a no to no deal. but what it will also do is the country voted to leave, end of. it will knock the edge off these temperatures, ranging from around 7 to 13, but feeling a bit cooler than that, so quite a chilly feel it's stupid, you've just given to the weather away your bargaining chips. across parts of scotland. a bit of squeaky bum time. now, through thursday the ayes to the right, 321, evening and overnight, the showers continue on and off across northern areas, it will cloud over elsewhere the noes to the left, 278. with outbreaks of rain spreading in, parliament won, the particularly to england and wales. prime minister lost. mps clearly said we should never leave the eu temperature—wise, quite a big without a deal, but what now? contrast thursday night. mild in the south, 9 or 10 degrees or so, got the colder air further north with plenty of showers, the house has today provided a clear wintry over high ground. now, on friday, majority against leaving it's another unsettled looking day, still with those without a deal, however, i will west—north—westerly winds. cloud and rain repeat what i have said before. never far away from the south. it may well cloud over again can she really say nothing has changed? later in the afternoon, the legal default in uk and eu law bringing rain back remains that the uk will leave into south—west england. some sunshine elsewhere, but, again, plenty of showers the eu without a deal unless... across north—western areas, snow up over some of the higher parts of scotland. now, the weekend weather shows no sign of settling down.

indeed, on saturday, we could have quite a deep area unless something else is agreed. of low pressure spinning in, bringing a stormy spell of weather. struggling to be heard, notjust could have some snow around as well. so, some wet weather, because of her failing voice. given the weather's been wet recently, we could see some the house has to understand localised surface water flooding from that, and also, and accept that if it is not willing some very strong winds. to support a deal in the coming days notice to the northern edge of the storm system, and as it is not willing to support we could see some snow. the worst of that likely leaving without a deal in the scottish mountains above 200 to 300 metres elevation. on the 29th of march, still quite chilly for northern areas. then it is suggesting that's your weather. that there will need to be a much longer extension to article 50. the house needs to face up to the consequences of the decision it has taken. through the noise, understand, the prime minister's not ditching her deal. instead, she's warning mps, vote for it soon or brexit faces a long delay. in the last 2a hours, parliament has decisively rejected both her deal and no deal. while an extension of article 50 is now inevitable, the responsibility for that extension lies solely and squarely at the prime minister's door. parliament must now take control of the situation.

let us, as a house of commons, work now to find a solution to deal with the crisis facing this country and the deep concerns that many people have. it's up to us as the house of commons to look for and find a solution to their concerns. that is what we were elected to do. the astonishing thing about tonight's defeat for number ten — it only happened because some ministers, who sat around the same table in there this morning, ignored the prime minister's instructions and abstained, a total breakdown in discipline. i'm not resigning because i support the prime minister in her course of action. her course of action is to leave with a deal in an orderly brexit. but ijust... i'm very clear that i don't support a no—deal brexit and i've made that clear on numerous occasions. he looks strained because this

is not, repeat, just not normal. there's already an angry pushback against ministers who didn't vote with the government, even though their allies insist they were told they could. any minister who has defied the whip should consider their position and resign from government. ajunior minister quit the front bench to vote against the party line. within days, theresa may will ask mps to choose her deal or delay. but could tonight's fiasco be for nothing? i'll tell the government now that when meaningful vote three comes back, i will see to it that we honour what we owe to them, to keep voting this down, however many times it's brought back, whatever pressure we're put under and come what may, please don't do it, go back to the eu and say it won't pass. but for some time, ministers have privately hoped the threat of slamming the brakes on brexit could push and shove parliament towards backing a deal they hate. parliament has done this to us. the weakness, frankly, of certain ministers has done this to us.

the weakness of the labour party has done this to us. i, tonight, am angry and bewildered at having a gun to my head to vote for a wretched deal or not to leave. number 10 believes the eu when they say the deal as it stands really, really is it. the chief negotiator brandishing the treaty today, what he said is the only one. within a few days, that deal, the prime minister's deal, will be back in front of parliament for another verdict. theresa may pursuing a strategy by bizarre design or political accident. losing, then losing, and losing again, with the hope, finally, to win. you got a glimpse of europe in that report. our europe editor katya adler

has been assessing the reaction from the eu on tonight's votes and started by what eu leaders made of the result. european leaders can see that what happened was phenomenally important politically but that alone does not stop the clock. the eu says just voting against the no—deal brexit does not stop it from happening, mps uniting abounded deal, theresa may's deal or some other realistic option, thatis deal or some other realistic option, that is the way to stop a no—deal brexit. the now, the eu has decided to ta ke brexit. the now, the eu has decided to take a big step backwards. they we re to take a big step backwards. they were tasks by eu leaders to negotiate an exit deal with theresa may and they did that, now they say it is up to parliament to decide what exactly next after tonight's vote, the commission said look, there are two ways to leave the eu, with a deal or without a deal and the eu is prepared for both options, so the eu is prepared for both options, so which way is the uk going to jump? and by the way says the eu, just asking to delay backs it does not put off the no—deal brexit

either. also making news today.... president trump's former campaign manager paul manafort has been jailed for another 43 months. that's on top of the 47 month sentence he received a week ago in a separate fraud case. the latest sentence relates to manafort‘s lobbying efforts. he pleaded guilty on two counts, conspiracy against the us and conspiracy to obstructjustice. the us state department says china has significantly increased its campaign of detaining uihgurs and other muslim minority groups. it made the claim in its annual report examining human rights abuses around the world. the state department estimates up to 2 million muslims are living in detention camps across china. at least 10 people have died after a building containing a school collapsed in the nigerian city of lagos. about a0 pupils have been pulled out alive, but there are fears for many others who remain trapped.

officials in lagos say the building had been identified as "distressed" and was listed for demolition. a second k—pop star has quit the music business as part of a growing industry sex scandal. jung joon—young has admitted to secretly filming himself having sex with women and sharing the footage. it comes a day after fellow star seungri quit the industry after being charged with sex bribery. and that other big international story. the usjoined a growing list of nations in grounding the boeing 737 max 8. that announcement was made by president trump, who said it was necessary to answer questions after two such crashes this weekend. the ethiopian airlines plane went

down minutes after takeoff, killing all 157 people on board. nick bryant reports. today the crash site in ethiopia became a place of multinational mourning. passengers and crew from 35 countries were killed when the plane plunged into this field on sunday, just six minutes after take—off. north america was one of the few places that the boeing 737 max aircraft was still allowed to fly. the aviation authority here had decided not to follow safety regulators in more than a0 countries in grounding the plane. but tonight, at the white house, donald trump announced a change of mind. we're going to be issuing an emergency order of prohibition to ground all flights of the 737 max 8, and the 737 max 9. the safety of the american people, and all people, is oui’ paramount concern. boeing has insisted the plane is safe to continue flying.

but another boeing 737 max crashed in similar circumstances last october off indonesia, killing 189 people. canada said there was new evidence suggesting a possible link between the two crashes, as it announced its own grounding. this is new information that we received and analysed this morning, it comes from validated satellite tracking data, suggesting a possible — although unproven — similarity in the flight profile of the lion air aircraft. it was after analysing new evidence collected at the crash site today that the us federal aviation administration made its decision. it found very close similarities between the two crashes. the groundings have affected david and his daughter maddie, who were supposed to fly from new york to edinburgh tonight. i think that it's definitely a smart decision to ground the planes. it's better safe than sorry when it comes to dangers in the air. but i do think that they should notify their customers when their flights are being cancelled, and helping them reschedule for another time. as this 737 max landed

in the american capital tonight, boeing said it continues to have full confidence in the safety of the plane, but out of an abundance of caution is recommending the temporary grounding of the entire global feat. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. trading has started in asia, following events in westminster earlier. karishma vaswanii joins us from the heart of singapore's financial district. overnight, we saw the british pound appreciate against the us dollar. how is it faring in asian trade? yeah, well, it slipped off those 2% gains that we saw in the british pound that i think that is to be expected in the initial stages of the reaction to that vote, traders we re the reaction to that vote, traders were hoping that the uncertainty would be taken out of that no deal scenario, that is what they got. they got the outcome that had been expected and so you saw that initial

surge in the pound but as news comes out of exactly just surge in the pound but as news comes out of exactlyjust how surge in the pound but as news comes out of exactly just how complex surge in the pound but as news comes out of exactlyjust how complex this negotiation still is, given the fact that even though they voted for a no deal outcome, it is still on the table, legally they do not have much ofa table, legally they do not have much of a choice. over the next couple of days, i think that will be the main focus for the pound. you've seen it sit back a little bit, currency traders have been telling me any major headline news will have an impact on the pound, either onto the positive or in the negative. and they are looking to the crucial votes in the next few days that are coming up. what about the asia pacific stock markets, how are they reacting? well, you have seen asian markets for the higher this morning that i do not think that is as a result of the brexit negotiations. there are far more other key concerns for investors in this part of the world, yes, given the fact that some of that uncertainty was taken out of the equation, investors

are breathing a bit of a sigh of relief. it was one of their key concerns going into this vote, but today very much, the eyes are on chinese economic data. we have industrial production, how much chinese factories producing, an indication of how much chinese consumers are buying, all of this against the background of the trade data that we saw last week. all of this is a concern for the asian economies, the us china relationship is to the asian economies are much greater concerns. “ a is to the asian economies are much greater concerns. -- a very much greater concerns. -- a very much greater concern. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: medics in new zealand give measles vaccinations in emergency clinics to try to combat a mass outbreak of the highly contagious virus. also on the programme: myanmar adopts a new make—up regime as the country modernises.

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this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm mike embley in london. our top stories: britain's parliament votes to reject a no—deal brexit, but under current law the uk could still be leaving the european union without any agreement, at the end of march. boeing grounds its entire worldwide fleet of 737 max aircraft as new evidence is uncovered about the most recent fatal crash in ethiopia. in the next hour or so a judge will start hearing defence arguments from vietnamese citizen doan thi huong. she is the sole remaining defendant charged over the assasination of kimjong—nam — the half brother of kim jong—un.

the vietnamese government has formally asked malaysia to release her. on monday a second defendant, an indonesian, was unexpectedly released after lobbying by her government. jonathan head is our south asia correspondent. he's in kuala lumper. what is expected to happen here? officially, this is the postponed first test to me by the vietnamese defendant doan thi huong. this is the first we would hear from any of these defendants in this extraordinary case but that of course was thrown into disarray when thejudge ordered the course was thrown into disarray when the judge ordered the release of her indonesian co—defendant. in that time, the three days per postman that postponement of this hearing, her lawyers have petitioned for her to be released in the vietnamese government which has been relatively quiet up till now has specifically asked the malaysian government to do the same for her. it is possible in theory that could happen but the

evidence against doan thi huong is stronger. she was the one caught on airport security camera video putting her hands over the face of kimjong—nam and putting her hands over the face of kim jong—nam and then fleeing to the bathroom, apparently to wash off the substance she had put on it. she has also argued, as her co—defendant did, that she was duped to carry out what she believed was a televised prank. what we believe about her background in the entertainment industry means she would not have been involved in a conspiracy theory that the evidence cited against her by thejudge is that the evidence cited against her by the judge is there is another grounds to go ahead with a trial. we believe we will hear her own explanation in her own words through a translator as she does that as to how she would get through. so far they have refused to give any details about how they were recruited. is there more information that you are aware of? we know a

little bit about what they have told their lawyers in the past, about people approaching them, in the case of doan thi huong, approaching them in vietnam. they were paid $100 each time to take past that take part in what they believed was a slapstick comedy show and they went through it by their own account. a number of these pranks in different countries as well before the operation against kimjong—nam. i think as well before the operation against kim jong—nam. i think that testimony, when doan thi huong gives it in court, will be important because she has got to persuade the judge that although the evidence is there, that she did smear a substance on kim jong—nam's face that we now know was that lethal nerve agent, that she didn't know she was doing and that is the case she was doing and that is the case she needs to make. we will be back to you as the case progresses. to new zealand now where health authorities are responding to an outbreak of measles. the country's canterbury region has now seen 28 cases of the highly—contagious disease confirmed. extra supplies of vaccine are being delivered to medical

practices in the region, with around 18,000 doses expected to be available this week. health authorities say people are considered immune if they've received two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, if they've had measles previously or if they were born before 1969. under—immunised people who come within two metres of an infected person have a 90% chance of contracting measles. earlier i spoke to associate proffesor nikki turner from the university of auckland, who also chairs the world health organisation's sub—committee on eliminating measles. she told me why this outbreak in new zealand is so concerning. well, new zealand has been certified as being free from measles since 2017. the outbreaks we are seeing are measles cases that are coming back into new zealand from international transmission. so, the cases in canterbury have

built up to about 28. it now looks like it is slowing. we have had an excellent response from the new zealand community. we have quite a lot of people in the new zealand community — young adults and midlife adults who may have missed their measles containing vaccines when they were younger because new zealand's immigration programme was not so successful back then. so far, we're having a good response from our community and it looks like this outbreak will die down pretty quickly. how does this kind of outbreak occur and how serious does it have the potential to be? i think the frustrating thing it's very simple — if we have enough vaccine in a community, you never see measles. so, we've got about 81 countries in the world now that are certified as having eliminated measles. we have done fantastically well with international vaccination programmes between 2010 and ‘17 with vaccination campaigns. we stopped the death of over 21 million children. but in the last couple of years,

there has been a bit of a resurgence of measles in different parts of the world. and there's a range of reasons for that. some of them are just unstable systems in countries, displaced people, conflict, a whole lot of challenges, but also there has been a bit of a resurgence, and people who are nervous and anxious about the vaccine may not have seen the disease. the better we do, the less people see the disease. so, doctor, has there been a resurgence in other countries because there's not enough policy, there's not enough government support? yes, all of those reasons apply. most of the problems with why we see resurgence is because our systems are not well applied. alongside that, if our communities lose trust in our public health programmes, we can run into problems. so, we are seeing outbreaks in different parts of the world. for thousands of years, people in myanmar have been using thanaka to protect and care for their skin. but this ancient beauty habit is changing as the country opens up and modern make—up has

become more available.