i'm ben bland with bbc news. our top story. london has become the first city in the world to introduce an ultra low emission zone. drivers of polluting vehicles, from motorbikes to lorries, i'm ben bland in london. coming into the centre of the city the headlines. will have to pay to enter the area. donald trump has announced he's replacing his homeland security secretary, kirstjen nielsen. striving for cleaner air and the ms nielsen's departure follows city streets of london becomes the growing anger in the white house first in the world to charge drivers at the failure to reduce the number of polluting vehicles using its of migrants entering the us illegally across the southern border. roads. president trump announces he and this story is trending on bbc.com. is replacing his secretary of it's the pyongyang marathon, where twice as many foreign visitors took part than in last year's race. homeland security. i'm mariko oi in singapore, the marathon is one of the main tourist draws in north korea. also in the programme. just under 1,000 foreign passport the finishing touches to the biggest holders ran on sunday, compared with a50 a year ago. election in india's history. voting begins later this week. there is a famous saying here that the indian government is like a piece of flatbread, he needs to be flipped that's all for now, stay with bbc on the griddle or it will burn. so will it flip this time? news. and the top story in the uk. the prime minister says a "stark choice" led

to her brexit talks with labour. bohemian rhapsody picks up another unexpected victory, breaking box office records in china. live from oui’ office records in china. live from our studios in london. and singapore. this is bbc world news. it is news day. good morning. it's eight am in singapore and 1am in london — where just an hour ago, the world's first ultra low emissions zone came into operation. drivers of polluting vehicles — from motorbikes to lorries — coming into the centre of the city will have to pay to enter the area. and where london leads — will others follow? tom edwards reports.

this is the clean air choir, organised by mums to support the new ultra low emission zone. pollution is a worry. we all need to think about what impact air pollution is having on our children right now on all of us and road transport is the major source of air pollution in london. on this map, red and yellow show the high levels of pollution near roads, older, more polluting cars will have to pay to enter central london, with the worlds first ultra low emission zone. petrol vehicles over 1a years old in diesel vehicles over four will have to pay the charge £12.50 every day and it runs 21w. most motorbikes will have to comply. the best way to check if your vehicle is compliant is to go on the tfl vehicle checker. it'll cover the area inside the zone, but in 2021, inside the zone, but from 2021, it will expand to roads inside the north and south circulars, taking in thousands more vehicles. this is a first step but it is a tiny bit of london, it needs to be much bigger,

it needs to go beyond the north and south circular, no one should be left out of the clean air zone. the mayor said his scheme was necessary. i think this is an issue of social justice, it is unacceptable in the worlds greatest city, we have children in the poorest parts of london, suffering the worst air who have permanently underdeveloped lungs, and it's the poorest families. expanding the zone will face opposition but supporters say tomorrow is a crucial step forward in cleaning up london's air. commemorations have been taking place in rwanda — to mark the 25th anniversary of the genocide in which eight hundred thousand people were killed. sunday's events included a candle—lit vigil in the country's capital kigali. a flame of remembrance was lit by paul kagame. he led a rebel force that ended the slaughter, and went on to become the country's president.

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for over 30 years and is wanted by the international criminal court for war crimes. the parliamentary election, it marks a for him and went into exile after being convicted of terrorism by the previous government, his party is projected to win almost 60 of the parliament's 87 seats. theresa may says there is a risk that brexit will not happen unless a deal can be reached with the opposition labour party. they have to break the stalemate on getting an agreement through parliament. if an extension is not approved, the uk could leave the eu this friday. either leave the european union with a deal or not leave at all. i think, the

government thinks, we absolutely must leave the european union. we must leave the european union. we must deliver brexit. that means we need to get a deal the line and that is why we have been looking for new ways, a new approach to find an agreement and parliament. and that means agreement and parliament. and that m ea ns ci’oss agreement and parliament. and that means cross party talks. congratualtions to watford — the club — once owned by sir eltonjohn is through to the facup final for the first time in 35 years. a dramatic comeback against wolves saw them through 3—2 in extra time at wembley. they'll return to the venue for the final on may 18th when they play manchester city let's return to our top story. the first ultra low emission zone being introduced in london, joining me here now is simon berkett and is the founder of clean air and london

group. that air pollution is the world's largest environmental health risk currently kills about 7 million people per year. so this is an air pollution measure and what it is going to do for monday is make the most polluting vehicles pay more if they want to drive into the central congestion zone of central london. there is a map that we can see here in the red and yellow bits are where the air is the worst and that is concentrated around the centre of the city, is that typical of major world cities? yes, you would see pollution being higher than the busiest places and what this map shows is where air in london is exceeding the world health organisation guideline and legal limitand organisation guideline and legal limit and the omission zone only tackles about 7% of the london area

and you can see all of that yellow out to the red, that north—south circle as it is called, really needs to be covered in the mayor is proposing to do that from october 2021. so there is another step to come, but this first step is very important stop presumably, other cities will be watching closely to see if this scheme is a success. what do you think will be their measure of whether it is successful? the key test of this is will he bring pollution down. the mayor is expecting that this will reduce by about 15%, the lengths of roads in central london reaching the world health organisation guideline on legal limit. if it comes down as it is expected and as i expect, that i think people see it as successful. the other bit of course is the public reacts to this in the mayor was able to say yesterday on tv that

his consultation shows that 18% of londoners support this action because people are worried about the health of their children, so will cause some challenges for some small businesses, but we need to see this isa businesses, but we need to see this is a very important step in the battle against air pollution. thank you for talking us through that. thank you very much. president trump is replacing his homeland security secretary, kirstjen nielsen. the president thanked herfor her service, but gave no immediate reason for the change. ms nielsen confirmed her resignation on twitter, saying the department's mission has never been more vital. her departure follows growing anger in the white house at the failure to reduce the number of migrants entering the us illegally across the southern border. cbs correspondent errol barnett sent us an update from washington. donald trump confirmed the ousting of his secretary of homeland security sunday in a series of tweets and rumours of her alister

of tweets and rumours of her ouster had percolated many times before but this time it is serious and it follows a weekend in which he has bolstered his positioning on immigration issues and the outgoing secretary was side by side with president trump in california late last week as the president highlighted newly renovated border wall fencing some two miles of it, the present also over the week and said the us is full, its immigration system is overloaded, one thing he has threatened to do in recent days is scrap the united states asylum system along the southern border altogether. and while it is unclear that i will even happen it will need congressional approval, that i will even happen it will need congressionalapproval, it that i will even happen it will need congressional approval, it is part ofa congressional approval, it is part of a tougher direction for the president when it comes to immigration and border security

issues. she was grilled by the house homeland security committee in march for a perceived poor treatment of migrant families at the border, democrats, newly an bulletin with their oversight responsibility have put a spotlight on her and her actions as the secretary of department of homeland security. president trump said she will be replaced by the commissioner of the customs and border protection, he becomes acting secretary. still to come on the programme. we will hear from the man who has just completed the longest journey will hear from the man who has just completed the longestjourney and an electric car through a total of 33 countries.

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in london. i'm ben bland in london. our top stories. driving for cleaner air, it has become the first city in the world to charge the most polluting vehicles to use its roads. president trump is replacing his secretary for homeland security, she said she is resigning with immediate effect. twice as many foreign visitors, one of the major draws in north korea and just under 1000 runners on sunday, compare that to a50 a year ago. according to the new york times, we could all learn a thing or two from down under. especially when it comes to economics. the paper says policy choices helped australia go almost 28 years without a recession.

the south china morning post reports on the growing demand for cannabis—related shares. china is the world's largest hemp—producing country. but the trading frenzy has sparked a crackdown by mainland regulators. and the japan times has a series on influential figures of the heisei era which is about to end when emperor akihito abdicates. today, it's looking at a boy band smap which burst onto the scene in the 1980s, and its shock split in 2016. now ben — it seems a british prince has been going undercover — with his grandmother's secret service. has been getting a close look at the three main security services. he's spent the past three weeks working with m15, m16 and the digital listening branch, gchq. he said his experience there was "humbling" and said he'd

gained an appreciation of the difficult and dangerous work being done on the country's behalf. prime minister narendra modi is seeking a second term but faces putting the finishing touches on their election campaigns, before voting begins later this week. the biggest election in india's history with 900 million people eligible to vote. prime minister narendra modi is seeking a second term but faces opposition from rahul gandhi, the head of the congress party, who has aimed his campaign at the government's record on the economy. matthew amroliwala has the latest from delhi. there is a famous saying here that the indian government is like a piece of flatbread, it needs to be flipped on the griddle, or it will burn. so will it flip this time? well, a year ago, it would have seemed ridiculous to even post the question. modi looked invincible. but the state elections at the end of

2018 were a major setback, the economy is slowing, unemployment is growing, make india clean india, i'll double your wages and create 10 millionjobs india, well, those promises have not quite been delivered. so it gives rahul gandhi and the opposition a chance. so what will decide this election? who will decide the election? will it be urban voters? will it be rural voters? will it be the under 25s? half this countries population? will it be female voters? it is expected that more women will vote this time than men. and every state is different, the issues are different, the languages are different, the alliances are different, which means small shifts can have huge consequences, which perhaps explains why india has a habit of kicking out the incumbent, even when the economy is doing well. but most people expect him to win this election, perhaps without an outright majority. one final thought though, india has a history of getting the predictions wrong.

and matthew will be in delhi's red fort throughout the day as bbc world news continues coverage ahead of the indian election. earlier, we are talking about london's attempt to stop the most polluting cars, but of course there is an alternative. 0n polluting cars, but of course there is an alternative. on sunday, the worlds longest electric car trip came to an end. he set out from amsterdam three years ago, he set out from amsterdam three years ago, taking his blue, converted volkswagen golf across the world to prove the viability of electric vehicles in tackling climate change. the journey took him to 33 countries and relied on a combination of volunteers for accommodation, food — and of course charging points. earlier i spoke to wiebe wakker about his journey and how he's feeling now that it's over. iam i am still full of adrenaline two

yea rs i am still full of adrenaline two years ago i left my home country with the goal to, i had no idea how 01’ with the goal to, i had no idea how or when i would reach it, thousands of people signed up they wanted to help me out to reach the other side of the world, crossing 32 countries and a few challenges, but overall it was a pretty smooth ride, yesterday we went through sydney and asked people to guide me to the north of sydney, over the harbour bridge and within the garden, 50 cars showed up andi within the garden, 50 cars showed up and i never expected so many people would want to guide me along the way and the moment that i arrived was just insane there so many people out there and everything came together and it was just insane, there and everything came together and it wasjust insane, i am still very excited. what was the toughest pa rt very excited. what was the toughest part of the journey? in india, i had some mechanical problems starting off with a flat tyre and a broken spring, at some point one of the two

charges on the car exploded and i could not continue driving into move might car, we had to move it to another city, but they did not have the tools to off—load the car and begun to a hilarious situation but we managed to get the car back on the street, it took 75 hours to find the street, it took 75 hours to find the solution and then we eventually made it but it would definitely be one of the tethered challenges my journey. was a highlight of your trip than? i will always remember i went into one most beautiful countries and experiences, there are so countries and experiences, there are so many people who signed up to help me out and it can be quite challenging because people are blocked from social media there. but i got blocked from social media there. but igot in blocked from social media there. but i got in touch of the few people who post about me on instagram which is not behind the filter, and there are hundreds of people from the area that signed up and i could choose east, west or straight to the middle

to the next point and the way i was received by the locals were so welcoming and yeah, that is something i will never forget. tells at your next challenges you must be planning something. at the moment i am celebrating, partying, buti planning something. at the moment i am celebrating, partying, but i will return to holland and the few weeks, i want to stay active and sustainable mobility and show the government what is going on there, i wa nt to government what is going on there, i want to write a book about my journey and something that has something to do with sustainability. and what was the point of doing all of this in the first place?|j and what was the point of doing all of this in the first place? i care about the environment in a few years ago we started talking about electric cars and those was really excited because they look great in the acceleration is insane and a way to tackle climate change, but u nfortu nately, to tackle climate change, but unfortunately, people message me that switch to electric cars saying that switch to electric cars saying that there's a lot of prejudices

that there's a lot of prejudices that say they are not reliable for long distances, so i wanted to do my pa rt long distances, so i wanted to do my part to promote this technology which really speaks to the imagination, which is to buy an electric car and drive it from amsterdam to the other side of the rural and show that it can be done. and that they can be used for daily use. breaking box office records in china and a surprise release. the film has been censored — removing some scenes involving gay relationships — making it three minutes shorter than the original. despite the cuts, the movie has set a new record for a film imported by the country's small but growing national alliance of arthouse cinemas. i spoke to becky davis — variety's china bureau chief about the impact of the editing on the film.

i think chinese sensors are, the country has no official rating system so every content that hits cinema screens hits a rigorous process of censorship in which everything that might be politically offensive, threatening to the ruling party or otherwise questionable is taken out party or otherwise questionable is ta ken out before party or otherwise questionable is taken out before it is allowed to hit cinemas and this particular case, it is sort of in a grey area online and on television, it is officially against the rules to show this kind of content, but in films it isa this kind of content, but in films it is a little grey so some chinese films have alluded to it in very su btle ways films have alluded to it in very subtle ways and this particular case, i know that the alliance wa nted case, i know that the alliance wanted to push the film as a music piece, to show the chinese audience the power of live music and position it that way in their own materials and thinking in they did not push it asa and thinking in they did not push it as a biopic about a famously

sexually free individual that wasn't really a pa rt sexually free individual that wasn't really a part of the thinking and so you have cases in china where, for instance, the oscar—winning film shape of water they got its release in china, there is a scene where the main character is walking nude but backwards towards a bathtub and in china, it became the subject of all myjokes china, it became the subject of all my jokes because sensors china, it became the subject of all myjokes because sensors ended up superimposing a tight—fitting black dress onto her naked body which looks very awkward. all of the movies get censored, but at the same time, with bohemian rhapsody doesn't com pletely time, with bohemian rhapsody doesn't completely change the meeting of the movie without those gay relationships? i don't think they'll be super concerned about that particular meaning of this particular meaning of this particular film, particular meaning of this particularfilm, i don't think it ruins the integrity of the film in the sense that chinese viewers don't

get the full story, they go to seed the scenes that were cut include one that explains why he and his fiancee break up, chinese viewers watching the film and have no idea at the end what really happened, by the same time was interesting to me is that you can really leave the cinema with that, it is still alluded to, there's a scene where he introduces his parents where they sold of hold hands —— sort of, that was not cut. 0vert references to his aides and crotch gyrating or mailed to sing, two of no kissing never cut, it was very confusing because the first time we meet that partner that he ends up with, we have no idea why. but they are also used to that. you have been watching newsday. in

singapore, don't go away because i'll be back with business news and will be taking a closer look at japan's comic and it is expected to ta ke japan's comic and it is expected to take cold stone off today. as they fight multiple charges of financial misconduct. and before we go, let's leave you with these pictures by the russian winter sports lovers starting their fancy costumes and watching themselves icy waters, the all took place on sunday, all a part ofa all took place on sunday, all a part of a festival called california occasion held in the town that is just east of the countries, they gathered to say goodbye to the slopes which they won't not enjoy writing on again until the next snowfall. despite the fun event, it does involve some competitive moments when is determined by several categories including best

costu me, several categories including best costume, best trick and longest slope. stick with us on bbc world news. the weekend products mixed fortu nes news. the weekend products mixed fortunes in terms of the weather for many parts it was pretty cloudy particularly in the northeast where there were some clear skies for the west, as the sunset on sunday night, as he had through the day on monday, still some next fortunes, dry and fairly sunny weather but there will be some rain around particularly the satori got a slow—moving weather front which will be a lot that's for the next few days, here it is during the next few days, here it is during the day on monday, it will be from southeast england through parts of the midlands, wells up to northern ireland as well. so stay quite cloudy, first thing in the morning, just a touch of frost from this sheltered areas of scotland, but bringing in some showers from

southeast england to the midlands and the wells, one or two showers getting into southern parts of northern ireland, sunny weather and a few showers towards the channel, but misty and murky towards the coast but after that, the nist should clear leaving plenty of sunshine for western scotland and temperatures between ten to 17, so there's still mild on monday. monday night and stay then, this weather front sticks around some more of that heavy rain, southern england, south wells as well, again we are going to see some nist and fog as well. stay quite murky once again, but developing elsewhere but we do have some stubborn france, on the south coast in the south wells as well, and by tuesday things will

turn, around nine orten well, and by tuesday things will turn, around nine or ten as we get to about 13 or 1a towards the southwest but it will turn corridor through tuesday night into wednesday and that is when we start to import this airfrom and that is when we start to import this air from scandinavia so the easterly breeze developing and a drop in the temperature by the time to get a wednesday it will be more sunshine for most of us, still a bit murky around the eastern coast and just the remnants of that weather front, a demo cloudy towards the southwest but elsewhere, a lot of dry sunny weather light when even the temperature grade for this time of year, many of us particularly towards the eastern coast are stuck in single figures and before we reach a head at the end of the week it is looking mostly dry but still, rather cold with temperatures around nine or 13 degrees, that is it for 110w.