i'm karishma vaswani in singapore, the headlines: more than a0 dead, after a russian plane makes a forced landing in flames. survivors say the aircraft was struck by lightning. israel's prime minister threatens "massive" strikes on gaza, after two days of violence and more than 20 deaths. hello, i'm ben bland in london. also coming up in the programme: a special report on migrant workers in japan. many are victims of abuse and exploitation. translation: after the first week, my body couldn't take it. i was getting sick. i said to the boss "i don't want to work here", but he wouldn't let me go.

and thousands throng the streets in thailand, as the king's three day coronation continues. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in the morning in london and 3am in moscow, where a russian aircraft with 78 passengers on board made an emergency landing at the sheremetyevo international aiport. a fire broke out on the sukhoi superjet just after takeoff. more than a0 people are now believed to have died. a video on social media shows the plane bouncing as it comes in to land at one of the country's main airports. the bbc‘s steve rosenberg reports from moscow. caught on camera, the final dramatic

moments of flight m92. the aeroflot jet exploded in a fireball, during an emergency landing at moscow's sheremetyevo airport. by the time it had come to a standstill, the plane was engulfed in flames. onboard the burning aircraft, 78 passengers and crew. there was a desperate rush to escape from the inferno. at the front of the plane, the inflatable slide saved some. people leapt onto the chute and ran to safety. but not everyone got out of this alive. it's feared that more than a0 people may have been killed. dimitri survived the crash. asked whether he thought the plane had been hit by lightning, he replied, "yes, maybe, i saw a white flash." emergency teams fought the blaze

and helped the injured. the plane, a sukhoi superjet, had taken off from moscow airport bound for murmansk, but very quickly, it developed technical problems. the crew had issued a distress signal. the pilots had decided they had no choice but to bring the aircraft down. president putin offered his condolences to the families of the dead, and the kremlin leader ordered a full investigation to find out why this flight had ended in disaster. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. such dramatic pictures. let's stay with that story. i've been speaking to aviation expert seth kaplan in washington. well, it's unusual, at least in recent years, to have something so catastrophic happen and yet the plane still be able to land, right? decades ago, it was more common to have a plane land and multiple fatalities but some people survived.

nowadays, the industry's safer than ever in most regards, but then you have sort of these catastrophic incidents like the ones in recent months. it does sound clearly like something happened aboard, officially something technical, although of course too early to say whether somebody might not have tried to sabotage the plane, disabled it in some way, and then you had this kind of landing. no indication yet of anything like that. and what do we know about this particular model of plane, the sukhoi superjet? this is a regionaljet, designed to compete not against the biggestjets, made by airbus and boeing, but against planes made by bombardier, for example, from canada, embraer air from brazil, anybody who's ever flown on planes that have 70, 90 seats, those kinds of planes, this is designed to compete against those.

it hasn't gotten much traction yet outside of russia, if you look at the airlines that have ordered it. aeroflot has ordered 50 of the 150 in the world, there is one mexican airline that took a dozen of them and it has already been phasing them out of its fleet because of reliability issues, and it sort of felt up until now anyway that they were safe but not as reliable as other aircraft, just too much time on the ground, too hard to get parts for the aeroplane. so as you look at the world right now, there's been this question whether manufacturers from places like russia and china could get some traction because of what has happened to boeing recently. an incident like this, if it is ultimately due to technical issues, something mechanical, won't help in that regard. also making news today... cyclone fani, which battered southern asia, is now known to have killed 42 people. of those, 29 were in eastern india and 13 in neighbouring bangladesh. un experts say early warning systems in india and the rapid evacuation of more thani million people have helped minimise the loss of life.

president trump plans to sharply increase tarriffs on a wide range of imports from china. in a tweet, he said that negotiations with beijing had been moving too slowly. mr trump said the higher tariffs would apply from friday. it would mark a sudden intensification of the trade dispute between the world's two biggest economies. we'll have more on that for you in asia business report later. the british prime minister has been accused of acting in bad faith by a senior opposition figure, after details from cross—party talks on brexit were leaked to the press. john mcdonnell said theresa may had "blown the confidentiality" of the talks and "jeopardised the negotiations". mrs may urged opposition leaderjeremy corbyn to set their differences aside and agree on a deal. we are negotiating with theresa may's team as requested. while we are doing that and we think we are gaining an understanding of our different positions, we can meet and

compromise, in the wings, if you like, all the leadership candidate, virtually threatening to tear up whatever deal that we do. so we're dealing with a very unstable government. i use this analogy. let me just use this analogy, it's trying to enter into a contract with a company that is going into administration and the people who are going to take over are not willing to fulfil that contract. we can't negotiate like that. the sultan of brunei has said a recent islamic ruling introducing the death pentalty for adultery, rape, and gay sex will be reversed. new legislation introduced last month meant these acts could have been punished with death by stoning. but after a worldwide outcry, sultan hassanal bolkiah said a 20 year general suspension of the death penalty would now apply to this new legislation as well. pro—western candidate stevo pendarovski has been named president of north macedonia, after an election dominated by the country's recent name change. the social democrat candidate beat

his nationalist opponent with 51% of the vote, amid low turnout. mr pendarovski supports the change in the balkan state's name, ending a long diplomatic dispute with greece, which could open the door for both eu and nato membership. at least seven people have been killed and dozens wounded after taliban fighters attacked a police headquarters in northern afghanistan. a suicide bomber, driving a humvee loaded with explosives, started the assault in the city of pul—e—khumri. clashes between gunmen and security services followed. according to one estimate, more than 50 people were wounded. women and children were among those killed, according to an afghan health official. let's bring you some sport now, manchester united's hopes for a top four finish came to an end as they were held to a 1—1 draw at relegated huddersfield. the result means ole gunnar solskjaer‘s side cannot catch either chelsea or tottenham. the united manager told reporters they aren't good enough to finish in the top four this season.

we'll hane more on that on sport today. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has ordered his armed forces to carry out "massive" strikes on gaza, amid an escalation in violence over the last two days. it began with the deaths of two palestinian militants and the wounding of two israeli soldiers on friday. since then, rockets fired into israel — and its military striking targets in gaza — have led to the deaths of at least 20 palestinians there and four civilians in israel. )it‘s the most serious escalation in fighting for years, —— it's the most serious escalation in fighting for years, as our correspondent tom bateman reports. singled out in a packed gaza city street, this was a targeted strike, killing a palestinian israel said was a money—launderer for militants. air raid sirens have hardly stopped in southern israel. more than 500 rockets have

been fired from gaza, one of the deadliest flare—ups between old enemies since they last fought a war in 2014. as the rockets claimed israeli lives, there was talk of a fierce response from the country's prime minister. translation: i've instructed our forces to continue with massive strikes against terrorists in the gaza strip and the forces around the gaza strip will be stepped up, with tank, artillery and infantry. powerful explosions hit gaza, as the warplanes struck. israel said it hit hundreds of militant sites. people's homes and lives were lost too. a tower block was hit. israel said a militant commander was based there. "this was a direct hit on a civilian building, nothing to do with militants orfactions. this is what we get from the israeli occupation.", this local man said. but tonight, officials in gaza said

residents were among the dead. israel and hamas have come close to allout conflict of late, but not as close as this. militants have been trying to get concessions from israel, which blockades the strip and demands calm on its boundary. but there are signs hamas has been losing its grip on some smaller militant groups, partly what triggered the latest flare—up. it also what makes what happens next hard to control. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. japan has traditionally been reluctant to bring in foreign workers. but faced with a dramatically ageing and shrinking population, the country is being forced to change its attitude to immigration. now, a new law has come into effect that will allow hundreds of thousands of foreigners to apply forjapanese work permits each year. but labour rights activists say japan needs to address the risk of exploitation. foreign workers injapan have few legal protections and many are being abused and exploited. from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports.

at this buddhist temple in tokyo, the names on the funeral tablets are all in vietnamese. look at the ages, none is over 35. each tablet represents the life of a migrant worker. a vietnamese nun collected these names from across japan. each month, she collects new names. translation: to come to japan, they borrow a lot of money, then they can't pay it back, even if they work very hard. they get stressed and sick. they die from things like heart failure, and some kill themselves. there are hundreds of thousands of so—called foreign interns working in cities and little towns this one all overjapan. many of them are treated terribly, almost like indentured labour. because of that, more and more of them are running away.

7000 run away last year alone. when they do, they end up in places like this. the people in this safe house are mostly from china. they have fled abuse and exploitation injapanese factories and farms. this woman says she endured daily bullying and then lost a finger in an accident on a dairy farm. translation: leaving home and coming here is not easy. i am only doing it to save money. if i don't earn money, how can i go home? upstairs, this 52—year—old woman is waiting to go back to china and see her newborn granddaughter.

for two years, she worked in a textile factory 16 hours a day, seven days a week. translation: after the first week, my body couldn't take it. i was getting sick. i said to the boss "i don't want to work here", but he wouldn't let me go. she says her ex—boss now still owes her two years's of overtime pay, nearly $a0,000. of course i regret it. i can't pay back my loans. i can't get the money i'm owed. on this strawberry farm north of tokyo, a farmer employs six trainees from cambodia and thailand. he is clear, without them, these strawberries would never make it to the fancy supermarkets of tokyo. translation: they are not just my righthand men, they are both hands. we depend entirely on our trainees. these workers are the lucky ones, they are well paid and well looked

after, but far too many foreign workers are finding their dream of working in japan turning into a nightmare. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in ibaraki, eastern japan. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... the final part of the elaborate coronation ceremony for thailand's king — a grand procession through bangkok. also coming up in the programme... we hear from the australian farmer who believes he's found a new way to reduce carbon in the atmosphere. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. after six years of construction and numerous delays, the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen and president mitterand. but the tunnel is still not yet ready for passengers and freight services to begin. for centuries, christianity

and islam struggled for supremacy. now, the pope's visit symbolises their willingness to coexist. roger bannister became the first man in the world to run a mile in under four minutes. memories of victory as the ve celebrations reach their climax. this night is dedicated to everyone who believes in the future of peace and freedom. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. i'm ben bland in london. our top stories: more than a0 people are dead after a russian plane makes an emergency landing in moscow.

israel targets and kills a senior palestinian militant in gaza, as hostilities between the two sides escalate. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post looks at the rise of blood smuggling into hong kong — which officials attribute to parents wanting to know the gender of their baby. all forms of testing to determine the gender of a fetus have been illegal in mainland china since 2003 — unless it's for health reasons. the japan times reports on the us reaction to a possible weapons test by north korea. taking to twitter, the us president dismissed the test, vowing that a denuclearisation deal ‘will happen‘. and the philippine daily inquirer has details on one zoo's successful attempt to breed a rare hornbill. the bird is considered a wildlife treasure in the philippines, but is in danger

from man—made threats. thousands of thai wellwishers have lined the streets of bangkok's historic royal quarter to catch a glimpse of their newly—crowned king during his ceremonial procession. king vajiralongkorn has being carried along the 7 kilometre route on a gilded palanquin. the bbc‘s james landale has more now on the day's events. dawn in bangkok, and the streets brightened by a stream of royal yellow. thousands up early to get a good vantage point, all keen to catch a rare glimpse of their new king, their first for almost 70 years. carried by 16 soldiers on a gilded palanquin, a cavalcade involving more than 1,000 people, stretching some 500 metres long, slowly processing around the heart of the city. a chance for his people to pay homage and celebrate his ascension to the throne, but also a chance for many thais to see their monarch in person for the first time.

a much remoterfigure than the much beloved figure of his late father, spending much of his time abroad. this elaborate three—day celebration is as much religious as it is ceremonial, and as the king processed, he visited sacred temples where he could offer up prayers before golden images of buddha. in thailand, the monarch is revered as an almost godlike figure, the official protector of the buddhist faith, and even members of his family prostrate themselves before him as they receive their royal titles. but he is more than a spiritual leader. many thais wonder how the king will use his huge political influence as his divided country emerges from military rule. they turned out in their thousands today, as the procession stretched into the evening. the question is whether their reverence for monarchy will turn into real affection for their new king.

a group of australian farmers and scientists say they've made an exciting breakthrough in the fight against climate change. the non—profit organisation soilcquest believes it's found a new way to reduce carbon in the atmosphere — and it's been invited to showcase the work in the us. mick wettenhall is the director of soilcquest — it wants farmers everywhere to become carbon capturing climate superheroes. yeah, well, it's based on work that was done in sydney uni back in 2013. what we believe they discovered was the actual working mechanism by which carbon is stored, long—term, in soils, and that in and of itself was a huge breakthrough. but for us, as farmers, where we saw the power

is its adoptability for agriculture. so something like this, this technology, when it's developed, could be used by farmers all around the world, and that's what has us excited, by being such a potentially potent climate mitigation tool. well, you are being called climate superheroes in all of this, and it is some welcome news on what usually are grim mornings. and i have to ask, what is the endgame in all of this? yes, well, the endgame for us, it really is about how do we draw down as much carbon into the world's agricultural soils in the shortest amount of time that we can. i mean, at the end of the day, we're really trying to create a movement here to do this. you know, the size and scale of a solution has to be proportionate to the size and scale of the problem, and we have a massive problem in climate change. we have to draw down carbon that is already in the atmosphere,

to buy us time to basically slow down and stop emitting — stop emissions. so i don't think‘ll be successful unless we can really leverage agriculture to get it to do the heavy lifting on this front. i mean, the world's farmers are the conduit, you know, between the atmosphere, where there's too much carbon, and the soil, where there's not enough. literally, you know, you can't put too much carbon in soils. it's what makes soils resilient. we just have to facilitate farmers in this. here in the uk, the electoral commission is calling on the government to change the law to make online political adverts say clearly who has paid for them. the call comes as facebook begins a big operation in dublin to try to make sure it's not used to spread misinformation or to allow foreign intervention in the european elections. here's our technology

correspondent rory cellan—jones. a powerful force has a powerfulforce has been streaming through politics. a great campaigning tool but it can be used to spread misinformation or assist foreign powers to interfere. in the shadow of facebook loomes ever larger over elections worldwide. fake news on facebook. back in 2016, facebook was downplaying its influence with the ceo saying it was crazy to say fake news had any influence over the election of donald trump. notice changed its tune. and in dublin it is getting ready to mount a big operation to oversee its impact on the european elections. there is apr on the european elections. there is a pr offensive under way with journalist across the eu invited to see that the company is serious about battling electoral malpractice on its platform. we have experts in the room who know community

standards to remove material we want to remove. the experts in this room monitor poles from all over the world. among the issues encountered previously as voter suppression where people are given the wrong information about when to vote. foreign interference and fake accounts. facebook removed nearly 3,000,000,000 of them within1 accounts. facebook removed nearly 3,000,000,000 of them within 1 year. pa rt 3,000,000,000 of them within 1 year. part of the drive for greater transparency is this online archive where you can see which adverts political campaigns have been placed and how they have been targeted. it wouldn't democracy be better off without facebook? it is a safe service that allows people in the uk to talk to each other, including about important political issues of the day. but you need to recognise that that openness and ability to communicate brings with it the possibility for people to get in and corrupt the process. that is what we wa nt to corrupt the process. that is what we want to stamp out. in the uk, the

electoral commission is impatient for the government to do more. it has been asking for 2003 for a law forcing all online political advertising to be upfront about who paid for it. when you see an advertisement in your feed you want to know do i believe this advert and will it influence me? the key piece of information you need to make that decision is who has paid for it. across europe, politicians are preparing for battle. knowing that for good or ill, facebook will be a key weapon in their campaigns. you have been watching newsday. i'm ben bland in london. and i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. stay with us. uber gears up for the biggest stockmarket debut of the year, but with the ride—hailing firm previously warning it may never make a profit, just how attractive are its shares? and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures. monday marks the first day of the holy month of ramadan during which muslims abstain from food and drink from dawn until sunset.

worshippers in indonesia gathered for taraweeh prayers in the capital jakarta to mark the holiest month in the islamic calendar. good morning. two key elements to your bank holiday monday forecast. one is the continuing chill. the other is going to be the position of this weather front. this is where the main focus of showers will be, and it will be drifting its way southwards through the day. it's around parts of southern scotland, northern ireland into the start of the morning. it means, either side of it, a good chance of a frost around, particularly to the far south of england and wales, and also across northern scotland. temperatures in rural areas below freezing, but here, a sunny start to the day. quite a bit of cloud in between. showers this side, within southern scotland, but brightening up quite quickly into the afternoon. a scattering of showers developing for northern ireland, north wales, the north midlands towards east anglia, particularly during the afternoon, and some of those during the afternoon across the pennines and peak district could be a little bit on the heavy side. now, the winds will be mainly light tomorrow, so if you do get some sunshine, it will feel quite pleasant, but temperatures still down

on where they should be this time of year. potentially one of the coldest may bank holidays since we started in 1978. temperatures just about 12 or 13 in the south, still in single figures for many in the north. glasgow could hit around 12 celsius. the wettest rain will be sitting there or thereabouts as we go through into the night and into tuesday morning, just because there's not much in the way of wind around. it's not going to move a great deal. to the south of it, a greater chance of avoiding frost at this time, with a greater chance of cloud. a widespread frost to start tuesday morning. so there is a weather front to begin. this is where we're most likely to see showers first thing on tuesday morning. but, as temperatures start to lift through the day, a little bit of sunshine. notice there will be showers breaking out here and there. can't promise you'll get one, can't promise you'll stay dry, but what we will see is potentially a bit of sunshine, and slightly less chilly conditions across the south later. still cold, though, for many. but as we go through the night and into wednesday, this weather system will be working its way in, bringing some mild air across france, and strong, windy conditions, which could just hit the south coast. to the northern side of our low, cold winds, and it's here we're

likely to see the rain, so actually more widespread and significant rain across england and wales. they are will be welcome to some in england and wales, where it's been very dry over the past month in particular. we could see 10—15 millimetres quite widely, especially on the hills, a bit more maybe. and later on, as things brighten across the south, some slow—moving, heavy and thundery downpours. for many, though, easterly winds will dominate the northern half of the country, especially where we have the rain in south—east scotland in the afternoon. temperatures at best around seven or eight degrees. that whole weather system will slowly start to pull away northwards and eastwards as we go through the week. there will still be some rain at times, wettest, though, mid—week. and throughout, like we start, it's going to be fairly chilly in the morning and still fairly cool by day. bye for now.

you are watching bbc news. our top story: more than a0 people are feared dead after a russian plane made an emergency landing in moscow. a fire broke out on the sukhoi superjet just after ta ke—off. a video on social media shows the plane bouncing as it came in to land. 78 passengers were on board. more than 20 palestinians and four israelis have been killed after escalating cross—border violence on the gaza strip. the israeli army says more than 600 rockets have been fired into israeli territory since saturday, while it has hit 320 targets in response. and this video is trending on bbc.com. an unlikely model made an appearance at a fashion event in marrakesh this week. a grey—and—white cat managed to gatecrash the show. it quickly went viral on social media, entertaining cat lovers from around the world. that's all. stay with bbc world news.