good morning. it is 7:00am in singapore and midnight in london, where the premier league season finished on sunday. if you haven't watched the matches already, you may want to turn away at this point. the title was manchester city's again, after a 4—1win at brighton. they were pushed all the way by liverpool, who ended the season i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. a single point behind. 0ur sports editor dan roan reports. the headlines: champions again, after a title a day of high drama in the english premier league. race like no other. manchester city retain their title, ending the season just one point ahead of liverpool. they had been pushed all the way, but manchester city's domination of the english game continues, after a dramatic last day of an unforgettable season. earlier on, the league leaders had arrived at brighton knowing a 14th millions head to the polls in the philippines, midterm elections that could strengthen rodrigo duterte‘s presidency. straight league win would see them i'm ben bland in london. become the first team to retain the title for a decade. also in the programme: fail, however, and up at anfield, the debate over singapore's relentless rivals liverpool new fake news law. could snatch glory. how will it affect a point behind, to have any chance, they needed to beat wolves and hope services like whatsapp? brighton did them a favour. nerves?

try telling that to sadio mane. we hearfrom a senior government minister. berlin commemorates a key moment of the cold war. 00:01:06,999 --> 2147483051:37:18,215 it is 70 years since 2147483051:37:18,215 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 the end of the blockade. liverpool one up, and at thist stage, on course to be champions. suddenly the pressure was on city, especially when they went behind. brighton's glenn murray stunning the visitors. hope of a first league title in 29 years filled anfield, as news filtered through. almost 300 miles south, however, the balance was about to shift decisively back towards city. rather than panic, sergio aguero immediately equalising. and then, emerick laporte giving his side the lead, stung into action, and back in control. city made sure, after the restart — riyad mahrez‘s spectacular strike a goal befitting the champions. this what it meant to the 10,000 city fans watching on outside the etihad back in manchester. this spectacular free kick wrapped up the season in style. by now, up at anfield, all hope had gone.

mane managed a defiant second, but liverpool's wait for a first premier league title goes on, their brave pursuit finally over. city, meanwhile, able to celebrate being champions for a fourth time in eight seasons, this arguably the best team of the premier league era. we're incredibly satisfied with what we have done, so to win 1a games in a row to retain the title, and one that's happened just once in the last ten years, it's because it's so difficult. never take it for granted. and you've just got to enjoy it while it's there. i was born on main road, i've been a city fan all my life, and it isjust outstanding. i'm just proud. we've struggled in europe, but now we've got back—to—back, we've proved that we're one of the greatest teams the premier league has ever seen. unlike last year, city have been challenged this time, but ultimately, it simply seemed to bring out the best in them. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. president trump says the us is right where we want to be with china. he has just tweeted again that the us will be taking

in billions of dollars in tariffs, which mr trump more than doubled last friday. but his economic adviser larry kudlow has been forced to admit that it will be american businesses and people that will pay. 0ur north america correspondent chris buckler has more. president trump did double tariffs, in fact, more than double tariffs, on some $200 billion of goods imported from china into the us, as those talks were taking place, and he is threatening even more, which he is threatening even more, which he says is bad for china because they will be forced to pay. except that's not exactly true, as larry kudlow was forced to admit when he was questioned by chris wallace on fox news. fair enough — in fact, both sides will pay. both sides will pay, in these things. and, of course, it depends... if it's a tariff on goods coming into the country, the chinese aren't paying. no, but the chinese will suffer gdp

losses, and so forth, with respect to a diminishing export market, and goods that they may need for their own... i understand that, but the president says china doesn't — it pays the tariffs. they may suffer consequences, but it's us businesses and us consumers who pay, correct? yes, to some extent. i don't disagree with that. again, both sides will suffer on this. i think the key phrase there is this acceptance that both sides will suffer, there are dangerous to both countries economies as a result of all of this. and there is a danger that all of this could still escalate, because here in washington, officials are admitting that they're expecting beijing to retaliate. also making news today: the un says the withdrawalfrom houthi rebels from three ports in yemen is going according to plan. a government negotiator has acknowledged that it marks the start of a long—delayed plan to demilitarise the area. it is hoped the pull—out will make

it easier for aid to be delivered. the conflict has left millions starving and has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis. contestants from 41 countries have made their way down an orange carpet at eurovision‘s 64th song contest, in tel aviv. in a move away from the traditional red carpet, the colour was chosen to match the logo of the sponsoring company. there were concerns over the contest being disrupted after cross—border violence between israel and palestinian militants in gaza, but a ceasefire from last week is still holding. last week we were telling you about a controversial law here in singapore which allows authorities to block websites and social media posts. it comes into effect in the next few weeks and allows the government to order online platforms to publish corrections or remove content if considered false. the move has been criticised byjournalists, academics and human rights groups. last week we spoke to frederick rawski, from the international commission of

jurists‘ asia and pacific programme. here is what he had to say then. this is an outrageous part of the bill. this isn't the first bill of its kind. there have been other bills in the region. it was passed in malaysia, and legislation in philippines used to harass journalists, myanmar and thailand. where this law goes even further is its attempt to reach into private, encrypted communication, and essentially, you know, potentially criminalise the expression of opinions in private fora. singapore is a model, in many ways, for other countries in the region, and if they succeed in imposing this kind of draconian regulation of online speech, you know,

others may follow. i mean, the reality is that much of public discourse takes place now online and this is a real threat to the health of any country in the region that respects freedom of association and expression. earlier i was joined by singapore's senior minister of state for law, edwin tong. i began by asking him how this bill could affect not only public activity online, but also private messages between individuals. the information that goes on on private platforms can be false, can travel very quickly, and in fact the fa ct travel very quickly, and in fact the fact that it is on closed platforms like whatsapp, telegram, from friends and family members, tend to add to its believability and credibility. and as we've seen elsewhere in the world, this kind of information can have serious effects. so what the bill does is not to look into those platforms, change it, edit, or in anyway police

it. none of that whatsoever. what it does, however, is to provide the ability for a platform, alternative platform, to provide the corrected information. so it allows other platforms to publish information, to counter the information going around on closed platforms. the bill does not allow any agency to look into the information, to change it, to edit, or to otherwise police it, as has been suggested. and of course, there also issues in countries such as india. apparently encryption services like whatsapp saying it's not technically possible to police and monitor private messages. so explain how, then, this law will affect a platform like whatsapp. well, when whatsapp puts up information or its users put up information or its users put up information that is false, undermines public interest, then this bill allows there to be accounted to it, to correct the fa cts accounted to it, to correct the facts and to allow other platforms which are more open, like google or cne, any of the other news

platforms, to correct the information. so how will they know what is said in those private messages? presumably somebody is going to have to report on it. well, if it is viral enough, serious and affects public interest, it will tend to be known. the other really worrying aspect about this bill as it is not the courts but government ministers who will ascertain what determines fake news, online falsehood, manipulation. now, in a one party dominated state like singapore, could there be potential for abuse, especially as this is a city that doesn't bank well on press freedom is, on international indexes? well, i am not sure which press freedom you refer to... reporters without borders. well, those who refer to singapore as being behind south sudan in pakistan, i think i will let viewers judge those rankings. but the courts and not the government ministers decide what is false, whether it is false, and the extent to which the remedies are commensurate with the

original publication. that has a lwa ys original publication. that has always been the case, and i think that has been explained in parliament last week. ultimately there will be people policing into looking at these messages and perhaps there will be some level of self—censorship. do you not worry that might be the case? well, i think you can look at india as an example. i think that is a good example, because no—one policed it. it came up organically. but it was not counted, and when it was not counted, it went around, people thought it was true, especially on platforms like whatsapp. —— countered. and so what this bill does is it allows other companies to correct information. no—one goes into whatsapp or telegram and polices the information, no—one it, no—one edits it, no—one looks at what you write. ultimately, though, how bigger worry is fake news, today, to society? most people, particularly here in singapore, are educated. don't you think they will

be able to determine what fake news is, instead of having it decided for them by a government minister?” think education, to make a public thatis think education, to make a public that is more critical, more discerning, is always important. education, certainly, lack rather than a bill like this. well, education as well as a bill exist. it needs to be arrested, needs to be look at and changed. i think when you have information which travels, which is false, sometimes it is emotional, it can play on sentiments. we are racially and multiculturally diverse country, and just look around the world. look at the uk. much of what happened in brexit was caused by information like this, precisely like this, preying on people's sentiments and dislikes, emotional issues, race, religion. so we don't want to end up in that situation. so i agree with you that education is important. we need to nurture a public that is critical and discerning. but at the same time, when it comes to the ability to deal with the information thatis ability to deal with the information that is false and travelling

quickly, and to be able to correct it. filipinos are going to the polls to vote in congressional midterm elections. the result will embolden or weaken president rodrigo duterte. his six—year term is due to expire in 2022. the mid—terms, modelled on the us congressional format, will largely be seen as a referendum on mr duterte's presidency. elaine collado is philippines country director of risk consultancy vriens & partners. a short while ago, she told me the election result may not make much difference to ordinary people. what we are looking at for these elections is that we had the last two years, and since the government is changing, that will affect how this affects lives. and while right now it looks like there are administration seats that are poised

to win, what is important to remember is that a landslide victory doesn't necessarily define the course of national policy is moving forward , course of national policy is moving forward, because policy—making is — it's a very fluid, very complicated, very complex process, and there are so very complex process, and there are so many factors you need to consider. so to whether this will affect the lives of human beings moving forward, i think there are also the elections, but we have to be vigilant in looking at how congress moves and which policies will be prioritised. will it make any difference, for example, to the policies that the president would like to see enacted, or not? well, he is going to prioritise policies which he is definitely going to pass at the beginning of this term, but evenif at the beginning of this term, but even if you do have a landslide win, thatis even if you do have a landslide win, that is still something that is very difficult to pass here. so in terms of that priority, that's going to be quite complex. in terms of improving lives and having more competition come in and having the business environment be much better, and

having a level playing field, i think we are looking at... the status quo is important here, because they are tending to be a more independent body and more nationalistic, national approach. so we are watching out for how the new congress is going to think about policies moving forward, and whether they are going to... whether they are going to prioritise some of the investment related priorities that the administration is trying to push. elaine, just briefly, what are you expecting it's going to happen? well, we still think that the administration candidates are going to win, they have been trending upwards in the last few months. so it is going to be a surprise if any of the opposition candidates are going to make it to the top of the senate list. so we still think that the administration is going to get some seats, a majority of the seats, for the 12 seats that are up for the

senate. but if you compare that to how the senate as a whole is going to look, meaning the 2a members, then it's almost looking like an even split between the pro— administration candidates and the independence and the opposition. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we meet sophie pascoe a 26—year—old world record para swimmer who has taken part in the swimming world series here in singapore. the pope was shot, the pope will live. that was the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon, that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism has come to the vatican. the man they called the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced to six years injail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called

for an all—out effort to help the victims of a powerful earthquake, the worst to hit the country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion, garry kasparov. it is the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. america's first legal same—sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. god bless america! welcome back. thanks for staying with us. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm ben bland in london. our top stories: manchester city have clinched the english premier league title, ending the season just one point ahead of liverpool. more than 60 million people are heading to the polls in the philippines, in elections

which will be a mid—term verdict on rodrigo duterte's presidency. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the international edition of the new york times explains how the year—long trade war between us and china is only an initial skirmish. the article warns the conflict between the world's two largest economies may continue for decades, as they battle for global dominance. the front page of the philippine daily inquirer is dominated by a story on vote—buying irregularities in midterm elections. with parts of country going to polls on monday, police say more than a hundred people were caught red—handed accepting money in exchange for their votes — or handing out cash to voters in favour of some candidates. japan times reports on north korea lashing out at the united states for criticizing it over

human rights abuses. north korea says the us portrayal of its human rights situation is a fabrication and warns such pressure tactics will only push them to a direction that us does not want to see. that brings you up—to—date with some of the papers. some interesting stories sparking discussions online. indeed. it is on of my colleagues tried to get me to do when i worked in essex, just east of london. —— west of london. it is the pictures of people running, leaping and crawling in black mud. the maldon mud race sees participants cross a a00m stretch of the river blackwater in england at low tide. hundreds have battled their way to raise money for charity. the annual springtime event attracts people from across europe. though i never did it.

they are looking very muddy, indeed. singapore has held its first world—level competition for swimmers with a disability. almost 200 athletes from 26 countries competed in the para swimming world series. among them, sophie pascoe a 26—year—old from new zealand, who broke three world records and won four gold medals. it's been an incrediblejourney for sophie, whose leg was amputated below the knee when she was just two years old. i'm pleased to say shejoins me now. sophie, how amazing is that? three world records, yet more goals, how do you feel? a little bit overwhelmed, actually. i did not expect to be swimming this fast early on in the season. not really in my pink zone at the moment. i am just ecstatic with the event —— peak zone. you said you did not get to sleep ahead of it. and you have a lot of you in terms of training.

everyone was watching, including yourself, of course, tokyo 2020 and the paralympics there. how are you preparing for its? obviously we are tracking really well at the moment. we have a big trading bloc coming up at the moment, coming up towards our nationals in five weeks time at home in auckland. we have world championships being held in london. i had championships being held in london. ihada championships being held in london. i had a great year in 2012. that is oui’ i had a great year in 2012. that is our qualifying four tokyo next year. this you have to be a really good year setting ourselves up for next year setting ourselves up for next yearin year setting ourselves up for next year in tokyo full tell us a little bit about your accident, because you lost your lower left leg in a lawnmower accident when you adjust to and a half years old. tell us about has changed your life and what kind of lessons you can give others who are facing similar accidents. for me it has been the best thing that has ever happened to me. i can't really look back and say what if the accident had never happened. i was two and a half years of age.

accidents happen everywhere around the world, whether it involves family members or not. for me personally it has been a great blessing for my family. i have been treated the same as my elder sister, been brought up later. nothing has ever been a barrier for me. been brought up later. nothing has ever been a barrierfor me. now been brought up later. nothing has ever been a barrier for me. now to travel around the world and watch their daughter swim in world championships and paralympic games and to change an image from what they saw of that day and i get to change an image for them nowadays into a world champion, it was my pretty humbling for me and it is a pretty humbling for me and it is a pretty proud feeling to know i am a proud daughter but they are proud pa rents proud daughter but they are proud parents as well. and so inspiring for others to here as well, sophie. 0bviously for others to here as well, sophie. obviously it is fascinating that this is something you are very keen on. we know that new zealand is a country that excels in sporting success. country that excels in sporting success. you are country that excels in sporting success. you are one country that excels in sporting success. you are one of country that excels in sporting success. you are one of the most decorated if not the most decorated

athlete there. we seem to breed a great athlete, which is amazing for new zealand. we are a small country, but, gosh, we have a big part in sport. we have some great talented athletes. and they just sport. we have some great talented athletes. and theyjust keep coming through, justin credible thing about new zealand. i am just one proud athlete —— just one incredible thing. thank you so much for coming on the programme and talking about your incredible success. sophie pascoe. dignitaries from around the world have gathered to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the berlin airlift. after world war 2, moscow used its control of east germany to cut off all access by land and water to western parts of the city. allied forces managed to provide supplies to berlin by air for nearly a year. among the guests of honour was 98—year—old gail halvorsen — known as the "candy bomber" because he flew planes that dropped supplies including sweets into berlin. he addressed the gathering.

the weather was not at this good during the end of most of the time, but it's during the end of most of the time, but its and honour, a special honour to be here for those who gave their lives for the freedom of berlin. the germans, americans, frenchmen, englishmen, we are grateful to be here. god bless you. iam grateful to be here. god bless you. i am honoured to be a sign of berlin. thank you. you have been watching newsday. i'm ben bland in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. stay with us. the tit for tat on tariffs continues. we'll get the latest on the trade war between the us and china.

and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures. this grandmother from the us state of arkansas decided to do something she had never done before for her 86th birthday — sky diving from 10,000 feet. rosiejohnson says that she hadn't done this before because her husband wouldn't let her. she says that the message she took away from this adventure is — do whatever you want. and why not when it is your birthday? that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. iam doing i am doing mathematics but they. —— doing that for my next birthday. hello there. good morning. it was 18 degrees again on sunday. but for many of us it is going to get warmer ovei’ many of us it is going to get warmer over the next few days. the weather this week looks very different from what we had last week. this was a typical weather pattern, jet stream to the south. we were in the cold air, that roger was along the spells of rain. as much as an inch of rain in some places last week. but at

least for the next few days the jet strea m least for the next few days the jet stream is deflected well to the north of the uk. we are in the warm air. and we have got high pressure thatis air. and we have got high pressure that is dominating and keeping a dry just about everywhere. having said that, though, there is this cloud that, though, there is this cloud that are spilling over the top of it that are spilling over the top of it thatis that are spilling over the top of it that is missing its weight into scotland. and it is not as cold here as it has been during recent notes. virgili elsewhere. be a pinch of rust here and there. towards east anglia. the cloud across northern scotla nd anglia. the cloud across northern scotland is going to produce rain and drizzle. that will affect shetland first thing in the morning not we are left with some thin, high cloud, it means the sunshine could bea cloud, it means the sunshine could be a little hazy at times. it will not spell the day. plenty of sunshine. light winds or most of us. temperatures continuing to rise. may be 20 degrees were parts of northern ireland and around the murray but does well. as we had through tuesday and wednesday, still looks pretty good across some southern and eastern parts of the uk. temperatures will be around 17— 18 degrees. warm in the sunshine. there will be an easterly breeze. temperatures will be higher further

west and north, north wales, north—west england, north of scotla nd north—west england, north of scotland with 23 degrees or so. absent scotland on wednesday. that is probably the peak of the head. that is because after that the position of the i, the centre is going to shift further north up towards scandinavia. it opens the door to this easterly airflow and this lower pressure across the continent which could eventually bring cloud as in patchy rain alleway. still dry, though, ithink on thursday and some sunshine around. we will see a bit more cloud coming in off the north sea and we will have this easterly breeze as well. that will be felt around the north sea coast. but even further west temperatures will not be quite asion west temperatures will not be quite as i on thursday as they will be on tuesday and wednesday. as we move into friday, still a lot of uncertainty on the details. but we are seeing more cloud. we're seeing showers longer spells of rain. now it isa showers longer spells of rain. now it is a bit further south. what is more certain is that the temperatures will continue to drop away in those easterly winds cloud

back to 14— 16 degrees. that is normalfor back to 14— 16 degrees. that is normal for this back to 14— 16 degrees. that is normalfor this time of back to 14— 16 degrees. that is normal for this time of year ahead of that for the next few days, a lot of that for the next few days, a lot of warmth, a lot of sunshine, dry weather, too, the weather starts to change during thursday and into friday.

you are watching bbc news. our top story: a day of high drama in the english premier league, as manchester city clinch the crown for the second year running. city came back from a goal down to beat brighton 4—1. that victory clinched the premier league title for them, putting them just one point ahead of their nearest rivals, liverpool. millions of people are heading to the polls in the philippines, in elections which are widely expected to be a mid—term verdict on rodrigo duterte's presidency and these pictures are trending on bbc.com.

they show people running, leaping and crawling across a a00m stretch of the river blackwater in eastern england. the annual maldon mud race attracts people from across europe to raise money for charity. that's all, stay with bbc world news.