i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore, the headlines: delhi imposes new traffic restrictions, closes schoools and cancels flights — india's capital tries to deal with the toxic smog choking the city. you can obviously see how terrible it is and it is scary that you cannot see things in front of you. more angry confrontations in hong kong — and the violence escalates — a knife attack leaves four people injured. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme. as lewis hamilton claims his sixth world championship — we speak to the singapore teenager who's also aiming for formula one glory.

and the video game that's looking to build bridges — not blow them up. we get an exclusve preview of ‘death stranding'. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 5.30am in the indian capital delhi where millions of people have been told to stay indoors for a fifth day after air pollution reached dangerous levels. the toxic smog has been caused by a combination of burning crops, industrial emissions, and car fumes. hundreds of flights have also been diverted or delayed, as pratiksha ghildial

reports from delhi. delhi is choking. people here are breathing the city's most toxic air in years, with pollution levels more than 20 times their safe limit. the problem returns here every winter, but many are saying that this is the worst they have experienced. protesters gathered outside the prime minister's house demanding a basic right — clean air. they believe there isn't the political will to find a solution. you can obviously see how terrible it is, and it's actually scary. you can't see things in front of you. patients are coming with more lung respiratory diseases, more affected by asthma. one major source of the solution is stubble burning. farmers in delhi's neighbouring states say they don't have the modern machinery they need to clear their fields without setting them alight, so the smoke from their fires drifts

over the city, where it stays for days on end. but the worst sufferers are people who work on the streets, like traffic police, tuktuk drivers, and the homeless. india's government says it is doing what it can. it has banned construction activities, is limiting the number of cars on the road, and has asked for schools to remain shut for a few days. but, despite the public health emergency, no long—term solution seems to be in sight. there was virtually no sunlight in delhi today, due to the thick layer of smog hanging over the city. here on the streets, it is particularly difficult to breathe, and i can feel an itch in my throat. it is a huge concern for residents, with studies showing that the pollution is causing high levels of lung cancer and premature deaths. pratiksha ghildial, bbc news, delhi.

we have a website for that with an in—depth article by our indian correspondent who talks about the foulaircoming correspondent who talks about the foul air coming from india's farming revolution and the way that the crop, the stubble is being burnt. the toxins in the smoke is very dangerous. so aim far more in—depth analysis of what is happening in terms of this dangerous smog in northern india can be found on our website so do check that out. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. at least four people have been injured in a knife attack at a shopping centre in hong kong. it happpened as riot police confronted pro—democracy demonstrators in another weekend of protests. local reports say the attacker had been arguing over politics before taking out a knife. he also attacked a district councillor, biting off part of his ear. richard lister reports.

sunday's protests began peacefully enough, with demonstrators forming human chains in shopping centres, but here, in city plaza, things soon turned violent. a man set upon protesters with a knife, injuring several, and when a pro—democracy councillor intervened, he too was attacked, and part of his ear was bitten off. the man with the knife was then beaten up by some of the protesters, but police have not confirmed whether he was among those arrested. elsewhere, demonstrators smashed up restaurants and riot police were brought in. at the new town plaza, there was a tense stand—off as police searched the complex and removed some of the protesters. they in turn harassed the police, shining laser pointers at them and throwing objects. this was the 22nd consecutive

weekend of protests in hong kong and after widespread and intense clashes on saturday, it was one of the most violent for sometime. it was one of the most violent for some time. beijing has signalled it intends to toughen its stance against the protests. as yet it is unclear when that might happen or how, but as the injured were taken to hospital, the people of hong kong were left wondering how much longer this can continue. also making news today: plans to finalise the world's largest trade deal look likely to be delayed, after asian leaders apparently struggled to reach an agreement at a summit in bangkok. reports suggest india has hampered negotiations because of concerns about the impact of an increase in imports on its manufacturing and agricultural sectors. the british prime minister boris johnson has apologised for failing to fulfil his pledge to get britain out of the european union last month. he said missing his deadline was a matter of deep regret.

the head of the brexit party, nigel farage, said that mrjohnson‘s brexit deal would result in britain rejoining the eu. ido want i do want people to know that when they are told this gets brexit done and it will all be over by christmas i think is what he is saying this morning, they need to understand that actually what is on offer is a close linkage with all the european institutions and the next negotiation phase of at least three yea rs. demonstrators in iraq have been blocking roads in the capital, baghdad, and other cities as they continue a wave of anti—government protests. students have been staging sit—ins, and government offices have stayed closed in many places. the unrest has been fuelled by anger at corruption, unemployment and poor public services. the governor of the us state of california, gavin newsom, has reacted angrily to tweets by president trump blaming him for the recent wildfires and threatening to withhold federal aid.

mr trump blames the governor for not doing enough to prevent the fires that have caused widespread damage. in the last two weeks blazes have spread across close to one hundred thousand acres of land in california. the actor and singer olivia newton—john — whose best—known role was of course sandy in the movie grease — has auctioned off the skinny black trousers she wore in the film. the identity of the buyer remains a secret — but the trousers sold for more than $400,000. some of the proceeds will go towards ms newton—john's cancer treatment centre in australia. it was a big day for formula i fans, with lewis hamilton winning his 6th world championship title on sunday. hamilton's career was first launched by the man who is now behind sauber karting team. that team now has it's sights set on another young talent.

our next guest has onlyjust turned 13, but you might want to remember his name. christian ho made history last month when he became the youngest person ever to win a race at one of the world's most prestigious karting championships. and now the singaporean boy racer has a shot at a career in formula one, having just signed with sauber. christian spoke to me along with his manager imran shaharom. it feels good to be winning a prestigious race and it feels even better. i was proud when i heard the national anthem play. like you say it is adrenaline. it does take focus to do what you do, to drive a vehicle at a high speed with precision so tell us what goes through your mind when you do it. all i think usually is do my best,

hit the corner hit the apex. you are 13 years old. and you are now at the top level of affectional racing. tell us about your background. how did you get into the sport and when did you get into the sport and when did you get into the sport and when did you learn that you loved go—kart racing and driving fast cars. in 20141 racing and driving fast cars. in 201111 went on a family trip to thailand and that week we went to a go—kart track and there, after i drove, the manager said i had potential to become a go—kart driver and when we came back to singapore my father started to work for a team and that's how i started. my father started to work for a team and that's howl started. so you were, what? seven years old? eight. i was eight. still young. that is amazing. it is fascinating that you have now had to move to italy with christian to work with him for training purposes. tell us what the transition has been like. the first few weeks was very difficult. quite

tough. january it is always raining and it is not at all like singapore. the language barrier was difficult as well. we managed to get through and in italy it is all about training and getting the job done. to prepare christian, prepare his mindset, go to the track and how she he should approach a match. after the first two months we got things kickstarted and everything was great after that. we enjoyed our time. and it is obviously good training. the big news is that you have signed with the sauber team and they are looking to bring up the next generation of formula 1 drivers. did you ever think that one day you could be back here in singapore taking part in the formula 1 night race. lewis hamilton has done well. it isa race. lewis hamilton has done well.

it is a dream. i will do my best and focus on what i am doing. do my best and prove to sauber that i can do what i do. best wishes to you both for your ambitions for doing well in this industry. thank you so much for you both coming in. how amazing to think he is only 13 years old. christian will go far. philippine leader rodrigo duterte has offered to hand over his powers of law enforcement to the country's vice president leni robredo after she criticised his war on drugs. mr duterte said that he would surrender his powers ms robredo for the remainer of his term in office, which amounts to six months, and not interfere with her governance. have a listen. i will surrender my power to enforce the law. i will give it to the vice

president for six months. i will let her carry it out. let's see what will happen. i will not interfere. you think you are brighter than me? then do it yourself. it was not immediately clear if duterte's offer was meant sarcastically, although he said he would send a letter to ms robredo, a former human rights lawyer. if the offer is serious duterte says it could happen as early as monday night. marites vitug is the editor—at—large rappler, an online news website based in the philippines. what are we to make of this suggestion here? his war on drugs has been such a huge policy and his baby in the philippines. he's seriously giving it up? we don't think he is serious. it is his baby

and he did not want to be criticised. we do not take it seriously. in the past he made the vice president resigned from the cabinet so she does not hold any position and in the philippines, the vice president does not hold a lot of our he has to offer it to the vice president and that means he has to give up his control over the federal police, the drug police, thatis federal police, the drug police, that is a massive overhaul and what will it make of his policy? it shows it is failing. it is not really working. an interesting point. why is he doing it? he does not like to be criticised and his anti—drug campaign has come under a lot of criticism. is he trying to just get rid of the criticism by suggesting he can hand it over? he is like a child. when you play a game and you

don't want the conversation to continue then you change the topic. you better do it because you might be better. but it does not amount to anything serious and he has not stamped or sent a written order to the vice president and her spokesperson said that he should not make the vice president a scapegoat for his failures. so where are we with this war on drugs? what impact is it having in the philippines? the one big thing that it achieved is to instill fear in the people. the second big thing is that some middle—class and upper—middle—class may feel safe and that is what partly accounts for his popularity. but as to resolving the war on drugs, nothing has been achieved. over 5000 people have been killed

but drug use still continues. we do not see a big decline. if that were the sole indicator, it is a failure andi the sole indicator, it is a failure and i think that is what the vice president was addressing in her interview. later on we will find out if he was being serious. thank you so much for speaking to us. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: london's korean film festival gets underway this week — celebrating 100 years of korean cinema. we'll hear from the festival director. also on the programme, the video game that's looking to build bridges — not blow them up. we get an exclusve preview of death stranding. the israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated.

a 27—year—old jewish man has been arrested, and an extremistjewish organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. at polling booths throughout the country, they voted on a historic day for australia. as the results came in, it was clear. the monarchy would survive. of the american hostages, there was no sign. they are being held somewhere inside the compound, and student leaders have threatened that should the americans attempt rescue, they will all die. this mission has surpassed all expectations. voyageri is now the most distant man—made object anywhere in the universe, and itjust seems to keep on going. tonight, we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms, or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals.

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: delhi will impose new traffic restritions in its latest attempt to cope with the dangerous smog. more angry confrontations in hong kong, and the violence escalates — a knife attack leaves four people injured. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the japan times reports on how proud the country is to have hosted the rugby world cup and its sadness now the tournament has ended. it also echoes government appeals for volunteers to help repair the damage caused by two massive typhoons which hit japan while the tournament was underway. the straits times has the failed trade pact talks at the asean summit in thailand.

it says the pact is now not expected to be agreed until february next year. and the financial times has a cover story about the us military securing oilfields in syria. it also reports on saudi aramco listing on the stock market, and its aim to be valued at a massive $2 trillion. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? sharanjit, we've already heard how air pollution in the north of india has reached unbearable levels. well, this image of the indian film star priyanka chopra wearing a face mask in new delhi has got a lot of attention. after arriving in the city to shoot her next film, she posted this on instagram, commenting that it was hard to film there because of the pollution. she asked for prayers for the homeless.

now for korean films, but here in london. she said she was lucky to have our purifiers under mask, but not everybody is so lucky. now for korean films, but here in london. the 14th london korean film festival is under way, this year marking 100 years of korean cinema. hyunjin cho is the festival's director and i began by asking her about the career of director soo—yong kim, whose work is featured in the festival. he is one of the most prolific directors from south korea. he has made 109 films over the span of five decades. we did show two of his films from the 1960s, which are considered a golden age of south korean cinema, including bloodline and seashore village. seashore village is of course a haunting

film. tell us a bit about it? it depicts this really tough sort of life of women, village women, who are mainly widows who lost all their fishermen husbands at sea. so this film is amazing, and we chose this film is amazing, and we chose this film for the opening, because even though the stillness from the 1960s, it does depict the women in such a refreshing and sort of contemporary wave, and the bond between women is just remarkable. people really enjoy that aspect of the film. what is it, how political our korean films? because of course you have the north— south divide. how much does that play a part in the aspect of korean cinema? yes, korea did indeed have a very sort of traumatic and social and political history, the past half—century. a lot of films do depict that aspect of korea. so we

do have a lot of political films from the korean war, to very strong kind of political movements, to the current sort of capitalist sort of society's problems that we have. so we do have a variety of films that deal with political issues. well, congratulations on hosting this, the 14th edition of this festival, a special one looking at 100 years of korean cinema. hyun jin special one looking at 100 years of korean cinema. hyunjin cho, and at the festival will be travelling across the uk, which is wonderful news. thank you for coming in to speak to us. thank you for having me. a video game which aims to build bridges between people and communities in the era of donald trump and brexit. that's how acclaimed creator hideo kojima describes his latest venture in an exclusive bbc interview. steffan powell has been in tokyo behind the scenes to meet the maverick creator of death stranding. we are in tokyo, where there is just hours left for these developers to

finish a title but has had the games industry talking since it was first announced in 2016. and with that and we are the only camera crew in the world allowed in, to witness a claim created hideo kojima's unique approach to making games. famed for popularising stealth games in the 19905, popularising stealth games in the 1990s, were sneaking, not shooting, was the way to play, he has always been considered a visionary. what is $0011 been considered a visionary. what is soon clear is, he is in complete control of that vision. here, he is personally editing the trailer for death stranding. his first game release and setting up his first game release and setting up his own independent studio is a

mysterious tale of a post— apocalyptic america. for three years the advertising and marketing has teased and confused people, leaving many scratching their heads. what's it all about? while this approach is exciting some, others are nervous, left wondering if anybody is challenging this vision, and wondering if the game will live up to expectations. with gaming worth more than the movie and music industries combined, titles like death stranding require huge investments, costing millions to develop. it is employing stars like hollywood actors norman regis and lea seydou. —— norman reedus. it

also has some of music's biggest names devoted to the soundtrack. this is a new ip. it is unusual to see a new ip like this. even that in itself in 2019 should be applauded. the people around me here are working on gaming's august secret. we have artists, coders, level designers, producers, technical staff, all here working their socks off, to finish the game and make sure it is up to the standards that the gaming world expects. as the team celebrated getting the game ready for its release, the questions turned to the future. well they still be celebrating when people outside this room get a chance to see what they've been working on? sounds like an intriguing game, doesn't it?

you have been watching newsday. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. not too many weather changes on the way this week, with low pressure staying in charge. it was somewhat quieter on sunday, but plenty of evidence out there as to how wet it has been recently. this week will deliver more rain at times. so that pa rt deliver more rain at times. so that part of the forecast isn't changing. but something new, it will be turning colder as we go through the week. now, why is it unsettled? low pressure in charge stop one area of low pressure with us as we start the week. now, by mid week there will be a brief lull, allowing colder air to move down from the north. but that goal is all too brief as more weather fronts come in later in the week and that means more rain coming in later in the week. let's see how monday is shaping up. this is how we

start off. there could be a few mist and fog patches around parts of northern ireland, northern england and southern scotland. this area of rain is slowly feeding its way northwards. as it clears away from the midlands and into east anglia, there could be fine weather to come during monday. southern england into wales, with showers, some of those happy understandably, no doubt about the wettest weather, that is into eastern scotland. persistent and heavy rain here. a strong, gusty easterly wind, with gusts up to 50 miles an hour along the coast. these are average speeds. elsewhere, certainly not as blustery as it will be in scotland. northwest scotland under the northern isles, and the western isles, staying mainly dry. temperatures around 10— 13 celsius. out and about on monday evening, they will still be that rain in eastern scotland. so there's a chance of seeing some flooding those total start tonight. overnight it is the south—east of scotland keeping hold of the rain here. it will turn a bit drier at least across north—east scotland. there will be some areas of rain and showers around elsewhere in the uk, and a chance of seeing some fog patches

this time especially the south. on into tuesday, north north—easterly winds taking that colder hours south across the uk. west is best for drier, brighter weather. still some outbreaks of either rain or showers, mostly across the eastern sides of the uk. the northern half of the uk topping out in single figures. he is the big picture as we go from tuesday into wednesday. this is the brief lull and the weather. it will need frost in places as wednesday begins. fog patches also. here comes the next set of weather fronts, after the chilly start, increasing cloud, some outbreaks of rain starting to feed in from the west on wednesday. a bit of uncertainty about the timing. is that bumps into colder air, we will see a bit of snow falling on the higher ground across parts of northern england and scotland. it is apparently the time of year. that's your letter. —— weather.

i'm kasia madera with bbc world news. our top story. new trafffic restrictions will be imposed in delhi as millions of people in india's capital are told to stay indoors for a fifth day, after air pollution reached dangerous levels. the toxic smog has been caused by a combination of crop burning by farmers, industrial emissions, and car fumes. the pollution is at its worst level in three years. at least four people have been injured in a knife attack at a shopping centre in hong kong. it happpened as riot police confronted pro—democracy demonstrators in another weekend of protests. it was a big day for lewis hamilton — racing in the us he won his sixth world championship title on sunday. he's now the second most successful formula 1 driver in history and looks set to equal the record seven titles held by michael schumacher. that's all. stay with bbc world news.