hello — i'm lewis vaughan jones on london — the headlines. in london, a man shot dead by police after he stabbed two people, had just been released from prison for terrorism offences. i heard three shots and he was alive for two or three minutes on the floor. but we heard police tell everybody we have to move back in case of the blast. the attacker has been identified as 20—year—old sudesh amman — he'd onlyjust been released from prison after being jailed for terror offences. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore — also in the programme. the coronavirus continues to spread. in hubei province, there are 56 new deaths and 2,000 infections on sunday alone.

and the first world war film 1917 wins seven british academy film awards, including best film. live from studios in and singapore. this is bbc world news hello: it's 8am in singapore and midnight here in london where we understand a man shot dead by police during a terrorist—related incident in south london was released from prison within the past two weeks. the man, who's been named as 20—year—old sudesh amman, was under active police surveillance at the time of the attack in streatham which police believed to be an islamist —related terrorism

incident. in 2018, he pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing terrorist documents. we have the latest. it is just it isjust moments it is just moments after a terrorism suspect was shot in broad daylight by undercover officers. they are extremely nervous as he appears to be wearing a suicide vest. another pursuing officer arrives on a motorbike as they retreat. trying to clear the area while keeping the suspect, who are still moving, in their sites. within minutes, the entire area is flooded with armed officers. the man the officer shot was sudesh amman, he was released

just days ago halfway through a prison sentence of three years and four months for distributing terrorist propaganda. the home secretary said the government would immediately be laying out even stronger counterterrorism measures. those measures would add to the actions already taken in place very swiftly with regard to overhauling the licensing conditions and the licensing conditions and the licensing regime around counterterrorism offenders and ending the early release, we have legislation to do that, the early release for counterterrorism offenders. the early release for counterterrorism offendersm is right that these individuals are kept behind bars. police think sudesh amman who was being followed had stabbed a man and woman on streatham high road just before he was shot. man and woman on streatham high road just before he was shotlj saw the blood on the floor and people running and the police coming straight up the hill. as people rushed to help the injured, the plainclothes officers quickly chased sudesh amman down to outside boots the chemist. armed officers part of

a proactive counterterrorism surveillance operation and were following the suspect on foot we re following the suspect on foot were on immediate attendance and shot a male suspect dead at the scene. this man told me he saw the officers opening fire. i heard three shots and i saw how he dropped and he was alive for a good two or three minutes on the floor. the police told everybody, we have to move back in case of the blast. just over an hour after this all started police declared it a terrorist incident and this road, the a23, the main road through south london, remains closed. as the scene of the shooting was being closed for the investigation, a knife could be seen investigation, a knife could be seen lying on the pavement beside sudesh amman in his fake suicide vest. and we will bring you more on that story a little later in the programme.

china is set to open a new hospital in the city at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, as the numbers of people infected continue to grow. health officials in the province of hubei say more than 350 have died and they've confirmed more than two confirmed more than 2,000 new cases of the infection. as john sudworth reports, there are growing concerns that the chinese government may not have done enough. asa man as a man sobs in a hospital ward, he is asked, who has died? my father, comes the reply. just outside, eight body bags are counted. and here a patient film is a crusty word. these unverified images show a

city and a health system overwhelmed. this woman, visiting wuhan from the us, say her sick relatives cannot even enter hospital. they cannot perform tests and i think it is because of capacity issues. so that suggests, from your experience, it is quite likely that the real picture of the infections could be much higher than the official figure suggests? i think so, just because a lot of people choose either not to go to hospital or the want to be officially tested but are not able to. this footage appears to show eight body being removed, not from a hospital but a home. while china tries to show the world it is coping, building this hospital injust world it is coping, building this hospital in just ten days, it is becoming clear that more could have been done earlier. this doctor was one of the first to pick up signs of the new strange virus, but his

online posts were censored and the police made him sign this confession, along with seven others, for spreading rumours. just one month on, this giant economy has been brought to a standstill. good public health ca re standstill. good public health care depends upon transparency and the timely release of information. precisely the things that are lacking in a place so obsessed with political control. the streets of beijing show the impact of a system that has helped turn a local crisis into a national emergency. and an international one as well. this philippines hospital the first to record a death outside of china. also making news today. the process of choosing a democratic nominee for the 2020 us presidential election starts on monday in the state of iowa. democrats will cast their ballots to decide who will take on president trump in november. every us state will hold its own selection process

between now and june. a japanese warship is on its way to the gulf of oman in a controversial deployment that critics say goes against japan's pacifist constitution. prime minister shinzo abe said the ship was on an intelligence mission and that it was vital to protect shipping lanes in the middle east. the sporting event billed as the greatest show on earth — american football's super bowl — is under way in miami, florida. the kansas city chiefs are battling the san francisco forty niners in super bowl 5a — the climax of the national football league's centennial season. the game — the biggest event in the us sporting calendar — is being watched by an estimated 100 million americans. in tennis, novak djokovic secured his eighth australian open title in melbourne after a five set thriller against

dominic thiem of austria. the serb now has 17 grand slam titles — just three behind roger federer who holds the record. more on our top story: a man has been shot dead by police in south london after stabbing two people, in what's been described as a terrorist incident. 0ur correspondent daniel sandford has more background on the dead man. he was sentenced to three years four months in prison because he had been sharing terrorist propaganda, quite extreme terrorist propaganda, with any whatsapp group. and he was sentenced to this lengthy prison sentence but under the british rules, when your sentence that kind of crime, you are automatically released halfway through the sentence and are monitored by probation services and that is what happened just a few days ago.

asi happened just a few days ago. as i understand that, there was enough concern that he was under very intense surveillance and so it was that when he started stabbing people on the street in south london there we re street in south london there were surveillance officers very close by and within seconds of him starting to stop people they were actually able to shoot him and he died soon afterwards from his injuries. and again, as we have seen in previous incidents, he was wearing what seems to be a fake suicide vest, perhaps in hopes police officers would shoot him, and certainly from pictures we have seen at the scene, there is a knife lying behind his body so that seems to be what happened. we have had suggestions from the government that they would want to look at and change how they handle prisoners in these sorts of circumstances. what do you make of that? the government we re very make of that? the government were very embarrassed just before christmas when two people were killed in the fishmonger is hall attack near london bridge and since then have been making noises about tightening up the rules and

have made a series of announcements about ending this automatic early release for people sentenced for terrorism offences but that all deals with people sentenced in the future, not in the past, and now the government is promising to make further announcements tomorrow a bit further tightening up. i think it will be quite difficult for them to effectively change the sentence for people already in prison but i think they will certainly be able to step up surveillance and make that much more acute and make that much more acute and maybe make the licence conditions on which people are released so strict that essentially they are still very much incarcerated and clearly you can't do much more than was being done with this particular suspect, who was being followed by police officers carrying handguns. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. we visit the pakistan charity helping victims of acid attacks rebuild their lives. also on the programme — the

biggest night of the year for the british film industry — we'll have a full report on the bafta awards. broken and diminished, is the islamic state group is far from over. we followed one part of the terrorist network from syria through to indonesia and the philippines. join me as i find out how it endures.

this is newsday on the bbc. thanks for staying with us. our top stories. a man recently released from jail after being convicted of islamist terrorist offences has been shot dead by police after stabbing people in london. as a new hospital is set to open in wuhan to treat people with the new coronavirus, there are growing signs the chinese government could have done more to contain the outbreak. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the business times wonders if singapore

might be turning over a new leaf — by going even greener. observers say the city state's next budget could include incentives to use electric vehicles and measures to combat rising seawater. the gulf times reports on a social worker who's caught the attention of the ruler of dubai. shaikha al nuaimi was awarded the prime minister's medal. shaikh mohammad bin rashid praised the positive energy she brought to the school where she worked. and as the super bowl gets underway in miami, the new york times is looking at the all—importa nt entertainment portion of the game. jennifer lopez will bejoining the ranks of beyonce, lady gaga and madonna in kicking off the super bowl halftime show. let's get more on the outbreak of the new coronavirus. some hospital workers

in hong kong will go on strike on monday, to demand the closing of borders with mainland china. so far, 1a cases have been confirmed in the city. mariko 0i is in hong kong for us. tell us more about this strike thatis tell us more about this strike that is about to kick off.|j think it is important to emphasise that this union is relatively new, it was formed towards the end of last year during the pro—democracy protests a nd during the pro—democracy protests and they admit that this move is political. this is to put more pressure on the city's leader. we were there on saturday when they voted to go on strike as of monday, they had negotiations with the authorities yesterday which didn't go well, so we are expecting nonessential hospital staff to walk away from today and they say if the authorities don't meet their demand, which is to shut all the borders with

china, even essential emergency staff might go on strike from tomorrow until friday. earlier i spoke to a professor from the university of hong kong and i asked him what kind of measures are effective to prevent the spread of the virus. i think it is important if you look at the latest paper published in the lancet, is that we find that not only wuhan is an epicentre, we find that there is a second wave of epicentre in shanghai and beijing, so these are the places that we worry that will become a major outbreak, sol think it is justifiable become a major outbreak, sol think it isjustifiable to close the border from hong kong, to close the border with china, in orderto kong, to close the border with china, in order to stop the second wave of these carriers coming into hong kong.|j second wave of these carriers coming into hong kong. i guess the race is on to create a vaccine or something to treat

this virus. where are we now and are you hopeful? i think the vaccine is still a bit far away even though we have several potential candidates already available but never the less we still have to go through the clinical trials. that will probably take at least 4—5 years at the fastest. it is more likely on the antiviral side. already we are seeing a protection against the hiv virus has this action, which were published in 2004, and also we are looking at other drugs like beta interferon which also has action against sars and already in wuhan and thailand, they are already using these to treat the patient with early success. so hopefully these drugs are a combination will work on their patients. we are seeing a bit ofa patients. we are seeing a bit of a panic reaction around the

world. the death rate, the mortality rate is a lot lower compared to sars, but do you think because it appears to affect a lot quicker, how long could this epidemic last? we don't know yet. we think the critical period will be the next 2—3 weeks as the virus is 80% similar to sars, but never the less, it is much more contagious because one of the proteins is different and that is definitely much more transmissible compared to sars, although less deadly. we will have to see in the next two or three weeks whether they will be reaching a peak and hopefully with these measures coming into place then the new cases will be coming down, plateauing hopefully in march or late march and april. during the sars outbreak the chinese authorities were criticised for how they handled the outbreak. this time around, they seem to

be responding a lot quicker but some critics would say that they seem to be under reporting they seem to be under reporting the number of infections. what is your view on that? i think they are doing a pretty good job given the scale of the outbreak but never the less i think they are still pretty behind, probably 2—3 days, catching up in terms of the figures, but never the less they are doing a good job in they are doing a good job in the most important thing is that they have already sequenced the virus and put that online and we are able to have the primer for the quick test and quick diagnosis to allow early isolation and quick diagnosis for these cases. the professor speaking to me a little earlier so we will continue monitoring that strike of medical staff here in hong kong but for now back to you. thank you forjoining us. every year hundreds of people — mostly women — are disfigured in horrific acid attacks across south asia. tougher laws have been introduced in some countries, although many of these crimes are not reported due to social

stigma or the involvement of a family member. but with help from a charity, some victims in pakistan are learning new skills and rebuilding their lives. shabnam mahmood reports from lahore. i was asleep. he came into the house and threw a bottle over me. he locked the door from outside. ifainted me. he locked the door from outside. i fainted and fell down and my face was badly burned. six years ago, margaret's life changed after a violent attack by her husband left her in a coma. i thought, why did this happen to me? i used to cry. i wanted to die so i could be set free. it was very difficult because when i looked into the mirror i was scared of myself. i cried and

cried. the crime often goes unreported due to the social stigma or because it is committed by the victim's family members. getting treatment for many women is even harder. this woman is a businesswoman turned philanthropist. because of her attitude of a male dominated society, these things have been prevalent for as long as i can remember. it is just prevalent for as long as i can remember. it isjust that in the recent past people have started talking about this. there is a concern and a voice against this issue that is fine, you're not happy in a marriage, do not throw acid, do burn her. if she does not bring enough dowry, divorce her. not only does she help women get treatment but she provides work for them in her salons across the country. josephine lost an eye and has severe burns to her face, neck and hands. eye and has severe burns to her face, neck and handslj eye and has severe burns to her face, neck and hands. i come to

the salon and i know i can't make myself beautiful but i can make myself beautiful but i can make other women. as well as being trained as beauticians, once a week bothjosephine and margaret join once a week bothjosephine and margaretjoin other once a week bothjosephine and margaret join other survivors to learn new skills like embroidery, sewing and baking. it is useful because i can learn how to bake and i can then sell my products any time. lam learning then sell my products any time. i am learning cooking and baking so i can work from home. i want to work hard and get back on my feet and support my children. once i have learned the skills i can then set up my own business and earn money for my children. i have three girls and one boy. it is a small step for these women, all of whom are on a long road to recovery. the epic world war one film ‘1917‘ was the big winner at the british academy film awards, taking seven prizes, including best film

and best director for sir sam mendes. but, as our arts editor, will gompertz reports, the ceremony faced criticism, for a lack of diversity, among its nominees. it is the british film business's big night out. legendary actors and rising stars gather alongside hollywood royalty, and british royalty, for the baftas. as the stars make their way up the red carpet into the albert hall for tonight's ceremony, they do so under a cloud of controversy about the lack of diversity among the nominees for tonight's awards, an issue that is bound to come up during the event. and so it did, when joaquin phoenix took to the stage to claim the best actor award for his performance in joker. i think we send a very clear message to people of colour that they are not welcome here. we really have to do the hard work to truly

understand systemic racism. i think that it is the obligation of the people that have created an perpetuate and benefit from an perpetuate and benefit from a system of oppression to be the ones who dismantle it, so thatis the ones who dismantle it, so that is on us. the subject of diversity arose again when actress rebel wilson made this point tojoke actress rebel wilson made this point to joke about the all—male best director line up. i don't think i could do what they do. honestly, ijust don't have the balls. the category was won by sam mendes for his film 1917. he had a good night. 1917 led the way winning seven awards in all including the prestigious best film. a really wonderful night, thank you so much. the best actress bafta went to renee zellweger for her portrayal ofjudy went to renee zellweger for her portrayal of judy garland. while laura dern won best

supporting actress. best supporting actress. best supporting actor went to brad pitt who was in absentia but had written a speech that margot robbie read out on his behalf. hey, britain, heard you just became single, welcome to the club! and he says that he is going to name this harry because he is really excited about bringing it back to the states with him. prince william, the baftas president, might have found it amusing, but when it came to his turn to speak he was in no mood forjoking. in 2020 and not for the first time in the la st not for the first time in the last few years we find ourselves talking again about the need to do more to ensure diversity in the sector and in the awards process. that simply cannot be right in this day and age. a serious point to end a night of celebration. and congratulations to all the winners. stay with us. i'm lewis vaughan

jones in london. you have been watching newsday. if you are watching in the middle east your forecast is coming up but let's begin in africa and on the satellite picture, you can see across the southwest indian ocean first of all various clusters of cloud. quite a high chance we could see a tropical storm and that is when we have to keep a close eye on. for mainland africa we see further heavy downpours and thunderstorms. still particularly wet weather across east africa and madagascar where we have had flooding recently but many spots will be dry and far north of madagascar, always prone to seeing some heavy downpours at times. looking further ahead, turning cooler in cape town by wednesday. by the same time showers likely to develop in johannesburg. elsewhere, dry and sunny and turning warmer,

33 celsius as the ndp, and we continue to see outbreaks of rain at times.

i'm lewis with bbc world news. our top story. british police have shot dead a man during a terrorist—related incident in south london. two people were stabbed by the attacker. the man, who's been named as 20—year—old sudesh amman, had been released from prison within the past two weeks. officers say he had a hoax device strapped to his body. health officials in china have confirmed more than 2000 new cases of infection — bringing the total to 11 thousand. in hubei province 56 new deaths have been confirmed — bringing the total to over 350. and this video is trending on bbc. the biggest night in the british film industry — the bafta awards has seen the world war one film — 1917 — come out on top with seven prizes. joaquin phoenix won best actor for thejoker. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news. a special chance to see some of the other prizes