welcome to bbc news. my name's mike embley. our top stories: the un says up to six million people in yemen are being denied desperately—needed aid because rebels are blocking it. we have a special report. arguments over the varied distribution of this life—saving aid, millions of yemenis rely on. if this is not resolved soon, more lives could be lost. china's leader makes a rare appearance to address the coronavirus outbreak. the number of deaths has now topped a thousand. from countryside to coastal towns in new hampshire — democratic presidential candidates blitz the state ahead of the first primary election. and a victory in hollywood, jubilation 6000 miles away. how south korea has been celebrating the oscar wins for ‘parasite‘.

translation: when i heard it one four 0scars i thought this is the most historic moment in korea. aid agencies and the united nations are warning that up to six million people in yemen — a fifth of the entire population are being denied desperately—needed aid because houthi rebels are stopping it getting through. the houthis, backed by iran, control much of the north and west of the country. they've been fighting the government — backed by saudi arabia, the us and the uk — for the past five years. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, has been given rare access to yemen, and reports now from hajjah. a frontline of hunger. this is hajjah, yemen's

north—west, lives broken by war and want, of everything. at a un food hand—out, anger explodes. "hungry, hungry", this man shouts. and his friend says, "we don't have houses, we don't have anything". now, even this aid may be at risk. there's talk of a suspension or scaling back in response to unprecedented houthi obstruction. there are literally millions of people who need assistance across all of yemen who are not receiving this because of bureaucratic impediments, because the agreements that they need to reach with the authorities are not being signed because these agreements are being delayed. the impact on people is simply enormous. in the houthi—controlled north, aid workers told us of their frustrations and fears, too worried to speak on camera. 0ne shared these words.

"there is now an extremely hostile environment for aid workers", they said. "more and more of our national staff are threatened, detained and harassed. "we face interference", they said, "in everything we do." this is one of many battle grounds, un warehouses. the houthi official in charge of aid in hajjah brought us here, to the place where the un says its food was looted. he wanted to show us this — cockroaches and tattered sacks, proof, he says, of un failings. we see this too. look at the date. good food, sitting here for months, says the un, without permits to deliver it. translation: we are not interfering in the distribution of the world food programme aid. they are just making excuses for their mistakes.

blaming the government is not reasonable or acceptable. another warehouse, more goods waiting to clear. the houthi say they want more control over this aid, even a levy on aid budgets, red lines for humanitarians. in the midst of the world's worst humanitarian crisis, there's another growing and deeply worrying crisis, arguments over the very distribution of this life—saving aid that millions of yemenis rely on. if this isn't resolved soon, more lives could be lost. a treacherous mountain road, a truck tipped over, an angry scramble to salvage precious food. a week of tough choices about how to save the world's biggest humanitarian mission. lyse doucet, bbc news, hajjah. yemen is one of the arab world's poorest

countries — you'll find lots more background and anlysis on our website — including this article which explains what's fuelling the fighting and who's involved. that's all at bbc.com/news — or you can download the bbc news app. a team of medical experts from the world health organization has arrived in china to help investigate the coronavirus outbreak. the international and chinese medics will work together to try to answer the many unresolved questions about the epidemic — which has now killed more than a thousand people in china. celia hatton reports. china's president, the man at the pinnacle of the communist party making his first public appearance in days amid a national crisis. xi jinping told workers at this beijing health facility that he had confidence china would overcome the epidemic. but in a sign of the times, he took all the necessary precautions.

"it's a special period", he said, "so i'd like not to shake hands." appearing on chinese state television, mr xi also addressed rising economic anxieties, missing the government would work to prevent large—scale lay—offs. that pledge comes as millions of people in china returned to work after the lunar new year break, which was extended from january 31 to curb the spread of the virus. but precautionary measures remain in place. work hours are staggered to prevent rush—hour crowds. several major cities including beijing and shanghai remain quiet as many factories and offices are still closed. translation: actually, i still think it's a normal life. it's fine as long as we pay a little attention to it. for example, disinfection and being careful not to have close contact with people. but masks are not enough to convince people to leave their homes.

in this beijing shopping mall, temperatures are being checked at the entrance but there were few shoppers inside the stores. the world health organisation has expressed concerns about the spread of the virus beyond china's borders, stressing their object remains containment. in recent days we have seen some concerning instances of onward transmission from people with no travel history to china. the detection of this small number of cases could be the spark that becomes a biggerfire. however, the outbreak continues to affect those well beyond wuhan. more people have tested positive on a cruise ship quarantined off japan. the diamond princess ship is on a two—week quarantine of yokohama after a passenger tested positive for the virus. he'd left the ship earlier when it docked in hong kong. and in the uk, more people tested have also contracted the virus.

that news comes as the government issued new powers in england to keep people in quarantine to stop the disease spreading. from beijing, confidence the illness will be contained but elsewhere realisations that the impact of this outbreak will continue to extend well beyond china. celia hatton, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. four chinese military officers have been charged in the united states with stealing large amounts of personal data from the credit reference company, equifax. in 2017, the hackers, who are still in china, are said to have taken sensitive information including names and addresses of 147 million americans. counting is now complete in the general election in the republic of ireland. sinn fein has become the second biggest party in the irish parliament with 37 seats, one behind fianna fail. fine gael, party of the current prime minister leo varadkar, came third. the numbers are so tight they will almost certainly

mean lengthy negotiations to form a government. the turkish military is saying it's struck more than 100 syrian government targets in response to an attack on turkish troops in the syrian province of idlib, which killed five. the syrian army is attacking rebel and jihadist fighters there. president trump has published his election—year budget proposals. his $4.8 trillion wish list envisages big increases in military spending and deep cuts to social, health, and environmental programmes. the senior democrat, nancy pelosi, claimed the budget showed how little the president valued the wellbeing of hardworking american families. pete buttigieg and bernie sanders have both requested a partial review of results from the democratic party's caucus in iowa. the former mayor of south bend, indiana narrowly beat senator sanders in a chaotic contest beset by technical problems, which delayed the result for days. the party is to review the requests to see if they meet the requirements.

new hampshire is now in the spotlight as voters in the us state get ready for tuesday's primary on the heels of that chaotic caucus in iowa. president trump has been holding a rally in new hampshire as the democrats competing to take him on also try to hunt down every last vote. jane 0'brien has been out with campaigners who've been knocking on doors. hi, how are you? hunting for election gold on the streets of manchester — voters who have not yet made up their minds. you can send out thousands of pieces of mail, you can send out a tweet that reaches a million people, but ultimately face—to—face conversations is still what people like. voters don't live on twitter, they live behind their doors. around half of new hampshire voters are registered independent but can still vote in the democratic primary. they could decide the outcome.

because of a couple of trends in our politics, we do not talk to them. we really focus on making people afraid of the other party, instead of wanting them to come to our party, and campaigns really focus on who they know will vote. and now they can do a youtube pre—roll ad instead of doing a tv ad to everybody and that means a lot of these people are being left out of the process and we need to talk to them. this our place? yep. ca nvassers know exactly who they are targeting thanks to apps that reveal personal data and likely preferences. we know the woman who lives in this house voted in the last two general elections but has never voted ina primary. she probably supports gun—control, but is less likely to support the minimum wage. she definitely supports a woman's right to have an abortion and might have a college degree. from small country towns in the mountains to the seaside, candidates have spent months campaigning for every single vote. but new hampshire is not going well forformer vice president, joe biden, who is now fourth in the polls and could be in real trouble.

i do have concerns about, more about — to be honest — about his age. it is not age, it is energy. and i am here today to find out if he has the energy to do it, and i do not know the answer to that question. i want some fire and some fury, i want some really good... how are they're going to attack trump — that's my most important thing — how are we going to beat him. are you not hearing that at the moment? not yet. some experts say the polls have too much influence and could be damaging the election process itself. mobilising independents is essential if democrats the voters trying to figure out how to vote on tuesday are not letting any useful information because it wants to know what people think they will do regarding joe biden. but how does that help me figure out what it is that i want a president to do and which

individual is best able to do that for me? mobilising independents is essential if democrats are to beat donald trump in november but as disappointing turnout in iowa showed, getting them excited about the candidates is another matter entirely. 0ur correspondent chris buckler joins us now from new hampshire. how is it looking from there now? president trump has been speaking in new hampshire this evening and i can assure you he is doing his very best to try and make this about campaigning for the election in november as opposed to this being about the democrats and their primary as they try to select a candidate. he was here, in many ways, trying to fire up republicans and take away from all spotlight that is on the demo at the moment full and when you listen to him he was talking about immigration and some of the key issues such as the economy. he thinks that will help him in the election. of

course, he also had the opportunity for some easy pops at the democrats, frankly. for example, the mess that was the iowa caucus last week. whenever they started the day by state pi’ocess they started the day by state process of choosing a challenger. the final vote for that, you cannot definitively say it is in because of problems with the way it was reported and ultimately the democrats will want to get away from those problems whenever they have this primary vote tomorrow. in 2a hours time they will want to have somebody is a winner and they will want to show how the others have done. and that will be really important going forward because when you take a look at it, the former mayor and the vermont senator came somewhat neck and neckin senator came somewhat neck and neck in the caucus. they will hope to cement their positions as frontrunners. less than a month away, whenever so many states vote. you do get the

impression it is the other candidates who will be under pressure to do well here, particularly the us vice president, former vice president, former vice presidentjoe biden who did less tha n presidentjoe biden who did less than he expected in iowa and as well senator elizabeth warren who really wants to challenge bernie sanders and ta ke challenge bernie sanders and take away some of his progressive votes. we are in for a very interesting 24—hour is and we will have all the details here when we get the results in 2a hours time. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: celebrations in seoul as the south korean movie parasite scoops the top prize at the oscars. thank you there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader

ayatollah khomeini has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'ba by doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special, secure box in the stud farm's central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning. elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories. head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: aid workers and the un say up to six million people in yemen

are being denied desperately—needed aid because rebels are blocking it. china's leader has made a public appearance to address the coronavirus outbreak as the number of deaths tops 1000. heavy rain has caused widespread disruption in brazil. helicopters have been sent in to rescue road users in sao paulo as floodwater engulfed cars and communities. the city's mayor says some areas received half a month's rain in a single day. gareth barlow has more details. by by boat and from the earth, motorists in sao paulo were plucked to safety. roads run as rivers after heavy rain pounded the pavements of brazil's most populous city. low—lying areas inundated with water after two rivers burst their banks, with one reaching its highest level inis one reaching its highest level

in 15 years. i've lived in sao paulo for over two decades, this man said, and i've never seen this in my life. meanwhile, in neighbouring peru, people braved the groundwater to cross villages after roads were swamped and mudslides disrupted transport. february is one of the region's wettest months with local media reporting the heavy rains are expected to continue. uganda says swarms of locusts, which are causing devastation in parts of east africa, have now arrived there. the insects have also been reported in tanzania's kilimanjaro region. both countries are trying to rent or borrow planes to spray pesticide from the air. the un has described the locust invasion as the worst in a quarter of a century. the leader of germany's main governing party is standing down. annagret kramp karen—bower also says she will not put herself forward to replace angela merkel as chancellor. her party was criticized

recently when it cooperated with the far—right alternative for germany party. the court of appeal in london has ordered the british government not to remove any of the 50 foreign—born offenders due to be deported to jamaica on tuesday morning. some of the people involved have been in britain for decades. the british government has insisted that only serious offenders are being deported. 0ur correspondent adina campbell has the latest developments. well, it is still not clear if this flight will be going ahead. there have been reports tonight it has been cancelled but we have just received a statement from the home 0ffice saying active legal proceedings are still in place. now, earlier we saw a sealed document here at the high court showing that some of the legal applications had been refused. however, there have been reports by one human rights group saying that some of the deportees would not leave the uk tomorrow because of problems accessing a working mobile phone and therefore not being able

to obtain legal advice. now, this flight is scheduled to leave at 6:30 tomorrow morning, carrying dozens of people from the uk back to jamaica. it's caused widespread protests, including one last—minute protest outside downing street. but the home office has been very clear, they say this latest group of deportees are serious criminals, convicted of crimes such as rape, manslaughter and class—a drug dealing. you may remember the backlash and protests over the controversial citizenship laws in india — the bill which gives immunity to religious minorities from three neighbouring countries except for muslims. as young students speak up against this new law, we talked to some of them to find out why they're using art to express their opinions. my name is simeen. i am 21 years old. i am a second—year student

of fine arts injamia millia islamia university. me and my friends have been painting on the walls in support of the protests that are happening. the other day, when the cops entered the campus, i was very scared and i had to run and climb this wall to be safe. so the very next day, i stepped out of my house with all the paints

and i started painting and it is a way to deal with all the trauma i had to go through. each and every campus is coming together — it is not one campus. it becomes the responsibility of each and every artist like us, especially young artists, because we have youths and they relate to us. at protest sites we have music, it always helps. music helps with energy and for us music helps with energy and for us to go on and on.

the red carpet has been rolled up for another year, and no doubt a few hangovers are being nursed across hollywood. but the legacy of this year's 0scars will live on. the south korean film parasite made history by winning best picture. laura bicker looks at how the big win is going down in south korea. director boon jong—ho was director boonjong—ho was not the only one overwhelmed by the scale of parasite's success. as he grappled with his four 0scars, including one for best picture, south koreans in seoul could not hide their pride. this kind of thing is a huge national celebration. i want to thank the director and all the actors and actresses. this is wonderful. parasite tells the story of a pool of family living in a squalid basement

flat and a rich family who reside in a modernist mansion. while the film is a work of fiction, the apartment life is not. this is just fiction, the apartment life is not. this isjust one fiction, the apartment life is not. this is just one of thousands who battle unbearable humidity and rapidly growing mould in the city's basement flats. i am sad about it. i heard you can survive in the desert, but you couldn't survive in my house. the pizza place featured in the film is also real. it's been here for i7 also real. it's been here for 17 years, and it was the owner who taught the cast how to fold the boxes. when i saw it had one today, i got emotional. it felt like i had won. when i heard it had woi'i had won. when i heard it had won four oscars, i thought this was the most historic moment in south korea. the closest place i could find related to the film was here, sol

i could find related to the film was here, so i thought it was symbolic to come to this pizza shop. the president of south korea began his cabinet meeting with applause as it erupted in a wave of congratulatory joy. one south korean film critic described these wins is a miracle, but it's not come from nowhere. for the last decade the south korean government has ploughed money into what it calls the korean wave. k pop and drama, and this proves that wave has come crashing down on hollywood. finally, a guinness world record attempt in the us state of colorado. the firework was launched on saturday from a steel tube buried in the side of emerald mountain in colorado. it weighed nearly 1300 kilograms and measured just over 1.5 metres long. the previous record holder was the uae with a firework weighing 1087 kilograms.

much more for you at any time on the bbc website. thank you for watching. hello. sunday was very much all about the windy weather, thanks to ciara. monday things took a turn for the more wintry, and for today, well, we're left with a combination of the two really. strong chilly winds, gales for some, and some wintry showers feeding in. there is ciara now, sitting across scandinavia. but we've still got lots of isobars on our charts, still noticeable winds and the showers getting blown in with the colder air sitting across us, are likely to be wintry. just follow the arrows back across the atlantic, and you can see basically that air spilling out of greenland, all the way down from the poles. so a cold start to tuesday and, where we have the wintry showers,

there will be the risk of ice around for the first few hours of the day, at least. there will be a lot of sunshine away from the showers. but some of the showers are going to feed in thick and fast and that will mean accumulations of snow, maybe even as far south as the moors of the south—west, across parts of shropshire the mountains of north wales, and the winds still very gusty too. so that will mean blizzards and the possibility of drifting snow. so some dangerous conditions to be found across particularly the northern half of the uk and it is cold. factor in the wind, it will feel a little bit chillier than these highs ofjust 6—8 degrees would imply. through the evening and overnight, things change just subtly. the wind will ease a little but still plenty of showers feeding into the northern half of the uk. to the south, largely clear skies, again, temperatures in the towns and cities dipping down a degree or so above freezing. but in rural areas there will be a frost. so again, especially where we have had showers, the risk of ice first thing on wednesday. wednesday the winds are a little light right the way across the uk but still a threat of some showers in the north. perhaps a few outbreaks

of rain further south. still quite gusty winds but nothing in comparison to sunday, monday and tuesday. but you can probablyjust see it creeping in there, to the south—west of the uk, we have another area of low pressure waiting to come wing its way across us, on thursday. so for thursday, we are back into another spell of strong winds as this low winds its way in from the atlantic, and then, hot on its heels, looks like there will be another one pushing in through friday. perhaps a little break in the weather first thing on friday but again it is setting us up for what looks like will be a potentially even a stormy weekend ahead. so the weather still set to bring us some challenges, i think, in the next few days but for today, it's a cold wind and wintry showers to look out for.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the un says up to six million people in yemen are being denied desperately—needed aid because houthi rebels are stopping its passage. the houthis, supported by iran, have been fighting the government backed by saudi arabia and the us for the last five years. china's leader has made a rare public appearance to highlight the government's efforts to combat the coronavirus. speaking to medical workers, xijinping called for 'more decisive measures' to combat the outbreak. more than 1,000 people have died so far and 42,000 cases confirmed. the us state of new hampshire is in the spotlight as voters get ready for tuesday's primary election. analysts say this is a vital moment for former vice—presidentjoe biden, and other democratic candidates, to boost theirflagging presidential campaigns. the caucus last week in iowa ended in chaos.