welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: 11 people are now known to have died in the california mass shooting, as police seek a motive for the gunman. a member of the public managed to disarm him. i was able to pull the gun away from him, shove him aside, create some distance, point the gun at him, intimidate him and say, "get the hell out of here!" a court in washington convicts four members of a far—right militia group for their part in the capitol riots in january 2021. a country on the brink because of falling birth rates. japan's prime minister gives a stark warning

on its decling population. 0nze, douze... we meet a bright 4—year—old, who's become the uk's youngest member of mensa, and can count to 100 in seven languages. and the nominations are in for the antidote to the oscars — the razzies — with some of hollywood's biggest names up for awards. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the death toll from one of california's worst mass shootings has risen to 11. doctors say one of those injured in the attack died

from extensive injuries. officials have also identified two of the victims. two women — my nian and lilan li — were both in their sixties. the 72—year—old suspected gunman was found dead by police on sunday. he had a self—inflicted gunshot wound. his motive for the attack is still unclear. the shooting happened as celebrations for lunar new year were underway in the city of monterey park, known for its large asian population. a member of the public, a 26—year—old man, managed to disarm him. here he is speaking to abc. he was hitting me across the face, bashing the back of my head. i was trying to use my elbows to separate the gun away from him, creating some distance. finally, at one point, i was able to pull the gun away from him, shove him aside, create some distance, point the gun at him, intimidate him and say, "get the hell out of here!" 0ur correspondent sophie long has more details on the investigation.

why did a 72—year—old man who was an active member of this community go on a rampage and shoot at 11 people and injure many more? at the moment, there have been very few details about that. there was a press conference here and the chief of police of the city of monterey park where we are was very honest about the fact that we may never know what caused him to do that. he said this investigation will be treated like any other, in that it will be treated as if the suspect were still alive and there several warrants that have been issued as detectives try to determine what caused him to do that. at this stage, we really are no further along with that. monterey part is about seven miles from downtown la, predominantly and asian—american area, and they were in the middle of celebrating the eve of lunar new year.

a very tight—knit community here, and people we spoke in here said they're very shocked, they are stunned. it's a very quiet community and the attack took place at a dancehall and ballroom where where people in their 60s and 70s had gathered for their regular dance class, but also for a new year's celebration. that was sophie long in monterey park. a court in washington has convicted four members of a far—right militia group of seditious conspiracy for their part in the capitol riots in january 2021. the four men, all belonging to the 0ath keepers group, were also found guilty of other felony charges. the us attorney general, merrick garland, spoke briefly about the convictions all four defendants were found guilty of seditious conspiracy as well as conspiracy to obstruct the certification of the electoral college vote and prevent members from corn —— prevent members from corn —— prevent members from corn —— prevent members of congress from discharging their duties. i'm grateful to the prosecutors, and staff for

their outstanding work in connection with this matter. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. rishi sunak has asked his independent ethics adviser to look into the tax affairs of the conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi, saying there are "questions that need answering". mr zahawi paid a penalty to resolve a multi—million pound dispute with hmrc while he was chancellor last year. he said he was "confident" he'd "acted properly throughout". the chinese city of mohe has recorded its lowest temperature since records began. known as "china's north pole", the city lies close to the russian border. on sunday, the local weather station recorded a record—low temperature of —53 degrees celsius at 7 o'clock in the morning. spotify is cutting about 600 jobs, 6% of its workforce. the music streaming service said it had been too ambitious and needed to improve efficiency. spotify has never posted a full—year profit and is the latest technology firm

to announce job cuts. european union foreign ministers agreed on monday to allocate another 500 million euros for military aid for ukraine. but germany is coming under increasing pressure to allow its leopard 2 tanks to be used to help ukraine win the war against russia. poland says it will make an official request to the government in berlin for the permission it needs to send a number of its supply. sofia bettiza has the latest. strong words from the german foreign minister in brussels on monday. foreign minister in brussels on monda . ~ ,, �* monday. translation: if it loses this — monday. translation: if it loses this war, _ monday. translation: if it loses this war, there - monday. translation: if it loses this war, there will. monday. translation: if it loses this war, there will be | loses this war, there will be no more ukraine, that's why it's important that we as international partners do everything we can to support ukraine in its right to defend itself. �* , . ., itself. but she declined to comment _ itself. but she declined to comment on _ itself. but she declined to comment on the - itself. but she declined to comment on the most - itself. but she declined to - comment on the most contentious issue, whether berlin would

agree to the sending of german— made leopard two battle tanks to fight russian forces. they are world—class weapons, widely seen as the best fit for ukraine. but the germans have to give approval before the european allies can export them. and germany is concerned about the possible consequences, including triggering escalation from russia. berlin, though, is under growing pressure to give the green light. translation: even if we _ the green light. translation: even if we don't _ the green light. translation: even if we don't get _ the green light. translation: even if we don't get the - even if we don't get the consent in the end, we will hand over our tanks along with other countries to the ukraine. and at the end of the eu meeting, what like progress. translation: what came out of these discussions is that germany is not going to ban the export of these weapons if any eu country that has them wishes to do so. , , , eu country that has them wishes todoso. , , ,., eu country that has them wishes todoso. , , _, eu country that has them wishes todoso. , , n, ., to do so. kyiv sees tanks as a vital weapon _

to do so. kyiv sees tanks as a vital weapon to _ to do so. kyiv sees tanks as a vital weapon to help - to do so. kyiv sees tanks as a | vital weapon to help ukrainian soldiers break through russian lines and recapture territory this year and with the secretary general of the nato military alliance meeting germany's new defence minister later on tuesday, speculations building that a decision could be imminent. sofia bettiza, bbc news. to china now, where what's seen as the world's largest annual human migration is under way again. people are travelling up and down the country for the lunar new year, after the country lifted pandemic restrictions. it's expected to boost the economy, but it's also raising concerns over possible covid surges, especially in the countryside. china's center for disease control and prevention estimates that 80% of the country's population has already been infected, and says the possibility of a big covid rebound is remote. but new modelling out of australia suggests the virus is unlikely to go away in 2023, and new variants can still emerge.

earlier i spoke to drjoshua szanyi — a public health registrar at the university of melbourne, and lead author of the report. he began by speaking about the main findings of his study and what 2023 could hold. this work really has its basis in the idea that we're not sure what 2023 might hold for us, so we thought it would be important to develop a framework to think in that environment and as you mentioned, with likely a virus that continues to evolve. in terms of findings, what we found across the range of scenarios we looked at was generally having a lower threshold to introduce public health and social measures is probably the best thing to do. it reinforced the value of vaccination, particularly with good uptake in the population,

which we already know, but it adds weight to that. also waiting until there are large surges of infection to increase masked wiring or improve it might be leaving things a little bit too late. so introducing a threshold to boost mask wearing is probably the best way forward. joshua, a lot of us, i think it's fair to say, hoped that the pandemic and issues to do with covid could very much be something we can put behind us. so many people in the world are increasingly being vaccinated. but with the opening up of china, what concerns do you see there and how worried should we be about the possibility of new variants? i think what we've seen over the course of the pandemic is that this virus will continue to evolve. i think we all hope things continue in the direction that they've been going in. we've been lucky in some ways that recent variants, while infectious, are not as dangerous as a variants like delta, but there's no guarantee that the virus won't evolve to gain the ability to cause quite

severe disease again. so i think this work that we've been doing isjust ensuring we're prepared for that possibility. that was drjoshua szanyi — a public health registrar at the university of melbourne, speaking earlier. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we speak to the actor brendan fraser, who's being widely tipped for an oscar nomination for his new film the whale. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first — america first.

demonstrators waiting for mike gatting - and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gasl and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour. - they called him �*the butcher of lyon'. klaus altmann is being held on a fraud charge in bolivia. the west germans want to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo chief klaus barbie. millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot — a tide of humanity that's believed by officials to have broken all records. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines: 11 people are now known to have died in the california mass shooting, as police seek a motive for the gunman — a member of the public managed to disarm him. a court in washington convicts four members of a far—right militia group for their part in the capitol riots in january 2021.

in afghanistan, the taliban authorities continue to face international condemnation over their treatment of women and girls. it's been a month since they announced a ban on female students attending universities and it's still unclear if or when the students will be able to return. the bbc�*s yalda hakim is in kabul speaking to those affected and those fighting for change. classrooms empty, library deserted. this university used to be full of female students. no more. edicts issued by the taliban government added one more thing to the list women can't do. i don't have the right for working. i don't have the right for existence. i don't have the right for being a woman any more. it's... it's a crime. nyla mirza was weeks away from getting her degree.

the ban means she's left with nothing. suddenly everything changed just in a matter of a day. i used to say it proudly to everyone that i'm finishing this journey, journey of studying medicine. but now i wake up and i watch the clock. the clock�*s tick tock. since the taliban takeover in august 2021, women have been pushed out of the public eye. most girls over the age of 12 haven't been able to return to school. women have been banned from parks and gyms and can only travel with a male guardian. despite this, women have been speaking out. it's rare, however, to see afghan menjoining them. but professor mashal, who runs a university with a50 female students, says he's had enough.

translation: leave these women alone. | in the last year and a half, all their policies have been focused on women covering up, girls not going to school. there are bigger issues we need to deal with. in a rare act of defiance, the professor tore his academic records live on television, going viral on social media. he asks, "where are all the men?" i call on fathers to take the hands of their daughters and walk them to school. even if the gates are shut, even if they are not allowed in, they should do this daily. it's the least they can do to prove they are men. many of those who have criticised the new rulers have been arrested. translation: i know what i am doing is dangerous. _ every morning, i say goodbye

to my mother and wife. i tell them i may not return, but i am ready and willing to sacrifice my life for 20 million afghan women and girls. thank you very much, nyla, forjoining us. in every interview i've done, nyla has said she will continue to fight for her rights. but this is the shot as she fled the country. it's overfor me. i mean, staying here and staying dead is the same thing. the ban is temporary, says the taliban government. they claim they're trying to create an islamic learning environment aligned with sharia practices. but until more men stand up, will anything change? yalda hakim, bbc news, kabul. to japan now — where prime minister fumio kishida has given a stark warning about the nation's declining population, saying it is putting the future of the country at risk. japan is estimated to have had fewer than 800,000 births last year. in the 1970s, that figure

was more than two million. earlier i spoke with sarah harper, professor of gerontology at the university of oxford, who talked us through the importance of this warning. it was, but it was not at all unexpected. japan is known for many decades of its child—bearing rates going down, and in the mid—90s, it was already trying to put in plans to encourage women to have more children. japan is by no means the lowest in the world. seoul, is something like 0.6 and the whole of south korea is below one. italy and spain are about 1.2, and indeed, greece is the same as japan. so many, many high—income countries have low child—bearing. in a way, it was surprising that he decided to make such a dramatic announcement. what do you think are the factors behind it? this is a problem that's

gone on for some time, but talk about the background and the factors here. it's interesting you talk about a problem, but it's a natural development. as you educate women, they choose to have one or two children. many women are choosing to be childfree, and as a consequence, it's inevitable that across the 21st century, child—bearing will fall and populations are going to decline and age. i think there are lots of things you can put in place. and if you increase the health of your population, it can work longer and the can have a huge impact on the concerns around the economy. i want to tell you about a toddler who has become britain's youngest member of mensa, the world renowned society for those with high iqs. teddy hobbs, who became a member at the age of three, can count from one to a hundred in seven different languages.

he's been speaking to our correspondent danjohnson. un, deux... meet teddy, the brightest of young boys who even enjoys maths... ..in french. tres bien. so, he could count to 100 before he was two, but ijust assume every child has their own quirk, each child develops slightly quicker in something else than the other and ijust assumed that was his thing. and now he has the certificate to prove his high iq. to become a member of mensa. he was three years and seven months and it said his letter and word recognition was at eight years and ten months. we had an inkling that he was a bit ahead, but actually seeing the numbers on the paper and realising and then thinking, i don't know how he is like that. the letters of the alphabet. ah, yeah.

it's notjust in english, though, is it? no. what else have we got here? german. can you read that? das bitte. people will think you must be a pushy parent, you must have encouraged this. teddy has done all of this himself. when we go out and we give him the option of a treat, he wants a book rather than chocolate. what are you cutting it out to make? a shape of kenya. kenya the country? yes. he's absolutely a normal four—year—old boy. he finds poo really funny and we still have the same challenges that all other parents of four—year—olds have. his inquisitive mind never rests, but teddy's taking the attention in his stride. hello. you have been a superstar at being quiet. i have?

oh, thank you. and he's a most gracious interviewee. bye! dan johnson, bbc news, portishead. the actor brendan fraser is being widely tipped for an oscar nomination for his new film �*the whale' which is all about a morbidly obese man trying to connect with his estranged daughter. it's his first leading role in years. he's been speaking to our

entertainment reporter, i think we can often lose sight that those are human beings, with thoughts and feelings and hearts and families and everything. and this is a story that's not often told in media, and it's a story that's played out behind closed doors in two—bedroom apartments all across the country, the continent, the world. i need to know that she's going to have a decent life where she cares about people. fraser's remarkable transformation — the result of heavy prosthetics. the lead character might be an unusual one for hollywood, but the director

hopes the story will resonate with us all. i need to know that i have done one thing right with my life! i'm happy that it's out in the world and it has a positive message. it's about bringing... it's about bringing families back together. and so much that's happened over the last few years has brought so many people apart that it's nice to feel that human connection again. she saved him. she wasn't trying to hurt him. 20 years ago, brendan fraser was one of hollywood's leading stars, thanks to films like the mummy series. but in more recent years, his work has made much less of an impact. the whale, though, has led the industry to once more recognise his talent. i think the response to this film has certainly opened people's eyes to new ideas and ways to reorient beliefs that they held formerly that are guaranteed

changed by the story's end. did you really feel you were out in the wilderness for the past few years in film terms? you could say that i was, yes. since the film's world premiere last september, fraser's performance has been talked about as one of the most powerful of the year. a bafta nomination, congratulations. a critics choice win, congratulations again. how does it feel for you to be getting this kind of recognition? it's exciting, it's rewarding. it's...it's new to me. and i'm keen to see what happens next. what do you hope will happen next? i hope that we'll be having another conversation like this soon. people are amazing. and when the oscar nominations are unveiled tomorrow afternoon, it'll be a huge shock if brendan fraser's name isn't on the list for best actor. lizo mzimba, bbc news.

meanwhile the nominations are in for the razzies, hollywood's annual antidote to the oscars which celebrates the worst in cinema over the past 12 months. leading the charge with 8 nominations is netflix's �*blonde'— about the life of marilyn monroe. its lead, ana de armas, and producer, brad pitt, are in the firing line. disney's take on pinocchio picked up six nods, including worst picture and actor for tom hanks' portrayal of the puppet�*s dad, geppetto, in the classic morality tale about... lying and telling the truth, how basic and primal a theme is that. a lie can really change a person _ a lie can really change a person. what _ a lie can really change a person. what is - a lie can really change a i person. what is happening! fairy— person. what is happening! fairy magio _ person. what is happening! fairy magic. 0n— person. what is happening! fairy magic. on the - person. what is happening! fairy magic. on the nose, i person. what is happening! | fairy magic. on the nose, if you — fairy magic. on the nose, if you ask— fairy magic. on the nose, if you ask me. fairy magic. on the nose, if you ask me— fairy magic. on the nose, if ou ask me. �* , .,~ you ask me. and some breaking news now- _ you ask me. and some breaking news now. multiple _ you ask me. and some breaking news now. multiple reports - you ask me. and some breaking| news now. multiple reports from california of another shooting. us media report that four

people have been killed and three critically injured in two shootings northern california. subsequently the county sheriff office has tweeted about the incident and says the suspect is in custody and there is no immediate threat to the community at this time. more for you later. thank you for watching. hello. the weather's relatively quiet across the uk right now with a large area of high pressure extending all the way from russia through the baltic reaching our shores. but the temperature contrast is huge across the country, a bit like last night. on the one hand, we have mild south—westerlies affecting northern ireland and scotland. on the other, colder continental air affecting the southeast of the country, and on top of that, with frosty conditions in the south of the uk, freezing fog as well — anywhere from the welsh marshes towards east anglia. so, let's have a look at the temperatures early in the morning. this is where the frost will be. a bit of an onshore wind here in the extreme south east,

so perhaps not quite so cold, but in oxfordshire could be as low as —8 celsius, a lot milder in western scotland. and also here we're closer to weather fronts, maybe some spits and spots of rain for the western isles, but through the day, perhaps some sunshine around the murray firth, eastern scotland, also the borders, the northeast of england, too. but i think the best of the brightness will be around about here, but also colder conditions — 6—3 celsius, 11 degrees expected in stornoway on tuesday. now, wednesday's weather forecast, and we're expecting a cold front to sweep across the country. so, bits and pieces of rain certainly on the cards, but high pressures also close by, so i don't think there's going to be much rainfall with this weather front here and it will be brief. now, the winds are coming in from the north, but this is actually air that originated out in the north atlantic rather than the arctic. so, not desperately cold at all.

ten degrees for glasgow and belfast and much milder in the south as well. and that pattern continues into thursday — high pressure close by, the winds seemingly northerly, but again originating from here rather than the very far north. so, again, not that cold and i think a decent amount of bright, if not sunny weather for many of us on thursday, bar the odd shower coming off the north sea, maybe affecting eastern areas. so, the highs about 8 in glasgow and we'll match that in london, not far off the seasonal norm. ok, let's have a look at the forecast then for the rest of the week and into the weekend, and you can see pretty stable weather. it should get quite breezy as we head towards the end of the week, but that also means that we'll see milder conditions spreading in off the atlantic as we head into the weekend. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. hello, welcome to talking business. let's take a look at what is on show. as the global economy falters, is 2023 shaping up to be a year of big drop—offs? a growing number of major companies are already laying off workers in their thousands, so our employers also now taking back control of pay and conditions? i will hear from the head of the un international labour organisation about why

the globaljobs market is under pressure and why that could mean more social unrest. the big boss of global recruitment firm robert waters