headlines: police in the philippines arrest the head of a news website highly critical of president duterte for an alleged cyber offence dating back seven years. the fact that an arrest warrant has been issued, well, really interesting and i will follow. i am just shocked that the rule of law has been broken to the point that i can't see it. no regrets aboutjoining the islamic state group but hoping to return home. a london schoolgirl lifts the lid on her brutal life in syria. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme. a valentine's day plea from japan's same—sex community — 13 couples demand the government recognises their relationships as marriage. and declaring war on the boar. hong kong steps up the fight against a plague of wild pigs. 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 8:00 in the morning in manila where the head of the philippines news website rappler is facing charges which carry a penalty of up to 12 years injail. maria ressa is accused of cyber crimes over a report

why does president duterte want to change the name of the philippines?fghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order that the army defeated in the task had been sent to perform. 0ne the task had been sent to perform. one wonders who is left. as the left got under way, there was i'io as the left got under way, there was no letup in eruption itself. lava streams from low in the crater flow down to the sea on the east of the island, away from the town for the time being that it could start flowing again at any time. the russians heralded the new generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they called it mir, the russian for peace. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon, in singapore. i'm nuala mcgovern, in london. our top stories: president trump's set to declare a national emergency, to secure funding for a border wall with mexico. the british government has suffered another damaging parliamentary defeat over its brexit plans. and archaeologists in pompeii have announced their latest fi

controversial leader rodrigo duterte says he wants to change the country's name. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in the evening in washington, where donald trump has said he will accept the budget deal and thus avoid a second partial government shutdown. but, and it's a big but, the white house says he will make up for that deal, not including all of the funding he wants for his border wall, by calling a national emergency to secure the shortfall. our washington correspondent chris buckler has the latest. he is having to look at other options and he is funding a spending bill despite the fact that congress would not give the $5.7 billion he says he needs. he is backed into a corner because fundamentally, he does not want to have another partial government shutdown. polls suggested that he was the one getting blamed, but he is now saying he will take the money from other pots, from other funding. it is why he is talking about declaring a national emergency at the southern border, it is to try and build that wall, which he promised of course to his sup

anna: when philippine president rodrdrigo duterte recently confessed to molesting his domestic workers a teen, he revealed a dirty little secret. many domestic workers in the philippines are sexually assaulted by their employers. novelilita palisoc rununs a unin for domestic workers and was also shocked by the presidenen's admission. >> it's sasad and degrading. just bececause workekers have aw status. does it mean they can be treated this way? ana: novelita palilisoc says tht while rape is the worst thatat n happen, domeststic workers face sexual harassment on a near-daily basis. palisoc's s employer once groped r r while she e was changing lightbulb. she did not t complain, ththinkg his wife would n not believe he. claire pililla is a a lawyer who has been at the forefront of women's s rights for ovever a decade. >> sexual abuse e among domestic workers here in the philippines is very prevalent. unfortunately, we do not have statistics on that. and this is probabably because f the sisilence of the victim, silence of the families, because it happens in their families. ana: there is a

philippines have arrested the award winning head of a news website that's been critical of president duterte. maria ressa is accused of libel for an article that was written seven years ago. ms ressa and her news organisation, rappler, are already under investigation for tax fraud. mr duterte‘s government has launched a number of legal actions against the president's critics. a schoolgirl from london, who travelled to syria to join the islamic state group, says she now wants to return to the uk, so she can care for her unborn child. and this story is trending on bbc.com: indian researchers have discovered a new species of frog in a roadside puddle in the western ghats region. they say the creature is unique and have given it a name meaning "small and mysterious". that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: a 27—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three pensioners were found dead in exeter. the victims were all in their 80s. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. crunch talks in beijing. high—level negotiations get under way

president duterte, who calls the rappler site "fake news", has previously denied the charges againsttigative journalism. oftentimes, this being an online source, is quick to report and circulate widely controversial policies in the philippines, particularly critical of the current administration of president rodrigo duterte. in the last few years, rapp;er has generated a bit of controversy from supporters of the philippine government and the current administration, particularly when it comes to issues of the extrajudicial killings that have been taking place across the philippines. just before we go — a rare animal sighting to tell you about. first this magnificent black panther — caught on camera in kenya — in a wildlife reserve move in the centre of the country. there's a brief video too. here are some more of the photos. they were taken by a conservation team using camera traps. i learned today that what we call a panther is a leopard with melanism — that's a genetic mutation like albinism — but in this case it makes the fur black. in fact, this leopard was pictured by the same ca

and this might look like the president of the philippines rodrigo duterte and north korea's kimjong—unn closer inspection, it turns out the pair are in fact a couple of impersonators, who were out on the streets of hong kong posing with people for selfies and having a chicken dinner together. the car maker nissan has confirmed that its scrapping plans to manufacture its x—trail 4x4 in the north—east of england — reversing a decision announced two years ago. the x—trail will now continue to be made in japan instead. in a letter to staff, nissan said a number of business reasons were involved but that uncertainty about brexit was not helping. the news comes as angela merkel arrives in japan for a meeting with the prime minister shinzo abe. amongst the subjects up for discussion preserving free trade. rupert wingfield—hayes is in tokyo for us. let's start with this new sun announcement. how damaging is that for the announcement. how damaging is that forthe uk? announcement. how damaging is that for the uk? it's not immediately damaging because this was going to be new investment and a new

and this might look like the president of the philippines rodrigo duterte and north korea's kimjong—un inspection, it turns out the pair are in fact a couple of impersonators, who were out on the streets of hong kong posing with people for selfies and having a chicken dinner together. the car maker nissan has confirmed that its scrapping plans to manufacture its x trail 4 by 4 in the north east of england — reversing a decision announced two years ago. the x—trail will now continue to be made in japan instead. the news comes as angela merkel arrives injapan for a meeting with the prime minister shimnzo abe. amongst the subjects up for discussion preserving free trade. a short time ago i spoke to our tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, and began by asking him how damaging the nissan decision is for the uk. it's not immediately damaging because this was going to be new investment and a new model being made in the uk to the first time so currently nissan makes three models in the uk accounting for about 500,000 units a year since the second biggest car for about 500,000 units a y

, who's on bail after her arrest a day earlier, said democracy in the philippines under president duterteath by a thousand cuts". president duterte has described her news website, rappler, as fake news, although he has previously denied that the charges against her are politically motivated. it's a year since 17 people were killed by an ex—student at a high school in florida. dozens more were injured in the devastating attack in the city of parkland. people there gathered earlier to remember the victims and to mark the moment the gunman opened fire at the marjorie stoneman douglas high school. the shooting led to a nationwide discussion on gun control in america, but, so far, there have been no meaningful changes to current laws. samira hussain reports now on those who are still living with the physical and emotional reminders of what happened. good morning, have a great day, guys. a typical morning walk to school done by thousands across the country. but this is different. these kids go to marjory stoneman douglas, a name that will forever conjure images from this day. students fleeing f

of a news website that's been critical of president duterte. maria ressa is accused of libel for an article that was written seven years ago. ms ressa and her news organisation, rappler, are already under investigation for tax fraud. mr duterte‘s government has launched a number of legal actions against the president's critics. a schoolgirl from london, who travelled to syria to join the islamic state group, says she now wants to return to the uk, so she can care for her unborn child. and this story is trending on bbc.com: indian researchers have discovered a new species of frog, in a roadside puddle in the western ghats region. small and mysterious. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, stephen sackur is in florida with hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. this is suburban florida, peaceful, prosperous, seemingly at ease with itself. but the truth is, no corner of america is immune from gun violence, least of all florida, which just one year ago saw an horrific high school shooting which left 1a students and thre

president duterte has described her news website — rappler — as fake news, although he has previouslygainst her are politically motivated. it's a year since 17 people were killed by an ex—student at a high school in florida. dozens more were injured in the devastating attack in the city of parkland. people there gathered earlier to remember the victims — and to mark the moment the gunman opened fire at the marjorie stoneman douglas high school. samira hussain reports now on those who are still living with the physical and emotional reminders of what happened. good morning, have a great day, guys. a typical morning walk to school done by thousands across the country. but this is different. these kids go to marjory stoneman douglas, a name that will forever conjure images from this day. students fleeing for safety as a gunman armed with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire. this is the first one. anthony was shot five times. using his own body as a shield, he prevented the gunman from entering the classroom. he saved up to 20 kids, but, to this day, when he tries to sleep, he is taken righ

two figures on the streets of hong kong had people stopping for photos — it may look like president dutertephilippines and north korea's kim jong—un walking together, but, on closer inspection, the pair are in fact a couple of impersonators. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: the prime minister theresa may says she's determined to deliver brexit on schedule and will go back to brussels with new ideas. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report. merkel in tokyo, the german chancellor due to meet shinzo abe just days after a landmark trade deal between japan and just days after a landmark trade deal betweenjapan and the european union came into effect. sears on the brink. the future of the iconic us retailer decided in new york ba n kru ptcy retailer decided in new york bankruptcy later today. welcome to this monday edition of asia business report, i am sharajit leyl asia business report, i am sharajit leyl. later today, the leaders of the world's third and fourth biggest economies, japan and germany, are set to talk trade politics and business

amy: rappler and maria ressa hahave been repeatedly tarargety duterte's government. in november, authorities indicted ressa and the site on tax evasion charges, which are widely believed to be politically motivated. to see our november interview with maria ressa, go to our website at democracynow.org she came to this country to win a number of journalism awards. in spain, a trial kicked off tuesday for 12 leaders of the catalan separatist movement over their role in catalonia's bid for independence. in 2017, the central government cracked down on separatists, arresting political leaders and charging them with rebellion following an independence referendum in october 2017 and the catalan parliament's declaration of independence. lawyers for the defendants have condemned legal proceedings, saying it's unlikely they will get a fair trial and that democracies should not have political prisoners. this is catalan president quim torra speaking about the trial. --we are before an act equally decided to decide, people that put their b bodies t risk to grant a better future, a

they say president duterte will play an active role in trying to improve the public‘s confidence in thethe straits times leads on singapore's calls for malaysia to withdraw its vessels from singaporean waters. the singaporean government says malaysian boats threaten the safety of navigation in the area — after greek and malaysian vessels collided in the strait. and finally the china daily newspaper has a story about the release of a chinese sci—fi blockbuster. the wandering earth raked in more than $280 million during the spring festival. the paper says 2019 will go down as the year china learnt how to make sci—fi. doctors in australia who are treating sick asylum seekers on offshore detention centres, could be allowed to send their patients to the mainland for further medical assistance. that's if an opposition backed bill, which is currently being debated, is passed this week. at the moment, the decision on whether refugees on nauru and manus island can be brought to australia is solely up to the home affairs minister. hywel griffith in sydney, says the government is firecely opposing

controversial leader rodrigo duterte says he wants to change the country's name.

headlines: police in the philippines arrest the head of a news website highly critical of president duterte will follow. i am just shocked that the rule of law has been broken to the point that i can't see it. no regrets aboutjoining the islamic state group but hoping to return home. a london schoolgirl lifts the lid on her brutal life in syria. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme. a valentine's day plea from japan's same—sex community — 13 couples demand the government recognises their relationships

it may look like president duterte of the philippines and north korea's kim jong—un walking together, closer inspection, the pair are in fact a couple of impersonators. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now it's time for hardtalk. carl hiaasen, welcome to hardtalk. hgppy carl hiaasen, welcome to hardtalk. happy to have me on, thank you. here we sit in florida, the state you we re we sit in florida, the state you were born in, racing, have worked in all your life, and you are still here. what keeps you, in this state that you confess is crazy? um... i think it is where my family is from, i think one of the things about writers as you have to care about what you write about, and is messed up what you write about, and is messed up as this state use, it is absolutely screwed up and insane, i still care about it. my family is here. either that i am just too lazy to leave. i will also say there are weeks when you see the stream of headlines that come out of florida where even a diehard floridians service, there has got to be some place that had to live, less crazy. i have those weeks wh

bashar al assad, nicolas maduro and rodriguez duterte. >> it's part of his brand.t's something he says when he doesn't agree with a story, when it puts him in a bad light. it's something he repeats over and over again. you heard similar phrasing from russians. if they don't like some of the reporting that's coming out about the russia investigation, it's something that they use, too. clearly, it's something that has traveled. you heard the president being confronted with it. >> what makes this especially disingenuous is that identifying enemies and positioning himself as the one force that stands between his supporters and all of these different kinds of forces that are against him is the essence of his political messaging and strategy. whether it's undocumented immigrants or the press or the deep state, the core of what trump sells is the idea that he alone will stand against all of the forces that he portrays as being against him. for him to say, i'm surprised that the press is seen as an enemy, that's the core of the language. that's the core of the message that

ideologies pose to liberal democracies demand our full attention from putin's russia to xi's china to duterte's philippines to erdogan's turkey, the model ought to concern every american. which just has a different residence when it turns out that not every american has the same take on this issue or the same instinct that authoritarian government has an ick factor. when our current president came back from meeting kim jong-un in singapore the last time, last summer, he told fox news upon his return about kim jong-un, he's the head of a country, the strong head, do not let anyone think anything different. he speaks and his people sit up at attention. i want my people to do the same. i think it is fair to say that it is not an accident that while president trump is meeting with an undoubtedly praising and offering free stuff to kim jong-un tomorrow house democrats will be convening a hearing on athuthoritarian government and dangers and probably not an accident that tomorrow will feature that vote in the house of representatives expected to rebuke and potentially block the president from using a

. >> not only does he agree with kim jong-un, he agrees with vladimir putin, duterte, mbs. why?ly thing -- i can't get in his head on these things and i'm not here to spend my time bashing trump. you have to tell things as you see them and that's what i do here when i work at cnn. but you can't sell human rights down the river. you can't trade something that is bad, hoping you're going to get something good. life doesn't work that way. he should have said, are you kidding me? i want you to release all these prisoners. human rights problems in korea, it's one of the worst places on the face of the earth. maybe he thinks he's going to get a better deal. maybe that's his way of getting the art of the deal. here is what i -- first of all, thank god whoa didn't get a bad deal out of north korea. that's what a lot of people are saying. secondly, how can you go there when you don't already have it pretty well accomplished? you don't send the president over there to negotiate from the seat of his pants. they walk away. they don't have much. what about china now? we're in the middle of t

think any of us will ever know -- >> do we need to be there to know what kim jong-un and putin and dutertend mbs to know what they're capable of? >> the question, brooke, was is kim lying to the president? and i don't know. i don't know. -- >> no. the question senator kennedy, is why does the president keep supporting these murderous men? >> i don't know. you'll have to ask him that question to get your answer. i'm just saying it's an interesting discussion. i don't know how we'll ever resolve it, but to me, kim is responsible any way, just as vladimir putin is responsible for the things that his government does as is the ayatollah and iran. >> so why on earth is the president of the united states not defending an american citizen or his family? >> you'll have to ask him that, brooke. i wasn't there. i have heard him defend -- >> mr. trump, if you're watching, come on to cnn. >> maybe he'll call in. >> i think there's a better chance of a lot of things, but mr. trump, call us. you know the number. speaking of mbs, you are very vocal about saudi arabia and just this week the senate is pushi

independent news site rappler and a vocal critic of the philippines' authoritarian president rodrigo duterte. this is maria ressa speaking just after her release from the custody of the national bureau of investigation. reallyate last night made me think about what this is all about. for me it is about two things, abuse of power and weaponization of the law. this isn't just about me and it is not just about rappler. the message the government is sending is very clear. and someone actually told our reporters this last night. be silent or you are next. so i am saying and i am appealing to you not to be silent, even if, and especially if, you are next. amy: to see our recent interview when she camesa to the united states to pick up a number of journalism awards, you can visit our website democracynow.org. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. nermeen: and i am nermeen shaikh. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. the new u.s. special envoy to venezuela, elliott

the same with duterte of the philippines.ny cases, in saudi arabia, the khashoggi murder. whennor intelligence community contradicts the president, the billions of dollars we spend on spy satellites ohuman spies, and the president takes the word of dictators over that excellent intelligence community that he has is dispiriting. it's disappointing. >> you mentioned the death of jamal khashoggi. and this has flown under the radar. jared kushner, the president's son-in-law, a top white house adviser and others met with saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman this week for the first time since khashoggi's death. can you talk through how you see that relationship developing and what you make of that? >> well, look, saudi arabia and the united states, very important alliance. energy alliance, military alliance, intelligence alliance. but here we are also talking to saudi arabia about selling them very sensitive nuclear technology. and somehow in the white house that was shielded from appropriate legal and ethical officials. that's v

we announced a new agreement to hold an increased number of exercises in 2018, 2019 and president duterte has announced plans for joint oil and gas empt place with china and has made other entries to china. can you give us an assessment of the state of the bilateral relationship and what direction you think it is heading for this critical ally in this region? >> sir, i think that the relationship is trending in a positive direction. i can tell you, in the military space, since 2017, when we were able to man fefifest some of ou indirect assistance to their flight in malari, it has restored the military relationship in a way we haven't seen in a couple of decades. it has led in fact, to things like the edka agreement, as well as the advancement and the exercises here in 2018, and 2019. there's no doubt that at the political level, some of the relationship has been politically fractious, but i take as a positive sign the vagueness of the agreements that president duterte signed with president xi last fall. and i think we should take a little bit of comfort in that, that we can continue to ad

the deputy governor will be taking the reins until president rodrigo duterte names a successor.the central bank governors raised the benchmark interest rate by 175 basis points last year after inflation rose to a nine-year high. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm su keenan. this is bloomberg. president trump says the u.s. will delay a deadline for increasing tariffs on chinese goods, saying substantial progress has been made in talks with negotiators. tom mackenzie joins us from beijing. what are the details? are we setting up for a potential leadership summit? this isn't a major surprise, given what we heard from president trump in the last week in terms of optimism of these negotiations. but it is a major step potentially toward a deal. you have had this tariff deadline, march 1, extended by the u.s. that would have increased tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods. president trump suggesting we are looking at a meeting between the two leaders. we have heard from

i'm sure it's very important to meet with president duterte but i would have made a buy line to one of -- to the countries involved after all, japan was very concerned we might do a deal with long-range missiles and ignore the missiles to reach japan and we have to talk to the north koreans. i'm sure the secretary gets there but why the stop in ma mina on the way? and with respect to, you know, dragging the president 20,000 miles to hanoi and back, yeah, i would like to know how that all happened because the north koreans have talked for some time for this idea of shutting down a factory and have it dismantled under american -- not supervision but we would have observers there. pretty big step. and they're saying that they were only looking at some aspect of the trade of the trade sanctions, again, you know, we need to hear from the americans what this was about. anyway, you just get the impression this is kind of raggedy ploem sy and it just doesn't have to be this chaotic. >> ambassador burns, we had treasury secretary steve mnuchin earlier on today making comments of sanctions and t

secretary of state mike pompeo arriving in the philippines for a meeting with president rodrigue duterteore meetings between the u.s. and north korea, but there was no plan to do so immediately. >>> pakistan's prime minister says his country will release a captured indian fighter pilot shot down yesterday over kashmir. pakistan also shot down another inldian plane. the indian government said it is happy with this latest move. >>> and back here at home, a slow moving storm that soaked already saturated soil causing rivers to overflow in northern california the california national guard carrying out rescues into the night in sonoma county officials declaring a local emergency. >>> unfortunately, more rain is headed their way that is the news update this hour guys, i'll send it back downtown to you. >> all right sue, thank you very much. >>> now for our etf spotlights, markets didn't really make a huge move this morning on stronger than expected fourth-quarter gdp numbers, but within the data the upside largely came from a surge in business, some of the wear spending, r & d spending and tax

administration is going to hold authoritarian leaders to account, whether it's salman, whether it's dutertetor, let me ask you one other question, something we don't talk about a lot but a big problem in latin america and that's venezuela. i'm wondering how you read what's happening there and whether you think some change of regime, some process that would get maduro out is now under way. >> i think there is a process. it's a question of how long it's going to take to play out. i am concerned that the mets the military services are the ones that are in bed with maduro. i do think that it to push forward against that senior leadership. i do think ultimately maduro is going to have to leave. i'm hoping there's not a lot of just by um sfrfrm what he wants a an international stage where he is seen as an equal to the united states. and this president has totally capitulated on that front. he has totally given this guy who is a des pot and a thug who kills his own family members, star starves his own people. this is outrageous that the president is treating him this way. check the box. president