and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore. and in hollywood, it's the biggest night of the year. the oscar ceremony gets under way very shortly, and the biggest names in the film world have been arriving. we'll be live on the red carpet shortly. but first, our arts correspodent, will gompertz, looks at who's in the running for the top awards. there is more than one song to the oscars. yes, there is the frivolous showbiz side. more than the red carpet, the lavish after party. there is a different side to the business. filmmaking is at heart a cottage industry, as shown by these two matt br is from london who are up two matt br is from london who are up against each other in the special effects department. —— brothers i have my family working for me. my soi'i have my family working for me. my son is working for me. more up and coming. the next generation is ready. you are going to have oscars in yourfamilyfor ready. you are going to have oscars in your family for decades?” ready. you are going to have oscars in your family for decades? i hope so. in your family for decades? i hope so. then there is the serious side. great films, award—winning films, which tell stories that matter and reflect their time. i am very encouraged. i feel the diversity of the line—up this year reflects the industry and world i live in. it is important people see what happens in moonlight and think that things are possible. i want any child who grew up possible. i want any child who grew up wherel possible. i want any child who grew up where i grew up to know that the ceiling is raising. i am his wife. that is no good here. the oscars this year feel more different, more politically charged, more diverse, more connected. but there will a lwa ys more connected. but there will always be la la land. yes. la la land ending that report. we will be live in la la land with oui’ we will be live in la la land with our correspondent. he will be speaking to the person who got #oscarssowhite trending last year. now for some other news. official figures from germany reveal that there are at least ten attacks on migrants every day. in 2016 there were more than 2,500 attacks against individual refugees. the open—door policy adopted in 2015 has proved politically sensitive and has led to an increase in hate crime. activists say many attacks against refugees arent even reported. every single attack of migrants towards germans is entering into a big debate on german tvs and shows and newspapers. and the attacks on migrants, on refugees especially, they are not really discussed in public. a grandmother who has lived with her husband for 30 years in britain has been deported. all applications to remain within the uk were submitted individually. some big boxing news now! boxing wbo world welterweight champion, manny pacquiao, is to fight great britain's amir khan on the 23rd of april. pacquiao, who came out of retirement to win the wbo belt by beating jesse vargas in november. whereas khan hasn't fought since stepping up to middleweight and getting knocked out by wbc champion canelo alvarez in may. so, certainly one to look out for. the biggest scandal in south korean politics could be reaching its conclusion. in a few hours' time a constitutional court will hold its final hearing on president park's impeachment. ms park is accused of allowing a close friend to profit from her connections with the presidency. thousands of south koreans took part rival protests in seoul on saturday over the impeachment of president park. if the court upholds the impeachment, park will be removed from her post immediately. let's get the latest from our correspondent in seoul, steve evans. what we are not expecting is president park to appear. she has told the court through her lawyers she will not appear in person for today's final session hearings. we expect a decision in a month's today's final session hearings. we expect a decision in a months time. this is important. she has said consistently she wants to help the enquiry. she denies any wrongdoing, but she is very keen to help. but when push comes to shove today, she is not going to appear. this thing, sharanjit leyl, is not going to appear. this thing, shara njit leyl, is is not going to appear. this thing, sharanjit leyl, is a sign. let us strip it back a bit. there is a criminal investigation into the companies alleged to have given money. and president park's friend, alleged to have taken money. that is alleged to have taken money. that is a normal investigation. on that track, prosecutors have to decide whether they will formally indict the acting head of samsung, jay y lee, currently in custody. that is one big decision to be made today or tomorrow all pretty soon. and the other track of the enquiry is because additional court deciding whether, basically, to sack president park, or to, say, whether, basically, to sack president park, orto, say, carry whether, basically, to sack president park, or to, say, carry on until november. that is the second track. on both of them, pretty important political events are going to happen. here in britain, two 2.5 years after it was set up by the government, the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse will begin its first public hearings on monday. the first claim to be investigated is the mistreatment of thousands of british children sent to former colonies like australia after 1945. the bbc has been told the inquiry will hear new evidence about abuse, and claims that it was covered up. here's our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. newsreel: they arrive at fremantle from great britain with 931 new migrants for this country. i've lived for 60—odd years with this hate. they sent us to a place that was a living hell. we did nothing wrong. all we did was do as we were told, and suffered immensely for it. they've been called "britain's lost children." clifford walsh was nine when he arrived here at fremantle, near perth, one of thousands in care orfrom poorfamilies, promised a better life in the sunshine. he ended up at bindoon, run by the catholic christian brothers, where barefoot children built their own accommodation and were beaten and sexually abused. we were 60 miles from perth. we had no parents. we had no relatives. there was nowhere we could go. these brothers, these paedophiles, must have felt they were in hog heaven. australia, britain, the christian brothers, have all apologised. but from tomorrow, the uk's public inquiry will begin examining the scale of the abuse, which has brought david hill back to britain, to tilbury docks, from where he left 58 years ago. he's a successful public figure in australia, who grew up at the fairbridge farm school, and interviewed its former children, who've only relatively recently disclosed sexual abuse. i've put the figure at over 60% of the kids that went to fairbridge were sexually abused. 60%? 60%. and i think if you look at the conditions that prevail in the other child migrant institutions, i'd be staggered if the figure isn't equally high, or even higher, in some of the catholic boys' homes in western australia. files in the national archives show that in 1956, british inspectors visited all of the homes. there were no mentions of sexual abuse, but there were serious concerns about standards of childcare. officials drew up this blacklist of institutions that should receive no more children. but the files show that the charities and religious organisations running the schemes successfully put pressure on the government to keep them going until the 1970s. fairbridge has become part of the prince's trust, which says the public inquiry will have access to all the charity's archives. should this inquiry bother with what's becoming history? it will examine new claims of a cover—up, and that paedophiles selected migrants for emigration. many of the lost children are still alive and demanding answers. the greater the evil, the stronger the conspiracy to keep it a secret and keep it covered up. so, if this inquiry is capable of opening some of that truth, then that's a good thing. tom symonds, bbc news. it's been nearly two weeks since the death of north korea's leader's half—brother, kim jon—nam. one new development comes from malaysia's health minister who's suggested that it took kimjong—nam up to 20 minutes to die, saying that while the dose of the toxic poison was very high, it would not have killed the half—brother of the north korea leader immediately. rupert wingfield—hayes has been investigating. this was one of the most brazen killings of recent years. this is the spot where kim jong—nam was attacked. take a look around. this was overlooked by at least six cctv cameras. just a few metres away, this cafe at one of those tables, four north korean men were sitting and watching. all four are now wa nted and watching. all four are now wanted by the malaysian authorities. one is reported to be a known north korean security agent. after the attack, they got up and headed for departures. a few minutes later, the boarded a flight to jakarta and then on to dubai. what about the two young women accused of carrying out the attack? one is from vietnam, the other, indonesia. the first was working in this hotel behind me in a massage parlour on the second floor. in malaysia, masse at parlours are often a front for sex shops. —— massage. they were living a precarious existence of. she said she was approached by a man calling himself "james." he she was approached by a man calling himself "james. " he offered she was approached by a man calling himself "james." he offered her a pa rt himself "james." he offered her a part to be in a tv reality show. turns out that this was his real name. he is north korean. the final key suspect wanted by the malaysians is thought to be holed up in this building behind me. the second secretary at the north korean embassy. what his alleged role is, we do not know, and will probably never find out, because we do not know, and will probably neverfind out, because he has diplomatic immunity. so much of this story does not add up. why such a public place? why hire two foreign women to carry out such a hit? why use such a rare killing agent? did they think they would get away with murder and something went wrong? do they intend people to know they have this agent? you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the united nations takes away papua new guinea's right to vote at its general assembly, in a row over an unpaid bill of nearly $200,000. also on the programme: we meet the chef who's been catering for one of the oscars after—parties for more than two decades. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malacanang, the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep. every vehicle was greeted as if it was the first in the relief of kuwait and in the city once among the richest in the world, kuwait is can gather freely again. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope. very soon, for the sake of the credibility and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, be hidden from the world for the rest of his life. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: excitement is building in los angeles, where the oscars ceremony is due to get under way in just over an hour. the romantic musical la la land is expected to be the night's big winner. south korea's president park under pressure. a court prepares to hear final arguments over her impeachment, after another huge weekend demonstration demanding her resignation. the american actor bill paxton, who appeared in a string of popular films, has died at the age of 61. he played private hudson in the science fiction classic aliens. in titanic, he played the treasure hunter brock lovett. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. gulf news has an interview with the newly chosen deputy leader of the palestinian political party fatah. mahmoud al—aloul says fatah will never recognise israel as a jewish state. however, he says his organisation is committed to a two—state solution. the international edition of new york times reports on china constructing its first overseas military base in the east african state of djibouti. this chinese naval base is going to be only a few kilometres away from a vital american installation, making the two strategic rivals neighbours for the first time. south china morning post has a picture of an aircraft emergency landing, on trees. a veteran flying instructor has steered his stricken light aircraft towards a group of trees in a golf course. thanks to his presence of mind, he has avoided potential casualties on board and on the ground. now, sharanjit, this story has been ridiculously popular online. and it is now up to a 165 million hits — this video of a baby panda trying to get the keeper's attention. the panda, called chee yee, lives at the chengdu base of giant panda breeding in south—west china's sichuan province. papua new guinea has lost its vote in the united nations general assembly, after failing to pay its annual fee. the pacific nation needs to pay the un at least $180,000 to regain voting rights. the government of papua new guinea is currently struggling with a debt crisis, with electricity recently cut off to its national parliament. eric tlozek is abc australia's correspondent in the country. he told me more about the government's financial problems. well, it comes at a very bad time for papua new guinea, which is going to host the apec leaders summit next year, the asia—pacific economic to operation for and at a time when papua new guinea is trying to be seen as a regional leader in terms of its political stability, in terms of its political stability, in terms of its political stability, in terms of its economic growth, but u nfortu nately of its economic growth, but unfortunately it is being blamed now internally on an administrative error and a change in the process in how the department of foreign affa i rs how the department of foreign affairs here pays the bills for its foreign missions. apparently the money was there but some kind of administrative mistake led to it not being paid. unfortunately it comes as the png government have also failed to pay a number of bills, not just domestic but international, and we re just domestic but international, and were put on notice to new zealand government agency in relation to their debts. the government is struggling for cash. and there are even more worrying concerns, eric. you mentioned they have failed to pay some domestic bills, the lights we re pay some domestic bills, the lights were out in the parliament, for instance. there are some particular worrying concerns, especially in jail where there is reported lack of funds meaning there is starving prisoners. we are told that this week that issue was fixed but yes, that issue was brought to light because staff at the jail was so worried about the welfare of the 107 prisoners at the prison, in the heart of png, that they went out and spent their own money to buy biscuits for the prisoners, including children, young men who are in part of the jail. that was caused, the government says, by a problem with a cheque that having been delivered to the contractor but the contractor said he hadn't been paid for two months. so there are theseissues paid for two months. so there are these issues popping up all over papua new guinea in terms of the government's ability to pay bills and it's got a number of people questioning it, and speaking privately to businesses in papua new guinea, many of them say they are also owed money by the png government so it is becoming a major concern for investors and business is operating in papua new guinea, about whether or not they will be paid. let's return to the oscars. it isjust an hour to go until the ceremony gets under way. peter bowes is on the red carpet for us. it is very, very different this year. last year we of course have this is you about the lack of diversity, this year very different. yes, these are the most racially diverse oscars of all time. if you look across the board at all of the categories, and in the acting categories, and in the acting categories we have seven actors of colour, as you imply, very different to last year and the previous year, when only white actors were nominated in those categories. and oscars so white became a very well—known hashtag on the internet, it became pivotal to the debate about racial diversity, not only at the oscars but across the board in hollywood, filmmaking and television. joining me is april rain, who actually created that hashtag a couple of years ago. it is great to see you. thank you for having me. thank you forjoining us. iam curious, having me. thank you forjoining us. i am curious, what difference do you think you hashtag made?” i am curious, what difference do you think you hashtag made? i don't know if it is my hashtag per se but conversations emanating from hashtag regarding issues of diversity and inclusion have made both the academy and hollywood as a whole set up and ta ke and hollywood as a whole set up and take notice. for example, in 2016 the academy president invited 683 new members to the academy, which has been its biggest and most diverse class ever, and we also know there are hollywood studio executives, producers, directors, who are looking to work with more marginalised communities. so all of those things are great with respect to showing that more people get to have their story is told. of course, people will point to this year's nominees, films like moonlight and hidden figures as well, that clearly highlight a diversity that we didn't see in previous years. but of course, those films had already been recent and cast. perhaps we need to look longer term the sea of hollywood really is changing. that is exactly right. all of the films nominated this year had been in production or preproduction before i even created the hashtag in 2016. so it remains to be seen of hollywood is really serious about issues of diversity and inclusion, and it will bea diversity and inclusion, and it will be a few years before we are able to make that determination. thank you for joining make that determination. thank you forjoining us. we will see how things develop through the night. of course, la la land is the film that eve ryo ne course, la la land is the film that everyone is watching, 1a nominations and hotly tipped to win best picture. ceremony getting under way injustan picture. ceremony getting under way in just an hour's picture. ceremony getting under way injust an hour's time, picture. ceremony getting under way in just an hour's time, lots picture. ceremony getting under way injust an hour's time, lots more coverage on our website. and let's end on the oscars chef wolfgang puck. he has put together the food at the governor's ball, the official academy awards after—party, for the past 23 years. we caught up with him during a recent visit to singapore. they ask us, they finish at 9pm at night, and then everybody is so hungry, because all the movie stars, they have to fit into their dresses and do make—up and everything, so they didn't eat all day. so we have to be ready. so i have 300 people in the kitchen. everybody is geared up, and it gets very, very hectic. last year, with martin scorsese, and he saidi year, with martin scorsese, and he said i am still hungry, so we made him a pastor with a tomato base, with some garlic and chilli base, with some garlic and chilli base, with some garlic and chilli base, with some shrimp, and i ate it because i was hungry as well. you know, a lot of people think because they are in movies or they are singing or whatever that they are going to be different, no. first of all, we have all these guest coming to our restaurant anyway. if it is tom cruise, i know he loves our new york state. so i know what they like. leonardo dicaprio, he loves food, and he comes in, and i say ok, i'll make you a little tasting menu. and he said the best restaurant in the world. —— it's the best restau ra nt the world. —— it's the best restaurant in the world. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. nokia is back. the iconic handset was famous for its indestructible qualities. now it returns with updated features, a colour screen and bags of nostalgia. and we'll leave you with this annular eclipse, when the moon passes in front of the sun in such a way that it appears surrounded by a ring of fire. clear skies over south america gave expectant crowds a clear view of the phenomenon. hello, good morning. the weekend brought us some wet and windy weather, but at least it was on the mild side. some of the wettest weather was around glasgow area, so weather was around glasgow area, so we had scenes like this sent in by one of our weather watchers, and most of that rain came due to storm ewan. that area of low pressure is running to the north of scotland, but it could return on tuesday as a much weaker feature. in but it could return on tuesday as a much weakerfeature. in its but it could return on tuesday as a much weaker feature. in its wake, though, we are drawing down some cold as that brings with the risk of some frost, ice and some snow as well. and the risk is greatest by the morning across the northern half the morning across the northern half the uk, some snow over the hills. to the uk, some snow over the hills. to the south we have got stronger winds, with the hands of heavy showers moving in, and some heavy rain to clear away from the south—east early in the morning. the ice risk is that, and through the day we will see bands of showers, particularly running across england and wales. don't be surprised, even here, to find some hail, fleet and even some snow. a little bit drier further north. the best of the weather, actually, across the northern half of scotland where it should be less windy and there will be more sunshine but it will feel cold very much everywhere, especially where we have got the stronger winds and the showers rattling in, and those will continue across england and wales during the evening and overnight for a while. then we have got some clearer skies, things calm down a bit and there may be some more ice around overnight into tuesday morning because it may be just that little bit colder. posted in pretty much wherever you are. and in this area of low pressure, this is what is left of storm ewan. as promised it is coming backin storm ewan. as promised it is coming back in from the north—west. it will bring some stronger winds, but nothing out of the ordinary. it will bring some rain, maybe some snow over the hills most particularly in scotland. though stronger winds will push some showers in the england and wales and temperatures at best eight or nine degrees. that area of low pressure, the ex— storm, is going to pull away, taking the wet and windy weather away with it overnight and by the time you get the wednesday morning, things much quieter. but cold again, cold enough for some frost and some icy patches. many places staying off dry and bright with some sunshine but into the south—west we will see the winds picking up and some rain pushing in from off the atlantic, perhaps just?! the 51?! 77 " . j the 5's?! a " . j iarez'fi a . j iare opening a . j iare opening thea . j iare opening the door" . j iare opening the door to . j iare opening the door to the " . j but we are opening the door to the milderaircoming infrom but we are opening the door to the milder air coming in from the atlantic, particularly across the southern half of the uk, but there will be some stronger winds as well. quite unsettled, really, through the week ahead. to begin with it is going to feel really cold after the mild weekend, there will be some wintry showers around as well, and the temperatures recover a bit later on this week. but some rain around, especially in the south. i'm kasia madera with bbc world news. our top story: excitement is building in los angeles, where the oscars ceremony gets under way in around an hourfrom now. the world's press are already camped out on the red carpet, and guests have begun to arrive. the film, la la land, is the front—runner for this year's top award. but it faces strong competition from moonlight. a south korean court is due to hear a final day's evidence before deciding whether president park geun hye should be impeached. protestors at a series of weekend rallies have been demanding her resignation. and this video is trending on bbc.com. it's not a special effect, it's an annular eclipse, and it was only visible in the southern hemisphere. it happens when the moon passes in front of the sun. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it's time for reporters.