We report from what could be the Worlds Largest wildlife sanctuary. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 2am in the swiss resort of davos, where one issue is dominating the start of the World Economic forum, protectionism. It follows the decision by the us President Donald Trump to impose steep import tariffs on washing machines and solar panels. The move has been condemned by china and south korea, who fear it could choke off the revival in global trade. Heres what both sides of the debate had to say. For both solar and washing machines, executive actions uphold the principle of fair trade and demonstrate to the world that the United States will not be taken advantage of any more. Translation our government is expressing regret for the latest us safeguard measures against our industry, ivejust spoken to professor david kang, director of the Korean Studies Institute at the university of southern california. He told me how he thought south korea would respond to the us tariffs. Well, i think the relationship is so complex and intertwined that south korea will be cautious at first, though they clearly do not like the tariffs. They are deeply independent. They will try to avoid any retaliation, at least in the short term. Is this the first shot of a larger trade war . One reason people will wait and see, will donald trump do this and then wind it back . It could be a small point. Or is this the beginning of more tariffs from the us . There might be a different response. They are waiting to see. Who will retaliate first, the koreans or the chinese . I think it really depends on how this plays out. After all, neither career nor china is alone in making solar panels and washing machines. Countries around the world are affected by Component Parts in the supply chain. It will really depend ultimately on which country and which companies in each country get affected first. And we do not know that yet. Do you think these tariffs being imposed by the United States on south korea, washing machines, and chinese solar panels, will it improve Us Manufacturing . Almost definitely not. There are maybe 40,000 Us Manufacturing jobs in solar. Those are heavily reliant on imports. The us does not make it from ground zero, nuts and bolts, to be finished product. It tends to be deeply global at this point. It is not clear how this will help Us Manufacturing. Can tariffs be enforced . Briefly. I think they can. You can make sure no finished parts are coming in without a tariff. It is not clear how long you will hold it up. Lets take a look at some of the days other news. The us attorney general, jeff sessions, has become the first member of President Trumps cabinet to be questioned in the ongoing russia investigation. The department ofjustice has confirmed to the bbc that americas top prosecutor was interviewed by special counsel, Robert Mueller and his team last week. Heres anthony zurcher. Jeff sessions sits in an interesting position at the crossroads of several different lines we have heard from Robert Muellers investigation. He had meetings with the Russian Ambassador during the campaign in his senate office. He was not forthcoming when asked about during his confirmation is as us attorney general. As us attorney general, he was involved in a conversation with donald trump possibly about james comey, the fbi director who was fired by donald trump. Another portion of the investigation is to look at any possible evidence of obstruction ofjustice on the part of the president and president ial staff. They could have information valuable to that aspect of the investigation as well for example. Antony zurcher. Also making news this hour, at least 22 people have been killed and many others wounded after two car bombs exploded in quick succession in the libyan city of benghazi. The attack hit worshippers leaving a mosque. Both military personnel and civilians are among the victims. The pakistani Authorities Say they have arrested the main suspect in the rape and killing of six year old, zainab ansari. The chief minister of Punjab Province said the suspect, imran ali, had confessed and his dna matched samples from the crime scene in the city of kasur. Zainabs murder triggered protests across the country and two people died in clashes with police. As if hawaiis false missile alert incident wasnt embarrassing enough, the islands governor, david ige, has now admitted that he was slow to tweet a public correction because hed forgotten his twitter password. Governor ige was told two minutes after the threat warning was issued that it was in fact a false alarm. But his office didnt share that via social media until about 17 minutes later. South koreas chung hyeon takes on Tennys Sandgren of america in the quarter finals of the Australian Open on wednesday, after the biggest win of his career against novak dyokovic. 21 year old chung hyeon is nicknamed the professor due to his trademark thick rimmed glasses. He only took up tennis after a doctor recommended that peering at a green court would help his weak eyesight. The south korean has never looked back. Tens of thousands of people in the philippines have been forced to flee their homes, as the countrys most active volcano continues to shoot huge plumes of ash and lava into the air. The army has been drafted in to help clear an 8km wide danger zone around the mayon volcano, with experts warning that a hazardous eruption could happen at any time. Andrew plant has the latest. Timelapse footage of indonesias most active volcano. Its latest eruption shooting molten rock climb into the air. Its ash cloud billowing across the landscape, just a taste, scientists believe, of what is to come. An eruption is now rather imminent in the next few hours or days and it also means the danger zone around of 0k work the volcano has been increased from six kilometres up to eight kilometres. 0ver kilometres up to eight kilometres. Over the past few days, more than 50,000 people have evacuated, with soldiers drafted in and trucks ferrying villagers to 46 camps outside the danger zone. But some have risked returning, despite the increasing activity. Translation my houseis increasing activity. Translation my house is about two kilometres inside the danger zone. When not allowed back because its dangerous but i need my livelihood, i have no choice. The volcano is in a largely agricultural region of the philippines, about 300 kilometres south east of manila. No reports of injuries but schools have been closed and flight cancelled. Mayon isa closed and flight cancelled. Mayon is a near perfect cone, popular with tourists. Almost 2. 5 kilometres tall and highly volatile with 51 recorded eruptions. 0fficials and highly volatile with 51 recorded eruptions. Officials are closely monitoring this latest activity, warning people to wear face masks and goggles as they wait to see what this volcano has in store. Andrew plant, bbc news. The us defense secretary james mattis is on a week long trip to south east asia. Hes currently in the indonesian capital jakarta, where hes been meeting president joko widodo to discuss efforts to curb the rising influence of china in the region. That comes just days after the us announced a new Defence Policy aimed at countering chinas expanding military. The bbcs Rebecca Henschke injakarta has more details. From the us side, it was very much a show of support for indonesia, the kind of words the us defence secretary was using, that the us is critical in this part of the world related to marine security. Appointed comment about the South China Sea and chinas ambitions there. It said they would help indonesia to maintain dominance in this area and in terms of language, he used the name that indonesia recently gave the area around the islands, an area where indonesia is seeing tension between fishermen up there and has had stand offs with chinese fishermen entering what it saysis chinese fishermen entering what it says is indonesian waters. They call it the north natuna sea and that word was used by the us defence secretary, a sign they stand behind indonesia as an ally in this region. We talked about countering chinas influence in the region. What are relations like between the two countries with that in mind . They have a complex relationship and from the indonesian side, the message from the defence secretary here was very much about getting as much training and us military knowledge in return for this kind of report. Indonesia still has sanctions on its special forces because of human rights abuses that they are accused of carrying out in the 1990s, in places like east timor. The message from indonesia was the Us Government should be lifting those restrictions so should be lifting those restrictions so they can train no special forces in america, something that is not possible at the moment and they are hoping that a Trump Administration would make moves to do that. Indonesia also has a close relationship in some senses with china when it comes to economics. China when it comes to economics. China is in defence china is investing in jokowis china is in defence china is investing injokowis infrastructure push. It is building trains here. It wa nts to push. It is building trains here. It wants to maintain that relationship and is not officially a claimant in the South China Sea because of this and indonesia buys weapons and has recently bought military hardware from russia. It is playing a careful game here to keep everybody happy. Youre watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme the 0scar nominations and fantasy romance the shape of water leads this years field with 13 nominations. Also on the programme. Tributes to Hugh Masekela, whose music gave voice to the struggles of south africa during apartheid. The people of saigon have just heard that, at last, there is to be a ceasefire. The reaction of american servicemen was predictable. Im going home. Demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas 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. But 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 is believed by officials to have broken all records. This is newsday on the bbc. Im rico hizon in singapore. Im Babita Sharma in london. Our top stories President Trump has denied that new us import duties targeting mainly Asian Companies will spark a trade war with china. The us attorney general has become the first member of President Trumps cabinet to be questioned by the special counsel investigating alleged russian interference. A family from zimbabwe have finally left bangkok airport after living there for three months. They became stuck after trying unsuccessfully to fly to europe and then being refused re entry by thailand. Its thought they are now in the philippines. More on that story at bbc. Com news. Lets take a look at some front pages from around the world. The china daily focuses on a new development for the belt and road initiative. It says china is considering creating an organisation dedicated to handing disputes that arise from the silk road project. The japan times features the volcano that erupted near a japenese ski resort in gunma prefecture on tuesday. The paper reports the news that a 49 year old member of Japans Self Defence force died, and ii other people were injured after Mount Kusatsu Shirane erupted. And the philippines enquirer also discusses volcanic eruptions. It shows this remarkable photo of lava spewing out of mount mayon in the philippines, with the news that the danger zone surrounding it has been expanded. Now, babita, what stories are sparking discussions online . Yes, lets looks at what is trending right now. The baywatch actress Pamela Anderson has defended her comments about the alleged victims of the hollywood producer harvey weinstein. Miss anderson previously said the women knew what they were getting into. Now shes told the bbc women in general need to be more protective of themselves. Its awards season in hollywood and the nominations for the 90th Academy Awards have been announced. Leading the field is the American Fantasy romance, the shape of water, with 13 nominations, including best picture. The best actor category is dominated by british stars, with gary 0ldman, Daniel Day Lewis and Daniel Kaluuya all in the running. And meryl streep, who already has three 0scars to her name, has been nominated for the 21st time in her career, this time for her role in the post. 0ur arts editor Will Gompertz has more. Guillermo del toros amphibian fantasy love story the shape of water leads the way with 13 0scar nominations, including best picture. A category which also sees the critically acclaimed dark comedy thriller three billboards 0utside ebbing, missouri nominated. I want to go where culture is. As well as the coming of age drama lady bird. Good to see another brother around here. Also short listed is the horror mystery get out. And a couple of british world war ii films, Christopher Nolans dunkirk. When will the lesson be learned . And joe wrights the darkest hour, which sees mr churchill struggling in his early days as britains wartime prime minister. Several of the scenes in the darkest hour were shot in a replica of this place, the churchill war rooms in westminster, where i am joined by terri white, editor in chief of the film magazine empire. Terri, welcome. Thank you. Were going to go through the runners and riders, starting with best film. Will darkest hour win . I dont think it will. I think it will go to the shape of water, guillermo del toros fantasy monster epic. Actually, the film i think should win is get out. Which has a british rising star, Daniel Kaluuya, in the lead role. He gets a best actor nomination. Along with Daniel Day Lewis for phantom thread. Timothee chalamet for call me by your name. Denzel washington. And gary 0ldman for darkest hour. Quite a list for best actor, quite a lot of stories. Will Daniel Day Lewis win yet another 0scar in what might be his last film . Will gary 0ldman win for churchill for darkest hour in the cabinet war rooms . Or will it be somebody else . I think it is gary 0ldmans year. How he has never won an oscar is beyond me and darkest hourfeels like his finest moment. The best actress category will be really competitive. So who will win . Sally hawkins for the shape of water . 0r Frances Mcdormand for three billboards 0utside ebbing, missouri . Maybe Margot Robbie for i, tonya. 0r Saoirse Ronan for lady bird. Or even perhaps meryl streep for the post. Terri, thats a really great list. Are you going to say were going to get another british win for Sally Hawkins for shape of water or maybe meryl streep . No way, this year its all about Frances Mcdormand for three billboards 0utside ebbing, missouri, one of the great dramatic performances of the year. I suspect shes right. Well find out on the 4th of march when the oscars are awarded. Will gompertz, bbc news. Campaigners hope this will help build the case for the creation of the Worlds Largest wildlife sanctuary. The proposal would ban all fishing in a large part of the weddle c and around the ant arctic peninsula. 0ur environment correspondent sent this exclusive report from a greenpeace ship. Antarctica, the most remote continent in the world, and coasting glaciers thousands of feet thick. It is still largely unexplored and we know even less about the icc is that ring it. Now machines are making it possible for us to catch a glimpse. A mini submarine is taking marine biologist doctor susan lock guard down to the antarctic deep. Above is a land of frigid ice, below is a thriving mass of ice. Thats really pretty. No light penetrates this deep. Plants cant grow. These are all animals. Then it was my turn to go down with pilotjohn. We dropped much deeper. More than 1000 feet down we find a wall of life. Sponges and corals. Sees stars. Further stars. All thriving in complete darkness. A robot arm captures samples. Some of these species have never been filmed before. Theyre threatened by an increase in fishing in the region. Too soon we have to leave. Theres a storm apparently brewing on the surface so its too dangerous to come up. We gathered evidence of a unique ecosystem that deserves protection. Its really exciting, really dense seabed full of life and huge diversity and also organisms living together creating a 3 d structure so more organisms can live and these can be very vulnerable to disturbance and they need special protection. No one can do neither this region needs protecting, but what is the best way to do it . Is a line ona what is the best way to do it . Is a line on a map really going to make much difference and who is going to Police Anything out here . The proposal to protect all these creatures and their world will be hurt by the antarctic nations in 0ctober. Claire marshall, bbc news, the antarctic peninsula. One of south africas most famous musicians, the jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela, has died at the age of 78. He fled the country in 1960 and became a prominent campaigner against the system of white minority rule, known as apartheid. His song bring him back home, calling for the release of Nelson Mandela from prison, became an International Anthem for the anti apartheid movement. Pumza fihlani reports from south africa. The trumpet has fallen silent. The passing of Hugh Masekela has shocked many across the country. He has been described as the epitome of a life lived in full. He was a family man, a world renowned artist. A philanthropist and a political activist. He was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and put up a fierce fight. Last 0ctober he was forced to cancel all of this concerts and focus on his health. A fellow musician says africa has lost its greatest treasure. I think he was a living legend. He may be gone but his music will always be there. The world has lost a great icon. I lived in guinea, liberia, i lived in senegal. At the height of white oppression in south africa, for many black musicians jazz became the soundtrack of the resistance. Masekela was forced into exile as tensions intensified. After returning he was determined to make a difference. I had sourced so much from africa and i needed to pay back and the only way to do that is to make people see how wonderful they are. Masekela described himself as a troublesome child and spoke openly about the many times music saved this life, even later on at the height of a drug addiction. This picture marks one of the moments it all began. When a missionary stationed here gave him his first trumpet. An unlikely ally at the height of oppression here in south africa. Masekela continued to use his voice over the years to speak truth to power. You have been watching newsday. And before we go, lets head to quebec in canada. Isil sculptures for all the tourists and the public to enjoy. See you 0011 and the public to enjoy. See you soon ice sculptures. Hello there. Wednesday is going to bring some fairly disturbed weather across the country, courtesy of what the Irish Weather Service have named storm georgina. Across the uk it will bring gales and heavy rain which could cause travel disruption. Your local bbc Radio Station will keep you up to date with that. Heres the storm drifting across the north west of scotland. Notice all the white lines, the isobars on the chart. That shows we will have pretty strong and gusty wind, showers feeding in around the low across scotland during the first part of the morning and these, to give you an idea of the wind gusts we expect, 50, 60, 70 miles an hour in exposed spots. Gusty winds and showers into northern ireland. As we drift down across england and wales, a band of heavy rain, and intense downpour accompanying particularly squally and gusty winds. That rain band with the gusty winds will only track eastwards slowly as we head on through the day. Lets run wednesdays weather through. Windy wherever you are, a band of rain sinking south and east across england and wales with gusty wind. Behind the rain band, bright skies. Spells of sunshine. Showers chasing along into western areas, they could be wintry showers over high ground in the north because you will get into some slightly chilly air. 6 10 degrees by the end of the afternoon, actually one of those days where the temperature drops away as the day goes on. Into wednesday night, it will be a cooler night generally, a fresh feel and still some still showers flinging in from the west and temperatures by dawn on thursday will be between two and seven degrees. Thursday itself, actually not a bad day for many. Spells of sunshine around. Still some showers drifting in from the west. A little area of low pressure drifting across the country, acting as a focus for those showers moving eastwards. As far as the temperatures go on thursday, still that slightly fresher feel, 5 9 degrees. Actually for the time of year that is not too bad. That area of low pressure responsible for showers should drift away on thursday night and we try to bring in a bulge of high pressure, a little ridge toppling in from the west. If the timing is right it could give some frost to start friday morning, but it should bring a decent day. Rain into the far north west later perhaps temperatures of 4 9 degrees. What about the weekend . After a slightly chilly couple of days to end the week, the temperature should start to climb again. Cloud and rain in the north west but hopefully some sunshine as well. Im Babita Sharma with bbc world news. Our top story. President trump says hes not expecting a trade war with china despite new us import tariffs that target asian manufacturers. The tariffs on washing machines and solar panels are part of mr trumps America First policy to protect local industry. China and south korea are among those unhappy at the move. The us attorney general, jeff sessions, has become the first member of President Trumps cabinet to be questioned by the special counsel investigating alleged russian interference in the president ial election. And this video is trending on bbc. Com. Its a timelapse of the philippines most active volcano, mount mayon which has been spewing ash on local communities. There are fears of a major eruption after two weeks of activity. Thats all from me for now. 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