And london. This is bbc world news leiva from. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london and 9 00am injapan, where theres new doubt surrounding the security cryptocurrency exchanges, which handle digital cash systems like bitcoin. One of the countrys biggest exchanges, coincheck, has offered to refund half billion dollars in currency stolen by hackers on friday. Japan is one of the worlds most enthusiastic traders in cryptocurrencies. And the theft has cast doubt over the credibility of the exchange system. Rhodri davies has this report which contains some flash photography. As many as 10,000 businesses in japan are said to accept cryptocurrencies. This virtual heist is bound to increase concerns about their security. At the centre of this, tokyo based coincheck, one of the largest Digital Currency exchanges in japan. It the largest Digital Currency exchanges injapan. It said on friday it had been hacked, resulting in the loss of half 1 billion. The biggest ever. Translation there are some troubles in one of our systems, i am sorry for causing much trouble to clients and relative parties to buy cryptocurrencies dont have a centralised register. Their strength, in theory, comes from having a connected distributor register called a blockchain. A transaction is ordered by putting the currency into groups, call blocks, which link to and verify the previous block. The stolen queen check coincheck assets were part ofa check coincheck assets were part of a hot wallet. In a cold wallet phones are stored securely off line. Coincheck said it will offer full refunds to a quarter of a million of its users who have become victims of the hack. But will that be enough . Translation my total losses are about 1 translation my total losses are about1 million translation my total losses are about 1 million yen. Translation my total losses are about1 million yen. I was shocked. Iam finding about1 million yen. I was shocked. I am finding it difficult to trust Virtual Currencies any more. Others probably will no longer invest in them. Translation money cannot be kept in insecure places. Owen consider investing unless there is a reliable platform providing such services. World leaders meeting in davos last week issued fresh warnings about the dangers of cryptocurrencies, suggesting they risked being used for illicit activity. Well be coincheck theft now prompt legislators to act . Will be . Stay with us as in a few minutes well be hearing from jeff macdonald, the Vice President of nem, which is the name of the cryptocurrency that was stolen. Our other top story several thousand people have taken to the streets in hong kong to protest against the disqualification of a young pro democracy activist, agnes chow, from a forthcoming by election. Her candidacy was rejected because her Party Supports Self Determination for hong kong. Ms chow said there was no doubt about the governments motives. The governments move to disqualify me is telling us, telling the world, and all people of hong kong, that the people of hong kong are not allowed to vote according to our free will. We can only choose candidates that the regime favours. We can only choose people that the regime accepts. This is not an election. Also this hour, at least ten people have been killed and Dozens Injured during heavy fighting in the yemeni port city of aden. It followed clashes between separatists who want independence for south yemen, and forces loyal to the saudi backed government. The Yemeni Government has called for a ceasefire and urged arab allies to intervene. A day of mourning has been held in the Afghan Capital kabul for more than 100 People Killed in saturdays bomb attack. Funerals have been taking place and relatives have been searching hospitals for survivors. The attack, using an ambulance packed with explosives, was the worst to hit the city in months. The bbcs Secunder Kermani in in kabul. It was at one stage one of the safer places in afghanistan. Now it seems after a repeated series of attacks in the city over the past year it is one of the most dangerous places. Both the taliban and the Islamic State group appear to be deliberately targeting the city now, where as before they perhaps try to ca ptu re where as before they perhaps try to capture rural territorians from government forces. They know that attacks here in the city to more International Attention and also undermined the government. The Security Forces here say they are doing the best they can in the circumstances. But public anger at the authorities there was failure to prevent this attack is rising. Prosecutors in cambodia have charged ten foreigners with producing pornographic images after raiding a villa in the North Western town of siem reap. They were arrested on thursday after images emerged of people apparently imitating sexual positions at a party. However, several people in the pictures from the party do not appear among those held, reports say. Voters in their land have co mforta bly voters in their land have comfortably returned to the president to a second six year term in finland. President to a second six year term in finland. He said he must think ha rd in finland. He said he must think hard about how to be worthy of the support he got. He won popularity in pa rt by support he got. He won popularity in part by balancing the European Unions chilly start towards russia while maintaining good relations towards russia. He has a big smile, he was quite emotional, and he has done it. Roger federer has won the Australian Open in melbourne for the sixth time, thereby becoming the first man to secure 20 grand slam titles. The swiss tennis star beat marin cilic from croatia in five sets. After the match, a tearful federer said his fairytale continued. More on that later in sport today. Lets return to our top story. One ofjapans largest Digital Currency exchanges says it will refund most of the half a billion dollars worth of Virtual Assets stolen in a hacking attack. Nem is the name of the cryptocurrency that was stolen. Jeff mcdonald is the Vice President of nem. I spoke to him earlier from tulsa, oklahoma. Initially, when the news came out, there was a market decline. But since that time it has recovered. This is mainly because the tracking of the stolen funds have been able to be defended identified on the blockchain and none of them have been sold. You say to some extent the blame lies with coincheck to not using the inbuilt security provided. We know that despite these new regulations that the japanese have put in place, this isnt the first time this has happened injapan, we had a similar incident in 2014. Surely this is giving investors very little confidence in investing in cryptocurrencies like yours. Yes. Blockchain is still a very new technology. Everybody is still learning how to implement it correctly. In time it will definitely be updated. We have a new update on nem that will be able to prevent this type of thing in the future. But as you say, people are still learning. And they are putting a lot of money into these Virtual Assets. Surely, by nature, it is volatile, vulnerable, when will it get better and what would you advise investors to do . All investors should invest with caution. It is definitely a good idea not to keep their funds definitely a good idea not to keep theirfunds on definitely a good idea not to keep their funds on exchange. There is something called hardware wallets that very secure. All using cold wallets. It coincheck had done either of these things the funds would have been secured. That was jeff mcdonald, Vice President of cryptocurrency nem speaking there. Plenty more on cryptocurrency and what it is all about on the website. Thousands of people have demonstrated in cities across russia in support of calls by the opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, for a boycott of the president ial election in march. Police in moscow detained mr navalny as he took part in a rally in the city centre. Hes now been released without charge. The bbcs Steve Rosenberg was at the protests and witnessed mr navalnys arrest. It isnt easy taking on the kremlin. Alexei navalny has beenjailed it isnt easy taking on the kremlin. Alexei navalny has been jailed three times in the last year. He has been barred from the upcoming residential election. So today, he called his supporters onto the streets. Alexei navalny is russias most prominent opposition figure and president putins most vocal critic. He has been barred from running in the president ial election. He has now been arrested by police. This was no softly, softly. We saw mr navalny surrounded by police. Seconds later, he was thrown onto the ground. Then, the politician Vladimir Putin cannot bring himself to mention by name, was dragged onto the police boss. His supporters called on voters to boycott the election. All the candidates, they believe, are hand picked by the kremlin. They are candidates that Vladimir Putin approved. We do not have the candidates we want to have. There is little doubt that Vladimir Putin will walk this election. With the help of russian tv which maintains his macho image, portering him asa maintains his macho image, portering him as a cross between action man and father of the nation portraying him. And mr putin enjoys far more airtime than any of other candidates. But the kremlin still needs people to come out and vote for needs people to come out and vote foeradimir needs people to come out and vote for Vladimir Putin. Youre watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme the father of the flat pack, ikeas founder, dies at the age of 91. Also on the programme well be live in new york for the Grammy Awards the biggest night in the year for the Music Industry. The shuttle challenger exploded soon after lift off. There were seven astronauts on board, one of them a woman school teacher. All of them are believed to have been killed. By the evening, tahrir square, the heart of official cairo, was in the hands of the demonstrators. They were using the word revolution. The earthquake singled out buildings and brought them down in seconds. Tonight, the search for any survivors has an increasing desperation about it as the hours pass. The new government is firmly in control of the entire republic of uganda. Moscow got its first taste of western fast food as mcdonalds opened their biggest restaurant in pushkin square. But the hundreds of muscovites queued up today will not find it cheap, with a big mac costing half a days wages for the average russian. This is newsday on the bbc. Im sharanjit leyl, in singapore. Im Babita Sharma, in london. Our top stories one of japans biggest crypto currency exchanges, refunds half a billion dollars after a hacking attack. Chanting navalny, navalny thousands rally in support of the russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, whos been released after being detained by police in moscow. New yorks chief Prosecutor Says the state is opening an investigation into a firm that allegedly sold millions of fake followers to social media users. The company, devumi, stands accused of stealing real peoples identities, which it denies. That story is popular on bbc. Com lets take a look at some front pages from around the world the japan times is among a number of papers to feature improving ties between tokyo and china. It carries a photo of the two countries Foreign Ministers ahead of a two hour meeting in beijing. The pair agreed to resume reciprocal visits by their leaders as part of a push to improve relations between asias two biggest economies. The Financial Times reports that former uk Prime Minister David Cameron is struggling to get his 1billion uk China Investment fund off the ground. The paper says with tension rising between the two countries over beijings belt and road initiative, banks are reluctant to get involved. The front page of the South China Morning Post is dominated by a picture of a 450 kilo bomb successfully defused by a hong kong Disposal Team at a construction site in wan chai. The paper says had the powerful device gone off, shrapnel could have been sent flying up to two kilometres. Now, what stories are sparking discussions online . Well, a Wild Elephant in china is doing the rounds on social media after it went for a stroll across the border into neighbouring laos. The animal neatly evaded the frontier barrier, before coming back a couple of hours later. Even if youve never been to ikea, youve probably heard of the swedish retail giant thats now a global brand. The man who founded it, and revolutionised the furniture industry, Ingvar Kamprad, has died at the age of 91 at his home in southern sweden. Joe lynam reports. Ingvar kamprad can safely be described as a retailing genius. Born in 1926 in southern sweden, he started selling matches aged five, then seeds and then pencils. At 17, he formed ikea named after his own initials and the area where he was born. Now its probably the best known Furniture Store in the world, with more than 400 giant shops and annual sales of £30 billion. Kamprad was inspired to create the idea of flatpacked furniture when watching someone remove the legs of a table to fit into a customers car. He disowned his previous support forfar right parties in sweden, during the war, and lived a modest lifestyle his house and possessions did not reflect his wealth. Translation i dont think im wearing anything that i havent bought at a flea market. Thats because i want to give a good example. If we are going to be conscious about our economy, one cant just talk about it, one has to show that. The genius of Ingvar Kamprad was to persuade millions of people to come to his giant superstores, pick out products that they may like but not necessarily need, and then collect it in person from the warehous and, crucially, assemble thhe whole thing at home. We are used to it now, but at the time it was laughed at. And today one famous designer tipped his hat at what Ingvar Kamprad had achieved. He actually tapped into the taste that every ordinary person wanted. So they could get this new wave of modernity that was coming about in the 1950s, and he managed to trap it and make it available to everybody. Ikea said Ingvar Kamprad, who was involved with the business right up until recently, would be much missed by his family and warmly remembered by the companys employees worldwide. A french climber stranded on one of pakistans highest peaks has been flown to hospital after a rescue operation. But the search for her polish climbing partner has been abandoned. Elisabeth revol and tomek maskeyavitch were in northern pakistan on friday. They were attempting to scale nanga parbat, also known as the killer mountain, when they became stuck. As Tim Pattinson reports. A dramatic rescue operation on one of the worlds highest and most deadly mountains. An elite climbing team was rushed to the rescue after two climbers became stranded. As part of this daring High Altitude mission, the team was dropped more than 1000 metres below the lost climbers last known position. They scaled the mountain overnight, eventually finding the french climber elisabeth revol alive. A friend and fellow mountaineer described the rescue attempt. They started their incredibly heroic and extraordinarily fast seven hour climb towards her. She was able to start moving, and that is what, perhaps, saved her, because had she stayed where she was, its not certain at all whether they would have been able to reach in time. Elisabeth revol has now arrived in the capital, islamabad, and is being treated for frostbite. But the whereabouts of climbing partner remain. Tomasz mackiewicz had become separated. He was reportedly suffering from frostbite and snow blindness. Now the search has been called off due to bad weather and treacherous conditions. Tim pattinson, bbc news. Its one of the biggest nights of the year for the Music Industry the Grammy Awards. Theyll be lots of performances, including Sir Elton John who will duet with miley cyrus. In the past the grammys has been criticised of racial bias against black artists, but this year its Sexual Harassment on centre stage as singers plan to wear a white rose in solidarity to the times up me too movement. Welcome to the red carpet at the 60th annual Grammy Awards. Just like other big ceremonies, the times up me too is highlighted. A newlyformed group, voices in entertainment wanted the Music Industry to stand with victims of sexual abuse as well. I spoke to several celebrities on the carpet. What was cyndi lauper who is here and she wore a white rose. She said it is important for women to feel safe in work spaces and that that is not the case at the moment. She spoke of equal pay, standing by survivors. She will be performing alongside kasha who has been in a legal battle after accusing doctor luke of sexual assault. She has produced a powerful song called prayer and she will be performing that. Who are the big winners hotly tipped to walk away with these awards . This list of nominees this year are awards . This list of nominees this year a re really awards . This list of nominees this year are really dominated by diverse artists and wrap and he popped having its time at the grammys. Jay z could be taking out the big awards. Art is that in the past have been critical that the grammys have not respected wraps contribution to music culture. Louise von so and daddy yankee fall the heat desposito could take home a grammy as well. It would not be grammys without a catching performances from such a long list of the verse artists. Catching performances from such a long list of the verse artistsm sta rts long list of the verse artistsm starts in about eight minutes time. From the world of music to the world of books . I have a lot of favourite books. I read different types. However, Science Fiction is taking off in china. Science fiction writing has taken off in china with two chinese writers receiving the prestigious hugo award in the last few years. Haojingfang was the First Chinese woman to win the prize for her book, folding bejing. She was amongst the celebrated authors to be invited to the World Economic forum in davos. We caught up with her there to talk about her latest novel and how modern Chinese Society has influenced her work. Haojingfang hao jingfang talking haojingfang talking about hao jingfang talking about what inspires her. You have been watching newsday. Stay with us. Is playing it safe holding you back . Well be taking a look at tech entrepreneurs in taipei whore going against a culture of playing it safe by encouraging people to strike out on their own. And before we go, lets head to switzerland for the 40th International Hot air balloon festival. The nine day event draws hundreds of hot air balloons as well as pilots from around 20 countries. Good morning. Winter is set to return this week but nothing too serious and out of the ordinary. What was unusual were the temperatures over the weekend. Colder air to come down from the north and it comes in initially behind this weather front. That is moving southwards and is bringing the rain across the southern half of the rain across the southern half of the uk. That rain moving to southern england and wales. Scotland with wintry nurse. One to showers in northern hours. Wintry. Across england and wales, rain heavy over the hills. South, gusty winds with mild air. A bit of sunshine in the south east and temperatures rising a few Degrees Higher in the morning ahead of the rain. The rain moving southward and ahead of the rain. The rain moving southwa rd and as ahead of the rain. The rain moving southward and as it does it becomes lighter and more patchy that it will drop the temperatures across southern areas in the afternoon. Wales and the midlands. For the north some scattering showers. It gets cold overnight where we have the clear skies, in southern and eastern parts of england, in particular, frost returning by early tuesday but we start with some sunshine across most of england and wales. Gradually through the day, the tendency of things to cloud over more and more. Drizzly rain coming in to the south. Wet and windy weather in the north west of scotland. Temperatures near normal that this time of year. It may start to feel colder around the middle pa rt to feel colder around the middle part of the week. This weather to feel colder around the middle part of the week. T sheltered. Inland areas will be sheltered. Probably dry on thursday. Showers more likely in exposed coasts. A little bit colder in the wind. Im Babita Sharma with bbc world news. Our top story. One ofjapans largest Digital Currency exchanges will refund around half a billion dollars of Virtual Assets lost in a hacking attack. One of the countrys biggest exchanges, coincheck, says it will use its own money to reimburse customers who lost their nem cryptocurrency coins on friday. Navalny, navalny thousands rally in support of the russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny whos been released after being detained by police in moscow. And this video is trending on bbc. Com. Right now, the Grammy Awards get under way in new york. Theres expected to be a focus on Sexual Harassment an issue much in the Entertainment News in recent months. Thats all from me now. Stay with bbc world news. But
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