in welcome to bbc news. welcome if you are watching in the uk oraround welcome if you are watching in the uk or around the world. i'm david eades. our top stories: the international community sends urgent medical aid to india, but infection rates and deaths continue to surge. we've seen body after body being brought in. it's hard for anyone to keep calm, but what workers have been telling me is the scale of deaths caused by covid—i9 in india is a lot higher than what official numbers reflect. apple at loggerheads with facebook over an iphone update that will help protect users�* privacy online. chloe zhao becomes only the

second woman to win the best director oscar. here in los angeles, the oscars are reaching their climax. well nomadland win best picture or will there be a surprise? we'll know in the next two minutes. international efforts are under way to help india as the country suffers critical shortages of oxygen and record daily coronavirus infections. the united states is the latest country to offer emergency medical equipment. britain has begun flying out ventilators while france and germany will also send crucial supplies in the next few days. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, has described the surge of infections as a storm that has shaken the nation — a storm which took 2,767 lives

in the previous 2a hour period. our correspondent, yogita limaye, reports from delhi the capital is being ravaged at a frightening speed. with every pyre that burns, india's self—belief is dying. each funeral is a story of personal loss and national shame. charanjeev malhotra has been helping to cremate the dead for decades. now, he barely ever stops working. "i've never seen such a terrifying situation. i can't believe that we're in the capital of india. people aren't getting oxygen, and they're dying like animals," he says. "we don't even have enough resources to cremate them properly." outside, shivangi mehra's on the phone, organising oxygen

for the hospital she works in. nothing — nothing is being done. i don't know if government is sleeping or what they are doing. i am totally disheartened with the situation which i am seeing. the government is a literalfailure. a person cannot live here in delhi. a person cannot even die peacefully in delhi. she is waiting to cremate her grandfather, who died, she says, because there wasn't enough oxygen. this small hospital in north delhi is facing a daily struggle. and we have been spending sleepless nights since the last one week. at times we feel like crying, because we are not able to help patients properly. every day, it is the same scenario. we are left only with two hours of oxygen. and we are only getting assurance from the system, no oxygen. and so families are being told to organise oxygen. at one medical shop, we found people with empty cylinders, waiting to buy their own supply for loved ones

who urgently need it. for many here, the government's promises of rushing in oxygen are coming too late. but it's already too late. families are left asking why something so basic is unavailable. every crematorium we've been to, we've seen body after body being brought in. it's hard for anyone to keep count, but what workers have been telling me is that the real scale of deaths caused by covid—i9 in india is a lot higher than what official numbers reflect. and a lot of those who've died right now have done so because they couldn't get oxygen in time. this man runs a group of volunteers here. "even young people are dying. it's a very bad situation. if it keeps getting worse, we will have to burn bodies by the side of the road", he says. there is a sense of abandonment in this country. citizens are stepping up to do

what a government should, left to fight a vicious pandemic on their own. yogita limaye, bbc news, delhi. let's get some of the day's other news. funerals have been held in iraq for more than 80 people killed by a fire at a hospital in baghdad treating coronavirus patients. at least 100 more were injured. reports say an accident caused an oxygen tank to explode, sparking the blaze. the iraqi health minister has been suspended pending an inquiry. authorities in indonesia have confirmed all 53 crew members from the navy submarine that went missing on wednesday have died. the vessel was found on the seabed broken into three pieces after an extensive search south of the natuna islands where it disappeared. fighting has erupted in the somali capital, mogadishu, between different sections

of the security forces. some support the opposition while others back the president, whose mandate was recently extended by two years. ireland's prime minister has sharply criticised european football's governing body for dropping dublin as one of the venues to host matches for the delayed euro 2020 tournament. micheal martin said uefa had made "the wrong call" and was "out of order" to insist that fans had to be at the games. a lot of activity with the oscars. they are nearing an end — the award ceremony, that is. they are turning out to be one of the most diverse in many, many years. chloe zhao is only the second woman to win best director — that was for nomadland. let's catch up with other correspondence to bows in los angeles. a real mixed bag. and they keep coming. new line macro they keep coming, and

some breaking news for you. we know that nomadland has won best picture. theyjust best picture. they just announced best picture. theyjust announced in the last 30 seconds, and perhaps that's the biggest surprise of the night — not that it has won but that it was announced before the end of the show. we still haven't got the show. we still haven't got the best actor and best actress. so they are really mixing things up in terms of the order of the announcement. but very unusual they would announce best picture, normally the climax of the show, at this stage, not before the very end. but we know that chloe zhao has won for directing nomadland, the first woman of colour to win in that particular category. if you haven't seen nomadland, this is a film that all about a group of nomads — francis mcdermott plays an elderly woman who pretty much loses everything after the financial crash of 2008, and on the road she meets people wandering the country, the united states, to try to earn some money. so there we have

it. in 2021, the best picture has gone to nomadland, but we still don't know the answer to best actress and best actor. that will come hopefully in the next few minutes. let's hope so, because we are going to join you a little later in the bulletin. but thanks for the breaking news, nomadland winning best film to go with best director, already a pretty good haul. apple is expected to release a significant update to its operating system this week. it's already sparked a row with another tech giant, facebook. the update will allow users to decide whether or not they want to be tracked by advertisers. so what does it mean for the industry and the rest of us? here's our media editor, amol rajan. two of the most powerful men in history are engaged in a very modern conflict. tim cook of apple and mark zuckerberg of facebook are in an ideological and commercial argument about how open the internet should be. and it's coming to a head with apple releasing the latest update to the operating system on its iphones,

what's known as i0s14.5. until now, if you own an apple phone, all of the apps you have downloaded have automatic access to something called your... this is a building block of digital advertising. it allows companies, if they want, to track your activity across other apps and so build a detailed picture of your behaviour, your location, interests, spending habits and much else besides. with ios 111.5, apple is going to flick an enormous digital switch and only allow companies to track your activity on their own apps unless you give explicit permission. in other words, presumed consent will be no more. facebook has launched an extraordinary pr campaign against apple, taking full—page adverts out in us newspapers saying these moves would limit businesses wanting... they argue that apple, currently worth over $2 trillion — that's nearly three times facebook�*s value — are motivated by money because they take up to 30%

commissions from sales through the app store. apple argue this is about the principle of privacy. though tim cook said a few weeks ago that he wasn't focused on facebook, back injanuary he also said... ouch. the open, advertiser—fuelled web does have huge advantages for small businesses and many users, but it involves trade—offs. our data trails mean we are targeted and often manipulated in ways we don't fully appreciate. apple control the hardware, and so have the power here. that's one reason why facebook are investing so heavily in the hardware of the future, augmented reality smart glasses combining encyclopedic knowledge with what's in front of our eyes. apple are believed to be working on a rival project. the deeper question here is —

how much does privacy matter to you in this digital age? and while we ponder that, the battle between cook and zuck is shaping our future. look out for the update this week. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: why the us state of idaho has approved a plan allowing up to 90% of its wolves to be wiped out. nothing, it seemed, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government help to build better housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. only when radioactivity levels began to increase outside russia were they forced

to admit the accident. for the mujahideen, the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a 12—year war for them, they taken the capital that they have been fighting for so long. it was seven o'clock _ in the morning when power began to pass from the minority. to the majority, when africa after 300 years reclaimed its last white colony. - this is bbc news. the latest headlines: international aid is being sent to india as it battles a ferocious second wave of covid and oxgen shortages.

nomadland is turning into the night's big winner after securing the best picture winner at the covid—safe 93rd academy awards in los angeles. more of that in a moment. one of the success stories in the wilds of the us state of idaho in recent years has been the return of wild wolves. but now they are under threat again because of that success. the state house of representatives could vote as early as monday to approve legislation allowing private contractors to kill up to 90% of the wolves. and if it passes, the bill would go to the governor to be signed off. howling. the sounds and pictures from a documentary on those wolves. senator mark harris, who sponsored the legislation that passed in the senate last week, said there were more than 1500 wolves and they want to get that number down to 150. people could be paid up to $1000 for each wolf and pup that they kill.

i'v e i've been speaking to the project director of living with wolves and asked for his reaction. wolves and asked for his reaction-— wolves and asked for his reaction. 3 , ., . ., reaction. it's very tragic to see this — reaction. it's very tragic to see this kind _ reaction. it's very tragic to see this kind of— reaction. it's very tragic to see this kind of thing - reaction. it's very tragic to i see this kind of thing happen after such a successful recovery over the years. we do not have too many wolves in idaho. we have far more black bears, 20,000, and about 3000 to 4000 mountain lions. wolves are not the problem they are made out to be, and incidentally, when we look at legislation for this, this particular piece of legislation was written by two branches. they are rancher politicians, and a third rancher, who was a retired politician, was also involved in the drafting of this legislation. it was also given input by the wool growers

association and a couple of hunting groups. i association and a couple of hunting groups.— hunting groups. i think a coule hunting groups. i think a coume of _ hunting groups. i think a couple of these - hunting groups. i think a couple of these pictures| hunting groups. i think a i couple of these pictures are from your documentary work as well — magnificent creatures. when you say they are not the problem, the argument is that they are, because they are attacking elk sandia and cattle, and you mentioned the ranchers behind this particular legislation — notjust legislation — not just presumably legislation — notjust presumably killing cattle that worrying a lot of cattle too, and that has an adverse effect on farmers people �*s lives. yeah, ok, so, we live in a state with 2.5 million head of cattle, which far outnumber the people here, and wolves killed in the last fiscal year of wildlife services keeping track of this, about 102 of them out of 2.5 million cows and 300,000 sheep. that is how many confirmed depredations occurred by wolves on livestock in the given year. that's about average. and it would be far more

cost—effective to simply pay for the dead livestock with the now $810,000 annual budget that is being given to kill wolves and try to drive their numbers down. they have a valuable ecological role to play here within the ecosystem as a top—level carnivore. would you say that it might be reasonable that some should be culled and perhaps, i think for you in particular, it would also be about how that is done and how they would be allowed to be taken out of the system, notjust hunted down ortrapped, probably? unless there are particular wolves that are causing a lot of problems, which there really aren't, where there is a chronic issue of depredation by one particular pack, we don't see that. and in cases sometimes we do and they do take out those packs, but it is not, again when you are only losing

102 out of 2.5 million in a year it's rather insignificant. some of this budget, $300,000 of it, is also to kill wolves that are eating elk which is their primary diet in idaho. we are within a few percentage points of our all—time record high elk population as well so it is difficult to reconcile the need to cull wolves given the facts on the ground. back to the oscars now. we learned just a few minutes ago that nomadland won best picture. and our own double act — la correspondent peter bowes and the presenter of the bbc�*s talking movies, tom brook. they are breaking the news. peter, lost report. fix, they are breaking the news. peter, lost report.— they are breaking the news. peter, lost report. a busy five minutes on — peter, lost report. a busy five minutes on the _ peter, lost report. a busy five minutes on the surprise - peter, lost report. a busy five minutes on the surprise of. peter, lost report. a busy five i minutes on the surprise of best picture being announced before best actor and actress. frances mcdormand, the star of nomadland was named best actress and sir anthony

hopkins, best actorfor actress and sir anthony hopkins, best actor for the father in which he plays an elderly man with dementia and he has won an oscar before, quite a few years ago for silence of the lambs. a surprise he should win in this particular category, the oldest nominated. am i right to be surprised but also pleased because it's a phenomenal performance. fix, because it's a phenomenal performance.— because it's a phenomenal performance. a very powerful oor -- performance. a very powerful poor -- performance, - performance. a very powerful poor -- performance, so - performance. a very powerful- poor -- performance, so anthony poor —— performance, so anthony hopkins. — poor —— performance, so anthony hopkins, this man with dementia, so convincing. he kinda— dementia, so convincing. he kinda a— dementia, so convincing. he kinda a different reality within _ kinda a different reality within this man's mind. but i was — within this man's mind. but i was surprised because many people — was surprised because many people here were thinking that the late — people here were thinking that the late great chadwick boseman for best — the late great chadwick boseman for best actor because he had been — for best actor because he had been winning in all these previous awards and he is the hometown boy here in los angeles. it shows there is a

lot of— angeles. it shows there is a lot of support for anthony hopkins among academy voters. and it _ hopkins among academy voters. and it struck me watching that film, it's a story that will resonate with so many people, it's a problem with dementia in late life and diseases like alzheimer's disease, have really seemingly surged in recent years. it captures precisely that struggle between a daughter and herfather. i a daughterand herfather. i think so. family dynamics really change when somebody gets an illness like alzheimer's and the father daughter relationship in this case was olivia colman being the daughter and anthony hopkins the father, i thought relationship, full of love but difficult. these are the problems people are having to deal with more and more now, the kind of film that would actually elicit a strong emotional response. let actually elicit a strong emotional response. actually elicit a strong emotional resonse. , emotional response. let us turn to best picture, _

emotional response. let us turn to best picture, which _ emotional response. let us turn to best picture, which is - to best picture, which is nomadland, frances mcdormand has one best actress. let us take a look at a clip from the film. hey. you very much. this is black. that's— hey. you very much. this is black. that's good. - hey. you very much. this is black. that's good. hello, l black. that's good. hello, coffee? i know you. dave, right? yes, i have your can opener. are you working here? yes, first year. copy?— yes, first year. copy? yes, sure. if you want anything, you've got to put it in. 50 if you want anything, you've got to put it in. so nomadland, a very gritty —

got to put it in. so nomadland, a very gritty film _ got to put it in. so nomadland, a very gritty film inspired - got to put it in. so nomadland, a very gritty film inspired by - a very gritty film inspired by real—life events and what is so clever for the director, chloe zhao to achieve here is the way she melds the script with real life. ., ., ., ,, , life. you have real actresses like frances _ life. you have real actresses like frances mcdormand - like frances mcdormand interacting with itinerant people with nomadic people, and it's just so seamless and away, so fantastic. when you think about nomadland, did well tonight. the film is a work of art but also it's a film that sits well with people because it's about individuals who have been thrown asunder in a way because of economic dislocation and that's certainly something that happened with the pandemic in this country and also around the world so you got the feeling that this movie, there were seven other great best picture nominees, it was about something. it had relevance. did you feel that? i something. it had relevance. did you feel that?— did you feel that? i thought exactly the _

did you feel that? i thought exactly the same. - did you feel that? i thought exactly the same. looking i did you feel that? i thoughtl exactly the same. looking at the big picture, that has been a backdrop to this night, and how the academy has coped with it. i'mjust how the academy has coped with it. i'm just curious, a different feel to the show, coming from the station, who would have thought a year ago the oscars would be coming from union station in downtown los angeles. union station in downtown los anaeles. ., , angeles. how did they do? the station came _ angeles. how did they do? the station came over _ angeles. how did they do? the station came over well. - angeles. how did they do? the station came over well. i - angeles. how did they do? the station came over well. i love | station came over well. i love that building, i spent a bit of time down there doing some reporting and everything but i had mixed feelings. you know, the best response was, about half—an—hour ago, the best response was, about half—an—hourago, i phoned home and they wanted the results to happen. it felt like a lot of filler in a way. you want the results, it's a very difficult thing to do, and awards show. how many different ways can you really do it? there were some good moments and i like the thought that went into it but it could have been better. aha, it could have been better. a lot of the previews in the film writers have been predicting

what might happen tonight and speculating that it could potentially be quite damaging for an academy, the organisation, the academy of motion pictures if, in 24 hours time, we know the viewing for as —— figures, at least here in the united states and if the numbers are low, and my hunch is they will below, based on the selection of movies, show that wasn't the most stellar reductions, but long—term this could be quite damning for it as an organisation and for future oscars.— as an organisation and for future oscars. that's true. i don't think _ future oscars. that's true. i don't think the _ future oscars. that's true. i don't think the oscars - future oscars. that's true. i don't think the oscars will l don't think the oscars will ever go away because they are so vital to the hollywood food chain but definitely they need to be emboldened in academy has its eye on other things, this huge academy museum which is going to open later this year, i went on a press ago, before vidmack. a long time ago just down the street. very impressive. looking in other areas, but something needs to be done with awards shows. ——

covid. i give them full marks for endeavour but they didn't quite obtain it. the oscars are some of the older award shows, they were about showcasing very big names. the golden age of hollywood. bill big names. the golden age of hollywood-— big names. the golden age of holl ood. �* ., ., , , hollywood. all of a sudden they are on a red _ hollywood. all of a sudden they are on a red carpet. _ hollywood. all of a sudden they are on a red carpet. it's - hollywood. all of a sudden they are on a red carpet. it's quite i are on a red carpet. it's quite are on a red carpet. it's quite a novelty. and in commercials and social media. it isn't a novelty any more to see these out of context, because they are everywhere. there is saturation. everything has got so looted in a way. but things have happened with certain kinds of films that when oscar trophies — they are not so central to the culture as they used to be. and oscar—nominated picture 20 years ago everyone would know

about. they would know lines from the movie and everything. that's definitely changed. but look, i still love the oscars, but make it better.- look, i still love the oscars, but make it better. yeah, make it better, make _ but make it better. yeah, make it better, make it _ but make it better. yeah, make it better, make it a _ but make it better. yeah, make it better, make it a little - it better, make it a little different. it's always a pleasure. it's been an interesting year like no other, and i think it does remain to be seen what those audience figures tell us tomorrow, and that might have a bearing on what the oscars look like next year. absolutely. peter, a quick question for you, and you may put me in my place. when do the likes of me get to see these movies? have i missed the boat? the thing is, david, a lot of them are already available. maybe you haven't been able to go to the cinema, but if you use any of the streaming services, a lot of them have been earlier than usual put into those services. it's a matter of searching them out and watching on your television at home. must look harder. thanks very much indeed. of course we have

a full show for you at 0830 on monday morning on the oscars and all those results. you are watching bbc news. hello. the sunny, dry theme to the april weather continued through the course of the weekend. this was the picture in wiltshire on sunday, so similar to many areas, blue sky overhead butjust quite dry and in fact quite cracked ground. some parts of southern england has seen barely any rainfall throughout the entire month so far. now, this week, a return to some scattered showers. we won't all be seeing them, but there is, thankfully, a little bit of rain in the forecast. and things turning a bit colder as well. we've got a small, slow—moving area of low pressure moving in from the north, slowly slipping south over the next few days. so monday morning, then, starts off on a bit of a milder note. particularly for scotland where we've got more cloud. still likely to see a frost across parts of england

and wales, particularly in the north. monday morning, then, initially quite a bit of cloud in the south but that will tend to break up so quite a lot of sunshine coming through. there will be more cloud for scotland with some patchy showers heading in and they will be heavier during the course of the afternoon for parts of eastern scotland. one or two into northern england and northern ireland. further south in the sunshine it's also less windy than recent days as well, so we are losing that biting easterly wind. still a bit of an onshore breeze making things cooler around the east coast, but further west temperatures for the likes of cardiff and belfast are up to about 16 degrees on monday. and then as we move through monday night into tuesday this area of low pressure still with us as it moves its way south we will start to see some showers rotating around that area of low pressure. so hit and miss scattered showers on tuesday, but they will probably avoid east anglia and the southeast staying quite mild in the south, up to about 16

degrees in the sunshine, but turning colderfrom the north as the winds start to come in from a northerly direction. just 7 degrees or so for aberdeen. into wednesday i think the focus of the showers probably for wales and the southwest of england. east coasts where it is, again, going to feel chilly. just 7 degrees for the likes of aberdeen. could well be 15 or 16 for southern parts of england and wales too. but as low pressure drifts off towards the near continent that's going to open the doors for these cold north or north easterly winds, once again coming down from the arctic. so temperatures cold towards the end of the week for thursday into friday, just about getting into double figures by day but do be prepared if you've got gardening plans, we could well see a return of frosty nights. bye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the international community is sending urgent medical aid to india as the country grapples with a surge in coronavirus infections. britain, france and germany all said they were sending respirators and equipment in the next few days and the us is lifting a ban on vaccine raw materials. indonesia says a navy submarine that went missing on wednesday has been found split into three pieces on the sea bed. all 53 crew have been confirmed dead. it's thought oxygen supplies run out on saturday. nomadland has been the big winner at the academy awards. the film about a woman who finds herself homeless secured best picture, best director for chloe zhao and are best actress when the francis mcdormand. anthony hopkins took home the

award for the father.