i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines. flash floods and landslides kill dozens in vietnam: the north is hardest hit — forecasters say more rain‘s on the way. three women in the uk allege they were sexually assaulted by the hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme. censorship — and social media. china steps up efforts to ‘control the narrative‘ ahead of the communist party's annual congress. you can't say this, it can't say that. how are you supposed to enter wrapped in china? —— interact. and, banging the drum for equality. we meet the woman muscling in to the male bastion of bhangra. it's 8am in singapore,

1am in london and seven in the morning in vietnam where days of floods and landslides have left 60 people dead and almost a0 missing. entire villages, roads and homes across several provinces are under water. to make matters worse, a tropical storm is heading to the region, threatening to dump even more rain over the country. bbc vietnamese correspondent hoang nguyen has this story. it is one of the world's most disaster—prone nations. vietnam is no stranger to massive storms and rains but this one is different. heavy rains have triggered flash floods in northern and central vietnam overjust two days but it took away bridges, houses, animals and people at a scale and speed the country has not seen in decades.

the local government in thanh hoa province has declared a state of emergency and opened several gates to discharge water at the country's largest hydro—electric dam, the first time it has done so in years. the decision had an immediate impact on communities downstream. as you can see on my left—hand side is whetherfarmers and fishermen live. what happened was, a portion of the dyke was broken. a government official was quoted as saying they broke the dyke deliberately to release the water pressure in other parts of the river. whatever is the reason, now hundreds of families are suffering the disaster. translation: it's been flooded like this for five days. our lives are badly disrupted.

my 85—year—old mother and all my children were evacuated. all the farmers have lost their crops, livestock, almost everything. the local people here are resilient to natural disasters and they are helping each other as much as possible. those living in flooded areas are receiving help to get in and out boats. translation: we use megaphone to alert people, we mobilise rescue team to support villages and evacuate all people like children. as extreme weather events appear to become more frequent, one of the country's deputy prime ministers said over the weekend that vietnam has two significantly improve its forecasting capabilities. our other top stories now and the us secretary of state has insisted that

president trump wants to resolve the confrontation with north korea through diplomacy. rex tillerson said diplomacy would continue until, as he put it, the first bomb drops. he added that any deal with north korea over its nuclear programme would be very different to the current agreement with iran, which president trump wants to see reviewed. we had a similar agreement in place with the north koreans back in the 19905, with the north koreans back in the 1990s, almost exactly like this iranian agreement and you can see what it has led to, where we have found us is today. the message to the north korean is, we have policy towards the programme, is the same as the chinese, the same as the russians, the same as the regional. there will be a new —— di nuclear peninsulas. it will be different to how we have in iran. ——

denuclearise. also this hour — voters in kyrgyzstan have chosen a new president in a historic election. sooronbaijeenbekov, a former prime minister, won outright, confounding predictions of a tight race. the former soviet republic, a close ally of russia, is now on track for its first peaceful power transfer since independence in 1991. amnesty international has urged eu foreign ministers — meeting in luxembourg — to discuss the ongoing rohingya crisis in myanmar. the human rights group wants an extension of the current arms embargo and targeted financial sanctions against senior burmese officials. more than half a million rohingyas have fled the military offensive in myanmar — with many now in camps in bangladesh. the head of austria's conservative people's party — sebastian kurtz — is on course to become the youngest national leader in the world. sebastian kurtz is 31 years old. with nearly all the results counted in the country's general election, his party has just under 32% of the vote. mr kurz is expected to invite the far right freedom party to join a coalition government. a police pursuit in sydney went from a road to a river, after a woman drove her car off

a jetty and into a waterway. 0fficers swam to the submerged car and managed to rescue the female driver, just moments before the vehicle sank. new south wales police says the driver was possibly drug affected. police in somalia say saturday's bombing in the capital mogadishu has now claimed the lives of at least 230 people and wounded hundreds. it was the deadliest attack on civilians since the islamist al—shabab group launched its insurgency ten years ago. from nairobi, here's our senior africa correspondent anne soy — her report contains some images you may find distressing. search and rescue efforts continue more than 2a hours after the blast. hopes of finding people alive are fading.

those who recover the remains of their loved ones can be counted lucky. many bodies cannot be identified. it is one of the worst bomb blasts ever on somali soil. a truck laden with explosives struck at a busy intersection on saturday, reducing buildings to rubble and setting vehicles alight. the scale of casualties is unprecedented. president mohamed abdullahi farmajo visited some of the injured in hospital. he also donated blood. the president is in no doubt as to who is responsible for the attack. translation: indeed, it is a hard period. yesterday's truck bomb attack is a national disaster that claimed many people's lives and it signifies that the terrorist group al—shabab are cruel and nasty people who kill anyone. a city with just a handful of hospitals has been tested to its limit.

medics are overwhelmed. translation: what happened yesterday was incredible. i've never seen such a thing before and the death toll is uncountable. corpses were burned and no—one could recognise them. somalia has been battling insurgency for years. the un—backed government is supported by a regional african union force but al—shabab has shown it remains capable of staging high—profile attacks in the capital. and every so often they test the resilience of a country determined to emerge from the rubble. in a rare show of anger, residents protest on the streets of mogadishu. they want the government to avenge the deaths of their loved ones and end a decade of attacks from the home—grown militants. anne soy, bbc news. another woman has contacted police in britain to say she was sexually

assaulted by the hollywood producer, harvey weinstein. the metropolitan police are now examining five allegations made by three women. mr weinstein has denied allegations of non—consensual sex. 0ur correspondent, laura bicker, is in los angeles. she has more on the police investigation there. . prosecutors here in the us face a number of hurdles. the first is known as a statute of limitations. that means any alleged sexual offences have to have ta ken that means any alleged sexual offences have to have taken place recently if the police are to take any action. the second is many women have signed confidentiality agreements according to the newspaper reports. now are they willing to be put forward and put through the court cases? a big question for them. when it comes to the last week, one actress who said they had —— she had been propositioned by mr wineskin, she

said the most shocking thing is that women are finally believed. —— harvey weinstein. that is what people want changed in the industry. they want women to be able to come forward without being picked to mind. —— victimised. anies baswedan will be sworn in on monday as governor ofjakarta, nearly six months after he won a contentious election in a landslide. the former minister of education — who during his campaign allied with hardline islamist groups — will have to handle the huge developmental issues facing jakarta, a city of nearly ten million. earlier i spoke to our indonesia correspondent rebecca henschke for more about the challenges ahead. the fourth governor in three years to take on possibly the world's worst traffic in the city, huge economic divides between the haves and have—nots, has made some very controversial promises. talking about zero deposits on state housing for low income earners, promising to stop

a reclamation project injakarta bay and he made a number of controversial alliances during this very divisive campaign with the islamic defenders front, a group that has had its leader jailed for inciting religious violence so he's going to have to prove that he can be a leader of this economically challenging capital but also bring together this city which is made up of all the ethnic groups across this island and is also very much a multifaith capital city. what does his election tell us about the next presidential election? it was very much seen as a proxy for that upcoming presidential election. he was backed by prabowo, who has said he will run against the president.

it is being seen by many political analysts as a signal for what me —— what we may see in the presidential election, dirty campaigning, bringing up race and religion, personality becoming a factor, and this has people concerned about the fact that indonesia is a fragile country brought together under this motto of unity and diversity and it is likely that the same tricks that were used to win this election very effectively will likely be used again in the presidential election. voters in venezuela have had their chance to deliver a verdict on the ruling party — amidst a deepening economic crisis. polls have closed in elections for the governors of 23 states. president maduro says the election is proof that — despite allegations of authoritarianism — the country is a democracy. a short time ago i got the latest from our south america correspondent katy watson in caracas.

this is a different country to the one we saw almost a few days ago. the opposition has participated in this election. they say that is the best way to pressure the maduro administration to bring back democracy because they say this is a country that is a dictatorship. as you said, the government says these elections are proof that the country is still a democracy, that the voting centres are starting to close. they will be counting the votes in the next few hours. we should be getting some kind of result from these regional elections. i know you have been covering this for some time. a crucial test for president maduro. when are we going to get the results and what next for his government? i suppose it will all depend on that

result. at the moment, the opposition has 23 states. ——3 of the 23 states. if the polls are correct and the turnout is what the opposition is expecting, there is an expectation the opposition could win more than half. that is the crucial issue, it has been a test for the maduro government but also a test for the opposition to see if they can get disillusioned voters out to vote. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: china clamps down on social media chit—chat — as it gears up for it's annual communist party congress. also on the programme: we hear from a woman who's created a niche for herself as a drummer in the men's world of bhangra beats. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake

are returning to life. but in the marina area, where most of the damage was done, they're more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he's gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20 pound bomb that exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. this government will not weaken. democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic nation held its breath for the men they call the 33. and then... bells toll bells tolled nationwide to announce the first rescue and chile let out an almighty roar. let out an almighty roar. this is newsday on the bbc.

i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories. flash floods and landslides have killed 60 people in vietnam — a0 more are missing. forecasters say a tropical storm is set to bring more rain. there are mounting claims of sexual assault against hollywood kingpin harvey weinstein. police in britain say they're now investigating allegations by three women. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. china's upcoming communist party congress dominates the front pages. the japan times says that the congress will allow chinese president xijinping to solidify his reign. the paper says that because the party has announced it will amend its constitution, it could mean a ‘coronation‘ forxijinping — putting him on a similar level to past leaders

mao zedong and deng xiaoping. china daily‘s front page carries several articles on the congress; and the south china morning post is leading on typhoon khanun. reporting more than 550 flights have been affected, but that hong kong was spared a direct hit and emerged largely unscathed from the storm. joining me from delhi is tv journalist, barkha dutt, who says that there are lessons from the weinstein scandal for india's mighty film industry — bollywood welcome to the programme. firstly, how is this story being reported in india? like everywhere else in the

world, the story of harvey weinstein has a universal resonance that it women in different professions know somebody exactly like him. when you talk about indian film industry you are talking about the largest film industry in the world so unsurprisingly this has shone in a co mforta ble unsurprisingly this has shone in a comfortable light in our backyard. actors here had been talking about the casting couch. we had a prominent temperature recently embroiled in a controversy. that conviction was overturned by the courts. like everywhere else in the world, women and feminists are calling out for us to deal with our

own native harvey weinstein ‘s. hollywood and bollywood are two of the world's biggest film industries in the world. hollywood has closed in on itself, the academy has looked at what it can do to address this crisis, crisis. what do you think bollywood needs to do?” crisis, crisis. what do you think bollywood needs to do? i must be honest and say that i do not think the indian film industry is equipped to deal with sexual harassment or charges of rape and sexual abuse. in the last year we have seen prominent at dressers who have actually come forward to openly speak about howard direct is make unwelcome advances and how these women were treated in and how these women were treated in a hostile way to after they burn

those advances. was notjust the film industry, it is also in the media where we had an editor formally accused of rape a few weeks ago. this applies even to climate change scientist who once occupied a post he warm a nobel prize for. so when you talk about the world's largest film industry, you actually have a culture of complicit islands where a cloud of secrecy is spread over these sort of allegations. this week the chinese communist party holds its five yearly congress at the great hall of the people in beijing.

the climax will be the revealing of the new leadership team behind president xijinping. at a time like this the authorities believe they must do everything in their power to stamp out anything potentially embarrassing for the government. so the censors are in full swing, as our beijing correspondent stephen mcdonell has been finding out. in order to land the 2008 beijing olympics, china made some promises in terms of opening up and freedom of expression. at the time, it seemed like things were getting better and better in that regard. but as we get further and further from the games, the censors have been cracking down hard. phone apps are powerful tools for control. pretty much everyone in china uses wechat. at sensitive times, like during the party congress, keywords and phrases are blocked. using them can mean being reported to the authorities. and now, if you set up a discussion group on wechat, as administrator, you are responsible for what is said on wechat.

the restriction of chat apps not from the chinese government has also been tested. whatsapp has been blocked, for example. if you cannot talk, how do you interact? this is what the communist party wanted to talk about. this has been opened to mark the achievements of the chinese government with president xi jinping as the leader. the fastest trains, the deepest submarines, and ever more powerful military, and hundreds of images of the man credited with all of this, xijinping. xijinping.... the hindu festival of light — diwali — is coming up this week

and you can be sure that some of the celebrations will be punctuated by incredible sound of the dhol. if you haven't heard the sound — it's completely infectious! dhol players are mostly male, but one woman parv kaur is changing things up and creating a niche for herself. here's parv‘s story. i love the beach. the hindu festival of light is coming up this wednesday. -- eat. and before we go, something you do not see very often. an unbelievable sight, some 300,000 geese here in finland preparing to migrate to belgium and the netherlands for the winter. that is one third of the global population sliding around and making wonderful patterns as they glide along together. hello there.

fairly quiet conditions at the moment. on monday, things turn more stormy to the west of the uk, especially in northern ireland. the met office has already issued amber be prepared warnings for strong winds from monday. the worst will be in southern ireland. 0phelia, an ex—hurricane, moves towards the shores. the met service in ireland has issued a red warning. danger to life and property across the entire country. the wind will strengthen in the west. scotland will have rain come and go. dry in england and wales. the winds start to pick up in the irish sea in particular as we go into the afternoon. western parts of wales, the isle of man, northern ireland, parts of south—west scotland in particular. we can see winds in excess of 80 miles per hour in a few spots. that will cause loose debris to fly around and travel disruption.

on monday, rain across the board in ireland. cool conditions in scotland with outbreaks of rain. england and wales, away from western coasts, blustery days but quite a warm and sunny, 23 degrees. evening rush—hour, northern england, gusty winds. the strongest of the wind in the north. the low pressure system will transfer to northern scotland. these areas could see 60—70 miles per hour winds. they could cause disruption. temperatures holding up into tuesday morning. through monday and tuesday, just a reminder, some problems around, not just with transport, power supply problems as well. check for warnings on the website and on the bbc weather app. the strongest winds will go down on tuesday. outbreaks of rain continue in scotland and northern ireland. england and wales, a lot of dry weather. light winds, hazy sunshine. feeling pleasant, even without tropical layer on monday.

later in the day, rain spreads in through the english channel. this system willjust go north through tuesday night in the wednesday. the warmest air confined to east anglia and the south—east. wet weather in southern counties of england. on wednesday, the midlands into northern england, the heaviest of the rain in the east of the pennines. part of eastern scotland as well. western areas, dry and bright. quite a wet day here. overall this week, a stormy start to the week. things get brighter, but stronger winds as well. i'm babita sharma with bbc world news. our top story. days of severe floods and landslides in vietnam have left 60 people dead and almost a0 missing. entire villages, roads and homes across several provinces are under water. a tropical storm is heading to the region, threatening to dump even more rain over the north of the country. police in somalia say the massive bomb attack in the capital mogadishu has killed at least 230 people — and wounded hundreds. it's the deadliest attack on civilians in the country to date. and the harvey weinstein

investigation continues to be one of the most read stories online — another woman has contacted police in britain to say she was sexually assaulted by the hollywood produce. the metropolitan police are now examining five allegations made by three women. mr weinstein has denied allegations of non—consensual sex. and the top story here in the uk —