welcome to newsday on the bbc. i'm riko hizon, in singapore, the headlines: after the un's warning of a lost generation of rohingya children, we report from the squalid refugee camps they are forced to inhabit in bangladesh. there's trouble down under. is yet another australian prime minister reaching the end of his political career? i'm ben bland, in london. also in the programme: with his critics saying it's the beginning of the end of the trump white house, fighting talk from the president. i will tell you what. if i ever got impeached, i think the market will crash, everybody will be very poor because without this thinking you would see numbers you would not believe. and warnings from the british government about what could happen if the uk crashes out of the eu without a trade deal. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news —

it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london. a year after fleeing the military operation in myanmar, half a million young rohingya refugees continue to suffer in cramped and rudimentary camps in neighbouring bangladesh. on wednesday, the united nations said they were at risk of becoming a "lost generation". many of those at risk are girls — some become victims of sexual exploitation. our correspondent nick beake sent this report from cox's bazar in bangladesh. she never thought life would look like this. a year ago, sanjida was enjoying school in myanmar. today, she lives in a tiny shack in bangladesh, in the world's biggest refugee camp.

this 15—year—old orphan is now married and pregnant. her husband is 66. he's rarely home. with no family and no money, sanjida says no younger man would marry her. translation: when i was young, i never thought i'd marry an old man. now, i've had to marry one. i'm worried that now i'm carrying a baby, and i'm worried that this old man will die and how then will i raise my child? this was claimed to be the moment last august the burmese army and buddhist mobs unleashed fire on the rohingya muslims — a co—ordinated campaign of torture, rape and murder, say human rights groups, that forced hundreds of thousands to flee. genocide is what many believe these young survivors witnessed. a year on, their makeshift shelters

that were thrown together now have a depressing permanence. they may be fed by aid agencies, but they're not safe. there are nearly a million rohingya refugees still trapped in the camps here in bangladesh. half of them are children and there's little sign of them being able to return home to myanmar any time soon, and so this sprawling city of despair is where a whole generation is being forced to grow up. all around there is danger — the weather, disease, and exploitation. "day and night my tears flow," this lady tells us. she says she could only watch as the burmese army murdered her husband. her 13—year—old daughter then disappeared from the camp, thought to be abducted by traffickers. translation: what happened to my daughter? nobody knows.

only allah can say. i don't think i'll ever see her again. it's been one year. my daughter would have come back to me. the crimes inflicted on the rohingya last year are still destroying countless young lives. we meet a 15—year—old who goes by the name rosina. she was forced into sex work after arriving in bangladesh and says it's now the only way to survive. translation: i want nothing else but to be able to go back to myanmar. i want to get my country back. i've left lots of relatives there. i hate it here. i loved life in myanmar. i want to go back and get married there and have a nice family. if i keep doing this, my life will be destroyed. aung san suu kyi's myanmar claims it wants to bring these children back. plenty doubt that. so the fear is they'll be forgotten and the dangers they face ignored, that the world simply accepts this precarious circle of life. nick beake, bbc news,

on the myanmar—bangladesh border. the australian parliament has been suspended, three more cabinet ministers have resigned and malcolm turnbull‘s future as prime minister hangs in the balance. as the leadership crisis there escalates, mr turnbull has promised to hold a meeting on friday, to see if he has enough political support to continue. mps peter dutton, scott morrison and julie bishop are all potential challengers for the top job. let's hear how some australians are feeling about the political turmoil. no one knows what is going on. if they just no one knows what is going on. if theyjust did thejob no one knows what is going on. if theyjust did the job they get paid to do, they should get in there and governed the country and not stuff around and sought their stuff out. the reason people voted for the liberal party was because of malcolm

and his moderate views and great ideas about climate change. and his moderate views and great ideas about climate changem and his moderate views and great ideas about climate change. it is just another debacle. i do not think the liberal party will be in government are much longer. i think there is a very good chance that they will lose the next election. i ama they will lose the next election. i am a bit worried we will go down the path of the states, closing the border in all that type of thing, taking a few steps backwards. for more on this i've been speaking to alex oliver, research director of the lowy institute. i began by asking for her thoughts on malcolm turnbull‘s chances of retaining the leadership. very slim it seems from all of the discussion here in sydney and in australia. it looks like there will bea australia. it looks like there will be a leadership vote at a party room meeting today at midday, provided that the opposition to the tri— minister can muster 43 signatures on a petition, which looks like they

will. it looks like we will have a new leader at midday here, which would be the fifth prime minister in five years. we have had a decade of tamil in australian politics and todayis tamil in australian politics and today is no different. —— of turmoil. why is it so fractious? what are the dynamics here? think it reflects what is happening in democracies in the western world is. party at failing. it has been splitting a stable two—party system. in the previous decade we had to prime ministers and in the last ten yea rs prime ministers and in the last ten years we prime ministers and in the last ten yea rs we have prime ministers and in the last ten years we have had six changes and thatis years we have had six changes and that is an unprecedented period of instability in australian politics and it is driven by this breakdown

of the two—party system and the rise of the two—party system and the rise of populist politics and this latest leadership tilt appears to be a manifestation of that populism. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: a british—iranian woman who's been imprionsed in iran for more than two years, has been temporarily released. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was sentenced to five years in jail in 2016, after being convicted of spying a charge she denies. her family say she's been freed from prison in tehran for three days. todayis today is a good day. at this point we are trying to assess what that means and where we. i want her home, i still want the government to help organise that. also making news today: police in argentina have begun searching the home of the former president cristina kirchner, as part of a major corruption investigation. it's alleged she received millions of dollars in bribes from businessmen in exchange for public works contracts, during her time in office. she denies any wrongdoing.

the islamic state group has released an audio message said to be from its leader, abu—bakr al—baghdadi. he plays down the significance of the militant group losing huge swathes of territory in both syria and iraq. it would be his first public address for nearly a year and follows previous rumours he was killed in a russian air strike. the united states has named an executive from the ford motor company as its special envoy to north korea. steve biegun will accompany the secretary of state, mike pompeo, on a visit to pyonyang next week. and it's been a busy day at london zoo, where more than 19,000 animals have had their vital statistics recorded at the annual weigh—in. the keepers had to come up with some rather inventive ways to do that.

it looks like a lot of fun, but there's a serious purpose — the information will be shared with other facilities to help endangered species. the us attorney general jeff sessions has hit back at his boss, donald trump, after the president sharply criticised him over the russiainvestigation during a tv interview. mr sessions said he would not be improperly influenced by political considerations and would take action if the highest standards ofjustice were not met. on tuesday, the president's former lawyer, michael cohen, pleaded guilty to breaking election campaign laws on mr trump's orders. on wednesday, the president told the fox news network that he couldn't be impeached. ido i do not know how you can impeached somebody who has done a greatjob. i tell you what, if ever got impeached, i think the market would crash, i think everybody would be

very poor, because without this thinking he would sit numbers that you would not believe. in reverse. our correspondent david willis is in washington. i asked him about the reaction to all of this. it is interesting, isn't it, that president trump did that interview at the white house, talking about that word, in peach. very few people can remember that happening here. —— in impeachment. it is nonetheless extraordinary that he is attacking theissue extraordinary that he is attacking the issue head on this early in his presidency. as to whether it will head off criticism, i have to say the republicans so far seem hankered down, they have the support, giving him the support. democrats seem more interested for now, focusing on the red and butter issue, the economy and so on, in the run—up to the

mid—term elections in november. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we will look at how yemen is looking to clean up its water system to read his -- to clean up its water system to read his —— reduce colorado epidemic. —— cholera guilty — the gang who posed as rich businessmen, hired a privatejet as rich businessmen, hired a private jet and a rolls royce to smuggle more than $50 million of cocaine into britain. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free!

russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we all with them now within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm ben bland in london. our top stories: the un warns that more than 500,000 rohingya refugee children risk becoming a lost generation, facing disease, abuse and a lack of education. the political future of australia's prime minister,

malcolm turnbull, hangs in the balance after more members of his cabinet resign. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post looks at the long—delayed and over—budget high—speed train service from hong kong to destinations in mainland china. transport authorities have promised it will be profitable as soon as it starts next month. the new york times features the story of a pharamacist in northwest china who disappeared to spare his parents the cost of cancer treatment. his father's quest to find him has captivated china, and highlighted the plight of millions who can't afford medical treatment. and the japan times reports on how tokyo's international airport is hiring more english—speaking

foreign staff amid a tourism boom as the country seeks to attract millions more visitors ahead of hosting the 2020 olympics. those are the papers. thanks, rico. the british government has told companies trading with the european union that they should start preparing for new customs checks in the first instalment of its advice on mitigating the consequences of a no—deal brexit. it's warned that credit card payments for eu products would cost more and british citizens living abroad could have restricted access to bank accounts and pensions. the bbc‘s deputy political editor, jon pienaar reports. ——john —— john pienaar. for millions of brits, a brexit deal would mean change. but no deal could mean more and quickly. card spending in europe more costly. no guarantee brits could use eu bank accounts the same way, or draw pensions.

medicines — they'd be stockpiled but no promise they wouldn't run out. and as for business, traders would face new customs duties and safety checks and bureaucracy at a stroke. the brexit secretary's message — no need to panic. the uk had to be ready for anything. we are raising this issue with the eu to impress upon them ourjoint responsibility to work together to minimise any harm to uk and european businesses and citizens. those lives, those livelihoods on both sides, should be put ahead of any narrow political interest. a brexiteer to his fingertips, he was keen no—one swallowed any scare stories — like a hit to the british sandwich. contrary to one of the wilder claims, you will still be able to enjoy a blt after brexit, and there are no plans to deploy the army to maintain food supplies. maybe so, but there would be sudden change and costs for many. no more eu cap on charges for card spending. access to bank accounts and pensions could change.

businesses could face increased costs and slower processing times for eu transactions. worried about medicines? a british agency would take over regulation and assessment in the uk. some medicines were being stockpiled, but shortages could not be wholly ruled out. and for british exporters, no deal would mean big changes. new software to buy, consultants to hire, warehouses. and if you trade with ireland, where the uk has promised no hard border, northern irish businesses are told to ask ireland for guidance. do you accept a no—deal brexit would leave the country worse off and not better off? the uk would be better off outside of the eu in any scenario long—term but i recognise the risk of the short—term. these technical notes are about taking a balanced sober assessment of that and working out the practical ways to make it work. some ministers are frankly alarmed at the idea of leaving with no deal. the chancellor, phillip hammond, has written to a senior colleague

today warning that economic growth could take a hit of nearly 8% over 15 years. brexiteers might call that scaremongering. the chancellor and his friends would say it's simply facing harsh reality. few mps like the idea of a no—deal brexit. so are opposition parties backing the government? of course not. eight weeks before the october summit, which is supposed to be the end of negotiations, the government is just publishing these vague papers, and they're not even publishing all of them. presumably, the other 50 or so papers are still being written. that really isn't going to reassure anybody. the likelihood of a people's vote is now growing. when we have a no deal, which is obviously unacceptable and highly disruptive, and we have a government deal which is poor and disruptive, what else do we do? in brussels, the eu is playing hardball and saying any kind of brexit will come at a cost. it's going to lead to disruption regardless.

with a deal or without a deal. that's why everybody, particularly economic operators, need to be prepared. the agreed time to sketch out britain's future relationship with the eu has almost run out. talk of crisis has become a cliche. expect to hear it again. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. cholera is lethal. the acute disease, caused by contaminated water, will kill its victims within hours if left untreated. but it can be prevented. yemen is using a new system that's slashed cholera cases by 95%. our science correspondent, pallab ghosh, reports. overwhelmed by cholera. last year there were 1 million cases in yemen, more than 2000 people died. many of them children. this is the cause. a sanitation system that

can't cope with heavy rainfall, leading to infected sewage flowing into the streets. but now there's some relief. these health workers are focusing their efforts on areas before the rain comes, and an outbreak begins. the hygiene advice they give is simple, but it's had an incredible effect. it's made a huge difference. unicef colleagues on the ground, the facility to predict when and where an outbreak might occur is extremely valuable, so rather than responding toa number of valuable, so rather than responding to a number of cases that might have been notified to them, they can use this technology in their monthly planning meetings to allocate logistics, supplies and response capability to particular communities. at the met office, meteorologists and government scientists have developed a system that predicts where cholera

outbreaks will occur for weeks in advance. they produce a map, which combines satellite rain forecast with information about areas of high population density. the red areas show the places that are most likely to have an outbreak, and that's where the health teams are sent. the satellite data has enabled aid workers on the ground to stay one step ahead of outbreaks. last year, there were more than 50,000 suspected cases in just one week. this year, that was down to around 2500 cases. that's a decrease of nearly 95%. it is hoped that the forecast can be made further ahead, which could cut the number of cases even further. we would like to extend the predictions from four weeks to eight weeks because that would unable us to not only plan prevention activities in terms of access to clea n water activities in terms of access to clean water and health education, but also potentially deploy a vaccine and deliver a vaccine as pa rt vaccine and deliver a vaccine as part of that prevention. there are

concerns by the un that another wave of the epidemic may be on its way, but the early results of the new system a re but the early results of the new system are encouraging. to deploy the technology in other cholera hotspots. pallab ghosh, bbc news. it was one the biggest drug smuggling busts in britain. four men have been convicted of using a private jet to smuggle drugs, with a street value of nearly $55 million. 15 suitcases of the drug were found at a small airport in farnborough in southern england on a plane returning from columbia. tom symonds reports. it was like a scene from a crime drama, a sleek private jet hired for £138,000, paid in cash, arriving at farnborough airport. 15 heavy suitcases unloaded. the gang whisked off in their hired cars. but they didn't get far. customs officers pulled them over for a search. one of the gang watching. and inside the first case

was a serious amount of cocaine. we've been asked not to show the face of the customs officer, but he has a big smile. presumably they don't get many days like that? well, this is one of them largest seizures in our region's history but it is a day that we want to celebrate and show that this sort of activity, people seeking to smuggle illicit goods into the country, our officers are there to identify them and take action. 15 suitcases, half a ton of cocaine worth £41 million on the street. this was the smugglers' second flight to bogota, they had a corrupt official working in a ground handling company their. the national crime agency work back through cctv, tracking their movements. here they're setting the combination locks on their suitcases. these earlier baggage scans are thought to show the millions in cash they flew out with

to pay for the drugs. both times they arrived back at farmborough possibly chosen because it's small. two years ago the border force customs operation at this airport was criticised by the independent inspector. he said that staff were carrying out too few baggage checks, they were concentrating instead on immigration. the national crime agency says that small airports like this are vulnerable to smuggling. you're never going to really win with that, a utopia scenario is having all those airports and strips for landing aircraft manned by resource, that's not going to happen. it's about being cleverer around systems and bringing people and experts together, looking at information and working out who they're going to stop. the border force and says it is now doing more checks at barbara. we've taken that incredibly seriously and up taken that incredibly seriously and up our effort is in that environment. the four men posed as rich businessmen heading to bogota for a concert by singer bruno mars.

they've been jailed for between 20 and 24 years. is tom symonds, bbc news, farnborough. you have been watching newsday. i'm ben bland in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. these people aren't just these people aren'tjust rich, ok? they're crazy. crazy rich orjust crazy? just how much of a gamble was backing the first all asian cast in nearly 30 years in the movie crazy rich asians? we meet one of the producers. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures. this is footage taken at a military parade in russia. all appears to be going well until the t—34 soviet tank tries to mount a transport trailer and topples over. luckily, it seems no one was injured in the accident. it makes my parking look ok! that's all for now, stay with bbc world news. some noticeable changes to the

weather to end the week, feeling a lot cooler and fresher right across the board with sunshine and showers. in fact, feeling pretty autumnal for some areas, particularly across the north and west. plenty of heavy showers around. this pretty cold air mass moving down from the north—west will be right across the country as we start friday morning. really will be quite noticeable, feeding in plenty of showers into the north and west with further showers south and east and link the clear skies, staying generally dry here to start friday but much cooler for all, including the south—east with temperatures here starting between nine and 12 degrees. for friday, not looking too bad, we start with sunshine in southern and eastern areas, albeit rather chilly. showers from the word go in the north and west and these are more widespread into the afternoon, especially in central and southern parts, so heavy with hail and thunder mixed in as well. a blustery day, any showers

will be quite blustery when they arrive and because of the strength of the wind coming down from the north—west, it's going to feel pretty chilly with temperatures ranging from 14 to 18 or 19 in the south—east, one or two spots could make 20. for friday evening, those showers begin to ease down, a few going in northern and western areas but link the clear skies in northern, central and eastern areas mean it's going to be a chilly one fall, especially scotland and north—east england and in sheltered spots, we could did seniorfreezing. on saturday, this ridge of high pressure will nudge in from the west and that will push the area of low pressure away and ease the shower development down. saturday should be a dry day for most, more in the way of sunshine and showers. a few going in northern and western areas and a few good travel through the cheshire gap into the midlands but temperature—wise, similar to friday, 14 to may be 20 but with more sunshine around, could feel more

pleasant. on sunday, big changes, the next area of low pressure moves in from the atlantic, arriving quite early. a really chilly and may be bright start in used in areas before this area of low pressure brings wet and windy weather to most areas, spreading eastwards as the day where he's an. this rain could be heavy in western hills. the skies will brighten in northern ireland later in the day and because of the cloud, wind and rain it could feel pretty chilly with temperatures in the mid—to—high teens at best. for most it will be a bank holiday on monday, and looking better with more in the way of sunshine and feeling a bit warmer in the south. i'm ben bland with bbc news. our top story: there's been a stark warning from the united nations about the half a million rohingya refugee children in camps in bagladesh. in a bleak assessment, the united nations says they're at risk of becoming a lost generation. it warns they face dangers such as disease, flooding, a lack of education and sexual abuse. the political future

of australia's prime minister, malcolm turnbull, is hanging in the balance after more members of his cabinet resigned. he's likely to face of a new leadership challenge. and this story is trending on bbc.com president trump has warned that the economy would be badly damaged if he was impeached. he told fox news that the market would crash and everybody would become very poor. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, hardtalk.