sunshine as well north and western sunshine as well but a cool fresh veal. that if it. that night. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. welcome to newsday. the headlines: in sweden's general election, the far—right party gains almost 18% of the vote. a huge parade to mark north korea's 70th anniversary. kim jong—un is there, but his intercontinental ballistic missiles aren't. i'm rico hizon in london. also in the programme: we meet some of the 100 indonesian boys suing australia's government over claims they were wronglyjailed as adults on people smuggling charges. and naomi osaka has becomejapan‘s first tennis grand slam singles winner, but her victory at the us open is overshadowed by a sexism row.

i know for sure if i was in the crowd i would have been pulling for serena too. it's really good they we re serena too. it's really good they were so serena too. it's really good they were so kind to me, and it was my first grand slam, so i was very thankfulfor first grand slam, so i was very thankful for that. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. gets newsday. —— it's newsday. good morning. it's 7 am in singapore, midnight in london and iam in the morning in sweden where the election results show that the far right anti—immigration and anti—eu party, the sweden democrats, have made significant gains. that's according to the latest figures from sweden's public broadcaster, the centre—left social democrats. led by the prime minister, are in first place with 28.4% of the vote. the moderates, led by

ulf kristersson, have i9.8%. and the sweden democrats, whose leader isjimmie akesson, are in third place with i7.6%, giving them cause to celebrate, as jenny hill reports from stockholm. this is their night. the far—right just made swedish political history. the sweden democrats don't like the eu, they don't like migrants, and they've just up—ended this country's liberal tradition. translation: more people have understood the situation now, that we can't carry on like this. we have the politics swedish people want so the judgement and the rhetoric will change a lot. are you feeling worried? for sweden's prime minister it's a battle for the soul of the country. i'm very concerned, of course. this is important. either we stay with a decent democracy, or we choose another path.

the centre—left party still tops the polls, but a strengthened far—right will not make it easy for them. it's an historic day for sweden, but perhaps for europe as well. you get a sense of apolitical establishment under pressure here. no simple answers for a country which took in more people seeking asylum per head of population than anywhere else in europe. the far—right‘s promised to show sweden something different. they promise security, a new identity for this fragmenting society. they want to take sweden back 100 years. they're not going to take it. what do you think about the government here? do they do enough for you as a person? no, i don't think so. because today it's a rich land, but where is the money? not with the people.

the political establishment have ruled out a coalition with the far—right for now. and tonight, sweden's waiting, impossible to predict who is going to run this country. we'll have more on sweden's elections later in the programme. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. north korea has staged a huge military parade to mark its 70th anniversary as a nation. events such as these are usually an opportunity to show off military hardware, but on this occasion it held back from displaying its missiles and devoted the parade to civilians efforts to build the economy. donald trump has tweeted that the move is a positive statement from north korea. laura bicker reports from seoul. it's a disciplined display, meant to show devotion and military might. but on this occasion a key piece of north korea's hardware was missing.

of course, there was the usual fervour from kim jong—un's foot soldiers. but the most advanced ballistic missiles were kept out of sight. it seems kimjong—un has decided not to provoke the united states at this sensitive time. instead, he took the hand of china's envoy, showing the world he has powerful friends. the bbc was not invited to pyongyang, but we did speak to north korean defectors who took part in past events. translation: it really was a painful experience. the people suffered. this was just days and days of pain and suffering. it can take up to six months to prepare, ten hours of rehearsals a day with very little food. the goose—stepping in particular is difficult to master, especially while turning your head towards the dear leader.

translation: you have to lift up the back leg at the same time your front leg hits the ground. this is very difficult. if you do this for six months, you can lose over five kilograms. complaining is not an option. translation: absolutely not. as soon as you did it, it would be saying, "kill me." away from the waving pyongyang elite, there are fears north korea is on the verge of a food crisis as crops fail after a heatwave. the kim family show only what they want the world to see. just like the missiles, north korea has so much hidden from view and until that changes the international community will find it difficult to trust. laura bicker, bbc news in seoul. also making news today: russians angry at pension reforms have staged protests across the country. the jailed opposition leader,

alexei navalny, called for the rallies. there's widespread discontent over the pension changes, which will force men and women to work five extra years. these pictures are from st petersburg, where a protest was broken up by riot police. one monitoring group says at least 800 protesters have been detained across the country. more than 80 people are reported to have been killed in fighting around the vital yemeni port of hodeida. medical sources have been quoted as saying that more than seventy houthi rebels and eleven pro—government soldiers have died. the clashes follow the failure of the un's efforts to bring yemen's warring parties together for peace talks in geneva. seven people have been killed and 20 injured in kabul in a suicide attack on a political march. the bomber detonated his explosives close to cars and motorbikes which carried supporters of the former mujahideen leader, ahmad shah massoud. hours earlier, another suspected attacker was shot dead by police before he could detonate his explosives.

bangladesh is urging foreign governments to increase pressure on myanmar to allow hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims who fled violence there to return. prime minister sheikh hasina says the huge influs of refugees has had a negative impact on her country's resources, environment and local people. a deal last november to begin repatriation within two months, still hasn't started. —— two months still hasn't started. a massive operation to scoop plastic waste from the middle of the pacific ocean is underway in california. engineers have built a huge floating boom, some 600 metres long, which they are towing out of san francisco bay into the pacific ocean, where it will collect drifting plastic. it is being towed from the city towards hawaii to the great pacific garbage patch, which is an island of rubbish twice the size of texas.

australian lawyers are seeking compensation for more than 100 indonesian children they say were wrongly jailed as adults in australia. the children were accused of people smuggling and some were held in maximum—security prisons for years. rebecca henschke has the story from the remote island of rote. with no news for months, siti thought she had lost her son, abdul, at sea. translation: after a long time, he called me and told me he was injail in time, he called me and told me he was in jail in australia. that was a really ha rd was in jail in australia. that was a really hard thing to hear. abdul says he was offered good money to work on a boat. he says he didn't know he was headed for neighbouring australian waters and was carrying

on—board migrants desperate to seek asylu m on—board migrants desperate to seek asylum there. court off the coast, he was charged with people smuggling. his family says he was just 1a at the time. he was convicted in australia as an adult and jailed in an adult maximum security prison for 2.5 years. translation: i was scared i would be beaten up and was so far from my family and held for a long time. he's one of more than 120 indonesian boys who have joined this class action, seeking compensation from the australian authorities. they had no intention of coming to australia and, when they were dealt with in australia, they were dealt with in australia, they were dealt with very harshly and they weren't dealt with as children, as they should have been. last year ali became the first to have his

conviction overturned. thejudge ruling that a miscarriage ofjustice had taken place. translation: my battle for justice was worth it. what i'm fighting for now is compensation for the long time i spent injail. compensation for the long time i spent in jail. ali says any money he receives he will use to look after his young family. for erwin, who was in the same cell as ali, his legal fight comes to like. he died just two months after he was released from jail in australia and sent home to remote rote. translation: australia and sent home to remote rote. translationzlj australia and sent home to remote rote. translation: i have been told, if you are not well then you shouldn't be sent home. so why shortly after coming home he got sick? lawyers have obtained his medical records in australia and are asking the same question. any compensation they receive will be used to put a

proper headstone on his grave. rebecca henschke, bbc news, rote. let's get more on the results of the swedish general election, where the anti—immigration and anti—eu party sweden democrats have made big gains. claes aronsson is the london bureau chief of swedish broadcasting radio. he gave me his assessment of the results. for the sweden democrats, they have 17.6% of the vote, and they are the third largest party. that is important because the two powers in swedish politics, social democrats and the moderates, they are bigger than the sweden democrats. claes, over the past elections, the sweden democrats never really got past a 13% and now they're at 17%. why have they gained this advantage? this campaign has been all about immigration. that's almost the only thing we have talked about in sweden during this summer. it has centred

around sweden democrats because they wa nt to around sweden democrats because they want to have really strict migration policy. how serious is the immigration issue in sweden? they have had really high levels of immigration in the last year, especially 2015 when we had 160,000 people coming in, and that's for a country with 10 million people. so this is a protest vote? yes, this is a protest vote. may be many people think many of the problems we have in sweden are connected to immigration, and that's the reason why some of us pick sweden democrats. so what happens now to the social democrats or the centre—right bloc? will they be able to form a party or do they need the sweden democrats to be part of the new coalition government?“ sweden democrats to be part of the new coalition government? if we look at the situation, at the moment, the two blocs, the left wing and right wing bloc are almost as big as each other so that makes it very, very complicated. they could work

together? that could be a possibility, but they have around 1496 possibility, but they have around 14% of the votes each at the moment so 14% of the votes each at the moment so they have to decide, should we invite the sweden democrats to the table or should we split up the blocs and look for new constellations to avoid bringing the sweden democrats into the power of swedish politics? claes, what do you think, should the sweden democrats be part of this constellation? there are some people in sweden who think it's undemocratic not to invite the sweden democrats to the table. so some people really think the party should do that. especially the people who vote for the right wing, because they could have the power in the future. i think all the parties in the parliament have said before this election that they will not collaborate with the sweden democrats, so there has to be a big change if they invite them to the table. if they are not invited to the table to form the next government, which positions will be

and portfolios will be apply for?|j think they will never actually get minister posts, i don't think that will happen this time. what they will happen this time. what they will ask for is maybe a stricter migration policy. they won't support a future government for free, but they will ask for something, and possibly a stricter migration policy, long—term stricter migration policy, long—term stricter migration policy in sweden could be something they could ask for. cla es claes aronsson speaking to read, earlier. —— rico earlier. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the syrian government, with russian air support, steps up its assault on the country's last major rebel stronghold. also on the programme: naomi osaka made history at the us open, becoming the first japanese player to win a grand slam singles title. but her victory was almost overshadowed by a row between serena williams and the match officials. freedom itself was attacked this morning,

and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes the spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears. enough! translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people, caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free!

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm rico hizon in london. our top stories: the leader of the sweden democrats says his far—right, anti—immigration party is set to gain huge influence over swedish politics after making significant gains in the general election. north korea has held a big military parade to mark the seventieth anniversary of its foundation. unlike previous events, no intercontinental ballistic missiles were put on display. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post leads with the story we've been bringing you throughout the day — north korea's 70th anniversary celebrations. there's speculation that the absence of ballistic missiles was a message from kim jong—un that he's willing to cooperate and denuclearise.

the japan times is leading with a story on experts warning that climate change is increasing the risk of natural disasters in the country. japan has had a devastating summer with typhoons, floods, heat waves, landslides and earthquakes. and the straits times has a report on a proposal to reform sexual assault laws in singapore. if the government accept the recommendations, men who force themselves on their wives could be prosecuted for rape. syrian government forces have been accused of using barrel bombs packed with explosives and shrapnel on villages in idlib, with reports of several people, including children, being killed. the un warns there could be a humanitarian catastrophe on a scale not yet seen in syria's seven—year civil war. our international correspondent orla guerin reports from hatay province, on the turkish side of the border. the agony of idlib.

the last bastions of armed opposition in syria. the assad regime unleashed in more airstrikes, targeting jihadis it says, but they are surrounded by innocent civilians. on the ground, white helmet volunteers, rushing to save some of the latest victims. and among the rubble, a sign of life. and a cry for help. they cut through concrete to save this woman, but activists say seven civilians have been killed this weekend by air strikes and barrel bombs. like five—month—old umaya, her tiny body wrapped in a blanket. britain says there are more babies

in idlib than terrorists. abdul umar is safe on the turkish side of the border with his wife and children. they have been here since 2016, but he tells me his parents and siblings remain in idlib. he dials his brother, desperate for news, but no relief for his anxiety. he cannot get through. if there is an all—out assault on idlib, he tells me, there will be no mercy shown to civilians. we should learn from the past, he says, from what happened in places like daraa and aleppo. there were killings and destruction, that is why people are terrified of what will happen if the regime and the russians get control of idlib. some are not waiting to find out. they are already on the move. this man says his family was at risk from air strikes,

artillery and barrel bombs. but there is no welcome in neighbouring turkey, already home to more than three million syrian refugees. for the people of idlib, no way out. orla guerin, bbc news, on the turkey syria border. 20—year—old naomi osaka is the first japanese player to win a grand slam title, after her victory against serena williams at the us open in new york. these are the latest pictures of osaka — just a warning they do contain flash photography. here she is in new york a short time ago celebrating with her trophy, however her win was marred by controversy after serena williams clashed with match officials. here's some of what she had to say when asked about the crowd's reaction to her win. i could really feel for them. i know

that serena is a cloud favourite. is new york, america and the us open andi new york, america and the us open and i know everyone you how bad she wa nted and i know everyone you how bad she wanted to wind a 24th grand slam. for me, since i was a kid, i didn't know of —— i know that if i were in the cloud i would have barrack for serena as well. they are kind to me it was my first grand slam. the japanese prime minister took to twitter to congragulate osaka and thanked her for giving japan a boost of inspiration at this time of hardship. many japanese are thrileld by her victory but some still view her as not fully japanese. to know how this victory is being viewed by osaka's fans i spoke to hwaji shin, associate professor of sociology at the university of san francisco. the achievement helped her. japan appears to have fully embraced her

historic victory with such national pride and i still hear some people criticising her lack of fluent japanese and racial purity but japanese and racial purity but japanese society are embracing her as one of there. and it was crucial that she bowed at the end. people see that as a source of pride in japan. there are differing attitudes towards mixed race injapan. is that changing within japanese towards mixed race injapan. is that changing withinjapanese society towards mixed race injapan. is that changing within japanese society and as someone who is korean growing up injapan, you must have been aware of the intrinsic —— intrinsic discrimination against people who are not purely japanese. discrimination against people who are not purely japaneselj discrimination against people who are not purely japanese. i have seen her victory with a mixed feeling. i am happy for her that at the same timei am happy for her that at the same time i have neverfelt being embraced as fully japanese, even though i was born and raised in

japan, and speakjapanese better than she could. i am always viewed as non—japanese when i was growing up as non—japanese when i was growing up injapan. as non—japanese when i was growing up in japan. whereas as non—japanese when i was growing up injapan. whereas someone like her who has spent only four use in japan but now is congratulated and fully embraced by the japanese government, the attitude towards her mixed race is changing injapan but prejudice and discrimination against them is still there. her experience is not necessarily representative of many mixed—race children injapan today. and many of her supporters say that they were disappointed with the final ending in such a storm. the widespread feeling that she had been cheated of getting the sort of reception she deserved because it was overshadowed by the reaction to serena's outburst and accusations against the umpire. how do you feel about that? the way i interpret it, serena williams spoke up for all

women including naomi osaka. she did not just women including naomi osaka. she did notjust do it for herself. she is a vetera n notjust do it for herself. she is a veteran in the field and she has witnessed much gender bias against players in the tennis world. i personally thought it was a very interesting that she is viewed as a aggressive and hysterical. a major milestone. not only for the japanese but for many asians, winning a grand slam title. absolutely. you cannot believejust how thrilled many fans are here in singapore, of course, they were backing a winner and we will hear next wire was also a huge wind for the sponsor of naomi osaka. —— wind. i'm rico hizon in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures of north korea's huge, nationalist pageant, known as the mass games.

that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello there. we are starting the new week in the midst of a battle between warm air and cool air. we felt the effects of both over the weekend in the warmest weather towards the south—east but the best of the sunshine and temperatures close to 25 degrees further north did shower clouds and temperatures more like 16 degrees across the north—east of scotland. actually, this rather disturbed weather has been continuing across scotland over recent hour was with heavy downpours of rain blown in on wind gusting up to 55 mph. wind slowly easing through the first part of the morning. further south, through the first part of the morning. furthersouth, quiet start to monday and a sunny start for many across england and wales, as well as the eastern side of scotland.

showers across the north—west still. the cloud will thicken up across northern ireland over the day with rain around lunchtime and into western scotland through the afternoon. patchy rates in north—west england and wales. further south and east it should stay dry with bells and sunshine. not as warm as sunday but temperatures still reaching 21 degrees. 1a in glasgow. as you move into tuesday we will see some rain moving across the northern parts of the uk and then on tuesday itself we will be left with a weather front settling in place across central parts of the country bringing cloud, outbreaks of rain and it could get misty and murky around some western coasts and hills. remember the battle between the warm and the cool hour? this weather front will divide the two. across the south—east of the two. across the south—east of the country there is still warm air clinging on at this stage. and temperatures may reach 2a, possibly 25 degrees. further north and west sunshine with blustery showers into western scotland and cool appeal, 15, 19 degrees at best. by wednesday the weather front, the dividing line

between warm and cool will still be sitting in place across some and southern areas. patchy rain with that. further north we will see spells of sunshine again. is blustery showers into north—west scotla nd blustery showers into north—west scotland but temperatures dipping away. 17 degrees is arranged through the day there in london. as the frontal system drifts the day there in london. as the frontal system d rifts slowly the day there in london. as the frontal system drifts slowly south eastwards into the first part of thursday it will leave all of us in the cooler air as it heads towards the cooler air as it heads towards the end to the week. still potential for rain at times, particularly in the north and west. don't affect anything warm as we head towards the end the week. generally call with rain at times but not all the time. still some spells of sunshine around. most of the rain on thursday towards the and the west perhaps pushes further south and east on friday. i'm rico hizon with bbc news. our top story: sweden's nationalist anti—immigration party has made gains in the country's general election. they've won around 18% of the vote,

putting them in third place. both the ruling centre—left and opposition centre—right blocs are short of an overall majority. neither coalition wants to work with the sweden democrats. north korea has held a military parade to mark its seventieth anniversary without displaying to mark its 70th anniversary without displaying intercontinental ballistic missiles. their absence drew praise from us president donald trump who called it a big and very positive statement. and this story is on bbc.com: us open champion naomi osaka has addressed the controversy surrounding her finals match with serena williams, saying she understands why the home crowd in new york was backing serena. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur.