i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. 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: china is carrying out a systematic campaign against muslims in xinjiang according to human rights watch. we speak to the report's authors. 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. i'm really grateful they were so kind to me, and it was my first grand slam, so i was very thankful for that. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning.

it's 8am in singapore, iam in london and 2am in the morning in sweden, where election results are showing the far—right anti—immigration and anti—eu party, the sweden democrats, have made some gains. according to the latest figures from sweden's public broadcaster the centre—left social democrats, led by the prime minister, stefan lofven, are in first place with 28.4% of the vote. the moderates, led by ulf kristers—son, have i9.8%. and the sweden democrats, whose leader isjimmie okesson, are in third place with i7.6%, giving them cause to celebrate, as jenny hill reports from stockholm. cheering

this is their night. the far rightjust made swedish political history. the sweden democrats don't like the eu, they don't like migrants, and they have 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 that swedish people want so the judgement and the rhetoric will change a lot. prime minister, jenny hill from the bbc. are you feeling worried? laughter 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. stefan lofven‘s centre—left party still tops the polls, but a strengthened far—right won't make it easy for them. it's a historic day for sweden, but perhaps for europe too. you really get the sense here of a political establishment under pressure. mr lofven, has your government failed to address voters‘ concerns over migration? 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 proffer security, a new identity for this fragmenting society. they want to take sweden back 100 years and we are 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, no. because today it's a rich land, but where is the money? not to 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. that was jenny hill that wasjenny hill reporting. let's take a look at some

of the day's other news. north korea has been marking the 70th anniversary of its founding with a series of large scale events. for the first time in since 2013, pyongyang hosted the mass games, a gymnastic display featuring thousands of entertainers. while the pageant declared that international sanctions would break against the north's self—reliance, it had a more conciliatory tone than in previous years. earlier, a massive military parade also appeared to be less provocative. long—range missiles were not on display in a move that's been welcomed by the us president donald trump. laura bicker reports from the south korean capital, 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. 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. the chinese government is carrying out a systematic

campaign of human rights violations against muslims in xinjiang, in the northwest of china, according to a reportjust published by human rights watch. evidence of what is going on in xinjiang has been building, and now human rights watch says it has new proof of mass detention and surveillance, torture and mistreatment. sophie richardson is china director at human rights watch. shejoins me now from washington. welcome to the programme, sophie. you've literally released this report, the embargo lifted a few minutes ago, what new light does it shared on muslims, particularly how they're treated in xinjiang province? we've spoken to over 50 people, several of whom themselves have been in the camps and they described to us military style discipline as they went through their days, forced to study xi jingping thought and other communist

party dogma. they were allowed to practise their religion. they weren't allowed to speak in the ethnic minority language they all used and were forced to study mandarin. if they were resisted people were beaten and they were denied food. there's no clear endpoint for them in terms of release. it was only really when the guards who ran the facilities decided these people had demonstrated significant political loyalty that they were allowed to leave, and i give me what is most worrying about this phenomenon is there's no endgame insight. beijing doesn't seem to think there's anything wrong with doing this. it hasn't received much pressure from the outside world to end this policy. you said you spoke to some 50 of these muslims, how did you gain access to them? what sort of things where they telling you in terms of torture and detention? well, one of the most important pieces of the puzzle we wanted to look into was what was happening to people outside of china who still

have family inside xinjiang, and what those kinds of family separations were doing to people. imagine you were living in a neighbouring country and literally all of a sudden all of your family members who were back in the country stopped answering their phones, went off of the grid and you slowly realised all those people had been arbitrarily detained, and you hide no idea for how long and were. and you have no idea the people who were detained or had gone missing included small children. part of what we wanted to do was bring in the international dimension of this story to mobilise support to stop beijing. use of the chinese government weren't being held accountable for this code of treatment —— you said. when you present this kind of evidence to the chinese government, what is their response? —— kind of. chinese government, what is their response? -- kind of. typically the chinese government flatly rejects credible allegations we bring to them. they usually won't even discuss our findings with us. as you've noted, evidence has been

building for months. now it's absolutely time to talk about things like an international commission of enquiry, things like these bands, sanctions, other tools that will really bring some pressure to bear on beijing —— visa bans. really bring some pressure to bear on beijing -- visa bans. sophy ridge is from human rights watch in washington, dc, thank you so much for joining washington, dc, thank you so much forjoining us washington, dc, thank you so much for joining us —— washington, dc, thank you so much forjoining us —— so the richardson. —— sophie richardson. 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 rudi thought she had lost her son, abdul, at sea. translation: after a long time, he called me and told me he was in jail in australia. that was really the 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 asylum there. caught 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've 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 very harshly, and they weren't dealt with as children, as they should have been. last year, ali yasmin became

the first to have his conviction overturned, thejudge ruling that a miscarriage ofjustice had taken place. translation: my battle forjustice was worth it. what i'm fighting for now is compensation for the long time i spent injail. ali says any money he receives he will use to look after his young family. for erwin prayoga, 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: i have been told, if you're 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. 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 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 70th 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. that rings you up to date with some of the papers from around the world. 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 bastion 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 crowd favourite. it's new york, america and the us open and i know everyone knew how bad she wanted to win a 24th grand slam. for me, since i was a kid, i know for sure, if i was in the crowd, i would have been

pulling for serena too. i'm really grateful they were so kind to me, and it was my first grand slam, so i was very thankful for that. 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 society are embracing her as one of theirs.

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, hafus, in japan. is that changing within japanese society and as someone who is korean growing up injapan, you must have been aware of the intrinsic discrimination against people who are not purely japanese. i have seen her victory with a mixed feeling. i am happy for her but at the same time i have neverfelt being embraced as fully japanese, even though i was born and raised injapan, and speakjapanese better than she could. i am always viewed as non—japanese when i was growing up injapan. whereas someone like her who has spent only four years in japan

but now is congratulated and fully embraced by the japanese government, the attitude towards her mixed race is changing in japan but prejudice and discrimination against them is still there. her experience is not necessarily representative of many mixed—race children in japan 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 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 aggressive and hysterical. iamso i am so proud that an asian woman has one grandslam tournament. indeed, many people are proud here in asia. looking at some of the sponsors, in asia. looking at some of the sponsors, they were backing a winner. we also hear why it was a huge moment for them because of the new us open champion. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with those pictures from north korea. thanks for watching. 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, the warmest weather towards the south—east but the best of the sunshine and temperatures close to 25 degrees further north. further north, 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 hours with heavy downpours of rain blown in on winds gusting up to 55 mph. wind slowly easing through the first part of the morning. further south, 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 rains in north—west england and wales. further south and east it should stay dry with spells of 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 air? this weather front will divide 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 cooler feel, 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. blustery showers into north—west scotland but temperatures dipping away. 17 degrees is the temperature through 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 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 cool 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.

—— still potential for rain at times, particularly in the north and west. don't expect anything warm as we head towards the end the week. generally cool 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 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. and the top story in the uk: the tuc general secretary has said trade unions could throw their "full weight" behind the campaign for a referendum