i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: iran's president blames the us and its gulf allies for a deadly attack on its elite military forces. washington tells him to "look in the mirror". the opposition candidate in maldives‘ presidential elections claims victory and calls for a peaceful transition of power. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: india rolls out the world's largest healthcare project. we meet the first family to benefit. she were to go to the persian. we spent almost $2000 to and climbing aboard hong kong's new high—speed to train to china. but will it tighten beijing's grip on the territory? good morning.

it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7 in the evening in new york, where the the united states has dismissed claims from the iranian president, that the us was involved in an attack, on a military parade in iran that killed 25 people. hassan rouhani says america and its gulf allies backed the assault, but the us ambassador to the united nations nikki haley has told iran to "look in the mirror" for the causes of the attack. mr rouhani made his comments, as he prepared to travel to new york, where the un general assembly will convene for its annual meeting on tuesday. from there, our diplomatic correspondent james robbins sent this report. gunfire.

the moment the shooting started. iran's elite revolutionary guards under attack on home soil. many forced to dive for cover, as a parade to honour them is ambushed by opponents of the government. soldiers and civilians died as others fled for their lives. an anti—government arab group based in this area of south—west iran said it was responsible, but militants of so—called islamic state also claimed this as their work. but iran's president rouhani is blaming what he calls, the bully, the united states and the gulf states, which it supports and arms, including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. translation: the small puppet countries that we see in the region are backed by america and the united states is provoking them and giving them the necessary capabilities to commit these crimes. but the united states denies any involvement,

urging president rouhani instead to examine his own behaviour. whoever precisely was behind the attack in iran, it has injected yet more poison into relations between president trump and iran's president rouhani. both leaders will be here at the united nations in new york this week, trading accusations and insults with greater intensity than ever. it means that the voices of america's european allies, including britain and france, still urging moderation, are likely to be all but drowned out. this was always going to be an extremely confrontational week here at the united nations in new york. president trump will see to that when he chairs a security council meeting for the first time and focuses on iran. but the atmosphere in a polarised world suddenly feels even more unpredictable. james robbins, bbc news, new york. and for more on the upcoming un general assembly meeting and all our stories — just go to our website.

that's bbc.com/news. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. in the maldives, the opposition presidential candidate ibrahim solih has claimed victory in the presidential election. while giving a speech in the capital he said it was a moment of happiness and hope. he called on his bitter rival, president abdulla yameen, to accept the will of the people. earlier i spoke to bbc reporter 0livia lang, who's a former editor of a maldives—based news website. we've had provisional results come m, we've had provisional results come in, giving the opposition candidate, abdulla —— ibrahim solih, a significant lead, 16 percentage points to him. he has come out, claimed a press conference, declared victory and urged abdulla yameen to concede defeat and urged the way for a smooth transition of power. seems quite simple but that's not the case because we haven't heard from the incumbent? nothing from abdulla yameen yet. its overnight in the maldives now, people are on the streets, supporters of the

opposition, coming out celebrating but calling on abdulla yameen to concede defeat, or at least to say something, because we haven't heard anything at all. the more time we're waiting for him to come out and say something, the more uncertain and temps situation becomes. are their concerns this might escalate? we have the silence but sometimes silence isn't a good thing. how long will we have to wait? nothing is predictable in the mould is. especially now. mr ibrahim solih —— mr abdulla yameen has been increasingly oppressive in the maldives. he's been trying to cling on to power. he held the elections to try to consolidate power but that seems to have backfired. in february this year we had the supreme court ordering him to release political prisoners. he said he would adhere to the court and then he jailed the

supreme courtjustices, he declared a state of emergency. he doesn't like... he doesn't appear to like challenges to power. right now... we are still waiting for any comment from him, but there's a slight concern that this story isn't over yet. we will be watching that very closely for you. also making news today: lawyers for a woman who has accused the us supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault have confirmed that she will testify before the senatejudiciary committee on thursday. christine blasey ford has accused mr kavanaugh of trying to rape her when they were both teenagers in the 1980s. he denies the allegations. a new zealand supermarket chain has withdrawn a brand of australian strawberries from sale after finding needles embedded in some of the fruit. the countdown supermarket says they were found in a punnet of strawberries sourced from western australia. police in australia say they are investigating more than a hundred cases of fruit with embedded needles. tiger woods has won his first tournament in five years and 80th pga tour title of his career after victory in the tour championship in atlanta. woods completed a two—shot win to crown a successful comeback

after a near two—year absence. it marks a remarkable return to the top for woods, who was ranked world number 1,199 less than a year ago after having spinalfusion surgery. today i'm it now i wonder if you can work out what's going on here? well, it was an attempt to break the world record for the biggest ever scrum and it was staged in tokyo to mark one year until japan hosts the rugby world cup. the previous record was set last year in new zealand and the good news is that it was cofirmed as a new world record, with the scrum containing 2,586 — breaking the old mark by more than 700. the trade war between the us and china is set to escalate even further today, as $200 billion worth

of tariffs against chinese goods kicks in. a 10% duty comes into effect, which will rise to 25% at the beginning of 2019. a short time ago i spoke to the financial analyst simon littlewood, president at acg, for his take on the tariffs. i think it is important to see this in political terms. in interns in the us and donald trump sending a clear message to his base which is that we will not allow foreigners to pushers around any longer. in terms of damage to china, the significant evaluation of their ratio per month means that china is not really worth of end net turns to the us consumer will be far worse off because the current round of tariff if retail. so looking at what the chinese can do and what ultimate strategy to deal with this could be. they are running out of things to put taxes

on in terms of us goods. what can they do next in terms of strategy? asa number of they do next in terms of strategy? as a number of analysts have pointed out, the chinese are playing a long game. 0thers out, the chinese are playing a long game. others will argue that since china is very enthusiastically building a infrastructure going self but south and south—west —— west and south—west they will their efforts elsewhere. in the medium term, china will see this as a political issue in the us and they expect to get past this. of course, by controlling their exchange rate they can minimise the damage at home. earlier you spoke about heading into christmas and how this will hit american consumers. leading to inflationary pressures. will it hit in time for the us midterms? 0r inflationary pressures. will it hit in time for the us midterms? or is this president trump playing to his base? if you look at the messages he has been tweeting, he is a brilliant provocative. basically he thinks this is great to begin overall terms

you were looking at a in growth and global economy and you are looking ata global economy and you are looking at a small increase in inflation in the us. for donald trump, that is well worth paying. ultimately on the chinese side it is about technology transfer, about the protection of intellectual property which the us insists they need. president trump has been accusing them of stealing technology for years so ha ha will that —— so how hard will that hit them? this is definitely the wrong solution if that is the issue. so what next? we have 2596 tariffs in january. that is a significant amount of money. i feel sorry for the us company that is buying its products from china because the us company will pay the tariff and, ultimately, the consumer. said its prices being paid in the us and it is clear if it will directly benefit us manufacturers as it is stated that it should. india has rolled out a billion dollar ambitious healthcare policy to provide health

insurance for almost half its population. the scheme, known as modicare — after prime minister narendra modi — is considered to be the world's largest healthcare project and comes just ahead of the country's general elections next year. but are india's hospitals ready for this? devina gupta finds out. just i—month—old this child is already a celebrity in india. born in this northern village she is considered a long life blessed baby. another became the first beneficiary of the new national healthcare insurance scheme in india known as modicare when the government call the because of delivering the baby ata the because of delivering the baby at a state hospital. translation: were my first child was born i had to have a caesarean. we spent almost $2000. this time, before the child was born, i filled $2000. this time, before the child was born, ifilled in a form

$2000. this time, before the child was born, i filled in a form for the insurance scheme and we did not have to pay the hospitalfor the insurance scheme and we did not have to pay the hospital for the same procedure. nearly 1.6 million people die every year in india because of a lack of access to affordable healthcare. so this policy is meant to plug the gap with an annual health—insurance worth $7,100. but unlike other universal health insurance schemes which cover everyone, modicare only provides ensuring this cover for advanced treatments for 500 million of the country ‘s poorest. even as india's national health protection scheme aims to open doors of a government run hospital like this one to almost half the population, kennett foster a change in already ailing healthcare infrastructure in india? 0n healthcare infrastructure in india? on an average, only one doctor is preferenced —— present for 11,000 patients of a bald organisation mandates that should be at least one dog for 1000 patients. this man has

been tasked with implementing the healthcare projects. we need to expand services especially in q2 and 03, the smaller expand services especially in 02 and 03, the smaller cities of india. the government says it plans to partner with private healthcare setups like this one in mumbai. the doctors here say the surgery rates are too low for them. is a general protection -- practitioner we not only bear the cost of servers we have to pay for human resource management, equipment, equipment maintenance. and all of that put together with the current packages, they are not really sustainable for the long run. so far, almost 4000 private hospitals have come on board. but if the government wants to use modicare

to win over voters in the elections next year, it is in a race against time to provide enough hospitals as millions rush to receive medical treatment that have been out of their reach for so long. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: anyone for mooncakes? we taste the pastry behind a $2 billion industry. also on the programme: what's the strangest thing you've ever bought online? we talk to an australian couple who got themselves a warship. benjohnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all the athletes should be clean going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burnt down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions

along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service, which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world. and so the british government has no option but to continue this action, and even after any adverse judgement in australia. concorde had crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: washington has dismised claims from the iranian president, that the us was involved in an attack on a military parade

in iran, that killed 25 people. 0pposition supporters are celebrating in them maul be used after their candidate claimed victory in the presidential election, with the vote count showing a largely over the incumbent —— maldive is. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the japan times reports on the impact us tariffs are having on chinese imports. a growing number of asian manufacturers are moving production from china to other factories in the region. the paper says, companies which have not shifted, are making contingency plans in case the trade war continues. the philippine daily inquirer features a story on us restrictions on granting green cards. it says the trump administration is planning to clamp down on legal immigration.

the proposed scheme would make it tougher for foreigners living in the us to secure permanent residency if they are receiving food, housing or medical aid. the financial times reports on the state funeral of vietnam's president tran dai 0uang, who died on friday at the age of 61. the newspaper shows buddhist monks praying for the late president, who had been ill for some time. that brings you up to date with the papers. now, babita, a news bulletin is trending in saudi arabia? i've just been i'vejust been on i've just been on social media to check this out and it has gone viral, and rightly so. ajournalist in saudi arabia has made history by becoming the country's first female news anchor. here she is. weam al dakheel presented the main news bulletin for al saudiya, a state—run tv channel. the journalist received praise on social media, with viewers complimenting her work and pointing out that her appearance marked a milestone in the deeply conservative kingdom. a new high—speed rail link has been

launched in hong kong. it will give people in the city access to dozens of other places in mainland china, and will cut the time in takes to get there in some cases by more than half. however, critics say it poses a threat to hong kong's self—governance. stephen mcdonell is in beijing and joins us now to talk about why. stephen, why exactly is this new train line so controversial? well, i mean, in a moment we can talk about how much excitement there is about this service is. it is going to change hong kong and its relationship with those cities, especially in the south of the country, and the speeds at which you can move from guangzhou, race around for hong kong four, say, a meeting and come back again later that day. but both controversy comes because

that station, one to go past customs, because hong kong and china, and mainland china have different customs systems, you have to have your passport to go from one to have your passport to go from one to the other, but they have carved of this piece of downtown hong kong and essentially made it mainland china. if you were caught doing something wrong and you had already passed through customs, you're standing on the platform, you're in mainland china affectively for the purposes of chinese law. now, i don't think people necessarily expect that there will be many times when that will practically matter, but it's seen as a precedent because there had to be a special law passed, of course, to carve out this little bit of hong kong, and allow the train to come down and to be able to pass customs there. what other parts of hong kong might that

now applied to? will they carve out some other part of hong kong and effectively make it part of mainland china for the purposes of law? democracy activists and some politicians there are quite worried about that. and there were protesters just outside that launch as well. thank you so much for keeping us up to date with that, stephen mcdonell in beijing. now, this isn't the usual thing you'd go searching for to buy online, but an australian couple found an ex—new zealand warship. for a few hundred thousand dollars, paul and wilma adams became the proud owners of the royal new zealand navy dive tender manawanui. earlier, they told me why they bought it. it seemed the best way to do it in today's world, they told me you can pretty much get anything on the internet and they prove me right i guess. i want to show the viewers the mammoth beast you bought. my

director, die, wanted to know if you pay for postage and packaging? we had to pick it up ourselves, we sailed it back from new zealand in july this year back to australia. sailed it back from new zealand in july this year back to australiam is pretty big, 44 metres i understand? yeah, it has quite a size, but this is what we need. the new zealand navy calls it the little boat that can. it is strong. so why did you need to buy this boat? the long and short story is that it is 70 years since the second world war, and there are worldwide approximately 8000 shipwrecks sunk during the war, 3000 in our backyard here in the pacific and they're starting julie coyle. so we wanted to investigate and find out exactly what we needed to do about that ——

started to leak oil. this is something you're passionate about, how did you get involved in this conservation research? pretty simple, we went diving in micronesia and four out of the ten shipwrecks we dived on were leaking oil. we started to investigate and find out what and why and who's doing something about it, and we found out that very little is being done about it, very few people know about it. this is a worldwide problem, you quys this is a worldwide problem, you guys are going to have the same. we only have 3000 sunken ships here, there's 8000 worldwide. the fact that they're starting to corrode to the extent that they're leaking oil is going to be a very serious problem for us all. wilma, tell me, when you receive this warship, was it in good mix? as i said, it is really strong. —— good nick. it was

made for the north sea, so in our waters it has more than a good chance. it's fantastic. funding is the biggest problem, babita, as with everything. we can't solve the world war two legacy all by ourselves so we're quite desperate to get some funding. we've made a not for profit foundation to help with this work because there's no profit in getting old warships up apparently. the foundation is our not for profit organisation, which would be great if your listeners could dig deep and give us a hand. the mid—autumn festival is in full swing in certain parts of asia. it was once a celebration that took place after the harvest where families and friends treated one another to moonca kes, a stuffed pastry traditionally made of lotus paste with an egg yolk centre. however, it's turned into a $2 billion industry. we spoke to shoppers in singapore buying these extravagantly wrapped delicacies. mooncake usually are round because

it just mooncake usually are round because itjust means, mooncake usually are round because it just means, like, mooncake usually are round because itjust means, like, union and togetherness. most of us meet up at that festival for that reason. and also we just like mooncake. we love, like, sickly, chewy things —— sticky. we love, like, sickly, chewy things — — sticky. the we love, like, sickly, chewy things —— sticky. the inside is always sticky and chewy and sweet. it's the different flavours that are attractive. new flavours around are very attractive for young people. my dad always loves the traditional ones. i'm going for both, and i'm paying

for both as well. i have particular brands i go for, flavour as well, but i also look at the design. as you can see, the designs are more and more interesting and it's quite practical as well because there's a drawer where you can keep your stuff. you have been watching newsday. i'm babita sharma in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. stay with us. i'm off to eat my mooncake! enjoy it! and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures of celebrations in the maldives. the opposition candidate in the presidential election ibrahim mohamed solih has claimed an unexpected victory. reuters are reporting he won 53.8% of the popular vote. that's all for now, stay with bbc world news. after a rather autumnal weekend. the

weather is looking better for many as high pressure builds through this week. this was the scene as the sunset on sunday after a soggy day, in the south in which the ball, clear spells to end the day. this week as high pressure builds aim, dry weather with and warm in the south —— whitstable. more rain arriving in northern parts later in the week —— builds in. monday morning is chilly. a bay geria of high pressure in charge, keeping things largely dry to start with. under those clear spells, temperatures first thing could be near freezing in some temperatures first thing could be nearfreezing in some rural spots —— a big area of. a few showers around on monday in parts of north—west scotland, some filtering into the north—west of england. for the majority, a dry, fine day. a bit warmer than recent days with the winds a touch lighter. by the

afternoon, temperatures between around 13—16 degrees also. a bit warmer than on sunday but still not great for the time of year —— or so. through monday to ring and overnight into tuesday, we keep the high pressure, we keep the clear spells —— through monday to tuesday. more ofa —— through monday to tuesday. more of a breeze blowing. through the day on tuesday, high pressure drives our weather. we have weather front is moving into the north—west, that will bring more cloud and outbreaks to northern ireland and scotland later in the day —— we have weather fronts moving. dry and settled in the sunshine. fairly light winds but the sunshine. fairly light winds but the winds will be picking up further north, gusting at around 40 mph for exposed parts of north—west scotland with some outbreaks of rain. a north—south split to the weather. warming up, though, 14—18 perhaps

our top temperatures by tuesday afternoon. looking ahead to wednesday, still more rain for the west of scotland with cloud here. further south across england and wales, again, another dry, fine and sunny date with those temperatures starting to creep up too. we could see highs of up to 20 or so on wednesday and it looks like it could get warmer still as we head towards the end of the week, especially in the end of the week, especially in the south. thursday probably the warmest day of the week with some sunshine, 22 in london. a bit fresher but still dry with sunshine on offer across the country as we head through into friday. not a bad day of weather. enjoy. bye for now. i'm babita sharma with bbc news. our top story. washington dismisses claims that the us was involved in an attack on a military parade in iran, that killed 25 people. iran's president hassan rouhani has accused us—backed gulf states of supporting the groups behind the attack. the opposition contender in the maldives' presidential election has claimed a surprise victory.

ibrahim mohamed solih said it was a moment of happines and hope. provisional results suggest he has over 58% of the vote. and this story is trending on social media: ajournalist in saudi arabia has made history by becoming the country's first female news anchor. weam al dakheel presented the main news bulletin for al saudiya, a state—run tv channel. it was just it wasjust gone it was just gone half past midnight. now on bbc news, hardtalk.