i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: donald trump's supreme court choice, brett kavanaugh, says he won't step aside after another allegation of sexual misconduct. lam not i am not going to let false accusations drive us out of this process , accusations drive us out of this process, and we are looking for a fair process, where i can be heard defending my integrity and my lifelong record. hopes for a second summit between north korea's leader kim jong—un and the us. the white house says details to be announced "pretty soon". i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: a rare good news story on threatend wildlife. nepal says it's increased its tiger population by nearly a fifth. the indian yachtsman rescued 300 kilometres off the australian coast is on his way home. live from our studios

in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 7am in singapore, mdnight in london and 7pm in washington dc, where the us supreme court nominee — brett kavanaugh — has said he will not be stepping aside after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct decades ago. —— midnight. the allegations have threatened mr kavanaugh's chances of winning confirmation for the post in the senate. earlier, president trump pledged his support forjudge kavanaugh, describing him as an "outstanding person". judge kavanaugh and his wife sat down with fox news to issue a denial of sexual misconduct. here is a little of what he had to say. did you guys ever look at each other

and say i mouse, this is enough, this just is not worth that?” and say i mouse, this is enough, thisjust is not worth that? i am not going to let false accusations drive us out of this process and we are looking for a fair process, where i can be heard defending my integrity and my lifelong record, my lifelong record of promoting unity and equality for women strongly. the women in knew me when i was 14 years old. i'm going anywhere. chris bucklerjoins us now from washington. this has been a very tough confirmation hearing the brett kavanaugh. he is indeed standing firm, but now you have this third allegation that is putting his future in doubt. yeah, and fundamentally it is not over. it

still continues and it does feel very much like a man on the verge of becoming a supreme courtjudge has his character very publicly on trial. as you mentioned there, christine blasey ford is expected to give evidence to the senate committee on tuesday, brett kavanaugh is committee on tuesday, brett kava naugh is expected committee on tuesday, brett kavanaugh is expected to give his side of the story of too, but beyond that there are other allegations as well. we have a second woman who has gone on record in new yorker in which she says that she accuses brett brett kava naugh which she says that she accuses brett brett kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, something that he very firmly denies, there is even rumours ofa firmly denies, there is even rumours of a third person coming forward, some suggestion from the lawyer michael avenatti, representing stormy daniels, he will remember was paid not to talk about her alleged affair with donald trump. he is suggesting there is another woman who is yet to come forward with her allegations. do you have is very difficult situation for brett kavanaugh difficult situation for brett kava naugh where he difficult situation for brett kavanaugh where he is trying to

prepare for the senate committee hearing, to talk about his side of this, and at the same time you have an article published details allegations that date back many decades. and another controversy in the white house involving rod rosenstein that. he'll be holding talks after six double allegations that he had talked last year about removing the president. yeah, there was an allegation that rod rosenstein had come up with the idea of secretly taping donald trump in order to show that he was not fit to be president. he did say that the article itself is factually incorrect and his friends seem to say that he was making a joke and it was always intended as jest, however

i think it is fair to say that the president is unlikely to have found it very funny, not least because he is already frustrated with the deputy attorney general because he oversees the investigation into allegations of russian interference in the presidential election on suggestions that they might have been collusion inside it. president trump himself was that investigation the end, he has called a witch—hunt, he has tried to place pressure upon rod rosenstein. and with all this speculation about his future, he did go to the white house, he did have a meeting with the chief of staff, and there were all these suggestions that he was going to resign or be fired, in the end nothing has happened, but there is now said to bea happened, but there is now said to be a showdown between president trump and his deputy attorney general on thursday, that is the same day that brett kavanaugh and his accuser give evidence in the senate. let's take a look at some of the day's other news.

president trump has said he expects a second summit with north korean leader kim jong—un to be announced "pretty soon", but that the location has yet to be determined. speaking during a meeting with south korean president moonjae—in at the united nations, mr trump said mr kim "wants to see something happen." format we had before, most likely a different location. again, it will be announced soon. i think a lot of progress is being made. i see tremendous enthusiasm. i think that is something that is very good. we are in no rush. also making news today: the italian fashion house founded by gianni versace a0 years ago is set to be sold. it's reported that us fashion group michael kors has agreed to buy the firm in a deal worth about $2 billion. of course, there's a tragic story behind all this. gianni versace himself was murdered outside his miami mansion 11 years ago.

the hong kong government has banned a political party that advocated for independence from mainland china on the grounds of national security. it's now illegal to be a member of the hong kong national party, and anyone who associates with it could face up to three years in prison and fines of up to $12,000. laura westbrook has more. this flaw, it is an old draconian law from the colonial era, and up until now it has only been used against gangs who pose an imminent threat to national security, and so this is the first time, as you are saying in your introduction, that it has been used against political party. and the national party has not done anything violent so far. up until now, all they had been doing is talking, and that is the essential issue here, it is the issue of beta of speech and people are concerned that the government using this law, talking about national security, is setting a

dangerous precedent in hong kong. a huge chunk of a popular queensland beach in australia has collapsed and sunk into the sea. it's not far from where another sink hole appeared a few years ago that swallowed up a caravan, car and tents. this time the large hole at inskip point, near rainbow beach, hasn't injured or damaged any property. we're used to hearing worrying stories about the decline of wildlife populations, but conservationists in nepal have some good news for once. they've announced an increase of almost a fifth in the country's tiger population over a four year period. bear in mind that fewer than 3,900 tigers remain in the wild across the globe. drjohn goodrich is the tiger program senior director from panthera, the global wild cat conservation organisation. speaking to me from colorado in the united states, he explained the reasons for the good news.

there has been increasing tigers in nepal because the government of nepal because the government of nepal is doing some really good work there. they have ensured tigers had three things, habitat, pray and protection from persecution. they have ensured the tigers are not in direct competition with people and they have thousands of soldiers patrolling those areas to make sure that tigers in their prey are not approach. this is really important, the black market value for tigers is greater than any other species. see can think of tigers as may be bags of diamonds walking around in the forest and they need staunch protection because they are worth so much. so they have already increased the number of soldiers protecting patrolling the area is 8000, but do you think that this can be sustained? well, you think that this can be sustained ? well, they you think that this can be sustained? well, they use the military to protect the protected

areas and as i understand it, that is sort of training operation for the military, so hopefully is sustainable over the long—term. .. because there also needs a lot of funding to be able to sustain this number of soldiers in the protected area. absolutely, absolutely. but if they are using it as training operations for the military, as long as they planned to keep the military in operation, hopefully that will keep going. but the other part of the equation is that the conservation does not work if you do not have the support of the global community, nepal has done a really good job of creating strong community programmes to help people better live with tigers and to ensure that they are getting someone to benefit from the tigers and the parks where the tigers live. could there be a problem going forward of complacency between the government and the local community? absolutely, and the local community? absolutely, and that is one of the roles that

ngos can play, ngos like the national trust for nature conservation, panthera, national trust for nature conservation, pa nthera, the zoological society of london all working on community programmes to ensure that that is not happen. —— to ensure that that does not happen. the uk government has released the latest documents on what's likely to happen if the uk leaves the eu without a formal brexit deal. one of the subjects covered is aviation and what would happen to flights going to and departing from the eu. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge is at heathrow airport, and gave us more details about the warnings in the report. the government is saying that it will probably get harder to take your pet to the eu, that bus and coach services to the eu could be suspended in the short term if licences are not recognised by the eu and if you are travelling from the uk to another destination outside the eu but via the eu, your luggage could be scanned for a

second time. but beyond those headlines, there are a whole raft of issues for the airline industry in no brexit deal scenario, from pilots's licenses to whether or not the british certified engineer is certified in the eyes of the eu to service a. will we recognise eu standards across the board in the industry. the problem is the eu has not yet done the same. will we see that doomsday scenario the day after brexit whereby every single flight from the eu to britain is grounded? is highly unlikely because the eu has already said that in that scenario of in no brexit deal, it contingency measures in place to keep the airlines boeing. it is hard to imagine that they would not be extra costs for and therefore more expensive flights for you and me. —— dolling. —— going.

you're watching newday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... a custom with painful memories. we meet the last living tribesperson in taiwan with a traditional full face tattoo. also on the programme... the indian yachtsman rescued 300 kilometres off the australian coast is on his way home. ben johnson, 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 in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: donald trump's supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, says he wont step aside after another allegation of sexual misconduct. hopes increase for a second summit between north korea's leader, kimjong—un, and the us. the white house says details to be announced pretty soon. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world:

the financial times reports on american companies ignoring a pending trade war with china. the paper says instead they have gone on a $50 billion spending spree, swallowing up european rivals in a series of deals. mumbai's business standard reports on india's stock market, that has closed in the red for five consecutive sessions due to credit issues made worse by trade warfears. the bangkok post online edition looks at donald trump's asian diplomacy. it has a photo of the us president at his last meeting with north korea's kimjong—un, saying they will have another summit quite soon. the japan times covers many of these stories. it reports on the start of shinzo abe's five—day visit to the us, which touched on both trade and north korea. it quotes the japanese prime minister as saying they were very constructive.

this story is a lesson in how to cope with big delays at international airports. an easyjet flight to venice was delayed by an hour, so the camerata of leman orchestra chose to play a spontaneous concert for other passengers stuck in geneva airport. with a suitcase and a person to hold the musical score, the group, led by virtuoso fabrizio von arx, kept the public entertained. bravo, what a wonderful performance.

the disgraced comedian bill cosby, who was convicted for sexual assault, will be sentenced on tuesday morning at a hearing taking place in pennsylvania. at a retrial in april, cosby was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault against the former basketball player andrea constand. here is nada tawfik with the latest. andrea constand made a very brief statement in court. she said all i ask is forjustice as the court sees fit. but we also get to hear from her mother, herfather fit. but we also get to hear from her mother, her father and fit. but we also get to hear from her mother, herfather and her sister, who spoke about how their lives have been altered by her attack. her father says that they have been living and breathing her discomfort, and her mother questioned whether bill cosby has ever considered the pain that he has caused them. now, thejudge will decide on tuesday morning what sentence he will impose. he said the prosecution and defence have agreed to seek a maximum of ten years in prison. he of course could get much less, but certainly this will be a

big moment notjust less, but certainly this will be a big moment not just for andrea constand, but for the other accusers, the more than 60 women who also say they were sexually assaulted by bill cosby. this is of course a stunning downfall for a man who was once affectionately regarded as america's dad. a seriously injured indian sailor stranded in the middle of the indian ocean has been rescued. solo yachtsman abhilash tomy was stranded more than 3,000 km off the coast of west australia after his boat was badly damaged during a storm on friday. he was taking part in the golden globe round—the—world race. joining us now is australian sailor lisa blair, who was the first woman to sail solo around antarctica, and has experienced the horror of her mast snapping while sailing solo. iam i am pleased to say she is joining us i am pleased to say she is joining us in the safety of a vehicle which isa car, us in the safety of a vehicle which is a car, very much on the ground. welcome to the programme. thank you

for joining welcome to the programme. thank you forjoining us. the good news, we know, is that abhilash is on the way home. just tell us, because you know that route, how difficult it would be to rescue him. yes, look you are so farfrom be to rescue him. yes, look you are so far from land be to rescue him. yes, look you are so farfrom land out be to rescue him. yes, look you are so far from land out there and you are well outside of helicopter range. it would have taken days to get to him in any condition, so it is just fantastic that the government have been able to band together like they have gone to get him back. how difficult is the golden globe? the golden globe yacht race is a race basically re—enacting the first circumnavigation around the first circumnavigation around the world in a sailboat, so they strip back your technology to the very basics required to keep the trip safe. so the whole journey around the world is in a very small boat. it is sailing by traditional means without using electric autopilot or electric gps, and just using the stars to navigate, so it is quite huge feat for any of the save rs is quite huge feat for any of the savers who have competed in this

race to just savers who have competed in this race tojust get savers who have competed in this race to just get as far as they have, and to be staying safe out there. i should say congratulations to you on your huge achievement as well, first solo woman to go through antarctica, so circumnavigation of that area. you know, when things go wrong, what that does to the state of mind. can you describe to us what you and abhilash tomy it might be thinking then? yes, you can prepare so much with this trip, and you put your heart and your soul into any journey like this, and to have it sort of stripped away in just one moment in time, i remember when my mast broke in the southern ocean and it was the most horrendous sound of just metal on metal grinding and shrieking and the whole boat shuddering, and you are completely and utterly on your own. i was extremely fortunate in my situation that i didn't suffer any major injuries, but i can only imagine how much more terrifying that situation would have been having been injured and unknowing of how much of an

injury he must have sustained at that time. but yes, to get tossed around yourcabin like that time. but yes, to get tossed around your cabin like that, you feel so insignificant against mother nature. how do you keep the faith? i think for me it was a lot about the preparation and understanding that i had the right skill set to survive. and i'm sure the other sailor went through that same mental process. and even though you are isolated, and you are thousands of files from land, you are never completely alone, because we do make sure that we surround ourselves with a support network on shore that can back us up in situations like this, when things do go wrong. so for me, that was what drove me through it, and you are fighting for your life out there, so you just have to keep pushing forward. amazing. well, thank you so much forjoining us. i know we. midweight in your travel route. where are you off to?|j midweight in your travel route. where are you off to? i am heading to the boat. i am setting off on

another circumnavigation in a couple of weeks, so i am involved in frenzied prep. we usually think of cultural traditions as something that enhance people's lives, but sometimes they bring suffering too. yayut ciswas is the last living tribesperson in taiwan with a traditional full—face tattoo. she still remembers the painful experience, and has been telling the bbc why she is glad the practice has died out, but thinks it is important that people remember this part of their culture. you have been watching newsday on the bbc. thank you forjoining us. we will leave you with these traditional celebrations in hong kong. stay with us. we will be back soon. hello. for a time this week, temperatures will be on the rise. notjust temperatures will be on the rise. not just yet. it temperatures will be on the rise. notjust yet. it is a cold night for much of england and wales, under clear skies. meanwhile, this stream of cloud in the atlantic continuing

to extend across parts of northern ireland, northern and western scotland, strengthening the winds through tuesday and also bringing outbreaks of rain. but, away from the far north and west, after a cold start, there will be plenty of sunshine. some early—morning mist and fog to clear. that will soon lift and then for much of england and wales, plenty of sunshine to be found. just light winds and very little cloud, even into the afternoon. somewhat different further north and west, more on that injusta further north and west, more on that injust a moment. further north and west, more on that injusta moment. here further north and west, more on that injust a moment. here is a closer look at 4pm on tuesday afternoon. as you can see, lots of sunshine, very little cloud, temperatures generally across england and wales between 15 and i7 celsius, but notice how when the symbols are turning to black, this is indicating the strength of the gusts across northern ireland, western and northern scotland through the afternoon. quite widely

40 to 50 through the afternoon. quite widely a0 to 50 mph with outbreaks of rain pushing their way eastwards. perhaps try out across the far east of scotland, with some sunshine, but still a windy day here and temperatures not much higher than 13 or ia celsius. and it is this area, really, from northern ireland, northern and western scotland, which will keep further outbreaks of rain and some strong winds in the tuesday night and through into went their morning. eventually some of that range is inching its way further southwards and eastwards into the far north of england. ahead of this, not quite as cold night at some rural parts of southern england perhaps getting down to two abhilash celsius. through the middle part of the week with still got high pressure a cross the week with still got high pressure across much of england and wales, those front still to the north in the west, bringing strong winds and outbreaks of rain. again, slowly starting to sink its way south and eastwards, so a bit more cloud with the odd spot of rain across northern england, may be the far north wales. still quite cloudy for northern ireland, the lion's chair of the for northern ireland, the lion's chairof the rain for northern ireland, the lion's chair of the rain across scotland. gusts will be higher. holding on to the dry, sunny weather across southern and eastern parts of england and wales where temperatures on wednesday could get up to around 20 or 21 celsius. 0n on wednesday could get up to around 20 or 21 celsius. on that front continues to make its progress south and eastwards through wednesday and into thursday. as it runs into our area of the hague pressure, all at

comes area of the hague pressure, all at co m es left area of the hague pressure, all at comes left on it is just a band of cloud but what it will do later in the week is slowly start to replace the week is slowly start to replace the wild that we found the time across england and wales with something much cooler further north and west. so some changes to come through this week. some warm for a time through wednesday and thursday, slowly being replaced by something cooler and fresher, but mainly dry by the weekend. goodbye. i'm babita sharma with bbc news. our top story: president trump defends his candidate for the supreme court, saying that allegations of sexual assault are "totally political". mr kavanaugh has said he will not be stepping aside, after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct decades ago. he says he's never sexually assaulted anyone. hopes of a second summit between north korea's leader kimjong—un and the us have increased, after the white house announced further details will be revealed "pretty soon." and this story is trending on bbc.com. the orchestra that chose to play

a spontaneous concert for other passengers stuck in geneva airport. their flight to venice was delayed by an hour, so they unpacked their instruments and away they went. you're up to date. stay with us. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk.