this is newsday on the bbc. i am rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: the comedian bill cosby is jailed for sexual assault. the judge says he will serve between three and ten years in prison. donald trump addresses the united nations general assembly, putting his america first policy centre stage. we reject the ideology of globalism and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism. globalism and we embrace the doctrine of patriotismlj globalism and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism. i am babita sharma in london. also in the programme: a breakthrough in the battle against malaria. scientists use gene editing to make an entire population of mosquitoes infertile. and the duchess of sussex on her first solo world engagement at a new shows celebrating the art and cultures of the pacific region. good morning.

it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in pennsylvania in the united states where a judge has labelled the entertainer bill cosby a ‘sexually—violent predator‘ — ahead of him being sentenced to between three and ten years in prison for assaulting a woman in 200a. the lawyers for the 81—year—old have already said they'll appeal. our correspondent nada tawfik is in norristown for us. reporter: do you have any comment, sir? this will now be the image that defines bill cosby‘s life. in handcuffs and headed to prison to pay for his crimes. for decades he led a double life. and the man affectionately referred to as america's dad will now be classified as a sexually violent predator. it's a moment his victims

never thought possible. outside of court, they celebrated. this is just going to show victims that they can make it through, reporter: do you have any comment, sir? and that there is justice at the end, and hallelujah. all: hallelujah! this is notjust about me too and the internet any more. it's about a defendant having to be accountable in a court of law, and being confined in state prison as a result of his criminal acts. do you think this will lead to a real sea change? well, i think it sends an important message. more than 60 women came forward with strikingly similar allegations, but only andrea constand's attack was recent enough to bring charges. a former university employee, the entertainer entrapped her this will now be the image that defines bill cosby‘s life. by posing as a mentor before drugging and molesting her at his pennsylvania home. her relief after the sentencing was visible. bill cosby has admitted to giving young women drugs before sex, but says it was done with their knowledge. and throughout the trial,

he's shown no remorse. mr cosby has clearly been denied his right to a fair trial. these injustices must be corrected immediately. at the height of his fame, bill cosby was the most watched man on television. in handcuffs and headed to prison to pay for his crimes. his wholesome, lovable persona on the cosby show made him an icon. the fact he will now serve time in prison, after a long and fierce legal battle, is a palpable shift of power, and a major milestone for women and victims‘ rights. nada tawfik, bbc news, pennsylvania. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. a opposition senator who is a critic of president duterte in the philippines has been arrested following a government order to revoke his amnesty for past mutiny charges. antonio trillanes was bailed shortly after being served with a warrant at the senate building. he is the second senator critical of the president's violent campaign against drugs to be detained. translation: lack said, with this

government committee should expect and everything. —— like i said. so, ina way, and everything. —— like i said. so, in a way, this is not out of character for them. also making news today: the bodies of a british man and his wife have been found buried in the garden of their home in northern thailand. millionaire alan hogg and his wife went missing a week ago. three suspects have now been arrested. two of them have confessed to murder. the police say they believe the killing was the result of a family dispute over money. a landmark deal between the vatican and china on the appointment of roman catholic bishops will lead christians to suffer, according to the first public comments by pope francis on the agreement. he said that he, not the communist government, would have the final say on who was named. there an estimated 100 million christians in china in both registered and unofficial churches. devotees and switzerland have rejected a residency application by

roman abramavic. the police said they suspected that he pose a security risk and so it was rejected. there is no evidence of any offence and mr abramavich‘s lows as any accusations are false. to run this dramatic rescue? a child was rescued family from a balcony in paris. the child's father has been given a three—month suspended sentence for his parental responsibility. prosecutor said he left the boys at home alone to go shopping. he has been ordered to ta ke shopping. he has been ordered to take a course on being a better parent. the british artist jason decaires taylor, whose sea sculpture was destroyed by the authorities in the maldives, says he is extremely shocked and heartbroken. the artwork called the coralarium was labelled by a court a threat

to islamic unity because of the use of human figures. mr decaires taylor said it was a sad day for art and sad day for the environment. president trump has delivered a scathing attack on what he called the ideology of globalism. in an address to the united nations general assembly, mr trump said america would always act in a spirit of patriotism. he also attacked the iranian leadership, accusing it of instigating chaos, death and destruction across the middle east. our north america editor jon sopel reports. when roads are closed for you and red lights really aren't a thing, there's no excuse for being half an hour late for a journey of less than a mile. but donald trump missed his speaking slot this morning and made himself even later by stopping to talk to reporters on his way in. but when he did get under way, he went on a bit of a victory lap, with unexpected consequences. in less than two years,

my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america's... so true. laughter didn't expect that reaction, but that's ok. the audience just giggled. us presidents are occasionally reviled, sometimes adored, but they're rarely laughed at. last year, he threatened to destroy north korea and taunted "little rocket man". what a difference 12 months makes. the missiles and rockets are no longer flying in every direction. nuclear testing has stopped. i would like to thank chairman kim for his courage and for the steps he has taken, though much work remains to be done. but it wasn't all sweetness and light. this america first president rounded on opec, the international criminal court, and the world trade organization. he justified his trade war against china, and then set out

a vision starkly at odds with the internationalist audience listening to him. we reject the ideology of globalism, and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism. his principal target in the speech was iran. he called on nations to isolate tehran‘s rulers and support its people. not quite a cry for regime change, but it's clear where he stands. iran's leaders plunder the nation's resources to enrich themselves and to spread mayhem across the middle east and far beyond. and the iranians met fire with fire. translation: unlawful unilateral sanctions in themselves constitute a form of economic terrorism and a breach of the right to development. the iranians and americans avoided each other over lunch, but as always donald trump was the centre of attention,

even if many found his message distinctly uncomfortable. and on immigration, and to those refugees fleeing persecution, donald trump said stay at home and make your own country's great again. that was heard in icy silence, and the only time his speech was interrupted was with laughter. you get the impression the un doesn't much like donald trump, and it's a sentiment that's probably reciprocated. jon sopel, bbc news, new york. nearly half of the world's population is at risk from malaria, and there are at least 200 million cases of malaria worldwide each year. well, scientists here in london have succeeded for the first time to completely eliminate populations of mosquitoes in the lab. the team used gene editing to block the abilty of female mosquitoes to breed. they want to see if the technology could one day be used to control mosquito populations in the wild. joining me is professor andrea

crisanti, from the faculty of natural sciences at imperial college london. professor crisa nti's team is behind the gene drive. technology allows genetic modification to spread from a few individuals to an entire population. as what we are seeing in the lab. this particular solution of gin drive is to selectively attacked a gene that is the switch for social development. so the genetically modified mosquitoes, as soon as they inherited this modification, were unable to differentiate into female. so the population, as the gene that drive spread to progressively produced more males, and less females. so certainly live in infertile. it is not the first time that the gene editing technique has been employed in this way. what is new about your research this time round? we found that finally a target, a sequence, they cannot be

mutated. so change without paying a huge price for the mosquito. and this is this particular sets switch gene. this sex switch gene exists in males and females. with active in portion of these genes, so the males are unaffected and can develop normally. but as soon as the genetic modification spreads into the population, all be females turn into males, and at the moment, there are only males and the population crashes as no ace kimberly late. how to move this technology from the field... that was good to be my next question. will this be a real prospect that we can see greeted in real life? nobody believes that this technology would work, so this is a dramatic step forward. what will be the next step is to move these mosquitoes in large cages that mimic

closely the environment of capital regions. under this condition we can predict whether it will work. this experiment will take about a year or a yearand a experiment will take about a year or a year and a half. ok. so it will ta ke a year and a half. ok. so it will take some time. and then of course the research continues. what are the consequences of rendering mosquitoes infertile, the impact on the environment? the impact on the environment? the impact on the environment is that particular mosquito species will probably be suppressed and in extreme cases extent. in africa, there are 800 mosquito species, and we are targeting only a handful of mosquito beasties. the consequence is most likely is that other mosquito species will take over the niche. that was professor andrea crisanti from the faculty of sciences at the empirical is london. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: could there be a second

brexit referendum? britain's main opposition party votes in favour of keeping the option open. 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 rico hizon in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: bill cosby has been sentenced to between three and ten years in prison following the comedian‘s conviction for drugging and molesting a woman. president trump addresses the un on everything from iran to north korea. he also says he rejects globalism in favour of the doctrine of patriotism. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. a photo of donald trump speaking at the united nation's general assembly appears on the front page

of the south china morning post. but it is america's decision to sell $330 million of fighter aircraft parts to taiwan that the paper looks at in more detail. according to analysts, unless rescinded, the arms deal could further risk damage to ties with beijing. the new york times international edition leads with china's recent deal with the vatican. the paper says that beijing's goal in the agreement is to eliminate china's underground churches and gain control over the rapid spread of christianity. how president duterte deals with his opponents is reported by the philippine star. it quotes arrested opposition senator antonio saying that the order for his detention is the defeat of democracy in the country. president trump has launched another

broadside against globalism in his speech to the un general assembly. mr trump told world leaders that america would always act in a spirit of patriotism, choosing independence and cooperation over global governance. joining me from sydney is professor james cra btree, of lee kuan yew school of public policy. everytime he gives one of these speeches, people hope that there might bea speeches, people hope that there might be a different trump that turns up, but it's always the same one. so this was a core trump speech. he was firmly against localisation, as he was last year, the tenant of his speech had been either written by steve bannon, his former adviser, or stephen miller, his current adviser, and i think you can set that against the current backdrop of the battle with china over trade, and in this when he hit some new topics. he went after opec,

the oil cartel, in a public forum that i haven't seen in quite the same way before. so it shows in a sense, no matter who is the audience, he has the bit between his teeth and he wants to go forward with this message of anti— globalisation. so can the united states go it alone? i mean, i think thatis states go it alone? i mean, i think that is drop's am, whether it is on the trade war or whether it is picking fights with international institutions like international criminal court, or now opec or the european union. you feel the united states has enough weight to throw around and he plans to throw it around. so this mean, then, that he will lose his allies if he hates globalisation so much? you have to wonder who he is speaking to. the audience at the un, as was reported earlier, literally. —— literally laughed at some elements of his speech, but this is a very complicated omen for mr trump. he is on the back foot of the allegations about mr kavanaugh. if you look at his twitter feed, sometimes about mr kavanaugh. if you look at his twitterfeed, sometimes he about mr kavanaugh. if you look at his twitter feed, sometimes he was talking about the un and sometimes he was talking about the supreme

court nomination and he feels that bashing the un and escalating the trade war with the chinese can only help him in the november mid—term elections. so professor crabtree, is he saying all of this in the united nations to gain an audience in the domestic market, ahead of the mid—term elections? domestic market, ahead of the mid-term elections? i don't think it is quite that simple. i think innocenti does have a message for the international audience. he has consistently cared about these issues of reasserting bilateral power and american power in the world. nonetheless it is is pretty clear that part of the people he is talking to hear is his own core base, republican base, he needs to get the turnout. but he is not only doing that. it is interesting what is it about north korea, for instance, in this. that he mentioned and was very kind about him, the leader of north korea, by name. and so leader of north korea, by name. and so in leader of north korea, by name. and soina leader of north korea, by name. and so in a sense there were a few other things that he was doing and i think after this speech, perhaps, things that he was doing and i think afterthis speech, perhaps, it things that he was doing and i think after this speech, perhaps, it is more likely that there will be a second kim trump summit in not too long, and there was an indication of what he wanted to do on that side of

things as well. britain's opposition labour party has voted overwhelmingly in favour of keeping the option of holding another referendum on brexit. it followed an explicit assurance from the shadow brexit secretary, sir keir starmer, that the option of staying in the eu was not being ruled out. party leaderjeremy corbyn told the bbc that labour would decide whether to back a brexit deal based on six key tests, tests he says the prime minister is not meeting at the moment. laura kuennsberg reports. i believe the european union to be a capitalist club that is for the few, not the many. the party might push for another referendum, that could give you a choice to stay in the eu. our options must include campaigning for a public vote, and nobody is ruling out remain as an option. wildly popular with some... despite what keir may have said earlier, it's a public vote on the terms of our departure. ..but appalling to others. for months, labour has been edging towards this moment. can i firstly see all

those in favour... members today overwhelmingly backed the idea of having another brexit referendum. all those against... and the leadership formalised the almost inevitable — they are on course to try to vote down the brexit deal in parliament. jeremy corbyn, do you know what no—one else in the country does know yet — what the final shape of the brexit deal will be? no, i don't. all i know is that this government has had 27 months to negotiate a brexit deal. if you don't know yet, then, the shape of the final deal, how can you decide now that you are almost certainly going to vote against it? i've never said that. i've said we would test whatever they come back with. your shadow brexit secretary has said today, "if theresa may brings back a deal that fails our test, that looks increasingly likely labour will vote against it — no ifs, no buts." he said, if the six tests are not

met, we'll vote against the deal. we've made that very clear for some months now. if you held another referendum, you'd be sticking two fingers up to 17.4 million people who voted to leave, who wanted politicians like you to listen to their concerns. we haven't said there's going to be anything yet. all options must be considered if and when this government collapses, or its negotiations collapse. and if there were another referendum, would you vote leave or remain? jeremy corbyn's fans are here in vast numbers. the party conference is not an easy week for any leader, let alone labour, and let alone now. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, liverpool. prime minister theresa may has again rejected calls why don't you have another go?" no. no second referendum. the people voted, we will deliver on that vote. the duchess of sussex has carried out her first solo royal engagement, when she attended the opening of a major art exhibition. meghan joined guests at the royal academy of arts, in london, celebrating the art and cultures of the pacific region. the show is the first major survey of oceanic art to be held in britain, and also marks the 250th anniversary of captain cook's first voyage to the pacific on the endeavour.

our arts editor will gompertz has taken a look. we're used to a bit of a song and dance being made about an exhibition opening, but not quite on this scale. this is the pacific islanders‘ way to mark the first—ever show of their art and culture at the royal academy in london. a special event that was made even more memorable with the arrival of the duchess of sussex, for her first solo official engagement. she appeared particularly taken with this 18th—century costume of the chief mourner from the islands of tahiti. the exhibition covers around 600 years of oceanic artworks, from this centuries—old maori carving to these photographic portraits of life—casts taken in 2010. it‘s actually these treasures from the past, as well as the contemporary works, that are building connections and understanding between

pacific islanders and people in britain and in europe. the exhibition tells many stories. obviously there is captain cook‘s pacific expeditions in the late 18th century, and their impact on the indigenous islanders, and on europe, where many of these objects were brought back and displayed in museums, where they were seen and studied by leading modern artists. for example, this fabulously decorated wooden beam, which depicts a comic tale, inspired the german expressionists. and carvings such as this male deity figure clearly influenced those artists working in paris in the early 20th century, who made those stylised, abstracted sculptures. and picasso was so mesmerised by this deity that he had a bronze version in his studio. the show of such wealth of pacific island treasures, or taonga, as they are known, held by european institutions, raises the question of ownership, and whether any of these objects should be returned to the countries from which they came.

for indigenous peoples all around the world, if they came back and were shared, they would actually accrue more knowledge, research from on the ground. and that these gifts would probably come back again, too. sometimes we don‘t necessarily want to repatriate these taonga. for the duchess of sussex, the exhibition serves as a useful introduction to the cultures of the pacific region, where she is going on an official visit with prince harry next month. will gompertz, bbc news. you have been watching newsday. i‘m babita sharma in london. and i‘m rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. it is all about hot pot. haidilao is on fire ahead of its hong kong listing. we have more on that coming up. and before we go, nepal‘s newest living goddess, or kumari, has made herfirst public appearance at a religious festival in kathmandu. four—year—old trishna sha kya was anointed last year, in line with centuries—old tradition. she must live in a temple and away from her family until she reaches puberty.

catching a glimpse of kumari is considered to bring good luck. hello. tuesday was a day of contrasts across the uk. cloudy and windy for northern ireland and scotland, with some outbreaks of rain. across much of england and wales we saw a good deal of sunshine, and it‘s a similar day on wednesday. we keep the speed of cloud of the atlantic, extending into northern ireland and scotland. the heaviest of the rain through wednesday looks likely to be across the western isles and the scottish highlands. the odd spot of rain, some patchy drizzle at times for northern ireland, under cloudy skies and we will see a bit more cloud sinking its way across northern england, maybe with the odd spot of rain. but there will be some sunshine across eastern scotland, north—east england, and that extends all the way down across much of

england and wales. now, these are the average wind strength through wednesday afternoon. gusts once again will be higher but not as strong as we saw again will be higher but not as strong as we saw on again will be higher but not as strong as we saw on tuesday. a0 mph at times across scotland and northern ireland. in the sunshine, temperatures quite widely up to 20 or 21 celsius, including aberdeenshire and murray which should see some sunshine through wednesday afternoon. through wednesday afternoon. through wednesday evening and overnight into thursday morning our area of rain across the western isles and the scottish highlands moves its way a little bit further northwards into orkney and shetland, so some clearer skies across eastern scotland. a bit more cloud across the far north of england but clearer skies further south where it will be another fairly cool night. some rural spots getting in the low single figures for a time. so this is the general set up as we go into thursday. we still have the influence of high pressure a cross still have the influence of high pressure across central, southern england and wales, these front still fringing northern ireland and scotla nd fringing northern ireland and scotland and bringing further cloud and outbreaks of rain through thursday. now, very slowly this will be slipping its way south and eastwards through thursday, but running into an area of high pressure, so the rain slowly start

to fizzle out. and ahead of it with still got a good deal of sunshine across much of england and wales on thursday, and a warm day here. last day of the walks, though, for a while, i suspect. day of the walks, though, for a while, isuspect. temperatures day of the walks, though, for a while, i suspect. temperatures on thursday afternoon across east anglia, south—east england getting up anglia, south—east england getting up to 22 or 23 celsius. but behind a front were going to be in the mid—to—high teens. a sign of something fresher to come as we head towards the end of the week. so from thursday into friday, here is our front sliding its way south and eastwards. high pressure starts to build in as we head towards the weekend. so across northern ireland and scotland we should see a return of some sunshine, but for all of us by the end of the week we are back into something much fresher. so after those temperatures getting up

to 22 or 23 celsius on thursday, by the time you to friday things will be starting to turn cooler. and into the weekend, some cool days, some chilly nights, but for most of us it will be generally dry with some spells of sunshine. that‘s all from me. goodbye. i‘m babita sharma with bbc news. our top story: the american comedian bill cosby is jailed for sexual assault. the judge labelled cosby a sexually—violent predator. he‘ll serve between three and ten years in prison and must undergo counselling for life and be listed on the sex offender registry. president trump has delivered a robust defence of his policies in an address to the united nations — saying americans reject the ideology of globalism and embrace patriotism. he also strongly criticised iran‘s leaders, accusing them of sowing chaos. and this video is trending on bbc.com: the duchess of sussex on her first solo royal engagement. meghan joined guests at the opening of an exhibition of works from the oceania region at the royal academy of arts in central london. that‘s all. stay with bbc news. more to come, here.

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