this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: lack of equipment hinders the search for survivors in indonesia, after the earthquake and tsunami that left more than 800 people dead. as aid supplies trickle in, many desperate residents resort to looting. i'm kasia madera in london. also coming up in the programme: switching on in style. spectacular celebrations commemorate the birth of modern china. and unlocking the secret life of the geisha: a new film lifts the lid on one ofjapan‘s most misunderstood traditions. live from our studios in singapore and london,

this is bbc news. it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and also 7am on the indonesian island of sulawesi, where authorities are digging mass graves for hundreds of victims of the earthquake and tsunami which struck on friday. the number of people killed currently stands at over 800, but there's a warning that thousands may have perished. presidentjoko widodo visited one of the worst affected areas on sunday. he said that he was grieving for the people there. our correspondent rebecca henschke is one of the first foreign correspondents to reach palu, where rescuers are still searching through the wreckage to try to find any more sui’vivoi’s, and she sent this report. up to 50 people are believed to be

still under the rubble of the roa roa hotel here in palu city. rescue workers are trying to find survivors. with no heavy building equipment available, they're using whatever they have. cries of help had been heard from the rubble. in this case, it came too late. presidentjoko widodo has visited the area, promising to speed up the aid operation. hundreds of military personnel have been deployed and some of the most vulnerable are getting help. those left behind are struggling. and with aid only nowjust trickling in, desperate residents are taking matters into their own hands. translation: we need to eat, we don't have any other choice, we must get food.

translation: we're in a crisis, we have nothing for our basic needs. food, water, we desperately need them. desperate relatives are flocking to the area to try to find out the fate of loved ones. this lady hasn't heard from her son and daughter. translation: i'm going out of my mind. i don't know where my children are. i'm going crazy with worry about them. i have no news at all. she still has a long way to go to reach palu. we arrive after hours waiting for landslides to be cleared. people i'm meeting here are saying that they haven't received any of that promised aid. the houses behind me that have been completely destroyed by the quake,

those families are now camping out in tents. savaging what they could for their homes. but they say they have only limited supplies into the coming days. they are breaking down in tears when i ask them about how they are coping. all along this coast road from the left and the right, for metres in, is all rubble. all these families have fled to higher ground. those that didn't flee in time were caught up in those waves. and the death toll here is expected to rise. i've been to the hospital here that's struggling to cope with the injured and many people are still missing and unable to find their families. the bodies from this area are lined up the bodies from this area are lined up at the nearby health clinic. doctors say that in this muslim majority country, they will be buried ina majority country, they will be buried in a mass grave soon to stop the spread of diseases. they are starting to smell. we want to wait

for relatives to pick them up but we can't wait any longer. this five—year—old girl was found alone with a broken leg. she knows her name, but her family with a broken leg. she knows her name, but herfamily is missing and she can't remember where she lived. doctors are doing what they can to look after her. as we've been hearing, rescuers on the island are really struggling against the clock and a lack of heavy equipment. in the city of palu, up to 60 people are feared to be buried underneath one hotel alone. and desperate survivors in the area have turned to foraging in shops for food, water and fuel. let's go live now to sulawesi island, where our correspondent mariko oi is in the town of makassar. she's in sulawesi, we are struggling to get connection with her. as you

can understand, the very difficult situation on the island. we are hoping to get some communications with her a little bit later on in the programme because she has been talking about the desperate search for anybody who is still trapped under the rubble. we can actually speak to her life, as i was saying communications really difficult at the moment understandably. and you are struggling to get out of palu, it just goes to are struggling to get out of palu, itjust goes to show how difficult the situation is at the moment. —— up the situation is at the moment. —— up to. indeed, i am in the city of makassar, which is in the southern pa rt makassar, which is in the southern part of the sulawesi island. this is as far as we could get last night, as far as we could get last night, as you can see it behind me as the airport and we have been booked to fly there later this morning. there is some confusion over whether we can actually catch that flight. until now, at the palu airport has been shut for commercial flights,

understandably, to give priority to the chartered planes and helicopters to get those crucial supplies like water, food and fuel to those people who survived the earthquake and tsunami. we all fear that the death toll can rise. indeed, at the moment the official figure is just over 800 but even when the authorities announced that number yesterday on sunday, they warned that it could rise further, it could actually be in the thousands. of course, indonesia is prone to these earthquakes. only just about two months ago in early august, several strong earthquakes hit the island of lombok, as well as the very popular tourist destination bali, killing hundreds of people as well. and of course, many of oui’ hundreds of people as well. and of course, many of our viewers will remember the earthquake at 2004 which killed hundreds of thousands of people, and that is because the

country lies in what is known as the ring of fire, where a majority of the world's earthquakes take place, and yet in some poorer parts of the country, especially somewhere like palu, the buildings, they do not have the money to build strong enough buildings to survive those earthquakes. it was very telling during the lombok earthquake in that many international hotels managed to survive the earthquake and yet a lot of local homes were destroyed. and given what happened in 2004, an alert system, warning system was introduced and yet i think viewers will be really surprised to hear that that alert system, that advance system was not working. that is right. they were implemented and yet the country has not managed to come up the country has not managed to come up with enough money to keep maintaining them, so back in 2016 when there was a big earthquake, it revealed that some of them were damaged and because they were not properly maintained, they were not

working properly and there have been some experts voicing criticisms, saying that it is heartbreaking to see all these people dying, even though when the systems have been available and could have been installed properly. others do disagree though, saying that each earthquake, each tsunami is different and it is possible to come up different and it is possible to come up with a perfect solution. the government has not responded to those criticisms but i'm sure they would say that it is too early to start pointing fingers at each other. the current priority is to rescue those who are still buried alive in palu. yes, it absolutely must be. for the time being, thank you very much. mukalla —— will get much more on the situation later here on newsday. —— we will. also making news today:

tokyo is bracing itself for the arrival of typhoon trami. the weather system has already caused flooding in parts of western japan. some rail and subway services have been suspended, this is and more than 1000 airline flights have been cancelled. evacuation orders are in place in some areas, and three quarters of a million homes in and around tokyo have been left without power. a south korean mp says that the number of defectors leaving the north for the south has fallen sharply since kim jong—un came to power. park byeong—seug said that official records showed the number decreasing by almost 60% since 2011. he said that tighter controls on the border between china and north korea were a key factor. the british prime minister theresa may has rejected claims that she does not believe in brexit, and insisted she would make a success of it "regardless of the outcome" of talks. mrs may said that her conservative party, which is gathering in birmingham fortheir annual party conference, has backed her post—brexit trade plan.

ido i do believe in brexit but crucially, i believe in delivering brexit in a way that respects and delivers on the vote of the british people, while also protecting our union, protecting jobs, and people, while also protecting our union, protectingjobs, and making sure that we make a success of brexit for the future. british prime minister theresa may. now monday the first of october is china national day, and to get into the spirit of it, several cities across china have been staging these amazing light shows. this is just a flavour of what was on offer. in shenzhen, more than a million led lights were installed on the skyscrapers to illuminate the night sky. most people in china will be on holiday for what is known as the golden week, and this year marks the 69th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic. the earthquake and tsunami in sulawesi is currently dominating our headlines on newsday.

joining me now from perth in western australia is chris elders, who's a professor of geology at curtin university. professor, thank you so much for joining us on the programme. as mentioned by our reporters and correspondence on the ground, it is a race against time to find more survivors trapped under the rubble. what other dangers, professor, do residents in sulawesi still face? well, obviously there are a large number of after—shocks continuing, there was one late last night and they are likely to continue for several weeks and months ahead and of course, you also risks with the after—shocks that any buildings that i'm stable may further collapse. -- there is also the risk. so professor, why do these after—shocks continue for a considerable period of time? well, the earthquake occurs when one large part of the fault moves, and that means just next to that, the stress increases on the

parts next about and they eventually move as well, and that is what causes after—shocks. move as well, and that is what causes after-shocks. indonesia suffered an earthquake just in august on the island of lombok. what is it about this area that makes it so prone to earthquakes? well, as your previous correspondent was just saying, indonesia does indeed sit on the ring of fire, and indonesia in particular is in a very tectonically congregated part of that, so to the south the australian continent and the indian ocean crust is moving southwards the east, the pacific and philippine sea plates are moving towards the west, and indonesia is sort of caught up in this triangular zone between these converging tectonic plates and that is what makes it so unstable. apart from these areas, lombok and sulawesi, other areas in indonesia that are prone to earthquakes? well, u nfortu nately yes, prone to earthquakes? well, unfortunately yes, as we know so

much experience the devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2004, but all done sumatra, java, through the islands of bali and lombok, it across to timor and papua new guinea are all prone to earthquakes, and in some places volcanic activity as well. thank you so much for your insight. you're watching newsday on the bbc. live from singapore and london. still to come on the programme... we'll look at what's in your energy drink. an australian report has found excessive levels of caffeine. also coming uo on the programme... how becoming a geisha was a way for women to escape poverty. a new documentary looks at what their lives were really like. in all russia's turmoil, it has never come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare that so many people had feared for so long is playing

out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world, but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. israel's right—winger, ariel sharon, visited the religious compound, and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites — an idea that's unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe's biggest and richest nation. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore.

i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: over 800 people are confirmed dead on the island of sulawesi, with fears the death toll from the earthquake and tsunami could rise to the thousands. aid supplies have started to reach sulawesi, but many desperate residents have resorted to looting supermarkets and petrol stations. and this was the 21st birthday celebration waiting for formula one driver max verstappen at the russian grand prix. he was presented with a cake in the shape of a helmet, and went on to finish fifth in the race. we will have full details in sport today in half an hour's time. let's take a look at some front pages from the newspapers. the south china morning post leads on the indonesian earthquake. it says the death toll could hit

thousands once rescuers reach areas where victims are trapped, although it reports that in the city of dongalla, close to the epicentre, many residents managed to flee to higher ground to escape. the japan times concentrates on the typhoon that has made landfall there. it shows a picture of a women leaning into powerful winds in the city of kagoshima, where rainfall has been at levels seen only once before in half a century. and india's business standard newspaper covers a shortage in vital drugs, blamed on china. it says antibiotics, steroids, and other drugs are becoming hard to find because chinese companies have cut back production. now, kasia, a change of name is sparking plenty of interest online.

yes, the rap star kanye west has rebranded himself on twitter by shortening his name to ye. here is how he broke the news to the world, describing himself as the being formally known as kanye west. as he put it, "i am now ye". he added more later on, saying that he will now always be ye. and he also left his twitter page without any images on it, just a blank white header with a link to his website. he hasn't explained the reason for his name change, but he has used ye as a nickname in the past, and also in the title of one of his albums. and there is more on that on our website at bbc.com/news. we need to look into this, and change our names. i have a new name for you, it is ka,

change our names. i have a new name foryou, it is ka, and i am ri! change our names. i have a new name for you, it is ka, and i am ri! ka and ri?i for you, it is ka, and i am ri! ka and ri? iam not sure it is for you, it is ka, and i am ri! ka and ri? i am not sure it is going to work, rico. recent years have seen a huge increase in popularity of sports drink and other supplements in the fitness industry, but are all of them completely safe? not according to research carried out in australia, which suggests that around half of the products tested contained excessive and potentially harmful amounts of caffeine. ben desbrow, the lead researcher on this study, joined me a short time ago from queensland. well, cassini is probably the best known what we call ergogenic substance, it improves your ability to do some forms of sports, one of the things we know about caffeine is you don't need very much of it to have these performance enhancing

effect. with these supplements what we found as we wanted to explore exactly how much caffeine was in them because many of the products to list the caffeine which is in them, and many of the products we found, in fact about a third of the products we found, contained over 300 mg of caffeine per serve which is the equivalent of about three to four cups of coffee and a very small serve. so you mentioned that about half the products that you tested contained high amounts of caffeine. other products named in your study? so these products are purchased... we purchased these products either in—store or online. they are commercial products that are available and heavily marketed to people who attend gems or who are looking to change their body composition through weighttraining. but what we have also found is that anecdotally a lot of people use these pre— workout supplements to just stay awake or to function within their sort of normal day—to—day living. so they are not exclusively used by gym —goers. for many people around the world, geishas are perhaps one of the most iconic apsects of japanese culture.

but, while the word evokes an image of grace and style, few can describe exactly what it means. well, that is about to change, because japanese director ken nishikawa has made a highly regarded documentary explaining the life of a geisha. let's have a look. what you are about to see is a documentary of a woman who, in this zist documentary of a woman who, in this 21st century, still lives the life ofa 21st century, still lives the life of a true geisha in every sense of the word. i should know. this woman is my mother. she is one of the last surviving true geisha injapan. ken nishikawa, director, and mike rogers, producer, joined me earlier to talk about the movie. and i started by asking ken about his mother, who is a geisha. it is... it takes quite a lot of

words, i think, it is... it takes quite a lot of words, ithink, but it is... it takes quite a lot of words, i think, but she is basically, in my film, so she is more than a girlfriend, wife or mother. it is a living piece of art. a living piece of art, my goodness. and mike, you produced this film. you are also a dj. you post a very popular, popular radio show. you understand japanese culture. you have been living there for many yea rs. have been living there for many years. how important is the geisha in japanese culture? years. how important is the geisha injapanese culture? is it still releva nt injapanese culture? is it still relevant today? yes, actually, it is probable one of that... it is the last living legend, i suppose. because westerners want to see, when they go to japan, they want to see ninja, samurai, you can still get sushi everywhere, but geisha is one of the last cultural icons that still exist in japan, but of the last cultural icons that still exist injapan, but it is dying out. to modern women want to do this as a profession? it is

mostly... you know, true geishas we re mostly... you know, true geishas were basically sold into being a geisha, so modern day geishas do it forfashion or style, geisha, so modern day geishas do it for fashion or style, because they like it. they don't have the qualities of... tragic qualities, if you like. the tragic qualities of a traditional geisha. because that is very important, can. your mother, it all very important, can. your mother, it a ll started very important, can. your mother, it all started because your mother came from a desperately poor family. they we re from a desperately poor family. they were heavily indebted and this was one way of coping with that. yes, and that was very common in her day, but i don't think modern geishas get into that profession for that particular reason any more. and when we talk about the profession, because... it is... i don't want to use... it is really difficult to really understand what they do. it isa really understand what they do. it is a woman who provides support, a conversation, makes tea ? is a woman who provides support, a conversation, makes tea? what do a mother do on a day—to—day basis? well, she dances. she is a professional dancer. if you are a

geisha, you either seeing, play a stringed instrument, or dance. and dancedis stringed instrument, or dance. and danced is the main thing —— sing. and uart here in london for the premiere of the film at the rain dance film festival. —— you are here. what are you expecting, mike hayes well, the main show on friday night has already sold out, and wednesday night's show, as of this moment, 70 getzlaf. so we are very happy about the reaction we have gotten, and several people have seen the movie, and they gave us basically rave reviews. and his mother is still working as a geisha at the age of 80. you have been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. india's streaming market is proving a tough nut to crack for american tech giants netflix and amazon. we will see why in the final edition of our reinventing india series.

and, before we go, just a reminder of the devastation caused by the tsunami in indonesia's sulawesi island. these images were filmed on sunday, above palu, one of the coastal towns near the epicentre of the tremor. you can see just how much damage the huge force of the sea water caused as it swept ashore. rescue teams have been working for several days to try to clear the debris, hoping to find more survivors. it is very much feared that the death toll will rise. we will bring you much more from our correspondents. hello there. with plenty of showers around across the northern half of the uk yesterday and south—west england, we had a number of rainbows

spotted by our weather watchers. this was one of these, from devon. thanks to gazzledazzle for sending that in. a few more showers around but there will be some sunshine. but it will be it. full stops and patchy frost in the countryside to scotland and northern england over the next few hours. if you're heading rapper warm. just two or three degrees there for newcastle and for edinburgh. soa there for newcastle and for edinburgh. so a ridge of high pressure with us first thing on monday, but we do have an approaching low. it will ultimately bring some rain from the north—west. so enjoy the sunshine first in the morning. they should be plenty about to go around. it is probably going to go around. it is probably going to be the sunniest day of the week ahead, to be honest. things will turn to cloud over from the north and west as the day goes by. and watch out for few showers continuing to feed into the irish sea coast, perhaps in the cheshire, greater manchester and merseyside on and off through that a. we will have more general rain pushing in the scotland

and maybe northern ireland as we had through the afternoon, the winds picking up. relatively cool air with us. top temperatures about 15 degrees. but that cool at has moved away by this wodge of milder air as we go on to monday night and into tuesday. now, that is all associated with a wan sector, with the warmest of the air across england and wales on tuesday. this is how tuesday 14 degrees also the southern a. there will be rangers or drizzle especially around western coast and hills where it may well stay with quite damp. the cloud will break at times across the scenarios to get some brighter or sunny spells. a warm day, actually, across south—east england, with highs of 20. we are still into the cool air, northern england, northern ireland scotland, temperatures for these areas more but eagerly around 12 to 14 degrees. another warm front moves into the uk on wednesday, again bringing more rendered to the north—west of scotland. could be quite heavy at times. a lot of cloud, you will notice, on the charts. still quite mild in the south, little change further north, temperature around 12 or 13 celsius. what about those they's were the prospect? well, again a more active weather front moving in the north—western part of the country.

so turning soggy for northern ireland in scotland, with some heavy rain. the winds picking up yet. perhaps a little bit of rain getting across the hills of northern england and north wales. however, it should stay dry and bright with the south—east. highs of 19 in london, still quite cool, then, for northern scotla nd still quite cool, then, for northern scotland with 12 in stornoway. so looking at the weather for the rest of this week, it is often going to be pretty cloudy, there will be some rain at times, particularly in the north—west, and it will be quite breezy at times as well. hello, i'm kasia madera with bbc world news. our main story. more than 800 people have been killed by a tsunami and earthquake on the indonesian island of sulawesi. there are fears that thousands more have died, as whole towns were reduced to rubble. survivors are now struggling without food, water or power supplies. indonesia's president has promised to provide all the help they need. typhoon trami has made landfall in japan, injuring at least 80 people. osaka's international airport, which was crippled by another typhoon earlier this month, had to shut again. and these pictures are popular on our website. they are from the chinese city of shenzhen, where more than a million led lights were installed to mark china's national day.

this year marks the 69th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic. many people will take the whole week off as holiday. that's all from me. stay with us here on bbc world news. new research shows that younger people experience loneliness more