welcome to newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: president trump praises nikki hailey after her shock resignation as us ambassador to the un. but is she after his job? we're all happy for you in one way, but we hate to lose you. hopefully you will be back at some point, maybe in a different capacity, you can have your pick. controversy over bangladesh's plan to resettle rohingya refugees to an uninhabited island in the bay of bengal. translation: i left everything behind, my house, my cattle, and faced a lot of hardship. now we've just about settled down and they're talking about moving us to that island 7 i am really scared. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: hurricane michael bears down on america's gulf coast, bringing hundred mile an hour winds and life—threatening storm surges. alabama, florida and georgia declare states of emergency. and jumping for joy —

how one swiss teenager perfected his parkour challenge at the 53rd attempt. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in the evening in washington, where the us ambassador to the un, nikki haley, has dismissed speculation that she's preparing to challenge donald trump for the presidency. it follows her decision to stand down. she will leave the post at the end of the year. here's a liittle of president trump's glowing tribute. she's done a fantasticjob, and we've done a fantasticjob

together. we've solved a lot of problems and we're in the process of solving a lot of problems. in the beginning north korea was a massive problem and now we're moving along. it is moving along really nicely. i can speak for secretary of state mike pompeo. he thinks the world of nikki, and so we're all happy for you in one way too, but we hate to lose you. hopefully you will be coming back at some point. maybe in a different capacity. you can have your pick. well, there aren't many people who get to leave the trump administration at the time of their choosing, and with the president sat alongside them paying tribute. as for nikki haley, she remained convinced of the merits of mr trump's foreign policy. look at what has happened in two years with the united states on foreign policy. now, the united states is respected. countries may not like what we do, but they respect

what we do. they know that if we say we're going to do something, we follow it through. and the president proved that. whether it was with the chemical weapons in syria, whether it's with nato, saying that other countries have to pay their share. whether it's the trade deals, which have been amazing. they get that the president means business and they follow through with that. i spoke to our north america correspondent, peter bowes, a short time ago. well, a lot of people are surprised by this. not many people knew about it. although the president saying that he was tipped off by nikki haley about six months ago of her intention to leave after about two years on the job. but it seems the vast majority of people, politicians and people across the country, have been surprised by this. she's certainly a popular character with the republicans, and donald trump's base, and i think a lot of people are rather sad that she's going in that respect, because she's a woman who speaks her mind. she is the most prominent female

member of donald trump's cabinet, and in that respect i think she's very valuable to him. and presumably, peter, it's feeding another round of the news cycle over there in the us. a lot of speculation she might run for president? that's being denied. well, it's certainly been denied and she denied it herself. in fact, shejumped in before reporters had the opportunity to ask the question, whether she would stand in 2020, and of course that would be opposite donald trump. she very quickly said she had no intention of doing that. in fact, that she would campaign for donald trump in 2020 to try to get him re—elected. but, of course, she didn't address the next election after that, 202a. that is around the time that a lot of people think she may well have her eyes set on the presidency herself. in the meantime she's not really

saying what she is planning to do. she says she wants to take a break from public service. a lot of speculation she might well go into the private sector and earn a little bit of money to start with. but then make a return to high—level politics. there is the scenario that some people are thinking about that if donald trump wins the next election in two years‘ time, he could bring her back in a very senior position, and that mightjust put her in the pole position to stand for president in the election after that. and that was peter bowes speaking with sharanjit leyl a little earlier. let's take a look at some of the day's other news, and florida is bracing itself for the arrival of hurricane michael. the storm has already caused damage in cuba, as you can see here, and is now packing winds of 110 miles per hour — that's almost 180 kilometres per hour. florida governor rick scott has described it as a monster, posing a serious threat to life. it's expected to make landfall in the coming hours along what's known as the panhandle on the gulf coast, near panama city beach.

cbs news correspondent hillary lane is there for us. residents in florida's panhandle are bracing for powerful hurricane michael. it's expected to be category 3 storm, and officials here say it could be catastrophic. we're still a day away from the storm and, as you can see, the wind has picked up. and look at the ocean. it's continually getting rougher with each passing hour. we're still hours and hours away from the storm. we've been speaking to people all around the panhandle. some people are staying put. they say they want to be here, they want to watch over their businesses, they want to watch over their homes. they‘ re getting supplies, they're getting water, peanut butter, they're getting bread. they have sold out a lot of stores like walmart. some people have already left. they have evacuated. they are heeding the warnings of officials. again, things are picking up steadily, and it'sjust expected

to get worse. officials are calling this a catastrophic storm. hillary lane, cbs news, for bbc news, panama city beach, florida. imf says the trade disputes could see volatility, interest—rate rises and brexit are all playing a part in increasing the risks of a widespread shock to the world's economies — we will bring you the full coverage live from bali in asia business report right after newsday. president trump says a second meeting with kim jong—un will be after the us mid—term elections on november the sixth. he has also said that three or four locations are under consideration, although singapore probably won't be the venue again. australia's government has rejected a report by the un's panel on climate change which urged countries to stop using coal by 2050 to avoid increasing

global temperatures. australia's deputy prime minister says coal plays an important part in the country's energy supply, and there are no plans to change that. from a cave in thailand to the presidential palace in argentina, the wild boars soccer team were dressed to impress as they met argentina's leader, mauricio macri. the boys, who made international headlines after being rescued from a flooded cave injuly, are in argentina to promote the youth olympic games. they were touring the palace in buenos aires when they stumbled across the president and vice president and captured the moment in an impromptu photo op. now, just take a look at this indoor parkour challenge. swiss freestyle skier andri ragettli set up this course as part of his training programme. we should say, we have sped it up a little bit, but you get the idea ofjust how tricky some of it is. it took him 53 attempts before

he came up with this perfect run. and i think he was pretty chuffed with it clearly there. for more than a million rohingya muslims, bangladesh was the only safe haven from the violence which drove them from their homes in myanmar‘s rakhine state. the influx of refugees has created huge pressure on resources in and around cox's bazaar, and now the bangladeshi authorities want to ease it, by relocating more than a hundred thousand people to a previously uninhabited island. yogita limaye reports. one year ago, this was a hastily set up camp. today, there's almost a sense of permanence here. bit by bit, people have been rebuilding lives shattered by unimaginable horror.

in its congestion and chaos, they have managed to find some peace. now, though, many worry about plans to send some refugees to a faraway island. this woman says she doesn't want to move again. she and her family fled myanmar in september last year. translation: i left everything behind, my house, my cattle and faced a lot of hardship. now we've just about settled down and they're talking about moving us to that island. i'm really scared. i don't want to go there. the government plans to move 100,000 refugees from cox's bazaar near the border with myanmar to the uninhabited island of vashan char in the bay of bengal. it only emerged from the sea less than 20 years ago. i have travelled 200 kilometres from the refugee camp to the city of chittagong. that was a six—hour road journey. from this journey by boat, it will take two or three hours,

or perhaps more, in that direction to get to the island of bashan char. right now the navy has restricted access to it, so this is as far as we can get, but we have been told that workers are in full swing to prepare the island to receive a mass of people. a chinese company has been constructing housing for the refugees. the island is vulnerable to frequent flooding and cyclones, so a british firm has been hired to build flood defences. bangladesh's government has said they are also setting up cyclone shelters. still, many are not convinced the island was a good choice. bashan char is something that has to be investigated by independent technical experts. is it logistically feasible to have a bunch of people on an island? how are they going to have food, how are they going to have medical supplies, how are they going to have

access humanitarian care? but authorities are under pressure to act. here in cox's bazaar, there's resentment about the influx of refugees. translation: we have become a minority in our own land and the rohingyas have become the locals. they're willing to work for cheap, so they take away all the jobs. so far the government has given no details of when the refugees might be moved or who might have to go. in a life full of uncertainties, this isjust one more thing that's unclear. yogita limaye, bbc news, cox's bazaar. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: chanting: turn it off! protests outside sydney opera house, as the iconic landmark is used as an advertising billboard. this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom.

they believe everything's going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded, and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade and ran towards the president, firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged. but, even as divers work to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. this is newsday on the bbc.

i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: donald trump has accepted the resignation of his ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley. she's dismissed speculation she's planning to run for president in 2020. hurricane michael is bearing down on america's gulf coast, bringing 100 mile an hour winds, and "life—threatening" storm surges. alabama, florida, and georgia have declared states of emergency. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the financial times leads on nikki haley's surprise resignation. the paper calls her departure a blow for president trump, as she becomes the third senior member of his foreign policy team to depart in the past seven months. the front page of the straits times

reports on the international monetary fund's revised outlook on global growth. citing various trade tensions around the world, global growth is expected to be point 2% lower than previously anticipated. -- 0.296. finally, the japan times reports on the 2018 nobel prize in economics being awarded to a leading climate change researcher. it suggests that the prize could give momentum to policies aimed at helping our planet — a particularly pertinent issue given monday's united nations climate report. that brings you up to date with some of the papers. now, kasia, an animal rescue in australia is proving popular online. yes, it's this footage of a baby whale being rescued off the coast of queensland. this calf became trapped in anti—shark nets.

rescuers from the australian sea world research and rescue foundation spent almost two hours trying to untangle the calf, as two adult whales, one believed to be the calf‘s mother, stayed nearby. and here's the calf moving freely through the water after the rescue. united nations officials say the humanitarian response must go ‘hand in hand' with longer—term recovery when it comes to dealing with events such as the recent earthquake and tsunami on the indonesian island of sulawesi, which claimed more than 2,000 lives last month. much of the city of palu was reduced to rubble and the focus must now be on rebuilding. earlier i spoke to achim steiner, head of the united nations development programme about how they go about achieving this. well, just like the national government, we in the united nations

also have two tracks of response, and also the longer—term recovery work. right now, these two are working side—by—side because the focus is on finding people, providing emergency supplies, but at the same time we have to help people reconstruct, so getting rubble out of the way, finding materials to rebuild houses, a lot has to go into building back better because we do not want to expose people to the same risks again in the future. indeed, but we know these are very large, complex problems, certainly an ongoing issue like the rohingya crisis, which another un agency has called a crime against inanity. that the deal with such complex, large problems affecting thousands of people? well, first of all by standing up for the fundamental rights that are enshrined in the human rights legislation exists internationally but also providing protection to the 700,000 refugees that bangladesh is currently hosting, at the same time, the united nations have engaged with myanmar to do an assessment and create conditions

where possible and deem them also either fit or not fit for people to begin returning. this is currently work that is under way and that we are very keen that the government of myanmar can speeded up, because without that, the return is unlikely to happen. we know that natural disasters occur will parts of asia, but there are some innovative projects as well in places like bangladesh that you are happy with. well, we have learnt over the last two years that sometimes civil servants can be great visionaries, embassy of, public service officials, one of them came up with an idea to be able to sell a piece of land much easier. these digital platforms have now led to actually having access points

all over the country, people have saved literally hundreds of millions of days they would have spent travelling through the capital. many more services are being provided and the access to information initially from bangladesh truly is an example of how poor people can benefit from platforms and far easier access. what about ongoing concerns though that is, obviously you're part of the united nations, the larger umbrella, that as an organisation it is not very effective at addressing a lot of global problems because it is simply struggled with bureaucracy? well, first of all we are an international organisation, an international civil service, so none of us are denying that we also face some of the challenges that come with it. but i think these generic critique sometimes also miss the point, the united nations everyday across the planet is part of keeping millions of people alive, in emergency situations, be it like in indonesia just now, when i havejust been, in north—east nigeria in chad, looking at the effects of civil war on terrorism, extremism, how it is affecting populations, how we can help you protect them and also bring them back to a place where development becomes an option.

we have literally thousands of colleagues across the world working on the front line of development and humanitarian aid and response, and i think these sort of generic accusations deserve to be answered that they are not the full truth, nor the reality, and a discussion will always take us closer to the truth and also remind people how important the united nations is when you are a victim of a natural disaster or human rights crime or many other incidents we very often, it might be the first to spot all the last one to stay with you. in terms of asia though, there are places that still need a lot of help. what areas are you focused on? asia is a continent of many different realities, so you have some of the most event nations here. we have a long history

of cooperation, almost 60 years old, from the beginning of the development of city states, but we also have countries that have people in poverty in large numbers. we also take practices and share them in other parts of the world, and i think often we do not celebrate breakthroughs, reduction of extreme poverty in this region has been phenomenal, not only in number terms. not only china, in the last ten years, india has halved the number of people in poverty. these are extraordinary numbers and we should look at the more closely because they actually demonstrate the development can work, and we have every reason to believe that the sustainable development goals are in fact the framework of the investment to a more sustainable, equitable future. the head of the un's development programme speaking. should a landmark be used as an advertising billboard? that's the question in sydney right now, where the world famous

opera house is at the centre of a growing row. this was the scene as protestors tried to disrupt a light show which is promoting a horse race. they tried to blank out the message using their own lights — though it didn't quite work. they object to the public building being used in this way but officials say the money raised will come in very handy. the board of the sydney opera house had originally voted against the advert — as phil mercer explains. the board of the sydney opera house said last week that plans to make commercial use of the famous sails was inappropriate, then we have the intervention from the new south wales state premier, gladys berejiklian. she overturned the management's decision and allowed this promotion to go ahead, the state government's argument is that it is good for the economy and called for tourism and that this horse race, called the everest,

that will take place at the randwick racecourse in sydney on sunday would inject about $70 million into the new south wales economy. so this is a debate really about culture against commercialisation. there are many people who would support the state government, but many other australians believe that this decision has demeaned australia's most famous building. and there has been a huge backlash, not only on online protest but as we saw, those images of protestors trying to blank out the advert itself. protestors have vented their anger not only with their smart phones and their keyboards, more than a quarter of a million people signed an online petition calling for the promotion to be cancelled, but hundreds, if not a few thousand people gathered at the sydney opera house last night to shine their torches, their lasers, and their mobile phone torches out that installation, to try to disrupt it. it did not really work but the point was made, and they believe that this very famous building, it was opened by queen elizabeth in 1973, it should not be besmirched in this way and their argument

is that these famous sails are clearly not for sale. not for sale, these sails. but these sails had been used for promotional purposes before though, a slightly different way. yes, for cultural and arts events, they do light up the sydney opera house sails to celebrate say the vivid light festival, which is an annual event that attracts tens of thousands of people into the heart of australia's biggest city. the wallabies, australia's international rugby side, we celebrated in 2015, they will put onto the side of the sails. and when australia won the ashes, against england, a similar honour was paid to them. but the opponents of this particular move say it is crass commercialisation that has demeaned this monument.

i think that phil has the headline for that, sails for sale. you have been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. stay with us. we have normal life returning to palu. how people are recovering in the devastated indonesian town and how they are returning to work. it is good to see them coming back to some sort of normality. we will leave you on a high with these pictures from albuquerque, new mexico. it is where the annual balloon festival is taking to the skies. more than 500 hotair balloons are taking part under the theme get carried away. it claims to be the largest gathering of balloons and balloonists in the world. good luck to them. hello.

we will start the day with some sunshine and end with something quite different, but for wednesday, the sunshine we saw on tuesday across england and wales extends across northern ireland and scotland. finally we say goodbye to this rain bearing front. however, it is all change again by the time we get to friday. potentially some disruptive, wet and windy weather pushing across the uk, but we will talk about that in more detail in just a moment's time. first wednesday, which is going to be a fine, dry day, plenty of sunshine across the uk. there will be a bit more cloud for the north and west of scotland, but it will soon thin and break. you can see how that warmth extends across england and wales into northern ireland and scotland. temperatures widely in the high teens, low 20 celsius, perhaps even 23 or 2a for east anglia and south—east england. skies will turn hazy across the south—west in southern england later in the day. outbreaks of rain pushing their way northwards overnight into south—west england, wales, northern ireland, the midlands. northwest england staying mostly dry across scotland and the east of england.

this is what you expect by day at this time of year. also a very mild night as we go into thursday. thursday is going to be a transition day, we have not one but two cold fronts moving their way across england. patches of early—morning rain in south—west england. more rain arriving into south—west england. it will eventually push its way up into the midlands and north—west england. ahead of this, we have still got some warmth across east anglia, south—east england. 21 or 22 celsius there. we will start to see something cooler further right. then some very cool weather potentially friday. the deep area of low pressure, tightly packed isobars, gales. multiple heavy warnings in place at the moment.

the front will be pushing its way across the uk, bringing heavy rain to the west of scotland, wales and south—west england. that rain may not get across to the far south—east of england until late in the day. these are the average, sustained winds, but the gales could well get up to 50 or 60 miles an hour, maybe even higher. some potentially disruptive winds, keep an eye on warnings. there are lots of them and they are all on our website. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news. our top story: donald trump has accepted the resignation of his ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley. she resigned from her un post earlier on tuesday, fuelling speculation that she has presidential ambitions. but in her resignation letter to president trump, she said she'd support his re—election bid. residents on the coast of florida have been warned that hurricane michael could bring a storm surge of up to 3.5 metres when it makes landfall on wednesday.

thousands have been told to leave what oficials are calling the monster storm. and this video is trending on bbc.com: it's of a baby whale being rescued off the coast of queensland. rescuers spent almost two hours trying to untangle the calf from shark nets, as two adult whales, one believed to be the calf‘s mother, stayed nearby. that is it from me. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: the brexit secretary, dominic raab, says the government is closing in on workable solutions in the search for an agreement