you're watching bbc news. our top story: exit polls from india's general election suggest the current prime minister, narendra modi, is set to win a second term in office. mr modi's bjp party has welcomed the predictions pointing to their increased majority of seats in parliament. you're watching newsday on the bbc. the official count doesn't i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. begin until thursday. the headlines: google has cut huawei from some updates to the android operating system. the move comes days after the us india's governing party, the bjp, announced it was blacklisting welcomes the latest exit polls the chinese tech firm. and this video is suggesting narendra modi is on track for a second term as pm. trending on bbc.com. a dramatic escalation in us tensions harry and meghan have released with chinese tech firms as google new photos on instagram, limits cooperation with huawei. to mark the first anniversary of their marriage last year. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. the royal couple thanked also in the programme: their followers for "all the love and support from so many". that's all. stay with bbc world news. how good is that when? well done. data win. —— win.

with final votes being counted in australia, prime minister scott morrison is one seat away from an outright majority. and we hearfrom one of bollywood's upcoming stars — radhika — and hertake on film censorship. what we need is more sex education, not banning things. everything is available, you can go and watch whatever you want. but you need a sex education, not the other way around. love from our studios in singapore, and london. —— live. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. there good morning. it's 7:00am in singapore, midnight in london and approaching 5:00am in delhi, where narendra modi's party says it is on course for a win in the country's mammoth general election. exit polls are pointing to the bjp increasing its majority of seats in parliament. here's how the parties

have responded. transition back the country will once again get narendra modi as a prime minister. -- translation:. prime minister. -- translation: . the prime minister. -- translation:. the issues on the ground a different than the issues on tv. these exit polls are not exact poles. not exact polls. the elections have been wrong before in exit polls, no surprise in a country where perhaps 900 million people are eligible to vote. the way exit polls are conducted is by having a person stand outside a vaulting booth and asking what person they have chosen. this is not entirely reliable, but having said

that, the four biggest exit polls show that narendra modi and his bjp party will be back in power. narendra modi achieve that —— achieved that previously achieving an absolute majority. can he do that again in 2019? the votes are counted on thursday, we have an election special that will bring you that final result. the bjp, mr modi is a hindu nationalist. 0ver final result. the bjp, mr modi is a hindu nationalist. over the last five years in power he has not delivered on policy, he has played on identity politics that india is more divided than ever on cast lines. but his supporters will say he is the only one able to deliver

sustained development and anyone who has —— the only one who has brought solid steps towards corruption. those results on thursday, we will bring to you. there are a few days to go into we find the resulting india. you canjoin us for our special live coverage from daily throughout the day on thursday. we will bring you all the news is the result come in. from india to australia, where another prime minister has reason to be cheerful. ‘scomo' — the australian prime minister scott morrison is edging towards a majority as the final votes are counted after saturday's election. his conservative coalition is currentlyjust one seat short of a majority. that's a surprise outcome because polls there were predicting a narrow win for the opposition labor party. 0ur correspondent hywel griffith is outside parliament in canberra and joins me now.

good morning. good to see you. i'm assuming a good newspaperfront page for scomo? absolutely. he called the result is a miracle. the australian held him the missile from the shire. you can see the cronulla sharks there was the there he is celebrating. the sharks didn't win, but scott morrison is australie's big winner. the sydney morning herald is talking about the morrison era beginning. the reason they are talking about him, not as government is because he thought this campaign front and centre. all about him and his trustworthiness. him and his ‘daggy dad' persona. he his trustworthiness. him and his 'daggy dad' persona. he said his trustworthiness. him and his ‘daggy dad' persona. he said he would look after the successful economy and very much talk about labor's inability to manage money. that was a direct campaign tactic that really paid off for scott morrison and brought him victory.

how great a victory? we still don't know. counting is still ongoing, a quarter of the votes are left account and that will have an effect on the parliament behind me. the coalition thinks they are pretty solid on 75 so theyjust need one more seat to come in their favour to deliver a majority for scott morrison. how disappointed will labor be? disappointed enough for bill shorten, the labour leader to quit immediately as labor leader on saturday night —— labor leader. didn't see this coming, a list publicly. he looked very confident. understand now that some of the private bowling and the parties had adjusted they were struggling, particularly with what some would consider working—class folks as people in rural areas where coal mines are important didn't really believe that changes on climate change would be help call to them.

so bill shorten, the labor leader has already quit, we are seeing a restarting up to lead labor, but they have to look through their failures before they rebuild themselves for another election in three years. thank you. 0k. also making news today: google has suspended business with the chinese mobile phone giant huawei, potentially cutting off its android devices from updates to popular google apps and services used around the world. the move comes several days after the us commerce department announced it was blacklisting huawei over concerns that its equipment could be used by the chinese government to spy on american networks. we will have more on that next. 17 people have been injured in an explosion that hit a tourist bus in egypt's capital, cairo. the blast went off close to a prestigious new museum, near the pyramids. the bus was carrying a party of south african tourists.

it's not known who was behind the bombing, but tourists have been targetted by islamist militants in egypt in the recent past. president trump has issued a stern warning to iran not to threaten american interests. in a tweet, he said that if iran wanted to fight, that would be the end of the country. mr trump's warning came as tensions have been rising over the deployment of a us carrier group and long—range bombers to the gulf. rescuers have helped hundreds of hikers who were stuck overnight on a mountain onjapan‘s yakushima island because of heavy rainfall. around 12 centimetres of rain hit the area on saturday, with flooding and mudslides blocking roads. officials say 314 people were stranded. some were forced to sleep out on the mountainside, but most took shelter in their vehicles. translation: the trails were like cascades. it was pouring all day.

translation: the trails were like cascades. it was pouring all daym wasn't good, but the radar showed not much problem. i've never experienced such a rough weather. in russia, these fans of game of thrones have been dressing up as their favourite characters to while away the wait for the show‘s finale. as you can see some of them posing for photos at a cosplay event in moscow. some of them are pretty good, aren't they? pretty accurate. after thrilling viewers for eight series the show‘s final episode will be broadcast in under two hours' time. there lets go back to the australian elections. a moment ago we heard from our respondent in canberra. now we can hear from from our respondent in canberra. now we can hearfrom beijing from from our respondent in canberra. now we can hear from beijing from the former labor by minister kevin rudd who was in office from 2007 to 2010 and again in 2013. locums of the programme, mr rudd. this has got to bea programme, mr rudd. this has got to be a sense of deja vu for you,

serving as the performer by minister yourself. not a great result for yourself. not a great result for your party, labor, but, first off, i got to ask you what you make of these election results? well, obviously it's disappointing for the australian labor party and it's also disappointing for the future of progressive politics in my own country, australia, as well. and i think one of the things missing from the national and global commentary on this most recent australian election is the overwhelming force of the murdoch media's campaign against the labor party in australia. this is notjust the london son, notjust fox news in america —— sun. mr murdoch control 70% of the print readership in australia. for the last six years, his empire in australia have run an ideological campaign against the labor party, fully supported at the

same time by successive conservative governments, making it difficult for the australian labor party to punch a message through. media aside, mr rudd, we know there have been no rule changes in terms of policies, rule changes in terms of policies, rule changes in terms of policies, rule changes within the party. that means whoever wins, of course scott morrison looks like he is slated to, he will be the first leader since 2007 to survey full—time. what do you make of that? well, we will see what happens with the future leadership. people are assuming this isa leadership. people are assuming this is a miraculous conservative party win in australia, they will barely just fall across the line, that is the reality. this party for six yea rs has the reality. this party for six years has had a very big history of internal personality divisions and ideological divisions between a far right and ideological divisions between a far rightand a ideological divisions between a far right and a more moderate but reclining wing of the party. so let's see what it actually produces. but, you said before, leaving media

questions to one side, and i know why public what casters do that. this is a central debate for the future of australian democracy. the ability to get a message through when officially you have a coalition through between conservative parties and the murdoch party, which doesn't run as a news organisation, it effectively runs as a hard right ideological movement. let's take a look at that message. you know there have been big four leadership challenges since 2014. leadership has been a big issue in australian politics. you were very much part of that turn as well of leaders in australia. so why in australian politics — why does it seem so dysfunctional to outside viewers? well, we did have a series of very sharp internal debates and disagreements within the australian labor party. but my own precondition

for returning to the party's leadership and prime ministership in 2013 was to change the rules. so that now, if you wish to become a leader of the labor party, the bottom line is it is now a complex process involving a vote of 50% from the parliamentary members of the party, 50% from the entire national membership of the party. the result of that is that it vends any as it were, midnight parliamentary coups against parliamentary leadership —— it prevents. as a result of that for six years we have had one political leader, mr shorten, he's worked very ha rd leader, mr shorten, he's worked very hard in getting labor's message out to the community. the conservatives have said they should adopt a similar rule because they have decapitated three as it were of their own leaders in that period of time. even the division amongst voters and parties, will there be any cohesive polities that we will see out of the government there?

what is fascinating about the election is that the labor party, despite the fact that it lost, ran a comprehensive policy programme for the future. the conservatives ran because they have deduced it works politically, a fear —based campaign as labor as politically, a fear —based campaign as laboras an politically, a fear —based campaign as labor as an alternative manager of the economy. i'm somewhat get the goal of where the policy agenda of this government will go. the challenge for australia is the driest continent on earth and the world in what we have seen recently on the future of biodiversity in the un. what will the re—elected government now do on climate change and are obligations under the paris treaty. this conservative government has been as bad as president trump on this question. thank you so much for joining on this question. thank you so much forjoining us there, former minister of australia kevin rudd. us president donald trump has come

out with a clear pro—life statement on abortion amid controversy surrounding changes to the law in several states. this year alone, eight have voted to either ban abortions or further restrict the time limits on when they can take place. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler reports. my body! in state after state, america's laws are being challenged in a battle over what many women regard as their right to abortion. and with court challenges planned and an election looming, it's one of the most divisive issues in a country already ripped apart by politics. two decades ago, president trump was quoted as calling himself pro—choice, but his position was very different by the time he reached the campaign trail in 2016. many of his supporters were and remain christian evangelicals, and as he ran for the presidency, his position aligned with theirs. do you believe in punishment

for abortion, yes or no? the answer is that there has to be some form of punishment. for the woman? yeah, there has to be some form. however, in a tweet, donald trump has now clarified that he is strongly pro—life with three exceptions — rape, incest and protecting the life of the mother. that's a more liberal position than the laws some in his party have been voting for. should a child, a life inside a mother's womb, be killed due to the actions of its parents? in the last week alone, two republican—led states, missouri and alabama, passed new, stricter legislation. neither of the bills had exceptions for cases where the mother had been the victim of rape or incest. the fact that donald trump is marking his view out as different might be a sign that he's worried about how some voters will react, particularly women, ahead of next year's presidential election. certainly, the democrats seem determined to make abortion a key

issue in 2020. this is happening across the country, and people need to know what's going on here. this is a violation of civil rights. republicans seem determined to push this issue in individual states in an attempt to get america's abortion laws challenged here at the us supreme court. more than 45 years ago, the famous case roe v wade established a woman's right to choose an abortion. but donald trump has appointed newjustices that have given this court a conservative majority. what they're going to do is, they're not going to outlaw abortion, but they're going to make it so difficult to get. ahead of 2020, on abortion and so much else, these states could hardly be less united. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. still to come on the programme.

bollywood star radhika speaks to the bbc — about film censorship in india. this morning an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage. in doing so it has become the first country in the world to approve the change in a national referendum. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it has been a peaceful funeral demonstration so far but suddenly the police are tear gassing the crowd. we don't yet know why. the pre—launch ritual is well established here. helen was said to be in good spirits butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country and the challenges ahead are daunting but for now, at least, it is time to celebrate.

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. our top stories. exit polls in india suggest prime minister modi is on course to win the general election — his bjp party welcomes the predictions. reports suggest google has suspended business with huawei days after the us announced it was blacklisting the chinese tech firm. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with the south china morning post, which says it has an exclusive story about the american chamber of commerce in hong kong. the group is anxious to shield hong kong's special trading status

from any damage caused by the brewing trade war between china and the us. the japan times front page looks forward to the forthcoming summit between donald trump and prime minister shinzo abe. it says the two leaders may not issue a joint statement after their tokyo meeting, to avoid exposing differences over north korea and trade issues. finally, a heartwarming story from the straits times. a tibetan buddhist temple has marked vesak day by holding an adoption drive for stray dogs. the animals were blessed with holy water before being found new homes. let's return to our top story now: india's governing bjp party says narendra modi is on course to serve another term as prime minister, following the first exit polls in the country's general election. sumit ganguly, an expert in indian politics at indiana university, gives us his take on the mammoth

election process. this is being an intense election and there has been mudslinging on the part of the bjp but the principal opposition party is not to be out done, though clearly the bjp took the lead in the matter and there were a number of issues under discussion, the congress highlighted blue rural distress, they highlighted the lack of employment, they highlighted the failure of democratisation. narendra modi primarily focused on muscular foreign policy, toughness towards pakistan and a series of nationalist appeals to large sections of the population. you mentioned his muscularforeign policy population. you mentioned his muscular foreign policy among population. you mentioned his muscularforeign policy among other things. we know he is an incredibly divisive digger. how will his potential win go down with the international community? it depends who wants talking to on the international community? 0ther

populist authoritarian leaders will not bat an eyelid at his wind —— win. in fact, they will welcome it. perhaps in western europe, the reaction will be somewhat more cautious, somewhat more circumspect but ultimately, other national leaders will eventually say look, this is the will of the indian people and we have to respect the will of the indian people and consequently, we need to work with modi. know we this election is conducted in seven phases, a mammoth task considering it involves nearly a billion eligible voters. what will this result mean? once again, it means who one talks to. 0bviously for supporters of the indian national congress and various regional parties which may not fare very well, if the exit polls are to be believed, then for them, this

will be a source of considerable distress and a source of considerable concern. 0n the other hand, for modi's supporters, they will be jubilant. one of india's most acclaimed modern actors says the country needs better sex education, rather than banning films with explicit content. bbc asian network's haroon rashid met radhika aptay in london. radhika aptay is fast becoming one of the most recognised indian actresses globally after having starred in three netflix originals in 2018. sacred games was the first net licks original series from india. how different was that filmmaking experience compared to other bollywood productions you've been part of? first of all, it's challenging, it's nicer because you do —— doing something, not worried about words and content, you are

openly expressing them. i do feel that this freedom is very, very, very important so i think that's one aspect and i just think that the bollywood marketing and doing publicity, that netflix was very well organised. there was a lot of violence and use of expletives in sacred games and sexual content. such content would normally face censorship in shoes in india. what is your experience been like with the country's certification board?|j don't the country's certification board?” don't think there should be the censorship board as it is, i don't understand these bans on censorship. what we need is more sex education, not banning things. everything is available, you can go watch whatever you want. one of your films, parched, did well but not so well at

the box office. given those kind of films, do they have a different distribution model?” films, do they have a different distribution model? i know when you have a film or a series on a digital platform, the reaches to a different kind of audience. it reaches the world extremely fast and the kind of people, it's a little different. it's not necessarily completely different, it's it's not necessarily completely different, its exclusive. it's not necessarily completely different, it's exclusive. radhika aptay also started to hit hollywood films last year, the first mainstream hindi film to tackle menstrual health in the country. this giant border statue is being built in hanoi. at 72 metres tall and once completed will be the biggest such adverse —— effigy in all of southeast asia. hundreds of

worshippers gathered there to market the most important holiday in the buddhist calendar. hello there. the weather is not looking too bad over the next few days. a mixture of dried spells and if few passing showers but the temperatures are going to be doing reasonably well over the next few days, pushing into the low 20s in the next four spots. we will look at what happen yesterday weatherwise and we had plenty of showers around, stretching from dorset across the midlands and into lincolnshire is where we had the heaviest downpours caused by the winds bashing together, the forced to rise, making these big showers that were heavy and slow—moving in nature. the rain coming down so heavily in warwickshire that it was bouncing off the roads on the pavements. why ami off the roads on the pavements. why am i telling you about this? we will see similar things setting up later

on today, i will explain more in the moment but over the next few hours, a lot of cloud around, fog patches, lincolnshire, north—east england, northeast scotland. still a few showers in the north—west but it's not going to be a cold start to the day. temperatures 8—12. as we go through monday morning, the weather again and will slowly brighten up with some sunny intervals breaking out, probably the best of these across wales and south—west england. these convergence zones, one across wales and south—west england. these convergence zones, one of them affecting eastern scotland, this is where you are most likely to catch a shower, slow—moving, heavy, thundery as well. a few showers for northern ireland and wales. whether sunshine does come through, it should feel reasonably pleasant. looking at the

weather picture into tuesday, pressure starts to build across western parts of the country and at the same time, a weak weather front across the far north of scotland, bringing thicker cloud and threatening rain may be into the —— mainly into the northern isles. a few showers popping up on the particularly across eastern areas of england. more of us should enjoy more ina england. more of us should enjoy more in a way of dry weather, particularly across western parts of the uk. 0n until wednesday, pressure builds a sofa most of us, a dry day with sunshine. the obvious exception is across northern scotland we have cloudy weather, outbreaks of rain sitting in the rain accompanied by northerly winds are quite a cold day in lerwick, temperatures coming down in aberdeen and the best of the sunshine further south, still feeling pleasant with temperatures into the low 20s. as we get towards the end of the week, it looks like low pressure will move in in one geyser another so a greater chance seeing some rain by friday stop 00:28:51,079 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 that's your weather.