welcome to newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon, in london. the headlines: protests as the uk government announces that parliament will be suspended for more than four weeks in the run—up to brexit. critics say it's a constitutional outrage. what the prime minister is doing is a sort of smash and grab on our democracy. he is acting like some kind of tinpot dictator. the move's being challenged in the courts, but the prime minister maintains mps will still get the chance to have their say on brexit. ample time, in parliament, for mps to debate, the eu to debate brexit and all the other issues. i'm sharanjit leyl, in singapore.

also in the programme: why wild boar are becoming a headache in the crowded city of hong kong sixteen—year—old climate change campaigner greta thunberg arrives in new york by boat, for a un summit on climate change. i want to thank everyone is so much, everyone who is here, and everyone who is involved in this climate fight because this is a fight across borders, across continents. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. it's 8am in singapore and 1am here in london where there's been fierce criticism

from all sides of the announcement that britain's parliament will be suspended next month for more than four weeks. the decision, approved by the queen, means that members of parliament who want to prevent the united kingdom from leaving the european union withouta deal on the thirty—first of october, have even less time to try and do that. the prime minister, borisjohnson, insists his move is all about getting on with the country's future. our political editor, laura kuenssberg reports. shutting up shop — at the prime minister's request, the gates will clang shut here for an extra few days next month. debates won't take place, mps won't vote or stand in the way of borisjohnson. we are bringing forward a new legislative programme on crime, on hospitals, and making sure that we have the education funding that we need. and there will be ample time on both sides of that crucial october the 17th summit, ample time, in parliament for mps

to debate the eu, to debate brexit and all the other issues. ample time. it is not unusual for a new prime minister to close parliament for a short while to press reset, to announce a new programme of what they want to do. but it's intensely controversial to do it now. one former minister told me it's a declaration of war, and certainly the first big shot in a fight that's been brewing since borisjohnson moved into number ten. and the outrage is shared by senior tories, too. at a time of national crisis, parliament must be able to meet, to hold the government to account, to represent our constituents, the electorate, up and down the country. suspending parliament is not acceptable, it's not on. what the prime minister is doing is a sort of smash and grab on our democracy in order to force through a no deal exit from the european union. what's he so afraid of? he's acting like some kind of tinpot dictator.

frankly, it's not acceptable and, if mps don't stop it, then it's no exaggeration, it's not hyperbole to say this is the day any semblance of uk parliamentary democracy absolutely dies. even the speaker, who is meant to be impartial, let his fury be shown. he said he'd had no contact from the government, but this move represents "a constitutional outrage". he went on to say... ministers are all too aware this is controversial, and won't be surprised by an onslaught of scrutiny. rteporter: are we in a constitutional crisis? sorry, i'm just got to go. not exactly all forward about making the case today. but the move was officially sealed with the queen by a trio of conservative privy councillors, who disturbed her majesty's own summer recess, at her balmoral estate

in the highlands, today. reporter: are you trying to avoid scrutiny in parliament? certainly not, no. are you worried about a legal challenge? this is a completely proper constitutional procedure. all entirely normal, the leader of the commons told us at the airport later. and brexit backers, guess what, back this, too. the prime minister is entitled to go to her majesty, the queen, to seek a new queen's speech, particularly as a new leader and a new prime minister. he wants to set out his domestic agenda, and i don't think there's anything unusual about that. boris johnson wants to write himself into history as the prime minister who did what it took to get brexit done, but the methods he will pursue to do that, could make or break him, too. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. so what is the eu making of all this? our europe editor katya adler is in brussels. this idea of suspending parliament and the arguments for and against,

at such a sensitive time in the uk politics, is seen very much here as a domestic issue. the german chancellor angela merkel and the eu commissioner refused to comment but it leads to questions about taking actions like this, has the prime minister made eu leaders set up and realise he's serious about pursuing a no—deal brexit if you cannot get a new agreement with them. the answer is, they already know he is serious and that knowledge has not sent them scurrying away in panic trying to find any kind compromise to avoid a no—deal brexit. also making news today. italy's populist five star movement and the centre— left democratic party have told the country's president that they're prepared to form a coalition government. the move sidelines the far—right league, whose leader — matteo salvini — brought down

the previous coalition. our correspondent in rome, james reynolds, has more. italian government do not last all that long and they might have to find more common ground than the simple mutual distrust of a single person, matteo salvini. they may have to find common ground on europe, on migration. elections are not due until 2023 so it might last for some time. matteo salvini's gamble to take ultimate power might see him in opposition benches for three orfour years. almost all of an indigenous territory has been burnt down in the amazon basin. the two thousand square kilometre reservation is home to the xavante people. earlier, brazil's president jair bolsonaro said that south american countries will meet next week to discuss a coordinated response to the fires. pro—independence protests in indonesia's papua and west papua provinces have resulted in violence for a second week. police say gunfire killed one soldier and two

activists on wednesday. the government has cut internet access in the region. at least 25 people have been killed in a fire at a bar in mexico that police say was lit deliberately by gang members. eleven other people were badly injured. mexican media have reported that the bar was peppered with gunfire and that molotov cocktails were thrown inside. over 800,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes across parts of south—western japan as heavy rains continue to hit the region. the unprecedented levels of rain have caused rivers to flood, and could trigger landslides or submerge houses. three people have been reported to have died and authorities have issued a level five warning the highest level. tropical storm dorian has now increased to a category one

hurricane and it is expected to strengthen even further in the coming days. a state of emergency was declared for the us territory of puerto rico on monday but, as david begnaud from cbs news reports, the island was lucky this time to have missed the worst of the storm. it is quiet. puerto rico was not lashed by the hurricane, they dodged a bullet and it is all but over. the storm has tracked north—eastward over the last 24 2a hours, so much so that the main island of puerto rico has been essentially spared. that is the great news. the islands off the coast of the main island are receiving heavy wind, heavy rain but nothing that cannot be managed. i spoke with the federal emergency management agency which has representatives on both islands and they report that the power is on, there is no emergency nor trees down all power poles down.

n opower poles down. everything is fine. the us virgin islands is taking a battering from the hurricane. there we see wind and rain, heavy windfall and rainfall and winds that you would normally see in a hurricane, swing left and right. it is unclear if the power has gone out. i tried to get an answer but have been unable to. the british virgin islands are also being hit hard right now all the attention is focusing on where dorian is heading. it has strengthened to 80 miles an hour and it is, as you look at the national hurricane centre projection, headed towards florida and by the time it gets there it could be a major hurricane. potentially category three. as wildfires continue to rage in brazil's amazon rainforest, more forest fires are burning on the other side of the world: indonesia is also facing a devastating crisis. four provinces have declared a disaster. fires started a month ago, and parts of palm oil and timber concessions owned by 10 companies have been sealed on borneo island.

the fires have also hit the national park in riau province, which is home to critically endangered tigers and elephants. i spoke to helena varkkeym senior lecturer at the department of international and strategic studies at the university of malaya about the damage the fires have caused. the level of pollution is quite bad but not as bad as 2015. it has rained so riau has cleared up. malaysia, we have seen quite bad levels but still under control. under control but still a terrible thing that is a recurring and happens over the course of many years. why hasn't the problem of intergovernmental meetings, we have had lots of them,

why hasn't the problem of tackling transboundary haze been fixed? mainly it is very much to do with how much indonesia can do on their side. there is only so much we can decide in any meetings. indonesia decides what kind of help and preventative measures take place before we get assistance so at the moment indonesia is handling it internally and they have been doing it, this has been the trend for the past few years, so hoping there can be more cooperation to come. you have studied this for many years. how would you assess indonesia's handling of the situation? are they doing enough to try to quell it? jokowi the indonesian leader has been very active in this. he is put in a lot of effort. when he first started government

in 2015, he was very active in putting a lot of measures, he put in the peatland restoration agency and he also promised he would release a lot of data that we were lacking to understand fires properly and in the beginning he did do a lot of what he promised however along the years, i suppose because of different priorities and good weather, this focus has dropped off. however, the weather became dry again this year and we see that because of the discontinuity of these efforts, we have high risk again. who is most affected by this? in malaysia and singapore we get the haze but the people on the ground in riau other areas are the ones who have epi up

to thousands while here we have a few hundred. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we look at the increasing numbers of wild boar that live in hong kong also on the programme. uproar over the decision to suspend the uk's parliament with weeks to go until brexit. so, what next? we'll hear live from our political correspondent at westminster he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange glowing disc that's brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet mars. horn toots there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor

as the world's newest nation. it will take months and billions of dollars to repair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years. so it was with great satisfaction that clockmakerjohn vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. big ben bongs this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm rico hizon in london. our top stories. there've been protests and widespread criticism of the british government as it suspends parliament for nearly five weeks in the run—up to brexit. the move's being challenged in the courts, but the government maintains mps will still have time for a proper debate.

let's take a look at some front pages here in the uk now. as expected, brexit is dominating the headlines. here's the daily telegraph which supports prime minister boris johnson. it says mrjohnson's allies have hit back at critics who say his decision to pro—rogue parliament is undemocratic — government supporters say it's mrjohnson's duty to deliver brexit and leave the eu. but many other papers have been critical. the independent has gone with a damning headline, "the johnson coup". its main hashtag #stopthecoup has been used thousands of times on twitter, along with other trending hashtags like #dictatorship. and the mirror, again tearing into the prime minister. he's being described as a rogue "tinpot dictator" here, calling his gamble to strike up another deal with the eu "reckless".

well, the bbc‘s uk political correspondent nick eardley has been following the day's events, he gave me the latest. the government is absolutely insistent that it is fair game for it to do this, to shut down parliament for five weeks as it gets ready to introduce a new legislative agenda. and it says there will be time for mps to properly discuss brexit. next week when we come back from the summer recess and in a few weeks time when they return in mid october. but as you say, there is absolute fury at westminster, amongst opposition mps and several conservatives as well who think that borisjohnson, in doing this, is trying to limit their time to figure out what they want from brexit. there is also a lot of talk right now that when mps return from the summer recess next week there will be a one—week window and they could basically table a vote of no—confidence

during this period. what is more likely than a vote of no confidence at the moment is that those mps will try and fast track a piece of legislation, to create a law which is designed to bind the hands of the government when it comes to a no deal brexit. borisjohnson has said no matter what the uk will leave on october 31. as we know there is no prospect at the moment of an imminent break through with brussels. although borisjohnson says that remains a possibility. what these mps want to do is tell borisjohnson that if he gets to the end of october and it looks like it will be no deal, by law you must ask for an extension to stop the uk leaving without a deal. some of those pursuing that legislation next week are optimistic they can do it quickly, get it done before parliament is packed up forfive weeks ahead of another legislative agenda. but there is no guarantee at all that they will be

successful. it is a big question right now, can the government suspend parliament? is that legal? the simple answer is yes. under the unwritten uk constitution it is up to the prime minister to go to the queen and say i wish to start a new term of parliament and we need to pack the place up. what is different this time is the context, the fact that the uk is so close to a brexit deadline, almost exactly two months until the uk is due to leave and boris johnson says it definitely will. and the length of time that mps are being sent home for. it is five weeks. it is not always that long and the conclusion is that numerous people are drawing is that borisjohnson is trying to limit their time to discuss ways to thwart this brexit plan. government insist it is not about that but that is what many people think.

it's one of the world's most densely populated cities — but hong kong is facing overcrowding of another kind. an increasing number of wild boars are roaming into urban areas and posing a threat to humans. authorities are running a pilot programme which includes sterilisation to keep the city's unlikely residents under control. angelica jopson reports. crashing through ceilings. parading through picnics. strolling down streets. in hong kong, pigs are a problem. usually spotted in country parks, the animals are increasingly turning up in urban areas. complaints about them have tripled in the past few years. a woman was injured by this boar which wandered into a train station. after an hour—long stand—off with police

it was tranquilized and taken away but not before injuring itself trying to escape. they are not a predator so they will not attack people for food. but if provoked they could have some self defence behaviour and might cause a serious injury. the pigs are coming out of their natural habitat to find food, especially if it is offered by humans. officials say that educating people is essential. there are two groups of people. some of them so much that they feed them every day and some people are so afraid that whenever they see a pig they call us to take it away. and i would say generally in hong kong people do not want us to kill the pig. and that is why we have a contraception programme. nighttime operations round—up and tranquilise the animals. after vaccinating and sterilising them they are fitted with a gps collar and released back into the wild.

the aim is to keep pig numbers down but as the population of hong kong increases and the city expands is this the best solution for both man and animal? climate change activist, greta thunberg, has arrived in new york after sailing across the atlantic ocean. the 16—year—old set off from the uk two weeks ago, to attend two climate change summits in the us. she wanted to travel by sea to minimise her carbon footprint. along the way, miss thunberg gave updates about her trip on social media. the bbc‘s chris buckler, reports from new york. when world leaders travelled to the united nations, they rarely get a reception like this. the un brought out a flotilla of boats to welcome a 16—year—old schoolgirl — it's a sign of how much of a figurehead greta

thunberg has become. greta has come to new york to raise concerns about climate change but even the journey itself was intended to send a message. she would not fly, because of the environmental impact, instead she spent two weeks on a yacht, powered only by the wind and sun. the ground is still shaking for me so, but i want to thank everyone so much, everyone who is here and everyone who is involved in this climate fight because this is a fight across borders, across continents. the whole trip was designed to attract publicity. from the online map tracking greta's progress, to the twitter account posts from the branded boat. the malizia is a racing yacht, fitted with underwater turbines and solar panels. it is designed for long distances,

even in rough weather. we are currently doing between 20 and 25 knots. last night we hit 30 knots and we are about 300 miles away from nova scotia and it is very rocky, very high ways. but just as difficult as the sailing have been some of the questions about it. this was promoted as a trip designed to have a zero carbon footprint, but there have been reports that, in order to get the yacht back to europe, some crewmembers are having to be flown to america. greta thunberg has become the face of a campaign and, having made it across continents, she will be a key voice at the next month's un climate action summit here in new york. she also plans to travel to chile for another conference at the end of the year and how she gets there and makes it back to europe in an environmentally friendly way is an answer her team is still trying to answer. chris buckler, bbc news, new york.

you have been watching newsday. i'm rico hizon in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. stay with us. coming up — putting the brakes on india's car industry. we will see how the slowdown in india's economy has affected the country's car market and why thousands ofjobs are at risk. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures. a volcano on italy's stromboli island has erupted again. these pictures have been shared across social media, showing the ash cloud rising up. a river of lava flowed into the sea and set vegetation on fire. no injuries have been reported but planes have been deployed to drop water on fires caused by the lava. this eruption appears to be stronger than one in july which killed a hiker and forced tourists to dive into the sea as rocks rained down.

that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hi there. temperatures still made the mid 20 celsius across the south—east of the country on wednesday but as these weather fronts move through they have introduced fresher conditions off the atlantic. low pressure is now in charge of the weather as we head on into the end of the week. in fact, a fair amount of rain in the forecast for northern and western areas. thursday is looking fairly unsettled again across scotland and northern ireland thanks to this area of pressure. it will be windy here with gusts reaching 30—110 mph in exposure. barely any showers the further south and east to go and again a fairly warm afternoon with temperatures reaching the mid—20s. closer to the mid—high

teens further north. as we move through thursday night it will remain windy across north—western areas. further cloud and outbreaks of rain piling into scotland and northern ireland with a few showers in the north—west of england staying dry. a cool night for all of us and temperatures ranging between 11 and 1a degrees. into friday, low pressure to the north of the uk, a conveyor belt of cloud and rain streaming off the atlantic will bring a lot of rainfall in fact to parts of the north and west of the uk, particularly across west and south—west scotland into northern ireland. the rainfall totals are really mounting up here. further south and east, again, it should tend to stay dry with sunny spells and again feeling quite warm. 2a, 25 degrees. mid—high teens again further north. it remains unsettled into the weekend with wind and rain around and then it turns even cooler as we head on into part two of the weekend as we see winds switch to a north—westerly direction. into friday and saturday this next feature will bring a lot of rainfall

again to northern and western areas. by this point you could be looking at a few issues across south—west scotland, maybe four inches of rain falling by the time saturday is out. the rain band will pivot around and push on to west of england, wales, and sunshine and showers behind. and stays dry and fairly warm across the path south—east. 2a degrees, something cooler pushing into the north—west. as that front clears during saturday night it opens the floodgates to a polar maritime north—westerly and that will be quite noticeable right up and down the country. so a much fresher start to the day, plenty of sunshine and showers across northern and western areas, a few heavy and thundery ones mixed in. again it could be the south and east that stays dry in the sunshine but temperatures will struggle, ranging from 12—17 or 18 degrees.

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our top story: there's been uproar following the uk government's decision to suspend parliament for nearly five weeks in the run—up to brexit. the decision has been condemned by opposition leaders and will be challenged in the courts. but the government says it's a completely proper constitutional procedure, in the run up to the queen's speech. tropical storm dorian has brought heavy rains and strong winds to the us virgin islands. the storm's been updgraded to a category one hurricane. it could reach category three, by the time it arrives in the us. the state of florida has declared a state of emergency. and this video is trending on bbc.com sixteen—year—old campaigner, greta thunberg, has arrived in new york for a summit on climate change. she chose to cross the atlantic on a racing yacht, to avoid creating more greenhouse gas emissions that's all. stay with bbc world news.