welcome to newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. the headlines: another twist in the brexit drama. mps demand the immediate recall of parliament after scottish judges rule the prime minister acted unlawfully when he suspended it. up to 500,000 households without power in the aftermath of japan's typhoon faxai. dozens taken to hospital with heat exhaustion. i'm mariko 0i in singapore. also in the programme: president trump says he may ban flavoured e—cigarettes in the us after six people are believed to have died. so near, yet so far. have astronomers really discovered a planet in another solar system with the ingredients for life?

announcer: live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. it's 7am in singapore and midnight here in london, where mps are demanding the immediate recall of parliament. it follows scotland's highest civil court ruling that the british prime minister borisjohnson‘s advice to suspend parliament misled the queen and was unlawful. the british government insists its actions are legal and is waiting until its own appeal is heard in the uk's supreme court early next week. all this as ministers published details of their contingency plans in case the uk leaves the european union without a deal. we'll have more on that later, first here's our uk

political editor, laura kuenssberg, on the court ruling. judgment day. in scotland's court of session, a clear verdict on borisjohnson. each opinion expresses the view that the advice given by the government to her majesty the queen to prorogue parliament from 9th september to 14th october was unlawful and that, therefore, the prorogation itself is unlawful. in plain language, thejudges concluded number 10 broke the law by telling the queen they wanted to suspend parliament for a break before unveiling their plans for government. the court did not specifically order the government to open up the commons. but some mps who had packed upjust yesterday rushed back to demand it gets going again, taking their places in protest on the green benches in the empty chamber, with an impromptu rally at the doors. we have shown in the last ten days

that we are prepared to work together across parties in the national interest, and our resolve remains absolutely firm that we will do that. labour, too, is pressing the prime ministerfor a return. whatever happens next week, we will continue to press for parliament to be recalled, so that we can question the prime minister. hang on, though. scottish law is different to english law, and the high court in london reached the opposite conclusion in a similar case brought by the businesswoman gina millerjust days ago, deciding the prime minister's decision to close the commons was actually none of the court's business. number 10 will appeal. a final verdict will be given by the uk supreme court next tuesday. but this is as extraordinary as it is serious. the prime minister's actions are found to have been against the law, downing street ruled to have misled the queen. less than two months into office, borisjohnson has hurtled into a genuine constitutional clash.

number 10 denied they'd suggested the scottish judges had been somehow biased and, for now, cabinet ministers are reluctant to be drawn into the tangle. i'm not going to comment on an ongoing legislative process. it's a judicial issue and no doubt it will be appealed at the supreme court. government insiders are curiously relaxed about the ruling and some mps and ministers reckon they'll still have many of the public on their side. the government have acted legally, constitutionally and in normality. farcical. absolutely and completely, not for the government, for the whole place, you know. the fact of the matter is the people said, "we want to leave the european union" and this place says, "we don't." that frustration is what downing street's banking on. a serious and important defeat in court for them today, but it seems lining up to take on parliament is almost part of their ruthless approach.

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. donald trump says he wants to ban flavoured e—cigarettes after a series of vaping related deaths across the us. six people are known to have died, and there have been more than a50 cases of respiratory illness linked to the practise. the president said he was particularly concerned about the potential effects on children. vaping has become a very big business, as i understand it. like, a giant business in a very short period of time. but we can't allow people to get sick, and we can't allow our youth to be so affected. we'll have more on that story later in the programme. mr trump has also been talking about who'll replace john bolton as his national security advisor. he told reporters that five very qualified people were under consideration. mr trump also gave more details as to why mr bolton had to go. one of the reasons was offence caused by the former advisor to the north korean

leader kim jong—un. 10 days after hurricane dorian started causing devastation across the bahamas, officials say 2,500 people have been registered as missing. they say the names are now being checked against government records of evacuees and those staying in shelters. a high court injapan has upheld a ruling to compensate 22,000 people living near a us air base on the island of okinawa after finding they suffered from aircraft noise. the japanese government is required to pay them $2110 million. the body of the former zimbabwean president robert mugabe has been flown home to harare from singapore. mr mugabe died here last week while undergoing medical treatment. his coffin has been taken to his former house in the capital, that's ahead of a state funeral on saturday. memorials have been held

in the us to mark the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. a moment of silence was held at several locations, including the site of the attack in new york and the pentagon. nearly 3,000 people were killed and thousands more were injured when hijacked planes were flown into buildings. let's go back to brexit. as well as scotland's highest civil court ruling that the prime minister, borisjohnson, acted unlawfully when he suspended the british parliament, we've also had the publication of a government document which outlines the worst case scenario if the uk were to leave the eu without a deal. 0ur political correspondent chris mason explains what the yellowhammer document is. here are the pages released by the british government tonight. and i

think what's really striking about it is that, yes, they set out those pretty grim situations that they are not predicting, but that they are imagining asa not predicting, but that they are imagining as a worst—case scenario. but i think the most striking thing of all is that this is a situation that the uk government could volunteer for its citizens to be in injusta volunteer for its citizens to be in injust a matter of volunteer for its citizens to be in in just a matter of a few weeks‘ time. now, governments around the world do this kind of worst—case scenario planning for all sorts of things, often for natural disasters and terrorist attacks, that kind of thing, but in those instances the government might be criticised for a not particularly adequate response but they‘ll always be able to say we‘re dealing with a situation we bring about ourselves. in this situation, the government would be ina situation, the government would be in a scenario where its opponents would be able to say you chose this option over something that, economically at least, would perhaps be benign, as politically awkward as

it might be as the uk is in this almighty not about whether it leave the eu and if it does, how it goes about doing it. yes, as you say, talks about food price issues, food costs going up, in some cases about water purification. massive issues for gibraltar, the uk overseas territory of the south coast of spain. spain, of course, a member of the european union. the social care market, something you wouldn‘t necessarily think would affected by the whole business of the uk relationship with its nearest neighbours. this document says there could be rain failure of some providers of social care because of inflation after a no—deal brexit pushing up staffing costs and forcing some care homes out of business. so, while this document, the government will say, is a worst—case scenario the government will say, is a worst—case scenario and a version of it was leaked just a couple of weeks ago, seeing it in the cold light of day at this stage in the political cycle in the uk, with things running

in sucha cycle in the uk, with things running in such a high octane way, could make it hard for the prime minister, borisjohnson, to make it hard for the prime minister, boris johnson, to continue make it hard for the prime minister, borisjohnson, to continue to make the argument that he‘s willing to entertain the idea of a no—deal brexit injust a entertain the idea of a no—deal brexit in just a few weeks‘ time. you touch upon the one that was lea ked you touch upon the one that was leaked recently, this one is described in the title as worst—case. is there a question over the original one that was leaked and the original one that was leaked and the title there, because there is a bit of a discrepancy on social media. rosamond irwin, the reporterfor the sunday times newspaper in the uk, that got hold of this leak last month, she makes the argument that the documents are pretty much identical save for their badging, they‘re titling, where her document was described as a base scenario. my understanding of civil servant speak, that means a kind of middle case scenario speak, that means a kind of middle case scenario on speak, that means a kind of middle case scenario on the worry—, where one is worry and the other is don‘t worry, this is in the middle, but

this document is described as a reasonable worst—case scenario, down near the doumbe laden area of the spectrum. talking to sources in government, it is possible there we re government, it is possible there were two variations of a document circulating, of which she got hold of one and now this is another. its allowing critics and certainly to say hang on, there‘s questions to a nswer say hang on, there‘s questions to answer here from the government about the extent to which this really is the worst—case scenario. and of course plenty of those critics in the government are saying the most obvious avenue in conventional times for scrutinising the government, is parliament, but parliament has been suspended much to the anger of opposition parties and now we know in scottish court of session, something it sees as unlawful. to japan now because nearly 500,000 households are still without power in chiba prefecture as a massive power outage triggered by typhoon faxai enters its fourth day. at least two elderly people in the prefecture have died — apparently due to heatstroke — and dozens of others have been taken

to hospital with suspected heat exhaustion. kieko suzuki is a resident of chiba and joins us live via webcam. thanks forjoining us at a difficult time. the typhoon hit on monday but many without power and water. how have you and your neighbours been affected 7 have you and your neighbours been affected? well, i run a restaurant and my restaurant flooded and some of the roof tiles fell as well. the people are suffering. for example, we buy pork from a pig farm, which is also in my city, and the pigs sta bles fell a pa rt is also in my city, and the pigs stables fell apart and they have no electricity so they can‘t feed the

pigs and they need people to help the. also, like, agriculture producers near my region are struggling —— to help. so far the damage to agriculture producers is around 12.6 million, and that‘s expected to increase. notjust my area but another couple of areas nearby, including a nice city, and in one area, a mobile phone tower has been out of service. as you mentioned earlier, people are suffering from heat stroke and they can‘t get real information about what‘s going on, like, overall information. they can‘t get correct informations. for example, at community centres, they have water

trucks but they don‘t know when it‘s happening. i really wish through this interview the world will know what we are suffering from.” this interview the world will know what we are suffering from. i think it‘s fair to say a lot of people in japan are not used to this kind of situation where you have no water and power. you also talked about lack of electricity, meaning no aircon despite being the heat in the middle of september. i saw a lot of frustrations expressed on social media about the lack of government response. what kind of help do people need? well, they have, like, lack of water. for example, at my friend‘s pig farm, they want people to help but at the same time, they want, like, water bottles so they can take some water and avoid heat strokes. i think they need, like, mobile electricity generators so

they can have more power. indeed. there‘s a lot of people needing some heat. kieko suzuki, thank you so much forjoining us as people still struggle to get through the lack of power injapan, struggle to get through the lack of power in japan, chiba struggle to get through the lack of power injapan, chiba prefecture. you‘re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: after six deaths in the us, president trump announces that his administration intends to ban flavoured e—cigarettes. also on the programme: the lengths that some people will go to get away from it all. extreme deep seed diving. george w bush: freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here,

of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today in a loud and a clear voice "enough of blood and tears. enough!" translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it‘s an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is newsday on the bbc. i‘m mariko 0i in singapore. i‘m kasia madera in london.

our top stories: 0pposition mps in britain demand parliament is recalled, after scotland‘s highest civil court ruled that its suspension was unlawful. up to 500,000 households without power in the aftermath of japan‘s typhoon faxai. dozens are in hospital with heat exhaustion. let‘s take a look at some front pages from around the world. 0bviously brexit dominates the british newspapers here, the times reports on the fallout from a scottish court‘s ruling that the suspension of parliament is unlawful. prime minister borisjohnson has rejected demands to publish private messages relating to the suspension following the court‘s decision. we will get more developments there. the south china morning post and the decision by hong kong airline cathay pacific to cut capacity after a significant fall

in passenger numbers. that‘s amid the ongoing and often violent protests in the territory, which are also affecting tourism and retail businesses. and in thejapan times — speculation on who will eventually suceed prime minister shinzo abe is rife after he reshuffled his cabinet for the seventh time. that happened on wednesday. many eyes are on this man, shinjiro koizumi, who has been appointed the new environment minister. he is the son of former prime ministerjunichiro koizumi. a lot of speculation as to who will disc —— succeed. now mariko, a rather see—through disguise is attracting attention online. yes, when a passenger gave officials at an airport in new delhi a passport claiming he was 81—years—old, they started getting a bit suspicious. and here‘s why. it turned out he was actuallyjust 32, and had dyed his beard and hair

and put on make—up to try to fool everyone. it‘s alleged he was hoping his elderly profile would get him into the us more easily, where he wanted to find a job. not sure if that‘d have helped! there is always one, isn‘t there? let‘s return to president trump‘s intention to ban flavoured e—cigarettes. something mariko tensioned earlier. —— mentioned. i‘ve been speaking to our correspondent in washington, david willis, about how the annoucement came about. this is thought to stem actually from the first lady, melania trump, who has been putting pressure on her husband, president trump, she is concerned for the future of their teenage son baron. because they have proven very popular, these easy cigarettes with young people, in fa ct.

cigarettes with young people, in fact. —— e—cigarettes. today the health and human resources secretary said there are currently 8 million adults using e—cigarettes, 5 million children using them. now, these are alarming figures. the trump administration believes that because the use of these flavoured vapes are basically an on—ramp for cigarette consumption for very young people. so hence they are going to ban these su bsta nces so hence they are going to ban these substances while allowing tobacco vapes to remain in circulation, a list of the time being, anyway. michigan is already ahead of the game, the first state to ban these things? yes, in fact, a number of other promises in areas have already taken action ahead of the federal government itself. but this is not going down well with everybody. it has to be said there is a group

called the american vaping association, a nonprofit advocacy group that contains the problem here is not with vaping per se, but with the use of illicit substances in these vapes and contends this is putting politics ahead of health. david willis there. astronomers have discovered water in the atmosphere of what they believe coud be a habitable planet orbiting a distant star. and as our science correspondent pallab ghosh reports, they could soon have the technology to find there‘s also life there. the night sky is littered with stars. around them are planets. could some of them be like the earth?

scientists think that this one, which is 650 million million miles away, has the potential to support life. astronomers have discovered more than 4,000 planets orbiting distant stars. the new one is about the right distance from its sun to be able to support life. its temperature is between 0—40 celsius. it‘s around twice the size of our own earth and it has an atmosphere that we now know contains water. so, the big question is whether there really are living organisms on this world. light from the planet‘s sun filters through its atmosphere, before it reaches the earth. that light contains a faint imprint of the chemicals in it. in this case, up to half of it is made up of water. detailed analysis of the starlight, published in the journal nature astronomy, shows this peak, where the light has been absorbed by water vapour. all of a sudden, we have the possibility in the next decade to understand what is the nature of this world, how they formed, how they evolved and, in some cases, whether they can support life. i think it‘s just mind—blowing.

telescopes are becoming increasingly powerful. soon, they‘ll be able to detect gases in the atmospheres of distant planets that could only be produced by living organisms. within the next ten years or so, we will know whether there are biomarkers or chemicals that are due to life in these atmospheres. scientists hope to discover, possibly quite soon, whether life is unique to earth or teeming on worlds across our galaxy. pallab ghosh, bbc news. from space to the depths of the ocean. could this be the ultimate way of escaping the hustle and bustle of city life? michael lazaro works as a doctor in manila — but in his spare time, he‘s a freediver — an extreme sport where people go deep under water without breathing equipment. here‘s his story. underwater is absolute silence.

goodness. it certainly is. you have been watching newsday. i‘m kasia madera in london. and i‘m mariko 0i in singapore. stay with us. i'll i‘ll be back with business news.

an olive branch in the us china trade war? china exempts some american products ahead of talks in washinton. more of that in asia business report coming up. goodbye for now. hello. just want to bring you up—to—date with how we see the weather panning out across the british isles for the next few days. this weather front links back to another area of cloud on the way in the heart of the atlantic. that is an area of low pressure that started life way down across the mid—atlantic, so it is bringing mild, moisture —related air across the british isles and feeling really quite humid to the south of the weather front in the heart of that system weather front in the heart of that syste m — — weather front in the heart of that system —— moisture laden. the cloud at its thickest so rain from the word go from parts of northern

ireland, getting into scotland eventually across the border into the far north of england. following on, somewhat brightest guys to the south of that, quite a bit of cloud around, it is going to be quite a blustery day. but those mild, moist as are coming in from the south—west, not a cold direction by any means at all. you will find advantages pushing on 23— 2a degrees at cross east anglia. all the while, once that weather front is pushed away, despite the fact skies begins away, despite the fact skies begins a clear, it will be a slightly fresher night with temperatures down in single figures across the north, but where you keep the cloud in the south, 12— 15 degrees as the starting mark for friday. friday sees an area of low pressure —— high pressure building and as it moves in towards the new continent, and in that circulation, at this stage the air is fairly fresh, it has to be said. so, friday is a dry, fine day for the most part, enough cloud for

the odd passing shower across the north and north—west of scotland, mary areas dry. despite the presence of the sunshine, well, it isn‘t the warmest of days over the next few days. you will see the top temperature there in the south at around about 20 degrees, but as we move around about 20 degrees, but as we m ove o nto around about 20 degrees, but as we move onto the weekend, the centre of the high moves a little bit further towards the east. so we then begin towards the east. so we then begin to tap into those mild as again coming from way down in the atlantic. and for the greater part of southern scotland, england and wales, and for a time, ireland, of southern scotland, england and wales, and fora time, ireland, it is going to be dry, fine and sunny. a woman over many, the notable exception is that front across the northern and western parts of scotla nd northern and western parts of scotland which becomes this weakening band of weather, rubbing some areas of their sunshine as we move into sunday, still, many areas will be drier that could give the car the odd spot of rain, which is again rising to about the mid—20s.

i‘m kasia madera with bbc world news. our top story: the british government says it will appeal against a court ruling that it acted unlawfully when it suspended parliament earlier this week. scotland‘s high court ruled that borisjohnson‘s action was unlawful because his intention was to prevent parliament from doing itsjob ahead of brexit. forest fires in indonesia are causing toxic smogs which is spreading to neighbouring countries. hospitals in the region have been inundated with people complaining of respiratory issues. the fires have spread across sumatra, borneo and kalimantan in recent weeks. scientists say they have discovered a planet which appears to have water in its atmosphere. it‘s known as k2—18b, it‘s around 110 light years away, and it‘s being described as the most likely place to find life away from earth ever discovered. that‘s all. stay with bbc world news.

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