i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: after an attack on saudi arabia's largest oilfacility, the price of oil surges. water cannon and tear gas mark the 99th day of protests in hong kong i'm reged ahmad in london. also in the programme: a special report from kashmir — six weeks after the indian government revoked its special status and locked down communication. more than a dozen families have told us that a child from their home was taken into custody. some were released after several days, some are still locked up.

and we meet the 97—year—old former fighter pilot taking to the skies to mark battle of britain day. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, and 1am in london. oil prices have soared at the opening of the markets in asia following saturday's drone attacks on two key facilities in saudi arabia. the cost of brent crude rose by the most on record, after half the kingdom's output was taken out — that accounts for roughly 5% of the world's oil supply. iran has dismissed us allegations that it was behind the strikes and accused washington of being deceitful.

with me is bob mcnally, president of rapidan energy group in washington. he served in the bush administration as its top energy advisor. hejoins me now. thank you so much forjoining us. firstly, the us says that this was an unprecedented attack and indeed there has been a very significant market movement. how significant is this, in your view? well, it is justified. crude oil now in asia is trading 10% or more. that is justified. the folks who attacked the facilities but really the abqaiq plant, knew what they were doing. that is by far the most important facility in the global oil market and removing that supply is a very bullish development. it is a threat to the stability of the saudi

kingdom and a direct challenge to the united states and our allies. the price premium we are seeing todayis the price premium we are seeing today is welljustified and it also came as a shock to traders because remember, going to into the weekend on friday, we were looking at oversupplied oil market, growth slowing down and president trump wanting to ease sanctions on iran. all of that flipped around on saturday. saudi arabia says that it is going to try and avoid oil shortages but at the same time, it raises the geopolitical risks. president trump tweeted that he wa nts to president trump tweeted that he wants to wait on saudi arabia before deciding how to respond. how do you see it playing out? you are right foot up saudi arabia has 100 million plus barrels of crude in storage. some near its customers in asia and europe. it will be able to meet deliveries. but traders will do the maths and realise that if we are down for 5 million barrels a day,

for a long period of time, beyond a few weeks, things will start to get tight. here is the problem. the equipment that was destroyed at this stabilisation plant, cannot easily be replaced. it is very important equipment that piece authorises and clea ns u p equipment that piece authorises and cleans up crude oil and makes it ready for transport. some we have seenin ready for transport. some we have seen in the pictures today, the us government released, it is quite damaging. if we go beyond a few weeks, the market is going to tighten up with the loss of that 5% 01’ even a tighten up with the loss of that 5% or even a little bit less. do you expect this impact on oil prices to be longer term and possibly having an impact on consumers, ordinary consumers as well? i do. i think it is going to last. now the world is awake to the fact that saudi arabia's enemies right on its doorstep and attack its most important and well protected facilities, this is a structural risk now that investors and market to serpents need to contend with. so there is no question. —— market

participants. with saudi arabia and the us on one hand and iran on the other, remain in this expert —— escalator a conflict, it is going to be very seriously stop it got very serious with abqaiq. it is not a tanker here for a pipeline there. abqaiq is the crown jewel of the saudi government regime but also of the local oil market so things really shifted up to a new level of risk this weekend and it will not go away soon. thank you for talking to us. we'll have more on that story in our business news in about 20 minutes. our other main story this hour: clashes between police and protesters in hong kong continued into the night, after a day during which several people were seriously injured. violence broke out between pro—democracy and pro—china demonstrators in the north point neighbourhood. thousands defied a ban to attend the rally, and in response police fired tear gas and water cannons. nick beake reports from hong kong

we have now seen 99 days of this. violence the authorities just can't extinguish. hardcore pro—democracy activists are not backing down, in what is a chinese city, even setting alight the police's latest weapon to try to wash away this protest movement. the police have decided enough is enough. they're making use of water cannon as well as the tear gas. it's worked for a time, but we've just seen that these hard core of protesters just keep on coming back. because this is how sunday afternoons now unfold in hong kong. a radical element on the attack. but some say it's gone too far, hitting the economy and frightening off tourists. why not film you?

can ijust ask you, why do you think violence is still the answer? earlier, tens of thousands had marched peacefully, defying the threat of arrest and demanding an investigation into alleged police brutality, and demanding more freedoms for hong kong. # god save the queen...# others, in much smaller numbers, called on britain to stand up for its former colony. but china has warned both the uk and the us not to meddle. the hardcore crowds finally left when these powerful jets were unleashed, the water dyed blue to stain activists who can later be arrested. this is a battle for the streets, and for the future of this city. but how much longer can it take on this violent path? nick beake, bbc news, hong kong. also making news today: the trade union representing almost 50,000 us workers at general motors says they will go on strike from midnight on sunday.

the united auto workers said significant differences remained with the gm management and industrial action was being taken as a last resort. the union has been fighting to stop gm from closing car assembly plants in ohio and michigan. president trump has defended supreme courtjustice brett kavanaugh after the new york times published fresh allegations about his conduct as a student at yale university in the 1980's. last year, judge kavanaugh denied accusations of sexual misconduct made against him by two women during his confirmation to the supreme court. 0ur correspondent in washington david willis explains the latest allegations. two new york times journalists who are about to publish a book on this whole affair has alleged that there was sexual misconduct on the part of brett kavanaugh involving a former classmate at yale, and a female classmate at yale, both of whom allege that he exposed himself

in front of them. all of this has led to democrat saying that perhaps it's time brett kavanaugh's nomination was reinvestigated. a large wildfire on the greek island of za kynthos, fanned by strong winds, has forced the evacuation of two villages. zakynthos island is about 300 kilometres west of athens. more than 100 firefighters were battling the blaze backed by 28 fire trucks. greek firefighters say they've been called to about eighty fires in the past twenty—four hours. more than half of the tigers that thai authorities confiscated in 2016 from an infamous tiger temple attraction have died from a viral disease. it's thought their immune systems were weakened by inbreeding. the buddhist temple west of bangkok was a tourist destination where visitors took selfies with tigers and bottle fed cubs, but wildlife activists accused the temple's monks of illegally breeding and drugging the animals.

in cricket, england ended a memorable summer on a high after beating australia by 135 runs in the 5th ashes test at the oval. australia was bowled out for 262 chasing 399 to win in the second innings. it means the series ends all square at 2 tests each... it is the first time in 47 years that the series has been a draw. but australia retains the ashes urn as they are the holders. returning now to our earlier story — the 15th weekend of protest in hong kong. on sunday, some protesters gathered outside of the british consulate, demanding london do more to protect its former colony. similar protests have occurred outside the us consulate as protestors called on president trump to ‘liberate' the territory. but the hong kong government has warned foreign legislatures against interfering in the city's affairs.

so is donald trump likely to take action? derek grossman is a senior defence analyst at the rand corporation. i tend to think that it's very unlikely that president trump himself is going to call for us action, whatever that action may be, in hong kong. he's trying to get a trade deal done with china. he has consistently referred to xijinping, the president of china, as a friend of his that he can call upon, who he can rely upon. i don't see a whole lot moving on that front. however, the us congress has introduced — both sides of the us congress, the house and senate — has introduced draft legislation which is called the human rights and democracy act. this is to hold the administration or any future administration accountable for the human rights situation and democracy situation

in hong kong. there is a one country, two systems model in place in which china and hong kong are part of one china but china has pledged in the past to maintain the separate distinct political and economic systems in hong kong so that is something we should be watching for. of course, the official withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill was one of the demands by protesters but they are asking for four other things including the release of arrested protesters and universal suffrage. do you think china may actually bow to those demands? universal suffrage i think is a clear no because china is an authoritarian regime. but it's questionable as to whether china would see to it that carrie lam, the chief executive of the local government in hong kong, might step down. that's one of the four demands that you mentioned, and then the other two are a full independent enquiry

into the interaction between the protesters and the police, namely whether the police were using overly aggressive methods in their policing, and the last demand is the unconditional release of the protesters who have been imprisoned. it's hard to see china budging on any of those except for maybe carrie lam's resignation to throw her under the bus to allow a new process to take place. and the protesters, at least from bayesian's perspective, will forget about things for awhile. —— beijing's perspective. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: despite a government clampdown, kashmir is in ferment. we have a special report, six weeks after the indian government revoked the region's special status. 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died.

there is people alive and there is people not alive. we just can help and give them whatever we've got. a state funeral is being held for princess grace of monaco at the church where she married prince rainier 26 years ago. it looked as though they had come to fight a war, but their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. the government's case is being forcefully presented by monsieur badinter, the justice minister. he's campaigned vigorously for the abolition, having once witnessed one of his clients being executed. elizabeth seton spent much of her time at this grotto, and every year, hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. now that she has become a saint, it's expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. the mayor and local businessman regard the anticipated boom as just another blessing of st elizabeth.

welcome back. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko 0i in singapore. i'm reged ahmad in london. our top stories: the price of oil has jumped at the opening of markets following saturday's attacks on two majorfacilities in saudi arabia. in hong kong, clashes between police and democracy protesters have continued into the night, after a day that saw several people injured. and in golf, europe's women staged a dramatic fightback at the gleneagles course to beat the united states in the solheim cup. the home side won by 14.5 points to 13.5. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with the japan times, and the country's ageing population is the lead story — with the number of people over the age of 65 at a record high. seniors now make up nearly 30% of the population — the highest in the world, and there're more than 70,000 people above the age of 100. meanwhile, the south china morning post is leading with our top story,

the 15th straight week of protests in hong kong. a dramatic image of fist fights between pro—democracy protesters and government supporters. the paper says some demonstrators also demanded action from the uk and the us. and the front page of the straits times says singapore is expecting a limited impact from brexit. that's the conclusion of some analysts, and the paper says progress is being made to extend the provisions of the eu—singapore free trade agreement to britain. six weeks since the indian government revoked indian administered kashmir‘s special status, the region remains tense. mobile phone networks and internet lines are still suspended. political leaders remain in detention. tens of thousands of troops continue to be deployed in the region. clashes have been breaking out between anti—government protesters and security forces.

and there are conflicting accounts of the number of people who've died in such incidents, and how they were killed. from srinagar, the bbc‘s india correspondent yogita limaye reports. a family says goodbye to its eldest son. his mother, too stunned to react. asrar ahmad khan was 17. he was a bright student and loved playing cricket. his family says he was hit on the head by a teargas canister and lead pellets fired from a shotgun by indian troops. we's visited asrar at the hospital when he was battling for his life. we'd visited asrar at the hospital

when he was battling for his life. the cause of this boy's death has become a symbol of the conflicting accounts of events in kashmir. doctors say he died of injuries caused by pellets and the blast of a teargas shell. but indian forces say he was hit by a stone thrown by anti—government protesters. there have been varying accounts of the number of deaths and injuries in kashmir over the past month, as protests against the removal of the region's special status have turned into violent clashes. the governments says not a single life has been lost in action

by security forces. it alleges armed insurgents have killed three people. the owner of this shop was one of them. he was shot dead while sitting inside in front of his wife. his family was too scared to speak to us. police say extremist groups are warning people against opening shops, banks, and fuel stations. 0rdinary people caught between the militants and the military. in many areas, residents allege it's the security forces who are spreading fear, illegally detaining men and even boys. we've been to many parts of kashmir and met more than a dozen families who've told us that a child from their home was taken into custody. some were released after several days, some are still locked up. the youngest among them is ten years old. all of them told us no legal process was followed. some said they were beaten. this man was detained along with his 16—year—old son. they didn't want their faces to be shown, fearing reprisal

from security forces. his son told me he isn't able to sleep at night out of fear. the kashmir police did not reply to the bbc‘s request for a comment. the indian army refused to respond to the allegations unless we shared the identities of the interviewees and details of the incidents. they said "indian army prides itself on protecting human rights". they also said that in the last five years only three of 37 reported cases of human rights violations were found to be probe—worthy and nine personnel were punished. for six weeks now kashmir has remained under a clampdown. the longer it continues the more

resentment it fuels. yogita limaye, bbc news, srinagar. taking a picture with an otter while you have a cup of coffee may sound like a cute idea, but the growing trend of "otter cafes" injapan is not as innocent as it seems. conservationists say that this demand for otters means hunters and fishermen are killing adult otters and snatching their babies — pushing them towards extinction. i spoke to cassandra koenen from the world animal protection organisation and i asked her what's fuelling this demand for otters? yeah, there seems to be a real otter craze right now in indonesia and japan in particular, being driven by social media, quite frankly. the idea that they are cute and would be easy and fun to have in your home. as well as being popularised on game shows and other television shows, which is driving this false narrative that they are easy pets to have. so what happens to them when their offspring are caught in the wild and traded in this way?

yeah, it's really quite unfortunate what happens, because the adults are quite protective of their young and these are animals that do live in family units. so for every baby otter that is in the trade, most likely at least two adults have been killed for that otter to be in trade. they're ripped away from their homes, put into cages, they are not given the proper nutrition or proper room to exercise. they do live in large family units so they are often in isolation, which has some severe psychological effects on them and physiological effects on them in the end. we are seeing some pictures of otters kept as pets and in the cafes. isn't this practice illegal? it's unfortunately not. certainly the poaching that happens is illegal. these animals that are poached are kind of laundered through the legal captive breeding facilities and into the market. luckily, at the most recent parties,

they were given a greater protection and there should be stronger reinforcement for them. is that all that can be done, better regulation? is there anything else that can stop, perhaps, it being so lucrative to capture these animals? i think really it is about our own people power and what we can do to stop the desirability of having these animals. i think we have to do stop liking the funny, the cute pictures on instagram and facebook, we have to do stop going to facilities that portray them as pets or the otter cafes where they are kept in isolation. and we are feeding them, quite frankly, like cat food. we need to stop encouraging that behaviour ourselves. that is a big part, along with the legal ramifications, but we need to take some ownership and stop the behaviour ourselves. cassandra koenen speaking to reged earlier. a 97—year—old veteran took off in an historic spitfire fighter

plane today over 70 years since he flew them during world war ii. his flight commemorates the battle of britain when the british royal air force turned the tide against germany's airforce in1940. kathryn stanczyszyn reports. this is how it feels to be back in a spitfire after seven decades. 97—year—old george dunn is no stranger to the skies, joining the raf aged 20. a lot of the battle of britain took place over sussex and kent, so, i did see a lot of it. and i suppose, being young, and looking up there and seeing the aircraft flying around, dogfights with the germans, and i thought, well, i think i'll have some of that. he carried out 44 missions during the second world war for bomber command. when the war ended, he flew spitfires. you couldn't have any instruction on them in those days, because there wasn't a dual aircraft. so, it was a question of getting

in and making the best of it. he has since helped the raf benevolent fund raise tens of thousands of pounds by telling his story. this is a thank you. it was still exhilarating, to be there, flying it, knowing it was yours — marvellous. the special flight also marked 79 years since the battle of britain, remembering all those who took part in that crucial campaign. of course, george is a piece of living history himself, and despite it being more than 70 years ago, he says taking those controls today, he felt like he had never been away. could have done with it being a bit longer. kathryn stanczyszyn, bbc news. you have been watching newsday. i'm reged ahmad in london. i'm mariko 0i in singapore. stay with us. we'll have more on the surge in the price of oil following saturday's drone attacks on two saudi production facilities. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures.

there were celebrations across many parts of asia over the weekend marking the three—day mid—autumn festival. it's time often spent at family reunions. take a look at all these lights in the southern chinese city of guangzhou, where there was a huge exhibition of lanterns. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. hello. the weekend has been very mixed. glorious across much of the south—east, really wild for a time across the north of scotland. and in between something a little bit in between. some sunshine but a bit of rain as well. the forthcoming week, largely dry, 0k, a little bit of rain, perhaps, in the north—west of scotland at times. there will be some chilly nights around as well. this is how we're shaping up for monday. the remnants of the weekend's weather front to be had across the south. a lot of cloud around, the odd bit of rain. primarily i would have thought before lunchtime. after lunch a lot of cloud. further north the better chance of seeing some sunshine, a gaggle of showers there across the north of scotland, urged along by a noticeable breeze, but nowhere near as windy as the weekend. and cooler, fresher feel for the most part — simply because we're developing a bit of a north—westerly across the british isles. high pressure trying to elbow its way in, so giving that impression of a lot

of dry weather to be had. variable amounts of cloud, quite a noticeable wind down the eastern shores and through the northern isles. and there comes that finger of rain just pushing into the north—western quarter of scotland. temperatures, better get used to it, this is how it will be for a wee while, 13 in the north to around about 20 or so in the south. from tuesday on into wednesday, the high pressurejust eases in a little bit further, cutting off that supply of north—westerlies. so perhaps just feeling a tad warmer. more cloud as this warm frontjust hangs around across scotland and there are bits and pieces of rain to be had here. cloudy fare for northern ireland the north of england. the best of the sunshine away towards the south—west, through the south—west midlands and into wales. and again, 12 to about 20 willjust about cover it. from wednesday on into thursday, that high pressure really does become ours. little in the way of breeze. it could be a foggy started the day and it could be a grey day where that fog lingers. because there's little breeze to shift it. there are no weather fronts to speak of. so it could be quite a cloudy day for some. but at least for the most part it is dry, if you've got outdoor plans to consider. maybe we're just finding a degree or two in some locations on those temperatures.

22 there in the south. by friday we're just beginning to bring in some air from the continent. so that's drier air. so less of a chance of cloud getting in the way of what is going be a sunny day. and the temperatures responding. coming up three or four degrees in hull, for example. and as we move towards the weekend i think we'll begin to tap into some real warmth coming up from iberia, the western mediterranean, towards the british isles. such that on saturday we could be looking at 211—25 somewhere in the south. and it's as far ahead as sunday before we see meaningful rain coming from the atlantic.

i'm reged ahmed with bbc world news. our top story: clashes between police and protesters in hong kong continued into the night with several serious injuries. police fired water cannons and tear gas to disperse democracy activists, after tens of thousands turned out for a march, even though their rally had been banned. activists threw petrol bombs and built barricades. oil prices have surged almost 20% — a day after attacks on two major oil facilities in saudi arabia. the us has blamed iran for those attacks, but iran has angrily denied it was responsible. and this story is trending on bbc.com: it's an update on the case of the golden toilet, worth six millon dollars, stolen from blenheim palace in central england on saturday. police say they're following a number of lines of inquiry. a 66—year—old man is in custody but no further arrests have been made.

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