it's 8:00 am in singapore and 1:00 in the morning here in london, where britain's prime minister, borisjohnson, is back in number 10 downing street after a day of eu talks in luxembourg. the european union's frustration with the uk over brexit has bubbled over, in quite extraordinary fashion. the prime minister of luxembourg, xavier bettel, made a stinging welcome to newsday, attack on the british government, i'm kasia madera in london. describing the brexit process the headlines: as "a nightmare". boos for boris johnson as the prime minister of luxembourg tells him brexit‘s the two men had been due to give become a "nightmare". a joint news conference, but mrjohnson pulled out after a group of noisy protesters gathered nearby, leaving mr bettel don't put the blame on us gesturing to an empty podium. because they don't know how to get here's our political out of this... editor laura kuenssburg. ..situation. they put themselves in! air miles can't be exchanged for a deal. today is not going to be president trump says it looks a breakthrough day. like iran was responsible time for borisjohnson to see some for the attack that halved of those he needs onside. saudi oil production. but he insists he doesn't want war. i mean, it's september already i'm rico hizon in singapore. and moved into number10 injuly also in the programme: and it's only now that you're the human cost of the world's going to see deadliest conflict — jean—claude juncker. a special report on afghanistan's so—called forever war. and another stark warning

about the impact of our consumer you could have done this culture on the planet — weeks and weeks ago. the un says our oceans and 00:01:04,229 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 marine life are at risk. we have had many conversations with our friends and partners, and they've moved a long way. but a jet and a convoy racing through luxembourg's streets doesn't mean we are speeding towards an agreement. i think a deal is there to be done, but clearly if we can't get movement from them on that crucial issue of whether the eu can continue to control the uk, we won't be able to get that through the house of commons — no way! but what is the actual solution that you're proposing? is it giving more power to stormont, for example? these are certainly some of the ideas that are being talked about. this is all doable, it's all doable with energy and goodwill, there's a germ of an idea there. but it'sjust a germ of an idea? and so... well, there are, there's a lot of thinking going on. if it's down to goodwill, there's big trouble. a small crowd, making a lot of noise, was outside boris johnson's meeting with luxembourg's leader.

boris, leave our rights alone! having tried and failed to move it inside, number 10 chose to leave rather than appear before the crowd. but xavier bettel didn't miss the moment. maybe even savoured it. so, now it's on mrjohnson. he holds the future of all uk citizens. it was a decision from the party, it was a decision from david cameron to do it. they decide, they decide, i deeply regret it. but don't put the blame on us! many british prime ministers have sat alongside him before, trying to finesse or find a new relationship with the eu but this one is happier to provoke, happier to try to find a way round. it does seem that since you've been in office, that some of the things you have done, you seem to believe the conventions and rules somehow don't apply to you. oh, really? really? obviously, i humbly disagree.

if you're talking about having a queen's speech, i think that was the right thing to do. we need a queen's speech. so, when it comes... by the way, all this mumbo jumbo about how parliament is being deprived of the opportunity to scrutinise brexit, what a load of claptrap! actually, parliament, ithink, has lost about four or five days and i think actually what the people of our country is a little less of this sort of gloom. one of the people who's extremely gloomy about what's happened is your old friend and rival and colleague david cameron. he says that the leave campaign that you lead, lied. he said that you behaved appallingly. i have the highest respect and affection and regard for him. he and i worked together for many years and i think he has a legacy, turning the economy around, that i think he can be very, very proud of. so, that's my view on dave and what he's got to say. he's been brutal about you. well, really, i mean, you know... another tory prime minister whose fate will be decided by our relationship with europe. with time so short, the volume is going up,

as the clock ticks down. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, luxembourg. also making news today: the un's fact—finding mission on myanmar has warned that hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims who remain inside myanmar are living under the threat of genocide. it says the danger makes the repatration of a million rohingya refugees who fled to bangladesh impossible. the panel repeated its calls for top generals in myanmar to face trial. a myanmar military spokesman has rejected the un team's findings, calling them one—sided. american scientists say they have found a way to stop the common cold. rather than attacking the virus itself, they used gene editing to turn off a protein inside human cells which the cold virus needs to replicate. the technique also worked to stop viruses associated with asthma and polio. now, this is the guinness world

record for the largest serving of fried chicken, which has been set by people in southwestern japan. eight restaurants specializing in japanese fried chicken, karaage, cooked up a whopping 1,667 kilograms of fried chicken at a food festival in nakatsu in 0ita prefecture. president trump has said it looks as though iran was behind the attacks on two major oil facilities in saudi arabia. he said washington was seeking more proof, and he stressed that he hoped to avoid war. iran has denied involvement in saturday's drone attacks, which were claimed by iranian—backed houthi rebels in yemen. the damage to the saudi plants has cut global oil supplies by 5%,

and pushed up prices. at one point during trading, they reached their highest level since the gulf war in 1990. the bbc‘s nawal al—maghafi reports. striking at the heart of saudi's oil industry. a major attack on the largest processing facility, cutting capacity by half. an attack by houthi rebels in reaction to saudi interference in yemen. last month, a targeted attack on a military parade in aden killed dozens. back then i interviewed the deputy foreign minister. he warned there was more to come. translation: for the last five years we have been the ones who are attacked. it is only normal that we retaliate to defend our land and our people who have been the main victims.

this was the most damaging and humiliating blow to saudi arabia since they intervened in yemen's civil war. they are supporting the yemeni government with the backing of the uk and the us. fighting against houthi rebels backed by iran. four years on, thousand have been killed in air strikes, and the conflict has created the world's worst humanitarian crisis. previously, the rebels only had limited capabilities, but claiming this latest attack changes that. other than words, they have shown no evidence. the us release these satellite images — proof, they say, that it was not the houthi rebels but iran that was responsible. this behaviour is unacceptable. it is unacceptable and they must be held responsible. make no mistake about it — this was a deliberate attack

on the global economy. as tensions in the region escalate, iran categorically denies the allegations but continues to defend the houthis. translation: yemeni people are exercising their legitimate right of defence. the attacks are reciprocal, and the main solution is to hold these attacks. if attacks like this continue, the fear is that saudi arabia, with their allies, will respond with greater force, and it will be the people of yemen that pay the price. for more on what donald trump has been saying about the issue, i've been speaking to our washington correspondent david willis. he was asked by the white house

today, president trump, if he agreed with that assessment over the weekend from the secretary of state mike pompeo, that iran was to blame for this attack on those saudi oil installations, and the president said it is looking that way. as soon as we have definitive evidence, he added, we will let you know. aside from some satellite images, the us is yet to provide evidence to bolster mr pompeo‘s claims, and president trump today hinting that much of the crucial intelligence would come from saudi arabia itself, and he said that mike pompeo, secretary of state, would be travelling to saudi arabia at some point. the us would also be talking to european allies in the broad hint was that they would be looking to build some sort of coalition, if you like, some international coalition, to ta ke like, some international coalition, to take action. it is a much more softly softly tone from mr trump, no rush, he said, the evidence was

being analysed, they hope to avoid a military conflict but if one proved necessary , military conflict but if one proved necessary, he said the us had never been better prepared on that front. an american drugs manufacturer that's been closely identified with the opioid addiction epidemic in the united states has filed for bankruptcy. purdue pharma has been accused of aggressively marketing opioids and misleading doctors. 0ur north america correspondent, nick bryant, reports. these are the quiet rituals of america's opioid america. a parent visiting a shrine to a child who overdosed on heroin. his drug addiction began a decade earlier, when he was prescribed painkillers as a teenager. jeff had been injured playing american football in high school, and started taking 0xycontin, a drug prosecutors allege was aggressively and deceptively marketed by purdue pharma,

a company owned by the sackler family, one of the richest in america. did you have any sense of how addictive 0xycontin was? no, no. and it really bothers me because nobody told us there was an addictive quality at all. they purposely set out to misguide doctors, mislead the public, and have everyone misunderstand and assume they were safe. purdue has now filed for bankruptcy, part of a proposal to settle some of the thousands of lawsuits against it, protect it from others, and to provide money to tackle the crisis. these are some of the adverts that the company ran in the late 90s that it says falsely downplayed the risks of 0xycontin. some patients may be afraid of taking opioids because they are perceived as too strong or addictive. that is far from actual fact. since 1999, 200,000 americans have

died from overdoses related to 0xycontin and other prescription opioids. the settlement has been fiercely opposed by states such as new york and massachusetts, who have accused members of the sackler family of being behind purdue's decision to deceive doctors and patients. allegations that purdue and members of the sackler family with involvement in the company refute. they deny they contributed to the crisis, and pointed to heroin and fentanyl as more significant than other painkillers. that crisis goes on and so does the legal fight against purdue. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: it is the world's deadliest conflict, and the violence is escalating. we report on the human cost of afg hanistan‘s war. also on the programme: are we causing catastrophic damage to our seas?

i'll be speaking to the un secretary general‘s special envoy for the ocean. 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. this is newsday on the bbc. our top stories: luxembourg's prime minister has launched a furious attack on the british government and its approach to brexit. president trump has pointed the finger for the attack on saudi arabia's oil facilities, saying, "it looks like it was iran". let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the gulf news is leading with the attacks on saudi arabia's oil facilities.

it quotes saudi arabia's foreign ministry who's invited un experts to join the investigation. the south china morning post is marking 100 days since the start of the huge wave of anti—government protests in hong kong. it's listing figures that show how violent the marches have become. nearly 1,500 people were arrested sincejune the 9th, and nearly 2,500 rounds of tear gas were fired. and the independent is headlining with our top story, and the picture speaks for itself. the article says that british prime minister borisjohnson says brexit plans should be kept secret until the eu and uk sign a deal. the war in afghanistan has been raging for almost 18 years, and now the country is facing a renewed crisis after the breakdown of peace talks between us and taliban leaders. the escalation in violence

last month has produced some shocking figures. more than 2,000 people died and almost 2,000 were injured in more than 600 incidents across the country. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, reports from afghanistan on the human cost of war. not a day without violence. not a day without loss. one month in afghanistan. the darkest day of all, a wedding hall, 92 dead. a suicide bomber of islamic state.

the worst attack of august, the deadliest this year. it was meant to be the best night of mirwais‘ life. 20 minutes after the bridegroom danced with joy, life changed for ever. the days of summer in august saw, on average, 7a deaths a day. even the islamic festival of eid was shattered by violence. we went to visit one family left devastated.

two daughters out shopping for eid. two children left behind at home. a taliban truck bomb killed them and 12 others. one month in decades of war. even a 70—year—old granny has a gun. three of this lady's sons and three grandsons were shot dead right in front of her house by islamic state fighters. a0 grandchildren now under her care.

another son died in war decades ago, a fifth injured in battle. across afghanistan, month after month, life goes on here, even as more lives are taken, more families shattered. for many afghans, this now feels like a for—ever war. and even though this past month of violence there has been far more talk of peace, afghans wonder and worry whether the months to come will be exactly the same. fighting intensifies, and so does the pain, in what is now the world's deadliest conflict. lyse doucet, bbc news,

in afghanistan. the way we produce and consume almost everything must change, that's set to be the stark warning of a report by the united nations‘ intergovernmental panel on climate change. the report, released later this month, will warn that unless we change our habits soon, there could be a dramatic decline in fish stocks, a 100—fold increase in the damage caused by super storms and millions of people displaced by rising seas. earlier i discussed the report with ambassador peter thomson, the united nations‘ secretary general‘s special envoy for the ocean. i began by asking him if the bottom line is we are simply over—consuming. i think it does probably come down to that. not just i think it does probably come down to that. notjust us, but ever since

the industrial revolution we have been consuming probably in the wrong way, number one, but certainly today we are over consuming because of our large population, we have to change oui’ ways large population, we have to change our ways and we have to change them rapidly. when we hear about the amount of plastic in the oceans, it feels like it is simply overwhelming. realistically, what can people do? i think plastic is actually a winnable one, in a sense that we just have to stop using unnecessary plastic, and that is within the power of individuals like us within the power of individuals like us and it is happening all around the world. all the pacific island governments have either banned single—use plastics or are in the process of phasing it out. that is doable. busting is useful but only in the right places, and certainly not single—use plastic. in the right places, and certainly not single-use plastic. are you we already seeing the results of those bands? yes, and it distresses me a bit that it is developing countries that have to take the lead on this. in kenya, for example, there is a

strict ban on plastic bags, and when it was brought in — i have been going to nairobi through the years — and therefore there were plastic bags everywhere in the streets, but 110w bags everywhere in the streets, but now not a single want to be seen. so we can make changes and make them quickly. that is encouraging. when it comes to some of the biggest culprits of what we are experiencing, what would you say it is? the ocean's health is in deep trouble, there is no doubt about that, and five things — the acidification of the ocean, the warming of the ocean, the d oxygen notation of the ocean. and two others. we have to do cut our emissions dramatically to reduce the effects of climate change. and we have talked about coral reefs in australia and around the pacific

rim. how do we stop the bleeding process that is taking place? rim. how do we stop the bleeding process that is taking place ?|j actually think that is a predicament for humanity, not just actually think that is a predicament for humanity, notjust the thing about coral. we are told by the apcc, which is the gathering of the world's best gathering of world scientists, that once we crossed the two degrees threshold that we will basically lose coral. that is why we are trying to keep to 1.5 degrees beyond the preindustrial age. the predicament is we are currently heading towards 3—4d and existing trends. we need to make a change in oui’ trends. we need to make a change in our consumption patterns to cut those greenhouse gases, because that is the common enemy. the teenage climate activist greta thunberg has accepted an award for ambassador of conscience at a ceremomy in washington. the 16—year—old from sweden was given the award by the worldwide human rights charity amnesty international. she started the international youth movement against climate change when she protested outside the swedish parliament last year.

this award is for all those millions of people, young people, around the world, who together make up the movement called fridays for future. all these fearless youth fighting for their future. you've been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. a role model for the youth. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. we'll be looking at how, after 100 days of protest, hong kong is turning to public relations firms to try to salvage its international image. hello once again. autumn is presenting its quiet face towards us just at the moment. sometimes it can be stormy. well, we're seeing that quiet spell of weather certainly dominating for the next few days. dry by day and cool, as befits the season, overnight.

that's the way the pressure chart is shaping up for tuesday — high pressure very much the dominant feature. quite a number of isobars you'll notice as we get on into tuesday. thejetstream is coming up and around the atlantic high and sweeping down into the heart of continental europe, offering some more unsettled fare there and certainly colder conditions as well than we're enjoying here in the british isles. a coolish sort of start to the day, but come the afternoon, plenty of sunshine around. the temperatures again, the midteens or so up to about 20 degrees. just tempering the sunshine late on in the day as we bring a warm front in from the atlantic. it'll still be there as we move from tuesday on into wednesday. enough cloud associated with that for there to be the odd bit and piece of rain, primarily across the northern half of scotland. elsewhere, it's going to be a really decent sort of day. by the stage, the high pressure will have moved just sufficiently far towards the east to pushed those chill north—westerly winds out into the north sea, so it may well feel a tad warmer across the north—east of scotland simply because you've lost the strength of the wind.

come thursday, that high pressure is going to be very much the dominant feature, keeping it fine and settled in all parts. you'll notice as we move towards the latter part of the week, so the high centre moves over to continental europe, and that allows the chance for us to pick up air of continental origin. there's still some warmth across the continent at the mediterranean at this time of year, and we're going to start tapping into that. it brings drier conditions across us, so any chance of mist or fog that may well have been there the first part of thursday won't be an issue on the first part of friday. those temperatures just ticking up by a degree or two quite widely across the british isles, 20 as far north as aberdeen. not a great deal changes from friday into saturday. notice the run of isobars is there from south to north, keeping the atlantic fronts at bay at this stage. so saturday's another glorious day for many parts of the british isles.

there's just the chance of one or two showers, quite heavy showers at that, getting into the far south—west to finish off the day. a high on the day of 25, that's really not bad for the time of year. and then come sunday, we start importing some moisture. a frontal system trying to come in from the atlantic, but ahead of it we'll have some thundery showers gradually working their way up and across many parts of the british isles on what is going to be quite a sultry day.

i'm kasia madera with bbc world news. our top story: the european union's frustration with the uk over brexit has hit the headlines, with the prime minister of luxembourg, xavier bettel, making a stinging attack on the british government and describing the brexit process as a nightmare. president trump says it looks as though iran was behind the attack on two major saudi oilfacilities. he said washington was seeking more proof but stressed he hoped to avoid war. and this story is getting a lot of attention on bbc.com. american scientists say they have

found a way to stop the common cold. rather than attacking the virus itself, they used gene editing to turn off a protein inside human cells which the cold virus needs to replicate. that's all. stay with bbc world news.