hello everyone and welcome. you're watching newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: as world leaders meet for a special un summit on climate change, the teenage climate change activist, greta thunberg, launches a furious attack. how dare you! you have stolen my dreams, my childhood with your empty words. as scientists say global warming is accelerating, not slowing down, what real action are countries taking? we'll have the latest. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme. the uk launches its biggest peacetime repatriation in history, to bring back hundreds of thousands stranded following the collapse of travel company thomas cook.

and evicted by penguins — we look at australian attempts to empty an estate, to make room for a colony of little penguins. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7 pm in new york, where about 60 world leaders are gathered for a special un climate summit amid signs of a distinct public shift over how to tackle climate change. the un chief, antonio guterres, says he expects the summit to deliver a number of meaningful plans to dramatically reduce emissions during the next decade, reaching carbon neutrality by 2050. with the latest from new york,

here's nick bryant. a sweltering september scorcher in new york city — not much sign of autumn here. and it hasn'tjust been a long summer, but north of the equator, the hottest ever on record. so, today at the riverside headquarters of the united nations, an urgent climate action summit. this global body, once more, sounding the alarm. the world is losing the race against climate change. applause. in this air—conditioned auditorium, the heat came from the 16—year—old swedish activist greta thunberg. the un hoping to harness what's being called the greta effect — her ability to mobilise the young and to shame the old. and my, how she did that today. this is all wrong. i shouldn't be up here. i should be back in school on the other side of the ocean.

yet you all come to us young people for hope. how dare you?! you have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. you are failing us. but the young people are starting to understand your betrayal. the eyes of all future generations are upon you, and if you choose to fail us, i say we will never forgive you. for the grown—ups in the room it was awkward. applause and cheers. was their applause a form of apology? mr president? the world's most powerful adult only briefly stopped by. greta thunberg watched from the side, scowling, as he arrived. he didn't address the summit himself. he's withdrawing america from the paris climate change accord. and soon he took the chair at a rival event organised by the white house on religious persecution. other international leaders have come here

with new pledges to curb emissions. only nations with aggressive plans were allowed to speak. but even those commitments won't be enough to keep temperatures from rising to dangerous levels. but every world leader today was completely upstaged by a teenager with a furious speech that will echo down the generations. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. that summit is now coming to an end, this is the secretary general antonio guterres making his closing remarks. well over 100 leaders in the private sector committed to accelerating their move into the green economy. a group of the world's largest asset owners,

responsible for directing more than 2 trillion us dollars, committed to move to carbon neutral investment portfolios by 2050. multilateral and national development banks have increased their pledges, and the international development finance clu b international development finance club announced that it will mobilise 1 club announced that it will mobilise i trillion us dollars in clean energy funding by 2025 commie in 20 least developed countries. the club will also promote carbon neutrality by reducing fossil fuels, import volumes and define exit strategies from coal financing. 130 volumes and define exit strategies from coalfinancing. 130 banks, one third of the global banking sector signed up to align their businesses with the paris agreement objectives and the sustainable development goals. all of this in addition to the clear called by asset managers representing near half of the world's invested capital, some 3a

trillion us dollars, who are demanding urgent climate action and calling on global leaders to put a meaningful price on carbon and fossil fuel meaningful price on carbon and fossilfuel subsidies meaningful price on carbon and fossil fuel subsidies and terminate all coal power worldwide. i want to once again salute those countries that have already increased their climate finance support, especially those that have doubled their contributions to the green climate find. today, today others went even beyond doubling their overall climate finance commitments. we absolutely must guarantee the implementation of the commitment by developed countries to mobilise 100 billion us dollars each year from private and public sources by 2020, for mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. and i: all governments to provide a stronger mandate for climate and development

goals to that national and business finance solutions in order for that to be achievable. dearfriends, i was deeply moved by many examples of inspiring leadership in countries that have done the least to contribute to the climate crisis. small island states together, committed to carbon neutrality, and to move to 100% renewable energy by 2030. we saw new initiatives to unlock the part of nature, including by conserving 30% of the earth's land and waters by 2030, and protecting the central african forest and the 60 million people who depend on it. more than 150 nature —based solutions to cut carbon emissions were announced. i welcome many concrete new initiatives to make buildings and transport cleaner and greener. more than 2000 cities

committed to putting climate risk at the centre of decision—making, creating 1000 bankable climate smart urban project. the un secretary general, closing the un climate summit in new york, and even before the sun it got started, one of the things that the secretary general really wa nted things that the secretary general really wanted to stress was he wa nted really wanted to stress was he wanted those countries that were coming to bring pledges, and not premises. he wanted concrete commitments, so that he was outlining some of those commitments, and also stressing the amount that developing nations have done, those countries very much at the forefront of the damage, inspecting the frontline of climate change — experiencing, they have done the most to combat climate change but ultimately we and heard from gre thurnberg, she is fighting and bringing attention to the need for

action on climate change. this is the un climate summit coming to a close, the secretary general there giving his final remarks. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. president trump has shrugged off calls for impeachment proceedings as "just a democrat witchhunt". senior democrats have been keeping up the pressure demanding he release the contents of a july phone call with the ukrainian president, who he reportedly tried to press into opening a corruption inquiry into his rivaljoe biden and his son. we had a great conversation, the conversation i had was largely congratulatory, was largely corruption, all of the corruption taking place. it was largely the fa ct taking place. it was largely the fact that we don't want our people like vice president biden and his son, creating the corruption already in the ukraine.

also making news today, almost 500 people have been detained in egypt in the past few days after protests against alleged government corruption. that's what human rights activists are saying. demonstrations were reported in cairo, alexandria and several other cities on friday night, and in the port city of suez on saturday evening. the authorities have not yet released an official number of arrests. a ruling on the legality of british prime minister boris johnson's decision to suspend parliament will be announced by the supreme court on tuesday morning. ministers say the five—week suspension, called a prorogation, is not a court matter. but critics argue mrjohnson wants to limit scrutiny of his brexit policy. parliament is currently due to return on the 14th of october, with the uk scheduled to leave the eu on the 31st of october. families of the 346 passengers who died in two separate crashes of boeing 737 max aircraft, are being offered almost a $150,000 each.

the aircraft maker says families can claim the compensation without waiving their right to sue. boeing's entire fleet of around five hundred 737 max planes have been grounded since march following crashes in ethiophia and indonesia. the family of a woman who died in the leicester city helicopter crash has sued the estate of the club's billionaire owner vichai srivaddhanaprabha. nusara suknamai, one of mr vichai's staff, was on board the helicopter when it crashed outside the stadium in october 2018. her family has sued for over $9 million in damages. in football, barcelona's lionel messi has won the best fifa men's player of the year award for a record sixth time. he beat liverpool defender virgil van dijk and five—time winner cristiano ronaldo. us co—captain megan rapinoe won the women's top award after helping her country win the world cup title this year.

the japanese carmaker, nissan, and its former ceo, carlos ghosn, have reached a settlement with the us securities and exchange commission. the comission had accused them of making false financial disclosures about more than $140 million to be paid to mr ghosn in retirement. nissan will pay a $15 million fine, and mr ghosn will pay $1 million, but neither has admitted wrongdoing. and these pictures are not from mars, but from indonesia, where skies turned red over the weekend thanks to the widespread forest fires which have plagued huge parts of the country. in these photos, eka wulandari, from the mekar sari village injambi province, captured the blood—red skies at around midday on saturday. every year, fires in indonesia create a smoky haze that can end up blanketing the entire

south east asian region. thomas cook — one of the world's largest, and oldest travel companies — has collapsed, leaving thousands of travellers stranded overseas and putting more than 20,000 jobs at risk. the confirmation came earlier on monday, when last—minute talks, to save the 178—year—old company, broke down. a fleet of planes has been chartered to bring home thousands of british holidaymakers. it is the largest repatriation to happen in peacetime. let's hear from some of them. they have stopped coaches coming in and letting people go home because they have not paid this money, but i have already paid. we are absolutely gutted, we have looked forward to this for a long time. still hoping to get on a thomas cook flight, they are still accepting bookings and

flights until late last night. i had a sixth sense at two o'clock this morning, got up, checked the website, and that's when it hits the fan, basically. what's happened is out fan, basically. what's happened is our thomas cook representative has walked out, we are left in the dark. thomas cook is not paid the hotel, and they have warned us that they have not been paid, we are left in the dark. the first we heard about it was waking up this morning for the bus that we were getting into the bus that we were getting into the town, near the airport. those we re the town, near the airport. those were stranded british holidaymakers because of the collapse on thomas cook. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme, india is on the road to criminalise commercial surrogacy: what will it mean for couples with fertility problems? also on the programme, we see if an australian plan to vacate an island for a penguin colony to colonise

has actually worked. ben johnson, the fastest man on earth is flying home to canada in disgrace. all the athletes should be clean going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning these people were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burned down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world and so the british government has no option but to continue this action even after any adverse judgement in australia. concorde have crossed the atlantic

faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. this is newday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: the teenage climate campaigner, greta thunberg, has told world leaders that her generation will never forgive them if they fail to combat climate change. the biggest repatriation in british peace—time history is under way after thomas cook collapsed, leaving hundreds of thousands stranded. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post wonders if self—driving cars are still on track?

the city of wuhan has granted licences for testing to get under way. so if you're in hubei province, keep an eye out. autonomous vehicles may be coming to a street near you. singapore's straits times reports on the struggle to protect people from the haze. keeping windows closed and using air purifiers has become essential at some hospitals. but it's hoped thundery showers could provide some relief from the haze pollution. and the international edition of the japan times features a sumo wrestler with a reason to smile. sekiwake mitakeumi just won his second top—division championship. now he's aiming for the title of ozeki, the sport's second—highest rank. and we wish him good luck. those are the papers. now, what stories are sparking

discussions online? rico, online people are really interested in a trial which has opened in paris, france. it's expected to reveal why it took 33 years to ban a drug that's thought to have killed at least 500 people. the drug, which was a pill called mediator, was designed to control diabetes but was prescribed to around 5 million people in france as a slimming aid. it was withdrawn in 2009. the makers, servier, deny any cover—up. there is a lot of interest in that story online. in india, commercial surrogacy is a multi—million dollar industry. couples with infertility problems pay poor women to carry their babies to term. but now the country is on its way to imposing a blanket ban, criminalising the practice of surrogacy in exchange for money. the bbc‘s devina gupta reports. 23—year—old —— this 20 30 to seven

months pregnant. but she knows it is not her baby. she is a surrogate mother who has agreed to rent a worm for nearly $7,000 —— womb. mother who has agreed to rent a worm for nearly $7,000 -- womb. my husband lied to me about his work, he was jobless, and husband lied to me about his work, he wasjobless, and he husband lied to me about his work, he was jobless, and he used to beat me. i left him and came here with my two children. i decided to be a surrogate mother now because my children are young and they won't ask me any awkward questions. i'm in ask me any awkward questions. i'm in a small house in delhi, which is a hostel for sara get mothers. there are two rooms here with eight beds facing each other. there is an air conditioner, a television and a cook, which is a luxury for the sara get mothers here who are from underprivileged backgrounds. they have to stay here during the course of their pregnancy, where their diet and medication is monitored very closely. this woman was a surrogate

motherfor a baby closely. this woman was a surrogate mother for a baby girl recently. she comes to this hostel for a prenatal checkup. and is using the money to provide for her own three—year—old child. translation: what else can i do? should i sell my kidney to get money? there aren't enough jobs. for women, it isn't easy to work anywhere, also. she wants to be a surrogate again to earn more money. but in the future, it won't be easy. the government believes commercial surrogacy the government believes commercial surrogacy is exploitative and wants to ban it. it is pushing for a new law where only a close relative can bea law where only a close relative can be a surrogate mother under stringent conditions. this has led toa stringent conditions. this has led to a rise of prospective indian pa rents to a rise of prospective indian parents who want a child. earlier i had just one or two lines in a month looking for a surrogate mother. but now the demand has gone up by 400%. in fact, i don't have enough sara get mothers to help them, and looking at the future, if the law is

passed, it could lead to black marketing, too. the new bill has already been passed by the lower house of the parliament. and in the coming months, when it is likely to be passed by the upper house, it would seal the fate of these commercial surrogates. devina gupta, bbc news, daily. —— dehli. it's not often in this world that humans are pushed out of their homes by penguins. but in a suburb on phillip island, around 137 kilometres south of the australian city of melbourne, the world's largest colony of a species known as the ‘little penguin' has done just that. it's a place where tourists have flocked to since the 1920s to see the nightly ‘penguin parade'. in 1985, the state government took an extraordinary step — it decided to buy every piece of property on the summerland peninsula and return the land to the penguins. peter dann is research director at phillip island nature parks. he's worked there since the early eighties and was one of the authors of a study that led

to the summerland property buyback. he described to me how this worked. it was a very complicated process but far more civilised than i expected. we determined the trends in the penguin population, which we re in the penguin population, which were serious, the population was going down very rapidly. and there we re going down very rapidly. and there were a number of obvious causes. one of them was predation by introduced foxes, but there were a lot of courses associated with the coastal village, which was known as the summerland estate in those days. and particularly, think with getting run over on the road because the estate was built in the middle of a breeding colony of penguins. the people driving back and forth at night to their homes were going over penguins, their dogs, some of the dogs were killing them. there were a number of factors. many times a

settle m e nt number of factors. many times a settlement has been moved, and a dam, a power facility, settlement has been moved, and a dam, a powerfacility, but not a single wildlife species? that is correct. as far as i can tell, it has never happened before. it's been done for wildlife conservation. it's a very significant event. this move, peter, has it just a very significant event. this move, peter, has itjust benefited the penguins, it has been profitable as well? penguin population has increased in the 1980s when it was declining from 12,000 to about 34,000. that providesjobs declining from 12,000 to about 34,000. that provides jobs through ecotourism here on the island. what does this say about australia's reliance on wildlife and natural resources ? reliance on wildlife and natural resources? how important is it to look after these natural resources? it's critical, not just look after these natural resources? it's critical, notjust for the

quality—of—life of australians, but for the whole world. there is nowhere else where you can see penguins this easily and this many, little penguins, and so it is extremely important from a global perspective also. share with us, peter, about the penguin needs. —— knits, why wouldn't penguin need a sweater? anglin greens are very susceptible to getting oil on them, if there is oil in the sea —— penguins are. it damages their fur and causes them to become hypodermic. when they come ashore, sometimes they are in very dire straits, sometimes they try to take the oil of their plumage themselves. i've got one of their little jumpers here. there you go. a penguin wearing a sweater. exactly, so this

stops them phillip island nature parks the oil and poisoning themselves, but it also gives them warm while they are waiting to be properly cleaned and rehabilitated. you worked in the park since the early 1980s, you are dedicated and love these penguins stop yes. yes, no regrets, it was a job i took on for three years but i've been here ever since. there is absolutely no regrets. it has been very satisfying work. it's now on my bucket list to go see the penguins at phillip island nature parks stop our director was just saying how he had been there many, many years ago and he saw the penguins do the little parade. brilliant stuff. let's finish with another lovely story. images of the duke and duchess of sussex in south africa, teaching

children about their rights and a class on self defence and female empowerment training to young girls. their child is also on this tour. hello once again. while some spots, particularly northern and eastern britain, started easily enough, eventually whether fronts piled britain, started easily enough, eventually whetherfronts piled in from the atlantic stop here we are on tuesday, you get the sense we may well be in for something of a repeat performance. in fact, well be in for something of a repeat performance. infact, dues well be in for something of a repeat performance. in fact, dues there could be one of the wettest and windiest days many areas will have seen windiest days many areas will have seen for quite some time. in the first part of the day, it is the southern half of britain that is likely to see the very worst of the conditions on offer. as it take you on through the morning and on into the afternoon, you will notice some of those really dark blues and greens gradually work their way over towards the north and it will be a fairly slow process as well. that is

why we think some spots widely could see 30—40 millimetres of rain, others could get 18 millimetres of rain. some of the gusts, 40, possibly even 50 miles an hour in exposed locations. —— 70 possibly even 50 miles an hour in ex rain. 1 locations. —— 70 possibly even 50 miles an hour in ex rain. it ocations. —— 70 possibly even 50 miles an hour in ex rain. it willions. —— 70 possibly even 50 miles an hour in ex rain. it will be 5. —— 70 possibly even 50 miles an hour in ex rain. it will be a —— 70 possibly even 50 miles an hour in ex rain. it will be a windy day, and of rain. it will be a windy day, and then later on we may welljust ramp up then later on we may welljust ramp up some rain and some stronger winds yet again. initially into the south—west, but then widely across the south and south—east of england and. wales. here we are on wednesday, and once that side of the feature has worked its way after the near continent, actually wednesday is going to be one of the quieter days of the week. once that wind and rain has cleared away from the south—east, then there is a fair amount of dry weather, i guess there will be a spot of fairweather in north scotland, not so much wind. you may feel like standing around in

it, but probably not on thursday. you've seen the forecast in recent days, these forecasts have sped up, it looks like they would hang around for the first part of friday, but farther north—eastern corner of scotland, it looks like they clear the eastern shores of the british isles, leaving behind a drier prospect, although fairly late in the day for some. then we may get some of those showers to western areas to give the odd longer spell of rain. all the while, the wind is quite a significant factor on the day on friday. essentially, it is a day on friday. essentially, it is a day of sunny spells with them is ours but some of those showers banging together on many fronts to give some longer spells of rain. we are darkening some of these blues so it would be not at all surprising if you heard the odd rumble of thunder in the heaviest of those downpours. a top of 18.

our top story: teenage climate campaigner greta thunberg has delivered an angry address at the un climate change summit in new york, accusing world leaders of failing young people. she told world leaders that her generation will never forgive them if they fail to combat global warming, and she accused politicians of stealing her childhood and dreams. hundreds of thousands of people have been stranded as travel giant thomas cook declares bankupcy. britain has launched its biggest ever peacetime repatriation to bring home the passengers. and this story is getting a lot of attention on our wesbite. the duchess of sussex has told teenage girls in a deprived part of south africa she is with them "as a woman of colour" and as their sister. prince harry, meghan and their baby son archie are in south africa for their first overseas tour as a family.