welcome to newsday. 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 and 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. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8 pm in new york where about 60 world leaders have gathered for a special un climate summit amid signs of a distinct public shift over how to tackle climate change. the aim was to deliver a number of meaningful plans to dramatically reduce emissions during the next decade, reaching carbon

neutrality by 2050. nick bryant reports. 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. the summit came to a close in the past hour, with the un secretary—general telling delegates that he was encouraged and inspired by the pledges of action — particularly from smaller countries who've caused the least damage to the climate. you understand the claimant emergency is the fate of our lives, and for our lives. i think young people around the world for leading

oui’ people around the world for leading our charge. we have been losing the race against the climate crisis, but the world is waking up. pressure is building, momentum is growing, and action by action, the tide is turning. today, in this hall, the world is all clear ambition and concrete initiatives. antonio guterres closing the climate summit within the past hour they are. also making news today, almost 500 people have been detained in egypt in the past few days after protests from 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. 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 fact that we don't want our people like vice president biden and his son, creating the corruption already in the ukraine. 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 500 737 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 rapee—no 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 a hundred and forty million dollars 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 i78—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 hit the fan, basically. what's happened is our thomas cook representative has walked out, we are left in the dark. thomas cook has 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 corfu

town, near the airport. those were stranded british holidaymakers because of the collapse on thomas cook. lets return to the special climate summit in new york. the un secretary general says the race to stop a climate emergency can still be won. but the teenage climate campaigner greta thunberg was not so optimistic. she accused world leaders letting young people down. the bbc‘s laura trevelyan has more. welcome to the united nations in new york where their teenage climate activists greta thunberg really caused quite a stir when she accused world leaders of stealing her childhood and her dreams by failing to act on climate change. joining me now to talk about all of this is a 14—year—old timothy. timothy you are

an advocate for the united nations children's find on the environment, thank you for being with us. you are welcome. tell me, what's your reaction to greta thunberg's speech? i'm so proud of her, because i think she delivered a wonderful and inspirational speech, and i think world leaders are more inspired by her speech. what impact is climate change is having on yourfamily? backin change is having on yourfamily? back in 2016, we faced a cyclone which struck fiji, and it was cyclone winston, it destroyed our homes, our farms, and cyclone winston, it destroyed our homes, ourfarms, and it washed cyclone winston, it destroyed our homes, our farms, and it washed away out ci’ops, homes, our farms, and it washed away our crops, and also, to our school, it was totally damaged, and some of

our, it was totally damaged, and some of oui’, some it was totally damaged, and some of our, some of the houses in our village were blown away. timothy, is climate change something that you worry about, because you see the effects all around you ? worry about, because you see the effects all around you? yeah, climate change is really happening, and that is why i am so worried, and also i am worried about the future generations. we might suffer more than us — they might suffer more than us — they might suffer more than us, because we have less time, so we than us, because we have less time, so we need to work together to build a better planet for our future generation. timothy, you have been here at the united nations all weekend, you have seen all these world leaders, today there were lots of pledges, but do you feel that the older generation is doing enough on

climate change? i hope so, because i have seen that many people from different countries, many leaders from different countries have gathered together and they have said different speeches, but i want to say that speeches won't solve the problem, but walk the talk is more effective. timothy, thank you for joining us so much on bbc world news. that's timothy, timothy is just 1a years old, but he lives in fiji and he sees for himself the effects of climate change, so that is the voice of a generation, and the frustration that he and greta thunberg and other teenagers feel on the inaction of climate change, we saw the come right here to the united nations, and they told the grown—ups you need to do better. yes they certainly did. that climate change summit just ended. for much more on the battle

to tackle global warming don't forget to check out our website. you'll find an article on the latest scientific research on temperature and sea—level rises, and even our climate change food calculator, where you can figure out the carbon footprint of your diet. that's at bbc dot com forward slash news. 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 coming up here, we'll be looking to see if an australian plan to vacate an island for penguin colonies has 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 newsday 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 peacetime 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. hong kong's 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 ongoing 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 pollution. and finally, 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 sports second—highest rank. we wish him luck. look at that smile. it is contagious, isn't it? 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,

therefore criminalising the practice of surrogacy in exchange for money. the bbc‘s devina gupta reports. 23—year—old jyoti is seven months pregnant. but she knows it is not her baby. she is a surrogate mother who has agreed to rent a womb for nearly $7,000. translation: i got married at the age of 17. my 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 a small house in delhi, which is a hostel for surrogate 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 surrogate mothers here who are from underprivileged backgrounds.

they have to stay here during the course of their pregnancy, where their diet and their medication is monitored very closely. rajkumari was a surrogate mother for a baby girl recently. she comes to this hostel for a prenatal check—up. 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's not 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 is exploitative and wants to ban it. it is pushing for a new law where only a close relative can be a surrogate mother under stringent conditions. this has led to a rush of prospective indian parents who want a child. transaltion: 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 surrogate 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, 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 were dire, the population was 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, penguins getting run over on the roads 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 would run over penguins, their dogs, some of the dogs were killing them. there were a number of factors. and peter, many times a settlement has been moved, or a dam, a powerfacility, but not all this for 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. and this move, peter, not only has itjust benefited the penguins, it has been profitable as well? it has, because the penguin population has increased in the 1980s when it was declining from 12,000 to about 311,000 breeding birds.

that provides jobs through ecotourism operation here on the island. what does this say about australia's reliance on wildlife and natural resources? how important is it to look after these natural resources? it's absolutely critical, not just 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. and share with us, peter, about the penguin knits, why would a penguin need a sweater? penguins are are very susceptible to being oiled at sea, if there is oil pollution about. it mattes their plumage and causes them to become hypodermic.

when they come ashore, sometimes they are in very dire straits, sometimes they try to take the oil off their plumage themselves. i've got one of their little jumpers here. there you go. the penguin wearing a sweater. exactly, so this stops them preening the oil and poisoning themselves, but also it keeps them warm while they are waiting to be properly cleaned and rehabilitated. and breifly, peter, you worked in the park since the early 1980s, you are dedicated and love these penguins. yes. yes, no regrets, it was a job i took on for three years but i've been here ever since. there's absolutely no regrets. it's been very satisfying work. i have never seen penguins my whole life. this is now on my bucket list! phillip island stop is that your impression of a penguin? yes!

phillip island stop is that your impression ofa penguin? yes! can you see the similarities? one of our directors, philip, says you do see the penguins do that parade. incredibly cute. thank you for watching, goodbye. hello once again. while some spots, particularly northern and eastern britain, started monday decently enough, eventually weather fronts piled in from the atlantic. here we are on tuesday, you get the sense we may well be in for something of a repeat performance. in fact, tuesday could be one of the wettest and windiest days that many areas will have seen for quite some time. in the first part of the day, it's the southern half of britain that's likely to see the very worst of the conditions on offer. as i take you on through the morning and on into the afternoon, you'll notice some of those really dark blues and greens gradually work their way ever towards the north and it will be a fairly slow process as well.

that's why we think some spots widely could see 30—110 millimetres of rain, others could get up to 70 millimetres of rain. some of the gusts, 40, possibly even 50 miles an hour in exposed locations. just to give you a sense of the spread of those gusts, even into the north of scotland, where you don't see the very worst of the rain, it would be a windy day. and 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. and on what is not going to be a particularly cold night given the amount of cloud around on the strength of the wind as well. 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 east anglia and the south—east, then there is a fair amount of dry weather, yes there will be a spot of fair weather in north scotland,

not so much wind. you may feel like standing around in it, but probably not on tuesday. here we are on thursday. if you've seen the forecast in recent days, these forecasts have sped up, it looks like they would hang around for the first part part of friday. bar the far 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. and then we may gang up some of those showers to western areas to give the odd longer spell of rain. and all the while, the wind is quite a significant factor on the day on friday. so essentially, it is a day of sunny spells with some showers but some of those showers ganging together on many fronts to give some longer spells of rain. and we are darkening out some of these blues so i would be not at all surprising if you heard the odd rumble of thunder in the heaviest of those downpours. a top of 18.

i'm kasia madera with bbc world news. 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 gettign 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. that's all.