i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines... this is in newsday. the emperor's new throne, japan prepares to anoint emperor naruhito in a formal ceremony. i'm mariko oi outside the imperial palace in tokyo — where thousands of guests — including foreign royals and dignitaries — are here to attend the ceremony in a few hours time. ructions in thailand's royalfamily. the king strips his royal consort of her titles — for being too ambitious. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme. canada at the crossroads: will liberal prime ministerjustin trudeau see off challenges from right and left —

to win a second term in office? and — after the duke and duchess of sussex admit they're struggling to cope with press scrutiny — prince william says he's worried. life from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it is newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 8am in tokyo where world leaders and foreign royalty are gathering to attend the enthronement of emperor naruhito. the ceremony officially marks the emperor's ascension to the chrysanthemum throne, after his father's abdication earlier this year. my colleague mariko oi is in tokyo for us. he became japan's new emperor in may?

so what is today's ceremony about? that is right. he became the 126 emperor of japan on the 1st that is right. he became the 126 emperor ofjapan on the 1st of may in the new era started then. it is not unusual though for these events to ta ke not unusual though for these events to take place over several years actually, especially because a new emperor usually takes to the throne after the passing of the previous emperor, of course this time it is different. father stepped down in the first abdication in over two centuries and i guess that is why it feels a bit odd that to have a century ceremony back in may and we are having another one today. but today's event isn't really about introducing emperor naruhito and his wife to the world as you mention about 2000 guests are attending the event including several hundred foreign guests who have flown in to japan to attend the event, including

britain's prince charles. a parade was scheduled for this afternoon but it has been proposed. what is the reason? —— it has been postponed. the official reason is the devastation caused by the typhoon which at the country last weekend, killing at least 80 people. and the government officially announced the a postponement of the parade last friday and i have to say this weather, they probably would have had to postpone the parade anyway. but because the decision was made just last friday, there were some rumours weather there was a clash between the government, which was pushing for the event to go ahead, and the emperor, who wanted the postponement. we ask about that in a press event yesterday and they denied the clash and say it is because a while for them to assess the exact image of the typhoon. i'm sure a lot of people there are talking about the previous emperor. —— the damage of the typhoon. and

the current emperor. had they been talking about the differences between the father in the sun?|j have to say a lot of similarities that people have notice with them, who visited to a lot of neighbouring countries who were affected by japan's wartime atrocities. we noticed emperor naruhito making a similar switch on the 15th of august when he marked the end of the second world war, also his parents really shocked the japanese public when they visited the victims of natural disasters, kneeled and spoke to those victims. the japanese emperor was once seen as those victims. the japanese emperor was once seen as a those victims. the japanese emperor was once seen as a divine figure so a lot of older generation or less, they were shocked to see the emperor speak to what is known as commoners but we have noticed the emperor and emperor is doing the same. there are some differences however, emperor

naruhito is the first emperor to have been brought up by his own pa rents, have been brought up by his own parents, also the first that have studied overseas at oxford as well. thank you marika. another big story we're covering is that the british government has finally published the eu withdrawal agreement bill that would ratify borisjohnson's brexit deal. ministers are hoping it will make its way through parliament this week, allowing britain to leave the eu at the end of the month, without an extension. earlier the speaker refused to allow a straight yes or no vote on the brexit deal. the bbc‘s political correspondent, jonathan blake, has the latest details. we're into a period where the government is trying to get through parliament what is called as you say the withdrawal agreement bill. and that is the 110 page piece of legislation which translates the brexit deal reached

by the prime minister with the european union into uk law. and if it is passed, it is a big if at the stage, that will count as the uk's ratification of the brexit deal. it would then be over to the european parliament to do the same. but as you say, there was no straight yes or no vote in the house of commons on the overall substance of the deal. that is something the prime minister would have wanted, so he could demonstrate to the eu that there was broad support for the deal and there might not be a need for the extension that he was forced to ask for. but we are now into a period of a few days when the government is trying to get this legislation through. and there are already complaints from opposition mps that they are not being given enough time to scrutinise what is a very complicated piece of legislation with far—reaching consequences. the government though is sticking to its guns and will begin this process tomorrow with the first key vote probably in the early hours

of tomorrow evening. and then crucially, a vote on the timetable to try and get it through parliament which the government wants to have wrapped up by the end of this week. many mps may vote against that, scuppering the whole thing, because it will be very difficult then for him to get it passed by the october 31 legal deadline, which stands in which borisjohnson has said time and time again that he will take the uk out of the european union by that deadline. exactly, because that deadline is ticking by. we are really close. it is extremely tight. it is. and the numbers are at the moment, certainly as far as the government is concerned, just about with them in terms of the chances of this deal passing. but what we will see with this process over the next few days is attempts to amend the legislation, to bend and shape it in various directions, to try and impose what there may

well be a majority in the house of commons for, keeping the uk in a closer economic relationship with the eu in future. so keeping the uk in a customs union with the eu for example. we will see in go forward to that effect. also an attempt to put this deal to another public vote, to hold a another referendum on the uk's membership of the terms of the deal agreed. those are things the government does not want and would hope to win votes on those amendments as they are put forward, but it is by no means a rubber stamping exercise, it could take you many twists and turns over the next few days. before the deal is finally approved or rejected by mps. another busy week coming up. also making news today.... president trump has confirmed a small number of us troops will remain in syria. they will protect the border with israel and jordan, and also guard oilfields.

mr trump defended the overall us withdrawal from syria, which has been slammed as a betrayal of the kurds, who helped defeat so called islamic state. he said he never gave a commitment to protect the kurds for ‘four hundred years‘. when we went to turkey and when we went to the kurds, they agreed to do things that they never would've done before the shooting started. if they didn't go through two and a half days of hell, i don't think they would've done it. i think you couldn't have made a deal. and people have been trying to make this dealfor years. lebanon's government has approved a package of economic reforms in an attempt to quell the country's biggest protests in years. in the last five days, hundreds of thousands have marched to oppose government corruption and the cost of living. the measures being offered include steps to cut lebanon's huge deficit, halving ministers‘ salaries and giving financial help to families in poverty.

these pictures from los angeles, show how a fire in the upmarket pacific palasaides neighbourhood is getting dangerously close to people's houses. the area is well known as a home to the rich and famous. it's not the first time that it's experienced wildfires. a huge blaze in 2014 narrowly avoided damaging homes belonging to rihanna and goldie hawn. the king of thailand has abruptly stripped his official consort of all her formal rankings and titles accusing her of disloyalty. just months after she was appointed, he has stripped her of her titles and also her military ranks. in a statement read live on tv, sineenat wongvajirapakdi was called

disloyal‘ and ‘ungrateful‘. her appointment as official concubine — following the king's marriage to queen sutida, was itself highly unusual in thailand. mark lowen reports. the king and his consort in happier times. just three months ago, she was appointed by the thai monarch as he sat with his queen. now that is over after what seems like a clash involving the woman at his side and the one at his feet. the tv statement announcing her downfall was kurt. her downfall was kert. translation: the royal noble consort is ungrateful and behaves in ways unbecoming of her title. she is also not content with the title bestowed upon her, doing everything to rise to the level of the queen. she lacks understanding of royal traditions and acted rebelliously against the king and the queen. her appointment was the first time

a thai king had taken a consort in almost a century. in a country where open discussion about the monarchy is rigorously controlled, her sudden rise was a very public show. her dramatic fall from grace likely to be even more so. it can't come as a surprise that the royal consort went. it kinda goes into what her misbehavior was. she was disrespectful, she was jealous of the queen. she was trying to stop the royal wedding from taking place. she was trying to elevate herself to be at the same level as the queen. and even though the king had appointed her as well consort, appointed her as royal consort, she did not stop her misbehaviors. the king and his fourth wife are protected by strict defamation laws. many thais see the monarch as a demigod.

and so the elevation of the former pilot, nurse and royal bodyguard to the closest of royal ranks was a rare glimpse into a secretive world. in the end, it seems for thailand's royal family, three was a crowd. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... it's set to be one of the country's closest ever elections, will canadians decide to give prime ministerjustin trudeau a second term? also on the programme... struggling in the spotlight... the duke and duchess of sussex express the pain and unhappiness caused by press intrusion. a historic moment that many of his victims have waited forfor decades. the former dictator in the dock,

older, slimmer, as he sat down, obedient enough. dawn, and as the sun broke through the piercing night on the plain, it lights upa biblicalfamine. now in the 20th century. the depressing conclusion in argentina today — it is actually cheaper to paper your walls with money. we've had controversies in the past with great britain, but is good friends, we have always found a good but as good friends, we have always found a good and lasting solution. concorde bows out in style after almost three decades in service from an aircraft that has enthralled as many admirers for so long taxis home one last time. this is newsday on the bbc.

iam in i am in singapore. i am kasia madera and london. our top stories. preparations are under way injapan — for the formal enthronement of its next head of state — emperor naruhito. thailand's new king has stripped his royal consort of her titles just months after appointing her, calling her ‘disloyal‘ and ‘ungrateful‘ let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. london's financial times leads with lebanon's efforts to stop it's biggest anti—government demonstrations in decades. beside a picture of a lebanese cake seller, the paper says president hariri's offer of his own form of sweeteners — including tax freezes and salary cuts for politicians — looks unlikely to be sweet enough to stop the protests. singapore's straits times focuses on a new angle to hong kong's protests.

the territory's leader carrie lam has had to apologise to the must win has had to apologise to the muslim community after a mosque was sprayed with water cannon as demonstrators gathered in front of it. and the japan times has the bitter sweet story of the national team's exit from the rugby world cup in the quarterfinals. it praises the team unity of its "brave blossoms" — as the team are affectionately known. and adds that japanese players and fans can share in world cup pride. well done to them. canadians are voting in parliamentary elections with the prime minister, justin trudeau, facing a threat to his premiership. observers say the vote will be one of the closest ever, with polls suggesting neither mr trudeau's liberal party, nor the rival conservatives will win a clear majority.

climate change, the economy, and health care were among key issues on voters' minds during the five—week campaign. well, polls are due to close in the next couple of hours and our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in toronto following events. this is being seen as a referendum on mr trudeau. yes, every vote cou nts on mr trudeau. yes, every vote counts tonight forjustin trudeau. he is in the fight of his political life. and if the polling stations across this vast country with six times zones have just started closing, they closed a short time ago when the newfoundland and labrador in the east coast of canada, about to close in atlantic canada, about to close in atlantic canada, ina canada, about to close in atlantic canada, in a few minutes' time, let's see what kind of indication we will get as we wait for results to keep trickling in. david is with us. canadian political scientist or commentator. relatively few seats in the east of the country but will they give us hints about how well or

how badlyjustin trudeau liberals are doing? it is hard to say. the fa ct are doing? it is hard to say. the fact is it is a massive country. most of the borders are off—site elected canada come in ontario and quebec. a close race to go all the way to vancouver or british columbia and the pacific ocean. in 2015, the liberal swept atlantic canada. if they perform well today, they might burn theirvery they perform well today, they might burn their very little. if they collect we might learn something but nobody is expecting that. —— we might learna nobody is expecting that. —— we might learn a little. justin trudeau got a majority in the last election. all of the analysis says it will be a minority government, what do you think that will mean? it means that whoever govans think that will mean? it means that whoever governs the liberals are the conservatives will have to co—operate with other parliamentarians and other parties. it is not uncommon for canada to have a minority government. they happen to be very productive actually. but it is a different change of pace, a change of tone, majority to minority, but it is probably good for the country.

people outside of canada, they know aboutjustin trudeau, he sees the world stage, saying he was a feminist and a champion for refugees. they don't know as much about andrew scheer of the conservatives. and his main challenger what's up will make a big difference in canada if the conservatives went rather than the liberals? on the global stage come in my thoughts some although course justin trudeau started quite famously as canada's back. a new era in only four years later in that narrative has changed. i suspect andrew scheer will play things differently. he is a little bit more down spoke and we can say. he has a lighter touch perhaps. but he will have a country to make in his own ideological image and so who knows four years from now, but i don't think he will quite hit the stage like justin trudeau did in 2015. socially very conservative he is in a country would pride itself on its

diversity. he made it clear he is against abortion and against gay marriage although he wouldn't change the conventions here in canada. the fa ct the conventions here in canada. the fact is it is a big country in the conservatives have to try and govern for as much as it is possible. that includes a lot of folks who are progressive and dangerous years has said he will not touch the abortion question, and the same—sex marriage question. —— andrew scheer has said. he is pro—immigration and the fact that the conservatives under the la st that the conservatives under the last prime minister stephen harper we nt last prime minister stephen harper went out of their way to court new canadians because they wanted to get their support. i suspect andrew scheer would be somewhat similar. one question we often ask about canada is resisting the popular strain. the election of donald trump south of the border, what is happening in europe and some parts of america. canada like to see itself as different. is it? no. the country is only as different as its institutions. everybody ultimately can be turned one way or the other. we have been fortunate are institutions have held out. in fact

we have a populist party running in this election. the people's party of canada. they have tanked. they have been rejected by mainstream canada. so far we been rejected by mainstream canada. so farwe are been rejected by mainstream canada. so far we are holding out as best as we can. thank you, david. it will be a long night. the results are starting to come in. we heard the first three seats have gone too justin trudeau's liberal party. it is too early to say anything it will bea is too early to say anything it will be a long night. 338 separate races across this country but whoever winds in atlantic canada gives you some hint of what the trend could it be across the country. we will be following all the results as they come in. that is all from us here in toronto. at the beginning of a long and cold night. it may be a cold and long night but we are very grateful to to you for keeping us up—to—date in the polls closing in the next two hours. thank you. —— next few hours. the bbc has been told that

britain's prince william is worried for his younger brother harry, and hopes he and his wife meghan are all right. a royal source said there was a view that meghan and harry were in a "fragile place," with meghan saying her friends had advised her not to marry prince harry. here's our royal correspondent, jonny dymond. in africa just weeks ago, they looked so happy. i think he knows exactly what's going on. they showed off their newborn son, they danced and laughed, but behind it all, two people struggling with their roles, their lives and an onslaught of criticism in britain's best selling papers. harry and meghan are one of the world's most photographed couples, but he made clear his deep discomfort at his very public life. every single time i see a camera, every time i hear a click, time i hear a click, every every single time i see a flash, it takes me straight back.

so, in that respect, it's the worst reminder of her life, as opposed to the best. harry believes the press tore down his mother diana princess of wales. now he sees it happening to his wife. she is clearly horrified by how she has been portrayed. she reveals herfriends warnings to her as she considered marriage. my british friends said to me, "i'm sure he's great, but you shouldn't do it because the british tabloids will destroy your life." and i very naively, i'm american, we don't have that there — "what are you talking about?" and the brothers? once they were a team, together, taking on the world, that relationship has changed. inevitably, you know, stuff happens, but, look, we're brothers, we'll always be brothers. we're certainly on different paths at the moment but i will always be there for him, as i know he'll always be there for me. a palace source says that prince william is worried about his brother harry

and that the belief is that harry and meghan are in a fragile place. a decent break, it is said, is probably a good idea. the tone is of quite deep concern. "how do we make sure they are 0k?", one official asked? harry has spoken before about his struggles with his own mental health. in africa, he revealed that those struggles continue. i thought i was out of the woods, and then suddenly it all came back and suddenly i realised, actually, no, this is something that i have to manage. look, part of this job and part of anyjob, like everybody, means putting on a brave face. it's all such a far cry from that spring saturday a year—and—a—half ago when they married. now, both of them are struggling, neither seems able to enjoy their public role and harry remains haunted by the memory of his mother.

jonny dymond, bbc news. we have more analysis from our old ca i’s we have more analysis from our old cars for the limit role correspond on our website. —— our royal correspondent on our website. you have been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. a nobel prize—winning economist tells us what he thinks is causing the slowdown in the global economy. we're going to end newsday with a wake up call... no, that's not the sound of rico limbering up before going on air... it's actually the loudest bird in the world, according to scientists. that is not me! laughter. the white bellbird has a mating call which reaches a peak 113 decibels, which is as loud as a plane taking off. the tiny bird only weighs about 200g, but its mating noise is deafening. fear not, it lives deep in the amazon rainforest,

so it's probably not going to keep you awake at night. from from both of us, thank you for watching. hello there. pressure will be building in for tuesday morning so it looks like many places will start dry. you can see this area of high pressure pushing in from the south keeping this front at bay and mainly affecting the far north of the country to start the day and we will have lost that weather front across the southeast. quite a chilly start to tuesday, with the mist and fog around. temperatures really dropping. don't be surprised to see scenes like this across the central parts of england and wales. to greet us this morning. that mist and fog could linger on for a few hours but it but it should break. we should see a good deal of dry weather was fun across england and wales and vast improvement across the southeast and more client

for the north of scotland and northern ireland and most of the rain in the far north of the many places staying dry and temperatures at 12 to 15 degrees. then through tuesday night, it stays dry, variable cloud across england and wales, stays breezy for scotland and northern ireland, with rain tending to flirt with the northwest corner. temperature wise, chilly where skies clear. on to wednesday, we hold onto the fine weather across much of the southeast. we have this weather front bringing wet and windy weather to the far northwest, that low pressure system across spain and france with a lot of rainfall, it may influence the weather across the southeast. weather front here sending more cloud and showers. for the north and west, it stays with the without brakes it stays with the without outbreaks of rain which will become more persistent and parts of northern ireland and weston scotland but in between become a slice of dry weather and temperatures 12 to 15 degrees. heading into thursday, that weather front in the southeast may bring a little bit of rain

but we have low—pressure to the northwest which will push and to bring a spell of windy weather here and we could see gales for a time across weston scotland. for a time across scotland. showers are even longer spells of rain here. one or two showers for the south, and the southeast where we have that week weather front and in between, good spells of sunshine and the temperature on the low to mid teens. low—pressure then clears off to the north to end the week, we see something drier once again but we look to the southwest, new area of low pressure which slides and to bring increasing cloud and rain through the day. we start friday off on a dry note and sunshine. and some cold air across the northern areas. what an windy weather pushing northwards and we could see snow wet and windy weather pushing northwards and we could see snow falls on the high ground but milder in the south.

i'm kasia madera with bbc world news.

our top story. world leaders and foreign royalty are gathering in tokyoto attend the enthronement of emperor naruhito. —— to attend the enthronement. the ceremony marks the emperor's official ascension to the chrysanthemum throne, after his father's abdication earlier this year. the king of thailand has stripped his official consort of all her ranks and titles just a few months after they were granted, calling her "disloyal" and "ungrateful". and video of two anglers in small boats is doing well on our website. because they were dangerously close to a giant "plug hole" at a reservoir in northern england. they were few metres from this 20 metre deep overflow hole. both escaped without injury but authorities are warning people to stay "well away". that's all. i'll be back at 1.00 for more newsday with rico but now on bbc