welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... china responds with fury to a new security deal between the us, britain, and australia, saying the move shows a cold war mentality. translation: cooperation between the united states, the uk, and australia over nuclear submarines has seriously undermined regional peace and stability. a landmark case in indonesia, as a court finds the country's president and his cabinet negligent in tackling air pollution in the capital, jakarta. the supermodel naomi campbell talks exclusively to the bbc about her experience of racism. and sir clive sinclair, the home computing pionneer, has died at the age of 81.

live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. the security and intelligence deal announced just 2a hours ago between the us, the uk, and australia has been greeted in very different ways. the white house has been outlining the advantages of closer ties in the western pacific. but for china, the extension of us power into what it sees as its sphere of influence is somewhat provocative. and there's been some collateral damage coming from france, which is furious at the deal which replaces its sale of submarines to australia with ones made in america. here's our defence

correspondent, jonathan beale. britain's making its mark in the pacific. the royal navy's new aircraft carrier's been flying the flag there, on exercise with the us and allies — proof of the increasing importance of the region, and the focus for this new defence agreement. so what is the threat? china is the rising power in the region — notjust an economic giant, but a military one too. its armed forces are modernising. it now has the world's largest navy. it's staked its claim to oceans, fortifying islands well outside its own territorial waters. this new pact, announced in a carefully choreographed appearance by the leaders of australia, the uk and the us, is all about china, even though they didn't mention it by name. we all recognise the imperative of ensuring peace and stability in the indo—pacific over

the long term. we need to be able to address both the current strategic environment in the region and how it may evolve. as to what is the pact, it starts with sharing the most sensitive of stealth technologies. britain and america will help australia build a fleet of new nuclear—powered, though not nuclear—armed, submarines. the house will understand how australia's future possession of this capability will help to safeguard the peace and security of the indo—pacific. so what's the reaction? this week, london's been hosting one of the world's largest arms fairs, where there's fierce competition for lucrative defence contracts. the plan is to build this new fleet of submarines in australia, but the government here hopes it will boost britain's defence industry and create jobs. but this wider defence pact has already angered both an ally in france and a powerful rival in the region.

france, which had hoped to build the submarines, has called the deal "a stab in the back". but china sees it as more of a threat. translation: cooperation between the united states, the uk, and australia over nuclear submarines has seriously undermined regional peace and stability, intensified the arms race, and undermined international nuclear non—proliferation efforts. the us might have led the exit from afghanistan, but this agreement shows it's not turning its back on china's growing influence in the pacific. jonathan beale, bbc news. one perhaps unintended consequence of the aukus deal — as it's being called — is the strain it's put on relations between the us and france. paris is cross at losing a multi—billion dollar contract to supply australia with submarines. there have been harsh words — and even the symbolic cancellation of a gala in washington. here's french foreign

minister, yves le drian. translation: it's a stab in the back. i we had established a relationship of trust with australia. but that trust has been broken. there's a lot of bitterness about this cancellation. this matter is not over. for more on this now is nomia iqbal, our washington correspondent. i asked her, how would you describe the french reaction? they are so angry about what's happened, and you have the secretary of state, antony blinken, trying to reassure france, saying, "we still value you as an ally, this is about us deepening relationships in the indo—pacific region." but the french are not buying that, as we heard there from the french foreign minister, as well. i don't think it's just about the financial hit, either. it's about the political isolation, it's about not being a part of these decisions that are being made —

and then, when you add brexit to it, i think it's all a bit of an unholy mix for the french. and just on the foreign minister, what really struck me were the words. he said it was a "unilateral, brutal, unpredictable decision like those of president trump". —— former president trump. comparing biden and his administration to trump and his administration, i don't think that'll go down well in the white house. no, not at all. but funnily enough, the words that we're hearing from france, possibly echoing the words that we're also hearing from china. china obviously very furious, seeing this as a targeted attack on beijing. what's the us response's been to that, if anything? they've not reacted to what china's said about this deal. of course, america didn't really mention beijing by name when they were holding these discussions.

but we're in the era of the great power rivalry — so on the one hand, you have the west saying, "look, china is an undemocratic country, they don't play by the rules like the rest of us, they don't respect human rights, look at the uighur crisis, for example" — but on the other hand, this is also a strategic thing, as well, because the us is the world's greatest superpower. and when you are in that position, you want to stay that way. and they look at china as a challenge. so, all these flashpoints become more concrete concerns — so trade, what's happening in the south china sea, the military might of china — these are all things that america takes really seriously, it's really concerned about, not just the threat to america but to its allies, as well. and, as we heard there, china's criticised this deal, describing this security pact as "extremely irresponsible and narrow—minded". tough words from china, as well. nomia iqbal there.

let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. two men have been charged with the murder of the journalist lyra mckee, who was shot during rioting in londonderry in northern ireland in 2019. the men, aged 21 and 33, were arrested on thursday morning and also a number of other charges including firearms possession, rioting and arson. france has suspended about 3,000 health workers because they have not been vaccinated against covid—i9. a new rule, which came into force on wednesday, made vaccination "mandatory" for the country's 2.7 million health, care home and fire service staff. italy has become the first country in europe to make it compulsory for all workers to have a covid "green pass". from mid october, about 23 million people will need to prove they've been vaccinated or have had a negative test, or that they've recovered from the virus. it's designed to persuade about four million italian workers who've not yet had the jab to do so.

the un secretary general has warned that the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is rising relentlessly again, aftera brief dip during the pandemic. launching a gloomy new assessment, antonio guterres said he was alarmed byjust how far the world was off course in tackling climate change. an indonesian court has ordered presidentjoko widodo and other senior government officials to improve the hazardous air quality of the capitaljakarta. frustrated residents concerned about the impact of the air pollution on their health launched the legal action back in 2019. bbc�*s asia editor rebecca henschke has the details. jakarta residents are forced to breathe some of the world's most toxic air. the mega—city amongst the top ten most polluted cities in the world. and a group of frustrated residents say it's taking a serious toll

on their families' health. translation: my youngest child, she's eight years old, _ and it affects her health quite significantly. we've been to several paediatricians, and one says she suffers inflammation in the nose. every morning, her eyes are watery and she sneezes pretty intensely. wanting her daughter to be able to breathe clean air, veronica joined a civil lawsuit against presidentjoko widodo and other senior officials forfailing to tackle chronic air pollution. and after a two—year legal battle, the court ruled in the group's favour. the panel ofjudges ordering the indonesian government to control the sources of air pollution, demanding they carry out things like regular emission tests on older vehicles, and enforcing a ban on the burning of rubbish. the group's lawyer hails it as a landmark decision.

translation: this is i a historic decision for us, regarding air quality or air pollution prevention. but others are more cautious. one of the key sources of jakarta's air pollution comes from just outside the city — from coal power plants. and activists warn that cleaning up this mega—city's air remains an enormous task. rebecca henschke, bbc news. ken lee, director of air quality life index at the university of chicago, joins us from vancouver. great to have you on the programme, can. as we saw in rebecca's report, the lawyer calling this an historic landmark ruling — but do you think election to bring about any real change?— think election to bring about any real change? thank you, it's great _ any real change? thank you, it's great to _ any real change? thank you, it's great to be _ any real change? thank you, it's great to be here. - any real change? thank you, it's great to be here. well, l any real change? thank you, it's great to be here. well, i | it's great to be here. well, i agree, i think the decision by

the jakarta court is potentially a landmark moment in the movement for clean air, and indonesia and across southeast asia. and i say this because research shows that air pollution, specifically tm 2.5 articulate matter, is the greatest threat to human health globally. in indonesia, the average concentration has fluctuated between 30—110 micrograms per cubic metre for nearly two decades — that's more than three times higher than the standard. injakarta, it's 5-7 than the standard. injakarta, it's 5—7 times the who guideline. so when we breathe alluded air, it enters our lungs and bloodstream, and could lead to all sorts of problems. now our team at the university of chicago developed the air—quality life index — it's a tool that basically answers the critical question of, how much longer could people live if they could breathe clean air? and what it shows is that in indonesia, the

average person is using two and average person is using two and a half years of life expectancy, because air quality it fails to comply with the who guidelines. so if the ruling todayis guidelines. so if the ruling today is followed by serious policy action to reduce it, there could be huge benefits to there could be huge benefits to the jakarta in public. but that's precisely - the jakarta in public. but that's precisely the - the jakarta in public. but that's precisely the problem, because even though the suit has found the indonesian president and other suits guilty, what is the ruling actually force them to do, to change things?— actually force them to do, to change things? well, the thing is the primary _ change things? well, the thing is the primary cause _ change things? well, the thing is the primary cause of - change things? well, the thing is the primary cause of air- is the primary cause of air pollution in jakarta is the primary cause of air pollution injakarta is not the weather, it's the burning of fossil fuels. weather, it's the burning of fossilfuels. and this is weather, it's the burning of fossil fuels. and this is the same story across the world — fossil fuel combustion is causing air pollution and climate change. and here, i think there are opportunities to improve the existing set of indonesian standards and policies. for example, as the clip mentioned, there's a bunch of coal power plants a —— 100

kilometres outside of jakarta. they are currently... then similar plants in china. in addition, admissions standards for new gasoline vehicles in indonesia are not as strict as they are in india —— admission. those are areas where improvements can be made. of course, they could also do better in enforcing compliance and penalising bad behaviours. ken lee, thank you so much for joining us on newsday on that story. if you wany to get in touch with me, i'm on twitter — @bbckarishma. i'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the bbc speaks to the supermodel naomi campbell about her new role for the queen.

30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. well, there's people alive, and there's people not alive. we're just helping and giving them whatever we've got. a state funeral has been held for princess grace of monacol 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 the justice minister. he's campaigned vigorously for 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's become a saint, it's expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. the mayor and local businessmen

regard the anticipated boom as yet another blessing of saint elizabeth. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines... china responds with fury to a new security deal between the us, britain, and australia, saying the move shows a cold war mentality. a landmark case in indonesia, as a court finds the country's president and his cabinet negligent in tackling air pollution in the capital, jakarta. the uk government is expected to announce changes tomorrow to the rules for international travel — among them could be a simpler traffic light system and fewer tests.

green, amber and red list countries and fewer tests. for more on this, i'm joined now by our reporter mark lobel in london. great to have you on newsday, mark. what are we expecting? well, the first potential change involves pcr tests. those tests you need to enter the uk. the travel industry says they are too expensive, and the government says they are needed to track new variants of concern. but some say even with the current system, that's not being done properly. have a listen to this from the chair of the uk parliament's transport select committee. backin back in february, when fewer people — back in february, when fewer people travelled, about 50% of all pcr — people travelled, about 50% of all pcr tests were sequenced. for the — all pcr tests were sequenced. for the first three weeks of july, — for the first three weeks of july, have a million people came — july, have a million people came back to this country, took pcr tests — came back to this country, took pcr tests - _ came back to this country, took pcr tests - 7000 came back to this country, took pcr tests — 7000 people tested positive — pcr tests — 7000 people tested positive for covid of that have a million. _ positive for covid of that have a million, and you only 5% were sequenced _ a million, and you only 5% were sequenced for variance of concerns. sequenced for variance of concerns-— sequenced for variance of concerns. ., . ., , concerns. one of the changes under consideration _ concerns. one of the changes under consideration is - concerns. one of the changes under consideration is that i under consideration is that those will be replaced by lateral flow tests for double vaccinated passengers — that

might lead to some concern amongst public health experts, but the travel industry says if these changes are not made, it could be a real problem for them. have a look at this statement from the trade body airlines uk. the ceo says... the other change being talked about is the traffic light system. that's the system that determines which countries you can and cannot go to, and how you have to quarantine on arrival. it speculated in the uk newspapers that this might be simplified so the amber category may go, and that those on the red category may be how the, were decreased significantly. —— may be

halved. there is concern that the government needs to act now, there's pressure on the government to supply the system and also encourage more people to be vaccinated, and also to look out for many thousands of jobs that could be at risk after the furlough scheme ends at the end of the month. we understand that an announcement will be made on friday afternoon, but the changes still need to be signed off on first. a ~ still need to be signed off on first. ~ ~ , , first. mark, keeping us up-to-date _ first. mark, keeping us up-to-date on - first. mark, keeping us up-to-date on the - first. mark, keeping us| up-to-date on the rules up—to—date on the rules changing in the uk on travel, thank you forjoining us on newsday. sir clive sinclair, the british inventor who created one of the first pocket calculators and brought home computers to the masses, has died at the age of 81. he launched the first affordable consumer computer in 1980, costing less than £100. his ventures into new forms of transport, including the ill—fated sinclair c5 electric tricycle, were less successful. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports.

his drive and enthusiasm made him one of britain's best known inventors. the whole business of invention is a non—material thing. it's very hard to know why it gives such pleasure. clive sinclair's fascination with gadgets started at school and by his late teens, he was selling his own electronic kits by mail order and writing technical manuals. he then put a magnifying bubble over each digit to make it visible. an obsession with miniaturisation saw him launch the words fist slimline pocket calculator in 1972. soon, though, competition from cheaperjapanese versions forced sinclair to slash his prices. then the failure of his next innovation, a digital watch, brought his company to its knees. undaunted, he set up sinclair research and, in 1980, launched a ground—breaking personal computer, the zx 80. it sold for under £100. it was the zx spectrum with its colour display

which was his biggest success, credited by some with launching the uk's computer and video games industries. more money had been poured into his obsession with a new form of urban transport. the sinclair c5, launched in the freezing winter of 1985, became something of a nationaljoke. and many critics complained it was unsafe on busy urban roads. you try some things and they succeed, and sometimes they don't. and i don't look back on it and say to myself the c5 was a wildest idea which failed because peoplejumped on it, i don't think that's true. i think it was not good enough to succeed, simple as that. having run out of money, sinclair was forced to sell his computer business to a budding entrepreneur called alan sugar. undeterred, he continued his quest for a new kind of personal transport. but an electric bicycle, the zike, proved no more popular than the c5. it's as a brilliant inventor

who gave millions their first introduction to computers that he will be remembered. sir clive sinclair, who's died at the age of 81. tension is rising in washington over plans for a rally around the capitol in support of the rioters who were jailed for their parts in the invasion of congress on the 6th of january. that happened after a rally, addressed by then—president donald trump, urging his supporters not to accept the result of the election. fencing has been re—installed, and there are reports that multiple senate offices will close on friday, with staffers told to work remotely. 0ur correspondent in washington, antony zurcher gave us this update. the national guard is going to be on standby in washington, dc. that's something that did not happen before january the 6th. that caused a delay, it took hours for the

national guard to be deployed, to put down the riot that took place there. other things within the city the capitol police security forces are doing are employing the entirety of the washington, dc police force. and, in addition to those barricades that, they're setting up around the capitol, they're putting up surveillance devices, they assure the people here that the people who live and work in washington, dc that they are prepared for any eventuality, prepared to defend the capitol against any kind of attack — though i will note that there are only a few hundred protesters expected to show up for this. partially that's because there are some on the right, on right—wing social media who are saying that this whole thing is a setup by the fbi and by the government to lure them to dc in order to have them rounded up and arrested. in fact, donald trump, in an interview published earlier today, said the same thing — that it was a setup, if no one shows up, then they're going to say that there was insufficient support for donald trump, but if everyone shows up, and they are going to be harassed by counter—protesters. the british supermodel

naomi campbell has been given a new prominent role for the platinum jubilee celebrations for queen elizabeth. she's been appointed as an ambassadorfor the queen's commonwealth trust. speaking to zeinab badawi from our hardtalk programme, she was asked about the claim made by prince harry and meghan markle — that there were concerns in the royal family about the colour of their baby's skin. more than likely. you've got a household of... ..all ages, different levels of aristocracy or aristocrat. do i think it was said? probably, absolutely it was said, i'm sure. buckingham palace said "recollections may vary", but anyway, yeah. how was it said? don't know, wasn't there. i can't comment for something i don't know, i wasn't there.

i need to hear for myself. have i had it said to me, is what i can talk about, my own experience. yes, many times. and you can see the full hardtalk interview with naomi campbell on our network starting on friday — do try to catch it. the tennis superstar emma raducanu has arrived back home in south london, after her historic victory at the us open on saturday. the 18—year—old was welcomed by her father after a whirlwind few days in new york — appearing on us chat shows and attending the star studded met ball. and now, a rather unique sheep in iceland. this is helmingur — a name which translates into english as "half" — and as you can see, he's a bit different to most sheep — because of his half—black, half—white colouring. the farmer has assured reporters it's not the product of some careful dye—work,

but entirely natural. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello. well, most of us had some pretty decent weather on thursday, some warm spells of sunshine. friday's not looking bad — for most of us, but not for everybody. we are expecting some rain across western parts of the uk. and on the satellite picture, you can see the reason — a weather front is approaching. in fact, it's already been cloudy and damp across northern ireland and parts of western scotland. and this weather front, as it approaches the british isles, is slowing down and, in fact, it's going to stall across western parts of the uk over the next 2—3 days. so here it is through the early hours of the morning, approaching western parts of the uk — as i said, it's already damp in the northwest — but very mild, these warm southerlies ahead of it mean that temperatures in some spots

in the northwest won't be any lower than 15 celsius first thing in the morning. so warm and damp, and wet at times in northern ireland and western scotland through the morning and into lunchtime. but around the irish sea, wales, the southwest is cloudy with rain at times. further towards the east, especially across england, it's looking absolutely fine, warm spells of sunshine with temperatures up to 21 celsius. it's going to be a fine day across many parts of england. here's a look at saturday — and the weather front is still over us. there's actually not an awful lot of rain on saturday, just bits and pieces here and there out towards the west — again, the best of the weather will be across central and eastern areas. the winds are still very light, so nothing's really moving around across the uk, so where the cloud is in the rain, it's still out towards the west. here are the temperatures — 17 celsius in glasgow, around about 22 in england. now the forecast for sunday shows that that weather front�*s still there —

if anything, it re—invigorates itself. that's sometimes what happens, so there'll be more rain around on sunday, i think a greater chance of catching some rain almost anywhere in the uk. so, out of the two days, saturday is definitely going to be the sunnier day for most of us. you can see that rain reaching some central and eastern areas end of the weekend. how about into next week? a quick look at the weather for monday and tuesday — here are the temperatures, and the weather looks a little variable. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. my guest in this exclusive interview is one of the claims of fashion, the british model, naomi campbell. in a landmark announcement that has the royal seal of approval, she becomes the platinum