welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... american r&b singer r kelly is found guilty of trafficking and sexually abusing underage girls, boys and women. the proscutor welcomed the verdict. a predator who used his inner circle to ensnare under age girls and young men and women for decades. girls and young men and women for decades-_ for decades. japan says north korea has _ for decades. japan says north korea has launched _ for decades. japan says north korea has launched another. korea has launched another missile towards its waters. we will be live in the region for the latest. also on the programme...

we be in helmand province, a special report to see how the taliban treated women. and how a satellite that's just been launched will help map climate change. it's eight in the morning in singapore, and eight in the evening in new york where a court has found the american singer r kelly guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering in connection with the abuse of underage girls, boys and women. over the course of a five—week trial, the prosecution laid out in lurid detail how r kelly ran a criminal enterprise that had recruited children and women for sex. he now faces a minimum of 15 years in prison. the bbc�*s nada tawfik takes a look back at the trial. # i believe i can fly...#

to the world, he was the king of r&b and one of the bestselling music artists of all time. to his victims, he was their worst nightmare. today, they finally gotjustice after he was found guilty on all racketeering and sex trafficking charges brought against him by the government. in rendering its verdict today, the jury delivered a powerful message to men like r kelly. no matter how long it takes, the long arm of the law will catch up with you. a five—week trial in new york laid out in lurid detail how the singer ran a decades—long criminal enterprise. prosecutors said r kelly used a network of employees and close associates to recruit underage girls, boys and women for sex. 45 witnesses gave evidence that r kelly was a predator who exploited his fame to entrap, control and punish people, many aspiring singers.

the accusations swirled around him for decades and reached a fever pitch after a documentary focused on the accounts of his accusers. one of those women, jerhonda pace, testified in court. she was one of the first to come forward and released this video detailing her experiences with r kelly atjust 16 years old. i was a victim of sexual abuse, mental abuse and physical abuse, all at the hands of r kelly~ — in an interview with the bbc, katiejones also shared her story. she said many accusers were black women who felt their voices didn't matter to society. later, when i was introduced to one of the girls— that he told me he'd trained, since she was 14, those - were his words, um, i saw- that she was dressed like me. she was saying the things that i would say. - and her mannerisms were like mine. - that is when it clicked - in my head that he had been grooming me to become one of his pets _

he calls them his pets. have you ever had sex with anyone under the age of 17? no, no. never? no. r kelly chose not to testify. in this cbs interview before his arrest, he desperately tried to win over public opinion. i didn't do this stuff! this is not me! i'm fighting for my bleep life. y'all killing me with thi ican't even... robert... 30 years of my career! the disgraced artist now faces a minimum of 15 years in prison. this has been an emotional trial for the women and men who have come forward. not only has the jury heard them, they have believed them. it is another victory for survivors of sexual assault and the entire #metoo movement. professor marci hamilton is the founder of child usa a non—profit working to improve the child abuse laws in the us. she gave me her reaction

to the verdict. this is the moment that every survivor dreams of, actual justice, watching the perpetrator go to jail. this was the right result, so many victims, but we also learned a lot of lessons through this trial. , , trial. yes, the first allegation - trial. yes, the first allegation againstl trial. yes, the first | allegation against r trial. yes, the first - allegation against r kelly trial. yes, the first _ allegation against r kelly was such a long time ago now, 1996. why did it take so long to take this to court?— why did it take so long to take this to court? the average age of child six _ this to court? the average age of child six abuse _ this to court? the average age of child six abuse disclosure i of child six abuse disclosure is 62. many do not come forward because it is a combination of the trauma, the shame and they're honestly so young, they do not understand what is to

them. your story about the one victim who was being groomed recognising herself and others, thatis recognising herself and others, that is a gift to her. that is the sort of thing that with jeffrey epstein, all the girls fight each other to get his attention. and exactly the same result, sex trafficking, brutality to the girls, who are in their sphere and then throwing them away. how will high-profile — throwing them away. how will high-profile cases _ throwing them away. how will high-profile cases and - throwing them away. how will| high-profile cases and verdicts high—profile cases and verdicts like this impact the us legal system going forward? what kind of pressure does it put on the us legal system?— us legal system? one of the reasons i _ us legal system? one of the reasons i think _ us legal system? one of the reasons i think this - us legal system? one of the reasons i think this case - us legal system? one of the reasons i think this case is i us legal system? one of the | reasons i think this case is so important is because it involves people of colour. on many of these issues, we have been looking at priests and we have been looking at epstein

and jerry and we know abuse goes across all races, all ages and that this is a way of learning that this is a problem also for people of colour. so i expect, and we are working on legislation in congress to change the statute of limitations, the barriers to going to court, but also the ways in whichjudges going to court, but also the ways in which judges deal with these victims. federaljudges are not trained in trauma, they really don't fully understand what's in front of them. the founder of _ what's in front of them. the founder of child _ what's in front of them. the founder of child usa - what's in front of them. the founder of child usa speaking to me a little earlier. reports from south korea say an unidentified projectile has been launched from north korea. let's cross live to the south korean capital seoul and speak to the bbc�*s laura bicker. just in the last hour or so, we have seen the information coming across the news wires,

what can you tell us?— what can you tell us? well, it comes from _ what can you tell us? well, it comes from south _ what can you tell us? well, it comes from south korean - comes from south korean military, thejoint chiefs of staff have said north korea has fired one identify projectile from inland. it flew east and landed in the sea, flew east towards japan. officials in tokyo are quoted in a japanese media saying at this is a ballistic missile, that has not been confirmed by officials here in seoul or by the united states. but usually when we get this kind of quick reaction from south korean military, it has a ballistic missile. what is unusual to me at this point is unusual to me at this point is only one missile has been fired. that is unusual in north korean terms, but we are waiting for more information. butjust waiting for more information. but just as this waiting for more information. butjust as this missile was fired, it is interesting to note that north korea's un ambassador was standing at the podium in new york at the un general assembly talking about his country's right to self—defence, talking about his country's right to build and

test weapons. he reiterated north korea's line that it is the united states that is the aggressor, it is at the us that is showing hostile policies towards pyongyang and that, they say, is any reason they need to continue to build weapons. they also mentioned the sanctions were part the hostile policy that any us is showing towards pyongyang. the question i am always asked is what is going on here? we are seeing north korea emerge from its isolation. it has been incredibly quiet for almost a year now. we are watching north korea emerge from its isolation, it has been testing weapons and releasing statements. and how this is going to play it, we'll have to wait and see over the next few months. . ., �* ., ~ wait and see over the next few months. . . �* ., ,, ., months. laura baker there on that developing _ months. laura baker there on that developing story -- - months. laura baker there on| that developing story -- laura that developing story —— laura bicker. thank you forjoining us. we will be bringing you updates as we get them from the region. let's take a look at some other

stories in the headlines. the army has been put on standby to help ease pressure on petrol stations and deliver fuel to where it is most needed. meanwhile, the uk fuel industry has issued a joint statement saying it expects demand for petrol to return to normal in the coming days. a federaljudge in the united states has approved the unconditional release ofjohn hinckley, the man who shot the former president ronald reagan in an assassination attempt in 1981. he is now 66 years old. facebook says it's suspending work on its plan to make a version of instagram aimed at pre—teenage children. instagram's boss said the project, which would have created a parentally—supervised version of the app for younger children, was widely misunderstood. in the past couple of hours

a sharply divided us senate has failed to advance a measure to suspend the federal debt ceiling and avoid a partial government shutdown. republican lawmakers denied the bill the votes necessary to move forward. shutdowns typically lead to hundreds of thousands of government workers being sent home, while parks, museums and other federal properties and services are closed. germany is beginning a period of coalition negotiations. mr scholz hopes to replace angela merkel before christmas if he can form a coalition with the green party or free democrats. if you want to get in touch with me i'm on twitter @bbckarishma you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come

on the programme... we have a special report from helmand province in afghanistan where the taliban is challenged to defend its treatment of women.

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines... american r&b singer r kelly is found guilty has been convicted of trafficking and sexually abusing underage girls, boys and women. the leader of the german social democrats says he will build a governing coalition following the party's narrow success in parliamentary elections. it's been six weeks since the taliban took control of afghanistan and forced out western troops. their heartland is in the south of the country in helmand province. it's the place where the taliban is most established, and has the strongest support. the bbc�*sjeremy bowen has

travelled from kandahar to lashgar gah, the capital of helmand, through areas devastated by years of war. no—one's future is secure in this country, especially girls'. at lashkar gah girls' high and across afghanistan only the under—125 have been allowed back. the taliban says older girls will return too. many don't believe them, including people in this town — who didn't want to be filmed. taliban rules on girls are seen as a big test by foreign countries who could help afghanistan. this school was rated one of the best in the country by the british council. the taliban says education will now follow islamic sharia law.

all the boys are back at their desks. the head says, be patient, the older girls will come back. do you think girls' education is safe under the taliban? helmand is in the taliban heartland. it offers clues about the way they want afghanistan to go. they are still euphoric about victory. the last time the taliban seized the country, they used ruthless violence to impose their religious and cultural beliefs.

they are not putting down their guns, but this time the leaders are arguing about power and the best way to keep it. the governor of helmand said older girls would go back to school when more religion was in the curriculum. islamic law was their guide. in the last 20 years, a lot of women have become educated. what if they don't want to live in that way? you fought against the british when they were here. what you think about what they did?

the west would be welcomed back if they came in peace to help the people. he said, you've made them suffer enough. the americans, the british and their allies came into afghanistan in 2001 with a clear enough mission — to destroy al-qaeda and to punish the taliban for harbouring them. it is what happened next that is harder to understand and to justify — a war that could not be won, that cut across all the hopes they said they had to make afghanistan into a better place. the troops in afghanistan were told they were fighting to make their families safe at home and to help afghans build a nation that would never again be a haven for groups like al-anda. one of the biggest battles

was in helmand in 2010, in the cotton and opium fields. cultures collided. you can see their fear as british troops took over their home. the plan — quick victory — turned into grinding guerrilla warfare. after three months, the us commander called the area a bleeding ulcer. this is the area now. the war ebbed and flowed across it until the end. now it's over, this man went back to the war damaged home he is too poor to repair. his brother, who planted the tree, was killed fighting for the taliban. the area is enveloped by past loss, future pain and, for his mother, anger and grief. two more of her sons were arrested, forced

into the afghan army, and died fighting. a fourth was killed in an airstrike. they said they were here to make a better afghanistan for women as well. why did your son join the taliban? in lashkar gah you can see the forces that are shaping afghanistan. the power of religion

and tradition in pashtun tribes who dominate the south. the humanitarian crisis that might force concessions to women to get western help. young talibs have smartphones — their fathers banned photography. like the world, afghanistan has changed. it is harder now to bend and break the country. jeremy bowen, bbc news, helmand. such a powerful report there from jeremy bowen and his team. a satellite has been circling the planet. landsat, the latest will help us to understand climate change.

and lift off! a murky, rainy day in california, but that was not going to stop this vital launch from going ahead. rising into orbit, it is the latest in a long line of satellites, giving us an essential view, not of space, but of earth and what we are doing to it. it was american astronauts circling the moon who were the first to be amazed by the sight of our planet as a delicate blue oasis, and their images were so powerful, they helped to kick—start the environmental movement. since then, satellites have spotted forests being cleared in madagascar, huge mines in germany gouging out coal, cities sprawling into deserts, and how this is all making the climate more hostile. being able to see our home from space has transformed our awareness of how fragile it is. it has revealed how human activity is causing damage in ways you just can't pick up from the ground. but the good news is, it creates chances to get things right in future, like spotting this toxic algal

bloom in a lake in america, and warning people to keep out of harm's way. its seven—year mission... so the new satellite, known as landsat 9, goes into orbit to continue the job of tracking changes happening on the land and in the oceans, and this matters more than ever right now in this year of crucial talks on climate change. every time we see the earth from space, its sheer beauty takes the breath away, but it is also a reminder that we understand so much more about the planet thanks to a fleet of spacecraft flying high above us. david shukman, bbc news. hundreds of young climate champions are kicking off a summit in milan. at the youth for climate event, the young leaders along with their peers from around the world will be developing concrete proposals that will be presented to ministers attending cop26, a major climate change summit

in glasgow in november. dani villafana is a climate activist who began campaigning at an early age. i started getting involved in climate action when i was 1a, right when the school strike movement was really picking up and i saw it was an opportunity for young people like me to finally have a voice and have a say in what was happening to us, so that's why i got involved.— us, so that's why i got involved. ., ., , involved. how important is it to ou, involved. how important is it to you. i _ involved. how important is it to you. i do _ involved. how important is it to you, i do think, _ involved. how important is it to you, i do think, to - involved. how important is it to you, i do think, to have i to you, i do think, to have young people involved in climate activism notjust at the summit, but given that the challenges that we are facing right now when it comes to the climate? �* , . , , climate? it's incredibly important _ climate? it's incredibly important because - climate? it's incredibly important because the | climate? it's incredibly - important because the reality is that whilst we're already experiencing the impact of climate change, the most severe impacts are going to be those that affect our future and our

lives and at the reality is that we are the ones who are going to be delivering these sustainable solutions into the future, we're the ones who are going to be seeing it through, so it's really important to take into account our experiences and what we envision for a sustainable future. because we're the ones who are going to be impacted by it. do who are going to be impacted by it. , ., ., who are going to be impacted by it. ., _ it. do you feel heard by the --eole it. do you feel heard by the people making _ it. do you feel heard by the people making the - it. do you feel heard by the people making the big - it. do you feel heard by the - people making the big decisions about things that will affect, inevitably, your future? about things that will affect, inevitably, yourfuture? i inevitably, your future? i think often it is a really, really easy to feel disheartened by the lack of action. i think we do feel heard when we come out in numbers, but right now, we're just not being listened to enough. just not being listened to enou:h. ~ , ., just not being listened to enou~h.~ �* ., enough. when you say you're not bein: enough. when you say you're not being listened _ enough. when you say you're not being listened to _ enough. when you say you're not being listened to enough, - enough. when you say you're not being listened to enough, what l being listened to enough, what else is it that you would like to see in terms of action from political leaders? i to see in terms of action from political leaders?— political leaders? i think the main thing _ political leaders? i think the main thing is _ political leaders? i think the main thing is having - political leaders? i think the main thing is having these l main thing is having these leaders look to the clear

signs, the professionals in these fields and make fair decisions in response to them —— clear science. it is also just a matter of turning up to the table. we know there are many politicians have offered a seat at the table because of the position and office they hold and they still don't turn up, so that is what is really disappointing there. bud up, so that is what is really disappointing there. and very briefl , disappointing there. and very briefly. are — disappointing there. and very briefly, are you _ disappointing there. and very briefly, are you optimistic- briefly, are you optimistic about the future? i briefly, are you optimistic about the future?- briefly, are you optimistic about the future? i think it's really easy _ about the future? i think it's really easy to _ about the future? i think it's really easy to be _ about the future? i think it's i really easy to be disheartened, but given how powerful young people are, i think i am. at, people are, i think i am. a good climate activist, inspirational stuff. just before we go, i want to show you these pictures, the latest from the spanish island of la palma. as you can see right now, the lover is putting out. —— the lava. there are fears when at the lover reaches nec, it is bubbling at more

than 1000 celsius, there could be explosions and knocks yes gases as it begins to cool —— the lava. that's it for newsday, thank you for joining us. hello there. for most of this september, temperatures have been a lot warmer than you might normally expect to see. temperatures over the weekend, for example, reached 23 celsius in north scotland's kinloss, but, a cold front has since moved through, and that's really dunked the temperatures. in kinloss, the same spot, down to 13 celsius for a high on monday. and there were plenty of showers following our cold front through. that was one of those shower clouds working across the skies. there is the cold front, there are the shower clouds, but lurking to our west, this is what's coming next, and this is a developing low, a developing front that is going to spread more persistent rain in. however, over the next few hours, it's showers that are in the forecast, so if you are heading outside, wales, parts of southwest england, along with northern ireland and western scotland, that's where you are most

likely to see showers over the next few hours. across many central and eastern areas, a lot of dry weather with clear spells. so not a bad start to the day, mostly bright and dry, but across wales and western areas of england, quickly that area of cloud i showed you, well, that's this rain that's going to be moving its way in. pushing eastwards and northwards through the day, the rain does eventually reach southern and eastern scotland. northwest scotland and northern ireland, though, brighter, again, a day of sunshine and showers here. and the day's top temperatures between around about 14—17 celsius with fairly gusty winds. that weather system clears out of the way as we get into wednesday, and what follows is a ridge of high pressure. now, the weather for many of us will be a dry with increasing amounts of sunshine. however, we are going to see showers feeding in across these northwestern areas. so west scotland to the north of northern ireland, northern parts of wales and into northwest england through areas like merseyside, cheshire, greater manchester and the west midlands — you're likely to see showers even into the afternoon. temperatures about 13—16 celsius. wednesday promises to be one of the cooler days of the week.

but a fair amount of sunshine. won't be too much of that sunshine an offer on thursday though because we've got an active weather system set to come in — bringing some heavy outbreaks of rain, and strengthening winds as well towards the northwest as we go on through the day, might even see some gales developing in places. temperatures, about 14— 17 celsius in the southwest of england. we've got more of this very unsettled weather for friday. general outbreaks,of rain, still quite windy. something of an improvement over the weekend, we are back to a mixture of sunshine and showers.

hello. i met ros atkins, and welcome to the media show. and i'm delighted to sate my guest today is one of the best—known and most influential figures in the uk media. he has his own production company, a new game show on itv, over 8 million followers on twitter, a role in one of the best—known advertising campaigns in the last 25 years, a regular presenting slot on saturday nights on bbc one that he has had since 1999, and before all of that of course he was pretty good at football as well. gary lineker, welcome to the show. thank you, nice to be here. as you listen to all of that, do you recognise it? do think of yourself as a media player rather than a retired football player? well, it beats crisp—flogger extraordinary. to little kids, that's all i am. yeah, ifeel that i'm

a media person now. it's been a long time since... a very long time since my careerfinished