welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: speaking to the bbc, facebook hits back after a whistleblower tells congress that profits come before uses�* welfare. that profits come before uses' welfare. ., ., ., ., welfare. the amount of thought and resources _ welfare. the amount of thought and resources that _ welfare. the amount of thought and resources that this - welfare. the amount of thought| and resources that this company has put into safety, including doing research to understand these issues, just underscores how much we do care about getting these difficult issues right. getting these difficult issues ri . ht. ,, getting these difficult issues riuht. ,, , , ., ., right. the us accuses china of military provocation _ right. the us accuses china of military provocation near - military provocation near taiwan and promises to help its ally maintain its self—defence capability. also any programme, the british government announces an independent enquiry into murder of a young

woman, sarah everard, by a policeman in a crime that shocked the country. the public have a right _ shocked the country. the public have a right to _ shocked the country. the public have a right to know _ shocked the country. the public have a right to know what - have a right to know what systematic failures enabled his continued employment as a police officer. we need answers as to why this was allowed to happen. as to why this was allowed to ha en. �* . m as to why this was allowed to ha en, �* ., ., happen. and an acting role that's out _ happen. and an acting role that's out of _ happen. and an acting role that's out of this _ happen. and an acting role that's out of this world. . happen. and an acting role that's out of this world. a. that's out of this world. a russian teen beats tom cruise to the international space station to shoot the first film in space. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news, it's newsday. it is atm in singapore, and 8pm in washington, where a senate committee has heard the social media giant facebook being accused of putting profits ahead of the welfare of its uses. in answering to no—one

but itself. that was the message from frances haugen, now turned whistleblower, she says only tighter regulation can help protect children from social media, but the tech giant said safeguards were already in place. here is north america technology reporter james clayton. it's ringing. eleanor and freya are both 14, and like many teenagers, they're both on instagram. as a teenager, you're looking at these people, all these models, and, you know, influencers, they all are very skinny and they have, like, a perfect body. and when you're looking at that and then kind of comparing yourself to it, it's very...i think it could be really damaging. when you're feeling at your worst and then you go on instagram and you see things that are, like, targeted at you because you have looked at these kinds of things before, you see them, like, models, influencers, celebrities, things like that, and you are just like, "oh, i will never be like that." eleanor and freya's concerns are in fact shared by one

rather important company — facebook, which owns instagram. in fact, leaked internal research found that teens who struggle with mental health say that instagram makes it worse. the woman who leaked that report is called frances haugen, and today she gave evidence in washington. the documents that i have provided to congress prove that facebook has repeatedly misled the public about what its own research reveals about the safety of children. she also said facebook�*s motives were driven by money, rather than the mental health of its users.— of its users. they saw it repeatedly _ of its users. they saw it repeatedly encounter i of its users. they saw it - repeatedly encounter conflicts between money and its own safety. facebook repeatedly concluded these conflicts in favour of its own profits. here in silicon valley, facebook has pushed back, saying that some of the research presented is misleading, and despite the fact that instagram concluded that it could be damaging for children's mental health, it also says

that it can have a positive impact. facebook has said it has postponed a controversial project to create instagram for kids. but we now know that people within the company and some very important politicians in washington believe the company has put profit over the mental health of teenage girls. james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. well, facebook has defended itself and in an interview with the bbc, the vice president of content policy, monica boogaard, explained the company's standpoint. i boogaard, explained the company's standpoint. i want to clear u- company's standpoint. i want to clear up some _ company's standpoint. i want to clear up some of _ company's standpoint. i want to clear up some of the _ clear up some of the mischaracterisations we have seen today, and be clear that this was an employee who did not work on these issues and has mischaracterised a lot of the documents. i'd do work on these issues, i have been with these issues, i have been with the company for nine years, my background is child safety and is a criminal prosecutor and the amount of thought and resources that this company has put into safety, including

doing research to understand these issues, underscores how much we do try to get these issues right.— much we do try to get these issues right. monica bickered there from — issues right. monica bickered there from facebook. - issues right. monica bickered there from facebook. you i issues right. monica bickered| there from facebook. you can get much more on this story on our website, get much more on this story on ourwebsite, including get much more on this story on our website, including this look at how that senate hearing went and how facebook have responded, just log on to bbc .com/ news or go via the bbc news app. lots of information there for you to look through. meanwhile, a big clear up between china and taiwan, with both sides accusing the other of provocations. in the background, taiwan's insistence it is an independent nation while basing considers it a rebel breakaway province. for more than a year now china's air force has reportedly been flying missions a little too close for taiwan's comfort. in the last four days alone, nearly 150 chinese warplanes have flown into taiwan's and offences own, of an area close to the taiwan control area. the

air defence zone is not the same as taiwan's territorial airspace, but it is causing alarm in taipei. for its part, beijing has blamed rising tension on the presence of us and allied warships in the region. here is what america makes of the latest development. well, we remain concerned by the people's republic of china's military activity near taiwan, which undermines regional peace and stability. we urge beijing to cease its military, diplomatic, pressure and caution against taiwan and we have an abiding interest in peace and stability across the taiwan strait stop that is why we will continue to assist taiwan in maintaining a defence capability. taiwan in maintaining a defence caabili . . . ., , , capability. natasic a summers with the foreign _ capability. natasic a summers with the foreign policy - with the foreign policy institution at the lowy institute, an independent thinker, she is also a former australian diplomat from beijing. they also have significant manoeuvres are. the escalation _ significant manoeuvres are. the escalation over _ significant manoeuvres are. tug; escalation over the last year

is certainly very noteworthy. what has changed is the temper of these. china has been sending its planes into this area for a couple of years now, but the numbers are really quite significant and show escalation. the timing, i think, is really interesting, because it does come just after china's national day, just ahead of taiwan's oh national day which is in a couple of days. i think this really does stand, for china, a strong domestic signal back home that it still holds the upper hand, it still holds the upper hand, it is not going to bow to what it is not going to bow to what it sees as pressure from washington to leave taiwan alone. i think that is a really important message they are trying to send as we head into some important dates in the communist party's political communist pa rty�*s political calendar. communist party's political calendar. it is almost like election season for them. you could consider to be part of the political campaign leading up the political campaign leading up to the party congress next

year. up to the party congress next ear. ., ., , ., ., . year. natasha, how much further do ou year. natasha, how much further do you see _ year. natasha, how much further do you see this _ year. natasha, how much further do you see this escalating? - do you see this escalating? should we expect more thoughts of these types of fly pasts into the air zone of taiwan? one of the problems with the regularity of these kinds of manoeuvres is that people stop taking them very seriously and i think that, you know, they can continue in numbers and they can continue to force the taiwanese side to scramble their jets taiwanese side to scramble theirjets and respond, they can continue to intimidate and coerce the taiwanese people, but, ultimately, china is not looking to pick a fight right this moment. i don't think that thatis this moment. i don't think that that is in their best interests. they are not ready for such a conflict, if they ever wanted to go down that path. so i think one of the problems is you end up in a little bit of a cry wolf situation. we are all talking about it now, as we should be, but are they just about it now, as we should be, but are theyjust going to keep going up in numbers? i think

the next step is really hard to understand. the other problem is, as we have so many of these incursions, of course the risk of an accident goes up and that is where a miscommunication or some kind of actual military accident between taiwanese and chinese fighters is entirely possible and could really lead to an escalation that nobody is looking for. to an escalation that nobody is looking for-— looking for. natasha there in s dne . looking for. natasha there in sydney- in — looking for. natasha there in sydney. in the _ looking for. natasha there in sydney. in the last _ looking for. natasha there in sydney. in the last hour - looking for. natasha there in sydney. in the last hour this| sydney. in the last hour this news coming in from the reuters news coming in from the reuters news agency saying that the us presidentjoe biden says he has spoken to the chinese president, xijinping, about president, xi jinping, about taiwan president, xijinping, about taiwan and they have agreed to abide by the taiwan agreement. all of this is taking place against the backdrop of torque expected between the two countries later today and, certainly, i imagine taiwan will come off as an issue between the two sides. well, let us take a look at some of the other stories in the headlines today. the democrats save the us senate will vote on wednesday on their proposals to

suspend america's debt ceiling. the borrowing limit will expire in a fortnight, which would mean parts of the government having to close down. at least ten republicans will need to vote with the democrats for it to pass. so far they have indicated they won't support it as long as the democrats plan huge increases in social spending. chinese officials are reported to have told the organisers of the g20 summit, which is due to be held in rome at the end of this month, that president xijinping at the end of this month, that president xi jinping will not attend in person. mr sea has not left china since january 2020, it is reported the reason for him staying away from the rain gathering is china's covid requirements for returning travellers. the son of the philippines former dictator, ferdinand marcos, has announced he will run for president in next year's election. ferdinand marcosjunior has been a supporter of the outgoing president, rodrigo duterte, he said that if elected he would bring unifying leadership to

the country. pope francis says he felt pain when he heard of the findings of an independent report into abuse carried out by members of the catholic church in france. the scale of the abuse was staggering, dating back to 1950. the investigators found more than 200,000 children had become the tyms. lucy williamson reports. 70 years of horror, hundreds of thousands of victims, labour in one report. its language .com is judgement grim. for a long very time, it says, the french catholic church showed complete, even cruel indifference to those who suffered abuse. report estimates the number of child victims sexual abuse at the hands of priests, deacons, monks, or nuns, at 210,000. if

none clergy are included, that figure rises to 330 thousand. a third of a million children —— 330,000. translation: 330 , 000. translation: ., , 330,000. translation: . , ., translation: there was, above all, a catalogue _ translation: there was, above all, a catalogue of _ translation: there was, above all, a catalogue of negligence, i all, a catalogue of negligence, failures, silence and institutional cover—up which appeared systematic and on which the commission came to a unanimous conclusion, the church did not see, did not hear, did not know how to pick up hear, did not know how to pick up weak signals. the investigators - up weak signals. the | investigators analysed up weak signals. the investigators analysed decades of church archives, court records, and testimony from victims. most abuses happened in the 1950s and 60s, too long ago for anyone to be prosecuted now. one of those who testified was this priest. he told the panel how, in the year he turned 18, during clerical training, he was repeatedly raped by a senior figure training, he was repeatedly raped by a seniorfigure in the seminary. translation: , ,

translation: it destroys eo - le. translation: it destroys people. there _ translation: it destroys people. there is _ translation: it destroys people. there is a - translation: it destroys| people. there is a physical violence, but there is also a whole context of control which destroys not only the body but the heart and the mind. that's why these sexual assaults are so serious. why these sexual assaults are so seriou— why these sexual assaults are so serious-— so serious. this report has shattered _ so serious. this report has shattered public _ so serious. this report has i shattered public perceptions and public trust in an institution that still has a strong presence in france. the sheer number of the terms estimated by the enquiry as dwarfed previous scandals here and exploded the idea that they are just isolated events. across france today, a test of faith as clergy and congregations absorbed the news. translation: �* , ., translation: it's a catastrophe. - translation: it's a catastrophe. it - translation: it's a catastrophe. it is - translation: it's a catastrophe. it is a l translation: it's a - catastrophe. it is a betrayal. there are predators everywhere. translation: i there are predators everywhere. translation:— translation: i was raised in a reliuious translation: i was raised in a religious institution. _ translation: i was raised in a religious institution. among - translation: i was raised in a religious institution. among 20 | religious institution. among 20 priests— religious institution. among 20 priests there was one we were warned — priests there was one we were warned about. i think the report— warned about. i think the report probably underestimates the number of victims. at many

services today, _ the number of victims. at many services today, priests - the number of victims. at many services today, priests spoke i services today, priests spoke about the challenges laid out by the enquiry. this dark corner of church history makes painful reading, but the report is also, for many, a light at the end of a very long road. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. well, you are watching music on the bbc. still to commonly english lessons from korean superstars. how k—pop acts like bts are helping new words into the oxford english dictionary. this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. they believe everything's going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade was reaching

its climax, two grenades i exploded and a group of- soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the paradel and ran towards the president, firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. - after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged. but even as divers worked to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. this is newsday on the bbc, our headlines: facebook has told bbc it does protect its users' welfare after being accused by

a whistleblower of putting its profits first. taiwan warns it will defend itself as china stepped up fly past in the region. the british home secretary has announced an independent enquiry into what she called the systematic failures that allowed a serving police officer to kidnap, rape and murder sarah everard. priti patel says the public needs answers to ensure something like this can never happen again. last week when cousins was sentenced to a lifetime in prison. so many questions after sarah everard's murder. how could wayne couzens be a police officer? why wasn't he stopped earlier? why are women still not safe? nearly a week after we learned the full distressing details of what a police officer did to sarah everard, there will now be a wide—ranging inquiry. the public have a right to know what systematic failures enabled his continued

employment as a police officer. we need answers as to why this was allowed to happen. applause i can confirm today that there will be an inquiry to give the independent oversight needed to ensure that something like this can never happen again. the first part will look at couzens, his previous behaviour and any opportunities missed to stop him. the second part will examine policing, looking at vetting, how police investigate themselves and their behaviour, but the inquiry won't have the power to demand witnesses and evidence. but ministers promise that will change if needed. it's not statutory, it's notjudge—led, both of which we think it needs to be. and it can'tjust be about wayne couzens, it's got to be about the entire aspect of the case and also about women's treatment by the met.

hello, good morning. only yesterday, the met police commissioner announced a review into her own force by an independent person working alongside her. there's also the police regulator investigation into whether the met and kent police properly looked into three indecent exposure allegations against couzens. the home office can't say if any of the inquiry will be held in public. but the conclusions will be published. and just last month, the police inspectorate said there was an epidemic of violence against women and it needed to be treated as seriously as terrorism is, so it's not as if the government and the forces haven't been aware of many of these issues. tonight, they held a vigil for sabina nessa, one of more than 80 women killed by men

since sarah everard, but this morning, the prime minister refused to back calls for misogyny to be classified as a hate crime because he believes current laws are sufficient. this new inquiry must notjust highlight the problems but make the changes, so that all women can be safe. lucy manning, bbc news. such a difficult time for so many people affected by that and with so many repercussions coming from that one case. well, i want to bring you a completely different kind of story now about korean culture, from k pop artists to oscar—winning films, this korean culture has been making a name for itself around the world in the last couple of years. now that success has been recognised in the pages of the oxford english dictionary. the oed which is accepted as the authority on the english language has added 26 words of korean origin. they include:

hugely underrated skill, i suppose. is acting roles go this one definitely counts as being out of this world. a russian actor and director have loaned to the international space station to start working on the first film to be shot in orbit.

arriving in the international space station today, a very unusual group of cosmonauts. they blasted off from kazakhstan earlier today on a unique mission to become the first to make a feature film in space. the film is called the challenge about an emergency inside the international space station. the actor and director both had what was called a crash course in space travel before heading off. translation: before heading off. tuna/mom- before heading off. translation: ~ ., , translation: we have been workinu translation: we have been working really _ translation: we have been working really hard. - translation: we have been working really hard. although we look all happy and smiles, we look all happy and smiles, we are very tired. it has been very difficult, both mentally and physically. but very difficult, both mentally and physically-— and physically. but the russians _ and physically. but the russians have - and physically. but the russians have beaten l and physically. but the i russians have beaten the americans, who wanted to make a film in space with tom cruise.

they are now spending 12 days flying above the earth making their film. they look like they are having so much fun. for more on this i'm joined live from los angeles by the editor—in—chief of hollywood international film maker magazine. in the first instance, just looking at those pictures, it cannot be easy to be filming a film in space. i have difficulty getting on a flight and keeping it together but trying to make a movie? it but trying to make a movie? tit just goes to show, filmmakers really like to go the extra mile these days. it's the extra millions of males in this case to get competitive advantage. this film will be great because unlike all the others we know it is special effect, with this one, we know they are really there! �* . . , one, we know they are really there! �* . ., , ., one, we know they are really there! a ., i. ,, there! actually on the special effects, there! actually on the special effects. do — there! actually on the special effects, do we _ there! actually on the special effects, do we actually - there! actually on the special

effects, do we actually needl there! actually on the special. effects, do we actually need to do this? to go to space when, you know, and today's day and age, special effects are so good you could argue you could get all of this done in a studio. get all of this done in a studio-— get all of this done in a studio. , , ., . studio. yes, but the audience knows what — studio. yes, but the audience knows what they _ studio. yes, but the audience knows what they are - studio. yes, but the audience knows what they are seeing l studio. yes, but the audience | knows what they are seeing is for real and you know who would be really upset watching this report? is tom cruise. because there is a lesson here in hollywood. you never announce your movie ideas too far in advance in case anyone else jumps in and steals them. it was 18 months ago this week that tom cruise announced that in late 2021 he was going to the international space station to film the first ever movie shotin to film the first ever movie shot in space. well, that gave the russians enough time to win the russians enough time to win the new space race and the score is russia one, hollywood nil. sorry, tom. t score is russia one, hollywood nil. sorry, tom.— nil. sorry, tom. i have to say, can imagine — nil. sorry, tom. i have to say, can imagine that _ nil. sorry, tom. i have to say, can imagine that tom - nil. sorry, tom. i have to say, can imagine that tom cruise l can imagine that tom cruise won't be that thrilled but does this heat up the competition, if you will, for an even

bigger, more of a blockbuster film from the americans in the space race?— film from the americans in the space race? this has opened up the whole _ space race? this has opened up the whole of — space race? this has opened up the whole of space _ space race? this has opened up the whole of space to _ space race? this has opened up the whole of space to be - space race? this has opened up the whole of space to be a - space race? this has opened up the whole of space to be a film | the whole of space to be a film set. this is a commercial opportunity, notjust a pr exercise, there's lots of money changed place here at. this is just the start. soon we will be getting a star wars film shot actually in space, i'm sure. we will have real thought of close encounters. this is the new beginning of a new frontier in filmmaking. beginning of a new frontier in filmmaking— filmmaking. thank you for “oininr filmmaking. thank you for joining us _ filmmaking. thank you for joining us from _ filmmaking. thank you for joining us from los - filmmaking. thank you for i joining us from los angeles, who knows, maybe they will send film reviewers into space next? no thank you! no thank you! t no thank you! no thank you! i certainly wouldn't want to be on that flight. talking about other sorts of lights, hundreds of hot air balloons to the sky on tuesday as an international balloon fiesta entered its fourth day. over 500 balloons

painted the sky, look at that, in the world's largest hot air balloon festival stopping nearly 1 million balloon festival stopping nearly1 million people from around the globe will visit the event. it is the 49th running of the fiesta brings in millions of dollars to the local economy. look at that penguin! i have to say, for someone who hasn't left singapore for almost two years, looking at those pictures is making me feel very wistful and very jealous. making me feel very wistful and veryjealous. well, iwant making me feel very wistful and veryjealous. well, i want to enter the programme with these live pictures of a story we've been telling you quite a lot about on newsday of the volcanic eruption on the spanish island of la palma. roughly a thousand buildings have been destroyed since the eruption began two weeks ago. 6000 people have been evacuated. earlierthis 6000 people have been evacuated. earlier this week lover had begun to flow from a newly opened fisher on the volcano. you can see the powerful force of nature, a disruption to so many people who have had to live near at.

that is all the time we have got for you on newsday at this hour. thanks so much for joining us. state hello there. wednesday looks like it's going to be a drier, brighter day for many parts of the uk. a vast improvement over what we saw on tuesday. the northeast of england was particularly badly affected by the rain. it was about a month's worth of rain falling in 2a hours. throughout the day, it was a pretty wet too across eastern parts of scotland. the low pressure that brought the rain and the strong winds is moving out of the way. we've got the next atlantic weather system coming in to the west and in between the two, a small window of drier weather and some sunshine. with clearer skies to start the day across large parts of scotland and northern ireland, pretty chilly out there. for eastern parts of england, there's more rain around still and it's lighter by the morning, the rain should move away. those northerly winds will

gradually ease and the cloud eventually break up. we've got this slice of dry weather and sunshine, but western areas are going to be clouding over steadily and we've got some rain in the afternoon particularly across northern ireland. ahead of that, something a bit warmer than today across much of england and wales. it could be quite chilly in the evening with the clearer skies in eastern england and out to the west though, the cloud is coming in, thickening up to bring some rain into western scotland and that will tend to lift the temperatures, as well. as we head into the end of the week, it is a complete turnaround really because there is much warmer weather on the way and that is because the winds are going to be coming in all the way around the tropics and bringing in those higher temperatures, bringing in the moisture in the form of cloud and we've still got the weather front just draped across the northwestern part of the uk to bring some rain. that is mainly affecting northern and western scotland during thursday, some heavier rain for argyle and highland. some rain threatens northern ireland could be a bit of damp, drizzly weather across western parts of england and wales. brighter skies further east. but despite a lot of

cloud on thursday, look at these temperatures. 19 in belfast, could make 20 in newcastle, much, much warmer than it was on tuesday. the winds will be lighter for england and wales on friday, could be some fog in the morning through the midlands towards the southeast of england and lifting to bring some sunny spells, still a threat of rain in the northwest parts of the uk with some sunshine at times. and those temperatures again widely 18 to 21 c. the next question is how long will it last? saturday looks quite warm for many. some rain in scotland and northern ireland. as the weekend goes on, it will gradually cool down from the north.

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