welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi. the headlines. the world health organisation approves a vaccine against malaria which could save hundreds of thousands of lives across the globe each year. the vaccine is a game changer. and it's arriving at the right time. the battle to avoid a shutdown of the us government remains in a stalemate with no vote imminent to raise the debt ceiling. uk prime minister borisjohnson tells his party conference that britain has to change its economy away from low skills, low wages and high immigration.

we are going to deal with the biggest underlying issues in our economy and society. the problem that no government is that the dots to tackle before. the high court in london finds that the ruler in dubai shake secretly hacked the phones of his ex—wife. he denies any involvement. and with natural gas prices hitting a record high we will look at how russia is using its huge supplies to control the market. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news, it's newsday. it's seven in the morning in singapore, and late on wednesday evening across sub saharan africa where millions of children are to be offered vaccinations against one of the world's deadliest diseases malaria. the world health organisation

has given its backing to a jab which if the trials are to be believed could be a game change in tackling the mosquito borne illness which kills hundreds of thousands of people across the continent every year. our medical editor fergus walsh has the story. this is a milestone in public health. after decades of research and trials, this one in kenya, at last a vaccine against one of the world's deadliest infections — malaria. the disease is spread by mosquitoes, which are infected with the malaria parasite. this triggers fever, and in severe cases, organ failure. the world health organization said the vaccine would now be widely rolled out across africa. this long awaited malaria vaccine is a breakthrough for science, child health and malaria control. using this vaccine in addition

to existing tools to prevent malaria could save tens of thousands of young lives each year. malaria is a global threat, but around 95% of deaths are in sub—saharan africa. every year, more than a quarter of a million african children under the age of five die from malaria. that is one child every two minutes. for more than 30 years, the british pharma giant gsk has been working on a vaccine. and since 2019, more than 800,000 children in ghana, kenya and malawi have been immunised. trials have shown that it cuts cases of malaria by a0%, and those of severe malaria by 30%. but it requires four doses, and further booster shots may be required as immunity wanes over time. so it's much less effective

than other childhood vaccines, up but should have huge impact. the vaccine is a game changer and it's arriving at the right time. progress has stalled in recent use to years. and innovative tools and approaches are urgently needed to get the global effort back on track. more effective malaria vaccines are in the pipeline, including one developed by oxford university. bed nets, insecticides and antimalarial treatments will also continue to play a crucial role in tackling this ancient scourge which, despite today's positive news, is farfrom being defeated. fergus walsh, bbc news. much more on this story on our website, including this

look at where malaria is at its worst and the way the new vaccine could prevent 40% of the cases. just log on to bbc.com/news or use the bbc app. and keep data set. at the republicans are at loggerheads with the democrats over how much money present by linking pump into his reconstruction plans and the debt ceiling boat has become a cart up in a row. the democrats are stressing that the potential for catastrophe here is tracy secretary janet yellen. if congress secretaryjanet yellen. if congress does not take action to raise the debt limit treasuries cash balance will reach an insufficient level to pay the nations bills. and america would default for the first time in history. the

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us default. it's caught up in a political row. talk us through this complicated situation. yes there is a _ this complicated situation. yes there is a real _ this complicated situation. yes there is a real fists _ this complicated situation. yes there is a real fists goals sale mail going on here. when it comes to the debt ceiling is quite a technical term and you ask a level of americans what they understand and indeed people outside of america is quite complicated, not to get too much into the weed but it is essentially a cap on the amount of money that the american government can borrow to pay its debts. if that ceiling isn't raised it will as we been hearing default on its debt. it will be unable to pay what it already owes. this isn't about programmes or infrastructure that they want for the future it's about programmes that are running now, it's about the kind of things that americans are already used to. just to give you in idea of the impact that this could have on everyday americans enduring a very precarious economy. looking at the list you got 30 million families that would stop getting child tax credit payments, you get it an impact

on health care, medicaid, medicare, us military service members will stop getting pay cheques. it would impact pandemic mitigation impacts also food assassins credit rating agencies or syndicate downgrade the nation standing. so this is all a really, really potentially catastrophic situation to quote the treasury secretary janet yellen. the problem democrats have is that they are struggling to raise they are struggling to raise the ceiling and a 50—50 senate where you need 60 votes. in the republicans are saying we are not going to back you on this. even though they have raise the debt ceiling before which is led by the end to say get out of the way, accuse him of playing politics with doug about the senate journey leader there who has now indicated that he is willing to help to extend to get ceiling to potentially december to a fixed amount. all that would do is kick this down the road a

little bit further. the democratic party would find themselves again in the same position in december and they don't want that. if position in december and they don't want that.— don't want that. if you look at markets investors _ don't want that. if you look at markets investors seem - markets investors seem optimistic. do you think it means that a lot of people are expecting lawmakers to come to an agreement? i expecting lawmakers to come to an agreement?— an agreement? i think the democratic _ an agreement? i think the democratic party - an agreement? i think the democratic party are - an agreement? i think the - democratic party are probably come to terms with excepting god. they will probably raise the debt ceiling alone. they are not going to necessarily get the republican support to do it. there are two options available to them that they could potentially look at. the first one is a simple majority vote. they do have a simple majority in the senate with budget reconciliation is not really not quite it drawn out process i don't have enough time to get into what that means there's the nuclear option which is getting rid of the filibuster. this is essentially something that exists which allows the opposition party to have a say our laws being passed. the filibuster is an incredibly controversial, getting rid of it would set a precedent. but

there is some optimism that they will get it through. how they'll get it through, they have got some options remains to be seen. time is ticking as you said at the start of our discussion.— you said at the start of our discussion. ., ,, , ., ,., . discussion. thank you so much forjoining _ discussion. thank you so much forjoining us- _ discussion. thank you so much forjoining us. some _ discussion. thank you so much forjoining us. some of- discussion. thank you so much forjoining us. some of the - stories in the headlines. it's all a bit about this man, prime minister borisjohnson who made his speech to the annual conference of the conservative party. his biggest message was the promise to get on with the job of uniting and levelling up the uk. , , , the uk. genius, player, imagination, _ the uk. genius, player, l imagination, enthusiasm. everywhere in this country, all of them evenly distributed. but opportunity is not. and it is our mission as conservatives to promote opportunity with every tool we have. we are announcing today a levelling up premium of “p today a levelling up premium of up to £3000 to send the best maths and science teachers to the places that need them most.

misterjohnson's 45 minute long was his first in the conference has a pandemic started. he defended his governments plans for tax increases which he said were needed to keep funding the national health service and said britain would prosper after brexit by moving away from an economy based on bringing cheaper workers in from overseas. here's how our uk powers click that part two part political correspondence. it is a course in a message that— it is a course in a message that goes— it is a course in a message that goes down very well with money— that goes down very well with money and his conservative party— money and his conservative party but _ money and his conservative party but also beyond that with many _ party but also beyond that with many of — party but also beyond that with many of the people voted leave in 2016 — many of the people voted leave in 2016 and in 2019 who are uncomfortable about the very high — uncomfortable about the very high levels of net migration into— high levels of net migration into the _ high levels of net migration into the uk from the late 19905 onwards — into the uk from the late 19905 onward5. also blamed immigration for 5uppre55ing wages _ immigration for 5uppre55ing wages. the problem that the prime — wages. the problem that the prime minister face5 wages. the problem that the prime minister faces is that the evidence suggests that there — the evidence suggests that there isn't really much of a connexion if any at all. between high levels of immigration and keeping wage5

down _ immigration and keeping wages down. ,, ., immigration and keeping wages down, ,, ., immigration and keeping wages down. ,, ., ., ,, down. still to come a special re ort down. still to come a special report on _ down. still to come a special report on how _ down. still to come a special report on how russia - down. still to come a special report on how russia is - down. still to come a special| report on how russia is using its huge reserves of gas to increase its power in europe. but first the high court in london has ruled that the ruler of the by of his former wife's phone as well as well as her lawyers phone as part of the sustained campaign of intimidation and threat during a custody battle over their children. a judge ruled that the shake gave his expressed or implied authority for the phone of his sixth wife princess hired to be access. frank donna has more. together no longer. dubai's ruler and his ex—wife, jordan's princess haya now fighting a custody battle in the high court. it's been revealed today that sheikh mohammed ordered illegal phone hacking during a crucial phase of the hearings.

princess haya's phone was hacked, so were those of her personal assistant, her security and legal team — and even that of baroness shackleton, her barrister and a member of the house of lords. princess haya, in white, fled dubai two years ago after learning of her husband's abduction and mistreatment of two of his daughters. she applied for court orders to prevent her children from being returned to dubai. thejudgments published here today reveal the extraordinary lengths that one middle eastern ruler — and a close ally of britain — has gone to to exercise total control over the women in his family. the measures had been described as an abuse of power and a serial breach of criminal law here in britain. the court heard how agents of the dubai ruler used intrusive spyware called pegasus, sold by isreal�*s nso group to the united arab emirates to infect the mobile phones of the sheikh's opposing legal team.

what is remarkable about this case is that it shows starkly that autocrats will take this technology, which is allegedly for fighting crime and terror, and use it to do exactly what you would expect. they target people they find to be problematic. and of course, it is not a surprise that yet again a partner is targeted with this kind of spy ware. sheikh mohammed has now issued the following statement... sheikh mohammed reputation would've taken a hit on these allegations. with the court having found that uk law has been broken but with a court having found that uk law has been broken

here. extremely awkward questions about one of britain's closes trends in the middle east. mobile phone hacking, the court heard, was also used to track and abduct one of sheikh mohammed's daughters, we meet the artist photographer who wants his pictures a mixture of fantasy and reality to encourage us to think about our relationship with the environment. 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. a5 the parade wa5 reaching its climax, two grenades exploded and a group of soldier5jumped from a military truck taking part

in the parade and ran towards the president firing from kalashnikov automatic rifle5. after 437 years, the skeletal rib5 of henry viii'5 _ tragic war5hip emerged, i but even as diver5 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. welcome back you watching newsday onto abc. i'm mariko oi. our headlines... the world health organisation approves a vaccine against malaria which could save the lives of hundreds of thousands of lives across the globe each year. the battle to avoid a shutdown

of the us government remains in a stalemate with no vote imminent to raise the debt ceiling. the price of natural gas which is used widely in europe to provide heating and power has been rising sharply in recent months. at one point on wednesday, they went up by 37 percent in the uk. but they then fell, after president putin indicated that russia might boost its supplies. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has more on russia's contribution to the volatile price of gas. europe is facing an energy crisis. spiking gas prices, soaring electricity bills. it is a perfect storm. low gas stocks after a cold winter, a shortfall in wind power, and a surging demand as countries emerge from the pandemic. but is part of the problem russia? critics say russia is not supplying europe with as much gas as it

could for geopolitical reasons, to pressure the eu into using this. russia's new pipeline, nord stream two. it bypasses ukraine and opponents say it will give russia's gazprom more power over europe's energy market. gazprom can supply more gas to europe. but refuses to do that, saying that we will do that if you accept gazprom's terms of handling nord stream two. it's very simple. this is pure blackmail. today, president putin hit back. it was europe's fault, he said, that prices were ten times higher than last year, because the eu didn't want to sign long—term energy contracts. no wonder the russians are smiling at their annual gas forum.

they know the eu relies heavily on russian gas exports. britain imports very little natural gas from russia but the uk has been hit too by the skyrocketing prices on the energy markets. russia's position is very simple. we've got the gas you need, we've got a brand—new pipeline to deliver it, so let's do the deal. and considering how acute the energy crisis is becoming in europe, that puts russia in a very strong position. and since europe has committed to a greenerfuture, it may, for a time, need more gas as coal—fired plants are phased out. so long as europe is using as much energy as it is, so long as it is determined to reach the climate reduction targets that it has set, it is hard to see a future where europe is not more dependent on russian energy,

particularly russian gas, over the next one to two decades. like gazprom's headquarters, europe's tallest building, russia's dominance of the energy market is set to continue. steve rosenberg, bbc news, st petersburg. some of the stories in the headlines. france says its ambassador to austria we turned to his post three weeks after he was recalled when called out of a contract by french submarines. that deal is part of a new military and intelligence alliance between the us, the australia and the uk. also withdrew its ambassador to washington that has already returned. anti—corruption prosecutors in anti—corru ption prosecutors in austria anti—corruption prosecutors in austria have placed the under investigation for alleged privately. nine other people are also under investigation. reports in that countries suggest that the inquiry relates to claims that his austrian people's party tried to bribe media outlets to

publish favourable opinion polls. a spokesperson for the party says it is a victim of a politically motivated campaign. the live streaming platform which which is owned by amazon is claimed to be hit by a data breach. a spokesperson said it was working with the urgency to understand the extent of claims that packer had leaked details of its source code and earning compliance. the website appears to be functioning as normal. we are weeks away from the un climate change summit which begins in glasgow on the 31st of october. many species of animals are being placed by climate change as their habitats are being damaged or disappeared.

jim naughten is a artist photographer based in london, and he's created an exhibition to illustrate the dangers of biodiversity loss. these are some of his images... he says his wants his mixture of fantasy and reality to encourage us to think about our relationship with the environment. i think digital painting allows me to alter photographs so much so i can create fantasy worlds. i started off as an oil painter and when i became a photographer i realise i could do a very similar thing but by using post production methods like photoshop. the idea for the project came from a visit to the field museum in chicago. it's a beautiful museum, it was completely full to capacity but there was an exhibition on extinction which was completely empty, there wasn't a soul in there. so i went in and i saw about 30,000 species are going extinct every year because of human activity. and my first thought was well, i have to do something about this. but also how do we show, how do we get people to look at this?

it is such a difficult thing, people want to look the other way. i thought if i make work it can be bleak, i can't be dead animals or anything like that so it's got to be beautiful. so i use these natural history specimens and then i've colour them to make them... i'm questioning ourfictional view or our idealised view of the natural world. as you said, your images look fictional. what kind of reaction have you been getting? are you getting the reaction that you had expected and hoped? absolutely. it's been phenomenal. i've got an exhibition in opening tomorrow in london, it's been sensational. we've had loads of press already was a people are actually really interested in the pictures and engaging with them. which is a great things in that senses been working fantastically. i'm very pleased. the cop 26 begins shortly,

are you encouraged by some of the changes that we are seeing in the leadership of some of the worlds biggest economies? it seems to be a groundswell of change and people are beginning to engage with it. they're talking about it. i really hope there's some action behind it. i've known about this dire situation for the natural world and wildlife and climate change for the last decade. but in the recent years it's gathering pace and people are finding out about it. i think my project is about raising awareness so i think that's really important and it does feel like with greta and all... particularly with the youth feels like people are beginning to take notice and wake up. that's really going to be critical i for action. indeed. the bridge which inspired the winnie the pooh author

a a milne to create the game of pooh sticks has been put up for auction here in the uk. here it is newly restored, it was dismantled more than twenty years ago, after it started deteriorating but a local carpenter has put it back together and now it's up for sale, with a price tag of at least 5a thousand dollars. if you're still wondering what a game of pooh sticks looks like then let evie, with herfriends hugo and freddie, be your guide. when you drop your stick no throwing and you of all get to do it at the same height. also the other rules, we all do it at the same time. one, two, three, go! i think hugo won or it might�*ve been friday's one. my might�*ve drowned again. how adorable.

that's all for now stay with bbc world news. hello there. tuesday's wind and rain was a distant memory by wednesday. in fact, some areas where we'd seen the heavy, persistent rain across north east england had a beautiful day, with some sunny spells, a dry story and feeling pleasantly warm. now, it's going to get warmer still over the next couple of days. average temperatures at this time of year around the mid—teens. by friday, we're likely to see temperatures peaking at around 21 celsius, 70 fahrenheit, so at least a good five degrees above where they should be for the time of year. and one of the reasons is because of this weather front that, yes, is going to bring some cloud and rain into the north and west, but it's driving in warm air with a south—westerly feed of wind direction. and you really will notice the difference when you step outside first thing in the morning. may well be a cloudy start

to thursday with a little bit of drizzle around, and, yes, that persistent rain from that weather front affecting parts of southern and western scotland, along with northern ireland as well. but elsewhere the cloud should break up, we should see some glimpses of sunshine and a pleasant afternoon for many, particularly in comparison to the weather earlier on in the week, with temperatures peaking at 20 degrees. that's 68 fahrenheit. now, fog could be an issue first thing on friday morning across central and southern areas. that will slowly lift into low cloud, and hopefully that cloud should again start to break up for some sunshine to come through on friday. our weather front not moving very far very fast, still producing some relentless rain across northern ireland and western scotland, but still a relatively warm feel. the east of scotland, 19—20 degrees. we're likely to see 21 somewhere. that's 70 fahrenheit. as we move into the weekend, though, that weather front gradually meanders its way steadily south and east, so it will start to bring a change, but it's a slow process. ahead of it, again dry, settled with some sunshine

and once again some warmth. behind it, starting to show the first signs of a change. a slightly fresher feel, mid—teens maybe in the far north west of scotland. but we could still see those temperatures, 19—20 degrees not out of the question. the weather front will take its time to clear away. once it does so, it's then going to allow for a cooler air source as the winds swing round to more of a north—westerly, and so you really will notice the difference with the feel of the weather as we go through the week ahead. starting off quite promising, but getting noticeably cooler, but still fairly dry.

this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all them main new stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues astray after hardtop. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur, and today i've come to kew gardens in south—west london. this place is a botanical treasure trove, the largest single collection of living plants in the world, some of the specimens here collected by charles darwin himself. my guest is kew�*s director, richard deverell, who has big ambitions to put this place

at the heart of the battle to avert global environmental catastrophe.