welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm mariko oi. the headlines. to world health approved vaccine against malaria which could save hundreds of thousands of lives across the globe each year. the rts,s vaccine _ across the globe each year. the rts,s vaccine is _ across the globe each year. the rts,s vaccine is a _ across the globe each year. tue: rts,s vaccine is a game across the globe each year. tte: rts,s vaccine is a game changer and it's arriving at the right time. ., ., ., ., time. the battle to avoid a shutdown _ time. the battle to avoid a shutdown of _ time. the battle to avoid a shutdown of the _ time. the battle to avoid a shutdown of the us - time. the battle to avoid a - shutdown of the us government remains in a stalemate with no vote imminent to raise the debt ceiling. 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 of our economy and society, the problem is that no government has had the guts to tackle before. �* ,., has had the guts to tackle before. ~ ,., , ., ., before. also in the programme, the hiuh before. also in the programme, the high court _ before. also in the programme, the high court in _ before. also in the programme, the high court in london - before. also in the programme, the high court in london finds l the high court in london finds that the rule of by sheikh mohammed al—maktoum secretly hacked the phone of his ex— wife princess haya ofjordan. and with natural gas prices hitting a record high, we will look at how russia is using its huge supplies to control the market. millions of children are to be offered vaccinations against one of the world's deadliest diseases, malaria. the world health organization has given its backing to a jab which, if the trails are to be believed,

could be a game changer in tackling the mosquito borne illness which killed hundreds of thousands of people across the continent every year. 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, but even so, the vaccine should have huge impact. the rts,s vaccine is arriving at the right time. progress has stalled in recent years and end 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. and as always, much more on this story on our website including this one, looking at where malaria is at worst and the way the new vaccine could

prevent 40% of the cases. just log onto our website or use the bbc app. in less than two weeks the biggest economy on earth will run out of money unless the us congress votes to raise the debt ceiling stopping it would allow the us treasury to increase its borrowing and keep paying its debts. but the republicans are at loggerheads with the democrats over how much money president biden can pump into his reconstruction plans and the debt ceiling has become caught up in the row. the democrats are stressing the potential for catastrophe. the democrats are stressing the potentialfor catastrophe. here is janet yellen. tt potential for catastrophe. here is janet yellen.— is janet yellen. if congress does not — is janet yellen. if congress does not take _ is janet yellen. if congress does not take action - is janet yellen. if congress does not take action to - is janet yellen. if congress i does not take action to raise the debt limit, treasury's cash balance will reach an insufficient level to pay the nation's bills and america would default for the first time in history.— would default for the first time in histo . , ., , time in history. the democrats don't have _

time in history. the democrats don't have the _ time in history. the democrats don't have the necessary - don't have the necessary numbers in the senate to force the boat through unless they risk the republicans filibustering or vote to change the way the senate is run. so far it seems the republicans are not backing down. we've been down _ are not backing down. we've been down this _ are not backing down. we've been down this path - are not backing down. we've been down this path before l are not backing down. we've - been down this path before when you did not have divided government, and the party and the majority got the job done. they need to do this, they had the time to do it, and the sooner they go about it, the better, to make sure the markets and the american people know that as usual, the american government will never, ever default. i'm joined now by our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. the clock is ticking till a first ever us default but it's caught up in a political row, are we any closer to the lawmakers suspending the debt limit?

basically the republicans are refusing to take a vote on this, they've been delaying it for ages, this, they've been delaying it forages, if this, they've been delaying it for ages, if they help the democrats do that, it would mean the us government could pay its debts and this is on programmes that already need to be approved, this isn't about any kind of infrastructure programmes the democrats want to do for the future, already millions of americans rely on and if they don't raise that debt ceiling then they will default in a way that as they have been hearing therefore the treasury secretary, would be catastrophic. just to give you a few examples, people wouldn't be able to pick up their social security checks, the global market would be in turmoil, so the democratic party are struggling to raise the debt ceiling because they simply don't have the majority in the senate to do it, they need 60 votes stopping other republicans are saying, we saw that clip there from mitch

mcconnell, he is saying what we can do is vote to suspend the debt ceiling to a fixed amount but only until december, which basically means that this will happen again, just kicks it down the road for a few more months but the democratic will find themselves in the same nightmare in a few more months. if you look at wall street overnight, investors don't seem too concerned, so are we any closer to those lawmakers coming to an agreement? t closer to those lawmakers coming to an agreement? i think the fact that _ coming to an agreement? i think the fact that the _ coming to an agreement? i think the fact that the us _ coming to an agreement? i think the fact that the us has - coming to an agreement? i think the fact that the us has never. the fact that the us has never defaulted in its history means that there is optimism that it is not going to happen again and i think the fact that you have got the senate minority leader making this offer and the fact that the democratic party called off a vote means that they are seriously considering this option. i think the democratic party won't want to go alone on it although there is some suggest jen that the democratic party may have to accept that they will have to push this through on their own but that would

require doing some pretty unprecedented things such as getting rid of the controversial filibuster, but as i say, this deal has been put forward to the democratic party by mitch mcconnell, we haven't got any official confirmation yet on whether it will be accepted but if it is, as i've said before, itjust means that it gets delayed further on two december but it does mean that the democratic party get a bit more time, a bit more oxygen to enact president biden�*s domestic agenda which is something that is also a massive focus here in america. is also a massive focus here in america-— is also a massive focus here in america. ., ~ . ., america. thank you so much for that mediate _ let's now take a look at some other stories in the headlines, and france says its ambassador to australia will return to his post nearly three weeks after he was recalled when canberra pulled out over contract for submarines. that was part of a military alliance between the us, australia and the uk.

france also withdrew its ambassador to washington although they have already returned. anticorruption prosecutors in austria have placed chancellor sebastian kurz under investigation for alleged bribery stopping another people are also under investigation. reports in the country suggest the enquiry relates to claims as austrian people's party tried to bribe a media outlet to publish favourable opinion pieces. a spokesperson for the party says it is the victim of a politically motivated campaign stopping the live streaming platform twitch which is owned by amazon has reported being hit by a data breach. a spokesperson said it was working with urgency to understand the extent of claims that a hacker had leaked details of its source code and earnings of some clients. the twitch website appears to be functioning as normal. the high court in london has ruled that the ruler of dubai

authorised the hacking of his former wife's phone as well as her lawyers' phones as part of a sustained campaign of intimidation and threats during a custody battle over their children. ajudge ruled that sheikh mohammed al—maktoum gave his express or implied authority for the phone of his sixth wife princess haya to be accessed. together no longer. dubai's ruler, sheikh mohammed al maktoum, 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, hersecurity 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. the judgment, published here today, revealed 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 have 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 israel's nso group to the united arab emirates, to infect the mobile phones of the sheikh's opposing legal team. what's 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'd expect. they target people who they find to be problematic and, of course, it's not a surprise that, yet again, a partner is targeted with this

kind of spyware. sheikh mohammed has now issued the following statement. "i have always denied the allegations made against me", he said, "and i continue to do so. "these matters concern supposed operations of state security. "as a head of government involved in private family proceedings, "it was not appropriate for me," he said, "to provide evidence "on such sensitive matters, either personally or via my advisers in a foreign court." sheikh mohammed's global reputation will have taken a hit from these allegations. a billionaire racehorse owner, he remains a giant figure in the equestrian world. but, with the court having found that uk law has been broken here, this case poses extremely awkward questions about one of britain's closest friends in the middle east. frank gardner, bbc news. you are watching newsday on the bbc, still to come: we meet the

artist photographer who mixes fantasy and reality to encourage us to think about our interaction 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. as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade 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. welcome back, you are watching newsday on the bbc. i am mariko oi in singapore. our headlines. the world health organization approves a vaccine against malaria which could save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people across the globe each year. the battle to avoid a shutdown of the us government remains in a stalemate, with no vote eminent 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% 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 the country's contribution to the volatile price of gas. europe is facing an energy crisis. spiking gas prices, soaring electricity bills. it's the 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 2. 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 but refuses to do that, saying that, "we will do of handling nord stream 2." it's very simple. this is pure blackmail. today, president putin hit back. "that gas prices were 10 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 1—2 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 in the uk. and it's all been about this man — prime minister boris johnson who made his big set piece speech to the annual conference of his governing conservative party. his biggest message was the promise to "get on with the job" of uniting and levelling up the uk. you'll find talent, genius, flair, imagination, enthusiasm everywhere in this country. all of them evenly distributed, evenly distributed. but opportunity is not. and it is our mission as conservatives to promote opportunity with every tool we have. we're announcing today a levelling—up premium of up to £3000 to send the best we not best maths and science teachers to the places that need them most. mrjohnson�*s 45—minute long speech was his first to a conference since the pandemic began. he defended his government's 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. it is of course a message that goes down considerably well with his conservative party but also beyond that with many of the people who voted leave in 2016 and who did in 2019 who are uncomfortable about the levels of net migration from the late 1990s onwards. and also blamed immigration for suppressing wages. the problem that the prime minister faces is that the evidence suggests that there isn't very much of a connection, if any at all, between high levels of immigration and keeping wages down. some breaking news this hour, design manager in pakistan say

there has been an earthquake in there has been an earthquake in the south of the country and according to those reports, 15 people have been killed. we will bring you more information as we get it here on bbc world news. 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 jim norton is an artist photographer who has created this exhibition. you will see some of his images and earlier, i spoke tojim and me told me more about the exhibition and behind it. , ,., ., behind it. this sort of painting _ behind it. this sort of painting allows - behind it. this sort of painting allows me i behind it. this sort of painting allows me to behind it. this sort of- painting allows me to alter photographs so much that i can create fantasy worlds.

i started off as an oil painter and when i became a photographer i realised 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 beautiful 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 cop26 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. some of your pictures that we just showed our good luck with the exhibition and thank you so much for joining us on newsday today. thank you very much. the bridge which inspired the winnie the pooh author aa milne to create the game of pooh sticks has been put up

it was dismantled recently. now it's up for sale for at least $54,000. if you are wondering what a game of pooh sticks looks like, let these kids be your guide. when you drop your stake, no throwing. you 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. before we go, the reminder of some breaking news, disaster management officials in pakistan say there has been an earthquake in the south of the country and according to those

reports, 15 people have been killed but will have more on that as we get it. that's it for this edition, thank you for lodging. 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. 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. 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.

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