welcome to new state reporting live from singapore. the headline this hour. senate leaders which a temporary deal to raise the us government debt ceiling are they kicking the count down the road? a couple of earthquakes had pakistan killing at least 15 people. many of the victims were women and children. the many of the victims were women and children.— and children. the roof of our house caved _ and children. the roof of our house caved in _ and children. the roof of our house caved in about - and children. the roof of our house caved in about six - house caved in about six members of my family, including my mother and siblings were sleeping. we were able to rescue three of them, but three died on the spot. fix, rescue three of them, but three died on the spot.— died on the spot. a challenge for china- _ died on the spot. a challenge for china. how _ died on the spot. a challenge for china. how to _ died on the spot. a challenge for china. how to keep - died on the spot. a challenge for china. how to keep the i for china. how to keep the economy growing while cutting back on greenhouse gases. the

report from the steel city of wuzhou. newcastle united fans celebrated takeover by a saudi led consortium in a deal worth more than $400,000,000. live from her stadium in singapore. this is bbc news. it is news day. it is seven in the morning here in singapore and seven in the evening in washington where democrats and republicans in the senate have reached a short—term deal which allows the government to borrow more money. it will prevent the us treasury from defaulting on its debt for the first time ever but the agreement only lasts for two months and it's only a short—term fix. we for two months and it's only a short-term fix.— for two months and it's only a short-term fix. we reached an

agreement _ short-term fix. we reached an agreement to _ short-term fix. we reached an agreement to extend - short-term fix. we reached an agreement to extend the - short-term fix. we reached an agreement to extend the debt| agreement to extend the debt ceiling through early december and it is our hope that we can get this done as soon as today's. get this done as soon as today's-_ today's. republican and democratic _ today's. republican and democratic members i today's. republican and - democratic members negotiate through— democratic members negotiate through the night in good faith _ through the night in good faith. the senate is moving towards _ faith. the senate is moving towards the plan be laid out yesterday for the american peorrle. _ yesterday for the american people, a manufactured crisis — prevent— people, a manufactured crisis — prevent the american people. sharing — prevent the american people. sharing me the significance of this event. sharing me the significance of this event-— this event. crisis averted for now. this event. crisis averted for nova this — this event. crisis averted for now. this agreement - this event. crisis averted for now. this agreement to - this event. crisis averted for| now. this agreement to raise the debt ceiling will not be passed by both branches of congress. they will vote on the filibuster and i'll be both democrats and the republicans breaking the filibuster. the next part of it will involve taking final passage which will just be by simple majority so the party can do that on their own. the majority of the senate and we do understand that it will be to increase the debt

ceiling by $480,000,000,000 that will allow december the third and it is worth mentioning that the political drama playing out here in dc but of course, consequences for americans across the country so defaulting with impact, people can pick up their social security and military payments also, raising credit cards and mortgage loans and car loans and that sort of thing and credit rating agencies say they could downgrade the standing and all of this at a time or the economy is in a precarious situation. so, this is a very welcomed compromise and yes, this kicks it down the road for a couple of months. itjust means that the democratic party will find themselves again in this position come december. and will be a very busy

december because the democrats are trying to pass some many crucial bills for them while fighting this whole thing again. fighting this whole thing aaain. ., �* , �* again. that's right. and i think plenty _ again. that's right. and i think plenty of— again. that's right. and i think plenty of senators l again. that's right. and i i think plenty of senators are worried about that as well. this is a problem they would just have to navigate in december on how to handle the threats of default and what happens between now and december. congress loves the good fight and the run—up to the holidays because it becomes a powerful battering ram that they can use to force decisions because everyone wants to go home and the democratic party will help to ease the next months to strengthen their positions, we can the defences of the republicans, try to strengthen and both parties are caught up in this situation where the trying to blame each other for debt, where the trying to blame each otherfor debt, who is other for debt, who is responsible otherfor debt, who is responsible for the rising debt and the republican party and the democrats say they want to paint the democrats as a party that does not know how to handle debt and the democrats

are cruising the republicans are cruising the republicans are playing russian roulette with american lives that's a present bite and sees it and they have raise the debt ceiling before but the truth is that america has never defaulted in the city before in america has been this position many times and probably a bit more bitter not politically but us lawmakers usually get past it. pakistan's prime minister since they have ordered an immediate assessment of the damage caused by an earthquake. at least 15 people are known to have died and hundreds more have been injured as well. the earthquake struck and the early hours causing homes to collapse in the area is remote and mountainous. the army has not been deployed. — has now been deployed.

they were in deep sleep at two o'clock in the morning and then a strong earthquake jolted the city before they could run for their lives, within seconds, over 100 houses and buildings collapsed. losing three members of his family, including a four—month—old nephew. translation: the roof of our house caved in. l six members of my family, including my mother and siblings were sleeping. we were able to rescue three of them. but three died on the spot. one of the least developed and remote districts in pakistan. the poverty is rampant and the quality of life is poor. the rescue operation was started immediately. pictures show casualties on social media and with the help social media and when the help arrived in the morning,

the military taking the lead. translation: soon, - the injured started arriving at the district hospital and they mobilised the local administration. most of them had minor wounds, while some came in with life—threatening injuries. many among them were women and children. the roads were blocked off due to landslides, so the injured had to be airlifted to the capital. this is why the hospitals with those critically injured were flown in and health structure is not up to demand. medical emergency was declared in the province as the authorities feared large—scale damage. but now, report coming from the area suggest that the situation is under control. the city has turned to rubble and most of the houses were made of mud and not able to stand the pressure of the jolts. thousands of become homeless. thousands have become homeless. i heard a bang. it was so massive that my kids

got terrified and they told me on the hospital bed. saying that his children were buried under a wall and the neighbours came and rescued them from the rubble. authorities say that it's over but providing shelter and relief to those who have become homeless is going to be a priority now. the cia has set up a new unit tasked with combating china. the director said beijing was not america's most important geopolitical threat and becoming increasingly in tight adversarial. it would focus on them and earlier i spoke to fred, president and ceo of the centerfor fred, president and ceo of the center for security policy. and he served of the executive of the international security council and a former cia analyst and i asked is how

significant this was. its, significant this was. significant this was. significant initiative but in some cases it is also symbolic. the us intelligence committee already has a massive effort against china, but this allows the cia and the biden administration to communicate it is serious about china and the ca director when they do this, it attracts the best talent, more funding and china reports will make it there to the stack of things that to deal with.— the stack of things that to deal with. , ., , ., dealwith. some people wondered if the relationship _ dealwith. some people wondered if the relationship between - dealwith. some people wondered if the relationship between the . if the relationship between the us and china would improve after president trump. this seems to show you that they definitely want and china cannot be pleased with that. so, what is changed? i cannot be pleased with that. so, what is changed?- so, what is changed? i think china respects _ so, what is changed? i think china respects strength - so, what is changed? i think china respects strength and| china respects strength and many people may not of like donald trump, but i think china regarded him as a much stronger president and a few of see weakness from joe biden i hope

joe biden would change his policies to say otherwise in this initiative may be a way that he is communicating to china that he is serious. i think the implications of what happened in afghanistan are going to have implications for a long time for his reputation and us leadership under his presidency. and us leadership under his presidency-— presidency. they say the movements _ presidency. they say the movements of _ presidency. they say the movements of the - presidency. they say the i movements of the symbolic presidency. they say the - movements of the symbolic but realistically, but with the cia be doing differently? i realistically, but with the cia be doing differently?- be doing differently? i don't think the ca — be doing differently? i don't think the ca will _ be doing differently? i don't think the ca will be - be doing differently? i don't think the ca will be doing i think the ca will be doing anything differently. it is demonstrating this a priority and as i said earlier, it was sent to the careers of the cia if you want to get ahead, this is the director server project. you should work here and i will allow the ca to produce better products and it will encourage congress to fund this programme better. ., �* . . congress to fund this programme better. ., �* ., . , better. you're watching newsday on the sac, _ better. you're watching newsday on the bbc, still— better. you're watching newsday on the we still to _ better. you're watching newsday on the bbc, still to come. - better. you're watching newsday on the bbc, still to come. can i on the bbc, still to come. can china keep its economy growing ijy china keep its economy growing by cutting its carbon emissions? we have a special

report from the city of wuzhou. this was a celebration by people who are relishing their freedom. they believe everything is going to be different from now on in they think their country will be respected and the world once more as it used to be before they took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet has won this year's nobel peace prize. thea year's nobel peace prize. two grenades _ year's nobel peace prize. two grenades exploded _ year's nobel peace prize. tin'irr grenades exploded in a group of soldiersjumped from a grenades exploded in a group of soldiers jumped from a military truck taking part in the parade and ran towards the president firing automatic rifles.- firing automatic rifles. after 1.47 firing automatic rifles. after 447 years. _ firing automatic rifles. after 447 years. the _ firing automatic rifles. after 447 years, the skeletal i firing automatic rifles. after 447 years, the skeletal ribs | firing automatic rifles. after i 447 years, the skeletal ribs of a47 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii 447 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii tragic worship emerged but even as divers worked to pull her up, the mary rose went through another heart stopping trauma. i

rose went through another heart stopping trauma.— stopping trauma. i want to be the peeple's _ stopping trauma. i want to be the people's governor. i- stopping trauma. i want to be the people's governor. i want| the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe _ to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. will come back. you're watching bbc news. our headlines this hour. senate leaders reach a temporary deal to raise the us government debt ceiling but the money will run out again in early december. a powerful earthquake in pakistan is killed at least 15 people. many of the victims were women and children. the leading producer of steel which is one of the worst industries for polluting the environment. manufacturing i,000,000,000 environment. manufacturing 1,000,000,000 tonnes that last year as the construction industry boomed. but as the

climate summit approaches, china continues to grapple with how it can keep its pledges on reducing carbon emissions. our china correspondent went to the steel city in southern china to investigate. build, and build big has been the mantra in china for decades. it's in their blood. as we crashed a card game in a near empty shopping mall, granddad told me ten years ago this part of the city was fields. it's everywhere in wuzhou, you hear the trucks, you see the clusters of cranes all evidence of a country that still shifting its people to the cities. this is the top of a 20—floor building. we are surrounded by ones like it, but underneath there's not much going on, it's pretty much empty. china's solution for years now

has been build, build, build. towers like this. more people come to the cities, more jobs for them and more steel, of course, to keep the whole thing up right. but if this country is going to get anywhere near starting to reduce its emissions, at least one part of that equation has got to change. china produced a billion tonnes of steel last year, the most ever. alongside burning coal, it's the most polluting industry here. some of that steel came from these plants in wuzhou. they wouldn't let us in, though, nor talk to us. but we watched from afar as they are expanding. this is home on the 13th floorforfirst time buyer and her boyfriend and this new addition. she told me building makes things better.

atjust 19 years old she has two jobs and a mortgage. she is living what china's leader xijinping has called the china dream. the ruling communist party's ambition of a moderately prosperous nation that it still controls, but it's facing competing pressures as it tries to make that dream a much cleaner one. timing is the key issue in all of this. not if china will cut emissions, but when. real estate agent, john, told me his country is an infrastructure monster. it will slow down when it's ready.

build big might not have made china more beautiful, although on some roads you find surprises around the corner. but the people who talk to us were clear, it has made this country better. the communist party leaders here now have to work out how to keep this powerhouse economy growing and stick to their promise of a richer country but make it grow greener and more quickly than it currently is. robin brant, bbc news, wuzhou. let's not take a look at some of the stories in the headlines and the all of this defendant effort to go on trial for alleged nazi era crimes has appeared in court in germany.

accused of complicity in the murder of more than three and a half thousand people. prosecution says the man who was 100 years old was a guard at one of the camps. the uk government has slashed the number of countries on his covid—19 travelled that list from next monday, the list will be cut from 54 countries to just seven. it means people arriving in the uk from almost all destinations will no longer have to quarantine seven. it means people arriving in the uk from almost all destinations will no longer after quarantining hotels. and in south africa, events are being held to mark the 90th birthday of the nobel peace prize winner. he attended a service at saint georges cathedral in cape town where he served as the countries first black archbishop from the 1980s. the pandemic and spry challenges to many students but they are tougher than most. the 22 —year—old lives in the slum

and less deli and he has been studying remotely in a 1—room home that he shares with his mother, father and sister. at night, he studies by the light of the dem lamp as his family sleeps. outside his home is one of the biggest open drains and a noisy railway track but despite all the hardships and against the odds, he has won the 2021 scholars india equity scholarship. in august, he started his masters of international relations at the university of sydney and he joins me now. thank you so much forjoining us and i know it's very early in the morning and we must be waking up your entire family but congratulations on the scholarship. tell me how your family reacted when you got the news of the scholarship.- news of the scholarship. thank ou so news of the scholarship. thank you so much- _ news of the scholarship. thank you so much. when _ news of the scholarship. thank you so much. when the - news of the scholarship. thank you so much. when the news | news of the scholarship. thank i you so much. when the news came that i win the scholarship and

i told my parents, they were on cloud nine. they could not believe that their son has achieved the scholarship and feeling that they've gone back in the village and there are people of that, yes, this has become possible and i think for us. ., ., ., become possible and i think for us. you have overcome so many challenges. _ us. you have overcome so many challenges, what _ us. you have overcome so many challenges, what advice - us. you have overcome so many challenges, what advice would l challenges, what advice would you give to students growing up with similar challenges? the only advice _ with similar challenges? the only advice that _ with similar challenges? the only advice that i _ with similar challenges? the: only advice that i would like to give is that, this pandemic and these kinds of problems come and go. but we should be focused on and we should not make excuses because there's so many other people who have been suffering a lot more than you.

so, if, theyjust want to suffering a lot more than you. so, if, they just want to focus on that, do not worry about resources, resources will come to you like it happened with me. ., ., . me. you mention the pandemic but also all— me. you mention the pandemic but also all the _ me. you mention the pandemic but also all the challenges i but also all the challenges that you had before the pandemic. how did covid—19 make the situation even harder for you? the situation even harder for ou? ~ . you? well, when the pandemic started in _ you? well, when the pandemic started in the _ you? well, when the pandemic started in the government i you? well, when the pandemic started in the government of i started in the government of india announced the lockdown on 2020, my father lost his job and this was, that was really a tough time and we had our exams and things became really worrying. but the scholarship has been made possible within

collaboration of sydney, they provided me with all the support of my education since my high school national board exam in glasgow and so, they've been very supportive of me. and now, the founder of the society working there.— working there. you're now studying — working there. you're now studying a _ working there. you're now studying a masters - studying a masters international relations. can you tell me why you decided to choose that and what you plan to do with your degree and yourself in the future? t to do with your degree and yourself in the future? i chose to study masters _ yourself in the future? i chose to study masters of _ to study masters of international relations because a completed my graduation and history and so i learned history and so i learned history of different nations

and so, i got fascinated with world affairs and during my graduation programme, i got a chance to do an internship with a british company and i learned about the relations of being maintained through diplomacy and bureaucracy. thousand other thing that got me into international relations and the third thing is, my long—term game which is, working for the united nations some day. i know it's really ambitious, but i have a dream that someday i will get a chance to work with the united nations. brute will get a chance to work with the united nations. we really ho -e to the united nations. we really hope to achieve _ the united nations. we really hope to achieve that - the united nations. we really hope to achieve that dream. l hope to achieve that dream. thank you forjoining us in delhi. final approval has been given

for the football club. a consortium including saudi arabian backers to run the club, but serious questions have been asked about the change of ownership. because of the system criticism of saudi arabia and its record on human rights. the charity amnesty international had urged the premier league to change his criteria in assessing the suitability of club owners. it's one of the most controversial deals in premier league history, but for many fans, a cause for celebration. these the scenes at st james's park today, after news that a £300 million saudi—led takeover of newcastle united was finally complete. how are you feeling? fantastic, thank you. the businesswomen who fronted the bid, amanda staveley, who will have a minority stake, told me it will be tra nsformative for the club. we think that newcastle united needs a great deal of investment. we want to invest in the community, in the academy and the infrastructure, notjust in players and the business itself, but at every level. 80% of the club will now be

owned by saudi's sovereign wealth fund, chaired by the country's crown prince. a deal collapsed last year, amid premier league concerns at possible state control of the club, but today, it said assurances had been received, and a dispute over alleged saudi tv piracy has also been resolved. the news brings to an end a turbulent era for the club. the fans increasingly disillusioned with the 14—year reign of mike ashley, the retail tycoon blamed for a lack of investment and ambition. chanting: we want ashley out! just sort of a bit of a relief. the deal catapults newcastle united to the very top of football's rich list, after two relegations from the premier league under ashley's ownership. the fans of newcastle have been through an awful lot. i mean, the club is completely unrecognisable to the club that i used to play for. it's a really special place and it's been a long, tough road and there's definitely some really exciting times for the geordie fans to look forward to. but critics say this is another

example of saudi arabia using sport to deflect scrutiny of its poor human rights record, especially given the alleged involvement of the crown prince in the murder of dissident journalist jamal khashoggi in 2018, which he denies. it represents the clearest attempt yet by saudi i authorities to clean up their tarnished i international human rights record via the route - of purchasing a top—flight football club. _ saudi ownership of st james's i park has always been much more about image management- for crown prince mohammad bin salman and his government than it ever was about football. - championship contenders back in the �*90s, newcastle united's long—suffering fans have yearned for a return to the glory days for years. the concern, however, is that those now at the helm may prove even more controversial than the man they have bought from. that is all we have time for.

stay with bbc world news if you can. hello again. thursday saw the arrival of some very warm air indeed across the uk, with temperatures jumping by seven degrees celsius in places. many of us had quite a bit of cloud, but we had some sunshine. for example, in north wales in denbighshire. and next door to this in flintshire, that was where the warmest place in the country was. 22 degrees celsius the top temperature. that is eight degrees celsius warmer than it should be at this time of the year. the october average is 14 degrees. now, we've had extensive cloud across the north west for both scotland and northern ireland. here, a slow—moving weather front has been bringing rain through thursday. more rain to come overnight into friday, friday night and into saturday, as well, for some across scotland and northern ireland cos this front is barely budging. furthersouthwards, well,

we've got quite a bit of cloud reforming, some mist and fog patches turning quite dense. as well as that, there's a bit of drizzle around. so, quite a murky start to the day for many in england and wales, with that mist and fog and low cloud slow to thin and break. but eventually, come the afternoon, we should start to get some brighter weather through. the exception, well, for northern ireland and scotland, there's more rain here, heaviest in argyll and highland. and we've got a very weak weather front moving into east anglia and south east england. that willjust thicken the cloud up enough to bring occasional spots of light rain or drizzle as well. but otherwise, very mild again, temperatures running into the low 20s. now, this weekend, this cold front will start to push its way southwards. it is a weak front. it will bring some fresher air in from the north and west, which temperatures easing down a few degrees as we go through the weekend. now, saturday, again mist and fog patches to start the day across england and wales, but probably a better chance of seeing some sunshine through the afternoon.

the rain in scotland and northern ireland actually starts to budge, so it should brighten up across the north west of both later in the afternoon, but the rain heading into cumbria and northumberland. that same weather front is this stripe of cloud across east anglia and the south east on sunday. might get an odd spit of rain, but essentially a lot of dry weather on sunday. again with some sunny spells around, a few showers in northern scotland with strengthening winds here. and the temperatures easing down. 14—15 degrees scotland and northern ireland, the far north of england. still 17—19 across england and wales. but it'll continue to get a little bit fresher, those temperatures coming back closer to average in the week ahead.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. 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