welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm mariko oi. the headlines of this hour: senate leaders reach a temporary deal to raise the us government's debt ceiling, but are theyjust kicking the can down the road? a powerful earthquake hits pakistan, killing at least 15 people. many of the victims are women and children.— and children. the roof of the house caved _ and children. the roof of the house caved in, _ and children. the roof of the house caved in, while - and children. the roof of the house caved in, while six - house caved in, while 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. we

report from the steel city of wuzhou. and newcastle united fans celebrate a takeover by a saudi—led consortium in a deal that more —— with more than $400 million. —— worth more than. hello, and welcome to the programme. democrats and republicans in the us senate have reached a short—term deal which allows the government to borrow more money. it would prevent the us treasury from defaulting on its debts for the first time ever, but the arrangement only lasts for two months, so it is only a short—term fix. we have reached agreement to

extend the debt ceiling through early december and it is our hope we can get this done as soon as today.— hope we can get this done as soon as today. republican and democratic — soon as today. republican and democratic members - soon as today. republican and democratic members and - soon as today. republican and i democratic members and staff negotiated through the night in good _ negotiated through the night in good faith. the senate is moving _ good faith. the senate is moving towards the plan i will lead _ moving towards the plan i will lead out — moving towards the plan i will lead out yesterday, to spare the american people and manufactured crisis. gur manufactured crisis. our washington _ manufactured crisis. oi" washington correspondent nonie iqbal has been following the story closely and told me how significant this story is. fix, significant this story is. crisis has been averted for now. basically this agreement to raise the debt ceiling will need to be passed by both chambers of congress. there are two parts to it, the first part they will vote on the filibuster and that will be both democrats and republicans breaking that filibuster. the next part of it will then involve its taking final passage, which will be by simple majority so the democratic party can do that on their own because they have the majority in the senate. and we do understand it will be to increase the debt ceiling by

about $480 billion, which would allow spending to be covered until december third. and of course it is worth mentioning that we talk about the political drama playing out here in dc, but this has huge consequences for americans across the country, defaulting would impact so much, people can pick up their social security payments, it would affect the military payments also. there would be rising credit on credit cards and mortgage loans and car loans, that sort of thing, and credit rating agencies have even said they could downgrade the nation's standing. all of this at a time when the economy is in a precarious situation. so this is a very welcome to compromise, but itjust kicks it down the road for a couple of months. it means the democratic party will find themselves again in this position come december. find themselves again in this position come december. and it will be a very — position come december. and it will be a very busy _ position come december. and it will be a very busy december, l will be a very busy december, won't it? because the democrats

are trying to pass so many crucial bills while fighting this whole thing again. that's ri . ht. this whole thing again. that's riuht. i this whole thing again. that's right. i think— this whole thing again. that's right. i think plenty _ this whole thing again. that's right. i think plenty of- right. i think plenty of senators would probably be worried about data as well. this is a problem they will just have to navigate in december, on how to handle the threats of default. i think what happens between now and december, so, congress kind of love is a good fight in the run—up to the holidays because it becomes this sort of powerful battering ram that they can use to force decisions because everybody suddenly wants to go home, and the democratic party will probably hope to use the next couple of months to strengthen their positions, weaken the defences of the republicans, they might try to strengthen theirs. both parties are sort of caught up in this situation where they are trying to blame each other for that, for he was responsible for the rise in debt. the republican party, this is what the democrats say want to paint the democrats as this party but does not know how to handle that, the

democrats accused the republicans of playing russian roulette with american lives. but it's our president biden sees it. he made the point of saying that the republicans have raised the debt ceiling before. the truth is that america has never defaulted in this way before and america has beenin this way before and america has been in this position many times. it is probably more bitter now, politically, but us lawmakers usually get past it. because none's prime minister, in runtime, says he has ordered an immediate assessment of the damage caused by an earthquake in baluchistan. —— pakistan's prime minister. at least 15 people, some of them children, have died and hundreds more have died and hundreds more have been injured as well. the earthquake struck in the early hours of the morning, causing homes to collapse under the area is remote and mountainous. the army has now been deployed. the army has now been deployed. the bbc�*s show mother geoffrey filed this report from the provincial capital of quetta. the residents were in deep

sleep around three o'clock in the morning when a strong earthquake jolted the city, and before they could run for their lives, within seconds, over 100 houses and buildings collapsed. mohammed lost three members of his family, including a four month old nephew. translation: the roof of our house caved in, while 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. this is one of the least developed and most isolated areas of pakistan, where property is rampant and quality of life is poor. the rescue operation was started immediately. pictures making rounds on social media show casualties being treated in darkness. help arrived in the morning, with the military taking the lead.

translation: soon, the injured started arriving at the district hospital and i 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 leading to the quake zone were blocked off due to landslides, so the injured had to be airlifted to the capital, quetta. this is one of the hospitals where those critically injured were flown in as the health infrastructure in harnai is not up to the mark. initially, a medical emergency was declared in the province as the authorities feared la rge—scale damage. but now, reports coming from the area suggest that the situation is under control. however, the city has turned to rubble. most of the houses were made of mud and not able to stand the pressure of the jolts. thousands have become homeless. "i heard a bang. "it was so massive that my kids got

terrified," naimatullah told me on the hospital bed. his children were buried under a wall and the neighbours came and rescued them from the rubble. authorities say that the rescue operation is over but providing shelter and relief to those who have become homeless is going to be a priority now. let's now take a look at some other stories in the headlines, and the oldest defendant ever to go on trial for alleged nazi era crimes has appeared in court in germany. accused of complicity in the murder of more than 3500 people. prosecutors say that the man, who is now 100 years old, was a guard at one of the camps. the uk government has slashed the number of countries on its covid travel red list. from next monday, the list will be cut from 54 countries to just seven. it basically means that people arriving in the uk from

almost all destinations will no longer have to quarantine in hotels. and in south africa, events are being held to mark the 90th birthday of the nobel peace prize winner desmond tutu. he attended a service at st. george's cathedral in cape town, where he served as the country's first black archbishop from the 1980s. the cia has set up a new unit is tasked with combating china. its director, william burns, said beijing was now america's most important geopolitical threat, and was becoming increasingly adversarial. he said the cia would continue to focus on russia, north korea and iran as well. earlier i spoke to fred flight, president and ceo of the centre for security policy. he previously served as the chief of staff

and executive secretary of the us national security council and is also a former cia analyst. i asked and is also a former cia analyst. iasked him just and is also a former cia analyst. i asked him just how significant this was. it isa it is a significant initiative, but in some senses it is also symbolic. the us intelligence committee already has a massive effort against china, but this allows bcaa and the biden administration to communicate but it is serious about china. —— the but it is serious about china. -- the cia. but it is serious about china. —— the cia. when a cia director does this, it attracts the best intelligence, talent, more funding, and china reports will make it to the top of the stack that the cia director has to deal with. that the cia director has to deal with-— that the cia director has to deal with. ~ ,., , .,, dealwith. well, some people wondered _ dealwith. well, some people wondered if _ dealwith. well, some people wondered if the _ dealwith. well, some people wondered if the relationship l wondered if the relationship between the us and china would improve after president trump. this seems to show that they definitely won't and china can't be pleased with that. so what exactly has changed? i

what exactly has changed? i think china respect strength. many people may not have liked donald trump, but i think china regarded him as a much stronger president and ifeel regarded him as a much stronger president and i feel —— regarded him as a much stronger president and ifeel —— fiat regarded him as a much stronger president and i feel —— fiat ac weakness from joe biden. i hope joe biden will change as policy is to say otherwise. this initiative may be a way that he is communicating to china that he is serious, but i think the implications of what happened in afghanistan are going to have reverberations for a long time to joe have reverberations for a long time tojoe biden�*s reputation and us leadership on his presidency. and us leadership on his presidency-— and us leadership on his residen . ., ., presidency. you said the movie is rather symbolic, _ presidency. you said the movie is rather symbolic, so - is rather symbolic, so realistically, what exactly will cia doing differently? i will cia doing differently? i don't think bcaa will be doing anything differently. it is demonstrating that this is a priority. as i said earlier, it will say to the careerists at the cia, if you want to get ahead, this is the director's favourite project. you should work here. that would allow the caa to start producing better products, and it will encourage congress to fund this programme

better. you are watching you stay on the bbc. still to come on the programme, can china keep its economy growing while 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'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 llama, 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 soldiers - jumped from a military truck taking part in a parade - and ran towards the president, firing from — kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's 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'm mariko oi in singapore. our headlines this ally — senate leaders reach a temporary delta rails the us— have meant that ceiling but the money will run out again in early december. a powerful earthquake in pakistan has killed at least 15 people, many victims were women and children. china is the leading producer of steel which is one of the

worst industries for polluting the environment. the country manufactured 1 billion tons of it last year as the construction industry boomed out as the cop26 climate summit approaches, china is continuing to grapple with how it can keep its pledges on reducing carbon emissions. robin brant went the steel city of wuzhou in southern china to investigate. build and build big has been the mantra in china for decades. it is in their blood. as we crashed a card game in a nearby empty shopping mall, granddad told me ten years ago, this part of the city was fields. it is everywhere in wuzhou. here 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 is not much going on, it is pretty much empty. on a's solution for years now has been build, build, build, towers like this. people come to the cities, more jobs for them and more steel of course to keep the whole thing upright. but if this country is going to get anywhere near starting to reduce its emissions, at least one part of that equation has the change. china produced 1 billion tons 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. it would not let us in, nor talk to us, but we watched from afar as they are expanding. this is home on the 13th floor for this woman and her

boyfriend and this new addition. she told me building makes things better. at just atjust 19 years old, she has twojobs and a atjust 19 years old, she has two jobs and a mortgage. atjust 19 years old, she has twojobs and a mortgage. she is living what china's leader xi jinping has called the china dream. the ruling communist party's ambition of a ruling, prosperous nation but it still controls but it is facing competing pressures as it tries to make the dream a much cleaner one. timing is the key issue in all of this, not if trainable cut emissions, but when. real estate agentjohn told me his country is an infrastructure monster but will slow down when it is ready.

build big may 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. the pandemic has brought challenges for many students but a neck story is tougher than most. the 22—year—old lives in a slum in west delhi and he has been studying remotely in the 1—room home he shares with his mother, and sister. at night, he studies by the light as his family sleeps.

outside his home is one of the city's biggest open drains and a noisy railway track but despite all the hardships and against the odds, he has won the 2021 sydney scholars india equity scholarship and in august, he started his masters of international relations at university of sydney. earlier he joined university of sydney. earlier hejoined me and university of sydney. earlier he joined me and told university of sydney. earlier hejoined me and told me how his family react to the news of his family react to the news of his scholarship.— his family react to the news of his scholarship. oh, well, when this news— his scholarship. oh, well, when this news came _ his scholarship. oh, well, when this news came that _ his scholarship. oh, well, when this news came that i _ his scholarship. oh, well, when this news came that i wonder . this news came that i wonder scholarship and i told my parents, they were on cloud nine, they could not actually believe that their son has achieved a scholarship so it was a feeling really proud, being called everyone back in the village and yes, this has become possible, a possible thing for all of us.—

become possible, a possible thing for all of us. and you've overcome _ thing for all of us. and you've overcome so _ thing for all of us. and you've overcome so many _ thing for all of us. and you've. overcome so many challenges. what advice would you give to students growing up with similar challenges? the only advice that _ similar challenges? the only advice that i _ similar challenges? the only advice that i would _ similar challenges? the only advice that i would like - similar challenges? the only advice that i would like to i advice that i would like to give is that this pandemic and this kind of problems come and go but we should be focused on our aim and we should not make excuses because there are so many other people who have been suffering a lot, a lot more than you, so that's why if you want to study or you want to achieve any goal, focus on that and don't worry about resources, resources will come to you like it happened to me. you've mentioned the pandemic but also mentioned the challenges you've had, even before the pandemic, so how did covid make the situation even harder for you?—

covid make the situation even harder for you? well, when this andemic harder for you? well, when this pandemic started _ harder for you? well, when this pandemic started and _ harder for you? well, when this pandemic started and the - pandemic started and the government of india announced the lockdown on the 24th of march 2020, my father lost his job and we could not manage unintelligible but was really tough time and i had my exams finally not of my graduation so things began really worried but there was an ngo for the asha society through which this scholarship was made possible through the university of sydney survey provided me all of the support may have been supporting my education since my high school national board exam. so this has been — they have been a great support to me and i am here because of them and i am here because of them and my mental who was the

founder of asha society, an ngo working in the slums of delhi. that's wonderful to hear. you are now studying a masters in 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? so to do with your degree and yourself in the future? 50 i yourself in the future? so i chose to — yourself in the future? so i chose to study _ yourself in the future? so i chose to study the - yourself in the future? sr i chose to study the masters yourself in the future? 5r i chose to study the masters of international relations because of three reasons, first i have completed my graduation in history so in the final year of my graduation i learned histories of different nations and particularly the relations with india so i got fascinated with india so i got fascinated with all of the affairs and secondly during my graduation programme, i got a chance to do an internship with the british high commission in new delhi and there i learned how the bilateral situations have been maintained through diplomacy and bureaucracy so that was another thing that really motivated me towards pursuing a

career in international relations and the second thing is, the third thing is my long—term aim which is working for the united nations someday. i know it is really ambitious but i really am i have a dream but i really am i have a dream but someday i will get a chance to work for the united nations. what an inspirational story. final approval has been given for the takeover of newcastle united football club, a consortium including saudi arabian backers is to run the club but serious questions have been asked about the change of ownership because of persistent criticism of saudi arabia and its record on human rights. the charity amnesty international have urged the premier league to change its criteria in assessing the suitability of club owners. dan roane has more. 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! we want ashley out! the deal catapulted them to the top of the ridge list after delegations from the league and mike ashley's ownership. the fans have _ mike ashley's ownership. the fans have been _ mike ashley's ownership. iie: fans have been through mike ashley's ownership. i“ie: fans have been through an mike ashley's ownership. t“i2 fans have been through an awful lot and the club is recognisable to the club that i used to play for and it is a special place and it has been a long, tough road and there's definitely some exciting times for geordie fans to look forward to.— for geordie fans to look forward to. ., , , forward to. critics say this is another example _ forward to. critics say this is another example of - forward to. critics say this is another example of saudi i forward to. critics say this is i 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 dissidentjournalistjamal dissident journalist jamal khashoggi in 2016 dissidentjournalistjamal khashoggi in 2016 which he denies. it represents the clearest attempt yet by saudi

authorities to clean up their tarnished international human rights record via the route of purchasing a top flight football club. saudi ownership of stjames's 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. if you're one of the millions of people watching the squid game on netflix, you will know the premise that cash—strapped contestants bring up a phone number to take part in a life and death children is game for money. and death children is game for mone . �* , ., and death children is game for mone.�* , money. but you probably will not know _ money. but you probably will not know that _ money. but you probably will not know that the _ money. but you probably will not know that the phone i money. but you probably will. not know that the phone number displayed on screen actually dials someone's real phone and it belongs to a south korean businesswoman. she has apparently received calls from more than 4000 fans who have been calling her up, hoping to take part and netflix has now said it will re—edit the scene

to remove the woman's phone number. oh my goodness! poor lady! that's 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. we've got more rain to come overnight into friday, friday night and into saturday as well for some across scotland and northern ireland because this front is barely budging.

further southwards, 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 with 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 or 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.

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