welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... north korea says it's fired a missile from a submarine — and it's media's released this image of the launch — as the white house warns against further "provocations". ahead of a key summit on tackling climate change — the uk government unveils its plan to be carbon neutral by 2050. but does it go far enough? we'll be speaking live to a prominent british expert on governance and climate change. we're in the canary islands — where the eruption on la palma is a month old, and geologists can't predict how much longer it will last. and — how a puppet is highlighting the plight of migrants. we have the story of �*little amal�*, and her 8,000 kilometre

journey across europe. live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's six in the morning here in singapore and 7am in pyongyang where north korea has in the last hour confirmed it test—fired a new submarine—launched ballistic missile — for the first time in two years. we've just received this image — which we are unable to independently verify. north korean state media spoke of the pride and honour of having succeeded. earlier the south korean military reported that one missile had landed in waters off the coast of japan. ahead of the confirmation from the north koreans — the us reacted angrily — labelling the move

a threat to the region. here's what the white house press secretaryjen psaki had to say. we condemned the dprk's ballistic missile launch. these launches violate multiple un security council resolutions and our threat to the region. a call on the dprk to refrain from further provocations and engage in substantive dialogue and our commitment to the defence of the republic of korea and japan remains ironclad. these launches also underscore the urgent need for dialogue and diplomacy. our offer remains to meet anywhere, any time, without precondition. for more on this i'm joined now by soo kim — a former cia analyst now with the rand corporation in washington. great to have you on the programme. i want to start by asking, we have

not received this image, we cannot independently verify it, but what does this signal to you about the capability if we can say that about the weapons programme in north korea. , , ., ., ., korea. this is north korea's fourth or fifth nuclear _ korea. this is north korea's fourth or fifth nuclear missile _ korea. this is north korea's fourth or fifth nuclear missile test - korea. this is north korea's fourth or fifth nuclear missile test in - korea. this is north korea's fourth or fifth nuclear missile test in the l or fifth nuclear missile test in the last couple of months. each time they had been testing we have seen a variety of skills and technologies being developed. today's is in many with advanced manoeuvring glide capabilities. all of this is showing that from a strategic and defense perspective, north korea's missile provocations and arsenal of threats is actually developing quite diversely. 0f is actually developing quite diversely. of course, from a geopolitical perspective, this is a way for them to get the attention of south korea. way for them to get the attention of south korea-— south korea. they have certainly got the attention — south korea. they have certainly got the attention of— south korea. they have certainly got the attention of the _ south korea. they have certainly got the attention of the united _ south korea. they have certainly got the attention of the united states. i the attention of the united states.

us saying that these are provocative actions. what can diplomacy if any diplomacy, but cannot achieve in this situation? 50 diplomacy, but cannot achieve in this situation?— diplomacy, but cannot achieve in this situation? so i think we have to really examine _ this situation? so i think we have to really examine what _ this situation? so i think we have to really examine what kind - this situation? so i think we have to really examine what kind of i to really examine what kind of diplomacy we are trying to aim for. the biden administration hasn't maintained out of position that they will be open to tax, but when you read the statements carefully, there are conditions such as of course keeping the sanctions in place and bringing up human rights issues. sub diplomacy isn'tjust something that will be unconditional, but we will need north korea to co—operate and take steps to show that it's a series of dialogue and communication.- series of dialogue and communication. ~ . , , , series of dialogue and communication. . , , ., communication. what is your sense of what north korea _ communication. what is your sense of what north korea wants _ communication. what is your sense of what north korea wants out _ communication. what is your sense of what north korea wants out of - communication. what is your sense of what north korea wants out of this? l what north korea wants out of this? it's always tempting to put these tests down to geopolitical tensions oran upcoming tests down to geopolitical tensions or an upcoming meeting, tests down to geopolitical tensions oran upcoming meeting, but tests down to geopolitical tensions or an upcoming meeting, but in a way, doesn't that sort of show that

there is no turning back on the weapons programme for north korea? me there absolutely is no turning back, and i think this is where there are some disagreements about what north korea wants to deal with its weapons programme. in terms of diplomacy, what kimjong—il and is trying to go for as ultimately and two, by gradually doing so it's also aiming to become a recognised or a weapon state if anything, i think we have already accepted directory as a nuclear weapon state because of the way we have been treating north korea and the way we have been responding to these provocations. the policy analyst for the military think tank and former cia analyst, thank you forjoining us on newsday with that fascinating analysis. in the uk — the government has set out its plans to reduce the uk's carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. the transition will be driven

by electric vehicles — with a price tag running into hundreds of millions of dollars. there will also be extra money for tree planting — and to help replace old gas boilers. but the big question is — do these plans go far enough? more from our science editor david shukman. every aspect of life is going to have to change as we go zero carbon. and now, after a long delay, the government is laying out its plans. and the key to it all is a belief that new green technologies will quickly become cheaper. the market is going green. and people know that we have the technological solutions to these problems and they want to go green. and they know that we'll be able, one day, to bring down the prices of green technology, evs and heat pumps and solar panels, in a way that we so rapidly made microwaves and mobile phones affordable. there's money to support electric cars and charging points,

and car—makers will be told to sell a set number of clean vehicles. hydrogen gets a push, especially for heavy industry. it is a clean fuel, depending on how the gas is produced. and there's backing for new nuclear power stations, including at this site in suffolk, but the details aren't settled and critics say that none of this goes far enough. there is still a chasm with this government between the rhetoric and the reality. my fear is this plan will not deliver the fair, prosperous transition we need, equal to the scale of the emergency we face. amid all the arguments about tackling climate change, the goal is to reach net zero, but what is that? well, like every country, the uk emits carbon dioxide — the gas that's driving up temperatures. it comes from heating our homes, getting around, generating power. it's meant to fall dramatically by 2050, but if we don't get down to literally zero,

we'll have to compensate by pulling carbon dioxide out of the air. the easiest way to do that is planting trees, but on a far bigger scale than we do right now. with solar panels on the roofs and everything well insulated, this green business park in bristol is an example of lower—carbon living. ——an obvious measure is better insulation. many experts want this given a bigger push. and the government's independent climate adviser says more needs to be spelled out. it's not a triple gold star. i mean, it's important to say that. we have a new plan for getting to net zero, and it looks like it's a more comprehensive one, but what we don't have, sadly, is all of the detail on how it's going to be delivered. the government was running out of time to announce its policies. hosting the cop26 climate summit in glasgow next month, it is in the global spotlight. so, promising action isn't enough. david shukman, bbc news. i'm joined now by rebecca willis — who is a professor in energy and climate governance at the university of lancaster —

and is the expert lead of the uk's citizens assembly on climate change. the great to have you on newsday today. just want to start by asking you, you know, from what we have seen and david's reported that and the fact that there is some criticism that a lot of this is just rhetoric, ambitious targets, but no real action to necessarily backed it all up, even the net zero targets by 2058 is too distant to bring about decarbonisation soon enough. to give credit to this — decarbonisation soon enough. to give credit to this government, _ decarbonisation soon enough. to give credit to this government, it's - credit to this government, it's probably one of the most comprehensive plans to tackle climate change that we have seen from a major economy. there is some real high plains like the requirements on car companies to produce an increasing proportion of electric vehicles like the support

to move from electric heat and move to move from electric heat and move to electric heating so that we are not using fossil fuels, gas, to electric heating so that we are not using fossilfuels, gas, in to electric heating so that we are not using fossil fuels, gas, in to heat our homes any more. so there are some solid commitments in here, but at the end of the day, the only thing that we can judge it against is is it enough to make that crucial target of net zero x 2050, and will it, you know, cut carbon year on year until then? and i don't think it is going fast enough at the moment. it is, you know, until now, the government was probably walking, this strategy is maybe starting to jog this strategy is maybe starting to jog it, but if we're going to make those net zero 2050 targets, we need to start sprinting now.— to start sprinting now. rebecca, you know, this seems _ to start sprinting now. rebecca, you know, this seems counterintuitive i to start sprinting now. rebecca, you| know, this seems counterintuitive to me at the same time as these targets, the uk government is also place to approve i8 targets, the uk government is also place to approve 18 new oil and gas projects in the north sea. 0ne

projects in the north sea. one of the most significant oil fields would have a total of 150— 170 million barrels of oil. so how does this fit in with the overall ambitious plan?- this fit in with the overall ambitious plan? this fit in with the overall ambitious ian? ~ ., �*, ., ., ambitious plan? well, that's one of the areas where _ ambitious plan? well, that's one of the areas where today's _ ambitious plan? well, that's one of the areas where today's strategy i the areas where today's strategy is strangely silent. it is a huge contradiction, where i live in northern england, their proposals for a new coal mine, that is the most polluting fossil fuel, and there is nothing in the strategy to say how fossil fuel extraction or mining would be phased out over time. it's absolutely crucial that we do that. digging up and burning more fossilfuels is no longer compatible with those net zero ambitions. compatible with those net zero ambition— ambitions. rebecca from the university — ambitions. rebecca from the university of _ ambitions. rebecca from the university of lancaster, - ambitions. rebecca from the | university of lancaster, thank ambitions. rebecca from the - university of lancaster, thank you forjoining us on newsday.- forjoining us on newsday. thank ou.

and for much more on net zero and the upcoming climate change talks — don't forget to check out or website. there you'll find a detailed look at how the uk sets out plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions — and how their plans compare to other nations. that's a bbc.com/ news. as russia experiences a surge in coronavirus infections tougher restrictions have been announced. this past weekend, the country hit 1,000 deaths in a single day for the first time since the pandemic began. the bbc�*s steve rosenberg has more from moscow. here in russia, the situation of covid—19 continues to deteriorate. on tuesday, health officials recorded a record number of covid—19 related deaths in the last 2a hours, 1015. then, the moscow mayor introduced an urgent measure. over 60 here and not vaccinated, then spend the rest four months at home.

and in the service sector, they have to make sure that at least 18 20 make 80% of the staff are vaccinated. — at least 80% of the staff are vaccinated. you can tell the situation is getting more serious because the headlines and the russian papers are getting more dramatic. this is the headline, we are losing the war on covid—19. inside, the paper system world war ii, the soviet union defeated ——inside, the paper says that world war ii, the soviet union defeated fascism but it seems as if modern russia is losing the current battle and its covid—19, the paper says. but why? it is like russia doesn't have ways to protect its population. the country has developed several covid—19 vaccines and portrays itself as a world leader in fighting the virus. but so far, the authorities have

failed to persuade the public to actually get the jabs and take the vaccines. and that's probably a reflection of the fatalistic attitude that many russians have, but also the result of a general lack of trust the government. russian officials blamed the public as it is irresponsible not to get vaccinated. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... a giant puppet of a syrian girl arrives in uk to highlight the plight of migrants. a historic moment that many of his victims have waited forfor decades. the former dictator in the dock older, slimmer. and as he sat down, obedient enough. dawn, and as the sun breaks through the piercing chill of night on a plane outside, it lights up a biblicalfamine now

in the 20th century. the depressing conclusion, in argentina today it is actually cheaper to paper your walls with money. we've had controversies - in the past with great britain, but as good friends we have always |found a good and lasting solution. | concorde bows out in style after almost three decades in service. an aircraft that has enthralled its many admirers for so long taxis home one last time. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. the headlines... north korea releases images of the ballistic missile launched from a submarine — as the white house warns against further provocations.

ahead of a key summit on tackling climate change — the uk government unveils its plan to be carbon neutral by 2050. la palma — in the spanish canary islands — has marked one month since it's volcano first erupted. 7,000 people have been displaced and nearly 2,000 buildings have been destroyed. the volcano on the spanish isle is continuing to spew lava with no end in sight. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is there. it still has the capacity to attract and enthrall, but after a month it's become an overbearing backdrop to much of life here. an incredible spectacle with its own mundane chores. ryan does this once a week. "maybe it doesn't affect you directly," he says, "but a family member or someone you know." translation: i want it to end. it's not too worrying for me

but it is for my family and in the meanwhile, we just have to live with it. this kind of strong mentality that they say, "it doesn't matter what comes, we go through it, and go forward." lucas isn't going forward. this is what happened to the house he lived in for 60 years. his wife cannot bear to watch. translation: | cannot put| into words, losing the house that should have been for my children and grandchildren. it's a miracle we have this flat because i know people are sleeping in cars and tents and caravans. there is no sign of this eruption easing at all, and in fact, if anything, the volcano only gets more active and it's actually grown over the weeks as the layers of lava have built up and hardened, but there is still fresh lava pouring down the hillside as well, destroying more farmland, homes and villages, and there are new fires breaking out

all the time. there are amazing survival stories. these dogs have been fed by drone for four weeks and now there's an attempt to use one to rescue them. but there is little hope for the home is still in the way of the lava. and the longer it flows, the further it reaches, smothering more of this island. danjohnson, bbc news, la palma. amazing pictures there. thousands of members of bangladesh's governing party have held a rally in the capital dhaka in support of the minority hindu community following the worst religious violence in a decade. the bbc�*s akbar hossain gave us this update from dhaka. this is such an unprecedented violence that we have seen in the last decade against hindu communities in bangladesh. because when hindus are celebrating their largest festival, there was alleged report that the holy book of muslim, the koran, was found in a hindu temple.

suddenly, it came to social media and violence erupted initially near dhaka. and then it spread to some other cities. hindu temples, houses, their shops and business organisations that vandalised across the country in many — organisations that were vandalised across the country in many parts of the country, and many hindus endure mistreatment, basically, they are from different muslim groups and some local people, they attacked the hindu shrine in different parts of the country, so that attack is still going on in some parts of the country we have seen reports from some parts of the country where violence occurs, especially in the northern part of the country. it's been a lucky escape for 21 people aboard a plane that crashed shortly after taking off from houston.

the plane went down shortly after taking off. the crew and passengers managed to get out only moments before the aircraft burst into flames. one person was sent to hospital with back injuries. a giant puppet of a syrian refugee girl has arrived in southeast england after a trip of some eight—thousand kilometres. little amal — as she's known — set off from the the border of syria injuly, and travelled across europe, in a journey that symbolised the experiences of millions of displaced children. 0ur arts correspondent david silitto has been to see her, and has this report. little amal, a 3.5—metre—tall puppet refugee, and... ..this is the beginning of the final leg of what has an 8,000—kilometre journey. there have been many stops across europe. it takes you back when you see the physical reaction that we're getting, but also she's amazingly evocative.

so, she's doing herjob. she has provoked strong feelings. in rome, the pope came out to meet her, but not everywhere has been quite so welcoming. especially at one stop in greece. people were stoning a puppet arriving? people were stoning a puppet arriving, which is nothing we expected, and feeling very strongly about it as well, shouting at her with everything they had. and here on the kent coast, which sees regular migrant arrivals along the shore, there is considerable local debate. this man is a ukip councillor, and he wasn't going to be meeting little amal. the event that's taking place in folkestone today is all about raising awareness, about being welcoming to refugees. you would rather folkestone was less welcoming? personally, yes. but i would welcome . them if they came over here with a passport -

or equivalent documentation. but by folkestone harbour, the crowds were out. this refugee was getting a hero's welcome. these interactions are about empathy and trying to be curious about somebody you don't know. and welcoming somebody that you don't know. she may only be a puppet, but she's already proved she's provocative and powerful piece of theatre. david sillito, bbc news, folkestone. david lan is the producer of the amal project and walked the route with her from turkey to the uk. hejoins us now from london. great to have you on newsday, david, and what an amazing project. i have to say just in and what an amazing project. i have to sayjust in the first instance, congratulations on that. really powerful reactions that we have seen in that report. can ijust start by

asking why did you decide to do this? i asking why did you decide to do this? , ., , ., , ., ., this? i should sign only one of the producers. — this? i should sign only one of the producers, there are _ this? i should sign only one of the producers, there are four- this? i should sign only one of the producers, there are four of- this? i should sign only one of the producers, there are four of all. this? i should sign only one of the producers, there are four of all of| producers, there are four of all of us, it's a big and elaborate project. why did we do it? we get it because once we had had the idea for us, once we had imagined that we could do it, we had to do it. we are not politicians are diplomats, and once we come up with this idea which might have been impossible, and every stage is especially when the pandemic was at its wares, when we thought we wouldn't be able to come and we just went no, actually, i though we ourselves are not of chris refugees, we stay in hotels, have a passport in my backpack at, once we had the idea of trying to recreate the experience of young refugees, we just felt we could allow no obstacle to persuade us to stop.— to persuade us to stop. indeed you did experience _ to persuade us to stop. indeed you did experience some _ to persuade us to stop. indeed you did experience some obstacles, .

to persuade us to stop. indeed you did experience some obstacles, or| to persuade us to stop. indeed you l did experience some obstacles, or at least negative reaction on that route increase in particularfrom what we saw in david's report there. where are you able to help change perceptions and reactions to this? it is so difficult to know what effect one has. it is true that in one part of northern greece as reported, we were not welcome. the council of the town that we wanted to visit that we had permission from the department to visit took a vote and decided they didn't want an islamic girl visiting this extremely important site precious to that great authority, and be completely respected that. the whole theme of the lock is welcome mess. we invited artists and civic leaders and so on to compare, and if she is not welcome, that's absolutely fine, we won't go there, but that was the only place, we were instructed there in athens and there was a little bit of resistance in athens, but

everywhere else, we had 265 different active welcomes in many different active welcomes in many different towns cities. everywhere else has been tremendous, tremendous excitement about meeting them. briefly to jump excitement about meeting them. briefly tojump in excitement about meeting them. briefly to jump in there because we are running out of time sadly, what is their biggest up about what this project should and could achieve a. we were in antwerp a few weeks ago, it was our biggest crowd of people wanting to see and need to come about seven people there, someone in the crowd today know what you're doing to my understand what you're doing to my understand what you're doing to my understand what you're doing to me are trying to change the weather. i said that's exactly what weather. i said that's exactly what we are trying to do, we are trying to give people a different way out of thinking and experiencing what it's like to be a refugee.— it's like to be a refugee. david, roducer it's like to be a refugee. david, producer of— it's like to be a refugee. david, producer of the _ it's like to be a refugee. david, producer of the mall _ it's like to be a refugee. david, producer of the mall project, . it's like to be a refugee. david, l producer of the mall project, one it's like to be a refugee. david, - producer of the mall project, one of the producers, i should say, thank you so much forjoining us on newsday with that heart—warming

story. that's all that we have time for at this hour. to stay with bbc news. still very balmy out there for some of us for a late october night. 15—16 celsius, and wednesday promises to be another mild day. quite breezy and lots of showers in the forecast, too. 0ur tropical air arrived a couple of days ago, it's still with us, it was very warm yesterday in the south southeast, 21 celsius — we won't quite get that today, but i want to show you the origins 0ur tropical air arrived a couple of days ago, it's still with us, it was very warm yesterday in the south southeast, 21 celsius — we won't quite get that today, but i want to show you the origins of this current affair, so this is the north atlantic and it's all very warm air across the atlantic, and here we have the caribbean. this is where the air has come from — it's obviously cooled, but it's still pretty balmy over this part of europe. now this is what it looks like early in the morning — there is some rain around,

a wet start to the day in east anglia and the southeast, lots of heavy showers approaching cornwall, devon, parts of wales too. in fact, these are heavy, thundershowers — and through the morning and into the afternoon, they could bring gusts of wind, as well, but some sunny spells, so quite a changeable day for england and wales. but for northern ireland and most of scotland, it should be dry and bright — but notice in the northwest highlands here, somewhat weather come the afternoon. so i say mild again, 18 celsius expected in the southeast and east anglia. now into the week, or thursday onwards, it'll turn quite a bit colder — in fact, a reversal in the wind direction is expected wednesday into thursday. in fact, around this area of low pressure, the winds will start to come in from the north. now right now at this moment, the winds are coming in from the south to southwest. on thursday, they're coming in almost from the north — this is arctic air, in fact, some of the showers across scotland could be wintry, the winds will be strong anyway particularly along the north sea coast, touching gailforce. i mean, gusts inland will be around 40mph or so,

so it'll feel relatively cold compared to what we've got right now. and these are the temperatures, the high temperatures on thursday — 11—13 in the south, single figures in the north, and once again, wintry showers are possible across the mountains of scotland. now thursday night into friday, the wind dies down as the low pressure pulls away, and in fact a high pressure develops across the uk briefly in what we call a ridge of high pressure. there'll be some sunshine around, as well, but it won't go quite so cold on friday because the winds will be light, still only around 13 celsius. bye— bye.

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north korea's state media report that its ballistic missile test was successfully launched from a submarine. the us has condemned condemned the test — it's the latest violation of strict international sanctions. britain has outlined plans to achieve its target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. hundreds of millions of dollars are to be spent on the transition to electric vehicles and clean energies. the mayor of moscow has announced four months of restrictions to try to control a surge of coronavirus infections. from monday, unvaccinated people, aged over 60 and those with chronic illnesses are being told to stay at home. nhs england announces children aged 12—15 will be able to get vaccinated at national hubs — notjust at school — as concern grows over a rise in cases.