welcome to bbc news. the headlines. in an exclusive interview with the bbc, the indonesian president says wealthier countries need to do more to get the world's poorer countries vaccinated. translation: i see that everyone has helped, - but in my opinion, it's not enough — notjust for indonesia, but for all developing countries, and especially for poorer countries. dozens of former world leaders say hundreds of thousands of lives could be lost in former 7 poorer countries if surplus vaccines are allowed to expire. senior oil executives who appear before the us congress deny deliberately misleading the world about the dangers of climate change. under fire from lawmakers and regulators and former employees, social media giant

facebook is rebranding. speaking exclusively to the bbc, the indonesian president calls for "global solidarity" to battle the pandemic and for vaccine manufacturing to be spread across developing and advanced countries. less tha n less than half of the country is 275,000,000 people have received their first dose. joko widodo is calling for global solidarity to battle the pandemic and for vaccine manufacturing to be spread across countries. vaccines should be equally distributed to all countries and there should not be a few countries that get all the vaccines and some only get a little.

therefore, indonesia was fairness for access to vaccines. this is hugely important. if that happened, then that would mean a high global solidarity amongst the advanced, poor and developing countries. we need, in the future, to make facilities and manufacturing vaccine centres in both developed and poorer countries, especially in countries with a huge population. it is very important so there is an even distribution of vaccines. i see that everyone has helped, but in my opinion it's not enough. not just for indonesia, but for all developing countries, and especially for poor countries. we need to get this vaccine. it's the most important thing.

well, you are managing things better now. initially, your government downplayed the disease and as a result, didn't recognise the dangers until much later. how responsible is your government for these deaths? yes, at the height of the pandemic there were more than 56,000 cases but now it has gone down and become 600 cases. 0ur hospitals, ourfacilities were full and could not handle the load and that led to a lot of deaths. global figures have called on western countries to do an airlift of surplus covid vaccines to countries and addressing the hosts of the 620 addressing the hosts of the g20 summit, including 36 former presidents said letting

hundreds of millions doses to go to waste would be unethical when tens of thousands of people are still dying daily of covid. 0ne people are still dying daily of covid. one of those signatories is helen clark, prime minister of new zealand from 1999 up to two theories are late and also served as the un aid development programme for eight years. the numbers are staggering, hundreds of millions of doses going to waste. talk us three more on what you are calling for. i co—chair the independent panel for pandemic preparedness and response as requested by the wealth health organisation when wealth health organisation when we reported in may we said then that high income countries like yours and mine had ordered twice as many doses as they needed and they needed to redistribute them. we said that i,000,000,000 could redistribute them. we said that i,000,000,000 could have been distributed by september and a billion by the middle of next year and the g7 met in the uk

and talked the talk but the redistribution hasn't happened in this latest call we are making says vaccines are going to go to waste while people are literally dying and getting extremely ill in developing countries because they can't get access to them. there needs to be a quick response by high income countries now to get the surplus doses out there and the latest calculations which gordon brown helped put together show that by january or february next year you could easily get a 1.1 billion doses out there and it would make such a difference. in out there and it would make such a difference.— out there and it would make such a difference. in the uk we are currently — such a difference. in the uk we are currently going _ such a difference. in the uk we are currently going through - such a difference. in the uk we are currently going through the booster vaccines, older people and people who are vulnerable getting there boosterjabs and they've already had two jobs are going through the booster because of the concern about waning immunity 7 immunity many months after the first to vaccines and you can understand why countries are wanting to

serve their people first before sending the vaccines abroad, can't she7 sending the vaccines abroad, can't she? i sending the vaccines abroad, can't she?— can't she? i think there are two points— can't she? i think there are two points here, _ can't she? i think there are two points here, the - can't she? i think there are i two points here, the analysis done shows the high income countries have enough to vaccinate their populations age 12 plus undo the boosters and still get this extra billion vaccines out there now in the coming months and there is another point as well in some countries like the uk which having got to a kind of reasonable level of vaccination through other public health measures went out the window and that was to a large degree responsible for the waves you are having now so if we look at the whole equation, countries need not a vaccine that only strategy but a vaccine plush strategy but a vaccine plush strategy which aims for a good roll—out of vaccine but also keeps other public health measures in place.-

keeps other public health measures in place. why do you think it is _ measures in place. why do you think it is not _ measures in place. why do you think it is not going _ measures in place. why do you think it is not going as - think it is not going as quickly as you would like? there is a striking sentence in your letter which says you cannot put out half a fire and be safe from the fire, talking how if everybody is vaccine no one is safe, so why has the message and got through enough to world leaders do you think? i think countriesjust to world leaders do you think? i think countries just getting a grip on the fact that they have a surplus and others cannot access it all and for those who can't access it at all where there is no way of stopping transmission and we are running the risk of seeing more dangerous or lethal transmissible variance and delta today and i would say to those countries like the united kingdom pursuing a vaccine only strategy, get some public health measures back in place. i personally freak out when friends send me pictures of the london tube with no one with a

mask on. i don't think this is sensible, so can we attack this problem from every angle we know works. problem from every angle we know worke— problem from every angle we know worko— problem from every angle we know works. ., ~ i. . know works. thank you so much forjoining _ know works. thank you so much forjoining us. — know works. thank you so much forjoining us, helen _ know works. thank you so much forjoining us, helen clark, - forjoining us, helen clark, former prime minister to new zealand. after months of negotiations, the president said compromise and consensus were the only way to get things done in a democracy. after months of top negotiations present biden has announced revised spending plan calling a historic adventure in the country's future. it's a stripped down version of the $3.5 trillion plan needs to be improved by members of his own democratic party who hold the majority in congress. here is what the person had to say when he announced the new framework. it's a framework that will create millions ofjobs, grow the economy, invest in our nation and our people. turn the climate crisis into an opportunity to put us on a path not only to compete, but to win the economic competition for the 21st century. against china and every other major country in the world. it's fiscally responsible, it's fully paid for. i7 nobel prize winners

in economics have said it will lower the inflationary pressures on the economy. peter bowes says this is a significant climb down from what president biden initially had in mind. but a necessary one. it's $3.5 trillion, was originally 1.75 trillion. that still is a colossal amount of spending, but there's been a lot of compromise, and that's what's taken the time behind the scenes, haggling between different vested interests. a lot of lobbying of democrats by people across the united states. some things have been left in and some things have been taken out to the disappointment of many. still in there, free preschool for three and four—year—olds, but taken out is free community college for when students get older and perhaps most controversial, paid family leave has been taken out. a very common benefit in many other countries, but not in the united states.

but essential compromises ifjoe biden was going to get anything like a bill that all sides would agree on. yes, and we are talking about all sides within his very wide—ranging party. from those progressives on the left, people like senator bernie sanders and others. the moderates in the middle who are a little bit more cautious about too much spending, and some on the right as well. the challenge has been to bring those sides together with proposals thatjust appealed to as many people as possible to get the number of votes that he needs. 0ne fascinating aspect is that really, just two moderate democratic senators have been at the centre of holding all of this up. and we still don't know whether they are in agreement

with the bill as it is now written. this isn't signed and sealed. this is still a bill in progress and happening right now, those senators and members of the house, looking at the fine print to see if they can sign off on it. peter bowes there. senior oil companies have denied that they deliberately misled the word about climate change. they said that their understanding of global warming she asked for a commitment from the companies which included exxon mobil, chevron and shell that they would not spend money opposing efforts to tackle climate change. here is the ceo of bp america responding. what i would say is that we have stopped all reputational advertising at bp. i know you have taken steps in the right direction and i heard that in your testimony, thank you, but will you take the pledge, yes or no? for your specific pledge what we are advocating for is low carbon

policies that do in fact take the company and the world to net zero. that is the pledge i am willing to commit to. well i will ask if you will stop spending money directly or indirectly to oppose efforts to reduce emissions and address climate change. just stop spending money. that's all lies. i take it you don't want to take the pledge. all right. tangled in their own web of climate denial and those testimonies were entered on the congressional record and work the former further legislation on litigation but it's clearly the beginning.

and how much you change the economy to a cleaner and greener path.— economy to a cleaner and greener path. economy to a cleaner and areener ath. , .,, ., ~ greener path. some people make comparisons _ greener path. some people make comparisons with _ greener path. some people make comparisons with the _ greener path. some people make comparisons with the tobacco - comparisons with the tobacco hearings of the �*90s. is it as big as that? you have similar kinds of protestations from previous oil ceos, most notably lee raymond who previously was the ceo of exxon who denied any link between fossil fuels exxon who denied any link between fossilfuels and exxon who denied any link between fossil fuels and global warming and today the current ceo of exxon was asked about that and was asked to admit it was a mistake and it was not true and he simply wouldn't do that, the ceo would not acknowledge that that is what would happen that exxon had made a mistake at the very

least potentially misled the public. the word that their opinions have developed over time was the one they used. the democrats are hoping this will help change public opinion and we should talk about the split between the republicans who are very angry about proceedings, a lot of them, say the committee should focus on government wastage instead. there is a big divide. they accuse the democrats are creating an atmosphere of fear around climate change and saying it was not a significant problem. it is an uphill battle for the democrats to take serious policy action when the republican party is working so hard to ignore the problem and bury their heads in the sand. still to come a bit later in the programme —

restored to their former glory, the intricate mosaics of jericho that are more than 1,000 years old. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday, she had spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it. "every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation." after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. booster ignition and lift off. of discovery with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. - john sure was right. this is beautiful.

a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the seven billionth person on the planet. this is bbc news. 0ur headlines. the indonesian president says wealthier countries need to do more to get the world is poorer countries vaccinated. dozens of world leaders say dozens of lives could be lost in other countries if surplus vaccines are allowed to expire. the worlds largest social media site is rebranding mark zuckerberg has announced the parent company will be named meta. here is james clayton. we kind of knew this was going to happen but we

didn't know what the company was going to be called and what exactly what was going to be announced. facebook is essentially going to be split into two different parts, one part is the social media of the business and the other part is 0culus, virtual reality and the concept of the matter verse and there is an online area where you can chat to friends and you have your own avatar and you can do exercises that doesn't exist yet but it will be part of the company and the umbrella name for the company will be called meta and not facebook. facebook will argue that its previous name was confusing. that the platform is very different to facebook the company and that's why it's changed its name to better reflect where the company is going but a lot of people look at it and think it is smoke and

mirrors and a facebook company trying to redirect emphasis on the name rather than all of the negative stories we have seen in the past month from francis haugen, the facebook whistle—blower at the centre of damaging leaks and i think it is probably something planned in the long term but because of the timing it looks like facebook is trying to detoxify the brand by renaming itself. early i spoke to our silicon valley correspondent for the washington post and i asked her whether this was a major move, this rebranding. i think they are trying to do because it will deflect. mark zuckerberg _ because it will deflect. mark zuckerberg got _ because it will deflect. mark zuckerberg got into - because it will deflect. mark zuckerberg got into the -

because it will deflect. i— zuckerberg got into the concept of the metaverse that is from science fiction but has been popularised by thought leaders and it is this umbrella thought that when companies and platforms have things connected and it is his passion project and it is his passion project and it's almost like what i've heard from sources in the company that it's almost like he wants to distance himself personally from the problems of the core social network. he wants to look elsewhere and it's almost like he wants to focus on the future and doesn't want to pay attention to the present so there is this rallying around the ceo passion project but also a political angle which is trying to have a fresh start with regulators and trying to create the next internet together and it will be privacy orientated and will be privacy orientated and will be safe and there is a communications going where every time we talk about facebook in a headline we have

to say metaverse so maybe if fewer bad headlines with the word facebook in and it could even be that.— even be that. you talk about safe , even be that. you talk about safety. you _ even be that. you talk about safety, you would _ even be that. you talk about safety, you would like - even be that. you talk about| safety, you would like people to concentrate more to keep people safe. to concentrate more to keep people safe-— to concentrate more to keep --eole safe. , ., people safe. the companies have hired hundreds _ people safe. the companies have hired hundreds of— people safe. the companies have hired hundreds of thousands - people safe. the companies have hired hundreds of thousands of l hired hundreds of thousands of people and spend $5,000,000,000 on safety and security but the documents we've been reporting reveal that many of the people, they studied what was going on in the platform and found major harms and found it caused polarisation lead people on misinformation rabbit holes and there are literally studies where they say we are a leading people down the misinformation rabbit holes in the algorithms are doing that. japan goes to the polls on sunday, less than two months after prime minister fumio kishida was elected leader of the ruling liberal democratic party.

from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. for all but six of the last 65 years, japan has been led by the same political party, the ldp. this weekend's election looks certain to be won by them again. yet the ldp is not especially popular. it's been led by a succession of rather unremarkable, un—charismatic men, so what explains its tremendous success? partly, it starts here in the japanese countryside. this town of 5,000 people is an ldp stronghold. most residents here are old and old people vote. we met this couple on their way to cast their ballot — that's right, for the ldp. translation: it will be a huge mess if we let i the opposition win. they don't have the experience ldp has. translation: i agree with my husband. - part of the reason why the ldp

does so well is that it's always made sure that the taxpayer money keeps flowing into places in the countryside, particularly to build infrastructure. this place has a perfectly good road on the other side of the valley, but a few years ago, they decided they needed another one. for that, they needed to build this tunnel. you see stuff like this all over ruraljapan — fantastic infrastructure of questionable economic benefit, but one that certainly brings jobs and votes in rural areas. what about japan's opposition parties? a candidate for the communist party is trying to drum up support. there are at least nine opposition parties injapan. it's one reason they do so badly. this is one of the very few ways that opposition parties injapan have of getting their message out to

potential voters, because door—to—door campaigning in japan is not allowed, and that gives the incumbent party a tremendous advantage because their leaders are on the television news every night. we asked some young voters if they recognise the leader of japan's biggest opposition party. 0nce or twice, i know his face, but i don't remember his name. are you interested in the election? are you going to bother voting7 actually, no. young urbanites don't vote and don't know who to vote for, but even if they did, their vote would count a lot less than if they lived in the countryside. today, the vast majority of japanese voters live in big cities like this one, but the voting districts have not been modernised to reflect this huge shift of population from the rural to the urban. and in very simplistic terms, that means today, you need a lot more votes to get elected in an urban constituency than in a rural one. all of this is a good news

for the prime minister who can rely on mps from rural strongholds to keep him in power. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, tokyo. some of the finest examples of early islamic art in the west bank city ofjericho have been restored and officials hope they will become a major tourist attraction. they are astonishing in their scale and ambition. an intricate, ornate sea of stone and colour and detailed patterns. these mosaics date back more than 1,000 years and are part of the very fabric of this land. the size of the mosaic panels is about 835 square metres. it contains more than 5 milion mosaic pieces and small mosaic stones.

it has a distinctive set of natural colours, all components of which are natural stones that exist in palestine. they've spent five years and around $12,000,000 restoring the mosaics to their former glory in the hope is that they will become a source of much—needed revenue for the palestinian authority. the ministry estimates there will be a significant and noticeable increase in tourism, especially to this site because of its great importance and its architectural and artistic and historical significance. hisham palace covers an area of around 60 hectares, a grand desert castle, its origin is something of a mystery. a vivid window into the past, but perhaps a source of hope for the future.

you can get me on twitter. thanks very much for watching. hello. with a number of weather and flood warnings in force where it's been so very wet, it's certainly worth keeping across those if you've got travel plans going into the weekend. a weekend which will bring more rain at times, but not all the time. there'll be some sunshine, too. saturday, for many, looks like a fine day. quite windy this weekend, and it will turn a little cooler. the low pressure very much in charge, but the frontal system that's brought so much rain does clear away during friday. another one with rain overnight and clearing early on saturday, but then a stronger area of low pressure with more rain and wind for part two of the weekend on sunday. this is how things are starting off on friday morning, with a lot of cloud around, with outbreaks of rain in many areas, including moving into those parts of eastern england that have spent much of this week dry.

but the idea is that all of this will slowly clear eastwards as the day goes on. northern ireland soon getting into the sunshine during friday morning. for many other places, it will turn drier and brighter into the afternoon. but even in the afternoon, still some rain falling in parts of the midlands, northern england and eastern scotland before here, too, things improve into the evening. still mild out there. it'll feel a little fresher, and it does turn cooler over the weekend. more showers running into south west england, wales and northern ireland on friday evening. and that's from the next weather front coming in, that makes further progress north and eastwards going into saturday morning. a touch cooler as saturday starts. so, early on on saturday, this will be moving through with some outbreaks of showery rain. they'll be quite heavy, but a lot of that does clear away into the afternoon. and following on behind, plenty of sunshine, just the chance of catching a shower. so, for many, saturday afternoon will be dry, temperatures will just come down a degree or so. but the lull before the next weather system doesn't last very long, and it's this area of low pressure and again

going into sunday, so another swathe of quite heavy rain along it. that will be gradually pushing its way north and east as the day goes on. may take quite a bit of time before it gets into northernmost parts of scotland. behind it, it will be brightening up, but you may see some heavy showers moving in, and it'll be windiest through southern parts of england and south wales. that's your weekend for you. into next week, showers, some sunshine at times and for all parts, it'll be turning colder as we get into november.

the president of indonesia says wealthy countries are not doing enough to ensure vaccines reach all parts of the world. less then half of the country's 275 million people have received their first dose of the vaccine. senior oil executives have denied that they deliberately misled the word about climate change and said their understanding of global warming had developed over time. the chair the committee accused the industry of a coordinated campaign to mislead the public. facebook is changing its corporate name to matter as it expands beyond social media to focus on areas like virtual reality on the rebound comes as the faces scrutiny over its impact on society. the name change does not apply to individual platforms.