welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... iraq's prime minister appeals for calm — after surviving a drone attack on his home in baghdad. the uk's prime minister is accused of "corrupt and contemptible behaviour" by the opposition labour party — after he tried to protect a former cabinet minister who had broken lobbying rules. chinese president xijinping is expected to cement his authority and legacy at a key communist party gathering which opens this monday. and the us will shortly reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from much of the world.

live from our studio in singapore— it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, 11 pm in london and 2am in baghdad where the iraqi prime minister, mustafa al—kadhimi, has appealed for calm, after surviving a drone attack on his home in the high—security green zone of the city. the us president, joe biden, has instructed his national security team to help investigate the attack. it's not yet known who carried out the attack, which came after violent clashes in baghdad between the security forces and supporters of pro—iranian political groups. our middle east correspondent, anna foster, has this report. a strike at the heart of the iraqi government. two drones were shot down, but a third made contact,

exploding at the prime minister's official residence. mr al—kadhimi escaped unharmed, but six of his personal bodyguards were injured. shortly after the attack, he appeared on national television to reassure the nation that he'd survived. translation: my house was the target of a cowardly attack. _ thanks to god, i and those who work with me are in good shape. your heroic security and army forces are working on protecting iraq and its stability. cowardly rockets and cowardly drones do not build countries or futures. less than a month ago, elections in iraq produced a record low turnout. now the country is struggling to build a ruling coalition. many voters don't see any prospect of meaningful change, and there has been violent unrest over the results. the influence of iran is also

making things tough. the shia cleric, moqtada al—sadr, claimed victory in this election. he campaigns against foreign intervention in iraq, including from its neighbour. as his party gained votes, the pro—iranian alliance lost them. some analysts believe that could be the reason for the attack. no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attempt on the prime minister's life, but it has been condemned by world leaders and by iran's foreign ministry. they are hoping this won't mark the start of a dangerous new escalation. anna foster, bbc news. an emergency debate on standards is to take place in the uk house of commons on monday. it follows a row over the government seeking to change the rules governing mps conduct — as a conservative mp had been found in breach of them. the leader of the labour opposition,

sir keir starmer, accused prime minister borisjohnson of �*trashing' the uk's reputation for democratic standards. a cabinet minister rejected that — calling the row a "storm in a teacup". here's our political correspondent chris mason. mps are forever aware how many people don't much like politicians. it's why for so many who spend their weeks here, this row over the government's behaviour gets right up their nose. because it leaves a whiff of this being a self—serving place. for the opposition parties, it's also a chance to take aim at the prime minister. instead of upholding standards, he orders his mps to protect his mate and rip up the whole system. now, that is corrupt, it is contemptible, and it's not a one—off. and what makes me most angry is the prime minister is trashing the reputation of our democracy and our country. at the heart of this is this man,

the former cabinet minister, owen paterson, he was found to have broken the rules by making the case to ministers and others on behalf of companies that were paying him. he was due to be thrown out of the commons for 30 days and potentially byelection until the government ordered its mps to back a review of the system. then, under intense pressure, it changed its mind. today, this cabinet minister claimed it wasn't about getting mr paterson off the hook. the vote wasn't to reject the report that had been put together. the vote was to establish an appeals process so that mps in this sort of position that, yes, owen paterson was in, but others as well in future would have a right of appeal, and i think that's right. it is still an important objective to have due process here, to have a right of appeal, but obviously, we can only take that forward with the agreement and cooperation of other parties. mps will return here tomorrow and spend around three hours

debating parliamentary standards. there is still deep anger on all sides about what's happened here. the labour mp, chris bryant, who chairs the commons standard committee still wants parliament to vote to condemn owen paterson's behaviour, even though mr paterson has now resigned. plenty feel there is something of the rebuilding job to be done here for the government and parliament to restore trust in how this place works. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. china's president xijinping is preparing to lead a key meeting of the ruling party's elite that will set the tone for his long—term ambitions. from monday to thursday, some 400 members of the communist party's all—powerful central committee will be gathering in beijing behind closed doors. our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell reflects on the importance of this meeting.

starting today, just up the road from where i'm sitting, hundreds of china's central committee, the elite of the communist party will be meeting. they are gathering at the great hall of the people and will be behind closed doors. now, we know very little about what's going to be discussed, and yet, it looks like it's going to be absolutely crucial in terms of shoring up the president of china's control on power, his legacy and also, crucially, provide a justification for china's current leader to move into a historic third term at a party congress next year. we know very little about the meeting, for example, we don't have the exact wording of the main resolution, but what has been released

is that they will be talking about the historical achievements of the party. there has only been twice when a, sort of, resolution like this has been discussed, which is analysing history and the performance of the party in that way. once mao zedong used such a resolution to sideline his opponents. the second time was after mao died, another came along and declared that chairman mao was under 70% right. this time around, it looks like this is an attempt to put the dung era behind china and to move the place into solidly the xi era, with xi party at the centre of everything and xi the centre of the party. now, there is an element of tea leaf reading here, as i say, this is all to be going on behind

closed doors, and even at the end, we are only getting a few titbits released by the most loyal organs of the party, the most loyal portions of the media, which are completely controlled by the party. so, we just have to rely on their interpretation of what happened. certainly wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall, though, down at the great hall of the people this week. we're now in the last hours of voting in nicaragua's —— steve will be reporting price on bbc news —— steve will be reporting price on bbc news throughout —— steve will be reporting price on bbc news throughout the —— steve will be reporting price on bbc news throughout the week —— steve will be reporting price on bbc news throughout the week so —— steve will be reporting price on bbc news throughout the week so do stay tuned for that. we're now in the last hours of voting in nicaragua's presidential election. president daniel ortega is widely expected to maintain his grip on power after clamping down on his political opponents. seven of the leading opposition candidates were arrested in recent months under a treason law. mr ortega — a former guerrilla leader — has been in power for fourteen consecutive years. foreign journalists are not being allowed in to observe the vote — so our correspondent will grant joins us live from neighbouring costa rica. great to have you on the programme,

well, and in the first instance, i just want to start by asking you, you know, he has detained the incredible challengers who ran against them, shutdown opposition parties, funded large campaign events and closed voting stations. so, how is this being considered credible election? in so, how is this being considered credible election?— so, how is this being considered credible election? in many, many impressions— credible election? in many, many impressions it's _ credible election? in many, many impressions it's not _ credible election? in many, many impressions it's not being - impressions it's not being considered a credible election at all, and everybody who has been exiled from nicaragua to here in costa rica who turned out for a protest earlier today called that a farce. they truly believe this is a farcical election with no meaning for the candidates and that the decision has already been taken that daniel ortega would be the victor. it's hard to disagree but that in many areas. it does seem extremely likely that there will be nothing except an ortega win, it's just an extent of how big they say that when

will be, and ifully extent of how big they say that when will be, and i fully expect that the government will declare that it was a landslide. so, it is extremely disheartening for nicaraguans to see an election held under the circumstances.— an election held under the circumstances. . u, _ circumstances. yeah, well, i can say that it's twilight — circumstances. yeah, well, i can say that it's twilight where _ circumstances. yeah, well, i can say that it's twilight where you - circumstances. yeah, well, i can say that it's twilight where you are. - that it's twilight where you are. the sun is setting in the background. that should indicate in the next few hours, we understand, that there will be some sort of a result in this election. how much dissent has there been to this? i know you have pointed out that the government might itself call for a landslide victory, but have voters then descending? well they respect this result? i then descending? well they respect this result? ~ , then descending? well they respect this result? ~' , this result? i think there is so much fear _ this result? i think there is so much fear and _ this result? i think there is so much fear and nicaragua - this result? i think there is so much fear and nicaragua at i this result? i think there is so l much fear and nicaragua at the moment that we haven't seen any dissent within the country itself. most of that dissent is here in costa rica, as i said, what this protest. obviously, there were other communities of nicaraguans elsewhere in the world, and miami, and spain

and so on. but the vast majority who have fled either for political reasons are economic reasons, or some kind of combination of the tela have settled here because it's the first place they can reach, they can cross through many blind spots. i attempted to going to costa rica, as one of the journalists he was told that we were not allowed in, and while i was along the border, i saw some of the blind spots that nicaraguans are using to come into the country. so, yes, it is a very difficult and dark day for them, and very little dissent as a result. will grant they are with the latest on the nicaraguan election. thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. police in the united states have opened a criminal investigation after eight people died at a music festival in houston, texas on friday. many others were hurt when the crowd surged forward. investigators are also looking into claims that someone in the crowd was injecting people with drugs. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports.

candles and flowers have been laid outside the festival venue, in tribute to those who died. more is now being heard about those who were killed in the crush. the youngest was ilt. other victims have been named. brianna rodriguez, just 16, was a keen dancer. friends are fundraising to pay for her funeral. franco patino, 21, and danish baig, 27, who died trying to save his fianc e. i just want to send out prayers to... ..to the ones that were lost last night. for the first time since the tragedy, travis scott addressed his fans. appearing sombre and distressed, he reflected on what went wrong at the festival he founded. i'm honestlyjust devastated, and i could never imagine anything like this happening. there is someone dead in there!

the surge towards the stage continued, but the party soon turned into panic. the venue's first aiders were quickly overwhelmed. people were pushing and shoving to make their escape. police in houston say this is now a criminal investigation, after suggestions of foul play. one of the narratives was that some individual was injecting _ other people with drugs. we do have a report of a security officer, according to the medical staff, i that was out and treated him last night, that he was reaching over to restrain or grab a citizen, - and he felt a prick in his neck. several people were treated with an anti—drug medication. as the memorial for the victims grows, so do the questions about what happened. i was completely shocked, because it was for about a couple

of minutes that i was seeing two bodies laying down right behind me, and the whole time i was just thinking that they were passed out, and then once a security guard was right next to me talking to another security guard, saying that he didn't have a pulse. investigators say they will find out exactly what caused the surge, and who, if anyone, is to blame for the tragedy. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. if you want to get in touch with me i'm on twitter — @bbckarishma i'm looking forward to hearing from you. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... we report on a diamond mining project in india which activists say will ruin the environment and displace thousands of people.

the bombastic establishment man donald trump has defied the posters to take the keys to the oval office. i feel great about the election results. i voted for him because i genuinely believe that he cares about the country. it's keeping the candidate's name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display but on the local campaign headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced - around their liberated territory. and with nobody to stop them, it wasn't long before the first l attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. _ yasser arafat who dominated the palestinian cause for so long has died. palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning. after 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy, leaving ministers who long felt only

grudgingly accepted among the ranks of clergy suddenly felt welcome. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. more protests have been taking place in sudan — two weeks after its military seized power in a coup. two days of civil disobedience are now planned by people angry at the army's action, two years after a military dictator — in powerfor decades — was toppled. sudan's civilian prime minister is under house arrest and protests calling for democracy are being met with force — as our africa correspondent andrew harding reporst. —— correspondent andrew harding reports. anger on the streets of khartoum today. protesters blocking off neighbourhoods. taking big risks to show their contempt for sudan's military coup.

right now, a lot of blood, a lot of dead people. this military government is a killer. it's a goddamn killer, for real. the protests began two weeks ago when the generals seized power, halting this giant country's admittedly bumpy transition from dictatorship to democracy. so which side will prove stronger? the army or the street? in a khartoum hospital, we found an elderly tailor recovering from a savage beating by the military... can i see your leg? ..and this young student, shot in the leg. a lot of people were shot. his message to the soldiers... they're like animals. the animals are better. it's hard to find anyone here who supports the military takeover. it's heartbreaking, honestly. to see those young people, the ones that are being

killed just for asking for what's rightfully theirs. for frequenting with the civilian government. so for me, it's very devastating. it makes me angry. the man leading sudan's coup is general burhan. his spokesman, an admiral, told me that the military had done nothing wrong. you've detained the prime minister and other politicians. your troops have killed protesters on the streets. why on earth would the sudanese people trust you for a second? translation: time will show this was not a coup. _ we will hold elections and the military will step aside. this was simply a course correction. but many people here are not convinced. even at night, the protests continue. the determination, the defiance here is impressive. and it's possible that sudan's generals will back down under

growing international pressure. but for now, this country's democratic revolution remains on hold. on a continent where it seems military coups are firmly back in fashion. andrew harding, bbc news, khartoum. the us is set to reopen its borders on monday for vaccinated non—essential travel, ending a 20 month entry ban. the easing of restrictions will open up travel for double jabbed non—us citizens to over 30 countries, including the uk and eu. vistors must have a us food and drug administration, tori emerson barnes is from the us travel association, which advocates for the busisesses across the sector. it must be an exciting time for you, this is coming after so many months of not having visitors into the

country from all of these countries. how big will this be for the us economy and your members, do you think? it economy and your members, do you think? , ., ., ., ., , ., , think? it is a ma'or turn on planes and will be — think? it is a major turn on planes and will be hugely _ think? it is a major turn on planes and will be hugely beneficial - think? it is a major turn on planes and will be hugely beneficial to i and will be hugely beneficial to communities across our country, through the pandemic, the us travel economy has lost 300,000,000,000 in expert income and almost a million jobs, just as a result of the closure of these partners. we are excited to reunite americans at the rest of the wild and welcome international travellers to destinations across our wonderful country today, tomorrow, november eight. country today, tomorrow, november eiaht. , ., eight. gas, indeed. there are concerns— eight. gas, indeed. there are concerns about _ eight. gas, indeed. there are concerns about just _ eight. gas, indeed. there are concerns aboutjust how - eight. gas, indeed. there are - concerns aboutjust how responsive bob policy this may speed, aren't there? a lot of people saying that even with the vaccination requirement, an increase in infections is almost inevitable. how great are you about that? we infections is almost inevitable. how great are you about that?— infections is almost inevitable. how great are you about that? we have a oli here great are you about that? we have a policy here where — great are you about that? we have a policy here where you _ great are you about that? we have a policy here where you have - great are you about that? we have a policy here where you have to - great are you about that? we have a policy here where you have to be - policy here where you have to be vaccinated to come into the us. we also have to have proof of that

negative tobit task command based on mayo clinic research, the chances of someone coming from just the uk to the us, the chances of someone boarding the plane that actually has covid is one in 10,000, and the chances of someone actually getting infected is one in a million. we feel really good about the science that's in place and the fact that we are welcoming the vaccine to travellers and proof of negative test, i think it is good reassurance that if it is the right time to reopen, and as we start to see even more folks get back here in the us and across the globe, we will be able to live at the virus. just briefl , able to live at the virus. just briefly, what _ able to live at the virus. just briefly, what will _ able to live at the virus. just briefly, what will your - able to live at the virus. just briefly, what will your association be pushing for next?— briefly, what will your association be pushing for next? sure, we need to decrease — be pushing for next? sure, we need to decrease the _ be pushing for next? sure, we need to decrease the backlog _ be pushing for next? sure, we need to decrease the backlog issues - be pushing for next? sure, we need to decrease the backlog issues that| to decrease the backlog issues that we are seeing here with these eyes. obviously coming from a lot of countries in the uk and europe, you don't need to have a visa, but countries like brazil and other countries like brazil and other countries across the globe are

requiring a visa to come to the us, and so we need to get through some of the backlog there. we need to ensure funding for our brand, usa, which helps to market us and internationally. there is still a lot of work to do, but we are excited to man november eight is an important day as we walk on the well back to the us. torr;r important day as we walk on the well back to the us.— back to the us. tory emerson binds there on that _ back to the us. tory emerson binds there on that story _ back to the us. tory emerson binds there on that story for— back to the us. tory emerson binds there on that story for us. - back to the us. tory emerson binds there on that story for us. thank i there on that story for us. thank you forjoining us on newsday. thank you for “oining us on newsday. thank ou for you forjoining us on newsday. thank you for having _ you forjoining us on newsday. thank you for having me. _ as the cop26 climate talks continue, the debate over development versus protecting the environment is playing out in india. billions of dollars' worth of diamond reserves lie in the ground in buxwaha forest in central india. the state government says a proposed mine will bring jobs but local people say their lives will be destroyed. bbc hindi s nitin srivastava reports. the lungs of central india are under threat. a tract of four hours is the

quickest mode to arrive here, but all of this could be lost if a proposed diamond mine gets operational. thousands of animals will be displaced along with local tribes who are totally dependent on this forest. 10,000 people live here in the forest, but the state government has given permission for 200,000 trees to be cut down for a diamond mine. translation: medicine herbs and leaves _ diamond mine. translation: medicine herbs and leaves are _ diamond mine. translation: medicine herbs and leaves are found _ diamond mine. translation: medicine herbs and leaves are found in _ diamond mine. translation: medicine herbs and leaves are found in this - herbs and leaves are found in this forest. people have to decide what they want to deal. they know that healer brings herbs from the forest. they have to decide if they want to fight for it. i cannot do it on my own. �* , ., ., own. but the state government says --eole do own. but the state government says people do want — own. but the state government says people do want the _ own. but the state government says people do want the project. - people do want the project. translation: we people do want the pro'ect. tuna/momfi people do want the pro'ect. translation: ~ ., ., ., translation: we have gone and met the villagers. — translation: we have gone and met the villagers. rrot _ translation: we have gone and met the villagers, not a _ translation: we have gone and met the villagers, not a single _ translation: we have gone and met the villagers, not a single person - the villagers, not a single person opposed — the villagers, not a single person opposed it. everybody wants to get employment from this.—

opposed it. everybody wants to get employment from this. diamond mines reauire employment from this. diamond mines require millions _ employment from this. diamond mines require millions of _ employment from this. diamond mines require millions of litres _ employment from this. diamond mines require millions of litres of— employment from this. diamond mines require millions of litres of water - require millions of litres of water per day. the state government says it will plant 1,000,000 trees to compensate for cutting down the forest. but even those trees will need water. translation: if rare need water. translation: if we consider this _ need water. translation: if we consider this area _ need water. translation: if we consider this area in _ need water. translation: if we consider this area in the - need water. translation: if we consider this area in the context of water supply, this area has been designated as a semi— critical area. the mining project will require 16,000,000 l of water, so they are building a dam on the river and diverting river water. it will destroy everyone. diverting river water. it will destro eve one. ., ., , , destroy everyone. environmentalists are be tlnt destroy everyone. environmentalists are begging the _ destroy everyone. environmentalists are begging the state _ destroy everyone. environmentalists are begging the state government i destroy everyone. environmentalistsl are begging the state government for something unique like these prehistoric paintings will be lost, but the failure of the state to educate young people who live in the forest is also felt. nitin srivastava, bbc news. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news.

thank you so much forjoining us. for me and the team, do stay with bbc news. —— from me and the team, do stay with bbc news. hello. after a bright and blustery sunday, lighter winds for monday morning mean it will feel colder out there at the start of monday. looks to be the coldest part of the week ahead, but the milder air isn't too far away from coming back with these set of weather fronts about to move in from the atlantic with thicker cloud and some patchy rain, heading into westernmost parts of the uk to begin the day, especially into northern ireland. where skies have stayed clear for long enough, over the night, across eastern scotland and eastern england, this is where temperatures will have fallen low enough with those light winds for a touch of frost. any early sunshine isn't going to last too long here, as cloud increases. the rain from northern ireland will then gradually move across scotland as the day goes on, heaviest in the west, into northwest england and wales. though much of the midlands,

eastern and southern england, will stay largely dry during daylight hours. the milder air lifting the temperature in belfast to 15 celsius. still feeling quite chilly into eastern parts of england with the cloud increasing after that frosty start around 10 degrees in norwich. further outbreaks of rain overnight and into tuesday through northern ireland and scotland, pushing into parts of northern england, it will be a much milder night overnight and into tuesday. double figure temperatures for many of the larger towns and city centres as we start the day. this weather front is only very slowly edging southwards on tuesday. so, probably cloud and some outbreaks of rain into northern england and wales, pushing into parts of the midlands and southwest england. east anglia, the southeast, will stay largely dry, a few hazy, sunny spells. a brighter day in scotland and northern ireland, albeit a few showery bursts of rain spreading their way southwards during the day. and temperatures are definitely on the mild side of average, and that's where they're going to stay for the rest of the week. this weather front is still around

into wednesday, in fact, there will be another pulse of energy running along it. it looks as if that will bring some outbreaks of rain into parts of wales and england on wednesday. a bright day in scotland and northern ireland. there will be a few showers just edging towards northwest scotland during the day. again, those temperatures for the most part are into double figures. again, that's where they are going to stay for the rest of the week. a fair amount of cloud around, some sunny spells here and there and another set of atlantic weather fronts beginning to take some rain southwards from scotland and northern ireland into wales and england as we head towards the end of the week. bye— bye.

hello, this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. the family of an unvaccinated mother who died from covid—19

before she could meet her newborn daughter urges all mums—to—be to get the vaccine. saiqa parveen was eight months pregnant when she caught the virus. the mother of five died five weeks later. more than 10 million people have now had coronavirus boosterjabs in the uk, and the health secretary urges everyone to get theirjabs ahead of winter. labour accuses borisjohnson of corrupt behaviour in the row over lobbying after he tried to overhaul the rules on mps conduct, just as a conservative mp had been found in breach of them. police in texas have opened a criminal investigation into a crush at a music festival in houston in which eight people died. iraq's prime minister appeals for calm after surviving a drone attack on his home in baghdad.