welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm mariko oi. the headlines: sri lanka brings in new shoot—on—sight orders to try and quell protests calling for the president to step down. once again, russia targets the crucial port city of odesa with missile strikes hitting a shopping centre. last night where we were here it was difficult to see the full extent of the damage but this morning you can. the rocket has completely ripped into the back of the shopping centre here, you can see it has completely folded. pomp, pageantry, but no queen. the prince of wales stands in for his mother for the first

time at the state opening of parliament. and vardy versus rooney, but this time in the high court. the so—called wagatha christie trial gets under way. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 8:00am in the morning in singapore, and 5.30am in sri lanka, where security forces have been ordered to shoot anyone seen looting or damaging public property, in the latest attempt to stop anti—government protests. since last month, the country has been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicines. demonstrators are calling for the resignation of president gotabaya rajapaksa. his brother, mahinda rajapaksa, stepped down as prime minister

on monday following violent street clashes. protesters have defied an island—wide curfew and at least eight people have died and 200 have been injured, as our correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports from colombo. a capital under curfew. troops told to shoot at sight at anyone who damages public property or threatens lives. the skeletons of a bustling city scorched by an economic crisis. reeling after a day of violence. yesterday, supporters of the prime minister attacked anti—government protesters, who until that point had been peacefully demonstrating. at the city's main hospital, more than 200 have been wounded, many were beaten up. this man fractured his leg after a tear gas

canister landed on it. war veterans yigit and assuncao are out of hospital. men who lost their legs in mines during sri lanka's civil war say they were beaten up by the very people they made sacrifices for. "they started punching me. i was left with only one crutch. they pushed me and i fell." "when we served in the army, people used to pray for us. now we're being attacked." with trust in the government shattered, the homes of at least two dozen politicians who backed the ruling party have been torched. this was one of the houses that was vandalised last night. it belonged to a supporter of the government, a local mayor. and this was the bedroom. it was set on fire. all you can see now is the metal that forms the coils of the mattress. and if we just move into the living room, completely trashed —

just look around. tonight, a resort belonging to the son of sri lanka's former prime minister mahinda rajapaksa, who quit yesterday, was set alight. and clashes broke out in the city of negombo. protesters want the president gotabaya rajapaksa to resign — as long as he stays, tensions on this island will be inflamed. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, sri lanka. so the prime minister has resigned — but the protests are continuing. people are demanding the resignation of the president. but is it as simple as that? a question i put to dr niro kandasamy, an expert in sri lanka migration at the university of sydney. i think the widespread protests across the island show that people

are beyond frustrated with the sri lankan government. and this is a reflection on the systematic problems within the government itself. economists have long observed and warned that consecutive sri lankan governments have been mismanaging the national economy. so the current economic crisis we're seeing — the worst we've seen since sri lanka gained independence from the british in 1948 — was entirely predicable and people are really frustrated at the government. as you say, it is a deeply rooted economic crisis, but how long will it take to sort that out? especially the likes of the imf may not offer financial assistance if the political situation is unstable. it's difficult to say, as you said earlier, president gotabaya raja pa ksa has refused to resign from his position. and, as the imf said, its support is pending on sound economic policies — and clearly, the sri lankan government has refused to deliver on sound economic policies. so, one of the more disastrous economic policies that we've

seen was the ban on chemical fertilisers, which caused a shutdown on several plantations, it drastically reduced, as a consequence, the country's ability to feed itself. you know, that triggered inflation — so there's been a lot of challenges the government has faced and is directly responsible for, so it's difficult to say what will happen. these protests have been taking place for weeks now, and largely, they were peaceful. in your view, what actually made them turn violent? so i think there are a few reasons — i think the government has refused to listen to its people. the rajapaksa family remains in power, so, despite the resignation of mahinda and the dismissal of basil rajapaksa, the president remains. the government is not effectively listening to

the economic cries. so, there are still food shortages, fuel supplies are still low, people are dying in queues waiting for fuel because of the heat, as well. medical supplies are in shortage, as well. so really, people's immediate needs are not being addressed, and the government does not seem to be implementing adequate measures to address those needs. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines: the head of the world health organization has said china's zero tolerance policy against covid is not sustainable. the authorities in beijing have imposed lockdowns affecting tens of millions of people, lasting several weeks, to try to prevent any spread of the illness. but the who's director general said he had told chinese experts it was time to change that approach. when we talk about the 0 covid strategy, we don't think that it is sustainable between what

we have with the virus now and what we anticipate in the future. this issue is chinese experts, we indicated the approach, you know, would not be sustainable. in court in new york, the former president of honduras, juan orlando hernandez, pleaded not guilty to drugs and weapons charges. mr hernandez, who governed from 2014 to january this year, was arrested in february. this is him being extradited from honduras to the us last month. he is accused of having accepted millions of dollars in bribes during his eight years as president, in exchange for protecting drug traffickers from investigation and arrest. an international donors conference has raised more than $6.5 billion to help war—torn syria and its neighbours. the news was announced on the second day of a un—backed conference in brussels. earlier the un's high commissioner for refugees, filippo grandi warned that the humanitarian situation

for syrians was catastrophic. russia has targeted the black sea port of odesa using what the ukrainians say were hypersonic missiles, which fly at five times the speed of sound. one person is reported to have died. it comes as the united nations has estimated that the number of civilians killed in the conflict far exceeds the officialfigure ofjust over 3,000. from odesa, caroline davies reports. as russia celebrated victory day, odesa burned. this was one of the city's shopping centres, incinerated, by a missile strike. the ukrainian authorities say seven missiles were launched at the city yesterday, killing one person and injuring five more. this morning, the smell of burning plastic still hung in the air. last night when we were here, it was difficult to see the full extent of the damage,

but this morning you can. the rocket has completely ripped into the back of the shopping centre here. you can see it has completely folded. there are still fires that the fire brigade here are trying to put out and the electricity wires on this side have been ripped away. russia has been targeting the port city of odesa on ukraine's southern coast. it's strategically important. before the war, it was a key international port, taking ukrainian products to the world. president zelensky appealed again to end the war, so that the port can reopen. missile strikes don't only destroy infrastructure. they shake lives. this eight—year—old boy lives 300 metres from the strike. as we talk, he fiddles nervously with two pieces of blackened metal that he found — shards of the missile. "i heard a loud explosion," he says, "i fell out of bed and started to cry. then i ran down the corridor to find my dog, max. "mum tried to calm me down, but there were more explosions.

we don't know what will happen next." the force of the blast smashed many of the windows in this block of flats. fortunately, most were unoccupied. katarina and her two—year—old daughter arina were on the other side of the courtyard. "we were about to go to bed when the air alert began," she tells me. "i heard a very loud explosion, and i grabbed two pillows and covered my daughter's ears with them. i didn't want her to hear the sound of the explosion and be frightened by it. the whole house was shaking." then she asks her daughter, "what do we do when we hear the air raid siren?" "we run," she says. "we run away." young minds already used to living with the constant threat of war. caroline davies, bbc news, odesa. the first president of independent ukraine, leonid kravchuk, has died. he was 88. leonid kravchuk swept to victory in the first round of presidential elections in 1991, but he didn't even last a whole term, becoming the first

post—soviet leader to peacefully hand over power. the queen's speech, which sets out the british government's legislative programme, is one of the great events of state in the uk. but the one which happened on tuesday was a little different, because for the first time in nearly 60 years, queen elizabeth was not there. her majesty had authorised the prince of wales and the duke of cambridge to open the new parliamentary session. prince charles delivered the speech on the queen's behalf, after buckingham palace explained that the queen was suffering from episodic mobility problems. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell examines the significance of today's events. he's been waiting for his destiny for longer than any other heir to the british throne. and, while no—one is suggesting that a major change is imminent, the inescapable fact is that a transition is under way. and this, today, was the most

tangible sign of it. as prince charles took his place on the consort�*s throne, the imperial state crown, the symbol of the monarch's authority, was placed on a table beside him. the prince studied it closely, and then, with lords and commons assembled, a prince who has never been short of his own opinions took on the discipline required of a monarch. reading out the words written by the government. the continued success and integrity of the whole of the united kingdom is of paramount importance to her majesty's government. it was this, the regency act of 1937, that the palace used to delegate the power to open parliament. yet nobody is suggesting a permanent transfer of the monarch's powers. the queen is still busy with her paper work and virtual audiences. changes are happening, but they are gradual. for the queen, it has always been very important to carry out all her public duties in public whenever she can.

she's famously said "to be seen is to be believed," and she believes the monarchy must be seen, but in future it is likely what we will see is other members of the royal family carrying out royal duties on her behalf. for seven decades, britain has had a highly visible head of state. those days are over, realities are having to be faced, the burden is shifting. nicholas witchell, bbc news. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: game over, why one of the most profitable computer franchise deals in history is about to come to an end. the pope was shot, the pope will live — that's the essence of the appalling news from rome this afternoon, that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism had come to the vatican.

the man they called the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentencedl to six years injail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication - she felt even - the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all—out effort to help the victims of a powerful earthquake — the worst to hit the country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion, garry kasparov. it is the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. america's first legal same—sex marriages have been taking i place in massachusetts. god bless america! cheering this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko oi in singapore.

our headlines: anti—government protestors defy a nationwide curfew in sri lanka, calling for the country's president to step down. once again, russia targets the crucial port city of odesa, with missile strikes hitting a shopping centre. just six months after the cop26 climate conference in glasgow, new analysis suggests the world is closer than ever to crossing a key global warming threshold. the uk met office and the world meteorological organisation say there's now around a 50:50 chance that it'll warm by more than 1.5 degrees celsius over the next five years. it was in 2015 that the world's average temperature first went one degree celsius above pre—industrial levels. that was also the year that leaders signed the paris climate agreement, where the 1.5

degrees target was set to prevent dangerous global warming. governments re—committed to keeping 1.5 degrees alive at cop26 last november. researchers also believe it's almost certain that one of the next five years will be the warmest ever recorded. on that, the bbc has spoken tojohn kerry, us special presidential envoy on climate. he said that countries need to "raise ambitions further" to reach their climate goals. people need to remember that 65% of global gdp, economic effort globally, committed to plans that are legitimate that could keep 1.5 degrees of warming at that level. that's incredible. the 35% that did not is the problem, and we have to bring those countries on board now. one of those countries is russia. and obviously, that remains a question mark. we don't know — nothing is possible right now, we will see what happens.

but china, india, indonesia, south africa — there are a bunch of countries that need now, i think, to raise ambition over the course of these next months. and all of us, the developed world particularly, has got to do a better job of breaking the mould, getting away from business as usual, which is dominating at this moment. what vladimir putin has done, by using gas energy as a weapon, is to convince europe that it has to move faster. so in fact, europe will try to move to deploy renewable energy — wind, solar, etc — much faster than they had originally planned. the key will be finding greater levels of finance on an international basis to accelerate the transition to those renewables so that investment begins to move there faster. we can still, according to the most

recent ipcc scientific report — it makes it very clear that if we do the things that are available to us, we can still avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis. but people need to understand that's avoiding the worst consequences, not the crisis to some degree. we need to break the mould, we need to behave like the rhetoric suggests we should, which is we call this existential — but as a world, we are not behaving as if it is. you can find much more news about the climate on our website, including this special section looking at cop26 — what it achieved, and how that is being transformed into reality. just log on to bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app elon musk has said he will reverse the twitter ban imposed on donald trump, once he takes over the social media company. the richest man in the world agreed a $41; billion takeover bid with the twitter

board last month, but he said it was not a done deal and that ideally it would be completed in the next two or three months. our technology correspondent james clayton has more. he has kind of already intimated that this was going to happen. this is the first time he has committed to saying that he would actually reverse this at banten and donald trump has not been able to tweet for 15, 16 months now after the capitol hill riots he was accused of stoking. those that elon musk said that it wasn't morally reprehensible to have done, that it was a mistake. the former executive of twitter has said that he regrets that too sew the door is open for donald trump to come back to twitter. the problem is that donald trump has said he does not really want to come back to twitter. he said he would much rather post on his own

platform. so, iwould not necessarily assume that he is going to start tweeting. the other thing to mention is that elon musk has not actually bought twitter yet and he seems low energy about the deal today, i thought. low energy about the deal today, ithought. i low energy about the deal today, i thought. i am low energy about the deal today, ithought. iam not necessarily 100% sure, i don't think elon musk is either, that he is going to buy twitter. so, lots of reasons why donald trump might not come back on about the door is more ajar thanit about the door is more ajar than it ever has been for the former president to make a twitter return. the high court in london has begun hearing a defamation trial brought by rebekah vardy, the wife of the former england footballerjamie vardy, against coleen rooney, who's married to the former england captain wayne rooney. the court heard that ms vardy felt she had to establish her innocence after being accused of leaking personal information about mrs rooney to the media. colin paterson reports. coleen rooney arriving at the high court, accompanied by her husband, wayne rooney, for the start of a

much—anticipated trial, which her legal team have summed up as being about betrayal. one minute later, rebekah vardy, who is suing herfor libel, strode in. both women very used to cameras, but not the courtroom. inside, coleen rooney sat next to her husband at one end of the front bench. no more than ten feet away was rebekah vardy. there was almost zero eye contact between the two former friends. at the 2016 euros, they had cheered on england together from the stands. but everything changed in october 2019, when coleen rooney did some online detective work to investigate who was leaking information about her to the press. she wrote three fictitious tales on her private instagram stories, including ones about returning to tv and their basement flooding to see if they would end up in the sun — and they did. only then did coleen reveal, after the use of 10 dots to ramp up the tension, that the one account she'd allowed access to read them was rebekah vardy�*s. in court today, we heard the details of rebekah vardy�*s case,

that she'd been left with no choice but to bring this libel claim to establish her innocence and validate her reputation. it was stressed that this legal battle was being reported as entertainment, but in fact had had a hugely damaging impact on rebekah vardy�*s life. and then it was the turn of coleen rooney's legal team to set out her case. they claimed that rebekah vardy�*s agent had leaked the stories, and this was like hiring a hit man — although rebekah vardy hadn't pulled the trigger, she was still responsible. they also accused rebekah vardy�*s team of widespread and significant loss of evidence, including a phone being dropped into the north sea. towards the end of the day, rebekah vardy was questioned and denied being the leak before being accused of having a history of selling stories to newspapers for money. the trial may have kicked off, but there's a long way to go with wayne rooney himself expected to be called as a witness next week. colin paterson, bbc

news, the high court. it's one of the most profitable gaming franchise deals in history, serving more than 150 million players around the world. for the best part of 30 years, electronic arts has enjoyed huge success with its fifa series of titles. but now the company says it's splitting from fifa, football's governing body. our gaming reporter steffan powell explains why. ea sports — it's in the game. since 1993, the fifa video game franchise has been made by one company, ea sports. the title has changed immeasurably on the screen and off it — becoming a cultural powerhouse played by 150 million people around the world. but ea sports has announced its splitting from fifa — it didn't fancy playing the reported $1 billion price tag to keep the licence from the governing body. it also sees the opportunity to broaden the title

from beyond just gaming. instead, ea sports fc will launch in autumn 2023, with this year's fifa being the last one. the move might surprise some, but it makes sense to others. it's where we're seeing games go as a whole, really, moving more into games as a platform and bringing in other brands and entertainment products, such as concerts and other live events into their games. the fifa president says he wants to assure players the fifa name will be the best one available for gamers, as it's the only global original title. they're working on new games. when it comes to ea sports fc, players might not notice a huge difference to the core game's offering, with player likenesses and game modes staying the same. they will, though, see more brand partnerships and experiences beyond games. if that trend sticks, then this is a big moment not just for the popular games studio, but potentially the industry. steffan powell, bbc news.

that's all for now. thank you so much for watching newsday. stay with bbc world news. hello there. tuesday was a day of sunshine and showers — most of those showers were across scotland and northern ireland. and there was quite a lot of rainfall across parts of western scotland at times — some of these showers quite heavy, even some rumbles of thunder, too. for the next few days, it's going to remain breezy, rather unsettled, low pressure nearby, and we'll see showers or even longer spells of rain. now for wednesday, this feature could bring some significant rainfall to parts of england and wales throughout the day. now some of that rain really will be quite heavy across parts of wales, south—west england through wednesday morning. and then, that rain will push in towards the midlands, parts of eastern england into the afternoon — i think the northern extent of it being around the greater manchester area, not further north than that. but, as this rain band begins to move southeastwards into east anglia in the southeast,

it will begin to fragment again. another windy day to come, particularly across southern britain with that rain band. quite gusty, as well, across the northwest of scotland, where we'll see sunshine and showers. and temperatures will range from around 14—17 celsius. pollen levels on wednesday, again, will be rather high, but maybe not quite as high across england and wales as we'll have that rain band. now, that rain will clear away from the south—east as we move through wednesday night, then skies will clear. winds will turn a little bit lighter, as well, but there'll be further showers across the north and the west of scotland in particular. now, with the clearer skies, a slightly cooler air mass — it'll be a fresher night to come for wednesday night, with temperatures down into single figures for most. the pressure chart for thursday, then, shows more weatherfronts affecting northern parts of the uk — so again, it'll be quite breezy and showery here, a little bit drierfurther south. so, best of the sunshine for england and wales throughout thursday. after that fairly fresh start, temperatures will begin to rise. more cloud, though, for northern england, northern ireland, and scotland — there's the north—west of scotland, which will see most

of the showers and also the strongest of the winds. after that cool start, temperatures will reach highs of 14—19 celsius across the south. for friday, again, weather fronts bring more showers and blustery conditions across the north of the uk, but as we head into the weekend, this area of high pressure begins to build in. it turns sunnier and warmer, but we could see potential of some thundery showers across southern areas, especially on sunday. so, those temperatures will be building as we head on into the weekend, as that area of high pressure starts to establish itself. and there'll be increasing amounts of sunshine, but also some heavy showers in the south.

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