welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines... life in prison for the only survivor of the group that carried out the 2015 islamist attacks in paris. the american singer—songwriter r—kelly is jailed for 30 years for sexual abuse crimes. nato members meeting in madrid declare the kremlin "a direct threat" to their security. putin has shattered peace in europe and attacked the very tenets of rule—based order. the united states and our allies are going to step up. 144 ukrainian soldiers set free in the biggest prisoner swap since the russian invasion. ferdinand "bongbong"

marcosjunior, son of the late dictator ferdinand marcos, will soon be sworn in shortly as president of the philippines. novak djokovic cruises into the third round of wimbledon, but it's the end of the road for andy murray and emma raducanu is also out of the tournament. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the only survivor of the terror cell behind the november 2015 paris attacks has been found guilty of murder. salah abdeslam has been sentenced to life in jail. of the other 19 men standing trial, all but one were found guilty of terrorism charges. the attacks left 130 people dead. our correspondent in paris,

hugh schofield, has more. in his opening remarks, the providing judge said of the 20 in the dock, 19 had all the charges upheld against them. only one of them has the terrorist qualification only one of them had the terrorist qualification of his crime removed. but in the case of all 19 others, all the charges — and remember most of them are facing four or five different charges — were upheld. very interestingly, the judge said that a key piece of evidence in the case was that his suicide belt had been found by scientist to be defective. salah abdeslam told the court no more than once that he had a change of heart, that he should not be found guilty and should not be given a very stiff sentence

because he changed his mind. he's come face—to—face with his potential victims on the night of the attack and failed to detonate his suicide belt because he changed his mind. the court ruled that they didn't believe him. they believe the scientific evidence to the effect that the belt was defective, and that was why it didn't explode. he got this very stiff sentence with life imprisonment without chance of parole after 30 years. the most severe sentence of french — the most severe sentence of french court can hand down. lisa louis is a journalist based in paris and has been following the case. 0nly only one of them was not found guilty of terrorism related charges. that was someone who provided false ids to the attackers.

to that commander, that came to paris. but the only surviving attacker of that night, the 13th of november 2015, he was condemned very severely to life in prison, and that life sentence cannot be reduced. mind you, the others, even though he was the only person who was in paris that night, he was here on paris on the 12th of november 2015. that is just one day before the attack happened. you can tell by the court's sentences tonight that many of those with standing trial over those past ten months here in france, many were deeply indicated, and that's why the head of the court decided to hand down very severe verdict for a lot of them.

some of them got lower than what the prosecutor was asking for because the court seemed to believe that these people may have known about what might be to come, but they were not that deeply indicated to get a life sentence or even ten or 20 years. there are people who got less than ten years in prison. r&b singer r kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by a us federal court in new york after he was found guilty of sexually abusing women, boys and girls for decades. the 55—year old singer was convicted of all nine counts against him in the sex—trafficking trial, which took place in september. 0ur north america correspondent, nada tawfik, was in court and sent this report. r kelly's victims were ignored and vilified for years, mainly black americans who felt their voices weren't valued. this sentence means everything to them. there wasn't a day in my life up until this moment that i actually believed that the judicial system would come through for black and brown girls.

i stand here very proud of myjudicial system, very proud of my fellow survivors and very pleased with the outcome, 30 years that he'd do this, and 30 years is what he got. i never thought that i would be here to see him be held accountable for the atrocious things that he did to children. i don't know what else to say except that i'm grateful. i'm grateful for today. # i believe i can fly...# his star power was his shield. he used his inner circle to exploit minors, women and men. they all came from varied backgrounds but were similar in their adoration for kelly. 0nce under his control, he required them to follow a degrading set of rules. they had to call him daddy and they weren't permitted to leave their rooms for any reason without his permission. he also directed every aspect of the sexual abuse with him and others and recorded many of the instances. for years, his crimes

were an open secret, including his marriage to the late r&b singer aaliyah when she was just 15 years old and he 27. the stories from a documentary called surviving r kelly stunned the public and led to calls to mute his music. chanting: mute r kelly! mute r kelly! it also shone a light on an industry said to be rife with harassment and abuse. the music industry has just not even begun to have its reckoning. it isn'tjust one person who's, like, a a skeevy predator. it's the scaffolding, it's the system, it's the star machine. r kelly's legacy will no longer be defined by his voice. he'll forever be remembered as a sexual predator. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. scientists at a un conference in portugal on the oceans say nearly a quarter of the planet's

sea bed has now been mapped to a high standard. in the past year alone, an area about the size of europe has been added to sea charts. japan is battling an unprecedented heatwave, and concerns are mounting about a shortage of electricity to keep air conditioners going. tokyo recorded temperatures above 35 celsius on wednesday for a fifth straight day — making it the worstjune heatwave injapan since records began in 1875. the european commission has proposed banning the use of flavoured heated tobacco products, because of concerns about their increasing popularity and health effects. the eu health commissioner said nine out of ten lung cancers were caused by tobacco, so the bloc wanted to make smoking as unattractive as possible to protect the health of its citizens and save lives. heinz has stopped supplying tesco stores in the uk with some of its best known products in a dispute about pricing. baked beans, ketchup and tomato soup are among the items missing from shelves

in some areas. presidentjoe biden has confirmed plans to significantly extend the us military presence in europe. he told the nato summit it was because president vladimir putin has "shattered peace". the nato secretary general, jens stoltenberg, said the alliance was having its biggest overhaul since the end of the cold war. he added ukraine could rely on the military alliance "for as long as it takes" in its fight against russia's invasion. the leaders of sweden and finland have thanked borisjohnson for getting behind their efforts tojoin nato. from the summit in madrid, here's our political editor, chris mason. the prime minister of the united kingdom... 0ne after another, they arrived, the leaders of the world's largest military defence alliance marking the moment it is getting bigger. nato sees russia as a significant and direct threat to its security, and its most powerful member is acting accordingly.

nato is strong, united, and the steps we're taking during this summit are going to further augment our collective strength. to that end, today, i'm announcing the united states will enhance our force posture in europe. america's sending more warplanes to the uk and boosting its military presence across europe. british troops are already deployed in estonia. the prime minister likes to repeat the uk has europe's biggest defence budget and there's been a big increase in funding, but critics point out the army is shrinking. and remember, ukraine is not in nato, and so support for it is more indirect — and, in the view of this ukrainian mp here, nowhere near enough. we need ten times more - help to win this war and to end this war in favour of the whole world as soon as possible. - and we need it urgently, - because for us, every day means lives — unfortunately, - sometimes hundreds of lives.

expect more support for ukraine to be announced before this summit concludes. it's great news for nato... ukraine's invasion has provoked terror among russia's neighbours. the leaders of finland and sweden have decided to ditch their neutrality, and nato is welcoming them in. a very important day in the sense we're seeing expansion of the alliance, which is exactly the alliance, which is exactly the opposite of what food wanted. he's wanted less nato, he's getting more. there is an energy here born of necessity, a collection of countries confronted by an aggressive russia awoken from an era of shriveling defence budgets. there is a real sense here of a dangerous future and a clamour for the money to match. and it's all because of president putin, meeting his own allies in turkmenistan today. he's transformed how the west

sees itself and its security. tonight, the leaders gathered for dinner at a museum here in the spanish capital, the soundtrack provided by a ukrainian orchestra. the war has changed the picture of how the west sees itself and its security. chris mason, bbc news, at the nato summit in madrid. still to come on the programme... novak djokovic has made it into the third round at wimbledon, but it's the end of the road for britain's andy murray and emma raducanu is also out of the tournament. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification

was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell from another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. cheering. challenger powered past. the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had _ stood for 34 years. there was no hiding the sheer elation ofj richard branson and his crew. welcome to newsday.

in singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines... the sole surviving member of the group that carried out the 2015 islamist attacks in paris has been sentenced to life in prison after the biggest trial in french history. a court in new york has jailed the singer r kelly for 30 years for using his celebrity status to sexually abuse women and girls. the son of the philippines' late dictator ferdinand marcos will be sworn in as president in the next couple of hours. ferdinand "bongbong" marcoer won last month's elections by a landslide, securing the biggest victory since his father was ousted by a popular revolt in 1986 over accusations of widespread corruption and brutality. the marcos family has never apologised, nor given back what they are accused of looting from the country. to tell us more, we can now speak to political analyst ela atienza, who joins us from the philippines. thank you forjoining us on the

programme. what can the filipino population expect from this new presidency?— this new presidency? good mornin: this new presidency? good morning from _ this new presidency? good morning from manila. - this new presidency? good morning from manila. we l this new presidency? good - morning from manila. we expect a country awe continuation of the presidency of outgoing president rodrigo duterte. at the same time, there are a lot of expectations, particularly how he will deal with the problems of the pandemic as well as economic. unity as well as the promise of recovery, and actually rising up from the pandemic and all the any mop —— economic problems. people watching if you will provide

some specific programmes —— if he will abide president duterte is leaving behind a legacy of a deadly war — is leaving behind a legacy of a deadly war on _ is leaving behind a legacy of a deadly war on drugsjust yesterday, deadly war on drugs just yesterday, the news organisation has been warning that it's going to need to close down. is this something we can expect from the new president?— president? we do expect a continuation _ president? we do expect a continuation or _ president? we do expect a continuation or support - president? we do expect a continuation or support of| president? we do expect a i continuation or support of this particular policy because we see a number of officials and allies of president duterte continuing on in the cabinet of incoming president bongbong marcos. many of them are also known for being not friendly with our professional leader group —— being friendly. many of the incoming officials are also against many of the

critics and opposition against the government.— critics and opposition against the government. despite what some of the — the government. despite what some of the critics _ the government. despite what some of the critics say, - some of the critics say, especially on human rights rounds, the people of the philippines are still why the accepting of leader marcos because my family. why are they so popular? because my family. why are they so pepular?_ because my family. why are they so popular?— so popular? they have a use for a number— so popular? they have a use for a number of— so popular? they have a use for a number of years _ so popular? they have a use for a number of years social - so popular? they have a use for a number of years social medial a number of years social media to popularise the strong mineral —— marcos's family. the image of the marcos family and the martial law here at the same time, also people are frustrated with the promises of greater democracy, more inclusive economic development inclusive economic development in the past few years. in that sense, you see people that

continue to be exploited by traditional politicians and families. at the same time, the duterte administration tried to strengthen the populace politics, and disinformation. thank you very much forjoining us on the programme. newly released footage from ukraine has established that a shopping centre in the city of kremenchuk was hit directly by a russian cruise missile. the death toll from monday's strike in the east of the country has risen to at least 18, while more than 30 people are still missing. meanwhile, ukraine and russia have carried out their biggest prisoner exchange since president putin launched his invasion. 144 soldiers have been swapped from each side. 0ur correspondentjoe inwood gave us this update from kyiv. so, 144 prisoners have each way. released by the russians and russians released by the

ukrainians. what's really caught attention is that many of these are the fighters who were captured during the siege of mariupol, specifically people who were defending the azovstal steelworks. this was a scriptural battle at the start of the conflict. ukrainians held off the russian advance and altered the course of this war. these defenders are seen as national heroes. when the steelworks eventually fell, around two and a half thousand of them were captured by the russians and taken to an uncertain fate. it wasn't known what had happened to them, but it's been revealed that over 144 ukrainians —— of the 104 release, two thirds were defending azovstal and one third were members of the battalion. that is the particularly controversial unit of the ukrainian national guard, very much hated and feared by the russians, but

here, real national heroes. we understand most of those released have very serious injuries. amputations, explosive injuries, burns, gunshot and shrapnel wounds. people are going to be taken for medical treatment. on friday, hong kong will mark the 25th anniversary of its return to china. when the city was handed back from the british in 1997, it was given an arrangement known as "one country, two systems". this was meant to last for 50 years. but recently, some of the freedoms it was granted appear to be under threat. the bbc�*s arunoday mukharji has been speaking to former chief executive of hong kong, cy leung, and asked him if he thought the same arrangement could work for taiwan. well, 0ne well, one country, two systems has been working very well. one country, two systems is no longerjust country, two systems is no longer just a country, two systems is no longerjust a four character

word in chinese language, and if anyone thinks that one country, two systems does not have —— has not worked in the last 25 years, i think they should point out exactly which article in the basic law. pressing on the point in taiwan, do you think it needs to operate directly under beijing? 0r or the system is working? taiwan is part of china, there's no doubt about that. and i think 0ne county, two systems works, and i think taiwan should look at how successfully 0ne county, two systems's principal has been practised in hong kong closely. are you saying it's a model to how it should be focusing? we worked on two draughts before the final version was published. clearly, many of the apprehensions that some

hong kong people and taiwanese compatriots had were resolved both of the questions of having two separate legal systems, two separate judicial system, two separate currency systems between hong kong and the mainland, people thought may not be able to coexist after 1997. they have coexisted and have worked very well. these are references that i think taiwan should take notice of. how do you interrupt with what happened into 2019 when people took to the streets to protest? some were misled, some were paid to do so. there was a contest situation, and then the situation is now sort of passed. you think the people who we saw in the protests have now accepted they are part of china?

i don't think the protests were entirely about hong kong being part of china or not. it's a fact that hong kong is, and people have to recognise that. you think hong kong can still hold onto a distinct identity? we have one and going forward, i can't see how hong kong would lose its identity, as people like to allege, become just another chinese city. and you can watch the full interview with cy leung on bbc wednesday was day three at wimbledon, and a disappointing one for the uk's emma raducanu, who was knocked out. 0n the men's side, crowd favourite andy murray is out, too, while the number one seed novak djokovic cruised through to round three. here's the wimbledon round—up with our sport correspondent, chetan pathak. as the sun sets on day three at wimbledon, novak djokovic is a very happy man after sailing through to the third round of these championships with a straight

sets win over australia. djokovic looking much like his old self on the graphs of centre court. because few problems, compared with the one we saw on monday. causing few problems, compared with the one we saw on monday. djokovic far more pleased on wednesday after his win, saying that he feels much more like his old self as he moved up the gears. djokovic targeting all sorts of history at this year's wimbledon. looking for his fourth seventh wimbledon title. it will be 21 grand slams. and the women's draw, there is disappointed for the home favourite, emma raducanu, the us open champion who gave us that stratospheric success last year at flashing meadows. since then, she's been plagued by injury problems.

the same has not happened at wimbledon. the same has now happened at wimbledon. she was beaten in straight sets. raducanu couldn't quite cope, but this is a natural part of her development. she continues to get to grips with life on the tennis tour. for some players, it was three years between their first the men's and women's draw their opening up here. the number two seed has gone out and the men's draw, the third seed out, too. we got rafael nadal on thursday to look forward to. we've got rafael nadal on thursday to look forward to. and finally to canada, and a view of the niagara falls —— riverside park in manhattan. yes, that's the running of the goats. never heard of it? let me explain. goats from a farm about 150 km away are brought into new york in order to feast on the overgrown bushes, poison ivy and weeds. i'll leave you with that picture. thanks for joining us on bbc world news.

hello there. a few more showery days lie ahead for most of us. sunny spells, yes, but also some heavy and perhaps thundery downpours. and some more persistent rain for some of us to start thursday in association with this frontal system drifting its way northwards — a soggy start for parts of scotland and for northern ireland. temperatures as we start the day generally between 10—13 degrees, but let's zoom in on northern ireland because for some eastern parts, especially around county antrim and county down, we can see some very heavy rain through the morning rush hour with the potential for surface water and spray, some poor travelling conditions. also outbreaks of rain across parts of scotland, especially up towards the east and the northeast. a drier start for some western areas. for england and wales, many places start the day dry, but we will see showers popping up, some of those heavy, thundery and quite slow—moving as well with light winds.

all the while, the rain across northern ireland and scotland drifts up towards the northern isles. we may see this area of cloud and rainjust grazing into the east of kent, perhaps coastal parts of suffolk and norfolk through the afternoon. temperatures north to south, 16—21 degrees — no great shakes for this time of year. as we go through thursday evening, overnight as well, we will see some showers continuing across parts of wales and england. most other places staying dry, although there will be some rain grazing into eastern scotland by the end of the night. those are the overnight lows — most of us holding up in double digits. so, quite a complex weather picture to take us into friday. this weather system grazing northeastern parts of the uk, this one will bring cloud and rain later into northern ireland. and in between, yes, we'll see some sunshine, but again, we'll see some showers, some heavy, some thundery. a bit more of a breeze at this stage, so the showers should move through a little more quickly. 15—22 degrees, top temperatures for friday afternoon. into saturday, another belt of heavy, showery rain working its way eastwards

through the day, some sunny spells in between. again, relatively breezy, and again, those temperatures in the mid—to—high teens, the low 20s for some of us. but as we move through sunday and into the start of next week, we do see this area of high pressure trying, slowly but surely, to take more control of our weather. so, the showers should become fewer and further between as we head through the weekend and into next week. for some of us, it is set to turn a little bit warmer as well.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm sarah montague. when the uk handed hong kong back to china 25 years ago, the last words of the departing british governor to the people of the territory were, "now hong kong people are to run hong kong. "that is the promise, and that is the unshakeable destiny." the man who said those words,

chris patten, now lord patten, is my guest today.