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. ferdinand "bong bong" marcosjunior, son of the late dictator ferdinand marcos, will soon be sworn in as president of the philippines. and novak djokovic cruises 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.

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. mark lobel has the latest. guilty. facing a full life present turn, france's or severe penalty for criminals, the only survivor of a gun and bomb attacks that killed 130 people and the biggest trial in modern french history following

the country's worst peacetime attack. it shook paris to its core in november 2015. as well as those killed, hundreds were injured during horrendous attacks on bars, restaurants, the national football stadium and the bataclan stadium. salah abdeslam said he was a soldier of the so—called islamic state group but later apologised to victims and claimed he decided not to detonate his suicide vest on the night of the attack. at the court excepted evidence that the suicide vest was in fact defective and there was in fact defective and there was no last—minute change of heart. the full life centred leaving him only a small chance of parole after 30 years. the court convicted all 20 men put on trial, 19 of them on terrorism charges. the rulings can be appealed. translation: we are satisfied with the

sentence and i think like many people, it is fair. i sentence and i think like many people, it is fair.— people, it is fair. i don't feel too _ people, it is fair. i don't feel too good. - people, it is fair. i don't feel too good. nothing l feel too good. nothing satisfying about the verdict and nothing satisfying about the fact _ and nothing satisfying about the fact that we still have our traumas _ the fact that we still have our traumas and our nightmares. for the last nine _ traumas and our nightmares. fr?" the last nine months, victims, families of the dead and journalists pieced together the events that deadly night. it is important _ events that deadly night. it is important for us _ events that deadly night. it is important for us to _ events that deadly night. it 3 important for us to arrive at the end of the train. and to be able to somewhere, quit, a kind of collective tragedy. to go further in our personal tragedy that we have, to go further and live. it that we have, to go further and live. . , , that we have, to go further and live. ., , ., ., that we have, to go further and live. ., , ., ., live. it has been too long that on to live. it has been too long that on tap of _ live. it has been too long that on top of everything - live. it has been too long that on top of everything in - live. it has been too long that on top of everything in 2015, l on top of everything in 2015, i'm going _ on top of everything in 2015, i'm going to try and not right on that— i'm going to try and not right on that day again. for france, this has been _ on that day again. for france, this has been a _ on that day again. for france,

this has been a chance - on that day again. for france, this has been a chance to - on that day again. for france, | this has been a chance to come to terms with a national trauma. our correspondent, hugh schofield, was at the court in paris. in his opening remarks the presiding judge said of the 20 who are in the dock, 19 had all the charges upheld against them. only one of them had the terrorists qualification of his crime removed. in the case of all 19 others, all the charges, and remember most of their work facing four of five different charges, were upheld. that is particularly true in the case of the key accused, salah abdeslam, the so—called tense man. the one who came with the killers but didn't kill, he did not explode his suicide belt. very interestingly, the gap said that a key piece of evidence in the salah abdeslam case was that his suicide belt had been found by scientist, by forensic experts to be defective. salah abdeslam had

told the court more than once that he had had a change of heart and should not be found guilty, he should not be given a very stiff sentence because he had changed his mind. the court ruled that they didn't believe him. they believed rather the scientific evidence to the effect that the belt was defective and that was why it didn't explode. that was why the court decided to throw the book at him. he got a very stiff sentence of life imprisonment without chance of parole after 30 years which is the most severe sentence and a french court can hand down. that is hughes scope built in paris. 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 seabed 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. 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. our north america correspondent, neda 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. once 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. president biden has confirmed plans to significantly extend the us military presence in europe. he told the nato summit it was because president vladamir 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 boris johnson for getting behind their efforts to join nato. from the summit in madrid, kasia madera.

the general secretary really wanted to show a united nato and that is certainly what he got with the strategic concept. for the first time, they are talking about russia as a risk stop what russia has done in ukraine has galvanised these nato nations to come together and the alliances offer support to ukraine with the bolstering of troops and for the first time since the end of the cold war, there will be a permanent us presence in an eastern european country, in poland. the polish president very much welcoming that saying they will feel much more secure knowing that the us presence will be there. and of course we have there. and of course we have the addition of two new countriesjoining and the addition of two new countries joining and therefore automatically just countries joining and therefore automaticallyjust increasing, doubling border between nato and russia. so, if president vladimir putin with his launch of a war on ukraine had wanted to stop nato enlargement, well,

he got exactly the opposite. newly released footage from ukraine has established that a shopping centre in the city of kremen—chuk 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. russia says it doesn't attack civilians and claims the target was an ammunition warehouse. our europe correspondent nick beake, reports. the brute force of russia's strike. a cruise missile fired from a plane hundreds of miles away, plunging towards ukrainian families doing their shopping. 18—year—old daria has been looking for her mum ever since. larissa, a cleaner, was at work in an electronics shop. translation: i am so composed, not because i don't feel _ anything, but because i need to support my relatives. that's how it's easier for me,

but what i feel is emptiness. many more families have been searching in desperation. four days before the strike, shopping centre management told staff it would no longer be evacuated during air raid alerts. there's now a criminal investigation into that decision. it's obvious that many people simply didn't stand a chance. the operation here is now moving to dismantling the remainder of the building. the impact on families here in kremenchuk will be felt for months and years to come. but you've got to remember that russia continues to kill civilians across this country. at least five people were killed this morning in this strike on a residential block in mykolaiv. but from elsewhere in the same southern city, russia was releasing this footage, claiming it had destroyed

a training base forforeign fighters. russia says that it doesn't hit civilian targets. russia says it doesn't kill civilians. what do you say to that? translation: i know what the truth is, but i think it won't matter because this won't return my mother to me, it won't return children to hundreds of other parents. the uk's ministry of defence says it's possible russia's missile was intended to hit another target nearby, but it didn't. and moscow is prepared to live with the consequences. nick beake, bbc news, kremenchuk. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: as novak djokovic eases into

the third round at wimbledon, andy murray and emma raducanu say goodbye to the tournament. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge fireworks 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. tennis balls thwack cheering and applause challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had stood for 3h years, and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson

and his crew. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm monica miller in singapore. our 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 thirty 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 �*bong bong' 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. let's get the latest from our correspondent howard johnson in manila. what in manila. can expect under the new regime? what can expect under the new regime? we are seeing that ferdinand marcos, bong bong, the son of ferdinand marcos, the son of ferdinand marcos, the late dictator, will be aligned with sara duterte, and outgoing president rodrigo duterte, promising unity and a golden period of the country economically. what we can really expect to see is a continuation of president rodrigo duterte's policies all about law and order, about establishing force and respect and discipline in the country and discipline in the country and the people should comply

with his rules. we've seen under rodrigo duterte in the last six years thousands of people killed during his drug war in which he threatened anyone who is either selling or doing drugs with death and it is currently being investigated by the international criminal court over allegations of crimes against humanity. you 'ust crimes against humanity. you just mentioned _ crimes against humanity. you just mentioned the _ just mentioned the international criminal court has raised the flag about president rodrigo duterte's war on drugs and that he is tried to silence the free press however they did win by a landslide. what is it that is speaking to filipinos to vote for them?— speaking to filipinos to vote for them? ., ., ., ., for them? you have to look at the dynamics _ for them? you have to look at the dynamics of— for them? you have to look at the dynamics of the _ the dynamics of the philippines, this is a country that in 2018, the oecd did study of education and the philippines came bottom of the list. it's education standards

are not the same as others in the world and people are susceptible to the messages of politicians, politicians have impunity and can get away with inks that others in other country can't get away with so i've seen in this country the sense that really politicians will say anything to the public to win their votes. but really when it comes down to it, ethics are still, would be improved, still issues of transparency, corruption is right in this country all the way from the top to the bottom, lower—level politicians also involved in corruption and vote buying was seen during these elections, although the country did say that they were free and fair although international observers beg to differ. 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, one country, two systems has been working very well. one country, two systems is no longerjust a a—character word in chinese language, and if anyone thinks that one country, two systems has not worked in the last 25 years, i think they should point out exactly which article in the basic law. there are 160 of them. pressing on the point in taiwan, do you think it needs to operate directly under beijing? or is the system is working? taiwan is part of china, there's no doubt about that. and i think one country, two systems works, and i think

taiwan should look at how successfully one country, two systems principle has been practised in hong kong closely. so hong kong is a model to how taiwan should be focusing? we worked on two draughts before the final version was published. and clearly, many of some hong kong people and our time when his compatriots had had been resolved. the question of having two separate legal systems, two separate judicial systems, two separate judicial systems, two separate currency systems, two separate currency systems between hong kong and the mainland, that people thought might not be able to coexist after 1997 have coexisted and have worked very well and so these are references that i think taiwan

should take notice of. how do ou should take notice of. how do you interpret _ should take notice of. how do you interpret what _ should take notice of. how do you interpret what happened l should take notice of. how do. you interpret what happened in 2019 when several youth of hong kong took to the streets to protest? kong took to the streets to rotest? ,, ., , kong took to the streets to rotest? , ,., protest? some were misled, some were aid protest? some were misled, some were paid to _ protest? some were misled, some were paid to do — protest? some were misled, some were paid to do so. _ protest? some were misled, some were paid to do so. it _ protest? some were misled, some were paid to do so. it was - protest? some were misled, some were paid to do so. it was a - were paid to do so. it was a complex situation and the situation is now sort of past. do you think the people who we saw in the protest have now accepted that they are part of china? i accepted that they are part of china? ., �* ~' china? i don't think the protests _ china? i don't think the protests were - china? i don't think the protests were entirely i china? i don't think the - protests were entirely about hong kong being part of china or not being part of china. the fact that hong kong is part of china and people have to recognise that. so china and people have to recognise that.— china and people have to recognise that. so you think hon: recognise that. so you think hong kong _ recognise that. so you think hong kong can _ recognise that. so you think hong kong can still- recognise that. so you think hong kong can still hold - recognise that. so you think. hong kong can still hold onto a distinct identity? we hong kong can still hold onto a distinct identity?— distinct identity? we have a distinct identity? we have a distinct identity _ distinct identity? we have a distinct identity and - distinct identity? we have a distinct identity and going l distinct identity and going forward, ijust can't distinct identity and going forward, i just can't see distinct identity and going forward, ijust can't see how hong kong would lose its identity and become, as people like to allege and therefore put us on the defensive, say, become just another chinese

city. and you can watch the full interview with cy leung on bbc world news this coming weekend. check out our website for transmission times in your region. people living in a small time in the colombian capital have been fleeing from foam spewing from a river. toxic foam flooded streets following heavy rains the night before. residents say they are concerned about the health impacts. local environment authorities say the polluted foam which has been seen over the past few years is increasing because of people dumping waste, chemicals and detergents into the river system. wednesday was day 3 at wimbledon and a disappointing one for the uk's emma raducanu who was knocked out. on the men's side, crowd favorite andy murray is out too — while the number one seed novak djokovic cruised through to round three. here's the our sport

correspondent chethan patak. as the sun sets on day three at wimbledon, novak djokovic, the defending champion, is a very happy man after sailing through to the third round of these tha nasi kokkinakis. djokovic looking much like his old self on the graphs of centre court. kokkinkakis causing him 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 consecutive title and seventh wimbledon crown. it will be 21 grand slams. all the more important to him because if he wins this major, it will be one behind rafael nadal, knowing novak djokovic that he may not

get to play at the us open and the australian open because of his covid status. in the women's draw, there was disappointment 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. she'd gone out the second round at the australian open and french open. the same has now happened at wimbledon. she was beaten in straight sets by carolina garcia who was aggressive from the start. 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, like pete sampras and djokovic, it was three years between their first grand slam and second. raducanu is in no rush. shall be the stronger for this experience in the end. the men's and women's

draw their opening up here. aneit kontaveit, the number two seed has gone out and the men's draw, and caspar ruud, the third seed out, too. we've got rafael nadal on thursday to look forward to. and finally, to riverside park in manhattan for what has become something of a tradition. it's the running of the goats — never heard of it? well let me explain — goats from a farm about 150km away are brought here in order to feast on overgrown bushes, poison ivy and weeds. it's win—win according to conservationists at the park because they don't need to use harsh chemicals on the weeds and for the goats it's an eat—all—you—can buffet. you can access all of the latest use in our web domain in one of the biggest trials in france has ended with the sole survivor of the group that carried out the 2015 attacks in

paris, being found guilty. thank you forjoining us. 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 will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. hello, i'm zeinab badawi. welcome to this edition of global questions from tbilisi, the capital of georgia. this country neighbours russia and there's a lot of concern here that moscow's invasion of ukraine could trigger putin's ambitions to try to control other parts of the former soviet union, like georgia. after all, just north of here are two russian—backed separatist enclaves in georgia. in this programme, we'll be looking at what it's like to live in moscow's shadow

and ask how real is putin's