welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. a vigil forjapan's former prime minister shinzo abe, ahead of his funeral later on tuesday. there'll be a new british prime minister by the 5th of september, the first round of voting will be on wednesday. we expect a 20 supporters for each candidate. 0n the first ballot, any candidate to proceed must have won at least 30 votes. sri lanka's president confirms he will step down on wednesday but who will take over? secrets of the stars, revealed by the james webb telescope, images of

the earliest galaxies. it's 7am in singapore and 8am injapan where a private funeral will be held in tokyo later, for the former prime minister shinzo abe — who died after being shot while at a political campaign event. mourners have streamed into a temple in tokyo to pay their respects. these are scenes from a vigil at the zo—joji temple. world leaders have also paid tribute. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said mr abe did more than anyone to elevate the relationship between their two countries. rupert wingfield hayes reports from tokyo.

shinzo abe was a fresh—faced 52—year—old when he shocked everyone by becoming japan's youngest postwar prime minister. it did not go well. and in less than a year, he was gone. five years later, he plotted his return with a new hairstyle and a new slogan. and this time, he stayed, for eight years, longer than any other postwar japanese leader. today, japan is laying mr abe to rest. his life snuffed out in a way few here thought possible. the outpouring of grief that we're seeing here again today is in part because of the truly awful way in which mr abe died, but there's something more. it feels like japan has lost a truly significant historicalfigure. so, what is it that mr abe did that has left such an indelible mark onjapanese politics?

those who admired mr abe say he dramatically changed the way this country deals with the world. he made new alliances with fellow democracies, from india to australia to great britain. he greatly deepened the alliance with united states. most significantly of all, he broke japan free of its pacifist constitution, which since the war had made it impossible forjapanese troops to defend its allies. i think that abe was determined to get out from the postwar pacifist constitution. because the idea of this constitution, it was that japan should rely its security to the goodwill of the world people. it's a nonsense. so abe wanted to get out from this philosophy. but critics say mr abe's views

on history put relations with china into a deep freeze. in south korea, he became a hate figure. this anger driven by his refusal to accept japan's responsibility for the wartime comfort women system which forced thousands of korean women into sexual servitude. i think he comes off face—to—face with the fact of the history issues. i guess mr abe is a revisionist, particularly on the issue of the comfort women issue. i think it's become now a taboo to talk about in japan. but for most people, shinzo abe was simply the longest—serving prime minister any of them had known. after two decades of economic decline, he brought a sense of stability and security back to japan, and for that, his country is grateful. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.

i'm joined now by akihisa shiozaki, a former senior policy advisor to shinzo abe. thank you forjoining us i'm very sorry for your loss, i know must be quite difficult to talk about this given what is happened and ijust want talk about this given what is happened and i just want to ask you, what are your clearest memories and what are your thoughts on the legacy that shinzo abe has left behind? the prime minister was the first boss — prime minister was the first boss that i served for in politics _ boss that i served for in politics. he was a very warm, open — politics. he was a very warm, open leader. he would often joke — open leader. he would often joke around, make everyone around — joke around, make everyone around him comfortable to speak up around him comfortable to speak up and _ around him comfortable to speak up and i— around him comfortable to speak up and i think that really led to his — up and i think that really led to his long prime minister ship leaving — to his long prime minister ship leaving the country in japan. to his long prime minister ship leaving the country injapan. a lot of— leaving the country injapan. a lot of people are still suffering, mourning the loss of one of— suffering, mourning the loss of one ofjapan's most influential

leaders — one ofjapan's most influential leaders and simply put, he brought— leaders and simply put, he brought back self—confidence confidence injapan. through confidence in japan. through the confidence injapan. through the success of economic policies. _ the success of economic policies, he tripled the index more — policies, he tripled the index more than any in eight years. he boosted international for japan's _ he boosted international for japan's role, and internationally for the deepening of the formation and these _ deepening of the formation and these are — deepening of the formation and these are legacies that no other— these are legacies that no other prime ministers were able to achieve — other prime ministers were able to achieve and i think you be long — to achieve and i think you be long remembered for those. and deed, but long remembered for those. fific deed, but looking at long remembered for those. fific deed, but looking at my colleagues —— indeed. there are those who criticise mr shinzo abe, and bringing japan closer to confrontation with china, what are your thoughts on that?

i think shinzo abe really tried to reintroduce japan to take a more — to reintroduce japan to take a more active role internationally and i think the definition of pacifist constitution, the need to change _ constitution, the need to change over time, constitution, the need to change overtime, i constitution, the need to change over time, i think he change overtime, i think he didn'l— change over time, i think he didn't really intend to change japan's — didn't really intend to change japan's overall pass this philosophy but the definition of self—defense we need to change _ of self—defense we need to change over time in accordance with— change over time in accordance with the — change over time in accordance with the changing reality of the international, and i think that— the international, and i think that he — the international, and i think that he was a visionary and also — that he was a visionary and also very— that he was a visionary and also very realistic in his approach to changing these policies. approach to changing these olicies. ~ ., .,

policies. what sort of legacy do ou policies. what sort of legacy do you think _ policies. what sort of legacy do you think he _ policies. what sort of legacy do you think he leaves - policies. what sort of legacy l do you think he leaves behind injapan as the country emerges out of the pandemic and tries to navigate itself in this rather complicated back drop of cf decided. rather complicated back drop of cf decided-— cf decided. prime minister served as _ cf decided. prime minister served as the _ cf decided. prime minister served as the foreign - cf decided. prime minister. served as the foreign minister for prime _ served as the foreign minister for prime minister shinzo abe for prime minister shinzo abe for more _ for prime minister shinzo abe for more than four years. and policy— for more than four years. and policy initiatives and what started, including a free and open — started, including a free and open pacific which is now blossomed to the quad content and further international cooperation of like—minded democracy. in terms of economics, will continue to follow—

economics, will continue to follow on _ economics, will continue to follow on the growth and reform initiatives — follow on the growth and reform initiatives that the shinzo abe administration had started and hoping — administration had started and hoping to help people overcome and lrring — hoping to help people overcome and bring back growth to the japanese economy. i think a lot of the _ japanese economy. i think a lot of the initiatives that had been _ of the initiatives that had been started by the administration will continue to be followed through by him. thank— be followed through by him. thank you so much forjoining us on — thank you so much forjoining us on the _ thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. thank you so much for “oining us on the programme._ thank you so much for “oining us on the programme. it's been announced the uk will get a new leader of the conservative party, and therefore a new prime minister, on the 5th of september. it will take that long to choose borisjohnson's successor due to a complex internal process. candidates, ii at the moment, have to navigate their way through a series of votes. here's our political editor chris mason. thank you all very much, thank you. from borisjohnson's

resignation, to the emerging cacophony of voices trying to replace him. visions and videos, talks of their past and our future, promises and persuasion, and lots of it. is raising taxes during a cost of living crisis... _ mind you, this is all we saw of the former chancellor today. rishi sunak published his launch video on friday and currently has more publicly declared support from tory mps than anyone else. one of his biggest rivals is likely to be liz truss, the foreign secretary... morning. ..who posted her launch video this morning. to win the next election, we need to deliver, deliver and deliver for the british people. meanwhile, underground in the bunker of churchill's war rooms in westminster, two other wannabes seeking the spotlight. the current chancellor made

a big promise on tax. as prime minister, i will cut the base rate of income tax to 19p in 2023, 18p in 2024, and that will give households back £900 a year on average. 0ne after another, candidates have been focusing on saying they would cut taxes and criticising the former chancellor rishi sunak for putting them up. he says he wants to cut them too, but only when it is responsible. suella braverman said tax cuts were needed immediately. don't vote for me because i'm a woman. because i'm brown. vote for me because i love this country and because i will do anything for it. this is what trying to become prime minister looks like at this stage of the race. events here, there and everywhere, and those not seen as favourites at this stage making the loudest noises now, while they can. the former equalities minister kemi badenoch has picked up the endorsement of michael gove, and whilst some have gone for a snazzy

launch video, others have opted for the home—made approach. i have decided to seek the nomination to be the leader of our party. the former health secretary sajid javid is also standing and he is worried about his party's future. sleaze, scandal internal warfare. we have seen this movie before and we know how it ends. 0ur leadership has to change. and the others to already declare so far, penny mordaunt and tom tugendhat. .. the experience i offer is not from whitehall — it's from the real world. it's from afghanistan and iraq. ..the transport secretary, grant shapps... i can help you win your seat. ..and the runner—up last time is running again this time — jeremy hunt. they all want to replace this man, who will soon be looking for anotherjob. you need six months training. boris johnson's successor will be announced by monday the 5th of september. the business of whittling down the wannabes begins tomorrow.

chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. let's turn to sri lanka, where the crisis appears to be deepening. after those extraordinary scenes we saw over the weekend with protesters storming the presidential palace, sri lanka's parliamentary speaker has said lawmakers will reconvene on friday before electing a new president the following wednesday. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan is in colombo and sent this report. "open to the public" reads the graffiti scrawled outside the prime minister's official residence. in colombo, the occupation continues. police powerless, as the people's movement picks up pace. well, things feel very different here to what they were a week ago when i was in the city, when you had armed police guarding the entrance to the prime minister's official residence. and now, as you look

around, it feels like i'm in a public park, families here for a day out. as this nation tries to find a way out of an economic crisis, a moment to savour — the president they blame for their troubles expected to quit this week. i'll feel better only after wednesday, after the president walks out. you know, still there is this question mark, right? so i still have goosebumps, but i can't celebrate because he has to walk out. he has to go. and what about the prime minister? all of them have to go. we just need 15 good, honest politicians who will run this house — the parliament, and the country. president gotabaya rajapaksa has already fled his palace after it was stormed by protesters at the weekend — his whereabouts still unknown. also in hiding, prime minister

ranil wickremesinghe, appearing in a televised address for the first time after his ancestral home was torched by protesters at the weekend. this was your brother the prime minister's house? yes. and it's just a shell of a home now, isn't it? yeah. we were shown around what's left of the family home by the youngest of the wickremesinghe siblings. ifeel very sad. he's a man who did a lot for this country, and now, if this kind of thing could happen, ifeel very, very sad. but back at the pm's official residence, they're happy. crowds here hopeful that both the prime minister and president will soon step aside to make way for new leadership. until that happens, they're staying put, continuing to make sure their voices are heard. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, colombo.

you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme, tributes are paid to monty norman, the composer of the james bond theme, who's died at the age of 94. after months of talks and missed deadlines, a deal has been struck to keep greece within the eurozone. the immediate prospect of greece going bust in the worst crisis to hit the eurozone has been averted. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the "great white way" by americans. called the "great white but tonight, it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that the energy crisis have brought to them. leaders meet in paris- fora summit on pollution, inflation, and third—world deht~ _

this morning, theyjoinedl the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the champs—elysees. . wildlife officials in australia have been coping with a penguin problem. fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on huge shows of their favourite food, pilchars. some had eaten so much they could barely stand. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines — a vigil forjapan's former prime minister, shinzo abe, ahead of his funeral later on tuesday. there'll be a new prime minister in the uk by the 5th of september. the first round of voting will be on wednesday.

nasa has released the first color images of space taken by the newjames webb space telescope. the first image shows an area depicting a massive group of galaxy clusters. the picture was announced during a nasa preview event attended by us presidentjoe biden and vice president kamala harris. nasa says its first images have targeted distant galaxies, bright nebulae and a faraway giant gas planet. we can now speak to the astronomer and astrophysicist jonathan mcdowell. great to get from the programme and many of our viewers, myself extremely excited by the images we are seeing there. this talk about how significant this is? this is been a long time coming and i went for a planning conference of the stove scope in 1989 to finally get the science now, where all excited. we learn a lot from the

university and we're going to see further, we are going to see further, we are going to see in more detail, this first image we saw, let us see the early universe baby galaxies and great distances in the same level of detail from what they saw nearby galaxies and we get to compare how the university evolves over time. in the first image is for tomorrow are very different kinds of objects in the big planet much nearer to us, and it's really going to display how this telescope is going to be a swiss army knife to attack all kinds of different science problems that we have been waiting to sink their teeth into for very long time. i their teeth into for very long time. . , their teeth into for very long time. ., , ., time. i really loved the analogy _ time. i really loved the analogy of _ time. i really loved the analogy of the - time. i really loved the analogy of the swiss i time. i really loved the i analogy of the swiss army knife. talk us through manassas hoping to be able to do with

these images and the sort of information. i these images and the sort of information.— information. i want to make clear that's _ information. i want to make clear that's also _ information. i want to make clear that's also the - information. i want to make i clear that's also the european space agency that is a partner in this in an international project and astronomers all over the world are going to use this and we want to see how the universe is different way back in its history, how did we get to be where we are now and was studying the atmosphere in the past 20 years, we have discovered thousands of planets and spent a huge discovery and we don't know whether atmospheres are made of in this telescope is going to let us probe what elements is going to be in these planets and we will study the motions in the evolution of stars and just get a deeper understanding of how stars are born, live and die. we are running out of time but

what are you hoping one of those discoveries might be, would you have been thinking about for quite a while. i’m about for quite a while. i'm thinkin: about for quite a while. i'm thinking about _ about for quite a while. in thinking about the massive black holes, billions of times the mass of the sun play in the lives of galaxies with a sharp imaging of the telescope, we are going to be able to look at the number of stores around and measure their masses and that's the one thing i'm looking forward to.— the one thing i'm looking forward to. ., ,, . forward to. thank you so much from joining — forward to. thank you so much from joining us _ forward to. thank you so much from joining us on _ forward to. thank you so much from joining us on the - from joining us on the programme. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. president putin has signed a decree allowing all ukrainians to receive russian passports. up until now, the fast—track procedure applied only to the residents of occupied territories in the donbas and the south.

european governments, markets and companies are worried that gas supplies to the continent may not resume following the annual shutdown of the nord stream 1 pipeline under the baltic sea. the pipeline's russian—backed operators say its standard maintenance work, but germany's concerned russia was using gas supplies as a weapon. the social media organisation twitter says elon musk�*s reasons for not going through with his deal to buy the company are "invalid and wrongful". he pulled out of the agreement saying he had not been given enough information about fake accounts. shares fell 11% on monday. the composer monty norman, who wrote the theme for the james bond films, has died at the age of 94. norman began his career singing in big bands before forging a career writing for musicals and films. 0ur correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at his life and career. over the years, 007 might have changed, but one thing has remained constant.

bond theme plays. monty norman's james bond theme, decade after decade, exciting audiences at some of the secret agent's most thrilling... ..and most action—packed moments. long before bond, he began in the music business in a rather different way. here's monty norman to sing shifting the spring sands. shifting whispering sands. as a singer... # lying dead upon the sand... ..of gentle ballads. he eventually moved into composing... # if he died by human hand. # what's your name? ..and in the early 1960s, was asked to work on the first bond film. the producers wanted a piece of music for the opening credits. i suddenly remembered something

i'd written for a musical called a house for mr biswas. # i was born with this unlucky sneeze... became... the music was arranged by fellow composerjohn barry. nearly a0 years later, monty norman sued a sunday newspaper who said that barry had actually written the theme and that monty norman had taken credit for barry's work. monty norman won, settling forever the dispute over who'd really written one of cinema's most famous pieces of music, used in every official bond film — underlining some of the movies' most nostalgic moments... i suppose that's completely inconspicuous. ..and some of its most iconic ones. the films may never have had quite the same impact

without monty norman's music. theme plays. monty norman, who's died at the age of 94. one more story to bring you, definitely one for neighbours fans. more than 20 years after ramsay street's scott and charlene tied the knot, they're finally back together. kylie minogue and jason donovan have shared behind the scenes shots of them on—set, filming for their appearance in the long—running show�*s finale, which will air at the end of the month. jason tweeted, "so good to be back with this absolute legend," whilst kylie said, "now we're back together". their iconic wedding episode pulled an audience of almost 20 million when it was shown in the uk in 1988. that's all for now. stay with bbc news.

hello there. it's still very warm out there. the heat is still in place, and it follows the warmest day of the year so far in wales, with the temperature 29 degrees. for much of england, though, it was even hotter than that, with 32 in northolt west of london. that was monday's temperatures. tuesday's temperatures, well, they look a little bit different. cooling off by a few degrees across many parts of the country. changes coming down from the north—west, where we've got thicker cloud in scotland and northern ireland, bringing with it some patchy rain. that patchy rain will peter out for the most part as it runs southwards, bringing a few showers into england and wales, most places dry. a lot more cloud, some of it quite thin, so some hazy sunshine and we'll see sunshine returning to scotland and northern ireland after the damp start.

together with cooler and fresher air that's moving southwards, so the really hot weather again, over 30 degrees, is this time confined more to the south east of england and east anglia. still warm across some other parts of england, mind you, but those temperatures are dropping away a little. and it will be a cooler night ahead for many tuesday night, but still very warm as we head into wednesday in the south east of england. and we could see one or two showers coming from this cloud here in southernmost parts of england. the odd shower maybe for northern ireland, more especially into scotland, but for large parts of the country, it's still going to be dry, still going to be lots of sunshine. but it's just tending to cool down just a little. those temperatures continuing to drop, though still very warm in the south east, temperatures 28 degrees here. now, we've got this weak weather front that's moving southwards bringing that cooler air behind it and bringing one or two showers into southern england on wednesday. that's gone by thursday. this area of high pressure building back in from the atlantic, and around it we've got these west to north—westerly breezes bringing in cooler and fresher air, bringing in more cloud to scotland and northern

ireland and the odd shower. some of the cloud spilling down into england and wales, probably going to be dry here with some spells of sunshine, and those temperatures probably not changing too much really on thursday. again, still quite warm towards the south east at 28 degrees, but in general, it is cooling down through the rest of this week after that heat for the start of the week. and we're keeping that cooler air for scotland and northern ireland into the weekend, but not so for england and wales. the heat is going to build again, and we've got this extreme heat warning from the met office for sunday, could be extended into monday. difficult to put a number on it, but we could be challenging the all—time uk temperature record.

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