welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. the fbi and us homeland security say there's been an increase in violent threats to law enforcement agents after the search of donald trump's florida home last week. the taliban celebrate the first anniversary of their return to power in afghanistan — but not everybody is cheering, especially women and girls. one big thing about others is that challenges, the more moderate image they're trying to portray as the restrictions they've imposed on women. the fact that they have not allowed women to go to secondary schools and most of afghanistan, the only country

in the world to do so. china's military launches fresh drills off taiwan — in response to a visit to the island by a new group of american politicians. the uk becomes the first country to approve a covid vaccine that fights both the original strain and the omicron variant. and check mate, with a difference — how this underwater version of chess is helping competitors stay cool in the hot weather. hello and welcome to the programme. us officials have warned of an increase in violent threats to law enforcement following the search of donald trump's florida

estate, mar—a—lago. the fbi and department of homeland security issued a memo to law enforcement around the country. in a separate development, prosecutors in the us state of georgia have told rudy giuliani he's a target of their criminal investigation into attempts to overturn the result of the last presidential election. as donald trump's lawyer, mr giuliani helped lead legal challenges to the outcome of the vote. he's repeatedly made false claims of widespread fraud. i'm joined now by peter bowes, the bbc�*s north america correspondent in los angeles. let's start with rudy guilani — and him being made a target of a criminal investigation? what's the significance of that? i think this is significant because we have someone who is very close to donald trump and his inner circle, his personal lawyer. now apparently being targeted himself as part of

this criminal investigation and so, this is a first but not only this investigation is under way to investigate donald trump's role in trying to essentially flip the result of the 2020 election in the state of georgia which we now know was won byjoe biden, but we know that rudy giuliani himself is the focus of the investigation. we know he's due to give evidence for this be spoken to by a grand jury later this week. but we don't know is whether you'll actually answer questions or if you plead the fifth or so he doesn't incriminate himself to some of the donald trump did in a separate case but we also understand from the his spokesperson that rudy giuliani won't be answering any questions that essentially require him to divulge what he and donald trump said between themselves that the special privilege between the client and the lawyer. in the meantime, the investigation continues

into those documents taken from donald trump's florida home. is there mounting legal pressure on the former president? there is clearly mounting pressure and it was given a major surge forward by the events of last week in the removal of this documents and donald trump's florida home in the investigation that is still continuing and it is in a relatively early stage and as you mentioned, we are hearing about these warnings to law enforcement officials around the country about a surge in the country about a surge in the number of threats against those individuals. if read some of those threats mayjust be bravado, threats made by people who don't actually intend to go through with whatever they are saying might happen. nevertheless, the threat that we understand may be very intimidating for those individuals, law enforcement officials around the country.

always a pleasure to have you on the programme. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. william ruto has won kenya's presidential election. after nearly a week of vote counting, the deputy president narrowly beat his rival, raila odinga. but four election commissioners have refused to endorse the result, saying the correct procedures weren't followed. a russian—backed proxy court in the ukrainian region of donetsk has charged five foreign nationals with being mercenaries fighting alongside the ukrainian army. russian media say three of the men could face the death penalty. moscow says its defence minister has spoken by phone to the head of the un, antonio guterres, about the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine. the area is currently under russia's control. moscow and kyiv accuse each other of shelling the site.

iran has denied it had any involvement in the stabbing of salman rushdie — instead blaming him. it's the country's first comments after the author was attacked at a new york literary event on friday. since 1989 mr rushdie has had a bounty on his head, issued by the then spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini for his book the satanic verses, which many muslims consider blasphemous. prosecutors have described the manchester city footballer, benjamin mendy, as a predator, on the opening day of his trial for alleged rape. the 28—year—old and his friend, louis saha matturie, are accused of attacking seven women. they deny all the charges against them. now to afghanistan, where it's a year since the taliban dramatically and unexpectedly returned to power after the chaotic withdrawal of international forces. their return prompted a desperate exodus, with many who tried to flee having worked alongside international forces and agencies. but the vast majority of afghans remain in their

homeland and are now facing an economic crisis, severe food shortages and the roll back of what progress there had been for women and girls. our correspondent yogita limaye, reports from kabul. a song of defiance. "if they fight us again, we'll pray the world is destroyed." the taliban erupted in a spontaneous celebration. at kabul�*s main square, hundreds gathered to mark one year since they walked into this city and took over afghanistan. carrying american weapons, fighters and their commanders now trying to run a country. when you compare the taliban this time around to their rule during the 1990s, you perhaps don't hear of the level of brutality that was associated with that regime.

but one big thing, among others, that challenges the more moderate image they are trying to portray is the restrictions they've imposed on women. the fact that they haven't allowed girls to go to secondary schools in most of afghanistan — the only country in the world to do so. taliban men displaying their dominance, but women shut down for demanding their rights. two days ago, this group was stopped from marching in kabul. shots fired in the air. mobile phones seized. the protesters threatened. this woman took part in the march. we are hiding her identity to protect her. "we were so scared, we thought we would die. but we'll continue protesting until there is even one woman alive to fight", she told us. "they took away our rights and we want them back." five months ago, there had been a glimmer of hope. teenage girls were told they would be allowed to study again. in a cruel blow, they were sent

back home within an hour. for nine years, this girl attended school under the shadow of war. i'm totally upset because of this situation that i don't have the right to study. they don't consider us as human. and my feel is like humanity has died in this country. i asked taliban spokesman zabihullah mujahid when schools would be opened. translation: we have | problems in some places. we are trying our best to solve them and to bring things back to normal. what problems, though? because classes were always segregated for boys and girls even before the 15th of august. translation: our leader scholars have issues - with the safety of girls travelling to and from schools. we cannot only make

decisions based on the situation in kabul. we also have to consider villages and districts, where people don't want girls to go to school. so, after one year in power, you are not able to commit a time at which all girls will be able to go to secondary schools? translation: when we came to power, there i were a lot of problems. these things take time. the decisions on women have far—reaching effects. international recognition and funding is tied to them. crucial, in a country where a majority are going hungry each day. yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul. let's turn to taiwan now — and china has launched fresh military drills off taiwan in response to a visit to the island by a group of american legislators there. this comes of course after last week's military exercises by the chinese, that followed us house military drills off taiwan in response to a visit to the island by a group of american legislators there. this comes of course after last week's military exercises by the chinese,

that followed us house speaker nancy pelosi's controversial visit to taipei. the escalating tensions have led many to wonder about the potential outcomes of a full scale invasion of taiwan from china. the centre for strategic and international studies think tank in washington has been mapping out some simulations. their senior advisor — joins us now live from arlington, virginia. how do you conduct a model like this? building computer programmes and tables to analyse and give combat results so we are not relying on people going into the back room and using the judgment. we have developed working with maps and classifieds fear and we are encouraging discussion and the broader community and also a teen already. look at the scenario flavour varieties and

trying to capture a wide spectrum of possible futures. what are the outcomes that you are seeing and what's the worst case scenario for her, i suppose the us and taiwan in particular?— particular? the good news is that with _ particular? the good news is that with all _ particular? the good news is that with all of _ particular? the good news is that with all of these - that with all of these scenarios, the united states enoughin scenarios, the united states enough injapan are able to maintain taiwan as an autonomous country. the bad news is that the military cost is very high and the taiwanese economy is badly damaged and even more pessimistic scenarios for military forces and pessimistic scenarios, the idea is 900 aircraft and typically, losing two carriers in surface combatants.—

losing two carriers in surface combatants. . ., ., combatants. there are war game simulations _ combatants. there are war game simulations taking _ combatants. there are war game simulations taking place - combatants. there are war game simulations taking place and - simulations taking place and the chinese are certainly doing this as well. how confident are you about the accuracy of the data you're using and the outcome that you are predicting?— outcome that you are predicting? outcome that you are taredictin ? ., ,., , , predicting? reason her best judgment — predicting? reason her best judgment but _ predicting? reason her best judgment but we _ predicting? reason her best judgment but we are - predicting? reason her best judgment but we are having | predicting? reason her best - judgment but we are having the variety of alternative scenarios to see what the effect is, different assumptions because recognise the future is very uncertain and on the base case and optimistic cases, the costs are lower but they're still very heavy. our conclusion is as a conflict that needs to be deterred in the united states and taiwan need to prepare themselves better so the conflict does not go on and because the casualties that we see —— because. because the casualties that we see -- because.— see -- because. the final purpose _ see -- because. the final purpose of _ see -- because. the final purpose of these - see -- because. the final purpose of these models| see -- because. the final- purpose of these models and

simulations? indie purpose of these models and simulations?— purpose of these models and simulations? we have done 18 iteration so _ simulations? we have done 18 iteration so far, _ simulations? we have done 18 iteration so far, the _ simulations? we have done 18 iteration so far, the final- iteration so far, the final report will come out in december this been a lot of attention recently construed with have watch some of the war games with the broader community, were talking to the national security community, academics and we want to get something out there unclassified some people will talk about it in the result, it's very difficult to know exactly what is going on here. thank you forjoining us you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme.

protecting the world's oceans from exploitation — we'll tell you what world leaders are doing to reach an agreement. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! _ czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 187 mariners who died aboard the kursk. we are with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of morej than two—and—a—half million peopie in his _ hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me

to the desert rome?" this is newsday on the bbc. our headlines. the fbi and us homeland security say there's been an increase in violent threats to law enforcement agents after the search of donald trump's florica home last week. the taliban celebrate the first anniversary of their return to power in afghanistan — but not everybody is cheering, especially women and girls. the uk has become the first country to approve a dual vaccine which tackles both the original covid virus and the newer omicron variant. the government says it will now form part of the autumn booster campaign for people over the age of 18.

ofer levy is director of vaccines at boston children's hospital — i asked him how the dual vaccine works and how it will target both strains. you know, ithink you know, i think the key point to your viewers is that we are in a better place now in regards to this pandemic. we have medications, etc. of the coronavirus is not gone away if i understand the data correctly was still by the hundred 50 people per day in the united kingdom still are dying of this virus. falland kingdom still are dying of this virus. fall and winter are coming and there's a social distancing, potentialfor rising infection and the question for all of us is as following winter approaching, can we do any better than what we done up to now? in terms of your question, the vaccine that are offering contains what encodes the spike protein for the original and cesspool strain that causes this pandemic, as well as the new omicron variant and so it targets both. the data i've

reviewed, the dude on the stack seen, in this data suggests safety and immunisation. it should be helpful in providing protection against the virus. we salute united kingdom for being the first country to authorise a vexing the targets two variants. —— a vaccine. these things happening in other countries as well in the united states, for instance? i do prejudge _ states, for instance? i do prejudge it _ states, for instance? i do prejudge it and _ states, for instance? i do prejudge it and of - states, for instance? i do| prejudge it and of course, that's going to be up to the us and we are also in the united states moving in this direction as well add of the fall season. my as well add of the fall season. my understanding is that this virus works and consistent mutation. we have seen that in

different strains and so, which is looking down the barrel at more vaccines of this kind or can we get to a point where we just have a single vaccine administered at birth or early childhood authority for the major illnesses?— major illnesses? excellent question. _ major illnesses? excellent question. you _ major illnesses? excellent question, you really - major illnesses? excellent question, you really hit. major illnesses? excellent| question, you really hit the nail on the head. they are two bigger picture points for your viewers. one is the concept of precision vaccine. it's not 1—size—fits—all. the booster policy in the united kingdom is based on age, we know that older individuals are creative risk. they have compromise conditions. and the people who may be very healthy but maybe they live with others who are very vulnerable. so, that is one concept or viewer should appreciate. the other that speaks to your question is the need for ongoing research. we have these vaccines that are fantastic, they're safe, they are effective but they are costly, they do require freezing, they do require multiple doses they do require updates of the new variants.

so, we need ongoing vaccine research, support of such research, support of such research to see if he can do the coronavirus worldwide vaccine. we need to keep innovating as a partner develops a vaccines they cover more variance. un member states have resumed talks in new york aimed at trying to agree on a treaty to protect the world's high seas — the planet's last, lawless wilderness. if successful, a un high seas treaty would put 30 per cent of oceans into conservation areas by the end of the decade — but four previous attempts have failed. earlier i spoke to jon copley a deep—sea biologist and professor of ocean exploration at the university of southampton. i asked him just how serious the risks are in the oceans right now.

our oceans are under increasing challenges such as climate change. all the climate change we've added from global warming has been absorbed by the ocean. but we know that it is changing ocean currents it's affecting marine life in the flow of oxygen in which these things are what oceanographers measured and we know it's happening and we know why it is happening and here's an opportunity for us to come together and tackle this together because only by bringing nations together can we come up with some sort of treaty to protect this high seas area beyond any individual nations jurisdiction. looking at the ambitions of this treaty that say up with 30% of those in the conservation areas by the next decade and of course, if that is agreed, but is that a high enough target given the threats and risks you've just outlined? it is a start, without a doubt.

a lot of it will be on the details of where the 30% is going to be, one hemisphere asserted latitude, there's a lot of thought that needs to be going into how these things join up. we've seen some countries taking the initiative last year, costa rica, ecuador, columbia, panama, they came together at their existing marine protected areas within the territory that they have control over to protect animals that migrate across the ocean like whale sharks and turtles. undoubtedly, more will be needed because no protected area is immune to the effect of climate change. we can stop these impacts piling up on top of each other to threaten marine life but some of them, we have to tackle through other means, as well. it is laying the principles and really importantly, it is showing that we can come together to tackle these global challenges that are beyond any

one nationsjurisdiction. previous attempts have failed before but how high is the likelihood of countries coming together this time in passing this treaty? i think we're close. it's taken ten years of work by a lot of people to bring us this far and the reason it's been so hard is because all of of these different activities that take place at their in the high seas, they have been regulated piecemeal and we have international treaties across the dumping and regional organisations that manage fishing and they need to be joined up and there are new challenges and opportunities of what we can learn from studying ocean life, defining medicine materials not the smartest thing marine life but studying how it is adapted to its environment and now we ensure that the benefits are shared equally? —— harvesting.

and before we go — searing temperatures in the uk have made playing any kind of games a bit of a challenge to say the least. but a new version of chess has competitors more worried about the cold than the heat as wendy urquhart reports. its chest but not as we know it. in this version, it is submerged in swimming pool and all the pieces are weighted and magnetic. the place of to hold their breath while they make their breath while they make their move which meant they did not have all a lot of time to take in their opponents last move or to determine what advantage their next might give the opposition. that was a huge challenge for the ten players who took part in the road dive chess championship at the leonardo royal hotel in london. keep yourself down, there's a lot more and once you play along game, you are lto moves

and going down or coming up, it isa and going down or coming up, it is a marathon itself.— is a marathon itself. spending a lot of time _ is a marathon itself. spending a lot of time in _ is a marathon itself. spending a lot of time in water - is a marathon itself. spending a lot of time in water at - is a marathon itself. spending a lot of time in water at its - a lot of time in water at its the — a lot of time in water at its the oxygen intake and and harder— the oxygen intake and and harder define good moves as the game _ harder define good moves as the game goes on. harder define good moves as the game goes on-— game goes on. after four hours it was checkmate _ game goes on. after four hours it was checkmate from - game goes on. after four hours it was checkmate from poland i game goes on. after four hours. it was checkmate from poland to beat south africa to win the competition. it beat south africa to win the competition.— beat south africa to win the competition. it is 6096 and 496 others and _ competition. it is 6096 and 496 others and swimming, - competition. it is 6096 and 496 | others and swimming, keeping the body— others and swimming, keeping the body under— others and swimming, keeping the body under control- others and swimming, keeping the body under control and - others and swimming, keeping the body under control and thej the body under control and the pressure — the body under control and the pressure in _ the body under control and the pressure in your— the body under control and the pressure in your breath. - the body under control and the pressure in your breath. the i pressure in your breath. the championships _ pressure in your breath. the championships are - pressure in your breath.- championships are invented by pressure in your breath- championships are invented by a chess master who thought making the game more physical would also make it cool. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news.

hello. well, much—needed rain in the forecast, but that unfortunately may come at a price for some of us. and with big downpours forming once again on tuesday, there's a risk of flash flooding across parts of england and wales. now, here's the big picture. this dip in the jet stream has spawned an area of low pressure which is in part responsible for breaking the heatwave and developing the showers. and then later on in the week, the jet stream here could push in a weather front with slightly lighter rain but more widespread rain crossing parts of the uk, but no guarantee as far as rain

is concerned further south. and then that westerly jet stream brings fresher conditions later on in the week. now, here's the rainfall accumulation over the next 48 hours or so. the computer models tend to smooth out the rainfall and average it out, so i think if you take a closer look, actually, some areas get very little rainfall. you can see it's just at the bottom of the scale — five, maybe ten mm, no more than that — and some spots won't get any rainfall at all. so let's get onto the forecast, then, for tuesday. and quite a warm start in the south and the southeast — 18 degrees. fresher in scotland. and in scotland and northern ireland, quite cloudy in the morning with some light rain, i think, in central and eastern scotland, which should eventually peter out. and then we've got those scattered, heavy showers and thunderstorms developing across england and wales and that risk of flash flooding. but remember, some of us will miss the storms altogether. mid—20s across the south,

around 18 or so in newcastle and a very fresh 14 there in aberdeen with that northerly breeze. here's wednesday's weather forecast, and again a chance for some showers across parts of england and wales, but further north, the weather's looking dry and bright. i think a very pleasant day on the way for scotland and northern ireland, with temperatures of around 18 celsius. now, i talked about that jet stream at the start pushing in a weather front, and here's that area of low pressure approaching the uk during the course of thursday. it'll spread thursday night into friday across the country, bringing thicker cloud and perhaps some outbreaks of rain early hours of friday, but no guarantee of rain further south. here's the outlook for the middle of the week, into the weekend. you can see it's generally set fair towards the end of the week.

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 stephen sackur. we humans face a series of interlinked existential challenges. how do we feed a global population heading toward 10 billion? can it be done without degrading ecosystems and exacerbating climate change to a calamitous extent? well, my guest today, the writer and environmental campaigner george monbiot, has spent decades addressing these questions and framing radical answers. why are so many politicians and voters seemingly unwilling to listen?