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 being among others that challenges what they are trying to portray is the restrictions they have imposed on women and they have imposed on women and the fact they have not allowed girls to go to secondary school

in 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. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. 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. peter bowes, the bbc�*s north america correspondent in los angeles, has the latest details. i think this is significant because here we have someone who is very close to donald trump in his inner circle in fact, his personal lawyer. now apparently being targeted himself as part of this criminal investigation. this is a first, not only is this investigation under way to investigate donald trump's role investigate donald trump's role in trying to essentially flip the result of the 2020 election

in the state of georgia, which as we now know, was won byjoe biden, but we now know that rudy giuliani himself is a focus of that investigation. we do know he is due to give evidence or be spoken to by a grand jury later this week. what we do not know is whether he will actually answer questions, whether he will plead the fifth in other words refused to answer questions so he doesn't incriminate himself, something that donald trump did in a quite separate case last week. we also understand from his spokesperson that he will not be answering any questions that require him to diebold what he and donald trump said between themselves, that is special privilege between a client and his lawyer. in the meantime. _ client and his lawyer. in the meantime, the _ client and his lawyer. in the| meantime, the investigation continues doesn't take into documents that were taken from donald trump's florida home buildup is that mounting legal pressure on the former president?—

pressure on the former resident? , . ., , president? there is clearly mounting _ president? there is clearly mounting pressure - president? there is clearly mounting pressure and - president? there is clearly mounting pressure and it | president? there is clearly i mounting pressure and it was given a major surge forward by the events of last week and the removal of those documents from donald trump's florida home and thatis donald trump's florida home and that is an investigation that still continues. indeed, it is an investigation in its relatively early stages. as you reported, we are hearing about the warnings to law enforcement officials around the country about a surge in the number of threats against those individuals. we have heard this on those threats may be bravado, in other words threats made by people who do not intend to go through with what they are saying might happen, but nevertheless, that kind of threat, we understand or are told, can be intimidating for the individuals, law enforcement officials around the country. 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 us literary event on friday. since 1989 mr rushdie has had a bounty on his head, issued by the then spiritual

leader ayatollah khomeini. 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. heathrow airport has announced it will extend the cap on passenger numbers until 29 october. the measure was introduced last month to try to reduce flight delays and cancellations. the airport says it wants to provide passengers with confidence and head of the half term holidays. 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 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 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. earlier their senior advisor — mark cancian told me how the data was collated. we have done a lot of analysis experience to build computer programmes and tables to analyse and give combat result so we are not relying on people in the back room using their judgement. we have developed a wargame with maps and encounters, and we have done this in the unclassified spheres so we can encourage discussion in the broader community. we are also running the game 22 times, we have done 18 already. we have looked at the scenario in a wide brady of scenarios to try to capture a wide spectrum of possible futures. �* ,., .,

futures. and so in that wide spectrum — futures. and so in that wide spectrum of _ futures. and so in that wide spectrum of possible - futures. and so in that wide i spectrum of possible futures, what are the outcomes you are seeing? what is the worst case scenario for the us and taiwan in particular, that you have seen so far?— in particular, that you have seen so far? well, the good news is that _ seen so far? well, the good news is that it _ seen so far? well, the good news is that it almost - seen so far? well, the good news is that it almost all. seen so far? well, the good news is that it almost all of| news is that it almost all of the scenarios, the united states, taiwan and offered japan 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 or even wrecked in some of the more pessimistic scenarios. the military forces in pessimistic scenarios, the allies could lose up to 900 aircraft and the us will typically lose two carriers and 20 or 30 service combatants. it strikes me that if there are these sort of wargame simulations taking place by think tanks in the us, the chinese are certainly doing

this as well. how confident are you about the accuracy of the data you are using and the outcomes you are predicting? we are outcomes you are predicting? - are using our bestjudgement but we are also employing a variety of alternative scenarios to see what the object is of different assumptions, because we recognise that the future is very uncertain. on the base case and optimistic cases, the costs are lower but there is still very heavy. our conclusion is this is a conflict that needs to be deterred and the united states and taiwan need to prepare themselves better so that the conflict does not go on and pause the high casualties we've seenin pause the high casualties we've seen in pessimistic cases. i5 seen in pessimistic cases. is this information being sent to the government then? what is the government then? what is the final purpose of these models and simulations? well, we have done _ models and simulations? well, we have done 18 _ models and simulations? well, we have done 18 iterations - models and simulations? well, we have done 18 iterations so l we have done 18 iterations so far, the final report will come out in december. there's been a

lot of attention recently because journalists have watched some of the workings as they have progressed. our purposeis they have progressed. our purpose is to engage the broader community because it is unclassified will be talking notjust unclassified will be talking not just to the unclassified will be talking notjust to the government and capital hill but also to the broader national security community, academics, we want to get something out there unclassified so people can talk about it, the pentagon runs lots of these wargames but they are classified as a result it is difficult to know exactly what going on. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: what do chess and diving have in common? we'll be telling you all about this underwater partnership injust a moment. 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 ms 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 10 days, 500 have died. crowd chant: czechoslovakia must be free! _ man: czechoslovakia must be free! crowd chant: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we are all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people 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 desert rome?" this is newsday on the bbc.

i'm karishma vaswani. 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, 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. but the coronavirus is not gone away and if i understand the data correctly we still many people per day in the united kingdom still dying of this virus. as fall and winter are coming, and there's a social —— the moderna vaccine should be effective _ —— the moderna vaccine should be effective enough— —— the moderna vaccine should be effective enough dealing. be effective enough dealing with — be effective enough dealing with this _ be effective enough dealing with this issue. _ be effective enough dealing with this issue. is - be effective enough dealing with this issue.— with this issue. as well as the new omicron _ with this issue. as well as the new omicron variant. - with this issue. as well as the new omicron variant. it - with this issue. as well as the new omicron variant. it is - new omicron variant. it is bivalent, it targets both. the data on this vaccine, the bivalent vaccine, subject �*s safety and immunogenicity, protecting the body against

omicron, protecting those who receive this new violent vaccine against infection. this is a practical approach and we salute the united kingdom being the first country to authorise a vaccine that targets two variants. a vaccine that targets two variants-_ a vaccine that targets two variants. ., ., , ,., variants. on that, professor, as ou variants. on that, professor, as you point _ variants. on that, professor, as you point out, _ variants. on that, professor, as you point out, the - variants. on that, professor, as you point out, the uk - variants. on that, professor, as you point out, the uk is l variants. on that, professor, i as you point out, the uk is the first country to do this. do you see this happening in other countries as well, in the united states, for instance? i do. i cannot prejudge it. it's going to be up to the us fda but my impression is that we are also in the united states moving in this direction as well ahead of the fall season. my well ahead of the fall season. my understanding about the way that the virus works, professor, is the fact that it consistently mutates. we've seen that, haven't we, in terms of different strains. just looking down the barrel at more vaccines of this kind could we get a point where we just have a sort single vaccine administered at birth or early

childhood, the way we do for other major illnesses. excellent question, you hit the nail on the head. there are two bigger picture points for your viewers. one is the concept of precision and vaccine ology, it's not one size fits all, the uk booster programme is based on risk groups. older groups are at risk. and immunocompromised people. or household status, the person might be very healthy but maybe they live with others who are vulnerable so that is one concept your viewers should appreciate. the other is the need for ongoing research. we have these vaccines, they are fantastic and safe and effective, but they are costly, they do require freezing, they do require multiple doses and they require updating periodically with the new variants so we need ongoing vaccine research, support for such research to see if we can build a coronavirus wide vaccine, a pattern coronavirus vaccine, a pattern coronavirus vaccine, so we need to keep

innovating as we develop safe vaccines which cover more variants. 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. 0ur 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. we know the climate change is

changing ocean currents which affects marine life. all the animallike downer depends on it. these things are not theoretical and oceanographers measured them. we know why it is happening and he was an opportunity for us to come together and tackle this together and tackle this together because only by bringing nations together can we come up with some sort of treated reject this high seas area beyond any individual nationsjurisdiction. area beyond any individual nations jurisdiction. nations “urisdiction. looking at the nationsjurisdiction. looking at the ambitions _ nationsjurisdiction. looking at the ambitions of - nationsjurisdiction. looking at the ambitions of this - at the ambitions of this treaty, the fact that it would put 30% of oceans into conservation areas by the next decade, if it is agreed, is that a high enough target, given the threats and risks you've just outlined? it is a start, without a doubt, it will depend on those details, whether 30% is going to be. there is a lot of thought which needs to go to how these things join up so we've seen some countries taking the

initiative. last year, costa rica, mata, colombia, mulevoro, came together tojoin up rica, mata, colombia, mulevoro, came together to join up their existing marine protected areas within the territory they have control over to protect animals that migrate across whole oceans. well sharks and turtles more effectively.— more effectively. undoubtedly more effectively. undoubtedly more will be _ more effectively. undoubtedly more will be needed - more effectively. undoubtedly more will be needed becausel more effectively. undoubtedly l more will be needed because no protected area is immune to the effects of climate change. we can stop these impacts piling up can stop these impacts piling up on top of each other to protect marine life but some we have to tackle through other means as well so whistling the principles and really importantly, it shows that we can come together to tackle these global challenges, particularly in areas that are beyond any individual nations jurisdiction. i beyond any individual nations jurisdiction.— jurisdiction. i suppose have already failed _ jurisdiction. i suppose have already failed so _ jurisdiction. i suppose have already failed so how - jurisdiction. i suppose have already failed so how high l jurisdiction. i suppose have| already failed so how high is the likelihood, do you think, of countries coming together this time in passing this

treaty? i this time in passing this trea ? ~ . this time in passing this trea ? ~ �*, treaty? i think we close. it's ten years — treaty? i think we close. it's ten years of _ treaty? i think we close. it's ten years of work _ treaty? i think we close. it's ten years of work by - treaty? i think we close. it's ten years of work by a - treaty? i think we close. it's ten years of work by a lot i treaty? i think we close. it's ten years of work by a lot ofj 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 these different activities that take place out there on the high seas, in the past, they been kind of regulated piecemeal. we have international treaties against ocean dumping, regional organisations that manage fisheries in parts of the world and we need to bejoined up and there are new challenges and opportunities. for example, what we can learn from studying ocean life to find new medicines and materials, not from harvesting marine life but from harvesting marine life but from studying how it's adapted to its environment. how do we ensure the benefits of all that i shared equally mr mark? 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. it's chess, but not as we know it. in this version, the board is submerged in swimming pool and all the pieces are weighted and magnetic. the players had to hold their breath while they make their move which meant they did not have a lot of time to take in their opponent's 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 world dive chess championships in the pool at the leonardo royal hotel in london. keep yourself down, there's a lot more and once you play along game, you are a0 moves and going down or coming up, it is a marathon itself.

the pool is cold and spending a lot of time in water the oxygen intake and and the oxygen intake and harder define good moves as the game goes on. after four hours it was checkmate from poland to beat south africa to win the competition. it is 60% close and 40% others and swimming, keeping the body under control and the pressure in your breath. the world dive chess championships were invented by a chess master who thought making the game more physical would also make it cool. wendy urquhart, bbc news. i got to admit that is something i'm going to be trying on my day off. i wonder if you will. trying on my day off. i wonder if you will-— if you will. the top story toda , if you will. the top story today. us _ if you will. the top story today, us officials - if you will. the top story today, us officials have| if you will. the top story - today, us officials have warned of an increase to violent threats to law enforcement lowering following the search of donald trump's loader estate. the fbi and department

of homeland security issued a memo to law enforcement around the country. much more on the bbc website and bbc news. thank you forjoining me. 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 — 5, maybe 10mm, 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 1a 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.

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