welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: a new prime minister in number ten. liz truss promises a bold plan to see britain through a range of challenges. iam i am confident that together we can ride out the storm, we can rebuild our economy, and we can become the modern, brilliant britain that i know we can be. after a visit to ukraine's zaporizhzhia power plant in russian—held territory, the un's nuclear watchdog calls for a safety zone. canadian police urge local residents to stay indoors as the manhunt continues

for one of two suspects following a mass stabbing. and no more pcr tests for international visitors to japan, but will that be enough to encourage tourists to come back? welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it's 8 in the morning here in singapore, and 1am in london, where the new british prime minister liz truss has moved into downing street, having accepted the queen's invitation to form a government, and she's already made some key cabinet appointments. in her first speech as prime minister, liz truss promised that britain could "ride out the storm" caused by severe global headwinds.

speaking outside number 10, she said she would transform britain into an aspiration nation. our political editor chris mason has the story. a day of ritual and whether. the cloudburst puncturing the choreography of the new prime minister's arrival and supporters under umbrellas, and on the left turn wearing a bin liner. it on the left turn wearing a bin liner. . , ., ~ . ~ liner. it was even taken back inside. liner. it was even taken back inside- her _ liner. it was even taken back inside. her motorcade - liner. it was even taken back. inside. her motorcade playing for time with a detour and then a break in the deluge. the damn stage reset. within moments, a first glimpse of the new era. good afternoon, i havejust accepted her majesty the queen's kind invitation to form a new government. let me pay tribute to my predecessor. borisjohnson tribute to my predecessor. boris johnson delivered tribute to my predecessor. borisjohnson delivered brexit,

the covid vaccine, and stood up to russian aggression. history will see him as a hugely consequential prime minister. i am honoured to take on this responsibility at a vital time for our country. we will transform britain into an aspiration nation, with high—paying jobs, safe streets and where everyone everywhere has the opportunities they deserve. i will take action this day, and action every day to make it happen.— this day, and action every day to make it happen. action this da a to make it happen. action this day a phrase _ to make it happen. action this day a phrase borrowed - to make it happen. action this day a phrase borrowed from . day a phrase borrowed from winston churchill, liz truss starting out her key objectives. as prime minister i will pursue three early priorities. firstly i will get britain working again. i have a bold plan to grow the economy through tax cuts and reform. i will cut taxes to reward hard work and boost business led

growth and investment. i will take action — growth and investment. i will take action this _ growth and investment. i will take action this week - growth and investment. i will take action this week to - growth and investment. i will take action this week to deal| take action this week to deal with energy bills and to secure our future energy supply. thirdly, i will make sure that people can get doctor's appointments and the nhs services they need. we will put our health service on a firm footing. our health service on a firm footinu. �* ., ., ., footing. and with a nod to the weather. _ footing. and with a nod to the weather, both _ footing. and with a nod to the weather, both economic - footing. and with a nod to the weather, both economic and i weather, both economic and meteorological, the prime minister sought to describe the country she now leads how it is, how she wanted to be. we should not — is, how she wanted to be. we should not be _ is, how she wanted to be. - should not be daunted by the challenges we face. as strong as this door may be i know the british people are stronger. our country was built by people who get things done. we have huge reserves of talent, energy and determination. i am confident that together we can ride out the storm. we can

rebuild our economy, and we can become the modern, brilliant breaded that i know we can be. i am determined to deliver. thank you. i am determined to deliver. thank vom— i am determined to deliver. thank yon-— thank you. on a day of two rime thank you. on a day of two prime ministers, _ thank you. on a day of two prime ministers, a - thank you. on a day of two prime ministers, a little . thank you. on a day of two i prime ministers, a little over eight hours earlier, the departure of at breakfast time borisjohnson, his loyal boris johnson, his loyal ministers borisjohnson, his loyal ministers and advises her cheer him off, we are about to witness the premiership terminated habitually against mrjohnson's will, his frustration, his anger, butted with self—deprecation and wet. thank you, this is it folks, thank you everybody for coming out so early this morning, the battle will be handed over in what is unexpectedly turned out to be a relay race, they change

the rules halfway through but never mind that now. the rules were not changed, _ never mind that now. the rules were not changed, the - never mind that now. the rules were not changed, the simple l were not changed, the simple truth is that no prime minister has ever been able to stay in office without the confidence office without the confidence of their party, and he lost that. remains defiant, almost willing his audience to ask why on earth his party wanted rid of him, somewhat of his future? i am like one of those booster rockets has fulfilled its function and i will now be gently re—entering the atmosphere and splashing down invisibly on some remote and obscure corner of the pacific, and like cincinnatus, i am returning to my plough. it turns out cincinnatus was a roman politician who, you guessed it, made a comeback. its hyper politics to be over, for us all to get behind liz truss and her team and her programme and deliver for the

people of this country. commanding attention is boris johnson's greatest skill, it seems improbable he will lose that knack now. but this morning's man's time office had come and was going. going by a highland handover at bell moral. hello prime minister the greeting, perhaps for the very last time. within minutes, he would resign. enter next, the moberly plane of liz truss flying be prime minister by royal appointment, the assumption of office, her majesty's 15 prime minister, the country's fourth in six years. liz truss, alongside her husband hugh o'leary on the threshold of government, her challenges in office both instant and colossal. chris mason, bbc news at westminster.

more on this story, including the international response to the new pm, a bit later in the bulletin. an update for you now on a developing story we've been covering in canada, where police investigating the fatal stabbing of 10 people on sunday have urged people in the indigenous community ofjames smith cree nation to stay indoors after a reported sighting of one of the suspects. myles sanderson is thought to be wounded but still very dangerous. his brother, also suspected of the murders, was found dead on monday. the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau urged residents to heed local authorities' warnings. our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, is in saskatchewan. we have just come from the area where most of the victims lived. james smith cree nation, home to about 2000 indigenous people.

police say the two suspects, the brothers, also came to this neighbouring village of weldon which is about a 15 minute drive, where at least one man was killed. local residents described him as a kind—hearted man who owned a local coffee shop. now, the manhunt has gone from two brothers to one. myles sanderson is still on the run, police believe he is either in this area or in the city of regina, which is around three hours away from here. we still get these alerts on our mobile phones warning us of the latest update and warning people to keep safe. now, people here are understandably angry, they are upset, they are calling on the government to do more to help. canada's prime minister justin trudeau has said that the government is ready to assist in any way it can but, so far, we have not received any details of that. an emergency session of the security council is continuing at the un in new york, to discuss the situation at the russian—occupied zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine. they're considering a report from un nuclear inspectors, who are

recommending that a security zone be set up immediately to shield the facility from fighting. russia is being urged to allow that to go forward. the inspectors, who recently visited the plant, say they found extensive damage caused by the war, and are worried about the potential for a serious nuclear accident. 0ur correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv. the report is expected to not attribute any blame for the attacks on the facility but it is the most detailed assessment of what the war has done to one of the world's largest nuclear power plants. the inspectors observed damage at different locations, including the roofs of buildings and the container with the radiation monitoring system. but they said there was no immediate risk of any possible leak of nuclear material. russian military personnel and equipment have been deployed around the complex, and there was a special concern about the conditions

for the ukrainian staff who are still operating the plant. they are working under high stress and pressure, which could raise the risks of human error, a situation the monitors described as not sustainable. for the first time, the agency called for the creation of a protection zone around the facility and said it was ready to start working on that. it is hard to see it happening without difficult negotiations. for weeks, ukraine has urged the demilitarisation of the zone, something that so far has been rejected by russia. rescue teams are searching for hundreds of people left stranded orfeared missing a day after a strong earthquake hit southwest china. at least 65 people are now known to have died when the 6.8 magnitude quake struck sichuan province. millions of people in the region were already dealing with a covid—related lockdown. the bbc�*s asadai moshiri

has this report. this and this is what is left of the towns it hit. in south—western china sichuan's province. rescue teams have been deployed to find survivors. some trapped under toppled buildings, authorities say dozens have been killed and warned hundreds of people are still stranded or missing. translation: we will continue to seize every minute and second to rescue and check the disaster situation, carry out rescue work in a scientific and efficient way so as to ensure the injured people are transferred and treated as quickly as possible. for those still under a strict covid lockdown, there was no escape from the buildings they had been confined to. and away from urban areas, landslides have

destroyed roads and created several obstacles for the rescue teams. it's made getting survivors to safety challenging. teams have sometimes had to use makeshift bridges to carry people through. police and relief teams have also set up tents and food supplies for anyone who has been displaced by the earthquake. who has been displaced by the earthquake-— earthquake. here a reporter asks whether _ earthquake. here a reporter asks whether a _ earthquake. here a reporter asks whether a family - earthquake. here a reporter asks whether a family in - earthquake. here a reporter| asks whether a family in this tent has eaten anything. yes they say, instant noodles. meteorologists have now warned they are expecting significant rain to follow, making rescue operations even more difficult. now to pakistan where the government says floods across the country have now killed more than 1,300 people. the authorities in sindh province in southern pakistan have made two more cuts to the embankment of manchar lake to try to stop a catastrophic overflow.

an earlier breach, aimed at protecting two nearby towns, worsened flooding in dozens of villages to its north—east, and at the airport of the town of sehwan. the breaching of the lake has already displaced up to 100,000 people. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme, we go on the prowl with a chinese detective, but this is no ordinary sleuth — he's a pet detective. george w bush: freedom itself was attacked this morning, - and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today- in a loud and a clear voice, "enough of blood and tears. enough!" _

translation: the difficult | decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. lam free! this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our main headlines: in herfirst speech as britain's prime minister, liz truss promised what she called a bold plan to see the country through its economic troubles. after a visit to ukraine's zaporizhzhia power plant in russian—held territory, the un's nuclear watchdog calls

for a safety zone. let's pick up on some of the international challenges that face liz truss — none more so than the war in ukraine. leaders have also been congratulating her on her appointment as prime minister. within hours of entering number 10, ms truss held a call with president volodymyr zelensky and accepted an invitation to visit ukraine. she also spoke with us presidentjoe biden. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent ben wright, iasked him how significant it is that liz truss spoke to mr zelensky before mr biden. i think president biden was the first world leader to tweet his congratulations. the actual first phone call was between ukraine's president and the new british prime minister. and i think it simply states the obvious, which is, right now, the single most important relationship that the british prime minister has is probably with the ukrainian president because the two countries are bound together at the moment as they try and face

down russian aggression. the uk has given ukraine full support from the moment that invasion happened, providing arms and training. liz truss as foreign secretary was vociferous in the need to have very, very tough sanctions on russia. so, i think continuation of borisjohnson's policy on ukraine was a given from the start and i think perhaps, it was fairly unsurprising that president zelensky and she had the first phone call of her premiership. during that phone call, downing street said that liz truss said to the ukrainian president that ukraine would have the uk's full backing, that they would face down russian aggression, do whatever they could to cut the funds fuelling putin's word machine — the words of number ten. and as you said, an invitation to liz truss to visit the country, which she has accepted. as you just heard there from ben, president biden was the first world leader

to tweet his congratulations to liz truss, and later the new prime minister spoke to the president. in a moment we'll hear from our russia editor steve rosenberg in moscow, but first our north america correspondentjohn sudworth tells us about the us response to the news. the next would say that the special relationship amounts to little more nowadays than the obligatory phone call that follows shortly after the point of a new british prime minister but the state and from downing street suggests that this was a conversation just as much about substance as symbolism. the two leaders agreeing that the special relationship was based on shared values and promising to work together to build global freedom and ensure that vladimir putin fails in ukraine, but in a way, vladimir putinfails in ukraine, but in a way, that is the easy stuff stopping there is plenty of scope for friction and tension as well. the statement went on to say that they spoke of the need to preserve the good friday agreement. in terms that is a pretty positive spin on an area of deep concern for washington stopping joe biden of course very proud of his irish roots,

he was spoken before about how he was spoken before about how he was spoken before about how he was concerned about the potential of undermining the peace process and it will be interesting to look when we get the readout from the white house here of that conversation, how much of the language compares and contrasts with that out of downing street. , ., , street. one thing is for sure, in the building _ street. one thing is for sure, in the building behind me - street. one thing is for sure, l in the building behind me they will not have been breaking up the champagne over liz truss becoming a minister stopping the russian leadership does not like liz truss, does not make a strong public for ukraine or his or her strong public criticism of the kremlin. president putin's spokesman has said that with liz truss in downing street the best russia can hope for is that relations with uk don't get even worse than they are now stopping meanwhile the russian government newspaper has been saying all kinds of things about liz truss today stopping her the pseudo— iron lady, the margaret thatcher mimic and

poor lisa was another nickname, thatis poor lisa was another nickname, that is based on the name and the main character of a russian short story, a love story that has a tragic stopping you can see that there little optimism in russia tonight. russia is buying millions of rockets and artillery shells for use in the war in ukraine. it is put down to severe shortages, any purchase of funds from north korea would violate un sanctions. children have returned to school in ufology texas the first time since the mass shooting in june. —— uvalde stopping the school where the shooting happened will never be open but

a new one has open protected by a new one has open protected by a metalfence. let's turn to japan now which is finally easing restrictions to welcome more international tourists back. from today, they will no longer need to take a pcr test to enter the country. but they will still need to book travel through a tourgroup. the move has been welcomed by many, but some business owners are sceptical — saying more needs to be done to revive japan's tourism sector back to its pre—pandemic levels. today is a kind of big baby step day for reopening japan but still i am very suspicious and sceptical about whether it will really help to recover our business because still, the amount of people arriving, arrival per dayjust go up to 20k to 50k. and still people have to book a package tour to travel to japan so we are still not sure what this will look like from this coming september and october.

indeed, lots of uncertainty. what would you have liked to see the government do when it comes to easing restrictions for travel to restart? so, if necessary, to bring back everything back to before covid, 2019. right now, the japan government still requires a visa from all around the country but this time, before arrival to japan, pcr test is not required if you get three doses so that will be a big step for people to come in to japan and also forjapanese people going back to japan, but still, japanese government cash to ease my restrictions. just talk us through, dai, the past couple of years, how it has been full for companies like yours having to deal with the restrictions and the pandemic?

after the pandemic, most of us had to shift domestic business. before covid, japan, tokyo was preparing the welcome for the tokyo olympics 2020, and the number of tourist arrivals was double digits since 2013, but after the pandemic, it completely went to zero and almost right now it is 30 months that japan started to close since covid, so we are doing business tours for international travellers, we have to shift to the domestic tourists, domestic business, or try to find another business to survive. still we are waiting for more travellers.

and finally, the heartbreak of losing a pet. if you own one, you'll know what i mean. well, in china, there thought to be over 68 million people now owning cats or dogs, there's now a pet detective not too far away, ready to track down people's missing beloved pets. this is a pet stopping his on the hunt for a runaway cat copy the hunt for a runaway cat copy the treasured pet was last seen 3:44pm. there is no time to lose. the family in shanghai is moving home tomorrow. he needs to be found today. he started out by helping stray dogs. he has adopted some of them. translation: fix, has adopted some of them. translation:— has adopted some of them. translation: �* ., ., translation: a lot of the time i'm disappointed _ translation: a lot of the time i'm disappointed in _ translation: a lot of the time i'm disappointed in human - i'm disappointed in human beings. it feels nicer to be with animals. they have brighter eyes.— with animals. they have brighter eyes. with animals. they have briuhtere es. ., brighter eyes. back on the hunt for dd, brighter eyes. back on the hunt for on, they — brighter eyes. back on the hunt

for on, they try _ brighter eyes. back on the hunt for dd, they try to _ brighter eyes. back on the hunt for dd, they try to guess - brighter eyes. back on the hunt for dd, they try to guess where j for dd, they try to guess where the prized feline might have run off to. suddenly there is a breakthrough stopping a cat has been spotted under some decking. he takes a picture of the frightened animal. is it dd? that's him, that's him, confirms a visibly concerned owner. translation: i confirms a visibly concerned owner. translation: i feel much ha - ier owner. translation: i feel much ha ier as owner. translation: i feel much happier as a _ owner. translation: i feel much happier as a mother. _ owner. translation: i feel much happier as a mother. but - owner. translation: i feel much happier as a mother. but the - happier as a mother. but the drama isn't _ happier as a mother. but the drama isn't over. _ happier as a mother. but the drama isn't over. they - happier as a mother. but the drama isn't over. they spent | drama isn't over. they spent three hours trying to extract dd who doesn't seem completely overjoyed to be caught. there were no such reservations at home. deedee's owner lovingly scolds the runaway cat. where have you been? you smell so bad! thank you, thank you, she tells him. another satisfied client of the shanghai pet

detective. her relief is palpable, isn't it? if you have been through that i am sure you know how it feels stopping that's it from us, thanks for watching. low pressure has dominated the weather story so far this week and don't expect any significant change over the next few days to come. if you see skies like this, you will know what is coming, some pretty intense, possibly thundery, downpours are likely to continue, with the winds strongest in the far south—west because you are closest to the centre of the low. and on that southern flank of the low is where we will see the strongest winds, maybe gusts in excess of 30 miles an hour at times, that will drive in the bands of showers around that low pressure, just like we've seen over the last few days. so, one band of intense rain clearing the far north of scotland, another hot on its heels behind, further showers pushing into the south—west and some of these will move further inland as we go

through the afternoon. blustery winds, particularly when you get the showers, but the strongest of the winds are likely to be down around the southwest. in terms of the feel of the weather, perhaps not quite as humid as the last couple of days, a little bit fresher, 15—21 degrees generally but we might, across eastern england, once again see highs across england of 23 celsius. into the evening, the risk of some sharp, thundery downpours coming in across the channel, particularly where we have seen the warmest of the weather but the story will slowly start to change. as we move out of wednesday into thursday, our area of low pressure will drift a little bit further east, centring itself across england and wales. the isobars open up, the winds will fall a little lighter and as a result we won't see quite as many organised bands of rain. yes, we have one band moving its way through north—east england and scotland but the showers are hit and miss across england and wales. not all of us will see them, but if you do catch one or two

of them, again it could be quite potent, top temperatures 15—20 celsius. moving out of thursday into friday and the start of the weekend, that low pressure finally starts to ease away. we'll see this little ridge of high pressure building from the west, mist and fog could become more of an issue as we get into the weekend with those lighter winds, those kind of autumnal conditions, but saturday into sunday certainly a drier story. in terms of the feel of the weather, not quite as humid but nevertheless still those the temperatures peaking in the low 20s. take care.