welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... president putin claims sanctions imposed on russia represent the biggest current threat to the world economy. translation: i'm talking - about the west sanction fever, its brazen and aggressive attempts to force others on how to behave, deprive them of their sovereignty and force them into submission. but the eu isn't backing down — it's outlined plans to introduce a price cap on russian gas. we'll look at what it could mean — and the uk's plan to limit domestic bills. also ahead. california urges people to conserve energy as heatwave demand threatens to overwhelm power supplies. and as apple launches the latest

iphone, why there's a boom in old fashioned �*dumb�* handsets. life from our studio in singapore, this is_ life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc— life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. _ life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's _ life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. . welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it's 6am in the morning in singapore, and midnight in brussels, where the european union has outlined plans to introduce a price cap on russian gas — after president putin threatened to cut off all energy supplies if such a step was taken. eu governments have accused moscow of using energy to blackmail them in retaliation for western support for ukraine following russia's invasion. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. announcement in russian.

in his energy war with europe, a fresh salvo today from russia's president. vladimir putin warned, if the west does what it's threatening and imposes a price cap on russian energy exports, say goodbye europe to russian oil and gas. translation: it's an - absolutely stupid decision. we will not supply anything if it's contrary to our interests. in this case, our economic interests. we will not supply gas, oil or coal, and they are not in a position today to dictate to us. he predicted that europe would freeze like the wolf's tail froze to the ice in a russian fairy tale. speaking of freezing, this sinister music video by the russian energy giant gazprom, shows russia switching off the gas

to europe ahead of winter. it's taunting the west after russia did indeed shut down its biggest pipeline to europe. in its standoff with the west, the kremlin sees energy as its trump card, and it's playing it very publicly. the calculation is that cutting energy supplies to europe will cause such economic pain, that european governments will drop the sanctions they imposed over russia's invasion of ukraine in exchange for cheaper fuel. scenes like these give the kremlin hope. this was prague on sunday. tens of thousands of people protesting at soaring energy bills and demanding an end to sanctions against russia. the sanctions against russia... so will the european leaders cave in to pressure? it is a full—fledged energy war.

if they capitulate, vis—a—vis this blackmail, it is not going to be good for europe because the same methods are likely to be repeated by the russian government in the future. it's going to take time for europe to reduce its reliance on russian energy. that means that this winter could be a tough one. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. against the backdrop of those comments from president putin — the president of the european commission has said russia is weaponising energy markets to punish the eu imposing sanctions. the eu is proposing a price cap on russian gas. let's hear from the commission president ursula von der lion we aim at lowering the cost of gas. and therefore, we will propose a price cap on russian gas. of course

the objective here is very clear. we all know that our sanctions are deeply grinding into the russian economy with a heavy negative impact but putin is partially buffering through revenues so here the objective is we must cut russia's revenues that putin uses to finance his atrocious war in ukraine. for more on this we can speak to fernando valley, a senior analyst on oil and gas at bloomberg intelligence, who joins me from new york. great to get you on the programme. really interesting what we are hearing from ursula von der leyen, don't you think? the fact that they are proposing a way to dress this, this price cap on russian gas, how would this work in reality and would it achieve the goal of lowering prices? it achieve the goal of lowering rices? , ., ., it achieve the goal of lowering rices? , ., , prices? great to be here. it is difficult to — prices? great to be here. it is difficult to be _ prices? great to be here. it is difficult to be that _ prices? great to be here. it is

difficult to be that would - prices? great to be here. it is. difficult to be that would achieve its goals because as vladimir putin said in an earlier segment, they are considering cutting off supply altogether, if there is a price cap and typically price caps do lead to lower supply. there is a trade—off to be had which is do you continue to be had which is do you continue to increase revenue through fossil fuels to russia or, but you don't have the impacts on your economy, or you make some economic sacrifices in order to reduce dependence on russian fossilfuels order to reduce dependence on russian fossil fuels over the long—term in exchange for short—term pain? europe has already taken counter actions to mitigate some of those impacts but as stephen said it might be a difficult winter for europe. b. might be a difficult winter for euro e. �* ' ~ might be a difficult winter for euro e. �* ' . ., europe. a difficult winter for euro -e europe. a difficult winter for eumpe as — europe. a difficult winter for eumpe as you _ europe. a difficult winter for europe as you point - europe. a difficult winter for europe as you point out, - europe. a difficult winter for - europe as you point out, fernando, certainly very much an issue facing the new uk prime minister. liz truss tells us we will hear more from her and the plans to tackle soaring

energy prices very soon. what are you expecting? energy prices very soon. what are you meeting?— energy prices very soon. what are you flooding?— you expecting? there has been talkin: of you expecting? there has been talking of withholding - you expecting? there has been talking of withholding tax - you expecting? there has been talking of withholding tax on i you expecting? there has been i talking of withholding tax on fossil fuels, are planned to address the sorry situation. europe and the uk have increased natural gas storage at their fastest record, even breaking the 2018 record, they have set themselves up to mitigate the loss of russian gas. the issue is if there is a cold winter, there is very little you can do because you need to find new supply and unfortunately it takes a really long supply —— really long time to build capacity, to export from the us for example which has ample sources of natural gas, or the middle east. but there are alternatives and i think one of them is to build your�*s capacity for diesel and coal and oil and while they are not environ mentally friendly, they do help you bridge through to the next winter and push off some of the pressures in the short—term. and push off some of the pressures in the short-term.— in the short-term. there are some other proposals — in the short-term. there are some other proposals also _ in the short-term. there are some other proposals also being - other proposals also being

considered, a solidarity contribution from fossil fuel companies, you know, just to say they have made billions of dollars of profits, recently, why is it something like that being considered more often? ~ ~ , ., more often? well, i think there is a trial to incentivise _ more often? well, i think there is a trial to incentivise more _ more often? well, i think there is a trial to incentivise more production| trial to incentivise more production in the medium—term to help bridge the gap until there are a bigger percentage of renewables giving power and energy at large. if you create these taxes, they tend to typically impact these apply because they will be fewer investments. the second part is that the uk and europe are not... most of their productions are moving to different parts of the world and if they are alone in imposing those taxes, they willjust be alone in imposing those taxes, they will just be a alone in imposing those taxes, they willjust be a move to different shores. the us has recently become one of the largest producers of oil in the world. 0bviously, one of the largest producers of oil in the world. obviously, the middle east produces the bulk of the

production and they wouldn't be impacted by those taxes. so, if europe does it alone, itjust means that oil production to different parts of the world.— that oil production to different parts of the world. fernando valli, senior analyst _ parts of the world. fernando valli, senior analyst at _ parts of the world. fernando valli, senior analyst at bloomberg - senior analyst at bloomberg intelligence, thank you forjoining us. well — as you heard there, and as we've been reporting, the new uk prime minister liz truss is under pressure to help people with theirfuel bills. it was the focus of her debut clash with the opposition leader sir keir starmer at prime ministers questions, as our political editor sir keir starmer at prime ministers questions, as our political editor chris mason reports. journalists shout questions. the endless questions to those in power. and the new team tasked with answering them. the cabinet was told to turn up for a meeting at 8:30 this morning. some of them had only been officially appointed at nearly 11 o'clock last night. after a summer of visions and promises, the demand to do things and not just talk about them

will be immediate for liz truss and her government. where's your cost of living plan, prime minister? energy bills, for a start, and an announcement is coming tomorrow. but first, a new—look prime minister's questions. to welcome the new prime minister to her place. - cheering. mr speaker, iam honoured to take my place as prime minister in this house and to take on responsibility at a vital time for our country. i am determined to deliver for everybody across our united kingdom. i will work constructively with all members of this house to tackle the challenges we face. those opening words carefully prepared, typed out and read from her ring binder. keir starmer! and the labour leader faced a new opponent. can i congratulate the prime

minister on her appointment? when she said... when she said in her leadership campaign that she was against windfall taxes, did she mean it? a windfall tax is a one—off tax on companies that have benefited from something they were not responsible for. one was imposed on energy firms in may. labour, the liberal democrats and the snp want it extended. the government must announce| an enhanced windfall profits tax, making sure that those oil and gas producers pay their fair share - from excess profits. but the prime minister repeatedly insisted to the snp and labour it was a bad idea. i am against a windfall tax. i believe it is the wrong thing to be putting companies off investing in the united kingdom just when we need to be growing the economy. gone were the verbal gymnastics of borisjohnson.

instead, the instinctive dividing lines between the conservatives and labour seemed sharper. can't she see there is nothing new about a tory prime minister who, when asked, "who pays?," says, "it's you, the working people of britain"? well, there is nothing new about a labour leader who is calling for more tax rises. the first full day of doing the job she dreamt of, and the first glimpse too of the new political stage and conversation. it's going to feel different. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. i want to bring you some breaking news. canadian police have said they have arrested one of the men suspected of carrying out a deadly stabbing attack. myles sanderson was

found. his brother died. a motive for the attacks in which ten people died, still isn't clear. we will go live to our correspondent in saskatchewan and a few minutes. time for some other stories now. staying with some news out of the uk... queen elizabeth has postponed an online meeting of senior ministers after being advised by doctors to rest. the queen, who is 96 and has mobility issues, remains at balmoral castle in scotland where she appointed liz truss as the new prime minister on tuesday. a court in hong kong has convicted five speech therapists of sedition, for publishing children's books that the authorities said promoted anti—china sentiments. their books featured cartoon wolves and sheep, in storylines that mirrored political events taking place in hong kong. at least 32 people are now known to have died in a fire at a karaoke

bar in southern vietnam. the blaze engulfed two floors of the building in thuan an city. some people became stuck on balconies and are reported to have tried to jump to safety. chelsea football club have sacked manager thomas toocle to pakistan now — and the latest on the flooding there. a third of the country has been under water. more than 1300 people have died. and now officials are trying to stop its biggest lake from overflowing. there have been concerns that lake manchar in the sindh province could burst its banks. pumza fihlani reports from islamabad. sindh province is still drowning. it has not rained for days, but most of the land remains waterlogged. 0n the shoreline, the boats are still coming. the dangers of manchar lake have been contained for now, authorities say. its banks were deliberately breached to protect urban areas and what remains

of the damaged infrastructure there. but the threat is not over, and rescue teams are now working on evacuating thousands stranded in their villages. 125,000 people have been affected by the overflow of water. the people whose homes were sacrificed have been left with nothing. translation: my brother just died in my village - because of the water that came. we thought we were going to be able to save him, but we couldn't. around 20 people are still stranded there. some are unconscious, some are just sitting, waiting for help. water levels in pakistan's biggest lake are starting to recede officials have told the the bbc. but as an additional measure, they are enforcing flood dykes in the area. as rescue efforts continue, authorities are also under pressure to rebuild what has been lost. climate change minister sherry rehman told

the bbc that pakistan will need international expertise. we are going to have to do some very important thinking, notjust on our own, but with the climate specialists, really, for infrastructure. key communication lines naturally have to be restored. the railways have to be restored, all of that. so they've already started their reconstruction, and i was thinking because it has to happen, people have to crossover, most of it will not be resilient. we neither have the money nor the technical capacity at this point. building with the future in mind may be a luxury for those whose entire livelihoods have been lost to the floods. for now, those who make it out of these treacherous waters are troubled by uncertainty, where they will sleep and what they will eat. pumza filhani, bbc news, islamabad. you're watching newsday on the bbc.

still to come on the programme... apple has unveiled its latest smart phone, but should we be opting for "dumber" phones instead? 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! 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. iam free! this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines... russia's president putin says western sanctions imposed over the invasion of ukraine have only strengthened russia's sovereignty, while threatening the entire world. but the eu is undeterred, with the european commission chief outlining plans to introduce a price cap on russian gas. let's return to our breaking news.

canadian police say they have arrested by the men suspected of carrying out a deadly stabbing attack. myles sanderson was held following a manhunt which lasted for days, the other suspect his brother was found dead on monday. ten people died in a stabbing attack. a motive for the stabbings still is not clear. we can speak to nomia iqbal who is in saskatchewan. great to get you on the programme, and i understand the information isjust coming in fast and furious but what more can you tell us at this point? yes, the police have confirmed after nearly a thought hunt for myles sanderson, which stretched over three provinces here in western canada, they have taken him into custody. they arrested him in the south of prince albert, to give your sense of where that is that is a city which is around about an hour and 15 minutes drive away from the where the happened. the stabbings

occurred on the james smith cree nation which is a community of about 2000 indigenous people, as well as a nearby village of weldon. he has been on the run since sunday, and we have been getting these regular —— regular mobile phone alerts, everyone has, winning people of sightings. some of them are false sightings. some of them are false sightings but we did get an alert earlier in the day that said that they thought he was spotted in a new vehicle and that he had a knife, and thenit vehicle and that he had a knife, and then it was confirmed a short while ago that he has been taken into custody, but as you say, the information, we have not got all of it, the police say that they will providers with more details, to give you a sense of the time here it is for 20 pm in the afternoon so we are expecting more details. —— for 20 pm. but the manhunt has come to a conclusion. pm. but the manhunt has come to a conclusion-—

conclusion. nomia, i know you have been covering _ conclusion. nomia, i know you have been covering this _ conclusion. nomia, i know you have been covering this story. _ conclusion. nomia, i know you have been covering this story. we - conclusion. nomia, i know you have been covering this story. we don't l been covering this story. we don't know why this has happened yet but what are people there telling you? what have they been saying? people have been really _ what have they been saying? people have been really frustrated, - what have they been saying? people have been really frustrated, scared l have been really frustrated, scared and confused, because something like this has never happened in the community, and these sorts of mass killings are really rare in canada anyway. and i think a lot of the confusion that people had was why hasn't this man been caught yet? that was adding to the grief because people, i spoke to them, they were staying indoors, they didn't really want to speak, they were worried about what had happened, they were worried that this guy was still on the loose. at one point the other day, according to the alert, he had been spotted in the james craig —— james smith cree nation. it is a large area but people did not know where he was. they are trying to come to terms with their profound loss and try to understand why it

happened. there was a press conference that was held earlier by the brother of one of the victims, a woman named bonnie, who lived on the james smith cree nation where most of the dead were found, and paid tribute to her, and we are getting, well we have more details about those who were killed but, yes, it has been an awful time for the families and now that this man has been caught, i think that will come as obviously a huge sense of relief for them. ., ., ., ,, i. ., for them. nomia iqbal, thank you for “oininr us. for them. nomia iqbal, thank you for joining us. nomia _ for them. nomia iqbal, thank you for joining us. nomia will— for them. nomia iqbal, thank you for joining us. nomia will be _ for them. nomia iqbal, thank you for joining us. nomia will be covering . joining us. nomia will be covering this story for us throughout the day, the latest developers as they come in, so do stay tuned for the latest updates on that story. let's leave canada for now. apple hasjust launched its latest smartphone — the iphone14 — giving users yet more things to do on their personal devices. here it is — the new model can apparently use satellites

to send emergency messages. but is more sophisticated always better? well, there could be another way, in the form of the so—called �*dumb phone', one that can only make phone calls or texts, allowing us to avoid the distractions of social media apps or videos. for more on this i am joined now by, kaiwei tang — co—founder and ceo, of light phone — a variation of the �*dumbphone'. it's great to get you on the programme. you decided to make this dumb foam for programme. you decided to make this dumbfoam forwant programme. you decided to make this dumb foam for want of a better phrase talk persuaded that thanks for having me. this phrase talk persuaded that thanks for having me— phrase talk persuaded that thanks for having me. this was seven years auo, for having me. this was seven years aao, i for having me. this was seven years ago. i was — for having me. this was seven years ago. i was in — for having me. this was seven years ago. i was in an _ for having me. this was seven years ago, i was in an incubator _ for having me. this was seven years ago, i was in an incubator for - ago, i was in an incubatorfor younger designers, i was talking to successful ceos and entrepreneurs and we realise everyone is talking

about how much time, attention and data that my product collected from usable and that is why i am successful and why i make so much money, right? and they were bragging about, oh, my average use, i spent five hours in my app and that is why it is successful, and i couldn't help but think what about me? what about my time? ijust help but think what about me? what about my time? i just want to use useful tools, efficient tools, about my time? i just want to use usefultools, efficient tools, i don't wanna see advertisements, i don't wanna see advertisements, i don't want to —— my location to be collected, and that is why we decided to do, designer phone ourselves. but decided to do, designer phone ourselves-— decided to do, designer phone ourselves. �* , ., ~ , ourselves. but is it working,? these dumb phones _ ourselves. but is it working,? these dumb phones have _ ourselves. but is it working,? these dumb phones have only _ ourselves. but is it working,? these dumb phones have only sold - ourselves. but is it working,? these dumb phones have only sold a - ourselves. but is it working,? these dumb phones have only sold a few. dumb phones have only sold a few thousand handsets, more features are having to be added to them to get more buyers, is that sad reality that people just prefer smartphones to dumb phones? yes. that people just prefer smartphones to dumb phones?— to dumb phones? yes, i think smartphones— to dumb phones? yes, i think smartphones are _ to dumb phones? yes, i think smartphones are very -

to dumb phones? yes, i think smartphones are very useful. to dumb phones? yes, i thinkl smartphones are very useful in to dumb phones? yes, i think- smartphones are very useful in many ways but at the same time, whatever next saturday morning, all you wanted to do is just take a walk down the straight, right? or having a great time in the part with your family, why do we have to bring a minicomputer with us 24/7? all we want is to be able to call, text, get a direction, maybe listen to music, right? that is all a great tool, similar ways in how we design a hammer or screwdriver, you have the tool and use it and quickly get your task finished and put it back and it disappears. right now, our behaviour with smartphones is use a tool and you start swiping the tool for five hours, tool and you start swiping the tool forfive hours, swiping forfive hours so the hammer company can make money, it doesn't seem right and i don't think it can align with our well—being. 0ne don't think it can align with our well—being. one is the last time that anyone said that, hey, i spent

five hours on instagram? i’m that anyone said that, hey, i spent five hours on instagram?— five hours on instagram? i'm so sor , i five hours on instagram? i'm so sorry. i have — five hours on instagram? i'm so sorry. i have to _ five hours on instagram? i'm so sorry, i have to jump _ five hours on instagram? i'm so sorry, i have tojump in, - five hours on instagram? i'm so sorry, i have to jump in, we - five hours on instagram? i'm so sorry, i have tojump in, we are| sorry, i have tojump in, we are running short of time but what a fascinating discussion, that access to the end of the programme, thank you forjoining us. mother nature has been putting on a pretty great display of thunder and lightning. recently, the storms have been falling, thank you for this area of slow pressure. these organised bands of showers have thrown in from the south and west and wednesday night, we had two storms, one in the north, and we also had an area of storms in the south—east as well. there will be a few more downpours in the next few hours, one or two mist and fog patches forming as well, perhaps as

a more persistent and heavy rain settling across central and eastern areas of scotland and these are the temperatures you will have heading into thursday. thursday is another day of sunshine and showers but we could see an area of persistent heavy rain affecting central and eastern areas of scotland and perhaps lasting into fry's day bringing the risk of localised flooding. 0therwise, bringing the risk of localised flooding. otherwise, a day of showers, and for many of you, a lot of showers. by the afternoon, some of showers. by the afternoon, some of them will be turning thundery in nature. the area of low pressure will continue to bring showery whether on friday but noticed the zone of heavier more persistent rain still affecting some central and eastern areas of scotland with a heightened risk of seeing some localised flooding as those rainfall totals continue to build up during the course of the next couple of days. we'll take a look at the weather pattern in the weekend, the

area of low pressure gets out of the way and original high pressure is that for a time on saturday and then more rain arrives from the west. saturday will be dry for the vast majority make the most of it because sunday seems a return of heavy rain, vertically across western areas. one thing you may have noticed it is getting dark pretty quickly, this time of the year we are losing daylight at the fastest break, losing nearly four minutes of daylight each and every day but it gets worse the further north you go, in lerwick, we are losing nearly five and a half minutes. that is the latest.

president putin says western sanctions imposed over russia's invasion of ukraine pose the biggest threat to the entire world. but he says they aren't working and have only served to strengthen russia's sovereignty. the eu is undeterred, unveiling plans to cap the price of russian gas, a move mr putin has described as stupidity. the european commission chief said it must cut the revenues he's using to finance, what she called, "this atrocious war." pakistan says the threat of the country's largest lake bursting its banks is receding. water levels have begun to subside, but the country still faces years of recovery after the worst monsoon floods in its history. and the uk's new prime minister, liz truss, has promised immediate