welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: canadian police say they've arrested a man who'd been on the run following a series of deadly stabbings. he was arrested on highway 11 in saskatchewan. this is the scene there alive, we will bring you the very latest. president putin steps up his war of words with the west, threatening to let europe freeze. but the european union isn't backing down, it's outlined plans to introduce a price cap on russian gas. and, california urges people to conserve energy, as a heatwave is leading to demand that could overwhelm power supplies.

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it's eight in the morning here in singapore, and six in the evening in the province of saskatchewan where police investigating the stabbing of ten people on sunday have arrested a suspect. myles sanderson was one of two people wanted in connection with the attacks. the other, his brother, was found dead on monday. a motive for the attacks still isn't clear. i spoke to our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, who is in melfort, saskatchewan for us. this manhunt for myles sanderson has now concluded, police can affirming that they have taken him into custody. this hunt stretched over three

provinces and over the last few days our team has been here and we have seen for ourselves these piercing mobile phone alerts that you get every few minutes from the police saying that he has possibly been cited here, he's been cited there, he was seen in the city of red china which is around three hours from here that he was seenin hours from here that he was seen in the james smith cree nation where the killings happened. —— regina. so there has been a lot of frustration certainly amongst the residents in the family of the victims because they just want this guy caught and so now the police have confirmed that he has been arrested. there was an alert that we had earlier today suggesting that he was spotted in a new cart with a knife and then that has proved to so so he has now been taken into custody, he has already been charged with murder. we will get some more updates later today but this is of course as you can imagine a huge sense of

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healing process begins. and thatis healing process begins. and that is a really key thing for families here because for the past few days people have been fair. be the advice from authorities has been to stay indoors, do not approach this man, to put your safety as a priority. that was also a message that the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau had given earlier as well in the week, he had said that people need to be cautious but they should be able to grieve without fear. so now that myles sanderson has been arrested, as this group has said, that healing process can begin. it is a huge relief for the families that their grief has been compounded by the fact that this man hadn't been caught. and as she was saying, we are expecting some comments from authorities on that developing story on that manhunt coming to an end. you can see there the podium and the lectern where authorities are expected to speak in the next two minutes,

as we understand. as and when we do get that press conference from authorities in canada we will bring that to you live here on nbc news so do stay tuned to us for that. the european union has outlined plans to introduce a price cap on russian gas accusing moscow of using energy to blackmail them, in retaliation for western support for ukraine. it's sparked an angry response from president putin who says he'll pull the plug on supplies and force europe to freeze this winter, we'll have more on that in a moment, first here's the european commission president ursula von der leyen. we aim at lowering the costs 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 fossil fuel revenues, so here the objective

is we must cut russia's revenues which putin uses to finance his atrocious war in ukraine. well president putin's reaction to the eu's plans to cap what it pays russia for energy came at an economic forum in vladivostok, where he gave a defiant speech, claiming sanctions imposed by the west after the invasion of ukraine weren't working, and that it was the west whose economies would be hardest hit. he said the price cap was a �*stupid idea' and warned he'd force europe to freeze by stopping fuel exports to the continent and instead turning to china as its major customer. our russia editor steve rosenberg has more. 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 stand—off 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. 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. some other stories now and staying in 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 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 after their third defeat of the season. mr toocle leaves after winning three trophies with the premier league club in less than two years, including the champions league in 2021. well, as we've been reporting, the new uk prime minister liz truss is under pressure to help people with their fuel bills. it was the focus of her debut clash with the opposition leader sir keir starmer at prime ministers questions, 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 notjust 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, i am 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 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. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme, better late than never — the obamas return to

the white house to finally unveil their official portraits. 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. 0ur headlines: canadian police say they've arrested a man who'd been on the run following a series of deadly stabbings. president putin steps up his war of words with the west, threatening to let europe freeze. to pakistan now, and the latest on the flooding there. a third of the country has been under water. more than 1,300 people have died. authorities say waters on the country's largest lake have begun to recede, following concerns that lake manchar in the sindh province could burst its banks. pumza figlani 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 arejust sitting, waiting for help. water levels in pakistan's biggest lake are starting to recede, officials

have told 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 cross over, 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. let's turn to california now, which is grappling with a heat wave and emergency crews are fighting numerous wildfires. temperatures are forecast to remain high in the coming days. the heatwave has left thousands of households without power, and people are being told to conserve energy. sophie long is in los angeles for us. well, we are now into day five of an intense heatwave here in california which has pushed temperatures way up into triple digits in fahrenheit and above 44 celsius, smashing records for this time of year. and the stifling heat continues long after the sun goes down, which is putting massive pressure on california's electricity grid. we haven't yet seen the rolling blackouts that people were warning of but thousands of people have been left without power in places like silicon valley, although not the millions that

people were fearing. californians are being asked to conserve energy between the hours of 4pm and 9pm. they are being asked not to crank up the aircon but to keep thermostats above a certain temperature, not to use major appliances, and not to charge electrical cars during those hours. now, these conditions are, of course, perfect for wildfires to spark and for those already burning to do so more intensely. in the north of california, two fires have burned through thousands of acres. in the south, about 80 miles from where i am in los angeles, the fairview fire has burned through thousands of acres, killed two people, and burnt down several structures. now, the two victims have not yet been identified but authorities say they were found in a vehicle, indicating that they were perhaps trying to flee the fires, and an illustration ofjust how dangerous and how quickly these fires spread. now, the heat is expected to ease off by the end of the week butjust over

the horizon are santa ana winds, and when they come in autumn as they always do, if they combine with intense heat and a tinder dry vegetation that has been baked all summer, then the conditions are perfect for wildfires to spark and for them to spread very, very quickly, so while some respite might briefly be insight, the fear is that things could get much worse. apple has just 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. well i've been speaking with kaiwei tang, who co—founded �*light phone�*. he says his variation

of the dumbphone is a way to help people focus on what really matters. this was seven years ago, i was an incubator that google created for young designers, so it was talking to all kind of successful entrepreneurs and we realise that everyone is talking about this how much time, attention and data that the product collected from users and that is why they are so successful, and bragging about my app, the average user spent five hours on my app, and that�*s why this is successful, and i couldn�*t help but think what about me? what about my time? ijust want what about me? what about my time? i just want to use useful, efficient tools, i don�*t want to see advertisements, i don�*t want to, i do want my location to be collected, and that�*s why we

decided to design the phone ourselves. i5 decided to design the phone ourselves-— ourselves. is it working though? _ ourselves. is it working though? i— ourselves. is it working though? i mean - ourselves. is it working though? i mean these l ourselves. is it working - though? i mean these phones have only solved a thousand handsets, more features are having to be added to them to get more buyers. is the sad reality that people just refer smartphones to done phones? i think smartphones are great for so many things, but at the same time, what is next saturday morning or you wanted to do is take a walk down the street, or having a great time in a park with yourfamily, why having a great time in a park with your family, why do we have to bring a minicomputer with us 21w, maybe we just want to listen to music, that�*s all that great set of tools fast. and finally, former us president barack obama scientist studying wild chimpanzees have found that each animal has its own signature drumming style, they

used tree roots to hammer out messages to each other over long distances. our science correspondent explains. then wild panting, hooting of a chimpanzee, followed by a burst of tree drumming. they use the large butcher �*s tree roots to drum out messages to one another, that carry up to distances of over one kilometre. researchers followed and recorded the chimpanzees in the forest reserve in uganda and found that each mall had his own signature drum style. the animals use their sound to announce their presence when now travelling through the dense rainforest. who have studied this group for many years so they are discovering a puzzle about these very social aches, that they greet each other to say hello but never say goodbye. other to say hello but never say goodbye-— other to say hello but never sa aoodb e. ., , say goodbye. one of the things we realised _

say goodbye. one of the things we realised is _ say goodbye. one of the things we realised is you _ say goodbye. one of the things we realised is you only - say goodbye. one of the things we realised is you only really i we realised is you only really say goodbye if you are not going to see somebody for a while, you don�*t say goodbye — be goodbye if they are just popping out of the office for a minute, and perhaps with the chimpanzees because they are able to encode their identity and what they are up to and transmit data over long distances through the day, they have a way of constantly being able to be checked in with each other. ., , ,., able to be checked in with each other. ., , ., other. not every bout of drumming _ other. not every bout of drumming carries - other. not every bout of drumming carries the i other. not every bout of- drumming carries the beach, if a male is showing off to a group of females, he would often disguise his identity from nearby competitors by switching to a different rhythm. and finally, former us president barack obama and his wife michelle have returned to the white house for the unveiling of their official portraits. large, formal paintings of us presidents and first ladies, adorn walls of the famous residence. the obamas were hosted by president biden who was vice president during their time in office. usually a former president returns during his successor�*s tenure, but there was no ceremony held for the obamas while donald trump was president. barack obama had this message for some of his former staff

who had gathered for the occasion. and i am especially glad to see so many of you serving president biden as well as you served me. although, now some of you, let�*s face it, you were kids back then, are now in charge and running the show, which is a little shocking ..and may also explain some of the grey hairs i�*m seeing on some of you. barack obama speaking there are a little earlier. you have been watching newsday. a reminder of our top stories, canadian police say they have arrested the last suspect in a mass stabbing that left ten people dead. myles sanderson had been on the runs since sunday after a series of attacks in saskatchewan. he was taken into hospital, custody and has been charged with crimes including murder. you are looking at life pictures of that scene right

now. it and is a huge manhunt that spanned three canadian provinces and prompted questions about why he had been let out on parole. thanks for watching. hello there. over the last few nights, mother nature has been putting on a pretty impressive display of thunder and lightning. late in the day on wednesday, we had a number of storms move across northern england, and that was one of them late in the day in county durham. and recently, the storms have been forming thanks to this area of low pressure just to the south of the republic of ireland. we�*ve had these trough features, these organised bands of showers being thrown in from the south and west, and for wednesday night, we had two clutches of storms — one affecting north wales, the north midlands, northern england. that really was the most active. but we also have another area of storms in the south—east as well. here�*s the weather picture over the next few hours. there will be a few more downpours coming and going, one or two mist and fog patches forming as well. perhaps some more persistent and heavier rain setting in across some central and eastern area of scotland, and these are the kind

of temperatures you�*ll have to start the day heading into thursday. thursday is another day of sunshine and showers, broadly speaking, but i think we could see an area of persistent heavy rain affecting central and eastern areas of scotland and perhaps lasting through thursday into friday as well, bringing the risk of some localised flooding here, but otherwise, it�*s another day of showers. for many of you, there�*ll be quite a lot of showers, so most of you will see at least one or two, perhaps more than that through the course of the day, and by the afternoon, some of them, again, will be turning thundery in nature. the area of low pressure driving this lot will continue to bring showery weather across all parts of the uk through friday. again, some hefty downpours, but notice there is that zone of heavier, more persistent rain 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. beyond that, we�*ll take a look at the weather pattern into the weekend. that area of low pressure finally clears out of the way — good, it�*s been with us all week. we get this ridge of high pressurejust for a time

on saturday, but then we see more rain arriving from the west. so, saturday looks like a dry day for the vast majority. make the most of that because sunday sees a return of some heavy rain, particularly across western areas. now, one thing you might have noticed — i certainly have — recently is that it�*s been getting dark pretty quickly. at this time of the year, we�*re losing daylight at its fastest rate. that means in london, we�*re losing, well, nearly four minutes of daylight each and every day, but it gets worse the further north you go. in lerwick, we�*re losing nearly five and half minutes each and every day. that�*s the latest.

this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. i�*v e i�*ve concluded that it�*s time to end america�*s longest war, it is time for america�*s trips to come home. this it is time for america's trips to come home.— it is time for america's trips to come home. as forces leave afghanistan. — to come home. as forces leave afghanistan, the _ to come home. as forces leave afghanistan, the taliban - afghanistan, the taliban tightens its grip and a humanitarian crisis unfolds. everyone was desperately trying to find a way to get out of afghanistan because it was the only chance to stay alive.