welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: as the future of ukraine hangs in the balance, the un secretary general warns of a winter of discontent. exhuming the dead. we report from one city in eastern ukraine where the bodies of civilians are being dug up. further protests across iran over the death in custody of a young woman accused of breaking the islamic dress code. and a hollywood comeback. the golden globes return to television screens after being dropped due to a lack of diversity. live from our studio in singapore,

this is bbc news — it's newsday. it's 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 8:00pm in new york, where world leaders are taking part in a un meeting which is already being dominated by ukraine. russia's invasion was always going to be at the top of the agenda, but events on tuesday have brought the war into even sharper focus. officials in russian controlled areas in the east and south of ukraine have announced snap referendums onjoining russia. it appears to be part of a push by moscow to accelerate their annexation, in response to serious setbacks on the battlefield. in areas newly liberated by ukrainians forces, disturbing accounts of torture by russian soldiers are continuing to emerge. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports now from the city of izyum. i want to warn you — orla's report contains some

distressing testimony. in the centre of izyum, the heart of darkness. ukrainian investigators say the russians turned this police station into a torture chamber. we were taken down to the cells in the basement. our escort checking carefully every step of the way, in case the enemy left any booby—traps. you can just imagine the fear people must have felt when they were brought into these cells. on the walls, someone has scratched a date and it looks like the 22nd ofjune of this year. the conditions are squalid and there is just thin mattresses, no glass in the windows.

people were kept here without light or heat and accounts are still emerging from those who say they were tortured here. we met one of them at the city's main hospital which somehow is functioning. mihilo has been treated here for his injuries. he is a pensioner aged 67, but that did not stop the russians. he says they held him down and broke his arm. they suspected him of sabotage. "they tortured me for 12 days," he says. "i was taken from there half dead three hours "before our forces arrived. "they tortured me with an electric current. "they gave me shocks in my fingers. "how they burned.

"they put needles into my back. "they were long and they put them under my skin. "here and here, inside." and across town, at the former russian command centre, a grim discovery. we are told there's blood on this axe. the chief investigator says he doesn't know whose. then, suddenly, panic. distant whistle shouting "get to the basement," he says. police running for cover after what sounded like incoming fire. but this time, there was no explosion. in the forest at the city's edge they are still exhuming the dead. more than 160 so far,

mostly civilians. officials say some had their hands tied and bore signs of torture. 0laina arrives with her husband yuri. they have come to look for her father. she's caught between hope and dread. her father was last heard from on the front lines in april. "we know families who were in the same situation "as we are now," says yuri. "but they have found remains. "they were happy to at least have a body to bury." in the countryside near izyum ukrainian forces are still on the move.

having swept forwards so fast, they have to secure their gains and plug any gaps. inside the broken city, food is in short supply. she leaves with a handful. there is no power, no running water, just war�*s long shadow. dasha cradles her son tim but can't soothe all his fears. "we are scared," she says. "we don't know if it will be safe over the longer term. "we're on thin ice. "military actions are still going on. "victory isn't certain."

she says she's praying for peace, for a brighterfuture for ukraine's children, who have already suffered too much. 0rla guerin, bbc news, izyum. that's the picture in ukraine. meanwhile, there's been strong international condemnation of the so—called referendums planned in russian—controlled areas of the country. so just what is vladimir putin trying to achieve with the referendums in eastern ukraine? here's our russia editor steve rosenberg. well, when i first heard about these referendums today the first thing that came to mind when i've heard about the referendums was what vladimir putin said on 2a february when he was announcing the invasion of ukraine. he said it is not our plan to occupy ukrainian territory. well, that didn't age well. because, basically, the so—called referendums in russian occupied areas of

ukraine, they are a vehicle to allow moscow to annex another chunk of ukrainian territory. and it's been done very quickly, in a hurry, very fast stop i think because of the ukrainian counteroffensive that we've seen in recent days, which has been pretty successful in reclaiming some occupied land. now, these referendums, i think, occupied land. now, these referendums, ithink, raise occupied land. now, these referendums, i think, raise the stakes. moscow is raising the stakes. moscow is raising the stakes with them. and i've predict that once these areas miraculously declared that they want to be part of russia what we will see is russia saying to ukraine "if you try to get these areas back, you will be attacking what we now consider to be russia." with big consequences. steve rosenberg reporting on that story for us. to iran now, where three people have died in protests which have followed the death in custody of a woman who was arrested by the morality police.

the authorities say the woman died of natural causes, but her family says she was attacked by the police. bbc persian�*s rana rahimpour has this report. a warning, you may find some of the images distressing. women in iran set their headscarves on fire in fury. they are tired of the morality police beating them up and the islamic republic leaders who police their every move. their protest is sparked by the death of this woman. her name is masoe in many. she wasjust 22. she was arrested by the morality police in tehran earlier this month. they said she wasn't wearing the mandatory he job or headscarf properly. the securities of forces have released the cc footage of her in detention. it's heavily edited. suddenly, she collapses. the authorities say she had a heart condition. but eyewitnesses say she was

beaten up in the police van. she is taken to hospital and ends up in a coma. a few days later she is dead. "look, we've got nothing but we made them run away!"

elsewhere in the world, hurricane fiona has caused destruction across the caribbean since the weekend, slamming into puerto rico, the dominican republic and the turks and caicos islands. at least three people have been killed. couple of days. wendy urquhart reports. flash floods and super strong winds battered puerto rico on sunday put up the surge of water so powerful it dislodged an entire bridge sending it floating down the river. on monday, the devastation was clear, fields were completely destroyed, boats and debris washed ashore. on tuesday, more than 3.3 million puerto rican residents still had no power and very little water. presidentjoe biden has declared a state of emergency on the island.

the category one hurricane gathered strength before making landfall in the dominican republic. it swept across the island packing winds of up to hundred and 84 km, ripping up crops and tearing the rootstock buildings. several rivers burst their banks in the streets are littered with fallen trees, and debris. translation: our house was hit and everything was damaged. - today we set all of our things outside to dry but what we need is water. translation: it's a disaster, we lost everything and - everything got wet. we lost our home. lam ruined. volunteers are already packing food bags which will be shipped to the worst affected areas, at least seven have been declared disaster zones. fiona has left a trail

of destruction in its wake and is now heading for barbados and bermuda. residents are strongly advised to put away patio furniture, trim tree branches, and prepare emergency kits with 72 hours' worth of essentials in case the electricity supply goes down. the national hurricane center is warning that hurricane fiona will gather even more strength in the next couple of days to become a category four storm. and this storm surge could raise large blueback water levels by more than two metres. wendy urquhart, bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. rescue teams injapan are warning of the danger of mudslides, following continued heavy rain brought by typhoon nanmadol. at least four people have been killed by what has been described as one of the most powerful storms to hit japan for several decades. hundreds of thousands of homes are without power. 14 dead whales have been discovered on a beach in tasmania, australia. they were all young

male sperm whales. to investigate, but experts say strandings are not uncommon in the area. england's first tour of pakistan for 17 years has got off to a winning start. they won the opening match of the t20 series by six wickets. england haven't toured the country for so long because of securtity concerns following the attack on sri lanka's team in 2009. if you want to get in touch, i am on twitter. i would love to hear from you. am on twitter. i would love to hearfrom you. do am on twitter. i would love to hear from you. do send am on twitter. i would love to hearfrom you. do send in am on twitter. i would love to hear from you. do send in your thoughts. you are watching you stay on the bbc. still to come — the inquest into the death of a british teenager who took her own life.

benjohnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all the athletes should be clean going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people . were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burnt down by serbian _ soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world, and so the british government has no option but to continue this action even after any adverse judgement in australia. concorde have crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes.

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines: as the future of ukraine hangs in the balance, the un secretary—general warns of a winter of discontent. further protests across iran over the death in custody of a young woman accused of breaking the islamic dress code. as we've been saying, world leaders are meeting in new york at the un general assembly, where the new filipino president, ferdinand �*bongbong' marcoer has said that climate change is the greatest threat affecting our nations and our peoples. earlier, we spoke to a senior lecturer in international affairs at the university of the philippines and i asked him what the president's message was to the community. this is definitely about his

diplomatic debut, the return to the international stage, it was very much about marcos the international stage, it was very much about marcoer projecting statesmanship, in fact global leadership. if you look at his speech, he practically talks about everything that the international community is worried about — climate change, the effects of rapid technological disruption, international security and peace and the philippines contribution, along those lines. he doesn't talk about any controversial issues including controversial issues attached to his family, you know, the human rights record of the marcoss, the corruption, none of these things are mentioned in these beaches. today marks the 50th year, the anniversary of the establishment of martial law and the dictatorship, and a lot of those systems are still

alive today.— of those systems are still alive today. richard, as you oint alive today. richard, as you point out — alive today. richard, as you point out he _ alive today. richard, as you point out he is _ alive today. richard, as you point out he is obviously . point out he is obviously trying to separate himself from the rule of his father but at the rule of his father but at the same time he is trying to find some accommodation in the west, if you will. do you think you will get that kind of response is looking for? after the years _ response is looking for? after the years of _ response is looking for? after the years of president - response is looking for? —fte: the years of president duterte des who lambasted the west, refused to visit the united states or any other us capitol for six years i think there is a sigh of relief in washington, and a lot of the washington capital that we finally have a leader in the philippines willing to visit the west, wooing the west, the other day marcos jr was wooing the west, the other day marcoer was in charge of the closing — bringing the closing bell at the new york stock exchange, he has been unwilling investors in the west, trying to set up a meeting with perhaps the white house sometime next year, so, yes,

marcos has baggage but after the presidency of the third day he is being welcomed as a breath of fresh air for that matter, as ironic as it sounds. —— mcadoo. matter, as ironic as it sounds. -- mcadam— -- mcadoo. irony is the right word. briefly, _ -- mcadoo. irony is the right word. briefly, before - -- mcadoo. irony is the right word. briefly, before we let i word. briefly, before we let you go, how important is the role of the philippines when it comes to usi open china relations?— comes to usi open china relations? , ., relations? very important, the philippines— relations? very important, the philippines on _ relations? very important, the philippines on the _ relations? very important, the philippines on the frontline - relations? very important, the philippines on the frontline in | philippines on the frontline in the competition of these two superpowers. not only is the element of the south china sea important because there is a major of state where the us and china are competing for influence and access but also taiwan, the philippines are separated by taiwan by a very narrow strait, so should they be conflict, the philippines would be at the frontline. in many ways, the philippines is a frontline state as far as the us—china cold war is concerned. marcos jr knows that very well and is leveraging that. that

marcos jr knows that very well and is leveraging that.- and is leveraging that. that is and is leveraging that. that is a senior lecturer _ and is leveraging that. that is a senior lecturer in _ a senior lecturer in international affairs at the university of the philippines speaking to us earlier. the role of tech companies and their influence on children, is in focus in the uk, as the actions of internet firms is being examined at the inquest into the death of the teenager molly russell. charities and campaigners have warned families are paying a price in tech companies ensuring that devices are safe. 14 year old molly russell killed herself in 2017, after viewing material about self harm, suicide and depression on instagram. now her grieving parents are taking on social media companies they believe are at fault for not doing more to prevent this. our correspondent angus crawford has been at the hearing in north london. a family wanting answers — why did molly die, and what part did social media play? ahead of them, two weeks in court, hundreds of pages of evidence containing many thousands of images, some too distressing to broadcast.

a bright, apparently happy teenager, molly was just 14 when she took her own life. going through her social media accounts, herfather, ian, discovered she was being bombarded with content about suicide, depression and self—harm, on instagram, pinterest and other apps. this is an inquest. no—one's on trial. the aim — to find out why a child ended her own life. but, for the first time, executives from two social media companies will have to give evidence under oath about what they do to protect their young users online. it contained some material that i'm sure is going to be very upsetting. ahead of them, a forensic look into molly's use of social media. ian, with his legal team, have already seen much of that evidence — files full of it. there was just no let—up for molly. this is relentless. i remember my disbelief when i saw

my lifeless youngest daughter. over the years, ian has become a high—profile campaigner for internet safety... the corporate culture at these platforms needs to change... ..addressing mps... we need to be proactive rather than reactive. ..even meeting prince william, hoping that his campaigning and what the coroner decides here will make social media a safer place for all young users. this is both an intensely private moment for the family, hoping to find answers, but also a very public inquiry into the impact of social media on young minds. and with the online safety bill making its way through parliament, it's sure that this inquest will be closely watched at westminster and in silicon valley. angus crawford reporting now. before — angus crawford reporting now. before we go, i want to tell you —

before we go, i want to tell you about one of hollywood's they— you about one of hollywood's they must award ceremonies, the golden_ they must award ceremonies, the golden globe set to return to television screens in 2023. the — television screens in 2023. the event was dropped by the broadcaster nbc last year after controversy over a lack of diversity amongst voters, amongst other issues. dozens of new voters have since been admitted to the hollywood foreign press association which chooses the winners. earlier i spoke to our north american correspondent peter bowes and askedif correspondent peter bowes and asked if they have gone far enough. asked if they have gone far enou:h. ., ., , , enough. the organisers, the hollywood — enough. the organisers, the hollywood foreign _ enough. the organisers, the hollywood foreign press - hollywood foreign press association says it has changed and it has been a very rough ride over the last 18 months for that organisation after a really blistering article in the los angeles times that revealed some of these lapses, the most controversial finding of course was that none of its 87 members was black, and this comes at a time of heightened awareness of the importance of

racial diversity in at the era of black lives matter. here is one of the most prominent hollywood organisations are apparently oblivious to the importance of racial diversity. it says it has changed, taken on new members, six of whom are black, six out of 20, more than 100 additional voters outside the organisation, so nbc as you say have decided to stream the show again next year but it remains to be seen whether the labs will be embraced by hollywood, the stars and publicists who boycotted it earlier this year when it went ahead, but there were no audience, celebrities, no television audiences, it was a very low—key abound. this television audiences, it was a very low-key abound.- very low-key abound. as you oint very low-key abound. as you point out. — very low-key abound. as you point out. so _ very low-key abound. as you point out, so much _ very low-key abound. as you point out, so much criticism | very low-key abound. as you i point out, so much criticism at the time, what has been a reaction to some of the publicised changes we are now seeing from the association? there has been a cautious reaction but it is fair to say that hollywood to a large

extent is holding its breath, to has been reported in terms of those changes. however it actually pans out in reality, what sort of new organisation this is. there is a new test as well, a new owner of the rights to the golden globes, who is the billionaire owner of the chelsea football club in the uk. ., , uk. that was peter bowes speaking _ uk. that was peter bowes speaking to _ uk. that was peter bowes speaking to me _ uk. that was peter bowes speaking to me a - uk. that was peter bowes speaking to me a little - speaking to me a little earlier. a reminder of our news before we go. ukraine and its allies have announced plans by russia's proxy authority to state referendums on russia. we can show you the scenes and fact in the ukraine foreign ministry which called the vote another attempt by russia to legitimise its wall of oppression, zaporizhzhia has announced that voting would

start friday. we'll set to bring updates on that story when we get them. we can cross live to the un gaa in new york where the japanese prime minister has been speaking on this as well. thank you for watching. first major hurricane ida with wind gusting over 130 mph, getting close to bermuda thursday, friday. it could maintain the hurricane status as it slams into canada, aidan and abetted by warmer sea waters in the north atlantic, and instead of spending towards as it could be towards the arctic, very warm air. back to our shores, cool conditions. milder with south—westerly winds developing ahead of this weather front. winds developing ahead of this weatherfront. it does mean it is going to take a few days before that warm air gets in because it will be actually start to wednesday, six degrees

across south—eastern areas, mist and fog. mild it was the northern west, breeze ana clara, apra suffering. orkney, shetland, some outbreaks of rain developing and. northern ireland, dampen the day. isolated showers for scotland, northern england. most of the uk a dry day. glad through eastern england. sunny spells elsewhere into the afternoon. the best is around the coast, warmer in recent days. temperatures up a degree. winds, gale force across the western isles. strengthening across scotland and northern ireland into wednesday night. into thursday, outbreaks of rain developing widely, arena shadow so not my dream towards the north—east of scotland. some ran into cumbria and the isle of man. 12—40 degrees, fresher further south. the odd mist and fog patch, a dry and

friday. outbreaks of rain through northwest england and wales, staying that way in the south east of scotland. north—western part of scotland and the rest of northern ireland should feel fresher later on, to the south—east of the rain band which will be into west wales by thursday, it will be another reasonably wild if not one day, 2122. milder air squeezed out. slow and erratic towards the south his corridor into friday, bringing rain to cardiff and london, shoring up the capital city forecast. fresheragain shoring up the capital city forecast. fresher again for many places, dry.

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