live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. protests in russia and more than a thousand people arrested, after president putin orders the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of military reservists to fight in ukraine — and issued this threat to the west. if the territorial integrity of our country is threatened then to defend russia and are people we shall of course use all means at our disposal. i am course use all means at our disposal. iam not course use all means at our disposal. i am not bluffing. i am not bluffing. president biden and president

zelensky condemn the russian invasion at the un general assembly. the us leader says it's a shameless violation of the un charter. putin claims he had to act because russia was threatened. but no one threatened russia. and no one other than russia sought conflict. a crime has been committed against ukraine _ a crime has been committed against ukraine and we demand just punishment. the new york state's attorney general files a civil lawsuit against donald trump and three of his children for fraud. and a special report from china on the governments zero covid strategy.

we begin in russia where more than a thousand people have been arrested after taking part in protests against president putin's announced "partial mobilisation" of military reservists. up to three hundred thousand could be called up to fight in ukraine — the first mobilisation of civilians since world war two. russia has been losing ground in eastern ukraine in recent weeks. addressing the un general assembly, presidentjoe biden accused moscow of causing a "brutal, needless war". more on that in a moment. first, with the latest from moscow here is our russia editor, steve rosenberg. under pressure in ukraine, russia's president has chosen the path that is most familiar to him — escalation. translation: to defend our motherland, its sovereignty l

and territorial integrity, for the security of our people and on the liberated territories, it is necessary to support the proposal of the defence ministry and chief of general staff to announce a partial mobilisation of military reservists. seven months after invading ukraine, the kremlin is calling up 300,000 reservists to support what it still calls the "special military operation". and from russia's commander in chief, this threat to the west. translation: our country, too, has i different weapons of destruction. l in some cases, they are more modern than those of nato. if the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, then to defend russia and our people we shall, of course, use all means at our disposal. i am not bluffing.

so, why the threat, and why now? well, in a few days' time, the kremlin will try to annex a whole swathe of ukrainian territory. vladimir putin's sabre—rattling sends a message to ukraine and to the west — "don't attack. don't try to take those areas back. " as news of mobilization spread, there were reports that flights out of russia were selling out fast amid concern that men of fighting age would soon not be allowed to leave the country. "i'm worried this is just the start," sergei tells me, "and that there could be full mobilization." but margarita says, "if our leaders demand this, we must do our duty. i trust putin 100%." later, the president met his defence minister. they've decided on mobilisation because they're short of troops.

so short that in prison camps across russia, this mercenary chief, a close putin ally, has been recruiting inmates to fight in ukraine, promising them their freedom if they serve six months with his group, wagner, and survive. when vilena went to visit her husband in prison a few days ago, she was told the husband, a convicted murderer, wasn't there. translation: | said, - "what do you mean not here? he's been here 13 years, and suddenly he's gone? " they told me they had no more information. a few days later, he called me from a ukrainian number. i know for sure that my husband is in ukraine. even if he agreed to go there, he was sent illegally. sending convicts into combat is against the law. now vladimir putin will send

reservists to ukraine. but �*tonight, m must—5:3 , ,, , in willing — —— —— — staysitent'a'bout viadirnir putin his ff his president volodymyr zelensky of ukraine has addressed the united nations general assembly in new york. mr zelensky said russia deserved to be punished for stealing ukrainian territory and murdering civilians. a crime has been committed against you crane and we demand just punishment —— ukraine. the crime was committed against our state borders. the crime was committed against the lives of our people. the crime was committed against the dignity of our women and men. the crime was

committed against the values that make you and me a community of the united nations. in ukraine demands punishment for trying to steal our territory. punishment for the murders of thousands of people, punishment for torturers and humiliation of women and men. punishment for their catastrophic turbulence that russia provoked with its illegal war for them and turbulence that russia provoked with its illegal warfor them and not only for us ukrainians but for the whole world. for every nation that is in the hall of the un general assembly. and speaking on behalf of this team but is forced to defend itself but has the formula for peace. itself but has the formula for peace.

president biden too addressed world leaders today, accusing russia of violating the un charter with its invasion. the us president also accused mr putin of making irresponsible nuclear threats. this war is about extinguishing ukraine's— this war is about extinguishing ukraine's right to exist as a state, plain— ukraine's right to exist as a state, plain and — ukraine's right to exist as a state, plain and simple. and ukraine is right to— plain and simple. and ukraine is right to exist as a people whoever you are, _ right to exist as a people whoever you are, wherever you live, whatever you are, wherever you live, whatever you believe _ you are, wherever you live, whatever you believe that should make your blood _ you believe that should make your blood run — you believe that should make your blood run cold. i'm joined now by katar—juna zusk from the norwegian institute for defence studies, she's a russian military expert. great to get you on the program. what do you think it signals that president putin has now get this call to arms so to speak to mobilise 300,000 people in a war effort? i think there are political and military objectives that is impossible to identify. 0n the

political side won possible objective is to quiet down nationalists and the growing criticism in russia over the humiliating defeats in ukraine. the nationalists have been calling for mobilisation for some time so this may be a gesture towards their side, in their direction putin has been under a lot of pressure domestically. 0n the military side, the mobilisation can help to allow the mobilisation can help to allow the troops in ukraine to be rotated, to rest, to organise, which is badly neededin to rest, to organise, which is badly needed in the current russian army. how much time it will take to prepare this mobilise for us to go to the front? it depends on what kind of objectives they are to fill for the end if they are planning on performing simple missions like including logistics support, holding positions, it could take even months to send us a force to combat for them it is unlikely to be a force that would be willing to fight,

morale is likely to be quite low. just picking up on that. the idea of morale being low. we saw in the report that people are looking to even leave russia to avoid being conscripted into this force was of what is public opinion like they are now in terms of the war? i what is public opinion like they are now in terms of the war?— what is public opinion like they are now in terms of the war? i think the willingness. — now in terms of the war? i think the willingness, the fact _ now in terms of the war? i think the willingness, the fact that _ now in terms of the war? i think the willingness, the fact that people - willingness, the fact that people try to leave russia. we see willingness, the fact that people try to l( that russia. we see on willingness, the fact that people try to since trussia. we see on �* the shows war think these think these fooéezne— , , —— lines that they do understand why they ukraine. understand why they are in ukraine. the objective created by putin and his leadership are seen

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qualifying to genocide, actually mobilises ukraine. the ukraine is also unlikely to cause the west is to see russia is less of a threat. 0n the contrary. the bets are basically offers a putin risk direct war with nato, the united states and he knows this war he cannot win. the nuclear use also would not please country such as china and india which are important players. important partners to russia. 0n the contrary. the russian leaders, the leaders of these countries have decided now that they are not very pleased with that war. so russia would risk also backlash from a broader international community. i think also domestically it would likely even fuel the progress or could actually land also on russian

land. we cannot exclude that. i do not see how putin would gain from setting up to the nuclear level. thank you forjoining us on the program. and there's been one other development related to the war in ukraine. saudi arabia says russia has released ten prisoners of war captured in ukraine, following mediation by crown prince mohammed bin salman. five of them are british nationals. they've been flown to saudi arabia, where pictures of them arriving have been released. the british prime minister liz truss called the news "hugely welcome" and said their safe return ended "months of uncertainty and suffering for them and their families." she went on to thank ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky for his efforts to secure their release and for the saudi government's assistance with mediation. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.

wall street stocks fell sharply wednesday, as investors reacted to the federal reserve's latest rate hike. the dowjones industrial average and the s&p 500 both shed i.7%. earlier on wednesday, the fed announced it was raising its key rate by another three quarters of a percentage point to its highest level in ia years, and signalled more monetary tightening ahead as it combats inflation. several people have reportedly been killed in iran and authorities restricted access to the internet as protests continued for a fifth day over the death of a woman while in custody. mahsa amini was arrested by the morality police last week, accused of not wearing a headscarf. demonstrations have been reported in more than 50 cities, since the funeral with some women burning their headscarves and cutting their hair in public. the new york attorney general has announced she is suing former president donald trump, three of his children and his real estate business, the trump 0rganization.

letitia james said a three—year investigation showed that mr trump's business repeatedly used false statements to get banks to lend them money on favourable terms. 0ur north america correspondent nada tawfikjoins me now live from new york. great to get you on the program. the lawsuit alleges that the trump family lied by billions" about the value of real estate in order to get loans and pay less tax — what are we talking about here in money terms? the new york state attorney general said there alleged fraud benefited mr tromp and his family and the organisation to the tune of $250 million. how did they do it? she alleges they used federal tricks including using 200 falls misleading statements on financial documents. i'll give you one of the many examples you listed in this over 200

page civil complaint. behind me a strong tower here on fifth avenue in new york. allegedly, the former president said that his triplex hair was 30,000 square feet in size when in reality it was under 11,000 ft. 2. that meant he could say that the apartment was worth $327 million. and letitia james noted that no apartment has ever sold for that much in new york. she said the same thing happened in our loto at his golf estate. what she was saying to reporters is that this was blatant mischaracterisation this was not characterisation in good faith, this is clearly fraud. 0f characterisation in good faith, this is clearly fraud. of course president tromp, his family and his lawyers have all reacted saying this is absolutely not true and calling as a witchhunt.— is absolutely not true and calling as a witchhunt. they're calling it a witchhunt, — as a witchhunt. they're calling it a witchhunt, the _ as a witchhunt. they're calling it a witchhunt, the relationship - as a witchhunt. they're calling it a l witchhunt, the relationship between donald and leticia jones —— leticia james has never been a good one.

what does this mean in terms of his family? what does this mean in terms of his famil ? ~ . , what does this mean in terms of his famil ? ~ ., , , what does this mean in terms of his famil? ., ,, ~ family? what she is seeking if the court sides _ family? what she is seeking if the court sides with _ family? what she is seeking if the court sides with her _ family? what she is seeking if the court sides with her in _ family? what she is seeking if the court sides with her in the - family? what she is seeking if the court sides with her in the civil- court sides with her in the civil case is that president tromp and his kids will no longer be able to do business in new york. trump organisation will no longer be able to acquire real estate here for five years. and she was at $250 million that she said they netted return to the state. she also wants an independent board to monitor the tromp organisations financial statements in the future. i think it was up for about ten years. but crucially, what she is doing is going to have to do this on the civil side but she is recommending that prosecutors, the department of justice will get federal criminal charges stemming from this as you say, mrtromp charges stemming from this as you say, mr tromp has a long relationship of accusing the new

york state attorney general of being on a political witchhunt. she's a democrat that is up for reelection in november. but what she said in the press conferences that the whole investigation stemmed from when his personal former lawyer michael cohen in 2019 testified to congress and shed light on the alleged misconduct.— shed light on the alleged misconduct. ., ., ., , ~ ., misconduct. nada tawfik reporting on that story for — misconduct. nada tawfik reporting on that story for us. _ misconduct. nada tawfik reporting on that story for us. i'm _ misconduct. nada tawfik reporting on that story for us. i'm sure _ misconduct. nada tawfik reporting on that story for us. i'm sure you - misconduct. nada tawfik reporting on that story for us. i'm sure you will. that story for us. i'm sure you will be all across it is the latest twist and turns develop on that tale. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. as one of the greatest tennis players of all time — roger federer retires, he tells the bbc — he will stay involved in the sport. ben johnson, the fastest man on earth is flying home to canada in disgrace. all athletes should be clean going into the game.

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 plane than ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore, our headlines. in the weeks leading up

to china's communist party congress — which is due to usher in xijinping's historic third term in office, there is considerable pressure on the country's massive economy. beijing's zero—covid strategy is a big part of this — strict measures remain in place to return each outbreak of the virus to no new cases. the scheme has taken the pressure off the country's medical system, but it hasn't come without social and economic pain which is also bringing political risk. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell�*s report starts on the outskirts of beijing. this is one of china's biggest draw cards for both domestic and international tourers. but strict zero covid measures are crippling the industry with ongoing lockdown. ladies and gentlemen, please pay attention... find ladies and gentlemen, please pay attention---_ attention... and travelling to the ci or attention... and travelling to the city or anywhere _ attention... and travelling to the city or anywhere in _ attention... and travelling to the city or anywhere in the _ attention... and travelling to the city or anywhere in the country . city or anywhere in the country means risking becoming stranded if cases suddenly emerge in your phone app cases suddenly emerge in your phone app health code changes color. so on

arrival we have to scan a new local health code and then do a pcr test before we can even leave the station. ancient sites once packed with travellers are now only sparsely, littered with local tourers. fist sparsely, littered with local tourers. �* , f sparsely, littered with local tourers. . , j , tourers. at times, they've been em . tourers. at times, they've been empty- so _ tourers. at times, they've been empty- so far— tourers. at times, they've been empty. so far the _ tourers. at times, they've been empty. so far the best - tourers. at times, they've been i empty. so far the best preserved. there's been no work for specialist international tour guide. ila there's been no work for specialist international tour guide. no income. this is my lowest _ international tour guide. no income. this is my lowest point. _ international tour guide. no income. this is my lowest point. and - international tour guide. no income. this is my lowest point. and as - international tour guide. no income. this is my lowest point. and as a - this is my lowest point. and as a man i can't do anything. the muslim quarter dates _ man i can't do anything. the muslim quarter dates back _ man i can't do anything. the muslim quarter dates back to _ man i can't do anything. the muslim quarter dates back to the _ man i can't do anything. the muslim quarter dates back to the tang - quarter dates back to the tang genesee but these days you can see empty restaurants and businesses closed because of a lack of customers. this shopkeeper says she's barely holding on.

translation: ijust she's barely holding on. translation: i just started she's barely holding on. translation: ijust started my business and pay two years right the day before _ business and pay two years right the day before the pandemic closed us. chinese _ day before the pandemic closed us. chinese hospitals are not swamped with coronavirus patients but its policies are crushing the economy and isolating the country. if the government has a way out it's not revealing it. leaving a huge question over how this could end. we will be having lots more reports about the leadership congress, the chinese communist party and the lead up chinese communist party and the lead up to that event so do stay tuned right here on bbc news and all our bbc news platforms. right here on bbc news and all our bbc news platforms. the 20 time grand slam champion roger federer has told the bbc that he wants to stay involved with tennis in some shape or form after his retirement this week. the swiss player, who's considered

one of the greatest of all time, is leaving top level tennis after the laver cup in london. he's been speaking to sally nugent. roger federer, it's not long since you wrote the words, "tennis, i love you. i will never leave you. " you wrote those words down and released the news that you're retiring. are you ready to talk about that now? yes, i feel good. it's been an emotional few weeks to go through those words, make sure i've tried to get them right, that they reflect of how i'm feeling, and thanking all the people i wanted to thank along the way as it's been a very, very long journey, a good one, and i wish it would go on forever. now it's going to change and it's going to go on in a different manner. but i just wanted to let the fans and the people know who have supported me so long, for so long, for so many years and everywhere around the world that i will still be seen.

i love this game and i will want to stay involved in some shape or form. and i won't be just a ghost or a stranger and not be around anymore. it was definitely very special in many ways because when i came up, we didn't expect it either. you know, we were more on a bit of a downslope of, "0h, sampras retired, agassi retired. what's going to come next? " right? and well, here i came and then here came rafa. and then there was novak and then andy all together. and all of a sudden there was this beautiful mix of we were all winning for ten plus years, all the same tournaments. almost nobody else could win anything else. it was like a lock on the big tournaments. and that was, it must have been quite frustrating for a lot of the players, you know, to be honest. but for us it was a challenge of our life trying to figure it out. how can i play against all these certain different playing styles and we all play very different? so i think also for the fans it's been a joy to watch and i'm sure

some fans will be sad i'm leaving, of course, but then again, there will always be wonderful new people. and the question is, can they fill the void of the personalities? because it's also very much built on personalities and storytelling, i think, in our sport, you know. but i think our tour allows for incredible storytelling. so that's why i know the game is very safe and i'm sure we'll see incredible new superstars. one last question, and it's a really important one. what's next? i always try to keep a clean slate, you know, for when i retire, because i do have four children and they're amazing and they need my help. and my wife, too, she's always been by my side throughout. and then we'll see how i can stay in the game, you know, in what way. obviously, i would love to always mentor children and get a new swiss superstar going. i think it'll be a nice time to reflect and and look forward. ijust want i just want to quote from one of things roger federer said talking to bbc sport, we don't need all the

records to be happy. i can tell you that for the words to live by. thanks forjoining us. hello there. the weather is going to be changing through the rest of this week. but on wednesday, temperatures reached 22 degrees in surrey. but also in the northeast of scotland where we had some sunshine for a while. towards the northwest of scotland, things are rather different and looming large really on the satellite picture is this broad band of cloud that is heading down from the northwest. it's due to a weather front, of course, and that front is notjust bringing cloud but his band of rain. that wetter weather is pushing further into scotland and northern ireland. and that weather front will take the rain south eastwards over the next couple of days, pushing away the warmer air ahead of it and replacing things with more

of a northwesterly breeze and bring cooler conditions following the rain. but the rain is still falling early on thursday morning in scotland and northern ireland. heavy in places, that rain willjust trickle down in northern england and will get wetter here during the day, especially in the northwest of england. some rain in the afternoon heading into wales, but ahead of the rain, midlands, much of southern and eastern england will be dry, some spells of sunshine and still quite warm air. so, we could make 22 degrees again in the southeast. but following the band of rain, whilst we'll get some sunshine in scotland and northern ireland, and the winds will be quite light and it's cooler air so temperatures will be typically 15 or 16 degrees. that band of rain still initially rather heavy in places would just trickle down into the midlands and head towards the southeast by friday morning. we will have clear skies following in the court is whether on friday morning will be across the northern half of the uk in which milder for the software we have the rain. of the uk in which milderfurther south where we have the rain.

frederick you look a little different across east anglia in the southeast with more cloud, some rain at times and some of weather likely to be here across kent and sussex. away from here some spousal sunshine, scattering of some light showers, mainly because scotland and northern ireland but temperatures are typically going to be around 17 degrees on friday to end the week. let's head into the weekend and we could still see some rain not far away from the far southeast of england, high pressure trying to build in from the atlantic but this is going to be at the end of the weekend, when weather beginning to arrive. but for much of the weekend, it's going to be but rather cool to see some sunshine from time to time. goodbye.

this is bbc news, the headlines president biden has urged the world to come together to oppose russia's invasion of ukraine and vladimir putin's veiled threat to use nuclear weapons. he told the un general assembly that the russian leader wanted to extinguish ukraine's right to exist. earlier, vladimir putin ordered the call—up of three— hundred— thousand reservists. he said this was necessary to protect russian territory — including occupied areas that moscow is preparing to annex. citizens of the united states, britain, sweden, croatia and

morocco. the attorney general of new york state is suing donald