welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. protests in russia and more than a thousand people arrested after president putin orders the mobilisation 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 and to defend russia and are people we shall of course use all means at our disposal. i am not bluffing. president bidenand 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 _ sought conflict. a crime has been committed against - sought conflict. a crime has - been committed against ukraine and we — 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 we have a special report from xian in china on the government's zero covid strategy. we begin in russia where

a human rights group says one thousand three hundred people have been arrested after taking part in protests against president putin's announced "partial mobilisation" of military reservists. up to three hundred thousand russians 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 mobilization 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 different _ weapons of destruction. 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 have decided on mobilization because they are 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 has 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 the kremlin will be sending reservists to ukraine. but in moscow tonight, a protest against mobilization.

hundreds have been detained across the country. not everyone in russia is willing to stay silent about vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine and his war with the west. steve rosenberg, bbc news. 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 ukraine and we demand just punishment. the crime was committed against our state borders. 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. and 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 not only for us ukrainians but for the whole world. 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. president biden addressed world leaders, 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 right to exist as a state, plain and simple. and ukraine's right to exist as a people whoever you are, wherever you live, whatever you believe that should make your blood run cold. russian military expert katarjuna zusk of the norwegian institute for defence studies said putin's announcement shows the cracks in domestic support for his war. i think there are political and military objectives that is put to both of them to fight on the political side won possible is objective is to quiet down nationalists and the growing criticism in russia over the humiliating defeat in ukraine. the nationalists have been

calling for a mobilisation for some time on this may be, gesture towards their side, in their direction. putin has been under a lot of pressure domestically. 0n the military side, though mobilisation can help to allow the troops in ukraine to be rotated, to rest, to organise, which is badly neededin to organise, which is badly needed in the current russian army. how much time it will take to prepare this mobilised for us to go to the front? it depends on what kind of objectives there are and if they are planning on simple missions including logistics, support, hold exhibits two positions. it could take months to be combat ready. and likely morale is to be quite low. just ickin: morale is to be quite low. just picking up _ morale is to be quite low. just picking up on _ morale is to be quite low. just picking up on that, this idea of morale being low. we saw in the report that people are looking to leave russia to

avoid being effectively conscripted into this for us. what is public opinion like they are now in terms of the war? i they are now in terms of the war? ~ , , war? i think the willingness, the fact that _ war? i think the willingness, the fact that people - war? i think the willingness, the fact that people try - war? i think the willingness, the fact that people try to i the fact that people try to leave russia and we see protests that we haven't seen on this scale since the beginning, almost the beginning of the war. shows that the war is not necessarily very popular in russia. and the objectives of this war are very hard to understand. i think there is also concern the soldiers, we have many accounts of russian soldiers on the front line they basically don't understand why they are in ukraine. the objective created by putin and his leadership are basically seen as paul's for the people just do not understand it. i think this undermines the morale of the troops and it can potentially fuel the purpose in —— protest in russia against this war as we are seeing right

now. i this war as we are seeing right now. ., ., , a , this war as we are seeing right now. ., ., , ,., now. i want to pick up on something _ now. i want to pick up on something president - now. i want to pick up on | something president putin now. i want to pick up on - something president putin has been saying about nuclear threat. the nuclear warning how seriously should we take these statements? i seriously should we take these statements?— statements? i think at this oint statements? i think at this point nobody _ statements? i think at this point nobody can - statements? i think at this point nobody can really - statements? i think at this - point nobody can really exclude a potential escalation to a nuclear level. however in my view, putin can gain more from intimidation. and using these weapons as a cursive tool that using these weapons. because any use of nuclear weapons is likely to lead to ukrainian resistance. we have seen the way they fight in ukraine, the torture, even qualified to genocide during that genocide it actually mobilises ukraine. the unlikely to cause the west to see russia as a less of a threat, on the contrary. the

bats are basically off. and putin risk direct war with nato, the united states and he knows that this work he cannot win. the nuclear use also would not please in my view countries like china and india which are important players, important partners to russia. 0n the contrary, the russian, sorry, the leaders of these countries already decided they are not very pleased with that war. so russia would risk also a backlash from a broader international community. i think also domestically it would likely even fuel the protest depending on the wind direction, that radioactive matter could land on the russian land. we cannot exclude that. but at this point i do not see how putin would gain from stepping up the war, up to the nuclear level.

the australian football league is investigating claims aboriginal players at one of its most successful clubs were bullied by senior coaching staff. hawthorn football club players were reportedly isolated from family, told to leave their partners and one alleges he was ordered to end a pregnancy. one of the coaches implicated has taken leave as the league investigates the "disturbing" claims. for more on that, i'm joined now by our correspondent in sydney, shaimaa khalil. she's been following the story for us. very serious allegations indeed being made here. what do we know so far from what's been revealed? the revelations _ from what's been revealed? iie: revelations essentially from what's been revealed? "iie: revelations essentially about indigenous players claiming that as you say, bullied by coaching staff but also essentially forced to choose between their families and their careers. this was... the allegations came in to review into the club into the

treatment of indigenous people. it was published by the national broadcaster abc. they spoke to three unnamed first nation players and one of them claimed that he was told by coaching staff to end a pregnancy, his partner was pregnant and he was told to get rid of the pregnancy and end the relationship with his partner. a similar claim of a separation of a couple as well. another claimed that he was essentially manipulated to cut ties with his family. coaching staff told to get rid of a sim card so there would be no contact between him and his family. and all so of the mental health as this was happening. these were players that were with the club between 2005 and 2021. we heard from the club ceo who said this was heartbreaking. he insisted that

the current players are culturally safe but also said he backed an independent investigation into all of this. what's the reaction been to this? ., .., ., what's the reaction been to this? ., ., ., this? you can imagine the anger of course across _ this? you can imagine the anger of course across the _ this? you can imagine the anger of course across the board - this? you can imagine the anger of course across the board but i of course across the board but especially among the first nations, australian aboriginal community. this would be very triggering for many people who read this, allegations of family separations, that's a very painful trigger to a very painful past. there was also a reaction from the afl chief executive who said this report made for challenging, harrowing and disturbing read. and he called for in independent investigation. there was also a commentary piece by abc indigenous affairs and she called it a dark day for the afl. �* , . ., , ,.,

afl. and d. our correspondent in sydney- _ afl. and d. our correspondent in sydney. thank _ afl. and d. our correspondent in sydney. thank you _ afl. and d. our correspondent in sydney. thank you for - in sydney. thank you for keeping us up—to—date on that story. 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. the new york state attorney general says this alleged fraud benefited mr trump and his families and the organisation to the tune of $250 million how did they do it? she alleges that they use several tricks including using 200 falls misleading statements on financial documents. i'll give you one of the many and is over 200 page civil complaint. behind me is trump tower here on fifth avenue in new york for

president, the former president said that his triplex it was 30,000 square feet in size when in reality it was under 11,000 square feet. that meant he could say 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 mara lago at his golf estate. what she was saying to reporters was this was blatant mischaracterisation, this was a mischaracterisation, this was a mischaracterisation in good faith. she said this was clearly fraud. 0f faith. she said this was clearly fraud. of course president trump, his family and lawyers have all react to say this is actually not true in calling this a witchhunt. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... china continues with its hardline anti—covid strategy.

we'll report from the city of xi'an. ben johnson, the fastest man on earth is flying home to canada in disgrace. all athletes should be clean going into the game. 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. i all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened presumably in case americans invaded. 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 judgment in australia. the concorde would pass the atlantic faster than any plane than ever before, breaking the record by six minutes.

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore, our headlines. hundreds of protesters have been arrested in russia after president putin ordered a partial mobilisation to raise more soldiers to fight in ukraine. russia's invasion is condemned at the un general assembly — president biden says it's a shameless violation of the un charter. let's turn away from that top story now and take you to south—east asia, where a recent study has found that some coastal cities in the region are sinking the fastest globally, which could lead to imminent sea—level rises and flooding. the study was done by singapore's nanyang technological university, in collaboration with the university of new mexico and nasa'sjet propulsion lab. for more on this, i am now joined by professor benjamin horton in singapore. he is director of the earth observatory of singapore —

and co author of the report alongside phd student cheryl tay. great to get you on the programme. great to get you on the programme. which are the worst hit countries in southeast asia and give a sense of the scale of how much they're sinking? this study is a landmark study because for the first time we are able to provide accurate rates of whether a city sinks or uplifts. we look at the 50 largest cities in the world. when we look at the analysis of those 50 largest cities the majority of the fastest sinking cities are here in asia and are actually concentrating in south—east asia. cities such as ho chi minh city orjakarta, manila, bangkok, all of these large populations have areas that are sinking fast. regarding their grades, go will believe spatial they can vary

between sinking at around 16 mm per year to uplifting to around one mm per year. per year to uplifting to around one mm peryear. if per year to uplifting to around one mm per year. if we want to put that into context regarding climate change, our oceans are rising at somewhere between three and four mm per year. you can have cities that are sinking four times fast is that. creating sea level hotspots. that. creating sea level hotsoots-_ that. creating sea level hotsots. ., , ., hotspots. what does this mean an actual time _ hotspots. what does this mean an actualtime lag? _ hotspots. what does this mean an actualtime lag? what- hotspots. what does this mean an actual time lag? what are l hotspots. what does this mean | an actual time lag? what are we looking at years, decades away from the cities being underwater?- from the cities being underwater? , ., ., ., underwater? this data from the -a er underwater? this data from the paper provides _ underwater? this data from the paper provides what _ underwater? this data from the paper provides what i _ underwater? this data from the paper provides what i would - underwater? this data from the j paper provides what i would say is the third side of the triangle that any city needs to know to prepare for sea level rise. the governmental panel on climate change concentrated on what topic to the oceans. if you warm up ocean temperatures they occupy greater volumes and

sea level goes up. the second aspect is to look at what's happening to the land—based ice on our planet. icecaps, ice sheets and glaciers for the warm atmosphere and quotient temperature at this melting sea level goes up. but for any city to accurately plan and prepare for sea level rise you need the third side. you need to know with the land is for the if you are armed with the information of what the oceans are doing, what the land is doing and what theiceis what the land is doing and what the ice is doing you can prepare for sea level rise. and importantly in this report, not only do we provide the average rates of land substance for a city such as jakarta, we can identify which suburbs are at threat. therefore government money or policymakers can more rapidly.... i money or policymakers can more rapidly- - - -— rapidly. . .. i see. thank you so much for _ rapidly. . .. i see. thank you so much forjoining _ rapidly. . .. i see. thank you so much forjoining us _ on the programme. 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. 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 tourists. but strict zero covid measures are crippling the industry with ongoing lockdown. ladies and gentlemen, please pay attention... and travelling to the city or anywhere in the country means risking becoming stranded if cases suddenly emerge and your phone app health code changes colour. 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 covered with local tourers. at times, they've been empty. so far the best preserved. there's been no work for specialist international tour guide. no income. this is my lowest point. and as a man i can't do anything. the muslim quarter dates back to the tang genesee but these ——dynasty 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 started my business and pay two years -

rent the 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 mark over how this could end. wa nt less want less story to bring you before we go. the fact that the popular indian comedian has died at age 58. he was being treated at a hospital in the capital of delhi after suffering a heart attack in august the indian prime minister led the tributes following the news of the comedians death saying that he brightened our lives with laughter, humourand laughter, humour and positivity. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. thank you so much forjoining us. lots more on the bbc

website on all the main stories we've covered today. thank you for watching. 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 will just 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 further 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 friday could 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 dry but rather cool to see some sunshine from time to time. goodbye.