welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines — the russians fleeing their country to avoid president putin's partial mobilisation of military reservists to fight in ukraine. translation: when i refused to take the call-up papers, - an official said, "suit yourself, but you'll be sent "to prison for ten years". back in ukrainian hands but still under russian attack, we report from the city of kupiansk. unrest spreads across iran sparked by the death of a woman detained by the �*morality police'. her father says they lied about how she died.

translation: i asked why they did not transfer her to the hospital and they said the ambulance's he was lost for 20 minutes and they could not find it. can you believe this? and anger over violence against women in south korea after a shocking murder highlights the country's weak stalking laws. voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, - this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in russia, where many of its citizens are trying to escape the military mobilisation announced by vladimir putin yesterday by leaving the country. tickets for direct flights between russia and serbia have sold out. president putin's order to mobilise 300,000 russian reservists to fight in ukraine led to protests yesterday, at which more than 1,000 people were reportedly arrested. 0ur russia editor steve

rosenberg reports from moscow. called up by the kremlin, they set off for ukraine. russian reservists now part of vladimir putin's war. there were scenes like these across russia. a sense of shock at the first mobilisation here since world war ii, and apprehension at what lies ahead. child cries. "daddy," cries a child, as another group departs. but there was anger, too, outside a recruitment office. the protester says, world war ii was a real war, but this one is just politics. protesting in russia can be dangerous. mikhail was detained at an anti—mobilisation protest in moscow. he says that down at the station, police tried to give him call—up papers.

translation: when i refused to take the call-up papers, - an official said, "suit yourself, but you'll be sent "to prison for ten years". she said it was against the law to refuse the draft. the public�*s being told the motherland is in danger. the message from the russian authorities to the russian people is we had to call up the reservists. the west is trying to destroy us. nato is waging a war against us. this is a fight for russia's future. but some russians have now concluded that for them there is no future here. at russia's border with georgia, the queue of cars was unusually long as some russian men of fighting age tried to leave the country. i heard some speeches... viktor has decided to leave russia because of the call—up.

�*viktor�* is not his real name — he's asked us to hide his identity. there is a choice — for example, you go and you kill innocent people, or you go to jail. i decided i don't want to make this choice. i'm better to live my life somehow, i don't know, from abroad. up until now, many russians have tried to block out what's happening in ukraine and get on with their lives. the call—up of hundreds of thousands of reservists has changed that. reality is starting to hit home. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. that's the picture in russia. meanwhile, russia's conduct in ukraine has been strongly condemned at a special meeting of the un security council. the american secretary of state antony blinken said president putin had shown contempt for international law and the world must not let him get away with it. his comments came as

the ukrainian military continues to make gains in the east of the country. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports now from the newly liberated city of kupiansk. this is kupiansk. ukraine calls it liberated territory. during our visit with an army escort, does not sound that way. (explosions in distance). every few minutes, or selling. and it is soon very clear that war is not far away. is soon very clear that war is not faraway. explosions. is soon very clear that war is not far away. explosions. come on, come not far away. explosions. come on. come on. _ not far away. explosions. come on, come on, come _ not far away. explosions. come on, come on, come on. _ on, come on, come on. explosions. we havejust had to run and take cover in a building. there has been what sounded like heavy incoming fire. it's pretty clear that the russians are continuing to

target kupiansk, even though they have been pushed out. dangerous. understood. understood. they want us away from the glass. fix, understood. they want us away from the glass.— from the glass. a few minutes auo, we from the glass. a few minutes ago. we heard _ from the glass. a few minutes ago, we heard there _ from the glass. a few minutes ago, we heard there is - from the glass. a few minutes ago, we heard there is a - ago, we heard there is a russian helicopter doing some shelling and it was there by us, so we need to go to save your life and going from there. is this happening a lot in kupiansk? a lot of attacks? yes, yes. every day, kupiansk under russian shelling is and russian artillery. quickly, quickly. russian artillery. quickly, cuickl . ., ~ ., ., ., . , quickly. now, ukrainian forces are back. _ quickly. now, ukrainian forces are back, looking _ quickly. now, ukrainian forces are back, looking for- quickly. now, ukrainian forces are back, looking for signs - quickly. now, ukrainian forces are back, looking for signs of. are back, looking for signs of life. they are few and far between. the russians brought destruction here but some do not have a bad word to say about their former occupiers.

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some believe sooner or later, the russians will be back. 0rla guerin, bbc news, kupiansk. earlier on thursday, former russian president dmitry medvedev and now the deputy chairman of russia's security council — an advisory body to the kremlin — said that moscow could use nuclear weapons to defend annexed ukrainian land. he said, "the donbas republics and other territories will be "accepted into russia. mr medvedev was, of course, talking about plans to hold what russia is calling "referendums" in areas of ukraine occupied by russia. the us has been keeping a close watch on these developments. earlier, the white house national security spokesman john kirby spoke with my colleague laura trevelyan.

tomorrow, the kremlin will start those referenda in the russian occupied territories in ukraine. i wednesday of next week, did you expect that russia will declare that those territories are part of russia? i think that that's where they want this to go. we believe that these will be sham referenda, they will not be referendum —— legitimate and they will not be free or fair and they are preordained to allow mr putin to say look, this is russian territory and now, ukrainian attacks are on the motherland, not on ukrainian territory, which is of course not true. and as you heard jake sullivan, our national security adviser so yesterday, we will not recognise that and so many other nations around the world aren't going to rise that. this is nothing more than a ploy by vladimir putin to try to gain, through some legitimacy, through some legitimacy, through politics and electoral issues, that which you cannot gain militarily but it's not

going to work. no—one is going to recognise it and what needs to recognise it and what needs to happen, mr putin needs to leave ukraine and stop this war. . �* leave ukraine and stop this war. , �* , ., , ., war. isn't the problem that president _ war. isn't the problem that president putin _ war. isn't the problem that president putin could - war. isn't the problem that president putin could say l war. isn't the problem that| president putin could say in the middle of next week that russia's territory has expanded and any ukrainian attacks on what he now says is russian territory could even be met with a nuclear response? he said he is not bluffing. d0 with a nuclear response? he said he is not bluffing. with a nuclear response? he said he him? bluffing. with a nuclear response? he said he him? as |ffing. with a nuclear response? he said he him? as i fing. we sou that justify at justify further use it to justify further military operations against ukrainian armed forces and look, we've heard this rhetoric about nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction since almost the beginning of the war. 50 since almost the beginning of the war. , ., since almost the beginning of the war, ., �* since almost the beginning of the war. i. ., �* , the war. so you don't believe him? we _ the war. so you don't believe him? we take _ the war. so you don't believe him? we take these - the war. so you don't believe l him? we take these comments seriously. _ him? we take these comments seriously. we — him? we take these comments seriously, we have _ him? we take these comments seriously, we have to _ him? we take these comments seriously, we have to take - seriously, we have to take these threats seriously and we do, and we have been for seven months. we've been monitoring as best we can nuclear capabilities and i can tell you

we don't see any indication that we need to change our strategic deterrent posture at this point it's 77 7, 7 for ”gofired i i w�*powered to 7777 {powered to be talking “3-123 cewégf “bets”? the i the potential i i the potential use i i the potential use of i about the potential use of nuclear weapons in that way. nobody gains from this. you have the president tsai yesterday a nuclear war should never be fought and it cannot be won. �* �* . never be fought and it cannot be won. �* v . ~ never be fought and it cannot be won. �* �*, ., ~ ., be won. but it's freaking out countries — be won. but it's freaking out countries in _ be won. but it's freaking out countries in the _ be won. but it's freaking out countries in the region, - be won. but it's freaking out countries in the region, the l countries in the region, the president of kurdistan told the general assembly there needs to be a dialogue between east west because then is torn between using nuclear weapons on as a last resort. it's a dangerous precedent for mr putin to be using this rhetoric in the context of a war clearly that he is losing inside ukraine —— kyrgyzstan. we're going to ken duke and —— continue, as i said, to monitor this as best we can and make sure that we can do we have to do to protect our national security interests and those of our allies and partners. john kirby, the white house national security spokesman. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. four people have been arrested in iceland in a large—scale operation linked to preparations of a terrorist

attack. police say semiautomatic weapons had been seized, as well as thousands of rounds of ammunition. the four icelanders arrested are said to be in their 20s. it's the first arrests ever recorded in the country for possible terrorist activity. a brazilian study based on satellite observations of the amazon rainforest indicates a significant increase in carbon dioxide emissions from the region. scientists say emissions in 2019 and 2020 more than doubled compared with the average of the previous eight years. the study connects the increase to the fall in law enforcement in the same period. the bank of england has said that the uk could already be in recession. the warning came with the announcement that it was raising interest rates to their highest level since the global financial crisis 1a years ago. the base rate has gone up by half a percentage point, to 2.25%, as the bank tries to curb soaring inflation.

protests in iran have spread to more than 80 cities and towns on the sixth day of unrest triggered by the death of a young woman after she was arrested by the so called �*morality police'. 23 people are reported to have been killed so far but, according to our correspondent, that figure could be higher. rana rahimpour has this report. women across iran are setting their hijabs on fire. they are tired of being beaten up by the morality police for not observing strict islamic dress code. cheering and applause. their anger was sparked by the death of this woman, mahsa amini. she wasjust 22. she was arrested by the morality police in tehran earlier this month. they said she wasn't wearing the mandatory hijab properly. they say she died of a heart condition, but eyewitnesses say she was beaten up

in the police van. her father told me she was a healthy young woman with no medical condition. translation: i still cannot believe she's dead. - i don't want to believe she's not alive. iranian state media are saying she had health conditions before, but that's a lie. the medical report was full of lies. the government has cut the internet in much of the country, so it's hard to get accurate information at the moment. but last time they did this, three years ago, they killed hundreds of people. with thousands of people protesting across the country, there are fears that far more might be killed this time. cheering and applause. protests are quickly spreading across the country and they are no longer just about clothing — it's about regime change. now, men, next to women, are standing together, chanting, "death to the dictator". but for iran, change comes slowly. the iranian president, who is at the un, insists that

hijab is a personal choice. but even in new york, he demanded that the world—renowned broadcaster christiane amanpour wears a headscarffor an interview. this was refused. but the same refusal in iran is costing lives. rana rahimpour, bbc news. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme — trafficked and forced to work as slave labour: we speak to a human rights expert about a new cyber scam. 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 judgment 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. 0ur headlines: the russians fleeing their country to avoid president putin's partial mobilisation of military reservists to fight in ukraine.

in iran, unrest in 80 towns and cities sparked by the death of a woman detained by the �*morality police�*. her father says they lied about how she died. in a special investigation, the bbc has spoken to victims of a new scam which is being run by human traffickers to capture people and force them to work as slaves in illegal cyber activities. workers are lured to south east asian countries with the promise of lucrative newjobs. instead — when they arrive — they�*re captured and forced to work in makeshift offices — scamming people online. i�*ve been speaking to elaine pearson — the new asia director at human rights watch. i asked her if her organisation had seen a rise in new cases. we certainly are. this is a new

phenomenon, and modern form of slavery. in the past we would see women and girls being trafficked, being due into accepting false promises of work and then ending up in factories of ruffels. but now what we see our people from countries as diverse as china, thailand, indonesia, vietnam lowered to cambodia on the promise of work, sometimes have work in a call centre, perhaps work in a call centre, perhaps work in a call centre, perhaps work in food processing but when they get there they find that actually they are being forced to scam others online in the scams often are formed, like, you know, take romantic relationships but it is all about trying to get as much money as they can out of people that they meet online under false pretenses. and if they refused to participate in this, if they try to escape, they have been beaten and tasered and in some cases killed. the information _ and in some cases killed. the information that _ and in some cases killed. the information that you are getting a shocking but these

people, the ones were fallen into this scam and become the terms, unfortunately, many of them, as i understand it, the computer trained and educated different from the demographic that we see in other sorts of illegal scams or human trafficking of this nature. tell us why this is happening and how that has changed. it is and how that has changed. it is and how that has changed. it is a different _ and how that has changed. it 3 a different demographic. i think this is partly a reflection of covid and the downturn in the economy. many people have lost theirjobs and it is also a reflection of how much time people are spending online, who are lonely and isolated and, so, the online space has become ripe for exploitation. many of these young people are computer literate. some speak foreign languages because the people they are scamming people in australia, in china, in united states so i think this is a concerning new form of slavery and it also means the tactics

to fight and combat this form of slavery also need to be different because they need to tackle this online world. briefly, if you don�*t mind, what are the tactics needed to fight this kind of modern slavery, as you put it? firstly this could _ slavery, as you put it? firstly this could not _ slavery, as you put it? firstly this could not take _ slavery, as you put it? firstly this could not take place - slavery, as you put it? firstly this could not take place in i this could not take place in cambodia if it were not for officials basically doing nothing and turning a blind eye to this. several of the investigations that have taken place have also noted that some of the locations where people are being held in empty casinos or empty buildings are buildings that are owned by people who have senior connections with the cambodian government. what we need to see is more pressure on the cambodian government to inspect his work bases, we have seen a new report by the un special rapporteur who has also said that we need to look at how people can obtain help whether

it is online through facebook, through special messaging ats, there needs to be more awareness of these scans but they need to enforce it and that means the perpetrators were conduct in these need to be held to account.— be held to account. that was elaine pearson _ be held to account. that was elaine pearson speaking - be held to account. that was elaine pearson speaking to l be held to account. that was l elaine pearson speaking to me be held to account. that was - elaine pearson speaking to me a little earlier. uganda has confirmed at least seven cases of ebola and one death in an outbreak in the centre of the country. initial assessments uganda could be backin assessments uganda could be back in the downstream of the via virus. there�*s been call for a two state solution in the middle east. comments are in line with the position that president biden set out during his visit to israel last month. let�*s turn to south korea now, where the shocking murder

of a young women last week has led to widespread anger after it highlighted the country�*s weak stalking laws. the man suspected of stabbing the subway worker to death had been stalking her for many years and was due to be sentenced the next day. the government has since made promises to strengthen the law to protect victims, but politicians have been criticised for not taking violence against women seriously enough. 0ur seoul correspondent jean mackenzie reports. what should be a safe space now a shrine to a young subway worker stabbed to death here by a suspect who had been stalking her for years. horrified, people have come to express their anger, sorrow and fear. "where have we gone wrong?" writes this mother, now questioning whether to let her teenage daughter travelled to school alone. he was due to be sentenced

for stalking the day after her murder. police had asked the courts to detain him while they investigated but they are request was denied. this murder has exposed weaknesses in south korea stalking laws. it�*s proof, people write, korea isn�*t doing enough to protect young women. translation: i feel angry. women are continually being stalked and attacked. and our politicians are ignoring it. people say south korea is safe but as a woman in my 20s i think it is very dangerous. flowers from remorseful politicians decorate the funeral home. her family tells us they never used to worry about their daughter, she was so smart and independent. she never told them what was happening. 0nly her lawyer knew. she reveals how the victim had written to the judge begging for him to be put in prison so he couldn�*t hurt her. was this woman failed

by the current law? translation: yes, in part she was. - we were not able to protect her. this is now the eighth victim. we cannot miss this opportunity to act. but despite these promises, anger was rife. "we will fight to the end," they shout. people here feel that this murder is symptomatic of a much bigger problem in korea. that women here are just not safe and violence against women is not being taken seriously enough. translation: we all feel| connected through this one death. we fear it could happen to any of us. this isn�*t about the law. what we need is to change the authorities�* attitude towards victims.

they are not hoping for a watershed moment, change has failed to materialise too many times before. instead these ribbons symbolise a safety net to try a promise to protect each other. and finally — roger federer is gearing up for what will be the last match of his illustrious career. the 20—time grand slam singles winner will play for europe against the rest of the world in the laver cup, which starts in london on friday. he announced last week, that he�*ll retire after the competition, which means the curtain will fall after friday�*s doubles match, when he�*s due to partner his great rival and friend — rafa nadal. in an interview with the bbc he told us that he wants to stay involved with this board in some shape or form after he retires. thank you for watching. stay with us for the

latest global headlines and analysis. hello there, we had a real mixture of weather around on thursday. it was pleasantly warm across south—eastern areas. temperatures in hampshire and cambridgeshire reached 21 celsius, 70 fahrenheit. temperatures are going to be dropping over the next few days. it looks like it�*s going to turn particularly cold at night—time. we have the cooler air moving down from the north—west, it follows this band of cloud here that brought a lot of rain into cumbria. that rain is now sliding its way down towards the south—east and east anglia where we start the day with some rain. elsewhere, further north, clearer skies means it�*s going to be a much colder start here, particularly in eastern scotland and north east england where we will start with some sunshine. it looks like it�*s going to be quite a cloudy day across east anglia and

the south—east, some rain from time to time. it should cheer up in the midlands and much of england and wales away from the south—east will be dry with some sunshine, scattering of showers come in on the north—westerly breeze to scotland and northern ireland. and temperatures may struggle to around 15 to 16 degrees. still sitting at 18 or 19 though with that cloudy damp weather towards the south east on that weather front there, which is only very slowly moving away. around this area of high pressure, we�*re going to drawn down that northerly breeze bringing in that cooler air and may be bringing in a scattering of showers this time on saturday for central and eastern parts of england. further west likely to be drier and it should be a dry day with some decent amount of sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. still the threat of a little rain in the far south—east of england but should be moving away and typical temperatures will be around 16 degrees or so on saturday afternoon. saturday night though could be quite cold around this area of high pressure. we�*ve got that chilly air, never really establishes itself because this is going to be quite a feature of the weather as we head through the latter part of the weekend and into the start of next week. a lot of dry weather to come on sunday but with that

approaching deep low in scotland and northern ireland, the winds will be picking up and in the northwest we�*ll see some outbreaks of rain, sunny spells elsewhere, mind you. still on the cool side after quite a cold start, the temperatures around 15 or 16 degrees. i showed you that deep area of low pressure on the weather front that�*s going to be sliding southwards overnight and on monday it�*ll bring a spell of rain. but following on from that, we�*ll find the winds turning to distinctly a chilly direction and a much stronger northerly wind will drop the temperatures early next week.

voice-over: 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. chris, what are you doing on the 18th of october? the 18th of october? what day of the week is that? i know they say a week is a long time in politics — a month must be a lot for you. exactly! i can't even think about which starts this weekend, seems an eternity away, so the 18th of october, i have no idea. you tell me — you have got a diary invite on your phone calendar

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