welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... a game—changing election in italy — as exit polls suggest far—right giorgia meloni is set to win, and is on course to become the country's first female prime minister. i'm mark lowen live in rome, where the country is set to elect it's first right—wing government since benito mussolini. and in other stories on newsday today. super typhoon noru has hit the philippines and is set to sweep through the capital manila with winds of up to 175 kilometres an hour. japan prepares to hold a state funeral for former prime minister shinzo abe, who was shot dead during an election rally injuly.

and the uk's opposition labour party vows to reverse the government's cut to the top rate of income tax, its leader saying there's confidence his party can win the next election. the hope of a labour government has turned into a belief in a labour government, and that change, that switch, is worth its weight in gold. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. its newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it isa it is a six in the morning here in singapore, and midnight in italy. exit polls there suggest far—right leader

giorgia meloni has won italy's election, and is on course to become the country's first female prime minister. she is predicted to win between 22—26% of the vote, if they are confirmed, ms meloni will aim to form italy's most right—wing government since world war ii. for the latest, we can cross live to rome and our correspondent there, mark lowen. you have been across this story from the very start, and what a busy evening it has been for you. it is fair to say if these exit polls do end up being confirmed that this is a huge shake—up for italy's politics. a huge shake-up for italy's olitics. ., ~ ., ., , politics. you know, the words olitical politics. you know, the words political earthquake _ politics. you know, the words political earthquake are - politics. you know, the words political earthquake are often i politics. you know, the words - political earthquake are often used, and probably overused, but really it feels apt for tonight, because this is a country that now looks like not only has it elected its first ever female prime minister, but its first far right leader since benito mussolini, the fascist leader that led italy into the second world war and was eventually hanged by antifascist partisans, and now it

looks like giorgia meloni, whose party has its roots in neo— fascism, but she says her party has consigned that political creed to history and she represents a modern conservative right—wing government. it looks like she has won this election and won very decisively, and it looks like now she will attempt to form a right—wing coalition government for the first time in italy for 12 years, and that she will have a very significant majority in parliament. let's just look at the exit polls that came out about an hour ago on italian television, and they show giorgia meloni of the far right brothers of italy with a very sizeable lead, a sizeable and healthy majority for her, 25% of the vote, and the league of the far right brothers of italy at between

8.5 and 12.5%, and forza italia at 6-8%. the 8.5 and 12.5%, and forza italia at 6—8%. the reason we are showing you those three is that they will form the right—wing coalition that is now likely to be able to form a stable government and a pretty healthy majority at that. you can see giorgia meloni way out in front ahead of her coalition partners, the hardline firebrand former interior minister matteo salvini, and silvio berlusconi, almost 86 years old, three times prime minister, known almost as much for his bunga bunga six parties as for his politics. so a major political moment for italy, andindeed a major political moment for italy, and indeed for europe as well, as our europe editor katya adler

reports. a warning that this report contains some flash photography. italy looks picture perfect from afar. a delicious combination of food, fashion... ..and folklore. but close up, things are very frayed around the edges. italians voting today are living through an acute cost of living crisis. and many think this woman has the answers — far—right firebrand giorgia meloni, a master of gut politics who promises to restore italy's national pride. waiting in the wings are her chosen coalition partners, tycoon silvio berlusconi and anti—immigration populist matteo salvini. though not all voters are convinced. translation: of course i'm worried about the energy - crisis, the economy,

but i don't trust politicians. i'll vote for the best of the worst. what's on your mind? "to avoid the populists", claudia told me. "having meloni as prime minister would be unforgivable". but maurizio believes giorgia meloni's promise of a better future. translation: meloni stands for more italian sovereignty in europe. - that's better for our business, our politics and economy. it's hide and seek all over town today for giorgia meloni. we were told she was going to come here to vote and at the last minute, she didn't turn up. she believes she's this close to becoming italy's next prime minister, and she knows everyone is watching, including outside italy. this country is a core partner in the eu and nato. key concerns — will a meloni government respect western sanctions? her coalition partners are past

defenders of russia. and might nationalist meloni join hungary and others opposing brussels on migration and more? here in rome, liars have their hand bitten off in the mouth of truth, according to medieval legend. voters here know they can't believe every political promise made on the campaign trail. theyjust hope whoever italy's next prime minister is, they're up to the considerable challenge. katir anna lo there on the implications of this vote both here and abroad, and of course it is a major member of the european union and of the nato alliance, and there will be concern over whether the country will continue with support for ukraine. thank you very much for

joining us so late. what do you make of what we are seeing tonight? it is a very strange _ of what we are seeing tonight? it is a very strange feeling, because it is something unique, but at the same time we _ is something unique, but at the same time we are _ is something unique, but at the same time we are discussing this for two or three _ time we are discussing this for two or three months, and the polls said she was_ or three months, and the polls said she was going to win very well. we are in_ she was going to win very well. we are in a _ she was going to win very well. we are in a new— she was going to win very well. we are in a new world, we are going to see what— are in a new world, we are going to see what happens, we are worried about— see what happens, we are worried about our— see what happens, we are worried about our relationship with the world, — about our relationship with the world, but we know that giorgia meloni — world, but we know that giorgia meloni needs to reassure the world about— meloni needs to reassure the world about the _ meloni needs to reassure the world about the italian posture on ukraine, _ about the italian posture on ukraine, the crisis, the recovery plan _ ukraine, the crisis, the recovery plan in _ ukraine, the crisis, the recovery plan in europe, so we don't know what _ plan in europe, so we don't know what is _ plan in europe, so we don't know what is going to happen for real. you talk— what is going to happen for real. you talk about the concerns abroad. there will be many people are concerned here in italy as well that this country is perhaps going to go more in the style of a conservative

hungary of viktor orban, even? what hungary of viktor orban, even? what is clear about — hungary of viktor orban, even? what is clear about giorgia _ hungary of viktor orban, even? what is clear about giorgia meloni, a is ambiguity — is clear about giorgia meloni, a is ambiguity. she knows how to be moderate — ambiguity. she knows how to be moderate when she needs to be moderate, and now she needs to be moderate _ moderate, and now she needs to be moderate. and she knows when to push a far right _ moderate. and she knows when to push a far right posture. i think she is not going — a far right posture. i think she is not going to be so friendly with viktor— not going to be so friendly with viktor orban now because she needs a friendship— viktor orban now because she needs a friendship with europe, so i think for a _ friendship with europe, so i think fora few— friendship with europe, so i think for a few months she will try to have _ for a few months she will try to have a — for a few months she will try to have a good relationship with europe, — have a good relationship with europe, but we know that she had a strong _ europe, but we know that she had a strong relationship with viktor 0rban— strong relationship with viktor orban and otherfar strong relationship with viktor orban and other far right leaders around _ orban and other far right leaders around the world, even in the republican party in the us. what kind of leveraged _ republican party in the us. what kind of leveraged you _ republican party in the us. twat kind of leveraged you think europe will have over giorgia meloni? it will have over giorgia meloni? it will be a delicate diplomatic dance. one is money, of course, and maybe if they— one is money, of course, and maybe if they should try to avoid to encircle _ if they should try to avoid to encircle her too much, to push too

much, _ encircle her too much, to push too much, because one reaction could be trying _ much, because one reaction could be trying to— much, because one reaction could be trying to be _ much, because one reaction could be trying to be more nationalist, so maybe _ trying to be more nationalist, so maybe it — trying to be more nationalist, so maybe it is — trying to be more nationalist, so maybe it is better if the european union _ maybe it is better if the european union way— maybe it is better if the european union way to understand who giorgia meloni _ union way to understand who giorgia meloni is, _ union way to understand who giorgia meloni is, but maybe mario draghi couid _ meloni is, but maybe mario draghi could help — meloni is, but maybe mario draghi could help her.— could help her. mattia diletti, thank you _ could help her. mattia diletti, thank you very _ could help her. mattia diletti, thank you very much - could help her. mattia diletti, thank you very much indeed. | could help her. mattia diletti,| thank you very much indeed. a suggestion there that perhaps europe needs to play the game a little bit with giorgia meloni, not to be too hard with her, but to coax her into the western european fold, to try to bring her closer to their position rather than to give her the cold shoulder. it will be fascinating times ahead, both here in italy and in europe in terms of that wider very important relationship between italy and the european union at italy and the european union at italy in nato. we will continue to have all the coverage and analysis on this fascinating story in the days and weeks ahead over the political horse trading before the formation of a government. it now looks like it will be a right wing government led by giorgia meloni becoming the first far right leader

of this country since mussolini. with that, it's back to you. mark lowen, thank you so much for your excellent reporting tonight. plenty on the bbc website, particularly a piece mark has written, so do watch out for that. let's take a look at some of the stories in the uk. the leader of the opposition labour party, sir keir starmer, says if he wins the next election, he will reinstate the 45p top rate of tax which the conserved government is to scrap. as the labour party conference got under way, he said the labour party would take a very different approach to economic growth, partly by promoting green energy. police in the northern city of huddersfield say two teenage boys have been charged over the death of a 15—year—old boy. khayri mclean died after he was stabbed last week, close to north huddersfield trust school, which he attended. our news correspondent simonjones told us more about what happened:

according to witnesses, teachers from the school desperately tried to save his life, an ambulance was called and he was taken to hospital in leeds but sadly died. the head teacher of his school said everyone is dedicated there, he was a wonderful member of the school community. on thursday, a 15—year—old and a 16—year—old were arrested. tonight the police say those teenagers have been charged with murder and also been charged with murder and also been charged with possession of a bladed object. we can't name the for legal reasons because of their age, but they are both due to appear tomorrow morning in court at leeds magistrates' court. it's been confirmed that a ticket holder in the uk has come forward to claim the $181; million euromillions jackpot. their win makes them the third biggest lottery winner of all time. it means they're instantly richer than singer harry styles, worth an estimated $108 million, and adele, worth an estimated $162 million.

in iran, clashes between police and anti—goverment protestors are now said to have claimed at least a0 lives. the protests were prompted by the death of a young woman in police custody — she'd been detained for allegedly flouting strict rules on wearing the hijab head—covering. the iranian president has threatened "decisive action" to stop the wave of protests sweeping the country. kasra naji of the bbc�*s persian service has the latest. sirens. explosions. iran last night. there were more protests in at least 11 cities. and this is what they are up against, the riot police for many years.

and showing a bit of her hair. not surprisingly, women have been at the forefront of these protests. through the middle of one of the busiest streets in tehran. in another part of the capital last night, the protesters set fire to the picture of iran's supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. suddenly, a policeman throws the daughter hard against the kerb. she was killed soon after with a police pellet gun. kasra naji, bbc news. you're watching newsday on the bbc.

still to come on the programme... the legacy of japan's former prime minister shinzo abe. as the country prepares to mark his death with a state funeral — our tokyo correspondent looks at why some injapan don't feel mr abe deserves this honour.

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines... a game changing election in italy as exit polls suggest far—right giorgia meloni is set to win, and is on course to become the country's first female prime minister. to the philippines now, where a category three tropical storm has made landfall northeast of capital manila. super typhoon noru has been lashing the eastern parts of the country with high winds and torrential rain. thousands of evacuations are under way, and president ferdinand marcos

junior has suspended work and classes for monday. our correspondent laura bicker has the details. super typhoon noru has now crashed into the main island of the philippines. winds gusting up to 180 miles an hour and there are fears of coastal surges. torrential rain is already causing river levels to rise. red cross volunteers worked their way through low—lying neighbourhoods ushering the vulnerable to safety. this country is used to extreme weather alerts, this country is used to extreme weatheralerts, but this country is used to extreme weather alerts, but super typhoon noru developed into a super typhoon with very little warning. more than 8000 people have now sought shelter.

translation: i 8000 people have now sought shelter. translation:— translation: i have evacuated the house that i'm _ translation: i have evacuated the house that i'm living _ translation: i have evacuated the house that i'm living in _ translation: i have evacuated the house that i'm living in because - translation: i have evacuated the house that i'm living in because i'm| house that i'm living in because i'm scared _ house that i'm living in because i'm scared the — house that i'm living in because i'm scared. the floods there get really hi-h scared. the floods there get really high and _ scared. the floods there get really high and i— scared. the floods there get really high and i don't want a repeat of what _ high and i don't want a repeat of what happened to me before. as this tour makes its _ what happened to me before. as this tour makes its way _ what happened to me before. as this tour makes its way over _ what happened to me before. as this tour makes its way over land, - what happened to me before. as this tour makes its way over land, people here can only wait and hope they have done enough to stay safe. laura bicker, bbc news, manila. we can cross live now to manila and speak to laura bicker. great to have you on the programme. as wejust speak to laura bicker. great to have you on the programme. as we just saw in your report, desperate conditions right now. how are people coping? brute right now. how are people coping? - are just waking right now. how are people coping? - arejust waking up right now. how are people coping? - are just waking up here in the arejust waking up here in the philippines to try and figure out exactly how much damage has been done by this tropical storm fitow. there were a couple of issues, this storm seem to come from nowhere. we went to sleep on saturday night thinking we would be hit by a tropical store, and it intensified

into this super typhoon to just 24—hour is. wins have been gusting in some places up to i80 24—hour is. wins have been gusting in some places up to 180 mph, but the main issue is rainfall. very low lying areas are being affected by flooding, we are hearing in areas like san miguel where people have been rescued from their roofs. so we are trying to get an idea and a picture of what is going on. i have been speaking closely to the red cross here in the philippines, they have volunteers out in coastal areas and on bridges, they are in various towns and villages, trying to usher people from affected areas into evacuation centres as you saw there. that is key because what they are giving is information about rising river levels and where aid might be needed most. everything in the philippines is on standby, and as i said in that report, this is a country very much used to extreme

weather events, but the warning for this one came so late because it intensified so quickly. find this one came so late because it intensified so quickly.— intensified so quickly. and last ear ou intensified so quickly. and last year you covered _ intensified so quickly. and last year you covered another - intensified so quickly. and last - year you covered another typhoon, hundreds dying there. do authorities learn anything from having to deal with this regularly? 0f equipped to do this? the with this regularly? of equipped to do this? ., ., .,, , do this? the head of the red cross here described _ do this? the head of the red cross here described to _ do this? the head of the red cross here described to me _ do this? the head of the red cross here described to me the - do this? the head of the red cross here described to me the situation | here described to me the situation in the incoming storm here in the philippines is like a war. he said we need all the information we can get so we know when we are under attack, so that is why they have learned where to put volunteers and there are around 2 million red cross volunteers, many of whom would have been mobilised within the last 2a hours, and that is what they realise, they need to get people away, out to shelter and alert them as early as possible. there is good internet coverage, so people have been able to get information about where to go and what level of alert

that they are under, so i think that is key to making sure people stay safe. ., ., �* w' is key to making sure people stay safe. . . �* x' . ~' i., is key to making sure people stay safe. . . �* . ~' i., safe. laura bicker, thank you so much forjoining _ safe. laura bicker, thank you so much forjoining us _ safe. laura bicker, thank you so much forjoining us on _ safe. laura bicker, thank you so much forjoining us on that - safe. laura bicker, thank you sol much forjoining us on that story. laura will be covering that typhoon for us throughout the week on bbc news, so stay tuned for the latest updates. to eastern canada now, which has also been battered by hurricane force winds, killing at least two people. some coastal properties have been swept out to sea — and police in newfoundland are searching for a 73—year—old woman who was last seen inside her home moments before a wave struck. storm fiona landed in nova scotia and newfoundland, with up to half a million homes losing power. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the number of suspected ebola infections in uganda continues to rise, with the country's health ministry saying there have been 3a suspected cases. health teams are continuing to trace

any people who may have come into contact with the virus. this is the fourth ebola outbreak uganda has faced, and neighbouring countries say they are on high alert. the co—founder of pink floyd, roger waters, has had a series of concerts in poland cancelled. the anti—war advocate accused ultranationalist in ukraine of provoking russia and said the west was prolonging the bloodshed by arming ukraine, but he failed to mention russia's role in starting the conflict. japan is preparing to hold a state funeral for former prime minister shinzo abe, who was shot dead during an election rally injuly. political leaders from across the world are set to attend, including us vice president kamala harris and indian prime minister narendra modi. in the last few weeks however, opposition to mr abe's state funeral has grown withinjapan. many of those who oppose the honour say during his eight years in power, mr abe illegally trashed japan's pacifist constitution.

from tokyo rupert wingfield—hayes reports. shouting. the message from these protesters is simple. shinzo abe does not deserve a state funeral. most of these people are pacifists. they believe that when he was prime minister, mr abe trashed japan's pacifist constitution, and that he did so illegally without a proper vote. translation: abe made japan able to go to war and fight again. - that is why i'm against abe and his state funeral. after his killing injuly, there was an outpouring of sympathy for japan's longest—serving prime minister. but when it was announced he would be given a state funeral, the mood changed. i'm actually surprised that the opposition to the state funeral has gone up so much more. you know, as the weeks passed, and now it's

like over 60% of the people. i think it has most to do with the fact that abe is seen as somebody who is not accountable to his people. and so whatever he did, he did it against the constitutional principles. he did against the principles of democracy. the scale of these rallies opposing shinzo abe's state funeral show what an incredibly divisive politicalfigure he remains, even after his death. to these people, he was a corrupt warmonger who wanted to drag japan back into the past. but to his supporters, he was an international statesman who saw the threat from china coming and was determined that japan must prepare for it. mr abe's supporters say he understood that to fend off a rising china, japan needed to deepen its alliance with america. but to do that, he also knew japan must be ready and able to fight alongside its ally. abe had a very, you know, a futuristic vision. he had this idea that the china will rise and the united states

will retreat from the region. so in order to get the united states involved in the region, we need to have the power on ourselves to defend ourselves. but the japanese people were never asked if they agreed to that change. nowjapan's ruling party is preparing a state sendoff for its fallen leader. and once again, the japanese people have not been asked. but they will not stay silent. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in tokyo. before we go, double olympic champion eliud kipchoge has broken his own men's marathon world record in berlin. the 37—year—old kenyan crossed the line in a time of two hours, one minute and nine seconds, beating his previous best by 30 seconds, set four years ago — also in berlin.

he was coy about any future plans to tackle the two—hour mark, saying "one rabbit at a time". you have been watching newsday. hello. we will get our first proper taste of autumn this week, with temperatures below average for the time of year, north—westerly winds to begin with, a changeable week in terms of sunshine, during the first half of the week, and then the potential for something quite half of the week, and then the potentialfor something quite nasty later on. to start the week we have warm weather fronts clearing away from southern coastal counties, bringing early rain, and that opens the door to a north—westerly airflow bringing arctic air away, but don't forget it is september, there is still warmth in the atmosphere and it won't feel desperately chilly, and temperatures higher than they were on sunday. but we do start with rain across southern counties of england, the channel islands, just one or two showers later here. ever

changing skies elsewhere, sunshine and showers, most frequent across scotland and out of the western coast, one or two spots free showers altogether, but quite breezy compared to of late. and of course it all adds up for a cool afternoon, and out of the sunshine you will notice temperatures of 10—16, lower than of late, and distinctly chilly in the north of scotland, 8 degrees cooler than on sunday. thru monday night into tuesday, we continue with the strong wind, showers frequent across northern parts of scotland and a bit cooler particularly in the south and east, but enough of a breeze to stop frost forming to take this into tuesday. the chart for tuesday, low—pressure to the north—east of us, trying to move down, sliding towards the south—west, a bit closer with a chance of some cloudy conditions, outbreaks of rain close to corman in devon but otherwise it is sunshine and showers, a different position of

showers due to a shift in wind direction, so some eastern areas will stay dry for longer. and in temperatures, ii—is, it will feel cool temperatures, ii—is, it will feel cool. the wind is starting to ease down a little bit, longer spells of rain, eastern scotland pushing down, and overall southern and western areas looking a little bit drier and brighter and it won't feel quite as cold given the winds are light. a cold given the winds are light. a cold start to thursday, but the quietest day of the week with more places dry, but the potential for some very wet and windy weather on friday.

hello, welcome to a look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. joining me today is the

former british ambassador to the united states and the scottish political editor at the times scotland. we will start with tax was, the front of the metro, as sir keir starmer says he would reverse of the top tax rate cut announced by chancellor kwasi kwarteng on friday. the guardian also leads on the labour leader's pledged to reinstate the top rate of income tax, reporting that sir keir starmer would use the money to fund public services. tour on the front of the i, which says that backbench conservative mps are concerned about the further tax cuts. former footballer gary neville has called freddie's tax cuts in model in under review with the mirror, while the front page of the daily mail described it chance's pledge for further tax cuts as kwasi's

for families. pain for workers as public sector squeezed, says