welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: president biden says hurricane ian could be the deadliest storm that's ever hit florida. the that's ever hit florida. danger is real, to state the the danger is real, to state the obvious. please obey all warnings and directions from emergency officials. russia prepares to celebrate the annexation of territories in ukraine, after a series of referendums dismissed as farcical by the west. britain's prime minister stands by her chancellor's widely—criticised economic policy but global experts continue to express their doubts. this is something that you see

in developing countries going through difficulties. you normally do not see this in a g7 economy. and it's one of the most glamourous sporting events in the world, formula one roars back into singapore this weekend. we start in the us state of florida, which has been hit by one of the most powerful hurricanes in the history of the united states, with winds of up to 150 miles an hour. hurricane ian has torn a path of destruction through towns and cities, leaving more than two million homes and businesses without power, and experts warning of life—threatening flooding. and it could cause more damage, as it heads north

into the carolinas, the storm system has regained hurricane strength. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports from fort myers. florida had been told to brace for a life—threatening event and the city of fort myers was the first to feel the hurricane�*s power. boats were piled on top of each other, parts of the harbour pushed up onto the shore. at their peak, wind speeds reached over 150 mph. residents who had ignored warnings to evacuate were told to shelter in place. with the biggest risk coming from the storm surge, well over six feet in places, that left homes and businesses quickly flooded. you're looking at a storm that's changed the character of a significant part of our state. i mean, this is going to require years of effort. some chose to ignore the evacuation warnings, despite the authorities making it

clear the hurricane would put emergency help beyond reach... this is a storm surge that we talked about, but weren't sure about. ..with conditions too difficult or dangerous for rescue workers. ian fits the pattern of increasingly powerful hurricanes in recent years as a result of warming sea temperatures. scientists monitoring them say man—made climate change is having an effect. whoa! never seen that much turbulence before. today's flight was certainly the roughest that i've been on in my six years of doing this. the worst of the onslaught may now be over, but for the state of florida, the task of assessing the cost has onlyjust begun. the property damage may be one thing but there is confusion tonight about the human cost.

the sheriff lee county suggested that the death toll could run into the hundreds, although as you say the federal government are still suggesting that people might want to brace for more grim news. all that we can say from on here on the ground is that there are no credible reports of a rapidly rising death toll. and it will be a lengthy cleanup process as he was referring to form any part of florida. this is exactly the kind of damage that officials warned about when it came to our vierzon mobile homes to be this one here had a room that was literallyjust this one here had a room that was literally just swept away stopping the streets are filled with water because there is a lack of drainage and there is an rv at the back where a tree fell on top of that when an elderly couple were sitting inside. they have nowhere else to go, by the time they knew it was time to evacuate, it was simply too late. this is the kind of damage that rhonda

centres is wanting to assess across his state and why it was so important that presidentjoe biden released major declaration funds so that federal funds could come out and help rebuild all the damage around here. florida's governor rhonda centres has been giving a news conference and has described the destruction that he has seen.— he has seen. first responders are doing _ he has seen. first responders are doing targeted _ he has seen. first responders are doing targeted searches, | are doing targeted searches, doing home by home, checking to see if people are ok and then responding to specific reports if they are missing loved ones. there will of course be many more rescues that are added to the teller. we absolutely expect to have mortality from this hurricane, i would just cautioned people that there is a process by where that is confirmed and i know that people have said certain things. in terms of confirmed, that will be made apparent over the coming days. that

that will be made apparent over the coming days.— the coming days. that was rhonda centres _ the coming days. that was rhonda centres speaking l the coming days. that was - rhonda centres speaking there at that press conference. —— ron desantis. president putin will hold a signing ceremony on friday, to annex territories under russian occupation in ukraine. a stage has been set up in moscow's red square, with billboards proclaiming the areas as part of russia. it follows hastily—arranged so—called referendums that were held in luhansk and donetsk in the east, and in zaporizhzhia and kherson in the south, which have been dismissed as a farce by ukraine and its allies. the un secretary—general has warned the annexations would mark a �*dangerous escalation', as our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. and a warning, it contains some graphic details. for months, warfelt so farfrom russia's capital. it's feeling much closer now. moscow mobilised. the special operation advertised on bus stops and billboards. russia calls them heroes,

but it needs more, so more men are ordered to the call—up centres and sent to ukraine. conditions are basic. these draftees have no beds. these do, sort of. and he says his group is being sent straight to ukraine without any military training. and the president? he's escalating this conflict. tomorrow, vladimir putin is expected to start the annexation of 15% of ukrainian territory. there's little excitement about that on the streets of moscow. i feel negative about it because it's the territory of ukraine. i think it is historically russian territory. i think it's a total disaster, not only for ukraine, - but also for the russians.

what's more, the kremlin call—up has sparked widespread fear. in all the years i've been covering russia, in all the places i've been, there's one phrase more than any other i've heard from people here — "we must avoid war." this country knows very well the cost of war. millions of people were killed here fighting nazi germany, and yet today, the russian leadership is calling up and sending its citizens to the front line and annexing large parts of its neighbour. and look what can happen to those who oppose war — like artem, who read out an anti—war poem. police raided his flat and the nightmare began. artem's fiancee, sasha, was there when the police burst translation: they dragged me across the floor by my hair. - they started super—gluing stickers to my face. they threatened

to glue my mouth up. then i heard the beating from the room where artem was. they forced him to undress. i heard how they were talking about raping him. they filmed everything they did to artem. they grabbed me by the hair and showed me a photo of him naked and beaten up, covered in blood. russia's invasion is having devastating consequences for ukraine and for russia, too. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. sweden's coastguard says it has discovered a fourth hole in the nord stream pipeline that runs under the baltic sea between russia and europe. nato says the breaches have been caused by deliberate and reckless acts of sabotage. russia has denied responsibility. with the latest here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale.

it's four days now since these underwater pipelines were damaged, and these images of the latest leak, filmed by the swedish military, showing that gas continues to escape unchecked, and some experts say that it might take many days before it stops. now, the leaks are happening here in the baltic sea, in the southern end of pipelines that stretch 700 miles, all the way from russia down to germany here. initially, there were reports of three leaks here, near the danish island of bornholm, but swedish coast guards have now discovered a fourth nearby. it's not yet known what caused all this damage and disruption, but german security authorities are reported to be blaming massive explosive devices. the pipelines are largely owned and controlled by a russian state corporation, but that hasn't stopped western ministers blaming the kremlin, saying it's trying to test european resilience. translation: we don't know precisely what happened, - but there's no doubt that it's a planned explosion. we don't know who's behind it, but it's very serious.

the nato military alliance blamed what it called deliberate, reckless and irresponsible acts of sabotage and promised a united and determined response if there were further attacks. the united nations security council will discuss the situation tomorrow. but russia's foreign ministry suggested that american intelligence was responsible, saying if the nord stream pipelines close, then the us could sell more of its gas to europe. translation: there was a clear beneficiary in the situation. - of course, it's washington, putting gas pipelines out of action. please, our western partners, share the information with us because we've never seen anyone but you there engaging in provocations and shams. the truth is that it may be some days before investigations begin and even longer before responsibility is established, but many countries are not waiting and are beefing up their defences at their energy facilities.

you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: back with a bang! the fast cars and high glamour of formula one are back in singapore this weekend after a two—year break. in all russia's turmoil, it has never quite come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. it was his humility that produced affection from catholics throughout the world. but his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. this man, israel's right—winger ariel sharon, visited _ the religious compound, - and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy-

sites, an idea - that's unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe's biggest and richest nation. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines: search and rescue efforts continue in florida in the destructive wake of hurricane ian. as russia prepares to announce the annexation of occupied regions, the us says it will never recognise its claims to ukrainian territory. to the uk now where britain's

parameters standing by her economic policy despite widespread criticism. liz truss was speaking for the first time since the mini budget last week which led to a collapse in the value in the pound, high interest rates and extreme volatility on the markets. an engine factory in darlington. the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, out and about for the first time since his mini budget stalled, britain's currency slumped and borrowing costs surged. what do you say to people whose mortgage interest rates are rising as a result of your economic policy? so, we're absolutely protecting people right across the country. if you look at our energy intervention, people were potentially facing bills of £6,500 next year, and because of the intervention we've limited the average household bill to £2500. but they're being wiped out by the increasing cost of mortgage borrowing? i think that if you look at the government's plan, we've got the growth plan, we've got the energy intervention. the chancellor and the prime minister, too, in a tense set of regional interviews, more keen to talk about the energy rescue, than the surging mortgage

costs seen since the mini budget. it sounds like you're saying, crisis, what crisis? i'm not saying that at all. i think we're in a very serious situation. it's a global crisis which is being brought about by the aftermath of covid and putin's war in ukraine. on the point of interest rates, i completely understand that people are concerned, but it's very important that we have an independent monetary policy run by the bank of england. another day of see—sawing government borrowing costs. these are huge moves by the standards of this ordinarily calm market for lending over two years. and rates did go up again as the pm stuck to her guns, but then they settled. however, this is what it looks like over the past week, a significant and rapid rise that's now working its way into the borrowing costs of companies and for mortgages, too. we have a stand—off between the government

in westminster and the markets in the city, and how that works out will determine when this interest rate shock ends, or if it's prolonged and worsened. what we learned from the government today is that despite everything we've seen over the past week, that in their view, there is no challenge, there's definitely no crisis, there isn't a problem. and if there's no problem, there's no need to change course. but the tidal wave of rising borrowing rates coming from city trading floors is far from normal, says one of the world's most noted experts. i have seen it, but never in a g7 economy. never in a mature economy, with respected institutions. this is something that you see in developing countries going through difficulties. you normally do not see this in a g7 economy. the former governor of the bank of england, mark carney, made a rare intervention, saying the turmoil was down

to the mini budget and a pattern of undermining economic experts. there was an undercutting of some of the institutions that underpin the overall approach, so, not having an obr forecast, and certainly a budget that is based on an acceleration of growth, or would appear to be based on that, certainly that's the aim, but if that's what's necessary for the numbers to add up, it's important to have it subject to independent and, dare i say, expert scrutiny. today, amid global falls in stock markets, the value of british consumer brands tumbled in particular, with retailers next, ocado and pets at home down over 10% had traders expected a squeeze on consumers and the housing market. despite a recovery in stirling today, the weaker pound is increasing prices further for everyone from clothes retailers to this kids' bike manufacturer.

it's really painful. our cost prices effectively increased by nearly 5% in the space of a few hours last week, on top of having already gone up by over 20% since january and because we buy all our bikes in us dollars, we are at the whim of the exchange rates. so, the financial markets have stabilised, for now. but such an interest rate shock is still likely to put the brakes on, both for businesses and consumers. faisal islam, bbc news. an investigation by the bbc has uncovered the scale of undeclared emissions of greenhouse gases by the oil industry. bbc news arabic and the bbc climate and data teams have found dozens of sites involving major companies where millions of tonnes of emissions from gas flaring from oil drilling have gone unreported. the companies say its standard practice to only declare emissions where they're the official operator, even if they own the field. esme stallard reports.

these oilfields in southern iraq are amongst the worst culprits for gas flaring in the world. this professor, an environmental scientist, has seen the impact if larry has had on his home. translation: when i was a child, it was really beautiful. if we keep polluting it at this rate, we will see more climate change. flaring kestelman oil companies burn the gases released from oil drilling. it wasted expensive natural resource and contributes to climate change. the five major oil companies, bp, annie, exxonmobil, chevron and shall, are committed to andrew transferring on the oilfields by 2030. but these oilfields by 2030. but these oil giants say that in fields with big another company to run the day—to—day operations, it is the other firm's responsibility to report flaring emissions. the bbc

found the oilfields in southern iraq has more flaring than any other site in the world. bp's annual report makes it look to investors and the public like it's flaring emissions are going down overall. but because it does not count emissions from sites where it is not the official operator, those aren't included. this is the case with rumaila. bp, comedy contractor here, does not declare the emissions. neither does the operator which they've jointly founded. bp's level emissions from gas flaring and 2021 were 4 million tons of co2 stop if rumaila were included in b—double. bbc news arabic and the bbc climate and data teams investigated how many more sites they were globally when either the oil company nor official operator were declaring the emissions. using satellite data, we found dozens of sites globally belonging to the five major oil companies where flaring emissions are not

being reported. this amounted to almost 20 million tons of, that's as much as 4 million cars would produce in a year. in response to our findings, the oil company said they followed the standard approach to take it across the industry. in addition, shell and to take it across the industry. in addition, shelland eni to take it across the industry. in addition, shell and eni said they include all of their flaring in their official reports but the report flaring separately whether not in the operator. and they are not committed to producing their flaring. there are a range of solutions to tackle gas flaring. the first and most obvious is to cap the gas and put it into a nearby gas pipeline which can be initially expensive. but if all the gases captured it would be nearly as much as the eu's total gas imports from russia. back in iraqi those living under the polluted skies have the burning will and.

formula 1 returns to singapore this weekend after a two—year hiatus caused by the covid pandemic. it's one of the most glamorous weekends on the sporting calendar. but as the appeal of f1 grows worldwide, so does the fight to host the races. i've been speaking to matthew marsh, an f1 commercial consultant who's excited about the forthcoming race, and the future of the sport in asia. very excited. as i think are almost everybody who works in support of formula one and many people who live in singapore. how significant do you think it is because we have had two years of covid and no races because of the pandemic. give us a sense of how important this is both for f1 and singapore?— this is both for f1 and singapore? this is both for f1 and shame? ., ., ., singapore? for formula one, it is important _ singapore? for formula one, it is important but _ singapore? for formula one, it is important but not _ singapore? for formula one, it is important but not massively. | is important but not massively. it's very important for singapore, of course, because the singapore grand prix is a showcase for the nation, a proof point, if you like, that

singapore is very much open for business. the japanese grand prix next week and also after a two—year hiatus but that's just a motor race and not very many internationaljournalists a motor race and not very many international journalists are going to suzuki circus because it's difficult to travel to japan. contrastingly singapore is very much open. the grand prix regs in about, cost about $135 million a year to run, making that much interest tourism every year and we are gonna see a quarter million people come through the gates over the three days in this year's race over the three days in this yea r�*s race to over the three days in this year's race to sell out and in front of a global audience. it's a marketing platform for singapore. it's a marketing platform for singapore-— singapore. we've already started to _ singapore. we've already started to see _ singapore. we've already started to see the - singapore. we've already started to see the roads l singapore. we've already i started to see the roads get chockablock. i want ask about the wider appeal for f1 chockablock. i want ask about the wider appealfor f1 in chockablock. i want ask about the wider appeal for f1 in asia and there has been a documentary, on netflix, drive to survive, which has helped to spark more of an interest around the region. do you think

that there has been a wider appealfor the sport in that there has been a wider appeal for the sport in the region because of our? irate appeal for the sport in the region because of our? we are callin: region because of our? we are calling at _ region because of our? we are calling at the _ region because of our? we are calling at the drive _ region because of our? we are calling at the drive to - region because of our? we are calling at the drive to survive l calling at the drive to survive effect in formulae which in north america has been huge, tv audiences have doubled, we have seenin audiences have doubled, we have seen in the skewing of the audience younger and more balanced agenda wide and races in austin, miami, this year, often later in the air and the new race in las vegas for next year, no doubt we'll all be sellouts. we have seen tech brands from the us come into the sport and part of the effect of the effect of a netflix documentary, cisco, oracle, salesforce, google, those brands. the effect in asia has been similar but limited, limited to an english—language audience. it's very much the same effect but on a niche audience. just looking _ on a niche audience. just looking at _ on a niche audience. just looking at the _ on a niche audience. just looking at the overall - on a niche audience. just looking at the overall appeal and particularly what it means for asia, and i'm interested, we are seeing, as you talked about, other countries hosting

more and more races. can asian countries compete with these sorts of offers and maintain the top spot, if you will, in the top spot, if you will, in the region?_ the region? next year, 23, there is — the region? next year, 23, there is a _ the region? next year, 23, there is a 24 _ the region? next year, 23, there is a 24 race - the region? next year, 23, there is a 24 race calendar| there is a 24 race calendar that's been scheduled. four of those are in a region, australia, china, singapore, japan, you could say the scheduling in shanghai is optimistic put that to one side. we have four in the asia—pacific region, about right by fan base and economics of this region for formula one in terms of who the sponsors care about globally, which is more about north america and western europe. we could add another race in asia but already a packed schedule, no obvious candidate. india would be ideal of the government that isn't supported. career might be a good option but at the moment about right and the singapore grand prix represents southeast asia and then when shanghai is back on the schedule that does more with

japan. schedule that does more with ja an, ., �* , schedule that does more with jaan, ., �*, schedule that does more with jaan. , ' japan. that's matthew marsh, f1 commercial _ japan. that's matthew marsh, f1 commercial consultant _ japan. that's matthew marsh, f1 commercial consultant speaking | commercial consultant speaking to me earlier. that's it for us. thanks for watching. stay with bbc news. hello. well, it's fairly clear and calm across most of the uk right now, but later on, we are expecting wind and rain to sweep right across the country. a big autumn low is on the way, and here it is on the weather map. a lot of isobars there, and that does mean some very strong winds, especially in northwestern parts of the uk. let's have a look at the forecast for the early hours. you can see that broad band of rain sweeping into ireland and western parts of scotland, a good squeeze in the isobars here. that means strengthening winds. but further east and south, it's a completely different picture — light winds, calm, mist and fog in a few places and really quite chilly. on those winds, gusting through the morning up to 70

mph in the western isles of scotland, and really very windy around the irish sea coasts and down towards the south—west as well. now, here's that band of rain around lunchtime, and then later on in the afternoon, it'll reach other parts of the uk. but the weather will improve out towards the northwest later on in the afternoon. within the band of rain, it'll be very windy and temperatures will be 12—14 celsius. then, friday night, that rain turns heavy in east anglia and the south—east, and eventually, it'll sweep into the near continent by the time we get to early saturday. and here is saturday. that low pressure is very broad and it's still driving our weather. in fact, the winds will remain brisk on saturday, although not quite as strong, but they will blow in some showers off the atlantic. they will be most frequent out towards the north—west here. hail and thunder is quite possible. it southern parts of the uk, given a bit of sunshine, it actually shouldn't be too bad at all. and later, saturday night into sunday, we are expecting another weather front to just brush

southern parts of the uk. some uncertainty exactly how quickly that rain will clear away on sunday, but the thinking is by the time we get to the afternoon, most of us should have a dry day. just before i go, an update on tropical storm ian — it's out in the atlantic, but the second landfall is now expected on the south carolina coast. and the storm surge around the south—east of the united states, again, is likely to cause problems and heavy rain inland as well. bye— bye.

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