welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines... a former policeman in thailand kills at least 38 people at a nursery school — most of them children. what could have driven this man to carry out such a cruel and desperate act? president biden pardons all americans convicted of marijuana possession under federal laws and urges state governors to follow his lead. russian missiles hit residential buildings in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia — the bbc�*s correspondent is there.

and meet the first cloned arctic wolf club whose mother happens to be a pet dog. live from our studio in singapore, _ live from our studio in singapore, this - live from our studio in singapore, this is - live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc| live from our studio in- singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsdav _ it was a massacre that shocked the nation and the world. thailand's king is expected to visit the town of utthai sawan in northern thailand where at least 38 people — mostly young children — were killed by an attacker at a nursery school. the man responsible was a former police officer who was facing a trial on drug charges. he carried out the attack with a gun and a knife and killed both children and teachers before killing himself. our south east asia correspondentjonathan

head is at the scene. a warning — his report contains some very distressing images. this is a community now consumed by grief and shock. that children so young had been deliberately there, and then opened fire. translation: it all. went down really fast. he was slashing the knife, he didn't use the gun, he kept slashing in there, it's all by knife. translation: he was in the middle of reloading the gun. | i held my hands up and begged for mercy. i didn't know what to do. survivors were taken to the nearest hospital. but there weren't many. the authorities say the attacker was a former police officer who had been arrested and was being tried on drug charges. they removed the last

of the victims from this day care centre a few hours ago and there is little left now to indicate the horrific events that took place here. there is a stunned disbelief notjust in this village but across thailand that however troubled his life may have been, this former police officer could have carried out such a cruel and desperate act. a few distraught family members stayed close by hoping for answers but there were none. this woman is lucky to have survived. she is a teacher at the centre. she described hearing the first shots as she was preparing lunch. she recognised the gunmen as a parent she said. "but we never thought he would attack the children." this country is accustomed to gun crime. but nothing on this scale involving so many children.

over the next 2a hours, we expect the families of those who died in the centre to come back here and start trying to process it, ask questions. we also expect a visit from the king of thailand, a rare visit but it demonstrates the impact this has had on the country. i think they will be combing through the life of this man who carried out this crime to see they can find explanation for what he did. they will be talk about access to guns but he only had one done that he had legally and it looks like he mostly used the i don't think there are exclamations —— explanation is that people can find, he was clearly a very troubled man, it is almost inexplicable, and i think it will leave a lot of scars in this community. us presidentjoe biden is pardoning all priorfederal offences of marijuana possession and is ordering a review of its legal status. mr biden said that thousands

of people have been denied employment, housing or education because of their past offences. he also urged state governors to follow suit. i spoke with our north america correspondent peter bowes earlier about the impact of these pardons. this will affect about 6,500 people, people who have a conviction for simple possession of marijuana, as it relates to the federal laws, very distinct from local laws, from state convictions, which is quite separate and may well be addressed in the future. and the president saying he is doing this because to use his words, the current situation has upended too many lives, and what he is referring to are the difficulties faced by people with these convictions in getting on with their lives, in getting a job, in getting access to housing or education, how it affects them and their close families. and that is what he wants to bring an end to, and of course the wider implications as well, some people see this

as the beginning of the end, in terms of the criminalisation of the use of marijuana. he has also called on governors of us states which have their own laws on this matter to consider following suit. have we heard any reaction from any governors so far? governors are not reacting directly to this and clearly this is going to be — at least not yet — this is going to be a political hot potato because while there are many states across the country where the use is legal, even more states use it for medicinal states, there are states where the use of marijuana is illegal, and for political and for personal reasons, there will be some opposition to the relaxing of laws, as they relate to marijuana, but while saying that, there is a majority of people, at least according to opinion

polls, that believe the laws should be relaxed. us media are reporting that the fbi has gathered enough evidence to charge hunter biden, the president's son, with tax and gun related crimes. he has previously denied any financial wrongdoing, and has acknowledged using crack cocaine. the us attorney in delaware , appointed by former president donald trump , will decide whether to indict him. north korea has said its missile programme is in response to recentjoint drills between south korea and the united states — after pyongyang fired another two ballistic missiles on thursday. it was its sixth set of launches in less than two weeks. north korea also accused the us of posing a serious threat to the stability of the korean peninsula, after it deployed the aircraft carrier ronald reagan to the region.

the un human rights council has rejected a proposal to debate a report that contains evidence of human rights abuses in china's xinjiang province. beijing called the plan western interference, and lobbied hard against it, especially among african countries with which it has strong economic ties. the document contains evidence of torture, forced labour, and arbitrary detentions. the debate had been proposed by the us, eu countries, and britain. pakistan's prime minister shehbaz sharif says he should not have to beg for help after catastrophic monsoons flooded one third of the country. he also said he would be seeking "climate justice" from the international community. the official death toll from the floods is at least 1600, though many estimates on the ground have been higher. more than nine million people have been displaced and over two million homes destroyed.

rescue workers in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia are continuing their search for people buried in the rubble, after russian missiles hit residential buildings on thursday. volunteers formed human chains to dig through the debris —— to dig through the debris — and sniffer dogs are being used to try to locate survivors. the attacks come as the ukrainian army continues to make dramatic progress against russian forces in the east and south of the country. our correspondent paul adams reports. when things go wrong on the battlefield, is this how russia responds? this was not a military target. this is where ordinary people lived, where they were sleeping. from dawn, rescue workers looked for survivors among five floors of smouldering wreckage. it's not known how many people died here.

this is the very centre of zaporizhzhia. we're not that far from russian—controlled territory here and it's not unusual for explosions to be heard in and around the city. but for an entire apartment building like that to be demolished, that is unusual — and shocking. they know what war looks and sounds like, but they're stunned. and furious. translation: i have no words. it really hurts, and it's going to hurt even when i'm gone. i will never forgive russia for this. i won't. we shouldn't forgive russia for killing our children. we should take revenge and take it to the end. alla has relatives living in the building. she doesn't think they're alive. translation: why are they doing this to us? | what are they trying to prove? killing old people, why?

for what? this morning's attacks came with no warning. explosions. just a series of huge explosions in the darkness before dawn. not far away, on a quiet residential street, more destruction, more urgent work. a modest house reduced to flames and rubble. at a third building, a miraculous escape. russia is lashing out, firing missiles and drones into cities across ukraine. it feels desperate and dangerous. paul adams, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. to indonesia now where six people have been charged over a football stadium disaster that killed 131 people at the weekend. a senior police chief said match organisers and police officers were among those being investigated on suspicion

of criminal negligence. the bbc has been speaking to survivors and people who have lost loved ones in the crush. a warning: there's some distressing content in this report.

you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... protests and power cuts in cuba — we'll have the latest as the island struggles to recover from the devastation left by hurricane ian last week. this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. they believe everything is going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade reached its climax, two grenades exploded, and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade, and ran towards the president firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles.

after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged, but even as divers worked to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor, i want to represent everybody, i believe in the people of california. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm monica miller in singapore. our headlines... a policeman in thailand has killed at least 38 people at a nursery school, most of them children. president biden has pardoned all americans convicted of marijuana possession under federal laws and urges state governors to follow his lead.

prince harry, sir elton john, elizabeth hurley and baroness doreen lawrence are part of a group who've launched legal action in the uk against associated newspapers, publishers of the daily mail, the mail on sunday and the mail online for alleged gross breaches of privacy. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has the story. i should warn you, this report contains flashing images from the start. they are veterans of the fight against media intrusion. now prince harry, sir eltonjohn, liz hurley and sadie frost have combined forces to take on the mail, along with, and this was a surprise, baroness doreen lawrence. she has had a warm relationship with the daily mail, two of her son's killers were jailed in 2012. for more than a decade, the mail helped keep the case in the headlines but this is what lawyers now say associated newspapers journalists have been involved

with. bugging cars and homes. listening to private telephone calls, paying police officials for sensitive information. and obtaining illicitly medical and financial records. more serious allegations even than phone hacking according to a lawyer who has been involved in legal action against associated newspapers. they are highly intrusive, they are means of delving into the private lives of people and private lives which are protected by statute under the human rights act and by convention by the european convention it is a gross invasion of privacy if these things occurred and it will be right and proper if they did occur that associated newspapers and hopefully some of the senior figures are held to account. phone hacking was not practised by the mail on sunday or daily mail.

that was the former mail editor in 2012. today's statement from associated newspapers, "we utterly and unambiguously refute these preposterous "smears which appear to be nothing more than a pre—planned "and orchestrated attempt to drag the mail titles "into the phone hacking scandal, concerning articles "up to 30 years old." baroness lawrence had been persuaded to endorse lies, the company said. it is all heading for court and is likely to take years to resolve. if the mail's owners were to lose, the stakes are enormous. cuba has been struggling to restore electricity after hurricane ian knocked out power to the entire island of 11 million people last week. long blackouts and shortages of food and water have led to a rising tide of anger and growing protests. the hurricane hit cuba as it suffers one of its worst economic crises since former leader fidel castro's 1959 revolution. our cuba correspondent

will grant reports. the protesters' anger may be over their immediate needs, electricity, water, food, but they can be no mistaking the cry on the lips — libertad — freedom. this latest misery was inflicted on cuba when hurricane ian thundered across the western end of the island, leaving widespread destruction in its wake. homes and crops in pinar del rio province were ruined and power was not out to more than a million people. that has drained the rest of the grid, and soon, electricity was lost to the entire nation. 11 million cubans in the dark, where still no power means no water pumped to the taps and valuable food turning bad inside fridges and freezers. on an island of shortages, people turn desperate. the government fearing a repeat of the mass demonstrations seen

last year sent out the security forces, both in uniform and in plain clothes, armed with sticks to break a communist or a capitalist, says this havana resident. this is our reality and you cannot silence it or hide it. but the cuban leadership remains unsympathetic to such a viewpoint. translation: those who act in this way claim all _ the rights that the revolution gives them but will contribute little must be argued with and confronted. certainly, hurricane ian hit cuba at the worst possible moment. it came shortly after a massive fire at the island's largest fuel depot in matanzas, which left the facility partially unusable. socialist ally venezuela has offered to help rebuild the depot but it will take months. these twin disasters —

the explosions and the storm — have deepened an energy crisis on an island already struggling with blackouts. particularly in small communities like san antonio de los banos outside havana. without power, it is hard to keep mosquitoes away, especially from the children, says local resident ariel. the hospitals are full of patients with dengue, he adds, and that was before the hurricane hit. the energy outlook in cuba is dire. with food distribution and other basic services also affected, these have been some of the toughest a few weeks many cubans can remember — for the younger, perhaps the hardest they've ever known. there may yet, however, the harder ones ahead. will grant, bbc news. in a world first, two arctic wolves have been cloned by a company in china in the last month. here is maya — the first wolf pup to be born. she's playing with her

surrogate mother, who is a beagle. mijidong is the chief executive of sinogene, the company that made this happen and join us now from beijing. your company specialises in cloning dogs, cats, horses, but groups like the world wildlife fund have stated that arctic wolves are one of the least endangered species — why have you decided to clone them as it is not for conservation? 0k. however, arctic wolves, it is not static, are you saying that this was in 2000? 2018. it means the species protection of

walls is still meaningful. the un approved a non—binding declaration to ban all forms of human cloning — the question on animal cloning remains open — morally and ethically, why do you feel animal cloning injustified? 0k. ok. i think it is very meaningful. it is related to humans. and it is the important basis for human survival. cloning has important value, in particular when population is changing with age, additional variants remain.—

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hello there, the unsettled theme is lasting through the end of the week but into the weekend it looks like high pressure will build in to settle things down for many of us, more wet and windy weather will arrive during sunday. friday is another windy day with sunshine, blustery showers, could even see a spell of rain associated with this weather front which will spread southwards across england and wales through the day. some of the rain could be heavy and squally for a short time, maybe some rumbles of thunder as well as it continue southwards. ahead of it, the odd sunny spell, behind it coolerfresher

and with a mixture of sunny spells, scattered showers, some of them could be heavy, even across western scotland. it will be a windy day, gus will be higher than that, particular cross north and western scotland. cool to mid—teens in the north, warm in the south—east, 18, 19 celsius. the heavy rain moves out of the south—east in the evening, overnight it is drier, southern and eastern areas more showers, into the north and west of scotland not as many as the last few nights and it will feel chilly, the winds will start to ease down, that is because we have this ridge of high pressure building on the saturday. fewer isobars in the chart, lighterwinds, saturday. fewer isobars in the chart, lighter winds, and fewer showers in the north and west of scotland close to the area of scotland close to the area of low pressure sitting across scandinavia and denmark. a lot of dry, settled, sunny weather on saturday, very pleasant in england and wales, highs of 17 or 18 degrees, lots of sunshine, bit more cloud further north, temperatures

here 13 to 15 celsius. doesn't last long in the north and the west, through sunday, the next area of windy weather moves in, for much of central and southern eastern england, part two of the weekend will be nice here with a lot of dry and sunny usable weather to get out and about, further north and west it will be wetter and windy, some heavy rain at times here. temperatures around the low teens for most. that doesn't last long because as we move into next week, monday and tuesday look fine for many of us, thanks to the high pressure, before more wet and windy weather moves later in the week. next week starts off fine, pleasant in central and southern areas, make the most of it bit —— before it turns unsettled again.

this is bbc news. we will have the headlines at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. fewjournalists have got as close to donald trump as my guest today. maggie haberman has covered trump's rise in new york city to his presidential campaign, presidency, and difficult period after leaving office.

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