welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines... as russia launches more missile strikes against ukraine, western countries say they will support ukraine for as long as it takes. the bank of england raises concerns about britain's financial stability as the imf warns of a sharp uk slowdown next year, and there was this warning for the world. in short, the worst is yet to come and, for many people, 2023 will feel like the recession. funerals have taken place in thailand for the children killed at a daycare centre last week. in a major scientific achievement,

nasa says its attempt and one of the last remaining stars of hollywood's golden age, the actress angela lansbury, has died, at the age of 96. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden and g7 leaders have held an emergency meeting to discuss what more they can do to support ukraine after a second day of russian missile strikes. they condemned the attacks and reassured president zelensky that they were steadfast in their commitment to his country. they said irresponsible nuclear rhetoric risked global peace and security. ukraine's president zelensky addressed the g7 meeting,

calling for more help with air defence, and presented his "peace formula". from kyiv, here's paul adams. in kyiv, a day of welcome calm after yesterday's storm. air raid sirens did sound briefly, citizens heeding their government's warning to seek shelter. some heading for the metro. translation: we don't feel safe because we don't - know what's coming next. nevertheless, i hope that what happened yesterday was the scariest thing. translation: i'm not afraid because there i will be victory for ukraine, ukrainians, for all of our people. one of yesterday's missiles almost hit the city's famous pedestrian bridge. today, after getting the all clear, people came out to see what almost happened. this popular bridge isn'tjust a tourist attraction any more, it's not what the mayor calls a symbol of ukraine's indomitability. but while the people of the city had had a pretty quiet day on which to reflect on yesterday's

events, it hasn't been the same but while the people of the city had had a pretty quiet day on which to reflect on yesterday's events, it hasn't been the same in other parts of the country. in the southern city of zaporizhzhia, a car showroom was gutted earlier this morning. officials said 12 missiles were fired at the city. zaporizhzhia has been hit almost every day for the past two weeks. officials in other cities have been ordered not to release images of damage to power plants and other infrastructure. with winter coming, they know energy is a key russian target. this afternoon, president zelensky directly appealed to allies for help in dealing with missiles and drones. he thanked them for helping to secure ukraine's skies, but said the threats kept coming and ukraine needed more. back in the capital, the clean—up continues. the government has told people here to be vigilant and conserve energy. in this war with many fronts, keeping warm make soon

keeping warm may soon become the next battle. paul adams, bbc news kyiv. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. the pound has fallen again after the bank of england governor warned that its emergency support package for the markets would end on friday. earlier, the bank warned of a "material risk" to financial stability, and stepped in to buy government our economics editor, faisal islam, has this report. facing the markets directly, andrew bailey meeting with the world's top bankers in washington, dc on a day of a further emergency intervention for the financial market. the source of the issue remains the market for uk government debt since the mini budget. the bank of england has once again had to intervene to protect financial stability from a fire sale by some types of pension fund.

the new intervention did temper short—term borrowing rates, but the effective cost of borrowing over 30 years carried on rising. these rates remain higher than at the time of the mini budget. while two—year rates were down a little, the existing rise is still filtering into mortgages. today, the rate for a typical two—year mortgage fix shot up again. it only reached 6% nearly a week ago and is already now nearly 6.5%. but the governor was making it clear to these pension industry funds that there were clear limits of this weekend to its help. a message to the firms involved, you've got three days left now. you've got to get this done, because, again, part of the essence of a financial stability intervention is that it is temporary. and the uncompromising message repeated outside the bbc. repeated outside to the bbc. we are doing everything to preserve financial stability. you have my assurance on that. i think there is an important task now for the funds to ensure they are done.

sterling's fallen in response to what you said, because they've got three days, does that complicate matters? no, this has to be done for the sake of financial security. the chancellor in the commons today stuck to his mini budget plan despite challenges. last month, we set out the growth plan which will focus on _ breaking out of the high tax, low growth cycle that we - were currently trapped in. this will put more money in people's pockets and raise living _ standards for all our people. are the chancellor and the prime minister the last people left on earth who actually think that their plan is working? just to pick up on a point, the imf said today that, actually, the plan, the mini budget has increased the forecast for growth.

at precisely the same time the chancellor was praising the imf�*s assessment of the uk economy, in washington dc, it was saying the rate shock started with the mini budget and suggested further reversals of its unfunded tax cuts would help solve the problem. it is a rather mixed bag for the chancellor from the imf today. their new forecasts do stress the global nature of the energy shop that therefore affects the economies of germany and italy more than the uk. but here, it's also clear that the extra instability in government debt markets which have required emergency action — well, that's uk—specific, and the imf have reiterated the suggestion of further u—turns on government policy. the chancellor flies in shortly. he'll also face some questions from his fellow finance ministers. this interest rate shock is continuing to filter into the mortgage market, and so into housing and also business lending. the chancellor now has three weeks to find tens of billions in spending cuts which are both economically credible and politically viable. plenty here need to be convinced.

faisal islam, bbc news, at the imf in washington. funerals have been taking place in thailand for those who were killed at a nursery last week when a former policeman went on a rampage. family members, thailand's prime minister, and members of his cabinet were in attendance. a total of 37 people — including 23 children — were killed in an attack that has shocked the nation. jonathan head has more. so many lives cut short and so young. on the last day of these mass funerals, families prayed before the coffins of the victims for the last time. this woman is saying goodbye to her granddaughter, who she brought up since she was a baby. translation: she always played like a boy. she could be quite rough. she used to climb on me or on her grandfather.

she would make him fall over and laugh at him, like me. he loved her dearly. it laugh at him, like me. he loved her dearl . �* laugh at him, like me. he loved her dearl . . , �* , . laugh at him, like me. he loved her dearl . �* , . ., dearly. it wasn't “ust children who died. 13 adults — dearly. it wasn'tjust children who died. 13 adults also _ dearly. it wasn'tjust children who died. 13 adults also lost _ dearly. it wasn'tjust children who died. 13 adults also lost their - died. 13 adults also lost their lives to the killer. this woman was in the nursery with the children when it was attacked. translation: my when it was attacked. translation: my daughter might not have enough education _ my daughter might not have enough education to help her reach the stars, — education to help her reach the stars, but — education to help her reach the stars, but today, she's like a hero, i'm so_ stars, but today, she's like a hero, i'm so proud — stars, but today, she's like a hero, i'm so proud of her. the stars, but today, she's like a hero, i'm so proud of her.— i'm so proud of her. the king ordered that _ i'm so proud of her. the king ordered that the _ i'm so proud of her. the king ordered that the funerals - i'm so proud of her. the king ordered that the funerals be | i'm so proud of her. the king - ordered that the funerals be given royal status and a sacred flame was brought up from the palace in bangkok for the cremations. some in thailand's most senior military, religious and political figures were here to demonstrate the rest of the country's solidarity with this small rural community. this is a much granderfuneral than rural community. this is a much grander funeral than they're used to around these parts, but families of the victims of told us it has

brought them some comfort. of shockingly cruel killing of so many young children does leave troubling questions for thailand. young children does leave troubling questions forthailand. orwas young children does leave troubling questions for thailand. or was it just a freak attack that no one could have stopped? the search for answers to these questions has only just started. people came from far away to join this final farewell and impressive numbers. picking up sandalwood flowers to be added to the funeral pyre. then the first group was called forward to see their child's face one last time. it was a little boy not quite four years old. one of so many families left bereft by the suddenness and injustice of it all. jonathan had,

bbc news, northeastern thailand. one of britain's top intelligence officials has warned western governments not to allow the war in ukraine to obscure what he called the long—term security threat posed by china. the head of gchq said beijing was using science and technology to bring other countries into its sphere of influence. one of the world's most seasoned politicians, mahathir mohamad, is to run for parliament in malaysia's up—coming general election at the age of 97. he's been prime minister of his country twice, the first time for 22 years. earlier this year, he was in hospital with a serious heart condition. but he said recently that he felt well enough to be active. the european court of human rights has found switzerland guilty of discriminating against men on pension benefits. the ruling involved the case

of a man whose widower�*s pension was stopped when his children turned eighteen. had he been a woman, he would have received the pension for life. the decision will cost the swiss government millions in back—dated payments. buckingham palace has announced that the coronation of king charles will take place on saturday the 6th of may next year, with the queen consort crowned alongside him. the ceremony will be held at london's westminster abbey and will be led by the archbishop of canterbury. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. he's been king since the moment of his mother's death. charles was in ballater near balmoral today thanking local people for their support over recent weeks. alongside king charles, camilla, the queen consort. and they will be side by side in seven months' time to be crowned alongside each other at the coronation.

archive: and now, - here comes her majesty. injune 1953, queen elizabeth rode in a gold coach to her coronation. archive: her majesty moves to king edward's chair. - it's an event which, while it's purely symbolic and constitutional terms, has a deep religious significance. in constitutional terms, has a deep religious significance. god save the queen! it's a moment when a new monarch is crowned and consecrated, when a king or queen dedicates him or herself to the service of his or her people. for king charles, the coronation will be a blend, ancient traditions with a contemporary feel. in a statement, buckingham palace said... will britain at a time of homelessness and restricting

will britain, at a time of homelessness and restricting benefits and energy prices going up, really cheer to the rafters the site of a head of state riding in a golden coach? there are others who will say, "that's just what we want." nearly 70 years after the grandeur of queen elizabeth's coronation, the crowning of king charles and queen camilla will be shorter, smaller and more diverse. a coronation which, in the words of the new king's officials, will reflect the britain and the world of today. and will there be a public holiday to celebrate? that's a matter for the government, says the palace. nicholas witchell, bbc news. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme — in a major scientific achievement, nasa says its attempt to deflect the path of an asteroid has been a success.

parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life, but in the marina area where most of the damage was done, they're more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he's gone from being a little man revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20—lb bomb that exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. this government will not weaken. | democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost honour. this catholic nation hold its breath for the held its breath for the men they called the 33. and then...

bells toll. ..bells tolled nationwide to announce the first rescue, and chile let out an almighty roar. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm monica miller in singapore. our headlines... as russia launches more missile strikes against ukraine, western countries say they will support ukraine for as long as it takes. the boss of the bank of england told investors that his bond buying to stabilise pension funds will end on friday, despite pleased to extend it. you may remember the story of adnan syed, the man convicted of killing his girlfriend in 1999 — whose story was made into a podcast called �*serial�* that cast doubt

on his conviction. last month, syed was released from prison, where he'd spent more than 20 years after an investigation found problems with his conviction. now, the prosecutors have decided to drop his case completely — and not seek a re—trial. nasa says its mission to change the course of an asteroid was a success. a small spacecraft smashed into an asteroid millions of kilometres from earth two weeks ago. and observations by telescope show that the orbit of the asteroid was shortened by half an hour as a result of the collision. the aim of the project was to test whether a space object that threatened earth could safely be deflected. rebecca morelle has more. extraordinary images from a mission like no other, as nasa's dart spacecraft closed in on an asteroid seven million miles away from the earth. its aim — to knock the space rock off course by smashing into it.

three, two, one! cheering. oh, wow. now, at a nasa press conference, the mission team has confirmed that it's worked. and so, today, nasa confirms that dart successfully changed - the targeted asteroid's trajectory. this mission shows that nasa - is trying to be ready for whatever the universe throws at us. telescopes on earth tracked the moving asteroid, capturing the moment of impact, revealing the rocky debris being hauled into space. and this image from the hubble space telescope revealed how the crash created a plume of dust 6,000 miles long. all of this debris helped to alter the asteroid's path. the target was a double asteroid system — a larger space rock called didymos orbited by a smaller one called dimorphos.

before the collision, it took dimorphos 11 hours and 55 minutes to fly around the bigger rock. but crashing a space rock at 111,000 miles per hour into dimorphos has given it a kick, changing its speed just a fraction. and now, nasa has confirmed that this has altered its orbit. it now takes 11 hours and 23 minutes. that's a huge decrease of 32 minutes. if you wanted to do this in the future, potentially, it could potentially work, but you'd want to do it years in advance. warning time is really key here in order to enable this sort of asteroid deflection to potentially be used in the future. another close encounter of this asteroid is already planned. in two years, europe will send a spacecraft to study the crater left by the crash — helping us to see that if this really is an effective way of defending our planet. if this really is an effective way of defending our planet. rebecca morelle, bbc news. i'm joined now by professor colin snodgrass, an astronomer and member of the dart mission science team at edinburgh university.

welcome to the programme. explained to her audience the significance of this mission�*s finding. 50. to her audience the significance of this mission's finding.— this mission's finding. so, the really exciting _ this mission's finding. so, the really exciting thing _ this mission's finding. so, the really exciting thing is - this mission's finding. so, the really exciting thing is that . this mission's finding. so, the really exciting thing is that it. really exciting thing is that it shows that if we ever found an asteroid that was coming towards earth, we could deflect it if we wanted to. so, it's really a powerful demonstration of what we can do with modern technology. iadhere can do with modern technology. where do asteroids come _ can do with modern technology. where do asteroids come from? _ can do with modern technology. where do asteroids come from? so, - can do with modern technology. where do asteroids come from? so, most - do asteroids come from? so, most come from — do asteroids come from? so, most come from a _ do asteroids come from? so, most come from a belt _ do asteroids come from? so, most come from a belt of _ do asteroids come from? so, most come from a belt of many - do asteroids come from? so, most come from a belt of many rocks . come from a belt of many rocks between the planets of mars and jupiter, but some of them occasionally come into orbit that come closer to the earth. those are the ones we're keeping an eye on. well, i did wonder when i read the story this morning how concerned we

should be about this object hitting earth, how likely is that? well. earth, how likely is that? well, it's one natural _ earth, how likely is that? well, it's one natural disaster- earth, how likely is that? well, it's one natural disaster we - earth, how likely is that? well, it's one natural disaster we can j it's one natural disaster we can potentially do something about. it will eventually happen, may be hundreds of years, maybe thousands, but it's good to be ready before you need to be because, as the report said, having enough warning time is the key to this sort of approach. we can give an asteroid a little bit of a knowledge and changes orbit, and if you got many years warning, that's enough to miss the planet. how was your team involved in this operation? it’s how was your team involved in this 0 eration? v . , how was your team involved in this oeration? �*, . , ., ., ., operation? it's a big international collaboration. _ operation? it's a big international collaboration. we _ operation? it's a big international collaboration. we have _ operation? it's a big international collaboration. we have observers| collaboration. we have observers using telescopes all around the world to study the asteroid and study the effect of it, because the spacecraft itself was destroyed in this collision in the impact, so the only way we can measure what's going

only way we can measure what's going on afterwards is by forming it with telescopes on earth. so, we've been observing with a telescope in kenya and large ones in chile as part of and large ones in chile as part of an effort to use telescopes all over the world. did an effort to use telescopes all over the world. , , ., ., an effort to use telescopes all over the world. , i. ., ., , an effort to use telescopes all over theworld. ., the world. did you have any doubt that this would _ the world. did you have any doubt that this would be _ the world. did you have any doubt that this would be successful? - the world. did you have any doubt| that this would be successful? 0h, that this would be successful? oh, no, we that this would be successful? oh, no. we were _ that this would be successful? i no, we were always that this would be successful? oi, no, we were always confident that it will work, but what we really didn't know before we did it was how effective it would be. the measure today we've changed by half an hour means it works very well because the minimum requirement was that was only going to change by about a minute and a half, so it's a demonstration that it worked as well, if not better, than everybody was hoping. well, if not better, than everybody was ming-— was hoping. professor colin snodgrass, _ was hoping. professor colin snodgrass, thank _ was hoping. professor colin snodgrass, thank you - was hoping. professor colin snodgrass, thank you so i was hoping. professor colin i snodgrass, thank you so much was hoping. professor colin - snodgrass, thank you so much for joining us on the programme and congratulations of.—

and before we go — one of the last remaining stars of hollywood's golden age, the actress angela lansbury, has died at the age of 96. herfamily said she died at her home in los angeles. ms lansbury was best known for starring as a television detective in �*murder she wrote', but also had a presence on stage and in film. sarah campbell looks back at her life. suppose the master comes back and asks where you've gone. tell him ijust went for a walk. by yourself? she was 17, it was her first part, playing opposite ingrid bergman, and she was nominated for an oscar. angela lansbury�*s career couldn't have started better. in due course, there were starring roles in hollywood and on television. you are to shoot the presidential nominees through the head. in the manchurian candidate she played the monstrous mother, of a brainwashed son. increasingly, it was character parts like this that she was offered. rallying a nation of television viewers into hysteria to sweep us up into the white house with powers that will make martial law seem like anarchy. in her 60s, she reinvented herself

as a television actress. above all, as the genteel detective jessica fletcher in murder she wrote. apparently, you haven't heard. last night, the police arrested him for killing hemsley post. she produced the shows as well as starring, and became, they said, the richest woman in hollywood, with a fortune estimated at $70 million. herfilms for children showed her gift for comedy. 0h, bother, i do hate shoddy work. there was bedknobs and broomsticks and later, nanny mcphee. i smell damp. no, at least, not noticeably. i thought there was a medium before me... my mother was a medium before me... at the age of nearly 90, she was starring in noel coward's blithe spirit in the west end. i had my first trance when i was four and a half. and was thrilled

to be made a dame... and was thrilled to be made a dame. it's a lovely thing to be recognised and given that nod of approval by your own country and i really cherish it. a character actress as comfortable on stage as she was on screen, over many decades, angela lansbury was one of britain's most versatile and successful performers. music: theme from murder she wrote. you've been watching newsday. our top story— leaders of g7 hives worn russia of severe consequences if it uses nuclear, chemical or biological weapons in ukraine. after an online meeting which was addressed by president volodymyr zelensky, they said irresponsible nuclear rhetoric was putting global security at risk. the emergency talks were convened in response to russian missile and drone strikes across ukraine this week. in their closing statement, they condemned the bombardment of civilian areas as a war crime.

that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. you can also visit us online at bbc.co.uk. bye for now. hello. a chilly start again on wednesday morning across parts of east anglia and southeast england. the rest of the uk will be milder, cloudier, breezier, and you may be seeing some rain around. in fact, a damp start across much of scotland and northern ireland courtesy of this weather front, and that will take some outbreaks of rain into much of wales and parts of england during the day. it'll be very patchy and showery in nature. now, temperatures first thing, quite a contrast — from the ii in belfast in glasgow to the coldest parts of eastern and southeast england that won't be too far away from freezing. more cloud here compared with tuesday, but likely to stay dry until after dark. the rain, early on in northern ireland, clearing by lunchtime, taking till the afternoon before it pulls away from southeast scotland.

sunny spells following behind into scotland and northern ireland, but for much of england and wales, it'll be cloudy outbreaks of rain across northern england, wales, pushing into parts of the midlands and southwest england as the day goes on. 18 to the southeast of the weather front, behind it, we're talking mid—to—low teens. it'll be into the evening, then, east anglia and southeast england start to see some outbreaks of rain — it'll be a milder night here into thursday morning. elsewhere, elsewhere, with clearing skies, it'll be a colder night and it'll start thursday not far elsewhere, with clearing skies, it'll be a colder night and it'll start thursday not far from freezing in parts of scotland, northern ireland, maybe northern england as well. a few fog patches in wales and england gradually clearing, a lot of fine weather to begin the day. but during thursday, some outbreaks of rain just fringing in towards the far south of england — some uncertainty about the northern extent of that — and a separate weather system will bring some rain into northern and western scotland and parts of northern ireland during the day. in between the two, actually quite a bit of fine weather — much of eastern scotland staying dry as well. so, here's a look at these two weather systems. the first one here will

bring some strong winds, particularly into friday and for the far north of scotland. and going into the weekend, there's another area of low pressure that will come into the uk. there's another area of low pressure so, a very blustery day on friday, particularly in scotland in the far north and northern isles could see some gusts in excess of 60 mph. lots of showers moving into northern and western scotland, northern ireland, and a few will move a bit further south through parts of wales and england during the day. but there will also be plenty of sunny spells, and the further south you are, you will stay mainly dry. so, into the weekend, another area of low pressure coming our way. will be a blustery weekend as a result, and there will be some showers or some longer spells of rain around, but not all the time. there'll be some drier, sunnier spells, too.

this is bbc news, the headlines. in a meeting with president zelensky — g—7 leaders have condemned the most recent missile attacks on ukraine and vowed to hold vladimir putin and those responsible to account. they also warned moscow of severe consequences if it uses nuclear, chemical or biological weapons in ukraine. it comes as lviv in the west — and zaporitia in the south east are hit, as moscow targets ukraine's energy supplies, as well as civilian infrustructure for a second day. president zelensky has called for more air defence systems.

the boss of the bank of england has told investors that its bond—buying to stabilise pension funds will end on friday, despite