welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. president putin warns that the coming decade will be the �*most dangerous and unpredictable�*, since the end of the second world war. as the un warns there's no credible pathway to keep the rise in global temperatures below a key threshold. we have a special report the arctic circle which is warming more quickly than any other place on earth. and all wildlife is having to adapt to the solder world. security forces in iran have again opened fire on crowds during another day of widespread anti—government protests. and with twelve days

to go until the us midterm elections — we'll look at how inflation is affecting voters. it's six in the morning in singapore, and 1am in moscow where president putin has warned that the coming decade will be the �*most dangerous and unpredictable�* since the end of the second world war. speaking at a think tank in moscow, he defended russia's actions in ukraine, and claimed that the russian economy had survived the worst of the sanctions imposed by the west. he also said the dominance of the west in world affairs is coming to an end. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports from moscow.

his war in ukraine is not gone according to plan by more than eight months then from vladimir putin, there were no regrets, no remorse. he blamed the west for the conflict and meet on passing reference to the human cost of his invasion. {iii human cost of his invasion. of course, there's been a price to pay, primarily the loss is connected to the special military operation. i'm always thinking about that. there are economic costs too. but there are economic costs too. but there are also enormous gains. without any doubt, what's happening now will ultimately benefit russia and its future. it will strengthen our sovereignty. future. it will strengthen our sovereignty-— future. it will strengthen our sovereignty. future. it will strengthen our sovereiun . ,, , sovereignty. strength is with the kremlin leader _ sovereignty. strength is with the kremlin leader is _ sovereignty. strength is with the kremlin leader is trying - sovereignty. strength is with the kremlin leader is trying to - sovereignty. strength is with the i kremlin leader is trying to project. this week, he oversaw massive exercises by russia possible strategic nuclear forces. a clear

message to the west, don't mess with moscow. president putin was reminded he had once said that in a nuclear war, russians would go to heaven and the enemy to hell. we war, russians would go to heaven and the enemy to hell.— the enemy to hell. we are in no rush to no to the enemy to hell. we are in no rush to go to heaven. _ the enemy to hell. we are in no rush to go to heaven, or _ the enemy to hell. we are in no rush to go to heaven, or we? _ the enemy to hell. we are in no rush to go to heaven, or we? there - the enemy to hell. we are in no rush to go to heaven, or we? there is - the enemy to hell. we are in no rush to go to heaven, or we? there is a l to go to heaven, or we? there is a lona to go to heaven, or we? there is a long pause- _ to go to heaven, or we? there is a long pause. your silence _ to go to heaven, or we? there is a long pause. your silence is - to go to heaven, or we? there is a. long pause. your silence is worrying me, he says. i paused on purpose so that you would be worried.— that you would be worried. re'ecting accusations that i that you would be worried. re'ecting accusations that he i that you would be worried. re'ecting accusations that he had h that you would be worried. re'ecting accusations that he had been _ accusations that he had been involved in nuclear sabre rattling. he said russia had nothing to gain from a nuclear strike on ukraine. the fact remains that on the day of the invasion, he issued a very public warning, any country that gets in russia's way will face consequences the likes of which you have never experienced in history. and the warnings continued.

according to russian official nuclear_ according to russian official nuclear doctrine, _ according to russian official nuclear doctrine, russia - according to russian official. nuclear doctrine, russia would launch — nuclear doctrine, russia would launch a — nuclear doctrine, russia would launch a strategic— nuclear doctrine, russia would launch a strategic nuclear - nuclear doctrine, russia wouldl launch a strategic nuclear strike against — launch a strategic nuclear strike against the _ launch a strategic nuclear strike against the united _ launch a strategic nuclear strike against the united states - launch a strategic nuclear strike against the united states and l launch a strategic nuclear strikel against the united states and all launch a strategic nuclear strike . against the united states and all of the nalo _ against the united states and all of the nato countries _ against the united states and all of the nato countries as _ against the united states and all of the nato countries as soon - against the united states and all of the nato countries as soon as - against the united states and all of the nato countries as soon as we . the nato countries as soon as we witness _ the nato countries as soon as we witness the — the nato countries as soon as we witness the launch _ the nato countries as soon as we witness the launch of— the nato countries as soon as we witness the launch of western i witness the launch of western missiles, _ witness the launch of western missiles, ho— witness the launch of western missiles, no matter— witness the launch of western missiles, no matter how- witness the launch of western i missiles, no matter how armed witness the launch of western - missiles, no matter how armed they are. missiles, no matter how armed they are against— missiles, no matter how armed they are against our— missiles, no matter how armed they are. against our territories - missiles, no matter how armed they are. against our territories and - are. against our territories and then, _ are. against our territories and then, the — are. against our territories and then, the whole _ are. against our territories and then, the whole planet - are. against our territories and then, the whole planet will - are. against our territories andl then, the whole planet will die. moscow— then, the whole planet will die. moscow may _ then, the whole planet will die. moscow may be _ then, the whole planet will die. moscow may be hoping - then, the whole planet will die. moscow may be hoping the - then, the whole planet will die. . moscow may be hoping the nuclear rhetoric will scare the west into reducing support for ukraine. it hasn't so far. i'm joined now by andrew weiss who is vice president for the carnegie endowment for international peace and has just written a book called accidental czar — the life and lies of vladimir putin. what we saw and heard today in that speech was a world according to vladimir putin wasn't it — where the west is to blame for everything — what was the purpose of the speech do you think?

it was a perverse spectacle. it started originally as a way for western analysts to sit down with the russian leader and pick his brain and now, going on more than a decade, i'm sure he's wondering why he signed up to do the sessions. there are increasingly less useful and they're not attended by westerners any more. yet more sycophantic people in the audience asking them questions about the challenge of being a leader in the anti—colonial movement in the world and not attended by westerners any more. yet more sycophantic people in the audience asking them questions about the challenge of being a leader in the anti—colonial movement in the world and not, shall we say inaccurate description of putin's role of the world today. this grievance, the sense that the west desire to have lgbt equality is contributing to our moral degradation and all along russia just wanted to be friends. it is not

a convincing presentation by any stretch. , , ., , stretch. these things from president putin before. — stretch. these things from president putin before, we _ stretch. these things from president putin before, we have _ stretch. these things from president putin before, we have seen - stretch. these things from president putin before, we have seen this - putin before, we have seen this before. it seems to me quite striking that he did reference some of the losses that russia has faced in this conflict with ukraine, where did you make of that?— in this conflict with ukraine, where did you make of that? there was not a lot new on — did you make of that? there was not a lot new on ukraine _ did you make of that? there was not a lot new on ukraine from _ did you make of that? there was not a lot new on ukraine from president| a lot new on ukraine from president putin when asked what he was striving for, he was that he wanted to help donbas and regain control of the provinces that were the centre of the fighting in 2014 and 2015. he didn't talk about the other areas that russia is now claiming to have annexed following the sham referendum a few weeks ago. he's basically keeping his real motives well hidden and there is no reason at the moment and think they have changed. he wants a regime change in ukraine, he wants ukraine that is totally beholden to russia. what

totally beholden to russia. what about the nuclear _ totally beholden to russia. what about the nuclear threat, - totally beholden to russia. what about the nuclear threat, how serious do you think he is about that and is a more serious about that and is a more serious about that now than he has been before? we that now than he has been before? - cannot read his mind but will be can do is see what the russians are trying to achieve, they're trying to rattle western leaders, they are trying to educate the public and the means of getting someone and they put their faith and joe biden to rein in the ukrainians and the agency and certainly what is a worse of defence, and suggested somehow that ifjoe biden picks up the phone, you can turn on or turn off the ukrainian military offensive at his win. that is a really faulty assumption on putin �*s part. we his win. that is a really faulty assumption on putin 's part. we are cominu u- assumption on putin 's part. we are coming up to _ assumption on putin 's part. we are coming up to the — assumption on putin 's part. we are coming up to the midterms, - assumption on putin 's part. we are coming up to the midterms, 620 i coming up to the midterms, g20 meetings and an opportunity perhaps for some negotiations, some resolutions in dc that happening at

all? ., ., ., , all? no, not at this point. the white house _ all? no, not at this point. the white house was _ all? no, not at this point. the white house was rather - all? no, not at this point. the | white house was rather explicit all? no, not at this point. the - white house was rather explicit that they do not think the russians are sincerely looking for an income negotiation and they certainly don't think ukrainians believe that they are at a point where they have gained enough on the battlefield to have a strong hand going into a negotiation with the russians. there is a lot of fear that with the russians are doing by pushing the idea of negotiations is simply looking for a breather, to regroup and rebuild their battered forces. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. you can find more on this story on our website, including updates and analysis from our correspondents and international reaction. just log on to the bbc news website at bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. there's been another grim warning from the un, that there's no credible way of limiting the rise

in global warming to one of the key thresholds. a new report talks of �*woefully inadequate�* action by the world�*s governments, to keep the increase below 1.5 degrees celsius. as leaders prepare to gather for cop27, the global climate conference taking place this year in egypt, the new british prime minister, rishi sunak, has decided not to attend. downing street says he has �*other pressing domestic commitments�*. well, 0ne place where the impact of climate change is increasingly evident is svalbard in the arctic circle. it�*s warming more quickly than any other place on earth. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake has travelled there for this special report. venture deep into the arctic circle and you find svalbard. there is no place quite like it. and here, a struggle for survival. climate change is on fast forward. this polar explorer wants to show us how her world disappearing.

soon, an incredible site copy but one framed sadness. to survive as a polar bear now, i think you have to be super good at hunting, as a polar bear, because the main source of food, the seals, are diminishing and the ice that both the seal and the polar bears are dependent on our diminishing. are dependent on are diminishing. it is getting less and less ice. this norwegian archipelago is warming six times faster than the global average. there is much less ice here to reflect heat and more exposed ocean to absorb it. these beluga whales are swimming and water that is much hotter than it used to be and all wildlife here in svalbard is having to adapt to this hotter world. you can hear them now. it�*s hotter in the water and it�*s hotter in the air, too.

melting here raises sea levels and affects weather patterns across the globe. in what is the northernmost settlement in the world, its life on the edge. houses are being moved and rebuilt. new barriers installed to stop avalanches triggered by the thawing ground. wherever i look around us, i see change. and leading polar scientist kim holliman tells us the war in ukraine is now undermining the effort to understand climate change. the official exchange with russian institutions is not possible at this time. half of the arctic is russian coastline and if we are unable to share knowledge and data it will hamper our ability to understand what is happening. we need each other in order

to do good science. svalbard attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year, putting further strain on this fragile environment. but the authorities claim they are moving towards renewable energy. now we are in one of the two production sites we have here, eight kilometres in the mine. this is svalbard and norway�*s last coalmine which we are told is due to close. it makes me sad. it was a mining town and now it is coming to an end, it is more and more of a tourist town. but just a fortnight after our visit the state—owned company announces it is delaying the closure. why? it says europe�*s energy crisis now makes the mine a more

profitable operation. if they can�*t give up fossil fuels and the fastest warming place on earth, what hope for the rest? the un says we face a climate emergency. the alarm is sounding, we ignore it at our peril. nick beake, bbc news, in the arctic circle. let�*s take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. fresh elections look set to be called in northern ireland after a day of negotiations. political parties in stormont have less than an hour left to form a new executive — almost 6 months after they were first elected. procedures are currently being blocked by the democratic unionist party — which objects to the nothern ireland protocol. a long—awaited memoir by prince harry is due to be published in the new year. his publisher penguin random house, said the book will be titled �*spare�*. it will give the story of his life, including the death of his mother in 1997, and his decision to give up

royal duties and move to the us. uk schools that try to ban pupils from wearing their afro hair, in certain styles, are likely to be breaking the law. that�*s according to new guidance, published today, by the equality and human rights commission. it says students shouldn�*t be "unfairly singled out" because of their hair. i want to turn to tibet now where — footage has emerged showing what appear to be rare large—scale protests against strict covid—19 measures in the tibetan regional capital, lhasa. it�*s very difficult to independently verify these videos but they show hundreds demonstrating and clashing with police. nick marsh has more. into bed, there are many migrant workers who come from other parts of mainland china with job

opportunities mainland china withjob opportunities and we think in these videos that we have seen on social media, most of the people taking part in these protests are actually ethnic on chinese rather than native ethnic on chinese rather than native ethnic tibetans. with these video show, you can see large groups of people gathered in one video shows a big crowd protesting in a downtown street in a local official telling them to calm down, send your messages will be related to higher levels of government and then in another video, you can see police actually turning up at the scene and some of them have got riot gear and seems like these protesters are actually staying for quite a long time because another videos on social media, you can see crowds gathered in the dark in the night—time and in these videos, there seems to be quite a bit more agitation. no violence that we can cbc a lot of people yelling and you

cannot see any of these videos on chinese social media platforms and they�*ve been removed in terms of protests in tibet, they are very rare indeed. last time we saw widespread protests was probably backin widespread protests was probably back in 2008 and there, we saw a pretty plate he cracked down. so, be very interesting to see what kind of response we hear from the chinese government and if we get one at all. you�*re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. with less than two weeks to go until the us midterm elections — we�*ll look at how fears of a further economic slowdown — are affecting voters�* opinions. indira gandhi, ruler of the world�*s largest democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday, she had spoken of dying in the service of her country and said,

i would be proud of it, a chapter of history. booster ignition, and lift—off- of discovery with the crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. - well, enjoying the show is right, this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the seven billionth person on the planet. this is newsday on the bbc. i�*m karishma vaswani in singapore.

0ur headlines. president putin warns that the coming decade will be the �*most dangerous and unpredictable�*, since the end of the second world war. as the un warns there�*s no credible pathway to keep the rise in global temperatures below a key threshold of 1.5 degrees celsius let�*s turn away from those stories for now and take you to iran, where security forces have again opened fire on crowds during another day of widespread anti—government protests. riot police are reported to have shot at demonstrators in tehran during a ceremony at the graveside of sixteen year—old nika shakarami who disappeared in september. her body was found ten days after she was seen burning her headscarf. the bbc�*s samira hussain spoke to one iranian protester, who�*s now in islamabad, waiting for a visa to the united states. to protect him, we are concealing his identity and using only his first name. her death has become a symbol for a movement against the country�*s authoritarian regime.

this man was in his home city of tehran when the uprising began and was in the thick of the protests. there are protests almost every other day. and they are getting suppressed violently. even if you are not a protester you might get some shrapnel, you might get beaten up. i know some people who have even got killed. to protect his family back in iran we are only using his first name and concealing his face. there has been regular shooting at the protests. i�*ve seen it many times. it�*s either with military—style bullets or with pellets. i have seen the suppression forces beating people for the sake ofjust beating them up. this is the city of mahsa amini�*s home and now her final resting place. authorities tried but failed to block protesters flocking

to her grave to mark the end of the mourning period, a culturally significant moment for iranians. that could easily have been my sister. have been my girlfriend. this is tyranny. it is murderous. what am i going to do with my conscience if i sit down? yes, i need to bear some risks but i need to do it for the safety of my people, my friends and my parents. if i don�*t do it, who is going to? the attempts to suppress the rage and anger of iranians are violent and deadly. but video is being shared on social media show a country full of defiance and determined for regime change. samira hussain, bbc news, islamabad. let�*s take a look at some other stories in the headlines.

new reports from italy say there has been a mass stabbing at a shopping centre on the outskirts of milan. one person is reported to have been killed and four others injured — some seriously. among the injured is pablo mari, a footballer playing in italy on loan from the english premier league club, arsenal. the police have detained a suspect. the motive for the attack is not yet known. after more than a year of political deadlock, iraq�*s parliament has approved a new government. twenty—one ministers will serve under the prime minister designate, mohammad shia al—sudani. inconclusive elections last october had resulted in a stalemate. over the summer, violence between supporters of rival political groups left at least thirty people dead. police in canada are investigating reports that china has set up secret police stations inside the country. the organisation safeguard defenders says they were used to intimidate and sometimes pressure chinese people into returning home. china�*s embassy in canada insisted the reports were false.

austria�*s football team of the lease to video about the human rights record weeks into the world cup. and there also because of the decriminalisation of same—sex relationships. —— decriminalisation of same—sex relationships. -- qatar�*s human rights records. it�*s less than two weeks left until the midterm elections in the us, with president biden facing the prospect of his democratic party losing power of one or both chambers of congress. the economy has emerged as the number one issue for voters. inflation is at a forty year high, and americans are feeling the pressure of high fuel prices. while unemployment remains low, there are fears of a further slowdown and even recession. nada tawfik, reports from the midwest state of ohio.

the fall festivities are under way in ohio, with local farmers and small businesses serving up everything pumpkin. by the looks of things, the economy appears to be back in full swing, costs eggs at the grocery store. 18 eggs, $7.85. he's done nothing since he came into office, really. 0hio used to be a swing state, but in recent years, it has been moving further to the right and for them intensity it is the republicans to lose. inflation is only adding to democrat difficulties here,

they know it�*s overshadowing what they view as what president biden�*s legislative successes. democrats have tried to highlight their achievements on passing long—awaited action on infrastructure, climates, health care and student debt. recently, president biden was in ohio at the ground—breaking for intel�*s new massive factory under the chips act, billions will be invested to make america a global leader in chip manufacturing. this project on a site just under 1000 acres will employ 7000 construction workers and 3000 full—timejobs. intel says their presence will have a ripple effect. with building this factory here in ohio, so much more will come. there is a whole ecosystem of additional businesses that will come in, suppliers will come into my restaurants will come in. into restaurants will come in. health care, recreation and so the economic impact of our region is enormous. ready to get ready for practice? in the meantime, low—income households continue to struggle.

this woman is a single mother who works threejobs, she doesn�*t blame mr biden for her tough times, but she doesn�*t exactly give him a ringing endorsement either. i do not blamejoe biden for the economy. i do not think he has done a bad job and i don�*t think he�*s done a good job. i think he just does the job. she doesn�*t yet know how she will vote when she heads to the polls, while there are other issues at play during this election, the economy is the top concern nationally, and it could be watched breaks democrats hopes this november. you have been watching newsday. some real party animals have been taking part in a halloween costume competition in florida. the fantasy fest pet masquerade with cult classics and cartoon chaos. notable entries include pirates,

stay with us. that�*s all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello. with 18 degrees in edinburgh on thursday, 21 in london, it doesn�*t feel like the last few days of october out there, it will stay very mild into the weekend, often windy and there will be further rain at times with low pressure anchored to the west of the uk and around it spinning towards us these weather fronts to give these spells of rain but also drier, sunnier moments at times, too. all the while, the air coming from a long way south of us, although temperatures take a little bit of a step backwards during friday, they will head back up again during saturday. starting with a lot of rain across western parts on friday morning, some strong winds, too, gales in places, a lot of standing water spray northern ireland, the heavy rain runs into western scotland, here there could be some flooding disruption. we�*ll all see a spell

of rain in the morning, not much across east anglia and the south—east, compared with elsewhere. look how far away from the far north of scotland and northern isles, just about gone into the afternoon to allow much drier, brighter picture with just a few showers around. these will bring gusts north wales northwards, 50 miles an hour or so, in fact, into the far north of scotland for a time in the afternoon 60 mph gusts and temperatures widely in the mid to upper teens. there will still be a few spots in the east and the south—east of england, and it will get to around 20 celsius. largely fine on friday evening, though we are waiting for the next whether system to move on up from the south as we go into saturday morning. so some outbreaks of rain pushing into parts of england and wales at this stage, a little bit cooler, as we start off on saturday, with some spots towards north—east england and eastern scotland, down into single figures. so, cloud and outbreaks of rain pushing steadily further north during saturday, so into northern ireland, reaching into southern scotland, northern scotland staying largely dry, still some sunny spells. largely fine and bright and sunny across east anglia and south—east england, and temperatures getting back into the low 20s.

so what will be a blustery day and a windy part two of the weekend on sunday with further weather fronts coming our way. looks to be more showery on sunday, most of the showers will push in across northern and western areas, some of them could well be heavy and thundery, the spells of sunshine in between tend to move through quite quickly on the strong wind, and again, temperatures well above where we might expect them to be at this time of year. now, next week, low pressure stays close by. wet and windy at times, you will notice a gradual decrease in temperature.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the journalist and broadcaster, jenny kleeman, and the scottish political editor of the scottish sun, rachel watson. i will say hello to both of you in just a i will say hello to both of you in just a moment. tomorrow�*s front pages, starting with... the guardian�*s lead is the climate change story with the words "no way back" and it highlights the unusually high temperatures in the uk yesterday and the record profits made by oil giant, shell. the independent�*s lead

is the prime minister�*s decision not to go to the cop27 climate summit in egypt next month.