welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. the un warns there's no credible way of limiting the rise in global warming. — we have a special report from the arctic circle where temparutures are rising more quickly than any other place on earth. it will make if we get more countries directly engaged in changing their plans more rapidly, joe the omissions to more rapidly transition, it is more rapidly transition, it is more plausible that we can hold them very close to that. president putin warns that the coming decade will be the �*most dangerous and unpredictable�* —

since the end of the second world war. claiming he is buying twitter to claim save humanity. we look at how inflation is affecting voters. midterm elections — we'll look at how inflation welcome to the programme. 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�*. us climate envoyjohn kerry told the bbc in order to achieve the climate goals, all countries urgently had to work together. if we get more countries directly engaged in changing their plans to more rapidly kill the omissions, to more rapidly transition, it is plausible that we can hold it very close to that 1.5 or close to it. well, one 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. our 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 is disappearing. soon, an incredible site but one framed with sadness. to survive as a polar bear now, i think you have to be super good at hunting, because the main source of food, the seals, they are diminishing and the ice that both the seal and the polar bears 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,

they are swimming in 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, it�*s 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 fuels in 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. russian 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. applause. his war in ukraine has not gone according to plan. but more than eight months in, from vladimir putin, there were no regrets and no remorse. he blamed the west for the conflict and made only passing reference to the human cost of his invasion. translation: of course, - there has been a price to pay, primarily the losses connected to the special military operation. i�*m always thinking about that. there are economic costs, too. but there are enormous gains. without any doubt, what�*s happening now will ultimately benefit russia and its future. it will strengthen our sovereignty. strength is what the kremlin leader is trying to project. this week, he oversaw massive exercises by russia�*s strategic nuclear forces.

a clear message to the west. don�*t mess with moscow. president putin was reminded he�*d once said that in a nuclear war, russians would go to heaven and the enemy to hell. "we�*re in no rush to go to heaven, are we?" he asks. there is a long pause. "your silence is worrying me," he says. translation: i paused on purpose, so that - you�*d be worried. vladimir putin rejected western accusations he�*s been engaged in nuclear sabre rattling. russia, he claimed, had nothing to gain from a nuclear strike on ukraine. but the fact remains that on the day of the invasion, he�*d issued a very public warning, any country that gets in russia�*s way, he said, would face consequences the like of which they�*d never experienced in history. and the warnings continue.

according to russian official nuclear doctrine, russia would launch a strategic nuclear strike against the united states and all the nato countries as soon as we witness the launch of western missiles, no matter how armed they are. against our territories. and then, the whole planet will die. moscow may be hoping nuclear rhetoric will scare the west into reducing support for ukraine. it hasn�*t so far. bell tolls. earlier, i wasjoined by andrew weiss — author of accidental czar — the life and lies of vladimir putin. i began by asking him what he thought president putin had hoped to achieve with his speech. the event today was a perverse spectacle. it was 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 these sessions. there are increasingly less useful and are not intended by westerners any more. you had a group of more sycophantic people in the audience asking them questions about the challenge of being a leader of the anti—colonial movement in the world and stuff that clearly, are not an accurate description of vladimir putin�*s role on the world stage. this grievance, the sense that the west desired of 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. we�*ve heard sorts of things from president putin before it it seems to be quite striking that he did reference some of the losses that russia has

faced in this conflict with ukraine. what did you make of that? ., , ., ., ., that? there was not a lot new on president _ that? there was not a lot new on president putin _ that? there was not a lot new on president putin when - that? there was not a lot new| on president putin when asked about this, hume said he wanted to help regain control over the two provinces that were the centre of the fighting in 2014 at 2015, he did not talk about the other areas that bush is claiming to annex after the sham referendum a few weeks ago. he is basically keeping his real motives here are well hidden and there�*s no reason at the moment and think they have changed. he wants regime change in ukraine, he wants to ukraine thatis in ukraine, he wants to ukraine that is totally beholden to russia. let�*s take a look at some other stories in the headlines. fresh elections look set to be called in northern ireland after a day of negotiations. the deadline has passed

for political parties in stormont 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. 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. china�*s embassy in canada insisted the reports were false. 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.

one person has died in a mass stabbing in the italian city of milan. in total, six people were attacked, including a football player for arsenal and monza, pablo mari. he�*s recovering in hospital. police have arrested a man who�*s believed to have psychiatric problems. 0ur correspondent, mark lowen sent this report from rome. a 46—year—old man is said to have grabbed a knife from the she” have grabbed a knife from the shelf of the supermarket in ghana and the stabbing spree. 0ne ghana and the stabbing spree. one of those who he stabbed died from his injuries while at a supermarket employee. and others were seriously injured and pablo, this football player, defender who is on loan to the italian club in northern italy, he was stabbed in the back and suffered a deep stab wound to the back and it did

not injure his vital organs and he is in the hospital and does not have life—threatening injuries, he is recovering now injuries, he is recovering now in the club to which he has been on loan as tweeted saying that we are with you and your family and you are a warrior and you will recover. the 46—year—old assailant is said to have been suffering from psychiatric problems. some reports saying that he had been getting psychiatric treatment for the past year and she is in the custody of local police who have ruled out any terrorism motive. 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, every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation. after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have of what each day might bring. of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. well, enjoying the show is right, this is beautiful. 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 — our headlines. the un warns there�*s no credible way of limiting the rise in global warming. a new report talks of �*woefully inadequate�* action by the world�*s governments. president putin warns that the coming decade will be the "most dangerous and unpredictable" since the end of the second world war. it�*s the deal that�*s been on, then off, and now seemingly on again. elon musk has until the end of friday to close an agreement to acquire twitter — ending months of turmoil after the billionaire agreed to buy the social network, then tried to back out. in a tweet, on thursday, he said he didn�*t buy the firm "to make more money. i did it to try to help humanity, whom i love". lets get more now from san francisco where we can speak to ryan mac. he�*s the technology reporter

for the new york times. 0n again, off agian — so is it finally over this long drawn out deal? i think so. we will see when the paperwork it signed but for all intents and purposes, it looks like it�*s closing towards the deadline tomorrow. a court imposed deadline to close this deal and he is at the headquarters of twitter in san francisco and he�*s meeting with employees and it seems like the deal is going to get over the line for $44 billion. you know, ou're line for $44 billion. you know, you're based _ line for $44 billion. you know, you're based in _ line for $44 billion. you know, you're based in san _ line for $44 billion. you know, you're based in san francisco i you�*re based in san francisco and i was struck by his comments that he wants to help humanity — make a sort of digital town square for all of us — what does that mean do you think?

i don�*t know if anyone knows what he means by that but first and foremost, elon musk is a businessman. he has two very large corporations and they�*ve been quite successful and now he�*s adding a third with twitter. mainly he has some magnanimous intent but the purchase of this thing but he�*s going to run this like a business and he has investors, he has a lot of debt taken out to fund the steel and is going to fund the steel and is going to be a desire to run results in keeping this moving forward into the next phase. 50. in keeping this moving forward into the next phase.— in keeping this moving forward into the next phase. so, are we lookin: into the next phase. so, are we looking at _ into the next phase. so, are we looking at twitter _ into the next phase. so, are we looking at twitter in _ into the next phase. so, are we looking at twitter in a - looking at twitter in a different form? so will donald trump be allowed back? to the point of donald trump, is spoken about maybe letting the former president back onto

the former president back onto the platform. is talked about this idea of a more unfettered platform when moore�*s speech is allowed, over the years, twitter has developed policies to combat misinformation, combat hate speech and make a kind of a civil, more civil place. and elon musk has suggested that he is going to move those safeguards back and allow more speech to happen and let the platform that attracts more people. and it remains to be seen whether or not the remains to be seen. and a less fettered kind of platform. the likes of donald _ fettered kind of platform. the likes of donald trump coming back, what would that mean for other users? we have seen reports of the mass exodus of twitter. do you buy that, do

you think that is true of all that happens? i you think that is true of all that happens?— you think that is true of all that happens? you think that is true of all that ha ens? ~ , ., that happens? i think when you have the seismic _ that happens? i think when you have the seismic shifts - that happens? i think when you have the seismic shifts and - have the seismic shifts and these areas, a lot of people, mind yourself with delete facebook campaign. and they�*re finally going to leave the social media platform and some actually do. i think a lot of people are going to wait and see what happens, there�*s a lot of dedicated twitter users and they�*re going to wait and see and if there is a tradition, this will probably be a slow overtime sort of thing but that being said, after some dramatic shift, you cannot rule out this. �* , , ., shift, you cannot rule out this. , , _ this. i'm sure will be a busy coule this. i'm sure will be a busy coume of — this. i'm sure will be a busy couple of days _ this. i'm sure will be a busy couple of days for _ this. i'm sure will be a busy couple of days for you - this. i'm sure will be a busy couple of days for you on i this. i'm sure will be a busy. couple of days for you on the story and thank you very much forjoining us on this programme. 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. in lhasa, in tibet, there are many migrant workers who come from other parts of mainland china looking forjob 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 han chinese rather than native ethnic tibetans. in terms of what 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, saying 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 it seems like these protesters actually stayed 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 see, but you can hear 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 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, if we get one at all. it�*s less than two weeks to the midterm elections in the us,

and president biden is 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. to hold on to congress.

about how much it costs eggs at the grocery store. not happy with the president, really. 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 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, 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. 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 blame joe 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.

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.

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