welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. the ukrainian army says it's made major advances towards kherson in the south of the country, a day after russia said it was abandoning the city. police in australia investigate the killing of an aboriginal teenager — the prime mnister says it was a racially motivated attack. also coming up on the programme. president biden embarks on a whirlwind diplomatic tour which will see him have a face—to—face meeting with chinese president xijinping. and for years it's handed out bibles, now britian�*s ministry of defence will issue sikh prayer books to sikh personnel.

hello and welcome to the programme. nine months after the russian invasion of ukraine, seniorfigures in the ukrainian military say they're making significant progress against the forces of president putin. russian forces have admitted having problems with their supply lines, and they've been actively engaged in establishing new defensive lines. all eyes are on the southern port of kherson, a strategically vital city which russian forces say they're in the process of leaving. russia says it's moving to new defensive positions on the other side of the dnipro river, but that process could take weeks. there's no sign so far of a mass withdrawal. our international editorjeremy

bowen has more from odesa. the ukrainians are correct to be cautious, because the russians will try and hurt them as much as they can, as often as they can, as their forces go back. but i think as far as the russians are concerned, there is, if you like, a couple of extreme scenarios, a range of scenarios. one of them is for the russians, the worst one, a disorderly retreat, leaving their forces bunch up at crossing points on the river and very vulnerable to very accurate ukrainian shellfire. the other extreme, the good scenario for the russians — which clearly is the favourite in moscow — is that they manage to carry out an organised fighting retreat, which is something their military skills have not yet suggested they could do. but if they could do that, then they would be able to transfer equipment and men onto the opposite side to their prepared positions. and then, the russians would say, "look, hang on,

this may look like a defeat, but actually we are in a better position than we were because of the river." now, what do they make of all this in moscow, on state tv and in the streets? here's our russia editor, steve rosenberg. what are russians being told about the war in ukraine? for more than eight months, the message from the kremlin to the people has been, russia will be victorious — and yet there is no sign of the promised victory. on the contrary, the public is learning of problems. grim faces on state tv, as russia announces a retreat from kherson, the strategically important ukrainian city. "i bet they're cock a hoop about this in the west," he says. "but we have to remain calm." and this kremlin supporter remains confident.

of course, we will win and withdrawal of our troops. temporary withdrawal of our troops from kherson in order not to be surrendered is not a defeat. even though a lot of people in the west would like to see this as a defeat. it's not. because sometimes you need to go back one step to go ten steps further. still, it does feel like vladimir putin has been trying to distance himself from what many see as a setback. as the retreat was being announced, putin was shown visiting a brain research centre. he thought his military operation in ukraine would last days, not months. but it hasn't gone to plan. there is also growing confusion over his objectives in this war. and since the kremlin had insisted that occupied kherson

would be russian forever, the retreat is a blow to moscow. russia's retreat from kherson creates a danger for vladimir putin. it risks changing how he's perceived here at home. not so much by the russian public, but by the russian elite, by the people around him, the people in power here, who for years have viewed putin as a great strategist, a winner. less so now. and the mood on the streets? "of course we'll win the war," he says. "when have russians ever lost?" i really hope that russian soldiers will come back and vladimir putin will leave his post and ukraine and russia will be free from this dictator. for now, the russian public is watching, waiting... ..to see where the kremlin�*s war goes from here. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.

the united states says it's sending up to m40 million worth of new military assistance to ukraine. the latest aid package focuses on air defence. the defence department said additional air defence capabilities were critical, given russia's brutal and unrelenting attacks on ukrainian infrastructure. ukraine will also get more ammunition for the himars rocket artillery system, which has proven effective against the russians. nearly four weeks ago, aboriginal teenager cassius turvey was walking home from his school in perth with friends, when they were allegedly chased and cassius was beaten with a metal rod. he died in hospital ten days later. the australian prime minister anthony albanese claimed that the attack was clearly racially motivated, but police say the investigation continues and have urged people not to speculate about a motive. cassius�*s mother spoke to our australia correspondent shaimaa khalil.

and a warning for aboriginal and torres strait islander viewers — this report contains images of someone who has died. we were explaining to him why he was called cassius. this was just after we showed some youtube clips of muhammad ali. the heart of his family and community. a good kid who inspired others and loved life. he was funny. mechelle turvey says her son, cassius, was cheerful, loyal, with a beautiful cheeky smile. he set up a lawnmowing business with his friends to reach out to neighbours. the teenager wanted to change the negative stereotypes about indigenous youth. but on his way home from school nearly a month ago, he was violently attacked. i couldn't move. i got a phone call saying he'd been rushed to hospital. and ijust walked out of the hairdressing salon — i didn't know to what extent his injuries were.

it was devastating. my question was, "why? this kid is amazing, why would someone do that?" my son never got in trouble, ijust wanted to be with him. cassius was in his school uniform walking with friends when a car pulled up. a stranger allegedly told the group to run before chasing them down here — and officers are investigating claims that the boys were racially abused. police believe that cassius was then bashed with a metal pole. he was taken to hospital with serious head injuries, but the doctors couldn't save him. he died ten days later. a 21—year—old man has now been charged with his murder. what do we want? justice! cassius�* death shocked of national grief and anger.

issues around racism. thousands of people attended rallies and vigils across the country. events were also held in the us and new zealand, demanding change and justice. meghan krakouer has helped hundreds of first nations families deal with the aftermath of violence and discrimination — tragedies she says that evoke a generational trauma dating back to colonisation. i'm really angry because i see death. i'm being at their bedsides when life—support machines are turned off. so in my mind, and what is evident is there's a lack of political will — a lack of political will to address the underlying issues. this felt personal to so many families, some of whom say even before cassius�* death, they were fearful for their children. mechelle finds comfort in being near cassius�* tree, as she calls it — a vigil set up near where the attack happened. every day, she says, there

are more messages of support. a shared grief for a young man with so many dreams. how will you remember him? wow. as my baby boy. as my miracle kid. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, perth. a short time ago, i spoke to dr hannah mcglade. she�*s an associate professor at curtin law school in perth. i asked her about the impact of cassius�* death. and once again, i should warn aboriginal and torres strait islander viewers — there will be images in this interview of someone who has died. racial violence is something that�*s very serious and ongoing racism and discrimination is a daily part of life.

it causes a lot of stress. mental health impacts, loss of life, people can go to hospital and be refused medical treatment on the basis of their aboriginality. but we are not monitoring hate crimes in our country and that�*s very wrong. we were told to do that some years ago in a national inquiry into racist violence. just to say, the police investigation is currently under way as we understand it, but in your opinion, has the police handling of these sorts of issues improved? how has it fared over the years? no, it hasn�*t improved because, unfortunately, the police themselves have a real issue with systemic racism and violence to aboriginal people. two serving police officers this year have been charged with murder of vulnerable aboriginal young people. they were both acquitted notwithstanding some strong evidence byjuries

which did not include indigenous people. we�*ve seen a long history of racial violence, but a great level of denial from the part of non—indigenous australian society, and a lack of leadership, as well, from governments. our federal government has now committed to a process of voice treaty and truth telling. we simply must come to tackle these issues now as a nation, and to see young cassius die in such a horrific assault, and there�*s been a spike of violent incidents including youth and children in the city of perth where i live, where aboriginal children are also being treated to extremely brutal violence, even awful treatment in detention centres. just to say, we�*ve heard from the prime minister, haven�*t we, who was already said that he believes this to be a racially motivated crime. what do you think is needed here in terms of the investigation as it continues?

and also, what do you think the community needs to see from authorities in order to resolve issues like this? certainly we need to see leadership at the national and state levels towards racist violence. we need to see the important human rights recommendations of the inquiry, some 30 years ago, being given due respect and implementation. they called for monitoring of race hate crimes. and proper laws where racism is involved. hate of any kind should be punished for what it is. there�*s some progress in queensland, a collective have a commitment from the government to introduce new laws. now we have race hate laws in australia but only concerning assaults, not the crimes of murder or manslaughter. and we don�*t believe that police are even using those laws, unfortunately, they pay no attention to them, disregarding them. in fact, the police

commissioner and the premier admonished aboriginal people for speaking up... doctor, just to say the bbc have tried to contact the premier and the prime minister, and the western australian police force, but neither have gotten back to us. they previously urged community members to refrain from unfounded speculation about the case at this point. as the investigation continues, briefly, what are people feeling in the community and how do you see any healing process going forward from here? well because there was actually the killing of a young boy and there were several boys attacked, and there have been other violent incidents and assaults, and even potentially another death, people are very worried that the racism is on the rise and becoming more violent. we don�*t feel assured of safety by the police because they haven�*t tackled the racism and the racial

profiling within their own system, and we�*re not seeing the leadership from government. healing takes place when there is safety and truth telling and accountability. we really do as a country need to have an increased commitment to human rights, to indigenous rights. the federal government will need to show the leadership on indigenous affairs. you�*re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. for years, britian�*s ministry of defence has issued out bibles to its staff, now it will also hand out sikh prayer books. the bombastic establishment outsider, donald trump, has defied the pollsters to take the keys to the oval office. i feel great about the election results. i voted for him because i genuinely believe

he cares about the country. it's keeping the candidate's name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display, but on the local campaign headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. berliners from both. east and west linked hands and danced around their liberated territory. i and, with nobody to stop them, it wasn't long before the first i attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. _ yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning. this is newsday on the bbc. i�*m karishma vaswani in singapore. our main story this hour.

the ukrainian army says it has made major advances towards kherson in the south of the country, a day after russia said it was abandoning the city. president biden is embarking on a whirlwind diplomatic tour which will take him to egypt, cambodia and indonesia. over the next few days, he�*ll attend cop27, the us-asean summit and the east asia summit before joining the meeting of 620 leaders in bali. that�*s where the most anticipated event of the trip will take place — a face—to—face meeting with the chinese president xijinping. here�*s what mr biden had to say about the forthcoming encounter. what i want to do with him, when we talk, is lay out what each of our red lines are — understand what he believes to be in the critical national interests of china, what i know to be the critical interests of the united states, and determine whether or not they conflict with one another. and if they do, how do we resolve it and work it out?

earlier, i asked our news reporter azadeh moshiri what president biden�*s red lines might consist of. taiwan is of course one of the big issues here. now officially the united states only recognises beijing, has formal ties with one china in terms of their policy and only recognises the chinese government. but they also have what they call a robust and unofficial relationship with taiwan, a self—governed island. that means they also do things like sell them weapons to defend themselves. so that�*s the diplomatic tightrope that they been able to walk so far, but this year has taken a lot of hits. part of that was because of the visit by the us speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, one of the highest ranked united states officials, who went to taiwan, despite china warning her not to, and despite president biden himself saying he thought it was a bad idea. now she did this to show support for taiwan but it led to some fierce diplomatic

and military blowback by china. but there are some off—the—cuff comments present biden had comments president biden had made over the year — things like saying the us would send its own troops to defend taiwan should there be an unprecedented attack by china. now that doesn�*t follow the one china policy, and it led to the white house having to clarify several times that that policy hasn�*t changed and they don�*t commit to any military intervention. but to put it simply, this means china is not happy. it�*s worth hearing what the chinese foreign minister said earlier. translation: the taiwan question is at the core - of china's interests. the one china principle is what underpins the political foundation of us—china relations. the three joint communiques are the most important guardrail for us—china relations. united states needs to stop fictionalising, holding out, and distorting the one china principle and abide by the basic norms in international relations.

obviously, taiwan is a key issue, as we heard in that soundbite, but also the war in ukraine. are you expecting the two leaders to talk about that? obviously they have very differing views on it. the us has said that will be part of the agenda. to be honest, it�*s quite a challenging issue for president xijinping himself, because china doesn�*t fully back the war in ukraine — even president putin has said china has some questions and concerns over the invasion. so it�*s a difficult one to manage, and get russia and to manage, and yet russia and china are very strong allies. they�*ve made that clear, they�*ve reaffirmed their relationship and ties throughout the year, and it�*s certainly important for president putin, who�*s so isolated from the west right now and depends on china�*s support, especially economically. and yet president putin is one of the biggest concerns biden�*s administration has right now, so of course that�*ll

be top of the agenda. all these red lines and issues are why united states officials are really tempering their language when it comes to this meeting, and trying not to set the expectations too high, despite the fact they�*ll want to make some progress on things like trade. let�*s take a look at some other stories in the headlines. counter—terrorism officials in belguim are leading an investigation into the fatal stabbing of a police officer near a train station in brussels. another officer was wounded in the attack. his injuries are not being described as life—threatening. the assailant was shot and taken to hospital. his condition is not known. china�*s new top leadership body has reaffirmed the commitment to pursuing zero covid, as infections and lockdowns increase across the country. the standing committee of the communist party�*s politburo, meeting for the first time since it was formed last month, said the nation needed to remain "resolute".

the egyptian pro—democracy activist alaa abdel fattah is said to have undergone what is being called a medical procedure. he has been injail since december and is now refusing water and food. for many years, the british army has been providing bibles for its staff who practise christianity. now the ministry of defence is to issue daily prayer books called nitnem gutkas to sikh service personnel. it�*s all down to a major in the british army who�*s spent years campaigning to make it happen, as claire jones explains. just a warning — there are some flashing images in this piece. at this printers, more than 500 copies of sikh daily prayer books are being created. for sikhs, our scriptures are notjust words, but they are the living embodiment of our group. major daljinder singh—virdee

has been campaigning for two years to make this possible. the army has been providing christian religious texts for many years, and i saw the opportunity there to open the door for the sikh faith, to provide to sikh texts. after arriving at a sikh temple in london, the prayer books are being blessed. chanting and praying the prayer books have been printed in three languages and in durable material to withstand the rigours of military life. the camouflage books are for the british army, and the navy blue books are for the royal navy and raf. sikh daily prayer books were first issued to service personnel more than a century ago, along with steel daggers, bracelets, and wooden combs — but they�*ve never been issued again since. one of the last remaining copies is in the national

army museum archive — and we�*re here to see it. so, we'll come around here, and we can have a look at it in detail. it'sjust in this box here. it's probably the earliest example of a sikh prayer book from the first world war. it's an incredible example, and to survive in such condition — right from 1914, at the beginning of the war. it's a very important object and tells so many different stories. it's very poignant. this is the type of sikh prayer book that would�*ve been taken out by sikhs who fought in gallipoli, the first world war, in france, in the trenches. satveer singh designed the new prayer books to include the historical elements of the sikh faith. this is their main logo for the sikh defence network. then you've got this here, which is our curved blade sword. and down at the bottom here,

you see our shield. throughout history, we've always had symbolism of weaponry, it's part of our history. the thing that will mean the most to me is when sikhs take this with them throughout their career, and it�*s a way for them to connect with their faith. that for me is the biggest reward that i could ever ask for. clairejones, bbc news, in london. an art collection in new york has just become the most expensive ever to go under the hammer. over 150 works from a collection by late microsoft executive paul allen sold for over one point six billion dollars at christie�*s auction house. mr allen collected masterpieces by big names including cezanne, picasso, van gogh, gaugin and lucien freud. five paintings sold for more than one hundred million dollars each — with bids coming in from 19 countries. that�*s all for now —

stay with bbc world news. hello there. our exceptionally mild spell of november weather is set to stick around for another few days. there�*s also a lot of dry weather on the cards, but we have got some rain across the far northwest of the uk. not only is it very mild out there, but it will also feel windy once again through friday. so, we�*ve got high pressure towards the southeast, and this waving weather front in the northwest — that combination of weather systems means our winds are coming in from the southwest. so, from a very warm direction, we�*re drawing up this warm air from the azores right up towards the uk, you can see the orange colours on the map there. so, a very, very mild start to friday morning. on average, we�*d expect overnight lows this time of year to be between about 3—6 celsius north—to—south — but overnight temperatures at the moment between about 13—15,

so a good ten degrees or even more than that above average for the time of year. so, very mild to start things off, also fairly cloudy for most of us. we will see rain initially for the western isles and parts of highland — that area of rain will track eastwards across scotland and northern ireland through the day, becoming lighter and patchier as it does so. england and wales predominantly dry, the odd spot of drizzle in the west, best of the sunshine towards the east. but gusts of wind once again, a realfeature — 30—a0mph for many of us, 50mph across parts of scotland and through the irish sea, too. and temperatures 16—17 for most of us, but as high as 19 celsius for the northeast of scotland, probably the warmest spot during armistice day on friday. so, through the day, then, we�*ll be seeing this area of rain moving a bit further south for a time, and then, starting to return northwards overnight and on into saturday morning, so still very mild, not quite as mild as first thing friday morning, though. we�*re down into single figures across parts of scotland. so, through the day on saturday, there�*s that area of rain clearing to the north, slowly, just sitting up towards the northern isles for longest.

but elsewhere, after mist and fog clear away from parts of england and wales, should be a bit more sunshine coming through. lighter winds than we�*ve seen, 17—18 towards the south, mid—teens further north. and for remembrance sunday, again, largely dry and settled. some early mist and fog, which should clear away from the vale of york, welsh marches, for instance, as well. lighter winds not quite as warm, but we�*re still looking at temperatures well above average, 13—17 celsius. probably the last of the dry and warm—feeling days, because things are set to turn cooler and more unsettled as we head through next week. bye for now.

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