welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines... the nato secretary general says the missile which killed two people in poland was likely fired by ukraine's air defences, as they tried to fend off russian missiles. this is not ukraine's fault. russia bears ultimate responsibility as it continues its illegal war against ukraine. uk inflation hits the highest level for more than a0 years. as the chancellor prepares to unveil his autumn budget with expected tax increases and spending cuts.

we report from south korea, where calls for the president to apologise for the deadly halloween crush are growing louder. and lift—off at last for nasa's most powerful rocket — artemis is en route to explore the far reaches of the moon. we the far reaches of the moon. rise together back to and we rise together back to the moon and beyond. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's seven in the morning in singapore, 11 in the evening in london and midnight in poland. and midnight in poland, where investigations are under way to determine exactly who fired a missile which killed two people on a farm near the border with ukraine. nato and poland now believe

the missile was probably fired by ukrainian air defences, during a massive russian bombardment of the country. but ukraine's president zelensky hasn't accepted that conclusion. we start our coverage with this report from our europe correspondent katya adler. these have been nailbiting moments for poland and its allies, gathering evidence and intelligence about last night's missile strike close to poland's border with ukraine. yerevan lives nearby. his family heard the explosion, he said, and were really scared. nato was also nervous. you'll notice almost more emphasis today on who likely wasn't behind the strike than who probably was. we have no indication that this was the result of a deliberate attack, and we have no indication that russia is preparing offensive military actions against nato.

to western leaders, immense relief. poland's president said it seems the explosion was caused by ukrainian air defence systems. an unfortunate error, he said. moscow did pound ukraine with missiles yesterday. if it had struck or targeted neighbouring nato member poland, as first suggested in polish media, the whole alliance could have been called on, meaning confrontation with nuclear power russia. nato really wants to avoid that, while still supporting ukraine's military. nato leaders�* carefully crafted, measured response today shows how how much they fear europe is on a knife edge. they've had a sharp shock reminder of the ever—present potential of russia's war to escalate and spread beyond ukraine's borders.

kyiv sometimes accuses allies of getting too used to all those missiles raining down on its citizens. if that ever was the case, last night was a huge wake—up call. but it has also caused a rift with kyiv, determined russia was behind the strike in poland. translation: i have no doubt that this is not our _ missile, not our strike. i believe this is a russian missile based on our military reports. that's a very rare public break with his international allies. at a meeting of world leaders today, the prime minister assured ukraine support against russia was unwavering, and there were strong words from his foreign secretary. the house should be in no doubtl that the only reason why missiles iare flying through european skiesl and exploding in european villages is because of russia's barbaric invasion of ukraine. _ as the investigation continues on the ground in poland, nato says it's boosting air defences across eastern europe as well as ukraine, just in case.

katya adler, bbc news, nato. exactly what caused the explosion in poland is still far from clear. president zelensky has restated his belief that the explosion was not caused by ukrainian air defence. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, has been taking a closer look at what happened on the border with ukraine. yesterday's news caused a shutter of fear throughout the western alliance, especially in these eastern european members of nato. let's remember what was actually happening yesterday right on nato's doorstep. another day of massive russian missile strikes here in red, against ukrainian civilian

infrastructure. some of those strikes were over the far west, very close to the polish border, very close to the polish border, very close to the village where two people died. ukraine said and still says that a russian missile was responsible. before long, experts looked at this wreckage and came up with a different theory, that these were parts of an air defence missile fired by ukraine. world leaders from joe biden to the polish president to have all gradually come to the same conclusion. this is the s—300, a russian maid service introduced in the i917, russian maid service introduced in the 1917, is still used in the... —— a russian—made service missile. but will

what happened yesterday in poland was not ukraine's fault. china's president, xijinping, has criticised the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau. a clip recorded by the media pool at the 620 summit in indonesia has emerged and shows the two leaders conversing through a translator. canada never released an official readout, but news outlets later reported that mr trudeau had raised "serious concerns" about alleged espionage and chinese "interference" in canadian elections. let's have a listen.

here in the uk, inflation has hit its highest level since 1981. rising food costs and soaring energy bills mean inflation is now running atjust over 11% — that's higher than expected. on thursday, the uk finance minister jeremy hunt is expected to unveil new plans to raise taxes and cut spending. our economics editor faisal islam has more. at knit & matter in cam in gloucestershire, much of the nattering is about the rising price of everything, and especially energy. trying not to put the tumble dryer on so much, although with this weather... yes, yes. how will people afford food and energy? i don't know.

they'll find a way. they did in the war. buying things is guesswork. so, going shopping, you can't say, "i'm going to spend this amount. and shop for the week." it's quite hard to budgetjust cos the prices have gone up so much. yeah. for maureen, doreen, and friends, the intricate and delicate trade—offs of double—digit inflation, also faced by the chancellor and the bank of england. pension rates are likely to go up in line with double—digit inflation rates, but the extent of the squeeze from energy and food prices clear from demand for subsidised food and meals at this local community hub. in another month or two, when heating bills... when people switch their heating on, they're just going to have... there's nothing left to cushion the increases. i've never in my time here looked into the sort of abyss like it is now. it'sjust like, whatever we do, it's not going to be enough. and some who come to this hub

to volunteer, like sarah, have had to use some of the services. people are scared. i don't know anyone who uses the food pantry that has actually put their heating on, and they're still struggling with their bills. in nearby dursley, a guitar retailer explains the reason for price pressures. we've seen prices go up by 25—30% due to raw material costs going up, transportation costs going up, energy prices going up, general inflation, of course, and we try to absorb that. we can only put 2—3%, maybe 5% on our prices to try and absorb some of those costs. and that is the balancing act for the bank of england. once we get through this winter, because of the way the gas price effects are going to work through this winter, there should be quite a pronounced fall in inflation thereafter, and our forecast brings it back to target and takes it below target, actually, to 0.

in gloucester, at the indoor market, the inflationaryjuggernaut means traders can't really believe the prices they're having to charge. we check our prices monthly as our stock's coming in, cos it's going up and we're not even being told it's going up. it'sjust going up on our invoices. cards used to be £1,- and they have been £1.50 for the longest time, and now this year, i they have gone up to 1.99. so, it's another 50p, you know? and yet there are signs of recession everywhere. so, while acknowledging post—election spending being cut and taxes going up, the government is more wary of turning off the taps of its support too quickly. let's ta ke let's take a look at similar stories making headlines. the uk's deputy prime minister, dominic raab, is facing an investigation into two formal complaints about his behaviour. i's been claimed that mr raab bullied officials it's been claimed that

mr raab bullied officials in his previous cabinet roles. standing in for rishi sunak at the prime minister's questions, he said he wanted an independent investigation as soon as possible to "thoroughly rebut" the allegations. a danish tvjournalist and his crew have received an apology from officials in qatar, after a security team interrupted a live broadcast. private guards approached the reporter and camera crew on tuesday and threatened to smash their equipment. qatar's world cup delivery committee said the interruption had been a mistake. video of the incident has gone viral on social media. a bill that would make same—sex marriages legal across the united states has cleared a major hurdle in the senate. 12 republicans joined all 50 democrats to move the respect for marriage act forward. that puts it on track to become federal law before the new congress is sworn in next january. families of those who died in the itaewon disaster in south korea are calling on the president to apologise.

it's been nearly three weeks on from the deadly crush that killed more than 150 young people. grief and anger are growing. investigations continue, but no—one has yet taken responsibility. the father of a young woman who died has said he wants those in power to be held accountable. here's our seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie. we should warn you her report has flashing images. a woman solves into the floor at the scene of the dead the crush. this tragedy is more heartbreaking now it's clear it could've been prevented. mr song is visiting his daughter's ashes. translation: daddy's here now. i hope you're doing well. daddy's here now. i hope you're doing well-— daddy's here now. i hope you're doing well. daddy's here now. i hope you're doinu well. , ., ., ., ., doing well. 24-year-old was one of the last victims _ doing well. 24-year-old was one of the last victims to _ doing well. 24-year-old was one of

the last victims to be _ doing well. 24-year-old was one of the last victims to be identified. . the last victims to be identified. doctors told her father both her arms have been broken in the crush. translation: the most heartbreaking thing is the anticipated that many people would gather that day, but didn't prepare for it. i don't understand that. why? why did they not? ijust... he solvesi why? why did they not? i 'ust. .. he sows— why? why did they not? i 'ust. .. he solve , ., ., ., ~ ., he solves i should have taken more care of her- — he solves i should have taken more care of her. she _ he solves i should have taken more care of her. she was _ he solves i should have taken more care of her. she was such _ he solves i should have taken more care of her. she was such a - he solves i should have taken more care of her. she was such a precious| care of her. she was such a precious daughterfor care of her. she was such a precious daughter for us. care of her. she was such a precious daughterfor us. who care of her. she was such a precious daughter for us.— care of her. she was such a precious daughter for us. who do you want to take responsibility _ daughter for us. who do you want to take responsibility for _ daughter for us. who do you want to take responsibility for your - take responsibility for your daughter's death? translation: someone high up needs to take responsibility to this disaster. thousands have taken to the street to demand the president's

resignation. angry that no one has taken responsibility. contrast ta ken responsibility. contrast this... taken responsibility. contrast this... to the empty streets of itaewon. once so full of life. the police court and has finally been lifted, but the alley is almost completely deserted. most of the bars and the restaurants are still closed, and even the ones that are open are completely empty. it's hard to see at this stage how these streets can ever go back to the way they were before.— they were before. welcome. we haven't really — they were before. welcome. we haven't really been _ they were before. welcome. we haven't really been here - they were before. welcome. we haven't really been here since . haven't really been here since halloween. everyone that was lost, those _ halloween. everyone that was lost, those were — halloween. everyone that was lost, those were people that came to our neighbourhood and people from our neighbourhood, so... what

neighbourhood and people from our neighbourhood, so...— neighbourhood and people from our neighbourhood, so... what are your bi est neighbourhood, so... what are your biggest worries _ neighbourhood, so... what are your biggest worries now _ neighbourhood, so... what are your biggest worries now going _ neighbourhood, so... what are your biggest worries now going forward? | neighbourhood, so... what are your| biggest worries now going forward? i fear being scapegoated for why our problems — fear being scapegoated for why our problems. this neighbourhood has a really— problems. this neighbourhood has a really special and unique place wiihin— really special and unique place within korea, but it hasn't always been _ within korea, but it hasn't always been supported. within korea, but it hasn't always been suoported-_ been supported. many of the protesters — been supported. many of the protesters are _ been supported. many of the protesters are angry - been supported. many of the protesters are angry with - been supported. many of the protesters are angry with the president here before itaewon. but if he fails to punish the right people, these rallying cries will surely spread. jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. heartbreaking. you're watching newsday. still to come — reception for brazil's next president at the un climate summit and a promise to stop deforestation of the amazon.

benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election and she's asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the first growing european antinuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening - the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. - this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of a day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, which has caused millions of pounds worth of damage.

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm monica miller in singapore. our headlines... the nato secretary general says the missile which killed two people in poland was likely fired by ukraine's air defences, as they tried to fend off russian missiles. let's recap our top story. speaking to bbc news earlier today, nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg said preliminary investigations were continuing. but at this point, there is no indication that russia was targeting poland. the investigation is still ongoing, but our initial assessment is the same as the polish assessment, and

poland's actually in charge of the investigation. most likely, this is a ukrainian air defence missile. but the main message is that russia bears the ultimate responsibility, because this would not have happened hadn't russia waged a brutal war of aggression against ukraine, and yesterday was a wave of missile and air strikes against ukrainian citizens. of course, ukraine has the right to defend itself against these attacks. more 's are dangerous and accidents happen, and that doesn't change the responsibility of the aggression of russia. poland is leading an investigation because it happened on polish territory, and i'm sure there's some contacts between poland and ukraine. but again, the most important thing is to continue to help ukraine to defend themselves. today, i attended

a meeting of a support group for ukraine where nato allies and partners may new pledges for more advanced air defence system so we can help to shoot down russian missiles. the best way to prevent this in the future is for russia to stop the war. the brazilian president—elect has vowed to fight amazon deforestation. speaking at the cop27 summit in egypt, luiz inacio lula da silva said that there would be no climate security for the world if the amazon is not protected. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, reports from the conference in egypt. # ole, ole, ole, ola! # lula, lula! lula received a hero's welcome as he arrived here in egypt. "brazil is back" was his message. he said fighting climate change will be his number one priority and he promised to start rebuilding the agencies that police the forest as soon as he takes office in january.

translation: it's time to act. we have to stop this rush to the abyss. what we need is hope, hope combined with immediate and decisive action for the future of the planet and for humankind. # lula, lula! there is no question that lula is the star of this conference, but he faces real problems at home — brazil's finances are in trouble, he doesn't have control of the parliament and there's no doubt his rival, jair bolsonaro, will be making trouble for him. under bolsonaro, rates of deforestation rose rapidly. he was accused of encouraging loggers and miners to go into the forest and of hobbling the environmental police. lula says his target is zero deforestation. he promised to start rebuilding the agencies that police the forest as soon as he takes office in january. but his team acknowledges

there is hard work ahead. translation: this won't be an easy process. - there was a dismantling of all policies related to the environment. but if we rebuild the budget, if we rebuild the teams, i am confident we will be able to achieve our goals. that change cannot come quickly enough, say the indigenous communities who are on the front line of the conflict in brazil's forests. they are illegal miners, they are poisoning our rivers and deforesting our forests. the crowds surged around the brazilian president—elect after his speech. lula says he's urging the un to allow brazil to host the 2025 un climate conference,

and he says he wants it to be held nasa's artemis rocket is finally on its way to the moon, marking the start of a new era which will eventually see humans return to the moon. technical hitches and not one, two hurricanes prevented two previous launch attempts in recent weeks. but the rocket has finally blasted off on its debut flight from florida's kennedy space centre. our science editor, rebecca morrelle, was watching. and here we go. it was the moment they'd been waiting for. four stage engine start. three, two, one... and liftoff of artemis i! after months of setbacks, nasa's most powerful rocket was finally on its way. was finally on its way — the start of humanity's return to the moon. we rise together, back to the moon, and beyond! it's an incredibly complex machine.

it has so many components. to get 8.8 million pounds of thrust off the ground requires many systems that all have to work together perfectly, and it did just that today. no people are on board this time. no people are on board this time, but this test flight will show if it's safe for astronauts. the ultimate plan is to land the first woman and first person of colour on the moon. i wanted to be an astronaut from the time i was five years old. for anybody that has a dream or some kind of aspiration, if they see somebody that they can identify with a little bit, it puts them into a totally different perspective where they can say, well, "wait a minute, that person was just like me, and they did it, so i can do it, too." and on a remote part of cornwall, the goonhilly earth station has an important role to play. tracking the spacecraft,

it will help nasa to work out exactly where the spacecraft is and how fast it is moving as it heads towards the moon. and here's the first signal sent back. this doesn't look like very much, i think, to most people, but to communication engineers, this is pure magic. what you would normally see is just a flat line of noise. but we're picking up the signal from space, from the artemis spacecraft. with a last look back at the earth, the spacecraft now has a 26—day journey ahead. this isjust the beginning, the start of a million mile journey that's being described as apollo for a new generation. rebecca morelle, bbc news. the nato secretary general said the missile which killed two people in poland was likely fired by ukrainian air defences. that's all we have for you now. stay with bbc world news.

i'm monica miller. hello there. the weather's looking pretty unsettled for the next couple of days. we're going to see quite a lot of rain in places, a risk of some localised flooding, too, and it's all because of one area of low pressure which is expected to hang around for thursday and friday evening into saturday morning before it eventually fizzles out. this is the low pressure system i'm talking about, moving a little bit further eastwards, and then pulling back northwards and westwards across the country during thursday and friday, where it slowly will weaken, but it's going to bring a lot of rain and fairly strong winds at times. now, we start thursday off on a really chilly note for western scotland and northern ireland — some frost and fog here, but elsewhere, where we have the cloud, wind and rain, temperatures remaining between 5—9 degrees. but a really thoroughly wet day to come for thursday. our area of low pressure, as you can see here,

slowly pushing northwards and then westwards. some heavy rain for eastern scotland, northern england, north wales, eastern england — strongest of the winds along north sea coasts there. probably the best of any brighter weather off that chilly start, northern ireland and across the south and southwest corner of the country, but nowhere particularly warm — 9—11 degrees. and then, through thursday night, the rain continues to pile into eastern scotland, a few showers elsewhere into northern ireland, some wet weather for northern england and north wales. probably the driest weather towards the south of the country. but because there's more cloud and wind across the whole of the uk, it won't be quite as cold for many — 7—9 degrees. so, for friday, there's our area of low pressure again, starting to fill at this point and weaken, but still going to bring a lot of rainfall for the northern half of the country, especially the east of scotland. by this point, rain really will be accumulating across angus, aberdeenshire — risk of some localised flooding here. something a little bit quieter for england generally. still a few showers around,

the best of the sunshine on friday again, parts of northern ireland, wales, central and southern england. up to around 12 degrees there, but distinctly chilly further north, where it will continue to be windy, especially for the northern isles. then that fizzles out saturday. brief spell of quieter weather before the next frontal system moves through during saturday night into sunday, followed by sunshine and blustery showers. so, it starts off fairly dry for many on saturday — quite chilly, mind you — and then wet and windy weather sweeps through saturday night into sunday, and that'll be followed by sunshine and showers.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and journalistjenny kleeman and the broadcaster david davies. let's break through some of the titles that are already in. all eyes on the fiscal statement tomorrow with the fts stressing the chancellor will attempt to repair britain's frayed reputation. the metro suggests we may all have to grin and bear it, a slight smile

there from the chancellor, with not