welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: rescue workers in indonesia continue to search for survivors after a major earthquake in west java that killed more than 260 people. the closer to the epicentre of the earthquake, the more visible the damage, some beyond repair. people are too afraid to go back to their houses. the us supreme court denies a request by donald trump to withhold his tax returns from a congressional investigation. the saudi king declares a public holiday after his football team beat argentina, in one of the greatest upsets in world cup history.

and cristiano ronaldo is to leave manchester united with immediate effect, just as the club's owners say they are thinking about selling. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. rescue workers in indonesia have spent a second night searching through rubble, in the hope of finding survivors following the devastating earthquake on the island ofjava. more than 150 people are still missing and the death toll has risen to 268. many of the dead were children, killed as schools collapsed. the government says thousands of homes have been destroyed and roads have been damaged, which is making it hard to reach the worst hit areas. the epicentre of the earthquake

was in cianjur in westjava, from where our indonesia correspondent, valdya baraputri, has sent this report. rescue workers remind people not to get too close to a ruin of a house. they are trying to evacuate a body of a 28—year—old man trapped in concrete after a three—floor house collapsed to the ground. there were five people at the time, but the others survived. translation: the other people were on the highest floor. - they managed to be rescued. my brother—in—law was on the first floor, the ruins fell on him. the government estimated that most victims are children because of the number of boarding schools in the area that have been destroyed. meanwhile, many destroyed houses are left by the owners who took refuge in makeshift tents. the closer to the epicentre of the earthquake, the more visible the damage, some beyond repair.

people are too afraid to go back to their houses. well, as you can see, the slanted floors are very prone to collapsing, even with the smallest aftershock. 151 people are still missing, many trapped under a landslide triggered by the earthquake. translation: as for the victims who are still buried _ in the rubble, i have ordered that the search for victims and their evacuation must be prioritised. the indonesian geophysical agency has learned that the earthquake is a once in 20—year event. for hundreds of injured people at the hospital, the effect could last a lifetime. valdya baraputri, bbc news, cianjur. ina in a moment, we will respeaking with the governor of ridwan

—— governor of west java, ridwan —— governor of westjava, ridwan kamil, for more on that story. the us supreme court has ordered former president donald trump to release his tax returns to a congressional committee. the move is a significant setback for mr trump, who has tried for years to shield his tax returns from public scrutiny. he had argued that the request by a panel led by a democrat was politically motivated. our north america correspondent peter bowes told me why this is so significant. this is a big blow to the president, who, as you say, has been resisting the release of his tax returns ever since he first stood for the presidency in 2016. it was three years after that that the committee in the house of representatives requested his tax documents, initially unsuccessfully, with president trump in the white house. when president biden took over, the white house took a different stance and so did the treasury. and there's been a lot of legal wrangling since then, but it has gone to the highest court in the land, which has, as you say, ruled in the last few hours that those documents, those six years of tax returns relating to the former

president, must be handed over to this committee immediately. so what happens next, peter, in terms of what donald trump might do? the clock is ticking, as far as the committee is concerned, because the republicans take over in the house in the new year, and clearly they take over the committees as well and this investigation is very likely to be dropped. we're approaching the thanksgiving holiday here in the states. everything . for a few days. everything will stop for a few days. then there will be four weeks before christmas for this committee do its work with those documents, to analyse what they see, and the big question is, will any information from those tax returns be eventually made public? now, clearly, donald trump has argued against this for many years, saying

that the committee was motivated by politics, but this committee is determined to look at those documents as part of an investigation into whether presidential candidates are properly audited, with the view of possibly revising legislation in that respect, but the key question i think everyone wants to know is, what do those documents contain? why has president trump been so resistant to them being made public? are there any irregularities, as far as his tax concerns, in those documents? and will they be made public? peter bowes reporting for us. i want to take you back to that top story for us in indonesia, the earthquake. for more on this, i am joined now by the governor of westjava, ridwan kamil. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme and good morning to you. i know it must be such a difficult time there right now, with rescue operations continuing, such a tragic loss of life. if you can

give us a sense of what the situation is right there for your people and how rescue efforts are going.— your people and how rescue efforts are going. yes, i think as ou efforts are going. yes, i think as you know. _ efforts are going. yes, i think as you know, because - efforts are going. yes, i think as you know, because of - efforts are going. yes, i think as you know, because of this| as you know, because of this disaster was an earthquake kilometres below the heavily populated area —— the cause of. it shocks i2 subregions of the district. we lost around 268 lives and 151 people still are missing, and more or less, around 58,000 refugees now scattered in many refugee camps that we established the last two days. and also we have

22,000, more or less, houses damaged heavily. currently, we are incarnating to focus on search and rescue for the missing persons —— coordinating to focus on. and also to establish the refugee camps in 14 establish the refugee camps in 1a locations. yesterday, the president was in the location, i was in the location and hours after the earthquake, so we're still coordinating, and more or less, the situation is under control. now we just need to focus and educate also the people, because the follow—up earthquake, coloured tremors, is still happening. a0 tremors is still happening. a0 tremors is some kind of earthquake, but slower in power and also

limited in numbers per day. and from according to... weather institution. we hope that friday of everything will be no longer be earthquake. that is what i report to you regarding the latest situation in indonesia.— the latest situation in indonesia. , ., ., the latest situation in indonesia. ., ., , indonesia. indeed. governor, as we understand _ indonesia. indeed. governor, as we understand it, _ indonesia. indeed. governor, as we understand it, many - indonesia. indeed. governor, as we understand it, many roads i we understand it, many roads had been destroyed as well. how is that affecting search and rescue operations? as you point out, still at least 150 people missing. figs out, still at least 150 people missinu. a ~ ., out, still at least 150 people missinu. r ~ ., , out, still at least 150 people missinu. a ~ ., , ., missing. as you know, it is a very steep — missing. as you know, it is a very steep kind _ missing. as you know, it is a very steep kind of _ missing. as you know, it is a | very steep kind of landscape, so many people are still missing, mostly in the remote area in the mountain tops. so now we are using also the helicopter, not only the ground transportation, but the major connection is already

normalised yesterday, but some roads, village roads to the hilltop, is not doing 0k still, and therefore we are doing a search and risk of a motorbike —— search and rescue by. also we have two of the copper standing by to transport some victims to the hospital nearby. governor, indonesia, as we know, is no stranger to earthquakes. this area has been hit before, and time and time again, peoples homes get destroyed, the infrastructure takes a beating. what are you doing to ensure that if and when another earthquake of this magnitude happens, people are better protected?— better protected? yes, we have so many lessons _

better protected? yes, we have so many lessons to _ better protected? yes, we have so many lessons to learn, - better protected? yes, we have so many lessons to learn, of. so many lessons to learn, of course. as you know, indonesia is the highest number of volcano, active volcanoes, in the world. we have three types of earthquakes. 0ne the world. we have three types of earthquakes. one is volcano caused earthquakes. second is more like territorial fall, and also the continental faults that happened to create the synonymy, for example. so we are building this 22,000 homes —— the tsunami. the president ensure that all houses that are damaged will be constructed using government money, but new construction, new knowledge of entire seismic construction, yeah. some areas will be educated not to build any more in the steep land, for example,

the vulnerable location. that is something we make a decision on yesterday. when we build a house, we will build a house using the anti—seismic construction. this is how we try to be, what we call, resilient in the future. as you know, this type of earthquake happens every 20 years, so the last similar earthquake happened in the year 2000, and the previous before 2000 was in the previous before 2000 was in the year 1982, so we assume, according to this, every 20 years, a earthquake will more or less pass the region. so we are also aware and preparing the people to alert and also

start to educate this type of construction ready for seismic issues. , ., ., construction ready for seismic issues. ., ., ~ , ., issues. governor of west java, ridwan kamil, _ issues. governor of west java, ridwan kamil, thank _ issues. governor of west java, ridwan kamil, thank you - issues. governor of west java, ridwan kamil, thank you so i issues. governor of west java, i ridwan kamil, thank you so much forjoining us on the programme and i wish you and your teams the best of luck with your search and rescue operations. let's turn to the world cup in qatar right now. and for the first time, there were four matches on the same day. here are the results from tuesday — involving the teams from groups c and d. there were goal—less draws between denmark and tunisia and mexico and poland. defending champions france came back from a goal down to beat australia a—1. but the stand—out result was saudi arabia's victory over one of the pre—competition favourites, argentina, coming from behind for a famous victory. that led to two very different reactions from the two countries' fans. here's the response from buenos aires — some very disappointed faces on view. contrast that with the

celebrations in riyadh. both teams can, of course, still qualify for the knockout stages — but perhaps for the first time since the world cup kicked off, it's the football which is leading the headlines. with more from doha, here's lucy hockings. many people are calling it one of the biggest upsets in world cup history. it will certainly be talked about for years to come. and for the thousands of saudi fans who came here for the game — because after the qataris, they are the country who have bought the most tickets, along with the usa, for this world cup — they are absolutely thrilled. this is a result they couldn't have imagined in their wildest dreams. and when you walked through the saudi fan festival, which is very close to where we are, there was still such a sense of shock, in a way, that their team has managed to achieve this. they're so thrilled with the result. what was really interesting is that there were thousands of people queuing to get in as well. i actually haven't seen any space here in qatar so busy as the saudi fan fest today. but it was qataris who were there as well.

and if you think about the fact that relations between saudi arabia and qatar were in the deep freeze between 2017 and 2021, because of a trade and travel blockade — with the saudis accusing qatar of terrorism, something that qatar denied — it is remarkable to see the sense of camaraderie between people today and the qataris just saying they're here to support their neighbours, they're here to support all of the arab teams, tunisia and morocco as well, and they're absolutely thrilled that the underdogs performed such an incredible feat today. so the saudis have been given a holiday tomorrow, a national holiday for saudi arabia tomorrow, and the partying, we think, will continue well into the night. when they won, though, i have to say, we have our saudi colleagues who are next to us in the studio next door, so i went across and grabbed a few of them and brought them over here to ask them what their reaction was to their team's victory.

all the players do the best and we are proud about what they did. what does this mean to everybody back home in saudi arabia? firstly, specialthanks for our players and our coach. so i can't explain that. i'm so happy, yeah. when the match was on in saudi arabia, the government said that people didn't have to work, so apparently the entire country was glued to their television sets. many went to fan parks in saudi arabia as well. and such is the joy around this victory, i think they're also hoping this team will get momentum and it might even help them with a joint bid that they're putting in with egypt and greece for the 2030 world cup. lucy hockings in doha. eight more teams make their tournament debuts on wednesday. in group e, germany take onjapan, while spain face costa rica. and in group f, it's morocco against croatia and belgium versus canada.

and don't forget — you can get all the latest details on the tournament on our website. just log on to bbc.com/news or download the bbc app. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: why superstar footballer cristiano ronaldo is leaving manchester united, as the club's owners say they are thinking about selling. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet,

"it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot air - balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed i to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air- we need, it's hard cash." cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 1960s. it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: rescue workers in indonesia are continuing to search for for survivors after a major earthquake in west java that's killed over 260 people. the us supreme court has denied a request by donald trump to withold his tax returns from a congressional investigation.

the owners of manchester united have said they are considering selling the club. it comes after years of protest from fans against the glazer family's ownership of the club. earlier, manchester united confirmed that cristiano ronaldo is to leave the club with immediate effect by mutual agreement. he had made a number of damaging allegations about his recent treatment in a television interview. a tweet from the club said... tancredi palmeri is an italian sports journalist — he's in qatar, covering the world cup. i spoke to him earlier about what was happening with cristiano ronaldo. you don't give such an interview if you don't

have a plan of going away. but also everybody knew since last summer, when there was that big summit where, also, sir alex ferguson was there, where cristiano ronaldo asked the possibility to go on loan for one year, to then come back, and manchester united said, "no way." giving an interview like that means that you are pushing for going out, for leaving. at the same time, manchester united already knew the situation was unbearable and probably was also looking for the chance where they could look at it as justified in front of fans, to say, "we couldn't "do anything else." so in some ways, a formal divorce that both of them already wanted for quite some time. yeah, this coming, of course, as manchester united's owners putting out that statement, saying they're considering selling. the timing's quite interesting of all this, isn't it? yes indeed. honestly, who can everything that the glazer family

—— honestly, who can ever think that the glazerfamily would just think, "0h, we feel disrespected by cristiano ronaldo, then we sell the club"? we haven't learned that big financial tycoons are deciding with so many feelings. this is a decision that obviously is coming from a long way. let's say that, probably, they took the situation and this was like the last straw, and let's say, ok, so this is the case also to justify that move, but it can't be just for that interview, for cristiano ronaldo, to take their decision. 0therwise, if cristiano ronaldo would be so impressive and influential, let'sjust ask united nations to use him for something more important, because mama mia! tancredi palmeri there, fantastic, love to have had him on the show. let's have more of

the stories making the headlines today. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says there were no more unplanned cuts to power supplies across his country on tuesday, as it deals with waves of russian attacks on its infrastructure. he also said that a,000 "invincibility centres" had been set up — which would provide basic necessities like electricity, telephone services, internet, heating, water and medical treatment if the main services were affected. the far—right party of brazil's outgoing president, jair bolsonaro, has issued a challenge to 0ctober�*s election that saw him lose narrowly to luiz inacio lula da silva. the liberal party claims without proof that some voting machines were compromised. malaysia's king has announced he will pick the country's next prime minister, after saturday's national election failed to produce an outright winner.

he's met with the former premier muhiyiddin yassin and opposition leader anwar ibrahim. mr muhiyiddin has declined to form a unity government. a lawyer representing the collapsed crypto—currency exchange ftx has told a bankruptcy hearing in the us that many of its assests have been either lost or stolen. ftx filed for bankruptcy earlier this month, with debts of $8 billion. the us federal authorities are also investigating allegations of improper loans to a hedge fund owned by the company's former chief executive, sam bankman—fried. the first state visit of the reign of king charles is under way. the king and queen consort have welcomed the president of south africa, cyril ramaphosa, who addressed parliamentarians at westminster and has been attending a banquet at buckingham palace. mr ramaphosa, one of the chief negotiators of south africa's transition to democracy, is hoping to encourage more british investment in the south african economy, as our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. it is the ultimate in state hospitality, deployed for political, diplomatic and economic purposes. it is a state visit, the first

of king charles' reign, the first to take place since the pre—covid days of 2019. the state visitor was president cyril ramaphosa of south africa. for him, there was the full ceremonial welcome on horse guards, the guard of honour drawn up, the anthems playing. and then the carriage ride up the mall, the mounted divisions of the household cavalry, the king, queen consort and the president in the irish state coach, other ministers and officials following behind, and into buckingham palace. there, they viewed a display from the royal collection. president ramaphosa picked up a photograph of nelson mandela with the late queen. "you were lucky if you had known them both," said the king. in the palace tonight, all the glitter and pomp of state banquet, and a welcome

in different african dialects. molweni. ndaa. wow! mr president... but there were serious messages, too. the king said the wrongs of the past must be acknowledged, and he called for concerted action on climate change. but above all, this was a demonstration of friendship. i invite you all to rise and drink a toast to president ramaphosa and to the people of south africa. nkosi sikelel�* iafrika. south african anthem plays nicholas witchell, bbc news. the slovak ice festival, which is one of the most famous winter attractions in slovakia, has opened. the main attraction is a replica ofjerusalem's church of the holy sepulchre. if you like facts and figures, it took 22 sculptors and carvers from slovakia, the czech republic and germany to carve the work of art out of 225 tonnes of ice and is made up of nearly

1,900 blocks of ice. look at that. thanks so much for watching. look at that. thanks so much forwatching. do look at that. thanks so much for watching. do stay with bbc news for the latest global headlines. hello. yet another day of lively weather to come across the uk this wednesday. we start the day with a band of rain sweeping its way in from the southwest — it should quickly move through, but then, as the sun comes out, anticipate some lively showers, as well. here's the rain first thing out towards the southwest, and then, through the morning, it quickly sweeps across england and wales, pulls out of northern ireland, comes to settle across central scotland by lunchtime, and then, will slowly work its way northwards here through the afternoon. brighter skies following on — yes, it will stay windy throughout the day, gales possible around our irish sea coasts, and those winds will carry in some pretty punchy showers and carry them a fair way east. so, we could see some showers just about anywhere — they're likely to be most

frequent, though, in the west. temperature—wise, a shade up on the figures we saw at the start of the week, around average values. that front�*s out of the way later on on wednesday, but here we go thursday, doing it all again, and low pressure sweeping in another band of rain across the uk. now, the positioning of this front might be slightly different to wednesday's, might align itself more uprightly, if you like, across the uk, which could mean we get higher totals towards the west, as the rain may stall here for a time — it could the relatively drier in the east, but that could be subject to change as we get closer to the time, so do bear that in mind. but at the moment, our predicted rainfall totals for some western parts of the uk through the course of wednesday and thursday are around 50mm of rain — that's around two inches —

particularly across many western counties. that whole system, though, does move away for friday. we get a brief little ridge of high pressure here, but you can see the next low is not far away in the atlantic. i can't, unfortunately, promise an entirely dry day for friday either — it looks like there could be some pretty frequent showers across western scotland, and a few drifting in from the west elsewhere. but the winds will be lighter, there should be a lot of sunshine, and our temperatures around average for the time of year. that next low waiting in the winds to come in for the weekend will tap us into some air from quite a way south into the atlantic. so, actually, saturday and sunday, we'll see our temperatures getting bolstered, i think they'll sit a couple of degrees above average quite widely across the uk. but we are looking at a couple of very windy days, and some further heavy rain to follow during the week ahead.

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news stories at the top of the hour as newsday is continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. signing up for military service is a big deal. soldiers put their lives on the line for their country. no questions asked. but what if the soldier has questions, doubts, doesn't believe in the mission? should personal morality ever trump the military code? well, my guest today thought so. former us army intelligence analyst chelsea manning was responsible for one of the biggest leaks of classified information in history and spent seven years in prison as a result. is transparency a justification for spilling state secrets?