welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. japan spring a second major upset at the world cup in qatar, qualifying for a place in the last 16 — and eliminating germany in the process. i did not imagine that we would win against spain, i cannot... unbelievable, compared to the last, just a dream now. the un appeals for a record 51 billion dollars to fund its humanitarian work next year — saying more than 4% of the global population will need help. the royal visit to the united states is overshadowed by the race row engulfing buckingham palace — as the woman at the centre of it all speaks out. no matter how uncomfortable it is for other people to accept, i am very clear, that i experienced racism in an environment that i should have felt safe in.

and the world's biggest cities are now 8% more expensive than a year ago thanks to the rising cost of living — with new york topping the ranking with singapore. it's seven am in singapore, and two in the morning in qatar — where the world cup has seen more shocks — with two of the favourites eliminated — and japan securing another famous victory. their win over spain — along with their earlier defeat of germany — meant japan are through to the knock out round at the expense of the four—times champions. here's how that happened.

japan went behind to a headed goalfrom spain's alvaro morata — and the scores in the games at that point meant they had to win to secure a place in the last 16. but this shot from ritsu doan equalised in the second half. and then this controversial moment — kaoru mitoma pulling the ball back, from what appeared to be off the pitch — before ao tanaka scored. the goal was ruled out — but then the sensor inside the ball proved it had stayed in bounds — and japan held on for the win. there weren't many japanese supporters at this fanzone in doha — but — the three fans we could find were thrilled with the outcome. here's what the japanese victory meant for some fans so emotional. we are so emotional. almost crying. it is fantasy i could not imagine that we would win against — not imagine that we would win against spain. i cannot imagine, unbelievable compared to last just a dream _ unbelievable compared to last just a dream now. in unbelievable compared to last “ust a dream now.—

unbelievable compared to last “ust a dream now. , _, , dream now. in the second 45 minutes, unbelievable- — dream now. in the second 45 minutes, unbelievable. it _ dream now. in the second 45 minutes, unbelievable. it was _ dream now. in the second 45 minutes, unbelievable. it was a _ dream now. in the second 45 minutes, unbelievable. it was a miracle. - unbelievable. it was a miracle. before the _ unbelievable. it was a miracle. before the match _ unbelievable. it was a miracle. before the match i _ unbelievable. it was a miracle. before the match i cannot - unbelievable. it was a miracle. | before the match i cannot even imagine — before the match i cannot even imagine it _ before the match i cannot even imagine it so it is really amazing. japan's win meant that germany were eliminated on goal difference — it's the second world cup in succession where they've gone out at the group stage. here's how group e finished — not as many experts might have predicted — withjapan on top, and spain going through in second place. there was also an unexpected winner in group f. morocco beat already eliminated canada — giving them top spot — because belgium could only manage a draw against croatia. that means the belgians, who went into the tournament ranked second in the fifa standings, are out. that means we have two more round—of—i6 games confirmed: on monday, japan's reward for topping their group is a match against croatia — and on tuesday, morocco take on their neighbours spain. that all meant quite a lot to these moroccan fans — you can see them celebrating here in here in doha —

and there were similar scenes back at home in marrakech and elsewhere. the whole moroccan country as we celebrate this big, big events. 50 celebrate this big, big events. so happy i cannot describe howl celebrate this big, big events. so happy i cannot describe how i feel because _ happy i cannot describe how i feel because it — happy i cannot describe how i feel because it is the best i can have for this— because it is the best i can have for this day. it is the best thing we can have. for this day. it is the best thing we can have-— we can have. lots of 'oy there indeed. i'm joined now by callum bell, who's a football presenter for radio clyde one in glasgow. what do you make of the two incredible games this evening. i incredible games this evening. i think you are seeing the world cup upsets at qatar 2022. i like many thought when spain went 1—0 in front they would cruise the skin and japan came out in the second half of the game with just a change view. they

levelled and thought can they hold onto the point now and sure there was a bit of controversy with the ball crossing the line and may be that it had not in the score now to— one and germany losing so we thought are going to lose spain and germany in the group stages of the world cup. spain obviously likely managed to stay and even though they lost to— one. japan finished the top of the group that includes germany and spain are the people would have thought of that one.— thought of that one. indeed a dramatic turn _ thought of that one. indeed a dramatic turn of _ thought of that one. indeed a dramatic turn of events, - thought of that one. indeed a dramatic turn of events, in i thought of that one. indeed a - dramatic turn of events, in terms of who do you think might make it to the last 16 fixtures who do you think has the best chance? from the names that think has the best chance? from the games that have _ think has the best chance? from the games that have happened - think has the best chance? from the games that have happened brazil - think has the best chance? from the | games that have happened brazil and portugal are there, we arty know that. you have to look at switzerland who are doing well so far, but the group for me it is most exciting will be uruguay versus ghana. in 22 and the striker for uruguay handball is the line and got

sent off and they got a penalty and miss it and uruguay go through. i think a lot of ghanaians are still upset about what has happened and it will be quite a grudge match so i think donna will like to go through and get revenge but i would put my money on uruguay.— money on uruguay. going back to jaan's money on uruguay. going back to japan's performance _ money on uruguay. going back to japan's performance for _ money on uruguay. going back to japan's performance for their - japan's performance for their expectations that they could do this while? , , ., ., , ., while? definitely not. certainly not for me and — while? definitely not. certainly not for me and for— while? definitely not. certainly not for me and for many _ while? definitely not. certainly not for me and for many who - while? definitely not. certainly not for me and for many who have - while? definitely not. certainly not| for me and for many who have been how good they were in the opening game winning 7—0. germany went out in the last world cup but they are still a european powerhouse. they are in an incurable superstars in their ranks. i thinkjapan the story between them and australia as well a couple of months ago. i think these are the stories that we live for in the world cup we love an underdog and japan and australia have deftly shown that it is still possible to get out of these groups of death as a like to call them. some of the biggest hit of the of the world and

an incredible story and i hope it continues. 50 an incredible story and i hope it continues— an incredible story and i hope it continues. . . ., continues. so much excitement and drama at the _ continues. so much excitement and drama at the world _ continues. so much excitement and drama at the world cup _ continues. so much excitement and drama at the world cup in - continues. so much excitement and drama at the world cup in qatar. i drama at the world cup in qatar. they did so much forjoining us on the programme. coming up on friday in qatar — the last round of group games. brazil have already qualified — but any of the other three teams in group g could still make it through. and it's a similar story in group h — where portugal's progress is assured, but any one of ghana, uruguay or south korea could join them in the knockout stages. much more detail on the special world cup section of our website — just log on to bbc.com/news and click through — or download the bbc app. the un is appealing for a record 51.3 billion dollars over the next year. the money is needed to address mass hunger and deprivation brought on by war, climate change and the repercussions of the covid pandemic. it says the world's needs are 'shockingly high�*.

this year was pretty devastating for humanitarian aid, and notjust because of the war in ukraine. in pakistan, lethalfloods have been hitting the country since june this year. in august, the climate minister said "one—third of pakistan is underwater right now". another big crisis is in the horn of africa, where millions are facing acute hunger as the region faces one of the worst droughts in recent decades. for more on that, here's the chief executive of oxfam gb. this is shocking and it is a tragedy that here we are in the 21st century where we continue to let famine break out around the world where people are desperate need and not being provided for. and in a region like east africa where have just been recently we think that someone is dying as a result of acute hunger every 36 seconds.— every 36 seconds. which is truly heartbreaking _ every 36 seconds. which is truly heartbreaking and _ every 36 seconds. which is truly heartbreaking and what - every 36 seconds. which is truly heartbreaking and what is - every 36 seconds. which is truly heartbreaking and what is more| heartbreaking and what is more heartbreaking and what is more heartbreaking is a few billion

dollars more will allow the united nations and agency like ours to prevent that loss of life so this really is a tragedy that we are facing, the sort of scale of challenge. the other issue, of course, is the war in ukraine, but developing countries complain that has diverted resources and attention from other humanitarian crisis. we've been speaking ghana's shadow foreign minister. my worry is that the focus of the west has been on ukraine, yes, the russian invasion of ukraine is a major issue that requires a global attention, but it is taking all of the tension. and we in africa worry. if you look at the statistics in my own country in ghana, grants have declined by as much as 75%. the donors have promised us for the fiscal year 2021 that we will

receive 5.5 billion ghanaian cedi guess what we received only 1.2 billion. in all of the analysis that i have seen, aid is dwindling in the situation in the central african republic is getting worse, south sudan is getting worse. the situation in ethiopia, eritrea, drc. and so all of the estimates of that, even though we will need more attention, more assistance focus has shifted to ukraine. let's turn to the latest on that racism row in buckingham palace. a charity boss — who's black — and was repeatedly asked where she really came from, at a palace reception, says — she felt abused by the encounter. ngozi fulani, who's british, likened the conversation with lady susan hussey, to "an interrogation". lady susan, who's godmother

to the prince of wales, has now resigned from the royal household. here's our royal correspondent, sarah campbell. i'm very clear. no matter how uncomfortable it is for other people to accept, i'm very clear that i experienced racism in an environment that i should have felt safe in, and we need to address that. ngozi fulani was invited along with 300 other guests to a reception at buckingham palace highlighting the issue of violence against women. here she is, seen being warmly greeted by the queen consort, but earlier she says she received a very different welcome from a senior palace aide, lady susan hussey. when the lady first approached me, one of the first things she did was to take my locs and move it out of the way. no conversation at first, and then she says, "i just want to see your name badge". ms fulani, born in britain, then says she was repeatedly and aggressively questioned.

"i'm from here, i was born here". "yeah, but where are you really from? "i'm really from here". "yeah, but, ok, so i can see that this is going to be a bit of a challenge". she said, "what's your nationality?" and i said, "lady, i was born here, i'm british". i was thinking that would be the end of it, but no. lady susan hussey, seen here in blue, was a lady in waiting to queen elizabeth for six decades. yesterday, she resigned from her honorary role within the royal household and offered her profound apologies for the hurt caused. lady hussey is also prince william's godmother. today the royal couple's visit to the us city of boston continued. the headlines were supposed to be about his earthshot prize, the award he founded for environmental innovations. but instead, accusations of racism have had once again to be addressed.

and today, the promise of more royal revelations. no one sees what's happening behind closed doors. netflix released the first look at it six—part series starring the duke and duchess of sussex which will, according to the streaming giant... when the stakes were this high, doesn't it make more sense to hear our story from us? ..look at the challenges which forced them to step back as senior royals. sarah campbell, bbc news. some breaking news and snout because in the past few minutes the case against a former political adviser has been dropped in the australian house because the impact that may have had on his victims mental health. in

have had on his victims mental health. . ., , a health. in october the truck colla se health. in october the truck collapse because _ health. in october the truck collapse because of- health. in october the truck collapse because ofjury - health. in october the truck - collapse because ofjury misconduct every trial date had been set for february of next year and we can speak to our cindy correspondent. our sydney correspondent, phil mercer, has been following this story and joins me now. just talk us through the background of this case, remind us how we got here. �* . . ~ of this case, remind us how we got here. ii" of this case, remind us how we got here. 11" ., ., , of this case, remind us how we got here. ::" ., ., _, of this case, remind us how we got here. i:" ., ., here. back in 2019, a group of young staff members _ here. back in 2019, a group of young staff members from _ here. back in 2019, a group of young staff members from parliament - here. back in 2019, a group of young. staff members from parliament house had a night out in the australian capital and two of those individuals bruce lehrmann and britanny higgins ended up back at parliament house in the early hours. and from there on, we have two very different accounts of what happened. britanny higgins alleged that she was raped by her former colleague in the office of the defence minister, former. and bruce lehrmann denied that any

sexual contact had taken place, eventually bruce lehrmann was charged with rape. earlier this year he went on trial, that trial lasted for about three weeks but it collapsed because ofjuror collapsed because of juror misconduct. collapsed because ofjuror misconduct. it was supposed to have been a retrial in february of last year, but the director of public prosecutions in the act, the australian capital territory, the body that administers the area now says that there will be no retrial next year because of what he considers to be the significant and unacceptable risk to the life of britanny higgins. so quite clearly the mental health of the complainant is very much at the forefront of this decision to abandon the case against bruce lehrmann so the prosecution against him is now discontinuing. bud prosecution against him is now discontinuing.— prosecution against him is now discontinuinu. �* , , , discontinuing. and briefly this case was a catalyst _

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you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. the rising cost of living, new york tops the rankings with the world's biggest cities now 8% more expensive than a year ago. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i feel so helpless that the children are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least six other people in los angeles. at 11 o'clock this morning, - just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drilljust a few moments to cut through the final obstacle, i then philippe cossette, a miner from calais, _ was shaking hands and exchanging flags with. his opposite number from dover.

this is newsday on the bbc. our headlines. japan spring a second major upset at the world cup in qatar to book a place in the last 16 — and in doing so, eliminate germany. the un appeals for a record 51 billion dollars to fund its humanitarian work next year — saying more than 4% of the global population will need help. this year's world cup has been marred with controversy from the start. as soon as qatar's victory as host nation was announced 12 years ago, there was deep suspicion over how a tiny desert state — with no history in the world cup, and scorching summer temperatures — had won. allegations of corruption,

vote—swapping, and links to trade deals at the highest levels of government soon followed — but they have always been denied by organisers and remain unproven. i've been speaking to bonita mersiades — who has written a book where she alleges that fifa is a corrupt organisation. she claims she uncovered evidence of this when she worked on the australia team bidding for the 2018 and 2022 world cups. she was subsequently sacked from her position — something she says was a result of her uncovering this evidence. in simple terms, what was going on is that the decisions that were made by fifa at that time and probably still now, who knows? but certainly at that time were not based on merit. they were based on what the arrangements were or what the deals were that were going on behind closed doors. and so on the one hand, a lot of people around the world thought the bidding process, for example, was something that was actually a proper competition between countries who wanted to host the world cup.

but in fact, it was based on the deals and the counter deals and the double deals that were going on. i should point out at this stage that fifa and qatar have denied those allegations, your time representing australia for that world cup bid. just talk us through the sense that you had when something wasn't right or that, you know, there was something suspicious going on. and and what happened after you started to talk about what you uncovered? the first thing that sort of caused concern for me was when we engaged a particular international consultant who had a reputation for being very close to vips within fifa. and we were told as senior executive staff members that this man was going to help us win the bid, and yet we weren't to tell anyone that he was working for us. it makes you wonder, well, what are we doing and what is he actually doing? so that was one of the first things, and i guess

that continued with some, one of the other consultants that we employed, again, had a big reputation within fifa, knew all the important people, but we weren't to tell anybody that we were actually employing him. and these sorts of things started to cause alarm bells to ring in my mind, to ask questions about it. and do you think that fifa might change or needs to change the way that it awards countries the right and the privilege of hosting a world cup, but has made some changes? but this gets to the heart of what is wrong with fifa today as opposed to 12 years ago. the changes it's made. they now publish some of the big book. now everybody votes. all of the 212 member nations of the fifa congress get a vote. but one of the issues with fifa is that while they have introduced some better processes, some good policies, etc, their culture hasn't changed.

i mean, you've only got to look at some of the things that have occurred in qatar in relation to the fifa president since this world cup's been on to know that culture hasn't changed. and when it comes to an issue of process versus culture, culture wins every time. so is fifa capable of changing itself in its current form? no. and i think the more, i've been saying that for 12 years, that there is a deeply embedded poor culture within world football governance and nothing that we've seen in recent times suggests that's got any better and that still needs to be addressed. we've reached out to football australia for their comments on why bonita left the organisation. they said the new administration is now led by people who were not part of the australia bid team in 2010 and as such, cannot provide background nor comment on what occurred during that time. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines... north korea's leader kimjong—un has sent condolences to china over the death of former presidentjiang

zemin. according to local media there, kim said the late former head of state had supported north korea's socialist cause and helped develop relations between the two countries. the comments were reportedly sent in a letterfrom kim to current chinese president xijinping. the future of the south african president cyril ramaphosa hangs in the balance. that's after an inquiry reportedly found evidence that he may have covered up the theft of around 4 million dollars in cash from his farm in 2020. ramaphosa has denied any wrongdoing , but critics say he has a case to answer. he now risks becoming the third anc leaderforced out since the party came to power after apartheid in 1994. a new survey has found that the world's biggest cities are now 8% more expensive than they were last year, with the cost of living crisis being felt globally. according to the economist intelligence unit. new york is the most expensive place to live — topping the list for the first time —

alongside singapore which is back in pole position for the eighth time in ten years. tel aviv — in israel — is down to third place from number singapore has some of the most expensive transportation prices. one last year major cities, such as london and berlin, haven't appeared in the top ten. ana nicholls is managing editor at the economist intelligence unit. here she is on why new york and singapore are right up there. it is partly because of strong currencies so to distinguish two things, won the local currency inflation rate which as you say was 8.1% of assets we have had in the survey. forat least 8.1% of assets we have had in the survey. for at least the last 20 years. then also we have on top of that the strong dollar and because we have actually compared all of the cities in dollar terms, we have to use an international currency and the dollar is most obvious, that means that a strong dollar pushes some of the cities up towards the top and new york as you say has come top and new york as you say has come top for the very first time.

singapore also, it is a bit expensive place to live and so it's expensive place to live and so its transport costs are very high partly because it has restrictions on the number of cars, their high taxes that kind of thing. and also the it is a very big business centre, lots of disposable income therefore it is an expensive city to live in. before we leave you, it was a big night in london last night — the famous mobo awards ceremony was held, which celebrates the best in international black musical talent. lifetime achievement awards went to the founder of chic, nile rodgers, here performing their classic hit, good times at the event. the annual event recognises achievements across rap, hip—hop and many other genres. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news.

hello. fog has been quite a big feature of our weather over the last few days. in some places, quite persistent and reluctance to clear and there will be fog around to start friday morning. once again, however, that fog should start to lift and clear to give some spells of sunshine with a bit more of a breeze developing. but a really murky start for parts of east wales, the midlands down into the west country. but there is some mist and fog and low clouds to be found elsewhere as well. through the day though, with the easterly breeze starting to pick up, some of that mist and murk and low cloud will lift to give a bit more in the way of sunshine. some showers feeding into eastern england. northern england likely to stay quite cloudy for much of the time. similar story for scotland, rather grey and drizzly. a little bit of brightness developing out towards the west. northern ireland should see some sunshine highs of ten degrees there for belfast. feeling colder than that if it stays grey and murky where you are. now through friday night, we keep this easterly breeze that will feed some showers into eastern

parts of england, particularly some clear spells. not as much fog by this stage because of the extra breeze. temperatures generally holding above freezing. some places may see a touch of frost high pressure way off to the north east of us centred across northern europe. but that is just about dominating the weather at the moment, fending off the frontal systems. for the most part, however, this band of cloud could bring a little bit of patchy rain to northern ireland and certainly northwest scotland through saturday and at the other end of the country will see some cloud just filtering in from the near continent, bringing maybe some bits and pieces of rain and drizzle into southern counties of england. elsewhere, some spells of sunshine, some showers in the east and feeling quite chilly in the east of the breeze, which will still be with us into sunday. i think we'll see more of that cloud feeding up from the south. quite cloudy for many of us, actually. best of the sunshine in the west. there will also be some showers, some of which could be wintry over higher ground. top temperatures around five, six or seven degrees. just a taste of what is to come next

week because it looks pretty likely that we'll see north or north—easterly winds feeding a plunge of cold air across the uk. and that brings with it the chance of some wintry showers. now, the details of the forecast will change between now and then. and there should be a lot of dry weather around, but some wintry showers are possible and it is set to feel really quite cold.