welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. a dramatic night in qatar as japan beat spain and germany crash out of the world cup. charges dropped against bruce lehrmann, the australian political adviser accused of rape — in the interests of the alleged victim's mental health. the un requests a record 51 billion dollars for �*shockingly high' humanitarian needs predicting that at least 4% of the global population will need its help next year. another royal row over racism raises questions— as the woman accusing lady susan hussey of �*othering' her at a formal event 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 some major world cities are now 8% more expensive than a year ago as living costs rise — with new york and singapore topping the ranking. it's eight am in singapore, and three in the morning in qatar — where the world cup has seen more shocks — with two favourites eliminated — and japan secures another famous victor — this time over spain — along with their earlier defeat of germany — means 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 goal from 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 who were at the match. so emotional. we are so emotional. almost crying. it is fantasy i could not imagine that we would win against spain. i cannot imagine, unbelievable compared to last, just a dream now.

in the second 45- minutes, unbelievable. it was a miracle. 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 doha — and there were similar scenes back at home in marrakesh and elsewhere. the whole moroccan country will celebrate this big, big event. so happy, i cannot describe how i feel because it is the best i can have for this day. it is the best thing we can have. lots ofjoy there indeed. earlier i asked radio clyde football presenter, callum bell, what he made of the latest results. i think you are seeing the world cup of upsets qatar 2022. i like when he probably thought when spain went 1—0 in front, they would cruise the game and japan came out in the second half of that game a change team. they levelled and we thought can they hold on for the point now, i sure there's a

bit of controversy with the ball may be crossing the line, maybe not, they score and make it to — one. at this point germany were losing so we thought would be loose spain and germany in the same night in groups each of the world cup and spain are beastly, likely managed to stay in even though they lost. japan finishing top of the group that includes germany and spain i think not many people had that one. fix, many people had that one. a dramatic turn of events in terms of who you think might make it to the last 16 fixtures, who has the best chances?— fixtures, who has the best chances? ., ., , ., chances? from the games that are happening _ chances? from the games that are happening tomorrow, - are happening tomorrow, honestly brazil and portugal are there. we already know that. you have to look at switzerland who are doing well so far. the group for me where it is most exciting is uruguay versus ghana. in 2010 the stryker for ghana he handball the strykerfor ghana he handball the balls and get sent off. ghana get penalty and they miss

it and uruguay go through it and i think a lot of good minds —— ghanaians will be upset and it will be quite a grudge match. i would like to see them go through and get revenge but if i were a betting man i would bet on uruguay.— bet on uruguay. going back to jaan's bet on uruguay. going back to japan's performance _ bet on uruguay. going back to japan's performance where . bet on uruguay. going back to| japan's performance where the expectations that they could do this will? , , ., this will? definitely not. certainly _ this will? definitely not. certainly not _ this will? definitely not. certainly not for - this will? definitely not. certainly not for me - this will? definitely not. certainly not for me andi this will? definitely not. i certainly not for me and for many who have seen good spain were in their opening game winning 7—0. germany went out in the last your pick—up but they are still a european powerhouse an incredible team with superstars in the ranks. i thinkjapan, the story between them and australia as well, a couple of months ago i think are the stories that we live for at the world cup we love and the underdog and japan and australia have deftly shown us that it australia have deftly shown us thatitis australia have deftly shown us that it is possible to get out of these groups of death as a like to call them. with some of the biggest hitters of the world and an incredible story and i hope it continues. i

and i hope it continues. i swear there from our football presenter. 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. in the past hour, the prosecution against a former australian political adviser bruce lehrmann — who was accused of raping a colleague, britanny higgins, in australia's parliament house — has been dropped. bruce lehrmann denies sexually assaulting brittany higgins on a minister's sofa after a night out in 2019. he appeared in court in october, but that trial collapsed due to jury misconduct.

0ur sydney correspondent, phil mercer, has been following this story and joins me now. hejoins me now. great to get you on the show to talk us through the background of this case and remind us how we got here? it case and remind us how we got here? . , . case and remind us how we got here? ., , ., ., case and remind us how we got here? .,, ., ., . ~ here? it was a night out back in march _ here? it was a night out back in march 2019, _ here? it was a night out back in march 2019, of— here? it was a night out back in march 2019, of the - here? it was a night out back in march 2019, of the very i in march 2019, of the very political staffers two of them bruce lehrmann and britanny higgins ended up back at parliament house in the australian capital and there, we have to conflicting in very different accounts of what happened. britanny higgins alleged that she was raped by her former colleague on the sofa in the office of a former defence minister, bruce lehrmann. denied the allegation saying that no sexual activity took place. bruce lehrmann was charged with sexual assault and went on trial in october. but that trial collapsed because of

juror misconduct and we have now heard in the last hour or so from the director of public prosecutions, in the australian capital territory that there will be no retrial scheduled for february because of concerns for the health and well—being of the complainant, britanny higgins. the dpp says that there is compelling evidence of an unacceptable and significant risk to the life of the complainant so as far as the complainant so as far as the prosecution of bruce lehrmann is concerned it is now at and and. lehrmann is concerned it is now at and and-— at and and. the case was a bit of a catalyst — at and and. the case was a bit of a catalyst for _ at and and. the case was a bit of a catalyst for what - at and and. the case was a bit of a catalyst for what has - at and and. the case was a bit| of a catalyst for what has been caused australia's metoo movement and has raised concern over the safety of women in politics has changed anything? the allegations made by britanny higgins did prompt widespread protests right

across australian not only to protest about allegations of a toxic culture in parliament housing but more broadly about sexism and misogyny across australian society. we heard the last day or so from the australian human rights commission, it has released a report suggesting that a third of australians have experienced sexual harassment at work. back in 2018 similar results were found so it would appear that very little has changed in australian society around sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace. the human rights commission is of the opinion that new powers that it has, more specifically new laws of legal reform will lead to change in this country. but change, according to the human rights is coming but it is coming slowly. so certainly britanny higgins's allegations were a catalyst for this

australian version of the metoo movement. australian version of the metoo movement-— australian version of the metoo movement. ., ~ ., ~ , movement. thank you for keeping us un-to-date _ movement. thank you for keeping us up-to-date on _ movement. thank you for keeping us up-to-date on the _ movement. thank you for keeping us up-to-date on the latest - us up—to—date on the latest developments coming out of australia as always. much more on the bbc website on that breaking news story. 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 0xfam 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. which is truly 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 to samuel ahblakwa — 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 attention. 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. if you want to get in touch with me i�*m on twitter — @bbckarishma you�*re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. another royal row over racism raises questions— as the woman accusing lady susan hussey of �*othering�* her at a formal event speaks out. 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 i from continental europe. it took the drilljust . a few moments to cut through the final obstacle, - 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. i�*m karishma vaswani, in singapore. 0ur headlines.

it was a dramatic night in qatar asjapan beat spain and germany crashed out of the world cup. and charges have been dropped against bruce lehrmann— the australian political advisor accused or rape — as prosecutors say its in the interests of the alleged victims mental health. 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. let�*s take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... north korea�*s leader kim jong—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 xi jinping. spain�*s defence minister says no letter bomb or other violent action will deter her country from helping ukraine. margarita robles was speaking as a sixth letter bomb was discovered in spain — intercepted at the us embassy in madrid. on wednesday, a letter addressed to ukraine�*s ambassador to spain combusted, injuring an embassy employee. 0ther suspect letters include one intercepted at a factory

supplying arms to ukraine, and another addressed to spain�*s prime minister. 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. a new survey has found that the world�*s biggest cities are now 8% more expensive than they were last year. 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 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 once the local currency inflation rate which as you say was 8.1% the passes that we have had in the survey. for at least the last 20 years and then also we have on top of that a strong dollar. because we actually compare all of the cities in dollar terms we have to use an international currency, the dollar is the most obvious one. that means a strong dollar pushes some of the cities up towards the top and new york as you say, has come top for the first time. singapore also, it is an expensive place to live and so it�*s transport costs are very high partly because it has restrictions on the number of cars, very high taxes, that sort of thing. and also just because it is a very big business centre with lots of disposable income, therefore is an expense city slipping. 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 say 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 away 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 we�*ll 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 easterly 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.

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