welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... a man is arrested outside buckingham palace after throwing suspected shotgun cartridges into the grounds — police say they've also carried out a controlled explosion. good evening from me, for the time being, as i think that was probably a controlled explosion in the background. that's what it sounded like to me. we will no doubt find out later, but i assume as it's happened, do they need to still to evacuate? because that's now been and gone. they still need us to evacuate. a special report from an afghan hospital — where children are dying from preventable and curable diseases. when i saw his mother sobbing, it broke my heart. it hurts my conscience. we don't have equipment

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taking place right now. that's the queen victoria memorial. the queen victoria memorial is located in front of buckingham palace and comprises the dominion gates canada gate, australia gate and south and west africa gates, the memorial gardens and a vast central monument commemoration. just to say, all of this is taking place an hour or so after police in london have arrested a man outside a buckingham palace after he threw a number of items suspected to be shotgun cartridges into the palace grounds. the man was found to be in possession of a suspicious bag and a controlled explosion was carried out. of course, we have been following

that story for you very closely. i will bring you more on that now, because as we have been reporting to him in the man arrested outside of buckingham palace during those shotgun cartridges into the palace grounds going to authorities to come earlier i spoke to my colleague who has been looking into this by. please say that this incident _ into this by. please say that this incident happened - into this by. please say that this incident happened at i into this by. please say that - this incident happened at seven o'clock in the evening, london time, on tuesday. they say a man approached the gates of buckingham palace and through a number of items into the palace grounds. they say they are suspected to be shotgun cartridges. now, they were recovered and have been taken away for analysis. the man was arrested by police on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. now, he was also found, police say, to be in possession of a suspicious bag. now, experts were brought in after that bag was discovered and a decision was made that a cordon should be put around buckingham palace and that a controlled

explosion should take place. the conservative mp was broadcasting from buckingham palace at the time. so let's take a listen to what happened on air as he was broadcasting. the police are live with us now and telling us that we've got to evacuate. | and telling us that we've got to evacuate.— and telling us that we've got to evacuate. ., �* , , to evacuate. i don't see why we would possibly _ to evacuate. i don't see why we would possibly have _ to evacuate. i don't see why we would possibly have to - to evacuate. i don't see why we would possibly have to move. l would possibly have to move. i'm very — would possibly have to move. i'm very sorry— would possibly have to move. i'm very sorry to _ would possibly have to move. i'm very sorry to say - would possibly have to move. i'm very sorry to say that - would possibly have to move. i'm very sorry to say that it i i'm very sorry to say that it is good _ i'm very sorry to say that it is good evening from me for the time _ is good evening from me for the time being, as i think that was probably a controlled explosion in the _ probably a controlled explosion in the background, that's what it sounded like to me. we will no doubt _ it sounded like to me. we will no doubt find out later. i assume _ no doubt find out later. i assume it's happened, do they still need — assume it's happened, do they still need us to evacuate? thars— still need us to evacuate? that's now been and gone. what a officer present _ that's now been and gone. what a officer present herself- that's now been and gone. what a officer present herself for- a officer present herself for his self _ a officer present herself for his self. what _ a officer present herself for his self. what is— a officer present herself for his self. what is the - a officer present herself fori his self. what is the order? are — his self. what is the order? are you _ his self. what is the order? are you ordering _ his self. what is the order? are you ordering us- his self. what is the order? are you ordering us to - his self. what is the order? i are you ordering us to come after— are you ordering us to come after the _ are you ordering us to come afterthe air? _ are you ordering us to come after the air?— after the air? the order is from the _ after the air? the order is from the police, - after the air? the order is from the police, we - after the air? the order is from the police, we have| after the air? the order is i from the police, we have to after the air? the order is - from the police, we have to get off the — from the police, we have to get off the air~ _ from the police, we have to get off the air. i'm sorry to interrupt— off the air. i'm sorry to interrupt this broadcast, thank you for— interrupt this broadcast, thank you for your patience. scotland yard say at _ you for your patience. scotland yard say at this _ you for your patience. scotland yard say at this time _ you for your patience. scotland yard say at this time they - you for your patience. scotland yard say at this time they are l yard say at this time they are not treating the matter as terror related. we have had a statement from the dignan chief

superintendent saying that officers worked immediately to detain the man and he has been taken into police custody. he says there have been no reports of any shots fired or any injuries to officers or members of the public. officers remain at the scene and further inquiries are ongoing. now, it's understood to be being treated as an isolated mental health incident. now, buckingham palace of told us that king charles and the queen consort were not in residence at the time of the incident. let's return back to the scene live at buckingham palace. as you can see there on your screens, the rehearsals are, of course, well under way now for the procession that will take place this weekend, and just to remind you, that procession will set off from buckingham palace at 10:20am bst as we understand it, that will move along from the mall to trafalgar square and down whitehall to parliament street before turning into parliament

square and broad sanctuary to reach the great western of westminster abbey. reach the great western of westminsterabbey. in reach the great western of westminster abbey. in the last few minutes, we have seen a carriage go through those arches. a lot of the preparations that are taking place today is to ensure that this momentous occasion obviously is the absolutely perfect when it's takes place over the weekend. and it is an opportunity as well to mark the historical significance of this event, butjust to say historical significance of this event, but just to say that historical significance of this event, butjust to say that in a break from tradition, event, butjust to say that in a breakfrom tradition, king charles and queen consort camilla will be in the diamond jubilee state coach, we understand, ratherthan jubilee state coach, we understand, rather than the older more uncomfortable gold state coach. let's leave that scene for now and tell you about the fact that we have been speaking as well to the bbc�*s rail producer, sarah parrish who was at the palace at the time and told my colleague ben thompson what she had seen.

well, i can only talk about what i saw and what i heard and what i experienced when i was there earlier this evening. i've been in the broadcast compound outside buckingham palace for the last couple of days, working with the rest of the world's media in setting up our coverage ahead of the coronation of the weekend. we were all told to leave the compound earlier this evening because of a suspicious package. we waited outside. we did hear a controlled explosion and then we were allowed back in again. i have not seen anything in front of the compound, and we have since left. and sarah, give us a sense of some of the geography, if you will, because many people will be familiar with the pictures we're looking at on screen now of the palace. and then in front of that is that media compound you're talking about. the world's media will be setting up there, won't they, to get the best views and the best backdrop for those events this week. so, just give us a sense of the geography of maybe how many people were there and how

you were able to get out. yeah, it's a large broadcast compound that is set up regularly for large events at buckingham palace. it's part of greene park, which people who are visitors to london will be familiar with. one of london's royal parks. there's an amazing view of buckingham palace from that park. it overlooks the queen victoria memorial in front of the palace. and it's vista and the backdrop which viewers all over the world would be familiar with on the television screens for any major royal event in london. and talk to us a little bit about the security arrangements that are already in place. i mean, just walking through london, you get a sense that things are a little different, that people are maybe on a little bit more of alert from the security services to make sure the weekend passes off without a hitch. but what sort of precautions are in place around those key landmarks like buckingham palace, westminster abbey and the route of that procession that will take place on saturday? well, inevitably, police

searches will be taking place. there are more police about in london. and inevitably, it's obvious that some of those large media compounds where there's lots of equipment there is clearly searching going on. but, you know, this is a major event. the world will be focused on london on saturday, and the met police have got to make sure it goes off without a hitch. my colleague speaking there with ben thompson a little earlier. so what's the latest around the palace? this is an event that the world will be watching. our correspondent robin brant sent this update. well, because of the time, it is very quiet here at the moment, but i was here yesterday, and it is a very, very different scene during the day, particularly when it is warm, as it was yesterday, and i think it is scheduled to be in the days ahead. throngs of people on this side of the mall, and throngs of people on the other side, and people are pretty much free to move around, and that is very much the kind of environment and the kind of sense that the organisers want as we approach

the coronation on saturday. there is a heavy security presence, there is a fairly heavy police presence as well, and there will be increased nervousness as we approach saturday and the coronation. but nonetheless, people are free to move around during the day, but vigilance is the key thing here. it is vigilance among the police looking at the crowds, looking at the people here, and particularly in those areas very close to the specific areas of interest, westminster abbey, just over there, of course, tonight, buckingham palace. it was right at the front of the palace at the gates, it's about a couple hundred metres down that way, that this man was arrested this evening after throwing what police believe are shotgun cartridges into the grounds of the palace. let's move on now to a report from afghanistan, that with -- with —— let's take you back to

the scene live at buckingham palace. as we have been reporting to my rehearsals getting under way for that historic occasion this weekend. the coronation of king charles iii. i want to tell you about the fact that we are expecting just under 200 members of the armed forces, most from the escort of the household cavalry who will be taking part in the procession to westminster abbey when it starts to gather on saturday morning. as we understand it, another 1000 service personnel lined the route, but the overall procession is thought to be much smaller than its equivalent in 1953 when other royalfamilies and equivalent in 1953 when other royal families and commonwealth prime ministers were also among those who took part, just to say that it's about 11 past the hourin say that it's about 11 past the hour in the uk right now. but it is imperative, of course, that these rehearsals and the procession itself, the coronation itself really goes off smoothly on the weekend. a lot of preparation taking place. hundreds of trips have been spotted marching through the streets of central london

in preparation for the coronation. londoners have been looking at these rehearsals taking place between waterloo and westminster as these final preparations are taking place. there does appear to be some movement on parliament square, and a convoy that we are expecting at some point, i believe, on that street meant to remind you, of course, that in a break from tradition, to remind you, of course, that in a breakfrom tradition, as we have been reporting to making charles and queen consort will be in the diamond jubilee state coach rather than the older more uncomfortable gold state coach. we also understand that the procession is expected to arrive at westminster abbey, which is what we are seeing now shortly before 11 o'clock in the morning on saturday, the king likely to where a military uniform instead of the more traditional breaches in silk stockings worn by kings before him. now, king charles, as we understand, will enter to the great west door and proceed

before he reaches the central space in the abbey. a bit of detailfor you now in space in the abbey. a bit of detail for you now in terms of the historical references for those of you out there who do enjoy this kind of material. he will be preceded by processions made up of faith leaders and representatives, and representatives, and representatives from some commonwealth countries who will carry the flags of their country and be accompanied by the governors general and prime minister us. these will include the british prime minister rishi sunak, of course, who will also give a reading later in the service, and as we have been reporting, we are expecting that ceremony to begin at 11 o'clock in the morning. it will be punctuated with music selected by the king with music selected by the king with 12 newly commissioned pieces, including one by andrew lloyd webber and greek orthodox music in memory of the king's father, prince philip, that scene, i live at buckingham so beautifully lit up tonight, evenin beautifully lit up tonight, even in the midst of some of

the drama that we have seen there just in the last couple of hours or so. just to say as well, we are also expecting at the procession on the weekend, the procession on the weekend, the kings grandson, grandchildren to be there, some of those taking part in the procession inside the abbey will carry the regalia ahead of the king with most items placed on the altar until needed. buckingham palace folks this evening and all of its splendour. but let's leave buckingham palace for now, because i want to move on now to a report from afghanistan for you. i want to warn you is difficult to watch. more than a thousand children under the age of 5 are dying there every week from diseases that are preventable — that's according to the charity unicef. the country's public health infrastructure was already weak before the taliban took over in 2021. but now, it is virtually broken. foreign funding has been frozen and the little help still available from aid agencies is also under threat

because the taliban has banned women from working for them. the bbc�*s correspondent yogita limaye has been to a hospital on the brink of collapse. what we're about to show you is deeply distressing and shows young children in theirfinal moments. but their families wanted us to film them so that the world can see the true scale of the humanitarian disaster that's unfolded. here's her report. every child in this room is in need of critical care. pneumonia is ravaging their little bodies. this one—year—old struggles to breathe. this mother holds an oxygen pipe near his nose. masks for their small faces aren't available. ifan is in the next bed.

his condition worsens and his mother is given an extra tube. mothers filling in for what trained staff or what medical equipment should do. this basic facility is the intensive care unit in the main hospital. a province home to more than1 million. room after room is full of sick children. this child, barely breathing. ill with pneumonia and malnutrition. his mother wants us to see his condition. he is fading. doctors find a faint heartbeat. already defeated by a lack of resources, they are trying to revive him with the little that they have. it took eight hours on rubble roads to bring this man's grandson here.

this is one of two nurses treating 60 children. she makes a final attempt. minutes later, she says the boy has died. every disease he had was curable. translation: i am also a mother and when i saw the baby die it - felt like i lost my own child. it hurt my conscience. we don't have equipment and trained staff. there is nothing we can do but watch babies die. barely a few moments passed before we found another child in distress. this two—year—old was born with a heart defect. a condition that isn't uncommon or hard to treat. we borrowed money to take her to kabul, but we couldn't afford surgery so we had to bring her back, her

grandmother told us. please help us cure her. what she has could have been fixed with a routine operation but this hospital isn't equipped to perform it. herfather tells us his daughter had just begun to speak, forming herfirst words, calling out to him. translation: if | had - an income she would have never suffered this way. right now i don't even have the money to buy a cup of tea. this hospital doesn't have any equipment to cure her. you can barely find an oxygen cylinder. when we came back later we were told that she had not survived. oxygen had run out. within hours two children died. another crushing blow for

the doctor and his colleagues. translation: | feel | exhaustion and agony. everyday we lose one or two beloved children of war. we are almost accustomed it now. for 20 years, the world put billions of dollars into afghanistan's public health care. what we've seen raises questions about how that money was spent. the hospital wasn't made strong enough to withstand a regime change. in the one and a half years since the taliban took over and foreign funding which propped up afghan health care was frozen, we've been to hospitals and clinics all across this country. this is the worst we've seen. it is hard to believe that this is the main

provincial hospital. even this bare minimum is being held up because humanitarian agencies are funding some of the salaries, medicines, and food. it is sorely insufficient. and if that funding is reduced further there is no doubt that the direct result of that will be more children dying. and aid agencies warn funds that could help these families might be hit because the taliban's restrictions on women violate international laws. a heartbreaking report there from our team afghanistan. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. putting their skills to the test. it was all about accuracy for this weekend's hopefuls at bicester in a discipline called auto solo. auto solos can be done in a road car.

it's something that you can do on tarmac or on grass, and it's car control. so driving around a course with cones, different challenges against the clock, against competitors. 12 drivers took part in the event at bicester heritage. the prize, two places up for grabs to race all season for free. motorsport uk moved to oxfordshire in 2020 and is hoping events like this can show how accessible driving can be. great to see that there's this stuff going on for disabled people, getting people out, getting people involved and showing them that they can get back into competitive sports. you're live with bbc news. australia has announced a major crackdown on vaping, with the recreational use of e—cigarettes set to be banned in the country. the sale of vapes will be restricted to pharmacies, with the government pledging to further regulate

the industry to avoid products being sold on the black market. this was the australian health minister mark butler speaking after making these announcements. just like they did with smoking, let's be very clear about this. big tobacco has taken another addictive product, wrapped it in shiny packaging, added sweet flavours, to create under generation of nicotine addicts. young vapors are three times as likely to take up smoking. so, it is no wonder that under 25s are the only cohorts in our population who are seeing smoking rates actually increase. well for more on this we can cross live to canberra and join let's cross back to buckingham palace, that rehearsal taking place. the coach coming through the palace gates, as i've been reporting and telling you, of course, in a breakfrom

tradition, king charles and the queen consort camilla will be in the diamond jubilee state coach as we understand it, rather than what's been surprised, obviously it is older, but described as more uncomfortable, gold state coach. the procession that they are rehearsing for right now is expected to arrive at westminster abbey shortly before 11 o'clock in the morning. king charles will enter through the great west door and proceed until he reaches the central space in the abbey. as we understand it, for the first time, members of the public will be invited to pledge their allegiance to the king in that part of the service organisers are calling the caress of millions and another departure from tradition from clergy will play a prominent role in religious leaders from other faiths will also have an active part. there you see it, the preparations that are getting under way for that are getting under way for that historic moment this weekend, the coronation of king

charles. this rehearsal has been taking place in the early hours of the morning in london and has been cordoned off, of course, and it is expected to continue until about half past three in the morning. of course, the imperative is that everything goes smoothly this weekend, it is a really important moment in british history with king charles being presented to the people in a tradition dating back to anglo—saxon times. well, let's go back to our story today that we have been talking to you about in terms of australia and they think. briefly, we will speak to professor emily banks from the australian national university. just tell us what has been a controversy around bathing in australia and the measures that we are seeing that are taking place? 50. the measures that we are seeing that are taking place?— that are taking place? so, we have reviewed _ that are taking place? so, we have reviewed the _ that are taking place? so, we have reviewed the worldwide | have reviewed the worldwide evidence for the australian government and there are significant risks with e

cigarettes are gaping. particularly for nonsmokers and for young people. there is some evidence that they can help some smokers to quit. so the measures by the australian government terribly to tread that balance between reducing use among young people, particularly adolescents and children and allowing access for smokers who want to use them to quit. for smokers who want to use them to quit-— them to quit. emily, 'ust briefly come if�* them to quit. emily, 'ust briefly come if you b them to quit. emily, just briefly come if you don't| them to quit. emily, just - briefly come if you don't mind, do you think these measures will make a difference? 50. do you think these measures will make a difference? so, we know that _ will make a difference? so, we know that there _ will make a difference? so, we know that there are _ will make a difference? so, we know that there are 4196 - will make a difference? so, we know that there are 4196 of - will make a difference? so, we know that there are 4196 of the | know that there are 41% of the world's population living in countries that actually completely banned electronic cigarettes are fading, and then we have other countries where people have widespread use. and we know that the youth use is much lower in the places that have those tighter controls. so the plan is to really have a comprehensive approach to reducing that black—market use. indeed. professorfrom the australian national university, you are such a star, and thank

you are such a star, and thank you so much forjoining us on the programme with your thoughts will stop for now, thatis thoughts will stop for now, that is that from me and the team i newsday. do stay with bbc news. hello there. on tuesday, it was a largely dry day across the uk. the best of the day's sunshine was across western areas, where we had some lovely blue skies through the afternoon in west wales, for example. elsewhere, though, there was quite a bit of cloud that bubbled up through the day. with high pressure in charge, actually where the winds came round, that high pressure, that was really important to how the day felt. in scarborough, with the onshore winds, temperatures just 11 celsius, quite cool. in contrast to that, the warmest place in the uk was here, managing 19 celsius, not far behind that for west wales, 18.6 celsius in a couple of spots. now at the moment, cloud is tending to melt away across england and wales, the thickest cloud over the next few hours across the north west of the uk, where you might find an odd spot of rain, but it's not really going to amount to much,

quite mild for western areas to start the day. quite chilly in the east with temperatures starting off wednesday morning down into low single figures. now, i think by and large for wednesday, there should be more in the way of sunshine to look forward to across england and wales. after a cloudy start in northern ireland, we should see some bright or sunny spells developing here. i wouldn't rule out a bit of rain, though, into the far north west of scotland, where it will continue to be quite cool. temperatures across england and wales for the most part, 15—18 celsius. so i think that will feel pleasant in the may sunshine. but then we start to see some changes coming up from the south west for thursday as a weather front approaches, and that is going to be spreading some rain. could be quite heavy as well for a time across southwest england before later in the day, the rain edges into parts of wales and the west midlands, probably. there will be some drier and brighter weather ahead of that, and temperatures could still reach around 18 celsius, but it will continue to feel quite cool across eastern scotland and northeast england with the winds coming in off the chilly north sea. now for friday, there's a general downward spiral into more unsettled weather conditions with heavy showers or even some longer spells of rain.

the air, though, is relatively mild with the winds coming up from a south westerly direction, 18 celsius, even if we don't get a great deal in the way of sunshine. but then on into the weekend, which, of course, is the coronation weekend, low pressure works up from the south west, and it does look like it will be turning increasingly unsettled. so i think rain will move into southern areas of england from the south west on saturday. so it could be quite damp for a time for the coronation. and then beyond that, we've got some heavy and thundery showers in the forecast for sunday.

decision time at the fed, we take a look at the us economy and whether there's need for a change in policy. and... we'll have the latest on china's long labour day break and the revival of chinese tourism. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm karishma vaswani. our top story today: will the us federal reserve raise rates one more time? or will it take a break? as the fed meets to decide whether to raise interest rates again, rising prices aren't their only worry. the turbulence at first republic this week has revived worries about credit conditions. major us stock indexes fell more than 1% each on tuesday.