welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm arunoday mukharji. the headlines: the us pledges another billion dollars in aid for ukraine hours after 17 people are killed in a russian missile strike. at least 31 people have been killed in one of the worst floods ever seen in southern brazil. scientists in israel say they have grown cells that closely resemble a human embryo without using sperm, eggs or a womb. live from our studios in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday.

welcome to the programme. the united states has announced another billion dollars�* worth of aid for ukraine. the pledge came as the us secretary of state anthony blinken visited kyivjust hours after at least 17 people, including a child, were killed in a missile attack in eastern ukraine that hit a busy market street in the middle of the day. ukraine's president zelensky, who blamed russia, said those killed were "people who did nothing wrong" — and warned the death toll could increase. paul adams reports. explosion close to ukraine's eastern front lines, death falls from the sky without warning. 2pm in the afternoon, a row of shops in the town of kostiantynivka. they're used to attacks here but not on this scale. in the blast�*s shocking aftermath, a search

for the living and the dead. it's not immediately clear what kind of weapon landed here, but shrapnel tore into the road, into cars and people. translation: this is a civilian pharmacy. . at the time of the strike, civilians were here, buying medicines, and this is what happened. ukraine's president, as he has so many times before, sounded outraged. translation: we understand what they are doing, _ they did the same in the past. whenever there is any positive offensive step by ukraine's defence forces, russia targets civilians and civilian infrastructure. this was one of the worst attacks on ukrainian civilians since the spring. and it came as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, was here in kyiv pledging yet more support.

his arrival, early this morning, was preceded once more by the sounds of war. air raid sirens wail russia launching a fresh wave of attacks at dawn. kyiv�*s well—drilled air defences called into action, keeping the capital safe. president zelensky, fresh from visiting troops at the front, gave his visitor a positive account of ukraine's recent advances. in the ongoing counteroffensive, progress has accelerated in the past few weeks. this new assistance will help sustain it and build further momentum. that may be, but this grinding conflict continues to exact a terrible price. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. here's our north america correspondent — peter bowes — with more information on that us package of military aid for ukraine. well, this is $1 billion, the

latest aid package, it brings to more than 43 billion the amount of aid that's been supplied by the united states since the start of the war but of this is economic, this is military aid in the form of more ammunition for ukraine in the ongoing fight and the onslaught of russia continuing, as we have just heard, it is being seen, at least debated here whether this was a directed attack to try to send a message on this important visiting day, a message to the united states for much about it is indeed still capable of carrying out attacks like this. but i think the aid should be seenin but i think the aid should be seen in another bite, and that is the significance of a personal visit, the fourth by antony blinken. yes, the aid could be announced anywhere at any time but this is another personal visit to the ukraine, meeting the political leadership and people of ukraine. i think with a message to ukraine and especially its people that the united states

at least under the current administration is still strongly behind ukraine in its continuing efforts to thwart russia. ., ., russia. peter, to what extent can the us — russia. peter, to what extent can the us 90 _ russia. peter, to what extent can the us go in _ russia. peter, to what extent can the us go in terms - russia. peter, to what extent can the us go in terms of - russia. peter, to what extent can the us go in terms of aid | can the us go in terms of aid considering there has been resistance by comb or that there are elections?- resistance by comb or that there are elections? well, that is the big question, _ there are elections? well, that is the big question, that - there are elections? well, that is the big question, that is - there are elections? well, that is the big question, that is a i is the big question, that is a keyissue is the big question, that is a key issue here, we are in a political season here and there is a lot of debate in congress as to how much more the level of aid that can be provided in the coming months, there is a very intense debate in the republican party, as we saw in the debate a couple of weeks ago, strong differences between the likes of donald trump, who are still well ahead in the race, and the newcomer to the race, and the newcomer to the race and doing very well, david ramaswamy, who says he would cut aid to ukraine and spend the money here in the united states on securing the southern border, a wide range of issues amongst politicians but also a

wide range of views among the american people, and opinion polls showing that people's interest in continuing support for ukraine at a level that it's been over the last 18 months is indeed waning. more news. some of the worst flooding ever seen in southern brazil has killed at least 31 people. rescuers are trying to reach families stranded on rooftops due to rising waters. the governor of rio grande do sul said it was the state's worst weather disaster. the storm forced hundreds of people from their homes. the brazilian president says the federal government is ready to help. here's our south america correspondent katy watson. the governor of rio grande do sul said this has been the worst ever weather disaster, with one small town the focal point of the flooding. 85% of the town was flooded and it is feared the death toll could rise. this is not the first major flooding in brazil this year. back in february, around 50 people died in the state of sao paulo because of extreme

rain and landslides. experts are saying that the el nino weather phenomenon has made things much worse, that is when the eastern pacific, the waters in the eastern pacific near the coast of peru and ecuador warm up more than usual, causing much more extreme weather events and those often manifest here. much heavier rainfall. in rio grande do sul, in the south of brazil, close to the border with uruguay and argentina, it often sees quite a lot of extreme weather events. it is an area of brazil that the rains consistently throughout the year, and president lula da silva has said the federal government is on standby to support the region, with more bad weather expected in the coming days. to the other developing story from this region. this from across southeast asia have met with some of their global

counterparts as the summit continues in indonesia. kamala harris is in attendance along with china's premier. tensions in the south china sea and the ongoing crisis in myanmar are among the major talking points injakarta. for more on this we can cross live to washington, dc and join the president and ceo of the us rcn business class on the former us ambassador to vietnam. thank you very much, pleasure speaking to you. the summit does take place against a backdrop of beijing and washington competing for influence in southeast asia. the chinese prime minister warned yesterday against a new cold war. meanwhile singapore's parameter has expressed concern over the tensions. —— singapore's prime minister. how worried should we be?— worried should we be? well, i wouldn't read _ worried should we be? well, i wouldn't read too _ worried should we be? well, i wouldn't read too much - worried should we be? well, i wouldn't read too much into i wouldn't read too much into these geopolitical discussions.

these countries are focused on economics, economic deferment, how they can make it easier to do business in their countries, and they're going try and keep and they're going try and keep a balancing act alive so that they are collaborating both with china and with the united states and benefiting from collaboration with each of those great powers. china does have a massive _ those great powers. china does have a massive presence - those great powers. china does have a massive presence in - have a massive presence in southeast asia. do you see it as more of a bird difficult tightrope for the asean member nations? it tightrope for the asean member nations? , . ., ., nations? it is challenging. for man of nations? it is challenging. for many of them. _ nations? it is challenging. for many of them, china - nations? it is challenging. for many of them, china is - nations? it is challenging. for many of them, china is the i many of them, china is the number one trade partner, the united states for many of them, the number one security partner. what they're trying to do is find to integrate their economies more and to act in unison when possible. obviously they are having trouble when it

comes to dealing with the myanmar crisis and they are not completely unified when it comes to dealing with the south china sea. but they are very determined to provide greater prosperity to their people and to try to create as much stability as they can in that part of the world. [30 stability as they can in that part of the world.— stability as they can in that part of the world. do you think president _ part of the world. do you think president biden's _ part of the world. do you think president biden's absence - part of the world. do you think president biden's absence will| president biden�*s absence will be viewed as a snub by the asean nations?— be viewed as a snub by the asean nations? there will be some who — asean nations? there will be some who will _ asean nations? there will be some who will be _ asean nations? there will be l some who will be disappointed, but there are six countries in the world, but the president and vice president have visited and vice president have visited and two of them are in asean. the president has twice attended asean summits, he has hosted one, the vice president has been three times to the region, all members of the cabinet or major members of the covenant have gone. some many times. i think secretary blinken has been four times to indonesia. so it's not as if the united states is passing up

asean. there is a scheduling challenge and sometimes it is more about scheduling than about geopolitical decisions. purely logistical, she said. president biden will also be in vietnam on sunday the fourth of the us is looking to elevate its diplomatic relations with hanol its diplomatic relations with hanoi, but vietnam has been somewhat wary of provoking china and is a former ambassador to that country, how hard will this be to try and achieve?— hard will this be to try and achieve? �*, , ,., ., achieve? it's very important if ou are achieve? it's very important if you are a _ achieve? it's very important if you are a vietnamese - achieve? it's very important if you are a vietnamese later i achieve? it's very important if you are a vietnamese later to| you are a vietnamese later to balance relations between china, which vietnam has a 1200 mile border, the united states. vietnam has fought 22 wars against china, and vietnam is moving steadily to improve relations with the united states. while respecting its very near and very powerful neighbour, i think the fact that the president is going to vietnam is significant. it will

be a major milestone in the relationship. we've been in a comprehensive partnership with vietnam for ten years, have accomplished a great deal and i think there is much more to be done, and the president's visible axillary collaboration between the united states and vietnam. , , ., between the united states and vietnam. , ., , ., ., vietnam. just to stay on that oint, vietnam. just to stay on that point. how — vietnam. just to stay on that point. how big _ vietnam. just to stay on that point, how big an _ vietnam. just to stay on that point, how big an obstacle i point, how big an obstacle do you feel that the human rights concerns could be for president biden? use calman commission accused hanoi of crackdown on backsliding and religious freedoms.— backsliding and religious freedoms. �* . ., freedoms. i'm certain it will be one of— freedoms. i'm certain it will be one of the _ freedoms. i'm certain it will be one of the issues - freedoms. i'm certain it will be one of the issues that i freedoms. i'm certain it will l be one of the issues that they discuss. the united states believes that religious freedom, freedom of expression and respect for human rights is very important. and there will be frank discussions between the leaders on these issues. my own view is that vietnam should be confident that criticism is aimed at the party are not going to cause instability in

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was just a short while back. scientists in israel say they've grown an entity that closely resembles an early human embryo — without using sperm, eggs or a womb. they're hoping it could improve ivf rates, help them understand more about miscarriages and even test which medicines are safe to use during pregnancy. but experts say it raises ethical and legal questions. our health correspondent james gallagher reports. this is a field that's been progressing rapidly and has now reached a significant moment. take a second to think how remarkable it is that our lives start out like this, a single sperm fertilising a single egg. but the first steps on the journey from this to us are poorly understood, and researching embryos is legally, ethically and technically fraught. so this is where embryo models come in, and this is how it's done. so there are no sperm or eggs involved. instead, scientists start with human stem cells. these have the potential

to become any type of tissue in our body. these are then transformed into the four types of cell you'd find in an embryo that was just one week old. then 120 of them are mixed together, and you can see they start off as a jumble. but as they grow, this happens. they start to organise themselves, mimicking what a real embryo would look like 14 days after fertilisation. and we can take a look at one. now, this might appear confusing, i admit, but we can spot some things in here. the purple cells around the outside are the ones that would grow to form the placenta, and as we go inside, the yellow cells would create a yolk sac and the blue ones would form — in a real embryo — a human being. now, of course, this isn't a real embryo. it's not possible to put this in the womb and make a baby, but it is similar. it even released hormones that made a pregnancy test turn positive in the lab, and that's what's exciting the research team in israel.

yes, this does look like textbook, and the structures are there and it looks really, really good. this is a stem cell—derived entity that has all the cell types, all the compartments that are known and in the right orientation, which, we know, hasn't been done before. for those struggling to start a family, this research may one day help. it could lead to new ideas for tackling infertility or improving ivf, and that's because these embryo models allow scientists to perform research that would be impossible on real embryos, to understand the crucial early moments of our development when miscarriage and birth defects often arise. they are not normal human embryos. _ they are not normal human embryos, their models by their very— embryos, their models by their very close _ embryos, their models by their very close to them, so should you regulate them in the same way? _ you regulate them in the same way? or— you regulate them in the same way? or can you be a bit more relaxed — way? or can you be a bit more relaxed about how they are treated? because they are not

normai— treated? because they are not normal human embryos, we coutdnt— normal human embryos, we couldn't impart one of these and — couldn't impart one of these and a — couldn't impart one of these and a woman because that would be illegal— and a woman because that would be illegal and it probably wouldn't work anyway. this field of research _ wouldn't work anyway. this field of research is - wouldn't work anyway. try 3 field of research is advancing incredibly rapidly and has let regulators playing catch up. james gallagher on the latest medical breakthrough. the global cost—of—living crisis and the impact of the war in ukraine and food prices has hit families around the world hard. none more so than in bangladesh which last year hiked fuel prices by 50% overnight. it led to a steep rise in the cost of basic food items such as rice and vegetables and it's having an impact on some of the country's most vulnerable — who were already struggling. our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports from bangladesh. a warning — some of what you are about to see is distressing. ezrut is more than a year old, but she's severely underweight. half of what she should be for her age. her mother can't afford rising

food prices and fears she'll have to beg soon. the family gets some rice rations from the government, but it's not enough. translation: i am hungry. my children cry because they are hungry. we don't eat meat orfish anymore. even fresh vegetables are so costly. what can we do? every third child here injamalpur is malnourished. already one of bangladesh's poorest districts, deeper in poverty. after the pandemic, floods, and the impact of rising oil prices since the war in ukraine. ezrut�*s father works these fields. it costs more to farm here. the land that fed his family now threatens to starve them.

translation: i am struggling to support my family now. i i don't earn that much, but still i have to spend a large amount of my earnings just to buy fuel for irrigation. we are growing rice here, but we can't even afford it. from villages to cities, similar struggles. bangladesh was forced to go to the imf this year after its economy faltered. the cost of rice has risen by more than 50% since pre—covid times in bangladesh. in fact, the prices of many basic food items continue to increase. take the broiler chicken, a staple in many low income households. in one month alone this year, it rose by a third. at this hospital

in the capital, dhaka, mums are taking part in a healthy eating workshop. but with the price of a potato now up by 75% on last year, basics they could once afford are now luxuries. and at the ward, we see just how bad things can get when children aren't fed a proper diet. bed after bed, young patients severely malnourished. yassin's nearly two. he has stunted growth and is very sick. translation: doctors | advised me to give more nutritious food to my son, but i can't afford nutritious food. so how does my baby boy get nutrition? life nowadays is really hard for people like me. a few days later, and yassin's doing a little better.

but once home, he'll return to a life of hunger and hardship. it's a cycle of desperation. in the cost of living crisis in bangladesh, the youngest are paying a high price. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, dhaka. let's ta ke let's take a look of some of the other stories and headlines. what are a dozen people are known to have died as a result of torrential rainfall. increase, some regions received up to 800 millimetres of rain, more than normally in a year, leaving town submerged. a lawsuit has been filed in colorado to try to stop donald trump's name from appearing on ballots for the us presidential elections. the plaintiffs argue the former president should be barred from office, accusing him of engaging in insurrection or rebellion against the constitution.

the supreme court in mexico has decriminalised abortion throughout the country. in a post on social media, it said the denial of the possibility of a termination was a violation of women's rights. spanish football playerjenni hermoso has filed a legal complaint against the head of the country's football federation after he kissed her following the spanish team's victory in the women's world cup. jenni hermoso alleges that luis rubiales's kiss was unsolicited, something he contests. guy hedge co—sent this update. jenni hermoso, the spanish football player who was kissed on the lips by spain's football federation president luis rubiales at the end of the world cup final, has now registered a legal complaint against mr rubiales for alleged sexual assault. that follows

the opening of a preliminary investigation by prosecutors last week, where they started to probe new evidence to bring a case against mr rubiales for sexual assault. withjennifer amo sodecision to register her own complaint it would seem that that case can now proceed against mr rubiales and it could potentially lead to a situation where he could face charges of sexual assault. this is just one front that mr rubiales is facing at the moment. he is under pressure from a series of fronts besides that one. also, the world football governing body bild has suspended him while it carries out its own investigation into his behaviour at the world cup final. —— fifa. spain's national sports tribunal is carrying out a probe into mr

rubiales. yesterday the federation, without mr rubiales there because he has been suspended, took the decision to sack the coachjorge vilda, who led the women's team to that world cup triumph and the feeling was that the sacking that coach, who was seen as a close ally of mr rubiales, was a way of trying to turn the page on this whole affair, even though mr rubiales remains clinging to his post. more than a thousand items belonging to the late queen star freddie mercury are being sold at an auction in london. amongst them this baby grand piano that he used to compose many of the band's greatest hits including don't stop me now and somebody to love. mercury bought it in 1975. bidding on it started at 40 thousand pounds — but it went for a lot lot more. about $2.1 million. that's all

for now, thanks for watching. hello there. i've got a couple of interesting sunsets to show you. the first of these shows, well, rather subdued colours in the skies in norfolk. and that was because we've got thick layers of saharan dust in the sky and all saharan dust is good for is, well, blocking out some of the sun's light. whereas in the much cleaner skies and cleaner air that we've had in scotland, some really spectacular sunsets as all of the sun's light can come flooding across the sky. now, looking at the weather pattern at the moment, we've got more of our september heat wave to come thanks to this blocked weather pattern in the jet stream, a ridge of high pressure in north—west europe is bringing us hot and sunny weather. but in contrast to that, this trough in the eastern mediterranean is what is responsible for storm daniel. and of course, that's been bringing some catastrophic floods to parts of south—east europe over recent days. now, looking at the weather

picture as we go through the next few hours — for the vast majority, we're looking at dry conditions with just a bit of low cloud, and mist and fog patches forming primarily around some of the north sea coast in east scotland, eastern areas of england. and so that's how we start the day on thursday. some of that will be quite slow to clear away, but eventually most of us will see sunshine. there'll be a bit more high cloud across the north and west of the uk, so that will make the sunshine a little bit on the hazy side here. but it's another hot and sunny day. temperatures in scotland and northern ireland widely around 24 to 27. but for england, wales we're looking at quite widely the high 20s to low 30s. so we're going to be quite close again to seeing the highest temperature of the year, 32 degrees recorded on wednesday, probably similar for thursday. now for friday, it's another dry day. probably a little bit more in the way of mist and fog patches around both the north sea coast and also through some of our irish sea coasts. but for the bulk, it's hot and it's sunny once again. we've got more of this to come as well as we get into the weekend. although there's a tendency

for the weather to start turning a little bit cloudier and breezier across the north—west of scotland with some showers moving in here. and this really is the first sign of a breakdown in the weather patterns with that slightly cooler air working into parts of western scotland. but for most, saturday is another september scorcher, with highs up to 32. 32.2 is the highest temperature we've seen so far this year. so we're not far away from that. the change in the weather patterns, though, will come through next week. temperatures getting closer to normal and there'll be a bit of rain around as well.

a huge event for the semiconductor industry kicks off in taiwan, just as china shows advancements in its chip technology. we'll have analysis. and a look at how india is struggling to find a balance between development and managing its climate goals. hello and welcome to asia business report, i am arundoday mukharji. the big story we are tracking, one of the largest events for the semiconductor industry is under way in taiwan. the self—ruled island is the largest producer of the world's most advanced chips, which are manufactured by domestic heavyweight tsmc.

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