welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm arunoday mukharji. lets get you the headlines. security is ramped up ahead of world leaders arriving in india as the country prepares host the 620 summit this weekend. no trace of uk terror suspect daniel kaleef, who's escaped from a london prison. and the winners of the uk's prestigious mercury music prize. welcome to the programme. in the coming hours, world leaders will start arriving in new delhi ahead

of this weekend's 620 summit. recent meetings have been dominated by russia's war in ukraine, but india has chosen to try and focus the group's attention on issues affecting the developing world. the capital is preparing for the most high—profile event to be held in india in years, security is tight. the budget for hosting is reported to be more than ioo—million dollars. the two day event will be attended by the likes of us presidentjoe biden, seen here beginning hisjourney to india a short time ago. british pm rishi sunak will also attend. here's our south asia correspondent samira hussain with more. india's moment on the global stage. to the world, it's promoting itself as a leader. at home, it made the 620 part of daily discourse... let us remind ourselves that this grouping bears an exceptional responsibility... ..holding 200 meetings

in 60 different cities... sustainable development goals. ..making the 620 matter. 620 means a lot to me as an indian and it is the biggest achievement i feel for the government. it feels like we are the ones hosting it. that sense of collectiveness is what india is about. and, yes, i'm very excited for it. new convention centre, new statues, 620 billboards everywhere. delhi has been getting a makeover worthy of bollywood stars, presenting a cleaned up version to the world. but behind these walls — put up just before the 620 — is also india... ..a hidden india visiting world leaders won't see. instead of being cleaned up like the rest of the city, impoverished communities were kept out of sight — something that saddam says makes him angry.

translation: to me, it looks very beautiful. - they have transformed delhi. but in making it beautiful, it seems we are stains like craters on the moon. they have made us a stain, which is why they have hidden us. so they might as well remove us from here. this may look like a pile of broken bricks and bits of concrete, but just two months ago, it was actually people's homes were here and even a community school, but it was torn down. the government says the buildings were illegal. the 620 just happens to be taking place across the street. but it's not what maya was told when her home was destroyed. translation: they broke our| homes and made us homeless. they said they wanted to clean up the area for the 620. they said, "move from here." they removed us all.

prime minister narendra modi is facing other domestic issues. his government has been criticised for a rise in religious tensions in india. but the country has shrugged off admonitions ahead of the 620, instead focusing the conversation on issues that matter to the global south. the fact that there is a great power contestation and polarisation in world politics, that's a reality. but amidst that, india's argument has been through the last year, during its presidency, that we cannot forget a large part of the world, some of the weakest, most vulnerable countries in the world who are facing acute crises of multiple kinds. but those voices are not being heard. india has taken a rotating presidency and turned it into a major event, and in doing so, it has managed to solidify its global importance. samira hussein, bbc news, delhi. earlier, i spoke to richard rossow, a senior adviser in us—india policy studies at the center for strategic and international studies. i asked what his expectations are for the summit.

fairly modest. frankly, the 620 really is a purpose built for things like trade emigration and otherforms. the document, if they are able to come to win it all, i'm sure the united states and perez hard to get a stronger statement from india's leadership. some relatively light language in terms of concerns about climate change, digital immigration and things like that but in terms of her tangible outcomes, it will be lacking and that is a good thing because the 620 only become super relevant when you have a crisis and the issues that india would face on a covid—i9 wave have not come to pass and it will be a light meeting, cordial meeting, missing a couple of notable leaders but overall, it is a good thing because we touched a bigger crisis. also good thing because we touched a bigger crisis-_ bigger crisis. also the headlines _ bigger crisis. also the headlines of - bigger crisis. also the headlines of xi - bigger crisis. also the |

headlines of xi jinping bigger crisis. also the - headlines of xi jinping not headlines of xi jinping not attending the summit. we headlines of xi jinping not attending the summit. we will see. attending the summit. we will see- china _ attending the summit. we will see. china releasing _ attending the summit. we will see. china releasing a - attending the summit. we will see. china releasing a new. attending the summit. we willl see. china releasing a new map and making additional territorial claims on india and many other countries across the indo—pacific region and a lot of global security matters focused on russia and they may widen the agenda and 620 leaders, those in attendance will be comfortable with the statement that calls out china's aggressive pursuit of expansion and china buzz buzz absences notable if the united states choose to use this to highlight the other great security risk that many end up pacific region space. —— face. they have resolved disputes but could that trigger more for what is been relatively limited so far? ,, ., , ., so far? the united states today is the largest — so far? the united states today is the largest trade _ so far? the united states today is the largest trade partner - so far? the united states today is the largest trade partner to l is the largest trade partner to india and their property and to

the top ten in terms of us trade partners and economic relationship is ok but you're right, the government hasn't really been able to accentuate that through a concrete strategy and investment. recently, i have shared concerns about overreliance on china in the manufacturing of strategic technologies. we've been looking at ways to break down barriers and the biting administration is been supporting us companies looking to invest in india. this will be more premature. in looking at individual investments and breaking down barriers and strategic technologies for the computer for leg, strategic technologies for the computerfor leg, that strategic technologies for the computer for leg, that is what i think a reasonable economic agenda would take place just before the 620 meeting. in the uk, a terror suspect who escaped from wandsworth prison wednesday is still at large, with police saying there've been no confirmed sightings of him.

daniel kaleef was awaiting trial accused of gathering information for iran. he escaped by strapping himself under a food delivery van, still dressed as a prison chef. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has more. the moment yesterday morning when police tracked down the food delivery truck used in the escape but found the prisoner gone and only the innocent driver at the wheel, and this cctv footage obtained by the bbc suggests that daniel khalife had already disappeared from under the vehicle three quarters of an hour before. khalife was in wandsworth prison while awaiting trial for charges that included allegedly trying to spy for iran or obtain information useful to an enemy, to use the exact words. yesterday morning daniel khalife had been working in the kitchen at wandsworth prison, around 50 metres from the nearest gate. at 7:32am the food truck, which had been making a delivery, drove out of the prison

through that gate. it will have passed through the airlock where it should have stopped for a security check. soon afterwards it became clear that khalife was missing. the prison went into lockdown and when there was no sign of him the police were called. they stopped and searched the truck and found strapping underneath which he is thought to have used to hold himself under the vehicle, but there was no sign of khalife. the images of the truck show the large space underneath the cargo section, and this is the journey that the vehicle took across south—west london before being stopped at 8.37. khalife must have escaped somewhere on this route. we have some of the highest trained military in the world here in the uk, and daniel khalife was trained by the uk military. he will be a resourceful individual and that's important for us to remember when we're trying to find him. as the police continued their manhunt, thejustice secretary launched an immediate independent inquiry. no stone must be left unturned in getting to the bottom of what happened. who was on duty that morning? in what roles?

ranging from the kitchen to the prison gate, what protocols were in place? were they followed 7 yesterday's escape raises fundamental concerns about the security culture at wandsworth prison. some people are kept in prison ahead of their trial in order to protect the public and to make sure that they don't run away, but lax checks here seem to have allowed daniel khalife to do exactly that. there are concerns too about the lost time yesterday morning. although khalife escaped just after 7.30, no one realised for about 20 minutes, and there was another 25 minutes before the police were called. daniel khalife had been in prison since his arrest injanuary, and fellow inmate chrisjones remembers him unloading the trucks. you'd get a delivery, i think it was monday, wednesday and friday or something like that, first thing in the morning, and he would always be out

there with the pallet truck, loading and unloading. he said, you know, "i'm going to be famous and, you know, for what i've done," and stuff like that, and, well, he is now, ain't he? a year ago khalife was still working at this barracks in staffordshire — the base for some of the uk's most high—tech forces. police today described him as a very resourceful individual, and tonight he is still on the run. daniel sandford, bbc news, at wandsworth prison. meanwhile in the us, another search is on for an escaped prisoner, who �*crab—walked' over a wall to escape a jail in pennsylvania. here's danelo cavalkantay making his escape last week. just before this —— he'd been sentenced to life in prison for killing his ex—girlfriend. a massive search is under

way for the 34—year—old brazilian national. the military authorities in mali say at least 64 people have been killed in two separate attacks by islamist militants in the north—east of the country. the interim government says 49 civilians died when a passenger boat travelling on the niger river came under fire. later, a nearby military camp in bamba was attacked with fifteen soldiers among the victims. mali's military authorities say 50 jihadists have also been killed. the head of the nato alliance says ukrainian forces are continuing to make progress in retaking land occupied by russian forces. butjens stoltenberg says any advance is moving atjust a hundred meters a day. it comes as the us secretary of state wraps up a visit to kyiv. antony blinken announced a new ukraine aid package worth more than a billion dollars, which includes controversial shells to be used with us abrams tanks, made of depleted uranium. 0ur correspondent paul adams filed this from kyiv. delayed his visit to kyiv, his

fourth since the full scale invasion is now over and he has beenin invasion is now over and he has been in the country for two days and is now on his way home and i think it is a visit and which is an opportunity to spend quite a bit of time looking at the consequences of the conflict in various ways and also an opportunity to pledge a great deal more of an american support. clearly, the message from him was not the united states is anxious to give the kind of support that will allow ukrainian armed forces to increase the momentum of the counteroffensive in the south and that is why we have seen the inclusion of defeated uranian shells will be used with the us supplied tanks and that will be supplied in a matter of weeks. the idea being that they detect signs of an increasing amount of progress

increasing amount of progress in the south which the nato secretary—6eneral also alluded to during the day but they're also conscious that time is marching on and they want to give ukraine all the assistance that they can to try to make as much progress as possible before this year draws to a close. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. five former metropolitan police officers have pleaded guilty to sending offensive racist messages on whatsapp. some of the messages, which came to light after an investigation carried out by the bbc�*s newsnight programme, were about the duchess of sussex and the prime minister rishi sunak. all of the men had already retired from the police. a review of veterinary services has been launched over concerns pet owners are facing �*eye—watering' bills. the competition and markets

authority says vet fees were rising faster than other goods and services during the cost of living crisis and people may not be getting value for money. network rail has admitted a series of health and safety failings connected to a train derailment in scotland, in which three people died. the rail operator says a number of errors contributed to the crash at stonehaven in bad weather in 2020. the rail operator also admitted it hadn't warned the driver that part of the track near stonehaven was unsafe. the company will be sentenced tomorrow. you're live with bbc news. police in the uk are set to begin investigating dozens of baby deaths and injuries at a hospital trust. the maternity units at nottingham university hospitals nhs trust are already being examined in a review by the senior midwife donna 0ckenden. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has the details — a warning his report contains some distressing images. oh, my goodness... for most people this would be

a moment of idyllic family life, but for the hawkins there will always be a missing piece. lottie should have an older sister, but harriet died before birth in 2016 due to nhs maternity failures. her parents welcome news of the police investigation. i think the thing that really makes me emotional is that the families in nottinghamshire are the ones that are serving a life sentence, not the people that failed us, not the people that have conducted the cover—up, and there needs to be accountability for that. dozens of babies died or suffered avoidable harm at nottingham's two nhs maternity centres. an ongoing independent clinical review is examining around 1800 cases. well, the review will reveal the scale of the harm. this police investigation raises the possibility of criminal charges being brought against individuals, people appearing in court for either failing to provide good maternity care are failing to investigate when things went wrong.

that is the accountability that the families have been looking for. winter andrews' parents only had 23 minutes with their daughter before she died. the trust were later fined £800,000 for causing her death. all those who have been let down by the nhs hope the police inquiry will improve maternity care. a police investigation will focus the minds of those people who are still saying it's sarah and me creating a fuss. i think that it's just another tool to use to encourage people to look at themselves and their own practice. the nottingham university hospital trust say they'll cooperate fully with the police and are committed to improve the care they provide. for those suffering lifelong harm due to nhs errors, it's the least they can hope for. michael buchanan, bbc news, nottingham.

a jury has found donald trump's former trade advisor, peter navarro, guilty on two counts of contempt of congress, for defying a subpoena to give evidence on the storming of the us capitol in 2021. mr navarro had refused to testify or provide documents to a congressional committee investigating the riot by mr trump's supporters. he spoke outside court, saying he'll appeal. what's so remarkable about this case is that even as the department ofjustice was bringing this case, they had a policy for more than 50 years that says people like me, senior white house advisers, alter—egos in present cannot be compelled to testify before congress. 0ur washington correspondent, 6ary 0'donoghue, has more. this relates, of course, to peter navarro's plan, what he called the green bay sweep, in a reference to that end run

by the green bay packers to overturn the election results on january the sixth. now, this wasn't a trial about that plan. it was a trial about him refusing to appear before congress. he's now been found guilty on both charges. he could get up to a year in prison on either of them and up to $100,000 fine. and he's going to be sentenced in january. and he said that he will appeal and may even file for a mistrial, but he's the second one to be convicted. steve bannon, you remember, charged with the same things, got four months. he's still waiting for his appeal to be heard. california's legislature has become the first in the us to approve a bill banning caste discrimination. the caste system in india dates back over three—thousand years — and divides hindu society into rigid hierarchical groups. us lawmakers say the measure will protect people of south asian descent from unfair treatment. the state's governor must now decide whether to sign the bill into law — amid arguments from some hindu group that the caste system is not a serious issue.

earlier, i spoke to thenmozhi soundararajan, an indian—american dalit rights activist and the executive director of equality labs, who campaigned in support of the california bill. i want to just emphasise i want tojust emphasise how crucial— i want tojust emphasise how crucial ii— i want tojust emphasise how crucial it was that this bill was — crucial it was that this bill was brought up and in the state of california and across the united _ of california and across the united states, we are hearing greater— united states, we are hearing greater reports of severe discrimination on the basis of caste — discrimination on the basis of caste and _ discrimination on the basis of caste and when we are talking about — caste and when we are talking about caste, were talking about global— about caste, were talking about global systems of royalties based _ global systems of royalties based on discrimination and dissent _ based on discrimination and dissent. it is a very large caste _ dissent. it is a very large caste system of which there are many _ caste system of which there are many immigrants coming from there — many immigrants coming from there into _ many immigrants coming from there into the united states but also _ there into the united states but also other communities that experience caste discrimination, including the japanese communities, we also have _ japanese communities, we also have communities in somalia as well as— have communities in somalia as well as europe and it is a very globally— well as europe and it is a very globally recognised category and we — globally recognised category and we are hearing immigrants

from_ and we are hearing immigrants from those communities experiencing severe discrimination. in our research, we have found one and four have — research, we have found one and four have faced physical and verbal— four have faced physical and verbal assault and one in three educational discrimination in two out _ educational discrimination in two out of three workplace discrimination. in the state is backed — discrimination. in the state is backed by— discrimination. in the state is backed by thousands testimonies of people have experienced discrimination in education housing _ discrimination in education housing and workplaces and that is why— housing and workplaces and that is why we — housing and workplaces and that is why we will have to bring this— is why we will have to bring this forward because this one case — this forward because this one case is — this forward because this one case is already one case too much — case is already one case too much of— case is already one case too much of what discrimination looks— much of what discrimination looks like trafficking, it looks _ looks like trafficking, it looks like trafficking, it looks like wage theft looks like disparate hiring practices, slurs in the workplace and even sexual assault _ workplace and even sexual assault and harassment it's imperative that the american bar association, the south asian _ bar association, the south asian bar association and the national— asian bar association and the national asian american association all represent tens of thousands of lawyers who came — of thousands of lawyers who came out strongly in favour of

caste — came out strongly in favour of caste equity. came out strongly in favour of caste equity-— came out strongly in favour of caste equity. some have argued auainst caste equity. some have argued against this _ caste equity. some have argued against this proposal _ caste equity. some have argued against this proposal think - caste equity. some have argued against this proposal think it - against this proposal think it will discriminate against hindus and that caste discrimination is already illegal under state law, how would you respond to that? i think what is important to recognise that any time talk about— recognise that any time talk about civil rights, people hit about civil rights, people hit a nerve _ about civil rights, people hit a nerve and in the united states. _ a nerve and in the united states, we are not a stranger to that. — states, we are not a stranger to that. when we saw the civil rights — to that. when we saw the civil rights movement, fighting for the rights of all people of colour, _ the rights of all people of colour, people were lynched and churches — colour, people were lynched and churches were bombed, the reality— churches were bombed, the reality is— churches were bombed, the reality is exchanged is hard and — reality is exchanged is hard and the _ reality is exchanged is hard and the empathy for opponents were _ and the empathy for opponents were concerned that their ability— were concerned that their ability to preserve the right to discriminate will be impacted but what does the law say here — impacted but what does the law say here but we have is broad consensus _ say here but we have is broad consensus from the federal level— consensus from the federal level and state level that caste _ level and state level that caste is _ level and state level that caste is currently covered

under _ caste is currently covered under existing categories but what — under existing categories but what is — under existing categories but what is needed is clarification because — what is needed is clarification because it is not listed and employees come on they're going to companies like cisco and google _ to companies like cisco and google in sharing experiences of discrimination, the companies are clear that is why even _ companies are clear that is why even sysco corporation the first — even sysco corporation the first to _ even sysco corporation the first to be sued on the basis of caste _ first to be sued on the basis of caste discrimination in the united — of caste discrimination in the united states, despite that case — united states, despite that case being currently in mediation, that not only added to the — mediation, that not only added to the policies, they put in a public— to the policies, they put in a public blog posts 2020 that they— public blog posts 2020 that they want the legislation to added _ they want the legislation to added as a protected category is that— added as a protected category is that there is clarity on this— is that there is clarity on this issue. the reality is it's completely lawful to add this as a category the only people with— as a category the only people with impacts of those discriminates against clarifying and making it more explicit — clarifying and making it more explicit and our opponents are also _ explicit and our opponents are also protected by the spill. —— this— also protected by the spill. —— this deal~ _ —— this bill.

the winner of the coveted mercury music prize has been announced. the award, for the british or irish album of the year, was taken out by ezra collective for the album, �*where i'm meant to be'. here's a taste of their performance at the awards ceremony in london. our music correspondent mark savage has been covering the awards and caught up with ezra collective just after their win. so, you're the the bandleader of ezra collective. this is an album that started in lockdown as a way of escaping the sadness. really? tell me all about it. yeah, it was like i've been saying that it was a lockdown project. you know what i'm saying? the moment we could, we sat in a big circle in a studio and started documenting such a unique moment, such a unique time, but also just looking into what is special about this moment. and what we found

was we had each other and we felt like we were meant to be there and we just made as many tracks as we could to articulate that. and there's such a melting pot of styles on this record. tell me a little bit about all the genres that you're you're playing with. yeah, well, i often say we're like the shuffle generation of music, you know, i'm saying, like, we listen to, like, some beethoven and then 50 cent comes on straight after and then little simz comes on just after that. and then your own tune that you don't want to hear comes after that, you know what i'm saying? and that kind of influences the way we approach music. so is there's no rules. there's no genre rules, you know what i'm saying? we love the word jazz. we love jazz. but at the same time, i love salsa too. so why not try and get that in there and etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. and you said on stage, thank god a jazz act has won the mercury prize. how important is this for the scene? yeah, i mean, it's a very special moment. you know, there's been a there's been a kind of a tone and an emphasis on like all the tokenjazz nominee, the tokenjazz nominee. let's hopefully say that now we can just end that for good and just say, like, music is music. you have been watching newsday.

if you'd like more on the stories you've just heard about, or any others, you can head to our website. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. temperatures have been creeping up day—by—day and on thursday, we saw the warmest day of the year so far in wisley in surrey. 32.6 celsius, rounding up to 33 degrees. now, most places ended thursday on a dry, warm and muggy note, but some pretty ferocious thunderstorms, northern ireland through scotland have been raging. they will continue to clear the way northwards of the early part of friday and then we'll start to see some low cloud, mist and fog rolling in off the north sea, affecting eastern scotland and north—east england. a very warm and muggy nights come for all areas, particularly across the south. so we start off with this grey, misty, foggy weather across eastern scotland through the firth of forth and across north—east england. it will gradually burn back to the north sea coast as we move through the morning. so sunshine will make an appearance here fairly quickly, but for most it's

another dry, sunny and hot and humid day. a bit of high cloud building across england and wales later on. then we could start to see some thundery showers pushing into the south—west of england as we push into the evening. mid to high 20 celsius, up to 29 degrees or so for north—east scotland, low 30s for south—east england, another hot day to come. through friday night, we could see these showers, thunderstorms becoming a bit more extensive across central and northern areas, but of mist and murk around some coasts. otherwise, for most, it's another dry and a warm, muggy night. so into saturday then, we start off with plenty of sunshine around it'll feel very humid at this point. start to see more wind, cloud, breeze picking up for north—west of scotland with this weather front. ahead of it will start to see some showers and thunderstorms breaking out. certainly across scotland, northern ireland, maybe northern parts of england and wales. very hot on saturday, we could be up to 33 celsius again in the south—east. temperatures will be coming down, though, in the north—west. for sunday we start to see some changes —

the air starts to destabilise from the atlantic as these weather fronts encroach in. so although much of england wales will have another hot and sunny day, there is the threat of showers and thunderstorms becoming more widespread in the north and the west. temperatures will be coming down across scotland and northern ireland closer to the seasonal norm, but still another hot day for england and wales with 30 celsius or so in the south—east. the heat lasts for monday across south—eastern areas, but then all areas will be cooler with sunshine and showers for the rest of the week.

india in the spotlight as leaders from around the world gather in the indian capital for the 620 summit. we will have the latest. in the debate still verses back to the office. we speak to a director at wharton centre for human resources. hello and welcome to asia businees report with me arunoday mukharji. the big story we are looking ahead to, leaders from around the world are gathering in india capital of new delhi for a sum of this we can. countries in the 620 work group of 20 as they are called to account for about 85% of global economic output and

75% of trade. the indian