for talks on security. the visit comes days after his meeting with us officials. the us military has found a brief from the stealth fighter jet which vanished after the... after a so—called mishap. lie from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it is newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin into a run. ——tehran five american citizens, who were jailed for yea rs in one of iran's most notorious prisons, are finally on their way home to the united states after they were freed as part of a complex financial arrangement. the four men and one woman, who also hold iranian passports, were flown out of tehran to doha, in qatar. their release was contingent

on the transfer of $6 billion of iranian funds, money that iran earned from selling oil to south korea. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. the first steps to freedom. finally, leaving iran. two hours later, touching down in doha, imagine the emotion inside this plane, and opening the door on a new life, five former prisoners. relief and joy palpable as they embraced american and qatari officials. the success of months of indirect talks here between arch enemies, iran and america. these are three of the freed prisoners. two others did not want their identity revealed. 67—year—old, morad tahbaz, arrested five years ago, in a crackdown on environmental activists.

emad shargi, 58—year—old, a businessman arrested in 2020, also on charges of spying. and 51—year—old siamak namazi, who spent the longest in the notorious evin prison. and oil executive. he issued this statement today... we spoke to one of his relatives who also spent time in evin prison. it is a joyful day but knowing siamak namazi and his strong personality and his values, i'm sure that he will try to come out of this trauma as soon as possible so he can

dedicate his time to constructive ideals. three men, arm in arm, and he then took a call from the top diplomat in america who has vowed to stop this hostage—taking. we will work every day to take steps every day to make this practice more and more difficult, and more and more of a burden on those countries that engage in it. this is such an extraordinary moment in this extraordinary setting, and a painful personal ordeal for americans who became bargaining chips in iran's wrangling with the west and they could only secure their freedom through this very political deal which is highly complex and deeply controversial. iran's leaders see this as a victory too, it is why critics of the deal including leading us republicans say it will only encourage iran to take more hostages. the islamic republic,

suffering under crippling sanctions and unprecedented protests, sees the foreigners in this prison as one of its few levers to put pressure on the west. i american corresponded davis willis has also been following this story. this is a controversial deal and the white house was released a statement of the last few hours saying basically that reuniting wrongfully detained americans with their loved ones has been a priority for the biden administration sensed ai. a priority for the biden administration sensed a1. the statement welcomes the release of these five americans. it pays tribute to the efforts of foreign governments, including those off cutter oman switzerland and south korea. and it calls on iran to account for the wherewithal, the well being if you like of another

american still held in iran, a man named bob levinson. it announces sanctions this statement against the former iranians president as well as the iranian ministry of intelligence for involvement in the detention of these men. it also warns americans of the risks of travelling to iran. this is a fairly sternly worded statement. us state department says that the five iranians that have been given clemency were all charged with non—violent crimes. three of them were awaiting trial and had yet to be convicted. two of them have been injail but their sentences were about to expire. making the point, these are not violent people so it believes. part of this deal of course the controversial part of this deal is moving nearly $6 billion in frozen iranians

funds that were previously held in south korea to a restricted account in qatar and specifying that they be used only for humanitarian reasons, such as food, agricultural products, medicine and so on. david, some quarters have expressed some hope that this kind of rare cooperation, if you have it, may trigger forward cooperation, if you have it, may triggerforward movement cooperation, if you have it, may trigger forward movement in us — a run relation. is that a real possibility and try to iron out outstanding issues between both of them? yes, those possibilities have been advanced by some of the iranian side but the us continues to insist that iran remains one of its major adverse trees and indeed republicans are already criticising this deal saying it could lead to the further seizure of hostages and could boost the iranian economy.

meanwhile, donald trump, who was of course the leading candidate as far as the republicans are concerned for the presidential nomination next year, branded on his true social platform, he branded it is still absolutely ridiculous. let's take you to the us now where more than 150 heads of state and government ministers are gathering in new york for the 78 united nations general assembly. the next seven days are an opportunity for you and members to share their agendas, highlight grievances and follow—up on initiative. it is that one—time each year where countries can debate and vote on international issues of economic development, humanitarian aid, peace and conflict. each country has i—vote. less cost live to new york and talk to our corresponded with us. thank you forjoining us here on newsday. what other likely big focus points that we are ahead to?

the war in ukraine is still going to feature high on the agenda here. you have president volodymyr zelenskyy will be here in person addressing the un general assembly. he here in person addressing the un generalassembly. he will be tellin: un generalassembly. he will be telling member— un generalassembly. he will be telling member states _ un generalassembly. he will be telling member states that - un generalassembly. he will be telling member states that this l telling member states that this is a war that affects everybody, that affects directly the promises made in the un charter and then he will be attending a un security council meeting on wednesday. but there is real concern, particularly among those in the global south, that they do not want the war in ukraine to overshadow a lot of the other pressing issues that they want to touch on this week. and so we saw that a little bit today already with the secretary general kicking off this high—level week with a two de 506 high—level week with a two de sdg summit. now those are the goals, the plan of action that member states had agreed to in 2015 to try to create a more

fair and inclusive sustainable world. what we heard from the un secretary—general today was that only 15% of the targets of the sdg's have been met and 50% are either stalled or going in reverse. things like child vaccination rates, income equality — all falling behind. so he has pushed for countries to come with bold commitments, to come with bold commitments, to come with bold commitments, to come with bold ideas and to spend this week really addressing some of the global issues confronting every nation. climate change, for example. extreme poverty. so we will see high—level meetings, three high—level meetings on health, when it comes to pandemic preparedness and also combating tuberculosis. add another another high level summit on climate change to follow—up on the sdg. we

summit on climate change to follow-up on the sdg. we leave it there. thank _ follow-up on the sdg. we leave it there. thank you _ follow-up on the sdg. we leave it there. thank you for - follow-up on the sdg. we leave it there. thank you for getting l it there. thank you for getting us ahead of what to focus on it this time around. china's top diplomat wang yi is visiting russia for security talks, as moscow continues seeking support for its war on ukraine. his visit comes on the heels with a meeting of the us... over the weekend. russia is increasingly isolated following its invasion of ukraine last year. and as western sanctions and travel bans bite, it's seeking closer ties with its neighbours to the east. wang yi's visit comes on the heels of his meeting with the us national security advisor at the weekend. i'm joined now by raffaello pantucci who is a senior fellow at rsis, a think tank in singapore. i think it is very clear that the top issue they telegraph they were meeting about was the war in ukraine and talking about how it is proceeding at what russia is wanting to see happen and how china would like this situation to be resolved. i think also probably they are going to be tien up what we

appear to being told is a visit by president putin to china. that's at some point in the near future. that's at some point in the nearfuture. exactly that's at some point in the near future. exactly when and for what is not exactly clear but it does seem as though there has been some messaging for some time that mr putin will visit beijing. am also saddened that the topic of the united states at the geopolitical clash that both countries find themselves in between with the us will be somewhere near the top of the agenda. somewhere near the top of the a . enda. �* , ., agenda. and up the north korean's_ agenda. and up the north korean's visit _ agenda. and up the north korean's visit that - agenda. and up the north korean's visit that we - agenda. and up the north korean's visit that we justj korean's visit that we just thought now wang yi, ezra said that vladimir putin is trying to cement and sort of anti—western block? i to cement and sort of anti-western block? i think it has been _ anti-western block? i think it has been very _ anti-western block? i think it has been very clear _ anti-western block? i think it has been very clear for - anti-western block? i think it has been very clear for some | has been very clear for some time that there has been an effort by both moscow and beijing to try to foster what appears to be a kind of block. that is mostly focused on trying to focus on the web of alliances against the united states. it is worth noting that this is motivated — from russian perspective they are

locked on the concert with ukraine. what we can see it in a lot of the russian conversation is an effort to try to help the russian army to continue to resupply to continue to resupply to continue that conflict. that was a major driver of the discussion with the north korean leader. or to try to mitigate some of the sanctions issues that the russians face as a result of the very heavy economic clampdown they faced from europe and the united states, and other key allies around like japan. states, and other key allies around likejapan. i states, and other key allies around like japan. i think from around like japan. i think from a chinese perspective there has been a much wider effort over the past few years really to demonstrate that there is a different kind of world order out there. it is not necessarily the ones defined by the same institutions that traditionally dominated world order since really the end of the second world war. and so, what we can see through a lot of that threads through conversations. a block created in very different ways and for

very different reason. fist in very different ways and for very different reason.- very different reason. at a time when _ very different reason. at a time when china _ very different reason. at a time when china and - very different reason. at a time when china and the l very different reason. at a i time when china and the us very different reason. at a time when china and the us are seen to be trying to repair relations, we have seen us officials visiting china. one—year just officials visiting china. one—yearjust metjake one—year just met jake sullivan. is one—yearjust metjake sullivan. is bing lee going to be conscious of how far it can go in its proximity to moscow without facing a backlash from the west? gill i think there is some acceptance from beijing that russia is clearly their key important strategic partner on the world stage. i think the attempt to try to withdraw some sort of line is really more something that they would see focused when we talk about the war in ukraine, with the united states in many ways. — with the european union in many ways sorry, within europe this is having a big problem. they see their confrontation with the united states in much bigger geopolitical conversation that expands into all sorts of directions and is not necessarily defined by its with russia. they see the relationship with russia as one facet of their international

diplomacy in relation. an important ones in the confrontation against the west but not necessarily the kind of defining one in the same way that i would suspect from mungo dominic moscow's perspective, this is the defining issue that moscow faces on the world stage. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. st ives bay is one of the jewels and the crown of the country �*s tourism. but there is a controversial experiment planned. is a controversial experiment lanned. ~ , ., planned. we will be removing about 200 — planned. we will be removing about 200 tons _ planned. we will be removing about 200 tons of _ planned. we will be removing about 200 tons of carbon - about 200 tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in order to do that we will had a little bit more than 400 tons of magnesium hydroxide into the ocean. abs, of magnesium hydroxide into the ocean. �* ~ of magnesium hydroxide into the ocean. ~ . , ., of magnesium hydroxide into the ocean. . , ., ocean. a much smaller scale trial took _ ocean. a much smaller scale trial took place _ ocean. a much smaller scale trial took place last - ocean. a much smaller scale trial took place last year - ocean. a much smaller scale trial took place last year and j trial took place last year and conservationist thank even this may have had consequences. six. may have had consequences. six weeks may have had consequences. 5 weeks later, the may have had consequences. s weeks later, the seals did something extraordinary. moved from one side, not emptying backside, but moved from that site to a beach they had never

used before.— used before. there is no provable _ used before. there is no provable link _ used before. there is no provable link between i used before. there is no. provable link between the used before. there is no - provable link between the two incidents and the canadian company says they could not detect any change in the waters chemistry right next to the exeter pipe. the experiment is awaiting approvalfrom exeter pipe. the experiment is awaiting approval from the environment agency puts whether the project goes ahead or not remains up in the air. some breaking news coming in. the us military has said it has found the pre— oven at 35jet that disappeared over south carolina. the aircraft crashed over the weekend after the pilot injected follow what has been described as a mishap. finding the crash site was not easy. the f 35 is one of the world most advanced fighter jets. each one worth about us dollars. now one has disappeared. it happened on sunday afternoon shortly after

the pilot ejected and parachuted to safety. he is now in a stable condition in hospital and officials are trying to piece together what happened. they describe the incident as a mishap and that it happened in the southern state of south carolina. if i zoom into this area in a little bit more detail, you have the city of charleston here and to the north there are these two large lakes. this is like military and lake marion and it is this area that officials say they are focusing on their search based on the latest information they have on where the jet was last seen. they have asked the public to try and help them in that search. we are also told the jet�*s transponder that would usually help people find it or officials to find it is not working. lots of questions around the story articulated probably best by a republican nancy mace who asks how in the hell do you lose an apt 35? asking how is there not a tracking device? we are asking

the public to find the jet and take it in? they have described the aircraft as being stealthy and so it is different printing and so it is different printing and designs that make it more difficult than a normal aircraft to detect. perhaps it is the case of it being a little too stealthy. the latest information coming and they found a pre—of what looks like that aircraft. the canadian prime minister justin trudeau says his security agencies are investigating credible allegations that indian government agents were involved in the murder of a canadian sikh activist. hardeep singh nijjar was shot dead outside a temple in british columbia injune. mr trudeau told parliament he was determined to hold the perpetrators to account. they have said a senior diplomat has also been expelled. what does this all

mean especially for relations between india and candour that are already frosty? our editor has been looking at it. the canadian government said they raised this issue with the indian prime minister during the group of 20 meeting held earlier this month. they raised this issue. the trade minister of canada postponed the visit to india in october. there was some indication detentions were escalating the two countries and the accusations by the canadian government by prime ministerjustin trudeau was quite extraordinarily because he was talking about the killing of a canadian citizen on canadian soil seen as a violation of sovereignty. this is likely to have another reaction now. according to canadian media. and indian diplomats have been expelled, asked to leave the country for

that you can expect the indian government to do the same when they wake up in the morning. it is very early morning. it shows how the issue of the sikh community, living in northern gunjaca, the largest sikh community living outside canada. supporting a separate state for the sikhs, a source of irritant for indian canada for a while.— of irritant for indian canada for a while. they have caught the activities _ for a while. they have caught the activities of _ for a while. they have caught the activities of extremist - the activities of extremist elements referring to the rise of sikh separatists and their movement on canadian soil. what is this latest allegation from justin trudeau doing to the already frosty relations in the countries? we already frosty relations in the countries?— countries? we can expect a tit-for-tat _ countries? we can expect a tit-for-tat reaction - countries? we can expect a tit-for-tat reaction from . countries? we can expect a i tit-for-tat reaction from india tit—for—tat reaction from india and we already saw even when justin trudeau what's in the group of 20 meeting, he was not

given that to importance and the indian media was talking about how he was ignored by the indian government because of what india says anti— indian activities. a on buildings and ottawa and also that happen several positions held by sikh separatist groups in canada. the indian government brand many of these group leaders as terrors and urges canada to take action against these people. canada says many of his activities are coming as freedom of expression but they do say all the indian diplomatic missions will be protected. now these are quite extraordinary allegations made by the canadian prime minister. we don't see very often a indian diplomat expelled from a western country. the reaction is going to be quite stronger when they wake up in a few hours time.— hours time. london's metropolitan - hours time. london's metropolitan police l hours time. london's - metropolitan police confirmed it has received a report of an

alleged sexual assault 2003 and in contact with the women. following claims made against the british comedian russell brand. four women have accused him of sexual assault and emotional abuse, allegations he denies. one of them, who was 16 at the time, has told the bbc that brand said people close to him discussed how to keep the fact she was so young out of the public eye. his current uk live tour has now been postponed, and he's been dropped by his publisher. here's our media correspondent, david sillito. i can pretend to be nice for a little bit... russell brand. on this weekend's dispatches program he was accused of rape and multiple counts of sexual assault. i'll sleep on the sofa... the comedian now faces further allocations. more women have come forward. the metropolitan police say a complaint has been made to them of a sexual assault in 2003. russell brand says it's all untrue, and suggests a "mainstream media" plot.

what i refute are these very, very serious criminal allegations. also, it's worth mentioning that there are witnesses whose evidence directly contradicts the narrative is that these two mainstream media outlets are trying to construct, apparently in what seems to me to be a coordinated attack. a suggestion that one of the women interviewed by dispatches says is simply insulting. it's laughable that he would even imply that this is some kind of mainstream media conspiracy. called "alice" on the programme, she says she was assaulted by him during a relationship that began when she was 16.

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offensive answer phone messages-_ offensive answer phone messaues. ., . ., , ., messages. # to apologise for these terrible _ messages. # to apologise for these terrible attacks. - these terrible attacks. other stories in the papers about his conduct in the studio. his career is a show reel of moments that cross boundaries.— boundaries. getting a bit fruity there. _ boundaries. getting a bit fruity there. don't - boundaries. getting a bit fruity there. don't be - boundaries. getting a bit - fruity there. don't be nervous. you are ovulating. film fruity there. don't be nervous. you are ovulating.— fruity there. don't be nervous. you are ovulating. oh my god. when we _ you are ovulating. oh my god. when we caught _ you are ovulating. oh my god. when we caught up _ you are ovulating. oh my god. when we caught up with - you are ovulating. oh my god. when we caught up with his i when we caught up with his former agent who says over the years there was nothing untoward to report. never had any complaints _ untoward to report. never had any complaints other - untoward to report. never had any complaints other than - any complaints other than turning up late. that kind of thing. turning up late. that kind of thin. ., ., ., , , thing. however, for hours, she has memories _ thing. however, for hours, she has memories that _ thing. however, for hours, she has memories that some - thing. however, for hours, she. has memories that some people close to brand did have concerns about her being 16. they said it was not a good look for him and for his career. there was some kind of

discussions, maybe we can see she is your goddaughter. haifa she is your goddaughter. now with further _ she is your goddaughter. now with further allegations emerging, a statement from his promoters saying the remaining shows on his current tour have been postponed. and that's all we have to you. you stay with bbc news. thanks. hello there. it is been a gear change with the weather story in recent days. the wind is a feature and some of that rain really quite heavy.

so, to start with, on tuesday, the wettest of the weather moving out to northern ireland and across southern scotland, northern england and wales. and we'll see this frontal system moving its way south and north throughout the day. now it never really get all the way across central and southern england so here, brighter skies, pretty windy. gust of winds 40 mph in place mostly close to 60 mph. not quite as windy here but it will be noticeably fresher. now to move out to tuesday and wednesday there's another area of low pressure and this one has the remnants, a little bit of energy from ex—hurricane lee there. so this one again will mean business, a lot of heavy rain sweeping its way steadily eastwards. don't forget the brighter

greens denoting the intensity of that rain and the winds again, a feature 50—60mph not out of the question, particularly close to the centre of the low and far west of scotland. the top temps again 14—21 celsius. so as we move out to wednesday there's more to come and it's all because the jetstream at the moment has sunk that little bit further south, it's intensified across the uk now all we know by now is thejetstream, this ribbon of fast—moving air high up in the atmosphere that drives in areas of low pressure. be prepared for some showers along a spot of rain, wind remaining a feature. a brief window of fine weather potentially on saturday. take care.

no end in sight. a strike affecting some of america's largest carmakers and four with little sign of any progress towards a deal. and indonesia has big plans for its tv industry and once family conglomerate is getting in on the action by electrifying toccata's buses. —jakarta. are

lowered welcome to asia business support, report. we begin with day four of that strike in the us that is affecting some of the country's largest car manufacturers. negotiations between the united auto workers and the detroit three automakers are ongoing. 12,700 uaw workers have now joined the industrial action affecting general motors, forward as well as the land to. on monday the uaw held talks with the lantus although no deal could be arrived with but it had scheduled a new round of talks with foord for later in the day. a short while back on the day. a short while back on the programme i spoke to the asia editor of automotive news and he told me what is at stake for the sector as well as for the us economy.— for the sector as well as for the us economy. well, i mean it is a dicey — the us economy. well, i mean it is a dicey situation _ the us economy. well, i mean it is a dicey situation for _ the us economy. well, i mean it is a dicey situation for the - is a dicey situation for the united states that is a huge sector of the economy that is

at play here. there is no real