welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm arunoday mukharji. let's get you the headlines. a space capsule carrying the largest asteroid sample ever collected lands safely in utah, which could shed new light on how planets were formed. france will end all military cooperation with niger and withdraw its ambassador and several other diplomats within hours following a coup. soldiers are offered to the metropolitan police after a number of officers step back from firearms duties. the spanish town shaken afterfake naked images of local girls, generated by artificial intelligence, are shared.

live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is news day. hello, and welcome to the programme. the impossible became possible: that's how the head of nasa described an extraordinary mission to retrieve a capsule containing fragments of an asteroid on sunday. the capsule had travelled a billion miles to land on the asteroid, named bennu, before returning safely back to earth earlier after seven years in space. scientists are now examining the sample, which they hope is 250 grams of rock and dust from the surface. they say it could explain how life on earth began. the retrieval of the capsule happened in the us state of utah, from where rebecca morelle reports. it has entered the

earth's atmosphere. a first glimpse of the capsule after its epicjourney through space. high up in the atmosphere, a parachute opens, slowing its descent. touchdown! it has touched down. a textbook landing in the middle of the utah desert. for the team who have spent decades working on the osiris—rex mission, it's an emotional moment. how did it go question mark it went absolutely perfectly. perfect landing, we didn't move, we landed on nice, soft soil. the capsule looks flawless. i cried like a baby in the helicopter when i heard the parachute was open. it was an overwhelming moment for me. inside the capsule is the most press the sample, fragments of an asteroid called bennu, that could reveal the story of our solar system. the team quickly secures the craft, to prevent

any contamination, and attach it to a 30—metre line slung beneath a helicopter. this is the moment that nasa has been waiting for. after seven long years, travelling billions of miles to bennu and back, the capsule is finally here. the priority now is getting out of the dusty desert environment, and into the safe and sterile clean room as quickly as possible. a quick knock to say they have arrived, an the capsule is in. the painstaking and meticulous process begins. they need to remove the layers like a russian doll, to get to the dust and rocks inside. the whole procedure will take weeks. so, why all this effort? bennu tops the list of nasa's most hazardous space rocks, so studying its make—up could help us to stop it if we have a need to. it could also reveal more about our origins. it's a perfectly preserved relic from the dawn of the solar system. it's going to keep scientists

busy for a long time. one of the most important parts of a sample return mission is that we take 75% of the sample and we are going to lock it away forfuture generations. people who haven't even been born yet, to work in laboratories that don't exist yet, an instrumentation you have not thought of yet. so it is an incredibly valuable sample we are bringing back. scientists think they have a treasure trove on their hands, one that includes extraterrestrial material unlike anything we have seen on earth before. rebecca morelle, bbc news, utah. let's speak now to one of the scientists who'll be researching this space dust. it has been an exciting day. it has been an emotional day and the entire team is thrilled with how everything went. tell us a little _ with how everything went. tell us a little more _ with how everything went. tell us a little more about what the manoeuvres were like. because it was quite a complex

procedure, i believe, to bring that down safely?— procedure, i believe, to bring that down safely? that's right. no, it started _ that down safely? that's right. no, it started really _ that down safely? that's right. no, it started really early - no, it started really early this morning so the navigation team was up around to o'clock in the morning doing final checks and making sure everything was safe for the capital to be released. my alarm went off at about 330 this morning in the first thing i did was check my e—mail and there was a message saying we were good to go and everything was going smoothly. so there was going smoothly. so there was a group of us see in salt lake city that made the journey out to the proving ground about 1.5 hours away. it is a celebratory move. we have seen colleagues we have not seen ideas — a lot of friends and the people we have worked very closely with. and is the time got closer to the landing, you could feel things getting quieter and quieter and those last five or ten minutes were really something i will never forget the rest of my life stop at everyone group, glued to the screens, seeing the imagery

coming back from the aircraft, following the capsule and everyone holding their breath and the elation and the eruption with the group when it was confirmed that the main chute had deployed and finally a few minutes later when it touched down softly on the surface, it hasjust touched down softly on the surface, it has just been an incredible day. surface, it has 'ust been an incredible day._ incredible day. tell us a little more _ incredible day. tell us a little more about - incredible day. tell us a little more about how i incredible day. tell us a i little more about how the canadian space agency assisted in this entire agency.— in this entire agency. canada has been _ in this entire agency. canada has been involved _ in this entire agency. canada has been involved since - in this entire agency. canada has been involved since the. has been involved since the beginning. supporting scientists from around the country, so we had had a number of scientists from universities everywhere in canada as part of the team. but also we contributed wonderfully science instruments on board. the canadian instrument was called the osiris-rex canadian instrument was called the 0siris—rex ultimate and it was a 3d scanner that allowed us to make a very detailed topographic map of the surface of the asteroid. and so when you think about bennu it is about 500 metres across and our instrument shot 3 billion

individual measurements and he now have the 3d shape at this body down to 1—point every four or five centimetres. that was really a crucial day not only for doing science interpretation in terms of better understanding the formation and the evolution of bennu, but also it was critical data in orderfor us bennu, but also it was critical data in order for us to select a safe landing sites to collect a safe landing sites to collect a sample from. so the canadian data was used in helping with the navigation team to plan how we would get a sample and thankfully everything worked incredibly well and continue to work incredibly well until today. work incredibly well until toda. ., ., ., today. you can find more on that on the _ today. you can find more on that on the sac— today. you can find more on that on the bbc website - today. you can find more on that on the bbc website as l that on the bbc website as well. switching focus to the other big headline we have been tracking. it will remove its 1500 troops stationed there by the end of this year. in a televised interview mr macron announced plans to withdraw the french ambassador and several other diplomats from niche share within hours, followed by

its military contingent in the coming month. becomes in the weeks a military coup injuly that saw the ousting of the country's pro paris president. translation:. francis decided to bring back its ambassador. so in the coming hours the ambassador, and seven diplomats will return to france. and we are moving our cooperation with niger because they no longer want to fight against terrorism. i want to fight against terrorism.— want to fight against terrorism. . , , terrorism. i have been spoken to a senior — terrorism. i have been spoken to a senior visiting _ terrorism. i have been spoken to a senior visiting fellow- terrorism. i have been spoken to a senior visiting fellow at i the london school of politics and i asked what he made of macron�*s announcement. ... macron's announcement. ... about negotiating _ macron's announcement. ... about negotiating a - macron's announcement. about negotiating a partial withdrawal of troops and i think it has become quite clear during these talks that the

presence of the french troops would be untenable and i think that france came to a conclusion that in practical terms they would not be able to do any counterterrorism at the place where they are not welcome. so then president macron made a decision that the troops have to leave as well is the ambassador. in any case, the ambassador. in any case, the ambassador. in any case, the ambassador had been holed up the ambassador had been holed up in the embassy and you are not allowed to go out nor come in and all the electricity and water supplies are being cut off. so it was going to be extremely difficult for them to continue to live in new share let alone a non—cooperating the share. let alone a non-cooperating the share. ~ . . .., ,, share. what are the countless busuttin- -- — share. what are the countless busuttin... i— share. what are the countless busuttin... i think— share. what are the countless busuttin. .. i think what - share. what are the countless busuttin. .. i think what it - busuttin... i think what it means is _ busuttin... i think what it means is that _ busuttin... i think what it means is that henceforth | busuttin. .. i think what it - means is that henceforth nisha is going to be cooperating more

with other countries because we have seen nicholas come out to have seen nicholas come out to have their defence chiefs meet together to plan how they could have actually even set up a military force for niger. now is the time for niger to co—operate and collaborate with the rest of the countries in west africa to deal with counterterrorism. we are aware that in some respects the french troops were not too happy with niger generals cooperating encounter terrorism with marli and. it was causing friction between niger and nigerian troops in the french troops. this will be quite a big blow to france because this appears to be one step ahead in terms of the gradual unravelling of french influence in the subregion and for the french reason, influence in the

african region as well. philippines have accused china of installing a floating barrier to stop fishing boats from entering a disputed area in the south china sea. coastguard say the 300 metre obstacle is preventing fishermen from working in a lagoon. china aims more than 90% of the south china sea as its own territory. at least 16 people have died in a fire in southern china. the blaze broke out in the coal mine about kilometres southwest of the capital. 0fficialsaid kilometres southwest of the capital. official said that initial investigation suggested a conveyor belt had caught fire. a second strip with ukrainian wheat reached turkey despite russia's withdraw from the deal. the bulk carrier loaded with more than 17,000 kilograms of wheat. .. loaded with more than 17,000 kilograms of wheat... comes as ukraine is testing a new

seaward avoiding international walkers and using those controlled by naked members bulgaria and romania. hundreds of ethnic armenian refugees from nagorno—karabakh have from nagorno—kara bakh have started from nagorno—karabakh have started arriving in armenia. they are the first to cross the border since it was captured by the azerbaijani forces earlier this week. the directory is were at the heart of the areas most longest running conflict. between the black sea and the caspian sea. it is recognised internationally as part of azerbaijan but has been controlled by ethnic armenians for three decades. 0ur controlled by ethnic armenians for three decades. our team are there and havejust for three decades. our team are there and have just sent this report. fits there and have 'ust sent this reort. �* , , , ., ~ report. as guests of the azeri milita , report. as guests of the azeri military. we _ report. as guests of the azeri military, we enter _ report. as guests of the azeri military, we enter a - report. as guests of the azeri military, we enter a region i military, we enter a region that has been cut off from the outside world since the start of recent hip comic hostility. no sign of civilians. 0nly of recent hip comic hostility. no sign of civilians. only the relics of fighting. this is a

key stronghold since 2020. we went up to a viewpoint from where we can see the surrounding area. claimed the city as the capital for the past 30 years but now it is surrounded by azeri forces. 0n show at the seized arms of the other side. we are being shown armoured vehicles and ammunition which was surrendered by karabakh armenians. it seems that azerbaijan tries to show that they are the victims in this conflict and their actions are only in response to provocations by karabakh provocations by kara bakh armenians provocations by karabakh armenians who they call separatist. 0ur tour ended there and we were not allowed to go any further but with more than 100,000 people unable to leave nagorno—karabakh, this is what we found out. hi 0lga, thank you for reaching me. i don't have food so it is really

hard for everyone actually. we are all — the whole country is are all — the whole country is a big refugee camp now. we still don't know even how many miss person have killed and injured. tonight, in the first few hours, hundreds of karabakh armenians have made it out and begun arriving in armenia. children, the elderly and the sick. speaking to the bbc one refugee said the evacuation has begun but there will be more. at the military cemetery in azerbaijan's capital, they are mourning for more lives lost in this conflict. this family has just buried their son, he was 29 years old. translation:. for us he is still alive. he is our hero. can we make peace with armenians? yes, of course. there should not be a war for ever. in the end we need to

learn to live together peacefully. ijust wish learn to live together peacefully. i just wish this war had not taken so many lives. while new graves are being dug on each side will the ceasefire hold, with so many lives lost, pcm is only possible if both sides are ready to learn from each other�*s pain. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you different stories right across the uk. this is the first coloured nous culture in the world. it is the largest nail sculpture in the world as well. i think people may be a little disappointed is leaving little jimmy may be a little disappointed is leaving littlejimmy but it is staying in bradford bulls it's been up for six years and it has to come down. my needed time to work on it to renew it again and that's what is coming down. you can see, can't you,

just now some of the paint is beginning to peel. there will beginning to peel. there will be quite a lot, i will have descended down and then topcoat everything. 0nce descended down and then topcoat everything. once the first panel came down, then i started to relax. the first panel everyone is a bit nervous. i didn't like to watch the bit. that's down now and all the panels are coming down quite nicely. that's great. i was i could keepit. —— i was i could keepit. too big for my house. for more stories has the bbc news website. you are with bbc news. the uk ministry of defence has confirmed to the bbc it be providing support to the metropolitan police after a large number of officers withdrew from firearms duties. their action is linked to the case of an armed officer who was charged with the murder of a man who was shot and killed in south london last year. on sunday, the met commissioner called for reform of the way police officers are held to

account. you would only expect to see the army on the streets of london after a terror attack. following the decision of more than 100 met police officers to hand in their permit to carry a firearm, military personnel are on standby in case of an emergency. earlier, suella braverman called for a review into armed policing. her intervention was welcomed by the metropolitan police commissioner, sum up rhali, and a lesson —— lettings and improvement of the blues were undermined by system not set up to help officers succeed, identifying police pursuits and the use of force as areas of the use of force as areas of the most glaring unfairness. he said officers need sufficient legal protection to do their job and keep the public safe. a former officer agreed. job and keep the public safe. a former officeragreed. i job and keep the public safe. a former officer agreed.- former officer agreed. i was on armed response _ former officer agreed. i was on armed response for— former officer agreed. i was on armed response for 23 - former officer agreed. i was on armed response for 23 years, i armed response for 23 years, was on vip protection and a hugely enjoyed the professionalism, the teamwork of it. and i would missed that. would open my weapon down today? yes, iwould had it in.

it's not worth it. it today? yes, i would had it in. it's not worth it.— it's not worth it. it all comes after a met _ it's not worth it. it all comes after a met police _ it's not worth it. it all comes after a met police officer - it's not worth it. it all comes| after a met police officer was judged on thursday with the murder of ah—nau ms chris kaba last year. he was fatally shot while in a borrowed car. an incident police there was linked to a gun. the met has been kenta stresa note that military personnel will not be involved in armed patrols across the streets of london. that work will be done by police officers, the majority of which i would told will be from the met, there numbers will be built up with other officers from across the force across the country. some officers from other forces have refused to work in the capital in solidarity with them at college. the home secretary said she ordered the review to ensure armed officers have the confidence to do theirjob. the big question is whether that instills confidence in the communities they serve. ellie price, bbc news. grant shapps says it would be crazy not to look again at the rising cost

of the adjusted rail project a decision on whether the government will scrap the birmingham to manchester section of the line is expected soon. it is a grand project. the aim to speed up time. just to his face delays, cuts, and spiralling costs. the original plan would have connected london to birmingham and then leeds and manchester stop in 2021 the section from birmingham to leeds was counselled. now there's a speculation the line might end in west london rather than going all the way to euston. in the birmingham to manchester bit is in doubt as well. the last official estimate on hs2 cost, including nick ansell eastern section, added up to around £71 billion, although that was that 2019 rises. 21 point has already been spent on the london to birmingham leg.

this morning, the defence secretary and former transport secretary and former transport secretary said no decision has been taken yet, but it is important to respond to the budget. important to respond to the bud . et. , ., . , important to respond to the budaet. , ., ., ., budget. every government has to look at the _ budget. every government has to look at the overall _ budget. every government has to look at the overall budgets - budget. every government has to look at the overall budgets and l look at the overall budgets and then make serious decisions, which go beyond this sort of back and forth in a studio like this to say is this affordable under current circumstances? i'm absolutely confident, for example, that when those statements were made no—one knew we would be in a war in europe right now. all of the consequences, all of the costs, and all of the inflation. and any government that doesn't go back and look at it is crazy. labour has so far refused to confirm it would fund the hs2 to managers of the conservatives accident, despite resin from some local mayors. this was the parliament when they said they would level us up. if they leave a situation where the south, the southern half of the country is connected by modern high—speed

lines in the north of england is left with victorian infrastructure, that is a recipe for the north—south divide to become a north—south chasm over the rest of this century. chasm over the rest of this century-— chasm over the rest of this centu . , ~ , , , , century. this weekend, business . rou -s century. this weekend, business grouns and _ century. this weekend, business groups and political— century. this weekend, business groups and political voices - groups and political voices have been lobbying the government not to truncate hs2 further, with pressure mounting for decisions to be made. a stand—off between police and armed men at a monastery in kosovo has come to an end with at least four people dead. a police officer was killed in an ambush by the armed group hours earlier. they were quick to blame each otherfor they were quick to blame each other for the valence. here's our balkans correspondent guy de launey. the shooting appears to be over and the monastery is again a place of quiet contemplation, worship and pilgrimage, but the mutual recriminations between serbia and kosovo have onlyjust begun. the serbian president aleksandar vucic has made a televised address to the nation, describing the killing of a kosovo police force officer as absolutely

reprehensible, an event that could not be justified. however he also made it clear that he thought the kosovo prime minister albin kurti bore ultimate responsibility for the shooting and the events which followed, after a campaign of provocations against the ethic serb minority who live in north kosovo. the authorities in pristina are unsurprisingly having none of that. the kosovo prime minister has described the armed group who carried out the attacks as being supported logistically and financially by official belgrade. partners of kosovo and serbia have expressed their outrage at the events. the european union said the shooting of the kosovo police officer was a hideous attack, and foreign policy chiefjoseph burrell has called on serbia and kosovo to return to the negotiating table

to de—escalate tensions. this story in spain has seen an outpouring of anger and outrage this week. in a small town of 30,000 people, naked images of school girls have been circulating. they are fake and it's believed they've been created using artificial intelligence, with the faces of real teenagers. the police there are investigating. guy hedgecoe reports. almendralejo is a small, sleepy town, but many of its families are having their world turned upside down by technology. nude images of girls aged between 11 and 16 have been circulating on messaging apps. but the pictures are not real. they were created using artificial intelligence. translation: even i had to look twice because i had doubts. - my daughter's crying all the time. her self—esteem is already very low, so this is terrible for her. a total of 28 girls have complained that fake nude pictures of them have been circulating on messaging apps.

the images were created using real photos of the same girls, fully clothed, often taken from their own social media accounts. these were then fed into an ai application which provided imagined pictures of the girls unclothed. police are investigating at least ten boys, aged 12 to 1a, who have been identified as being involved. there is also one case of a girl who was allegedly the target of an extortion attempt. translation: even if they are manipulated images, . if they are realistic images, they are considered child pornography. i spoke to the mother of one of the girls affected. translation: the girls appear naked in the pictures, - and in a situation which looks pornographic. the worry is that these pictures could end up on pornographic websites, and imagine the impact that could have on a girl. what's been the effect on all this of the people of almendralejo? translation: this is a game which is leading to crimes - being committed and irreparable damage being caused.

there are cases of women previously have committed suicide because their privacy has been violated. but while this case has shaken a small spanish town, it is clear that with al technology so readily available, this could have happened almost anywhere. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, spain. before we go, a look at this. a rare octopus has been filmed live in the deep ocean. dubbed "dumbo" because of its ear like fins similar to the 1940s disney cartoon, it appeared on the ev nautilus live stream. it was caught on camera by a remotely operated ocean exploration trust vehicle in the north pacific ocean. the octopus can live at depths of up to 7000 feet. and you can hear how it surprised those commenting on the live feed. quite a sight. you can find more pictures as well as the other big news stories on the bbc news

website. thank you. thank you very much for watching. that is all then. hello. most of the week will be a story of sunshine and showers. we could see some stormy weather wednesday and thursday. more on that in a second. first of all, though, it has been quite windy so far and overnight, strong winds attached to these weather fronts pushing the way eastwards strongest. the winds will have clipped the north west of scotland before easing. later does leave many of us with clear skies into the start of monday, 12 to 15 degrees. not a cold start by any means. still some cloud and one or two showers in the southeast. first thing that will clear through. some heavier showers across central western scotland, northern ireland through the morning rush hour and potentially again later. but actually very few showers in the forecast on monday. even if you do see a shower, it should be a fleeting one. only one or two in your day. for many, especially across england and wales, the day will be dry 17 to 22 celsius. nice enough in the sunshine. the breeze will still remain a little bit on the fresh side

in the west and strengthen further as we go through the night and into tuesday morning. some showers and thunderstorms pushing out of northern france into southern counties of england and a small chance into some southeastern parts of wales, too. a little bit cooler than monday morning. but for tuesday itself, we're being drawn in this weather front to the west and this one will work its way across many parts of england first thing in the morning, again, risk of showers and thunderstorms short lived and then fewer showers, a lot more in the way of dry weather, but some fairly frequent and heavier showers for northern ireland in the morning and more particularly across scotland through the afternoon in the sunshine between the showers. second, temperatures like monday around 16 to 22 celsius. but as you go into the middle part of the week, all eyes are on this developing area of low pressure, potentially quite stormy one rattling its way in through wednesday and into wednesday night. let me show you how things develop on wednesday, because it's going to be quite a bright start, dry start, quiet start for many. but cloud increases from the south and west. the rain starts to push in and with it, widespread gales developing as we go through the afternoon and into the evening, temperatures on the cool side where the winds are strongest in the north. 0k. the position of that area

of low pressure open a bit of question at this stage. but at the moment, it does look like we could see later wednesday into wednesday night worse the winds around some irish sea coast and then later into parts of southern scotland and northeast england, the area of low pressure with it taking that rain northwards. pretty stormy night wednesday night into thursday. and as we start thursday, even though things turn quieter, there could be some residual damage and travel disruption. take care.

down to the wire. political brinkmanship leaves the us government again on the verge of a shutdown. we will look at the economic consequences. and two wheeler fever hits india — help motogp's debut in the country has accelerated the demand for premium motorcycles. hello, and welcome to asian business report. we begin this morning in the united states government finds itself once again on the verge of a shutdown. us lawmakers have until midnight on 30 september to reach an agreement on a spending bill before funding for government services is due

to dry up. the impasse