live from singapore, this is bbc news. king charles visits the national centre of indigenous excellence in sydney, a day after being heckled by an aboriginal politician in the australian parliament. we will be live in sydney. another round of israeli air strikes in beirut targets financial institutions thought to be linked to hezbollah. seven new civil lawsuits are filed against sean diddy combs in a federal court in new york. even if i don't come back to russia i will participate in the election the widow of russian opposition leader alexei navalny tells the bbc she wants to be president of russia one day.

welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai. we begin in sydney where king charles and queen camilla are on the final day of their tour of australia. he began his day at the national centre of indigenous excellence with an opportunity to meet community organisers and elders. there were also performances and events held to mark the visit at the centre in sydney. he then paid a visit to the cowper street development, a housing project set to build hundreds of social residences. he has another amount of another amount of appointment is with queen he has another amount of appointment is with queen camilla including a meet and camilla including a meet and greet at the sydney opera greet at the sydney opera house. house. the visit to the indigenous the visit to the indigenous centre comes a day after centre comes a day after the king was heckled in the australian parliament. the king was heckled in the australian parliament. let's get a reminder let's get a reminder of lidia thorpe�*s protest. of lidia thorpe's protest. applause. applause. you are not our king! you are not our king! you are not welcome! you are not welcome! you are not our king! you are not our king! give us what you stole from us! give us what you stole from us! our bones, our skulls, our bones, our skulls,

our babies, our people! our babies, our people! you destroyed our land! this is not your land! you are not my king! you are not our king! lidia thorpe is facing an increasing backlash after a controversial cartoon of controls was posted on her instagram after she was escorted out of parliament on monday. more on the australia tour and we willjoin our australia correspondent katie watson. what happened with that controversial cartoon, there are continuing protests at the sydney opera house? lidia

views on how lidia thorpe behaved in parliament house on monday. many people saying it needed to be said, plenty of people saying the way she did it was not appropriate, that perhaps it was even rude to the king. in fact we are out here with people here waiting for the king to come here injust over an hour i believe. they are waiting here in the hot sun in sydney, it's a very sunny day butjust in sydney, it's a very sunny day but just about in sydney, it's a very sunny day butjust about half—an—hour ago, there was an aboriginal protester who was arrested. started shouting you are not mike king! telling the crowd here they are complicit. he was a protester who appeared on sunday outside the church service where the king and queen attended their the crowd here shouted back god save the king. he was asked to move on

by the police and said he wouldn't go, he was arrested and taken off in a police van, at that time the crowd behind me erupted with applause. tell us about this _ me erupted with applause. tell us about this anti— monarchy sentiment in australia and also you mentioned the crowd were reporting there must be a lot of very supportive people of the monarchy as well in australia?— the monarchy as well in australia? . , , australia? certainly people here are — australia? certainly people here are very _ australia? certainly people here are very supportive i australia? certainly people here are very supportive ofj australia? certainly people - here are very supportive of the monarchy, many people saying they have family connections in they have family connections in the uk, that the king and the queen and the royal carpet —— royal couple they make —— want to make sure they can see them and not miss the opportunity. this is the 16th official visit to australia. 20 people feel australia needs to loosen its ties with the uk, that the he no longer needs to be the head of state in australia. in the words of australia people, australia needs to be more independent and go up. plenty

of australians don't care. i spoke to one woman waiting to see the king who said she sits on the fence for republicanism but for now it works. that is the view for many australians, the view for many australians, the system is fine for them, also this is not an issue that needs to have money spent on it. that is a large proportion of australians who just don't have a strong opinion either way. have a strong opinion either wa . . ~' have a strong opinion either wa . . ~ , ., have a strong opinion either wa. . ., ., way. thank you, katie for aaivin way. thank you, katie for giving us _ way. thank you, katie for giving us that _ way. thank you, katie for giving us that context, i way. thank you, katie for | giving us that context, our australia correspondence speaking to us from the sydney opera house. on wednesday the king and queen will head to samoa for the commonwealth heads of government meeting, the heads will gather in rps topic they will vote on a new secretary general with that elected official critical in ensuring the relevance of the organisation moving forward. for more on this we can cross live to samoa and join a conservative peer and chairman of the commonwealth enterprise and investment council which is the business arm of the

commonwealth. lord marlin thank you for speaking to us, we heard from our correspondence in sydney telling us about events as they unfolded in sydney with the visit, what is your view on anti— monaco protest in the heckling we saw in parliament in australia towards king charles? i’m towards king charles? i'm surprised _ towards king charles? i'm surprised there _ towards king charles? i'm surprised there is - towards king charles? i�*m surprised there is an anti— king charles protest in samoa, they are looking forward to him coming stopper as far as australia is concerned i was there in advance of him. there has always been divided opinion on whether they want to continue having a monarchy based in the uk. the last time they voted on it, there were over 40% of the population voted not to have a monarchy, so there is always bound to be that side. unfortunately for lidia thorpe, she rather undermined her voice, lidia thorpe, she rather undermined hervoice, by lidia thorpe, she rather undermined her voice, by as you said earlier, it really rather ridiculous or offensive cartoon

which she herself has now said was a offensive. and i was also noting, the aboriginal population have come out and condemned her in quite big force. there is always going to be two sides of the argument, he himself, the king has said he himself, the king has said he will follow the wishes of australia and the australian people. so he is very pragmatic about it. i can assure you when i was there there was a lot of excitement about him coming. there has been an overwhelming praise and pleasure in having him visit the country which of course, he knows very well having spent times there is a young man, he is going to bondi beach or has already been to bronte beach to meet up with a guy who taught serving. all these kinds of things because he has such historic memories of the australia he loves. i want to turn your attention to samoa, what are you hoping to get out of the summit? as

samoa, what are you hoping to get out of the summit?- get out of the summit? as you said, get out of the summit? as you said. the _ get out of the summit? as you said, the commonwealth - get out of the summit? as you said, the commonwealth is - get out of the summit? as you said, the commonwealth is at| get out of the summit? as you | said, the commonwealth is at a critical stage, said, the commonwealth is at a criticalstage, it said, the commonwealth is at a critical stage, it always is when you have a new secretary general been voted on. we have to be very careful that given there are three cabinets that doesn't end up in division and indeed unpleasantness because one cabinet has chosen over another. there is such a huge opportunity for the commonwealth otherwise of course i am bound to say that you would say but being chairman of the business conference, we have a waiting list of people who want to come all the way to samoa and as you know it is a very long way, even from singapore let alone the united kingdom. we have a waiting list of people, a lot of interest in the country, a lot of interest in the commonwealth and the networking opportunities it provides, and you will have seen recently a policy exchange paper i suspect on the future of the commonwealth which i think is an incredibly balanced paper

forwarded by the former foreign secretary of australia. which said at the centre of this is trade, and investment. and that is ourjob to create trade and investment throughout the commonwealth. we all know that trade, transparent trade, and an open economy leads to opportunity. mil an open economy leads to opportunity-— an open economy leads to opportunity. an open economy leads to ouortuni . �* opportunity. all the parties of the commonwealth _ opportunity. all the parties of the commonwealth looking i opportunity. all the parties ofj the commonwealth looking to benefit on that. just want to press you on one thing when people think of the commonwealth they think of the commonwealth they think of the commonwealth games, it is going to be in scotland for its next edition but it has been struggling to find a home, do you think that will continue? i was with the chairman of the commonwealth games last night who was very optimistic, given the games now is not this huge unwieldy event, with multiple events. it is a much reduced games which as you rightly say is going to glasgow. and there

is going to glasgow. and there is now because of the reduced games quite a lot of interest in putting it on. because ultimately to put on the games is a huge cost. in most economies at the moment don't have free and floating money around to invest in a mass of games. it's very important the games. it's very important the games goes on by the way, it's very much in the athletes calendar. and as such i'm so glad glasgow are putting it on. we will leave it there, thank you for your time and insight, lord marlon conservative peer and chairman of the commonwealth enterprise and investment council, the business arm of the commonwealth. to the middle east next, a fresh round of israeli airstrikes hit the lebanese capital, beirut. these are recent pictures out of baabda, lebanon, a suburb of beirut where multiple air strikes have been reported on targets the israeli army claims are linked to hezbollah. one site was near a main government hospital. at least four people have reportedly been killed. it comes after israel's army

issued fresh evacuation orders for civilians in the capital city's southern suburbs. israel earlier warned of further strikes on hezbollah�*s financial infrastructure after targeting more than a dozen bank branches in beirut. the israel defense forces says it's targeting the lebanese bank al-qard al—hassan to stop large funds flowing to hezbollah, and financing the militant group's operations. but the united nations special coordinator for lebanon told the bbc her office considers the israeli strikes punitive as lebanese people also use the banks for everyday funds. hezbollah launched 170 projectiles and rockets in retaliation, according to the idf. our senior international correspondent, orla guerin is following the latest developments from beirut. well, israel has expanded its list of targets now and is effectively blowing up a bank, a bank linked to hezbollah, a financial institution that has not only branches here in beirut branches here in beirut but in the south of the country but in the south of the country support. and in the east, where and in the east, where hezbollah would have strong hezbollah would have strong

support. now, the warnings were issued, we saw some signs of panic in the centre of beirut, people trying to get away from branches of this financial institution. there were streets jammed with cars. then the explosions began, sending dense, dark, black smoke into the night sky over beirut, now a very familiar sight. we know from what israel is saying that this institution was funnelling money to hezbollah, which israel says came from iran, and this money was being used to buy weapons, to fund weapons storage facilities, and to set up weapons launch sites. now, israel has not produced proof of that. it says it will reveal in the coming days how all of this has been happening, and how hezbollah has been using civilian institutions and charities as fronts

since israel went toward here with a massive campaign of air strikes that was followed a week later with a ground invasion, which is continuing. at least 1,800 lebanese people have been killed in that time, and day after day hezbollah is still able to fire rockets into israel. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

you're live with bbc news. seven new sexual abuse lawsuits have been filed against sean diddy combs in a federal

court in new york. four men and three women accuse the hip hop mogul of sexually assaulting them at various parties in los angeles, new york and las vegas. as he awaits his may 2025 trial, the rapper remains in custody at a brooklyn jail. he's facing separate federal charges of sex trafficking and racketeering and denies all wrongdoing. to the us now — where it's almost two weeks until the presidential election. both candidates continue to hit the campaign trail. vice president kamala harris has been appearing alongside former republican congresswoman liz cheney. once a big name in the party, she's now become a vocal critic of its nominee, donald trump. during an event in pennsylvania, ms harris spoke about america's influence in the world — saying world leaders have expressed concern to her about mr trump's leadership. we represent something — imperfect though we certainly are, flawed though we may be — we represent in terms of our ideals, the basis of our constitution, we represent a gold standard, so this is about direct impact

on the american people, and it most certainly will impact people around the world. former president trump has focused his efforts in north carolina, surveying the damage from hurricane helene. he then moved on to an event with faith leaders in the city of concord. at an earlier event in the town of greenville, he rallied supporters around his vision for america. this will be america's new golden age. it's going to happen. every problem facing us can be solved, but now the fate of our nation is in your hands. north carolina, you have to stand up and you have to tell kamala harris that you have had enough. you can't take it any more. she is the worst vice president in history. north carolina, where former president trump was speaking, is one of the vital swing states om this election. they're also where billionaire elon musk has said he will give away $1 million a day

to a registered voter. the winner is chosen at random from those who sign a petition by mr musk�*s campaign group, america pac, which he set up to support donald trump. the first lottery—style cheque was given away to a surprised attendee at a town hall event in pennsylvania on saturday night. pennsylvania governor josh shapiro, a democrat who supports kamala harris, called mr musk�*s strategy "deeply concerning." some legal experts have suggested it may break the law, the bbc has contacted mr musk�*s team and america pac for a response. michael kang, an election law professor at northwestern university's pritzker school of law told me more. us federal law prohibits paying someone to vote or even registering to vote. here elon musk is not directly paying people to register to vote or to vote but the circumstances in context here clearly indicate that the whole

programme is intended to induce people financially to register in time to vote for donald trump in this election. you have to be registered to vote to be eligible for the million dollar prize he is offering. in these battleground states that are going to decide the presidential election, and in the us electoral college. it is being run right before this election happens and open only until voters cannot really newly register in these states for the election. it is pretty clear what the intent here is, to register new voters likely to vote for trump in this particular election, there is no other explanation or reason to structure this programme this way, other than that. and that's the problem — in the end, it violates us federal law. musk seems to be trying to play in the grey when it comes to the details of this law. you could argue that whoever that one person is who receives the million dollars has received payment. that's exactly right,

it's a way of getting around the technicalities of the law, because i think what mr musk�*s committee is saying we are actually not paying directly someone to go and register to vote, it could go to someone who has already registered to vote and that's true, what this reflects is he has got a lot of money, and he is very motivated to try to help donald trump. if they end up throwing away some of this money and it has only a marginal effect that's ok because these battleground states and the american electoral college decide the whole presidential election. we really do expect the election to be really tight, it could come down to a few hundred votes in one of these states. if that pays off it is worth all the money elon musk is willing to give away. have we seen anything like this before? not really, i don't know of anything so cleverly constructed to try to affect the election, i think most of the time it doesn't really make sense to do this.

even this programme itself, as clever and as much money as it now involves, it's probably not going to effect the election. everything has to kinda fall into place perfectly for this to matter that much that this incentivises enough new voters to vote in the right state so it swings the election for trump. there weren't a lot of reasons to go this far to do at. this is just a function of how much money elon musk has and how motivated he is to try to help donald trump, i don't know if that is unprecedented but it is close to being unprecedented. a quick question on the broader scheme of things, what kind of message does this signal about america's democracy. it's really bad, it's not obvious federal prosecutors will try to charge elon musk and find this to be illegal no matter what the legal analysis is because it is very complicated to bring charges along elon musk and may

be perceived as trying to affect the election but it is a really bad message about american democracy if it looks like billionaires can try really hard to swing the election or may be risks winning an election that is not the way we want our democracy to work and that is one of the things prosecutors will have to consider, whether that is setting a weird precedent, that's really ugly about how people understand what's going on with our democracy and whether this signals future things to come that are even more troubling than this. michael kang there. pritzker school of law. it had as the country was already great lingua wyse nationwide blackout after repeated colette as of the

country valgren. it is thought the people in the capital hobart have now had power restored. the wife of the russian opposition leader alexei navalny, who was imprisoned and died in a penal colony in the arctic earlier this year, says she intends to run for president of russia when the time is right. currently, yulia navalnaya faces arrest if she returns to russia. she's now published the memoir that her husband was writing before his death which include his diaries from prison, and has been speaking to our culture and media editor, katie razzall. if i will come back to russia, i will participate in the elections. as a candidate? as a candidate. yulia navalnaya told me she wants to be president of russia. butjust like her husband, the russian opposition leader alexei navalny was, she has been charged with extremism, and faces arrest if she goes home. what it means is that you can't go back while he is in power. yes, i will be imprisoned.

alexei navalny took on president putin. poisoned with the nerve agent, novichok, in 2020, and treated in germany, he traced that to russia's security service, the fsb. after he recovered, despite the dangers, the couple returned home. alexei, are you worried now? are you nervous? no, not at all. at the airport, navalny was arrested and jailed. he died three years later, a political prisoner in a siberian penal colony. the russians claim he died of natural causes. yulia says he was poisoned, on the president's orders. i believe that vladimir putin is answering for the death and for the murder of my husband. we do have some evidence. what evidence do you have? i would like to come with the whole picture, what happened, notjust with random documents. yulia navalnaya is now publishing her husband's memoir, called patriot. the book includes never before seen diaries that reveal the extent of the harsh treatment he endured in prison,

including 295 days in solitary confinement. "it is so hot in my cell, you can hardly breathe. "you feel like a fish tossed onto the shore, "yearning for fresh air. "most often, though, it is like a cold, dank cellar. "there is often a puddle of water on the floor. "it is torturous to be kept here for long." he was tortured, he was in awful conditions in prison, and he was starving. chanting. yulia couldn't return to russia for her husband's funeral, but thousands braved the authorities. i am very grateful to all of these incredible people, who obviously shared his views. my message for the situation when i am killed is very simple — not give up.

do you have a message for the russian people? yulia navalnaya has taken up her husband's fight, but told me she can only stand in elections when vladimir putin is gone. for now, she is a political figure in exile and a widow, keeping her husband's name alive. katie razzall, bbc news. the top story today king charles and queen camilla are currently on the last day of the five tour of australia, they are going to samoa next, more on that in our later bulletins. business today is

next. india is gearing up for its big public debut tomorrow. should hello. tuesday is going to bring some sunshine, a few showers, too, but i want to show you the big picture, the satellite image, and the recent rain clouds, but it's all about the high pressure over the next few days. and here it is, the azores high, building in off the atlantic, spreading across france, and then centred across the heart of the continent as we go through the middle of the week, and then around that area of high pressure, we have milder air spreading in from the south, so we've got some pretty decent temperatures on the way this week. but with the nights getting a little longer, and all of the moisture we've had recently, all of that rain, we are going to have some mist and fog overnight, especially midweek. so here is the forecast, then, for the short—term, some quite sharp showers through wales and parts of northern england, but big gaps in the cloud, too, and our temperatures around nine in cardiff, eight in belfast, nine there for glasgow and edinburgh. so expect those showers across central uk for a time

on tuesday morning, possibly even into lunchtime in the south east, but then it's sunshine all around, just scattered fairweather clouds, and the temperatures, 16 to 17 in the south and the south east, fresher in the north of scotland, no higher than ten or ii. now, wednesday morning, watch out for the thick fog across central and southern england, which should clear away through the morning into the afternoon, and then we are left with fine weather, it could be a little cloudy and damp in the western isles. highs, 1a in glagow, 17 or 18 in london, we could actually get 17 or 18 around the moray firth, with the southerly winds, which are still with us on thursday. but a weather front is approaching, which spells rain for much of ireland and western scotland on thursday, but the further east you are, the drier it will be on thursday, and still really quite mild, 15, 16, 17, and then it all changes, because that weather front is over us on friday. not only that, an area of low pressure forms, with showers circulating around it.

so i think temperatures will ease in the west, with all the cloud and the rain, 12 in belfast, but hanging onto some milder air across east anglia and the south east. wednesday and into the weekend, the weather goes downhill through the week. so some rain on friday, and the weekend, at this stage at least, is looking quite rainy for some of us. bye— bye.

high on motor india gears up for its public debut today in the country's largest leasing today. —— high hyundai. hong kong top developer tells the bbc he is optimistic about the property market despite the slow down. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. that's began in india where we are waiting for hyundai motor india to list on the mom by truck exchange in 15 minutes time. the listing is the nation's largest and could value the south korean carmaker at $19 billion. less over to the business correspondent in mumbai. tell us why this ipo is so important for india. a,

so important for india. couple of