welcome to newsday — reporting live from singapore — i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... iraq's prime minister appeals for calm — after surviving a drone attack on his home in baghdad. the uk's prime minister is accused of "corrupt and contemptible behaviour" by the opposition labour party — after he tried to protect a former cabinet minister who had broken lobbying rules. chinese president xijinping is expected to cement his authority and legacy at a key communist party gathering which opens this monday. an american welcome — the us will shortly reopen its borders to fully—vaccinated travellers from much of the world. and — we report on a diamond mining project in india