jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. that's it from us for now. more on the website or app.day was cloudy, grey and wet with a couple of inches of rain falling. but on sunday, just take a look at leeds, just shy of 13 hours of sunshine here. i suspect there's going to be more rain in the forecast, however, today, with this area of low pressure and the fronts pushing in from the west. now, some of that rain is going to push its way steadily eastwards. so, some heavy rain clearing to showers. the best of the drier weather through monday is likely to be across scotland. so we start off, then, with heavy rain moving out of northern ireland through the irish sea into the north—west of england and parts of wales. but you can see central and southern england is quite showery in nature, so not everywhere will see some wetter weather. there'll be some heavier bursts. the best of the drier, sunny weather looks likely potentially to be in scotland. not quite as warm here, though, 1a to 20 degrees the high. we mightjust see 25 degrees ahead of that rain before it arrives in parts of lin

jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. just before we go.etre tower in the suburbs of paris was his toughest challenge yet. he's one of the only climbers in the world to go "free solo", meaning he foregoes ropes and security. alex prepared for this climb for six months. i'm very glad to say he made it safely to the top. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston. hello there. for many, this weekend shaped up to be a tale of two halves. the north of england on saturday was cloudy, grey and wet with a couple of inches of rain falling. but on sunday, just take a look at leeds, just shy of 13 hours of sunshine here. i suspect there's going to be more rain in the forecast, however, today, with this area of low pressure and the fronts pushing in from the west. now, some of that rain is going to push its way steadily eastwards. so, some heavy rain clearing to showers. the best of the drier weather through monday is likely to be across scotland. so we start off, then, with heavy rain moving out of northern ireland through the irish sea into the

jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. you're watching newsday on the bbc.the korean war games a little later on in the programme. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed, i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last 10 days, 500 have died. crowd chants: czechoslovakia must be free! man: czechoslovakia must be free! crowd chants: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we are all with them now within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope. "so, you want me to desert rome? this is newsday on the bbc in singapore. 0ur headlines... singapore says

our correspondent in south korea, jean mackenzie, was given rare access to the joint operation centreea. i'm learning but it's difficult to get it right. in this classified bunker outside seoul, the two militaries work together to defend against a north korean attack. this is the only place in korea where us forces and south korean forces sit side by side, and using all this information, they can detect almost immediately if north korea launches a weapon. between his great english and my terrible korean we can usually muddle through a lot of different things and get to a decision quickly. the threat from north korea is increasing. its missiles are becoming more dangerous, its rhetoric more fiery. so these war games from five years ago are back as the us and south korea practice how to fight their common enemy using aircraft, warships and tanks. i can't do it in a classroom, i can't do it on a chalkboard, i have to give them the most intense environment that we can create, and this is that environment. fighter pilot captain abby walters will train from the sky. it's really important fo

jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. you're watching newsday on the bbc.e. the reaction of an activist to the news that the government is decriminalising sex between men in singapore. he is the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky — an orange glowing disc that's brighter than anything save the moon, our neighbouring planet, mars. there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it will take months and billions of dollars to repair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that clockmaker john vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines. (tx 00v)singapore says it'll decriminalise s

our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie was given rare access to the countries' joint operation centrech north korea. i'm learning but it's difficult to get it right. in this classified bunker outside seoul, the two militaries work together to defend against north korean attacks. this is the only place in korea where us forces and south korean forces sit side by side, and using all this information, they can detect almost immediately if north korea launches a weapon. between his great english and my terrible korean we can usually muddle through a lot of different things and get to a decision quickly. the threat from north korea is increasing. its missiles are becoming more dangerous, its rhetoric more fiery. so these war games from five years ago are back as the us and south korea practice how to fight their common enemy using aircraft, warships and tanks. i can't do it in a classroom, i can't do it on a chalkboard, i have to give them the most intense environment that we can create and this is that environment. fighter pilot captain abby walters will train from the sky. it's really im

jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul.orjoining us. it's been an absorbing day in the english premier league — shocks, drama and goals — six of them coming at newcastle's st james's park, where manchester city were looking to move to the top of the table but it finished 3—3 in perhaps the game of the season so far. pep guardiola's side took the early lead through ilkay gundogan, only to see the home side come to life. goals from miguel almiron and callum wilson saw them lead by the break and and then a stunning free—kick from kieran trippier put eddie howe's team 3—1 up with about 35 minutes left on the clock. but the champions responded instantly — erling haaland and bernardo silva got them level. they pushed for a winner but newcastle deserved their point, city lie second in the table, two points behind arsenal. we made a properfootball game. i think everybody in the stadium enjoyed it, and to be watching the game, at the end of this is what football is all about. both teams try to win, they gave everything. leeds united

jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul.gapore has announced his country will end its ban on sex between men, but says it'll take steps to defend the institution of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. lee hsein loong said singaporean society was becoming more accepting of gay people and said the law banning gay sex, which came from the days of british colonial rule, was out of date. the law has long been criticised by lgbt activists, even though it's not been actively enforced for many years. many more conservative citizens still support the legislation. the government will repeal section 3778 and decriminalised sex between men. i believe this is the right thing to do and something that most singaporeans will now accept. earlier i spoke to remy choo, a lawyer and lgbt activist in singapore. he's been involved in pink dot — singapore's pride event, and he's previously mounted legal challenges in court against this colonial—era law. let's hear what he said about the announcement. this moment is historic in every sen

our correspondent, jean mackenzie, reports from seoul.ty from the underground up. the rain is relentless, the flooding sudden. streets submerged, then cars and buses. this morning, people struggled to make sense of the destruction that scatters the city, as if part of a film set. but this is the scene of a real tragedy. living underground behind these tiny windows were two sisters and one of their 13—year—old daughters. as water submerged their home, they were trapped and drowned. these semi—basement apartments were made famous by the oscar—winning film parasite. the lead family tried desperately to funnel water out of their home during a torrential downpour. today's outcome is far worse. this man has lived above the family for ten years. by the time he arrived home last night, their home was covered. translation: i feel devastated about this tragedy. _ if i had come home earlier, perhaps i could have saved them. i have a lot of regrets. earlier, the country's president visited the apartment. it flooded so fast, the residents tell him, in

our correspondent jean mackenzie reports from seoul.filling the city from the underground up. the rain is relentless, the flooding sudden. streets submerged, then cars and buses. this morning, people struggled to make sense of the destruction that scatters the city, as if part of a film set. but this is the scene of a real tragedy. living underground behind these tiny windows were two sisters and one of their 13—year—old daughters. as water submerged their home, they were trapped and drowned. these semi—basement apartments were made famous by the oscar—winning film parasite. the lead family tried desperately to funnel water out of their home during a torrential downpour. today's outcome is far worse. this man has lived above the family for ten years. by the time he arrived home last night, their home was covered. translation: i feel devastated about this tragedy. _ if i had come home earlier, perhaps i could have saved them. i have a lot of regrets. earlier, the country's president visited the apartment. it flooded so fast, the resident

jean mackenzie is our correspondent in seoul. jean, give us the background to this.ted to the former resident here, it was a corruption scandal that brought her down, and he was imprisoned. but he was actually released last august, so he has been out of prison for a while, and his official sentence ended last month. in some ways, is pardoning today is slightly symbolic because he was already out of prison and his centres have been completed and he was actually already back working. the issue with the conviction is still limited the work that he could do with a company, so the pardoning today will allow him to assume more responsibility at the company and take on operational duties, and take on operational duties, and it is widely accepted that he will move up the company and may one day take over that role of chairman.— of chairman. 0k, folau, thank ou of chairman. 0k, folau, thank you much— of chairman. 0k, folau, thank you much for— of chairman. 0k, folau, thank you much for the _ of chairman. 0k, folau, thank you much for the update. -- l of chairman. 0k, folau, t

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