virginia and newjersey are selecting new governors.ocrat ralph northam versus republican ed gillespie. in newjersey, it's democrat phil murphy versus kim guadagno for the republicans. how they do matters because it's not just about testing the political mood — it could change it too. doanld trump's in aisa but he's made time to tweet. the last bit‘s not true but the president uses hyperbole to good effect. and look who's turning out for the democrats. barack obama told a crowd: "we need you to take this seriously. our democracy is at stake." katty kay is in richmond virginia. i asked her what the contests in these states can tell us about the national picture. it isa it is a 50 state nation and these are only two of them, but these are the first big tests since donald trump's surprised everybody and won the white house, some of the themes that have played out nationally are very relevant, particularly in a state like virginia which is still a swing state. it has been trending more democratic because it has had more democratic because i

that's were put ahead in the first quarter in newjersey. that's all for now.ebsite. from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye and see you again soon. hello. thursday turned out to be a day of mixed weather fortunes right across the british isles. for some, the morning fog became the afternoon fog. it really didn't get away from some spots, especially in the somerset levels. first thing on friday, a coolish start, despite the extensive cloud. but it's the fog again that will be concentrating my mind and should be on your mind too across the southern counties of england, especially for that morning rush—hour. bbc local radio will keep you right up—to—date with the worst of the conditions, which could stretch from the eastern side of devon, through the west country, central and southern england and into parts of the south—east. from wales to the midlands to east anglia, more cloudy and maybe a spot of rain. dry weather for the most part as we get into the north of england, much of northern ireland and the eastern side of scotland. drift further toward

she also said he told her he was moving to newjersey.se to here he rented the truck he used in the attack. sayfullo saipov is still in hospital. the focus for authorities is how did an immigrant who wasn't on their radar commit a deadly terror attack in the country he made his home? 0ur correspondent, michelle fleury, is outside the house in which the suspect was reportedly staying at recently, in paterson, newjersey. what are his neighbours they are saying? this small residential streets suddenly got some unwelcome attention yesterday evening when the fbi and police descended on this small street and the set offences because we understand that number nine, p hain to me, is where the suspect lived with his wife and children. apparently, it is hard to piece the exact time when together, but we think he might have come here in march, with his wife, and police cornered at —— cordoned off this area, went for the house, trying to find clues as to what might have motivated him, what alliances he may have, who, if any, motivated him, what allia

they've taken out state wide elections in virginia and newjersey.y significant in virginia, where the democratic candidate ralph northam won the governorship with roughly 54% of the vote to his republican opponent's 45%. it's a bigger margin than the 5% hillary clinton defeated donald trump by during the presidential election. what can we learn from this? donald trump has been quick to distance himself from the defeats. he tweeted, "ed gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what i stand for." that was one of the republicans who lost. here is political analyst larry sa bato. he says that is not true. it is absolutely untrue that ed gillespie did not tie himself to trump's issues. he was out trumping trump, he was stressing confederate monuments and football players taking a knee during the national anthem, and immigration and latino gangs, even more than trump has done, with some vicious television adverts on which he spent millions. there was saturated coverage of these advertisements. and it backfired, it produced more democratic votes tha

she also said he told her he was moving to newjersey.with a large muslim community, that he worked as an uber driver. close to here he rented the truck he used in the attack. sayfullo saipov is still in hospital. the focus for authorities is how did an immigrant who wasn't on their radar commit a deadly terror attack in the country he made his home? and for more on the suspect and countering extremist ideologies i am joined now by eric rosand who formerly served as a senor official in the us state department working on counterterrorism. i started by asking him just hide challenging it is to spot a potential terrorist under these circumstances. history shows it is quite difficult, but it becomes even more difficult if a country doesn't have the layers of defences in place to assist with identification. unlike in the uk, where you have a very robust prevent programme which reaches down from london into communities across the uk, here we really just rely on communities across the uk, here we reallyjust rely on law enforcement. we don't have

michelle fleury, paterson, newjersey.the last hour, president trump has tweeted that the new york attack suspect should be put to death. he wrote "nyc terrorist was happy as he asked to hang isis flag in his hospital room. he killed eight people, badly injured i2. earlier, president donald trump said the united states needed to get tougher, smarter, less politically correct, and he described the us justice system as "a joke and a laughing stock." he said he was taking steps to end the diversity lottery programme, the immigration system under which the suspect entered the country. iam i am today starting the process of terminating the diversity lottery programme. iam terminating the diversity lottery programme. i am going to ask congress to immediately initiate work to get rid of this programme. later, we'll be live in the us with analysis on trump's reaction. now, other stories. four members of catalonia's devolved government are expected to appear at spain's high court in madrid in a few hours' time. they face charges of

she also said he told her he was moving to newjersey.arge muslim community, that he worked as an uber driver. close to here he rented the truck he used in the attack. sayfullo saipov is still in hospital. the focus for authorities is how did an immigrant who wasn't on their radar commit a deadly terror attack in the country he made his home? joining me is our north america editor, jon sopel. we've heard president trump renewing his vow to crack down on immigration. what will be political fallout be? donald trump has set out a radical shift in immigration policy by saying he wants to end the green card lottery, the visa system by which people can apply from anywhere in the world, 50,000 visas are given each year, so hundreds of thousands of people have come to america and made new lives here off the back of that. he has also said that he wants to toughen up the criminal justice system, that he wants to toughen up the criminaljustice system, that it's become a laughing stock and a jug, and he'd be quite happy for nadiya to be sent to guant

as he drove from newark to newjersey, damien said saipov was friendly.goodbye and then drove off. he spoke about america and jobs he had here. he was talking about doing road trips around america where i think he was transporting range rovers. he was asking aboutjobs transporting range rovers. he was asking about jobs in transporting range rovers. he was asking aboutjobs in the uk arm and he wanted to know how much an engineer would earn every month. i saidi engineer would earn every month. i said i don't know, i have no idea. after the initial shock, reflection. the experience hasn't put him off travelling to the states.|j the experience hasn't put him off travelling to the states. i love new york. it is one of the best places in the world i think. i would be backin in the world i think. i would be back ina in the world i think. i would be back in a heartbeat. i cannot change my opinion on a country of that size orany my opinion on a country of that size or any country. it is just one person out of a million. he says he is helping the fbi with the inqui

he's believed to have rented the truck in newjersey.r as "sick and deranged," tweeting the us must not allow the islamic state group to return or enter the country after being, as he put it, "defeated in the middle east." now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. as you can imagine, the media is very much dominated by the situation we have just been telling you about in new york city. we begin with the new york post, and that attack in their city which has left eight people dead. it says five of the dead were argentines visiting new york for a high school anniversary reunion. meanwhile, breitbart has a picture of the suspected attacker, sayfullo saipov. the right—wing website, now run by donald trump's former chief strategist steve bannon, says saipov entered the us on a "diversity visa," one which the site says the president wants to end. the independent says pressure is building on uk prime minister theresa may to release 58 secret studies into the economic damage from brexit, before a

you can bet president trump will be watching events in virginia and newjersey as he continues his tourhere he enjoyed quite the ceremonial welcome from the south korean president. mr trump said he "hopes to god" he doesn't have to use military force against north korea — and he's urged the international community to stop trading with pyongyang. but perhaps most intriguing — donald trump urged north korea to "come to the table" to talk about giving up its nuclear weapons programme — as mark lowen explains. backing the man they say can stop north korea's march to war, supporters of donald trump out in seoul today defending his hard—line approach to the north's weapons tests. it is a warning to kim jong—un and his regime. if you do wrong things you are going to be destroyed. but across the road, the other side, fearing mr trump's bombastic talk over north korea. passion and division accompanying him on this trip. threatening north korea is not the answer. we have to get to the table and talk about it. these people say that when donald trump fires off a tweet storm or tirade against kim jo

us open was held this year at sharp national golf clu b this year at sharp national golf club in newjerseyjust happened to be one buying a great korean golfer. and eight of the top ten players were from korea. the top four golfers, one, to, three, four, the top four were from korea. congratulations. congratulations. applause . that is something. that is really something. here in seoul, architectural wonders like the 63 building, and the world tower, very beautiful, graced the skies and housed the workers many growing industries. you feed the hungry, fight terrorism and sold problems all over the world and, in a few months, you will host the world and you will do a magnificentjob at the 23rd olympic winter games. good luck. applause . the korean miracle extends exactly as far as the armies of free nations advanced in 1953. 25 miles to the north. there it stops. it all comes to an end. dead stop. the flourishing ends and the prison state of north korea sadly begins. workers in north korea, working in unbearable conditions, gruelling hours, for almost no pay. recently the entire working popul

in newjersey, where he‘d been living most recently, the police are trying to piece together every aspectf hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. let‘s speak to nick bryant, who‘s in new york. the latest you have there on the state of this investigation? huw, federal charges, two federal charges, have been issued in the last few minutes for an attack that came to an end just behind me, on the highway down below. to give you a sense of my advantage point i‘m here on ground zero. the federal charges could bring the death penalty if the government finds, gets a guilty verdict and also seeks it. those charge sheets are full of fascinating detail. for instance, the planning of this attack had been going on for months. he had hired a vehicle before, so that he could practice turns. he intended to keep going to brooklyn bridge. that is a five or six minute drive away. he had considered using islamic state flags in the front window and the back window. he was concerned it might draw attention to him. when he was taken to hospital after being woun

michelle fleury, bbc news, paterson, newjersey.ecretary. gavin williamson moves from the position of chief whip to become the defence secretary following the resignation of sir michael fallon. julian smith moves up from deputy chief whip to become chief whip in the role mr williamson leaves vacant. esther mcvey has been given thejob of deputy vacant. esther mcvey has been given the job of deputy chief whip. a limited reshuffle there. i'm now joined by deborah haynes for her views on all of this. on the appointment of gavin williamson, what do you make of that? people were thinking yesterday may be that somebody with a defence background would come up. because there are a number ofjunior ministers. tobias ellwood, penny morden, who has previously, they we re morden, who has previously, they were serving reservists, and they've worked at the mod. given the timing of what's happening at the moment, there is a defence review going on, there is a defence review going on, the budget is coming, defence is fighting for money, there is a fu

a security camera captured saipov as he rented the vehicle in newjersey. truck two months ago and had hired one previously to practise completing turns. the indications right now are that he acted alone. is this inspired? hejust got all this off the internet? was it enabled ? we he actually communicating with isis officials over encrypted channels? or was it directed? was this part of a plan? at this point, we don't see anything that leads us to believe there is anyone else involved, but i caution, we are a day or two into this. in a series of tweets, donald trump said he would love to send sayfullo saipov to guantanamo bay but that process would take longer than the federal system. he also added "there is also something appropriate about keeping him in the home of the horrible crime he committed." "should move fast." "death penalty!" presidents have traditionally been urged not to comment on active criminal cases because of the fear of prejudicing proceedings, of preventing a fair trial. but those don't seem to be concerns of donald trump, labelling the u

the security camera captured sayfullo saipov as he rented the vehicle in newjersey. use a truck two months ago and had hired one previously to practice completing ta rta ns. ago and had hired one previously to practice completing tartans. the indications are that he acted alone. he got all this off the internet. was it directed? was this part of a planned? at this point we don't see anything that leads us to believe anyone else was involved but i caution. in a series of tweets donald trump said he would love to send sayfullo saipov to guantanamo but that would take longer than the federal system. he added that there is something appropriate to keeping him in the home of the terrible crime he committed. he called for the death penalty. presidents have traditionally not commented so voluble on active criminal cases because of the fear of prejudicing proceedings. those don't seem to be concerns of donald trump who has labelled the us justice system a laughing stock. 0ther labelled the us justice system a laughing stock. other news making headlines around the world. span

and the new governor of newjersey will be the democrat phil murphy, after eight years of republican controlrump supporter chris christie. virginia hughes also elected a transgender candidate virginia hughes also elected a tra nsgender candidate to the virginia hughes also elected a transgender candidate to the state legislature for the first time in state history —— virginia has also. now to the latest revelations from the paradise papers. leaked documents about tax havens show that prince charles‘s private estate, the duchy of cornwall, secretly invested in an offshore company in which a close friend was a director. that's perfectly legal, but he's been accused of a conflict of interest, because he went on to campaign for international rule changes that would have benefited the firm. the prince's spokesman insists he's never chosen to speak out on a topic simply because of an investment decision. the paradise papers were shared with the international consortium of investigativejournalists, including the bbc‘s panorama programme. richard bilton has this report. for years, prince charles has

a security camera captured him as he rented the vehicle in newjersey. truck two months ago and had hired one previously to practise completing turns. the indications right now i that he acted alone.“ this inspired? did he get this off the internet? 0r this inspired? did he get this off the internet? or the communicating with islamic state officials? was directed? was a part of a plan? at this point, we see nothing to show other people were involved. in a series of tweets, donald trump said he would love to send sayfullo saipov to guantanamo bay but that process would take longer than the federal system. he added there is also something appropriate about keeping him in the home of the horrible crime he committed. it should move fast. death penalty! donald trump is not concerned with influencing the trial, labelling the usjustice influencing the trial, labelling the us justice system a laughing stock. nick bryant, bbc news, new york. just an update from twitter on the story about the twitter account of donald trump been off—line for ii minutes, they said

in newjersey, where he'd been living most recently, the police are trying to piece together every aspectin lower manhattan. it's likely to affect the immigration prospect of hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. 0ur correspondent in washington, laura bicker, has more details on the driver. he went into court to face those terror charges, sayfullo saipov — he was facing a number serious charges that could mean the death penalty. but when he was questioned by investigators, he waived his right to remain silent. so a number of points came from those interviews. first of all, he said he chose halloween because he wanted to have the maximum impact. he also said that he had hoped to go further with his truck and drive all the way to the brooklyn bridge. he went on to say he felt good about what he had done, and that he had been inspired to do his attack by a number of videos that he'd watched on his mobile phone. through the interviews that he had with police, we also know that he wanted to display the flag of the so—called islamic state in h

in newjersey, where he'd been living most recently, the police are trying to piece together every aspecter manhattan. it's likely to affect the immigration prospect of hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... climbing on australia's iconic uluru landmark will be banned starting starting in 2019. we'll talk about why. also ahead on the programme... why britain's prince charles and his wife camilla have been having a looming a good time in singapore. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday she'd spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it, every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation." after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. booster ignition and liftoff of discovery, with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. well, enjoying the

as he drove from newark to newjersey, damien said he was friendly, recommended mr and they have beenhey have been thinking about moving to the uk -- restaurants. he was very polite and rushed to help with oui’ very polite and rushed to help with our bags and we said by when he drove off. he was talking about america, asking about the uk, asking aboutjobs in the uk and he wanted to know how much an engineer would earn every month. after the initial shock of reflection. the experience hasn't put him off travelling to the united states. it is one of the best places in the world and i would be backin places in the world and i would be back ina places in the world and i would be back in a hard it. i can't change on opinion on a country of that size or any country, it is just one person out of millions. damien says he is 110w out of millions. damien says he is now helping the fbi with his enquiries as us authorities try to piece together the movements of this sayfullo saipov. a new species of great ape has been discovered by a team of scientists in indonesia. it's the tapanuli orangutan, a

in newjersey, where he'd been living most recently, the police are trying to piece together every aspecteight in lower manhattan. it's likely to affect the immigration prospect of hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. more on this to come a little later in the bulletin. but for more coverage and analysis of this story — including reaction from around the world, just go to our website at bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. this storyjust breaking in the last hour or so: police in colorado say a number of people have been shot in an incident at a department store in a suburb of denver. it happened at the walmart store in thornton. there are no details about the alleged shooter. it's believed police were called to the scene at around 6:30pm in the evening local time. officers say this is not an active shooter situation. the british defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has resigned, caught up in the sexual harassment allegations that are swirling round the houses of parliament. it emerged this week that he'd apologised for putting

as he drove from newark to newjersey, damien said saipov was friendly.he said goodbye and then drove off. he spoke about america and jobs he had here. he was asking aboutjobs in the uk arm and he wanted to know how much an engineer would earn every month. after the initial shock, reflection. the experience hasn't put him off travelling to the states. i love new york. it is one of the best places in the world i think. i would be back in a heartbeat. i cannot change my opinion on a country of that size or any country. it is just one person out of a million. he says he is helping the fbi with the inquiries, as us authorities try to piece together the movements of sayfullo saipov. in the dense forests of indonesia, a new species of great ape has been discovered by a team of international scientists. it's the tapanuli orangutan, and there are just 800 of them left which makes them the most endangered great ape in the world. 0ur science reporter victoria gill has the story. the remote mountain forests of sumatra are home to some of our closest ape relatives. a

so i went down to the seashore, done in newjersey. and i did my own testing.... the horizon of the ocean, and you go straight edge just to the other end, and it's flat. hague, people need a hobby —— hey. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcmikeembley. hi there. for many of us, wednesday is going to dawn on a pretty grey and cloudy day. competing weather stories, really. for wednesday, we've got a big ridge of high pressure keeping the weather quiet across much of the uk, however a small area of low pressure has just trickled underneath the high and has brought us a lot of cloud across england, thick enough to bring us some outbreaks of patchy rain and drizzle particularly across eastern england first thing in the morning. elsewhere, a few fog patches up over high ground, notably across the higher parts of wales and south—west england so one way or another, for many of us, it's going to be quite a cloudy start but at least that early morning patchy rain across eastern england will be clearing out of the way. so with a bit m

the driver was living in newjersey as recently as six months ago. been visiting a store asserting that area and a van left in the parking lot. they are also searching his home in florida. here i am just ride by a local elementary school that was on lockdown. new yorkers are trying to come to terms with what happened. one parent i spoke to said she tried to explain to her kids yesterday that new york is still save and to not be afraid. we know the city is trying to move on. last night they held the halloween parade as normal. plans for the marathon this weekend are scheduled to go ahead as planned. thank you. cabinet minister damian green has strongly denied allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards a female conservative activist. kate maltby has alleged in the times newspaper that mr green "fleetingly" touched her knee while giving her career advice in 2015, and sent her a "suggestive" text message in 2016. damian green says the claims are "completely false. " here's ben wright. damian green is facing questions about his conduct. all of the all

she also said he told her he was moving to newjersey.he attack. sayfullo saipov is still in hospital. the focus for authorities is how did an immigrant who wasn‘t on their radar commit a deadly terror attack in the country he made his home? two 14—year—old boys from northallerton in north yorkshire have been charged with conspiracy to murderfollowing an investigation by counter terrorism detectives. the two boys were arrested on saturday as part of what police called an "intelligence—led" operation. they have been held in custody since then. they will be taken to court tomorrow for a hearing at leeds magistrates. 0ur correspondent spencer stoke sent us this update. well, police have been questioning these 214—year—olds since the weekend when they carried out a number of raids here in northallerton, a raid that involved investigations at some abandoned buildings, an old tyre factory and also three properties. the 214—year—olds were arrested, taken to the police station where they we re to the police station where they were questioned by t

in newjersey the democrats snatched the governorship from the republicans.shire. we were in virginia yesterday for the election — larry sabato is still there — at the university of virginia's center for politics in cha rlottesville. thank you forjoining us. looking at the virginia race, was it a win for the virginia race, was it a win for the democrats or a loss for donald trump? if resulted in a win for democrats but donald trump, donald trump, donald trump, the reasons why they were the winners. that sums up they were the winners. that sums up the race because the democrat running for governor is a delightful man and highly intelligent but pretty boring. there is no way he could excite the crowd. no way he could excite the crowd. no way he could have excited this kind of turnout which really was massive compared to the last race for governor. and the vast majority of the increase with democrats, they showed up to vote unlike last member when they left hillary clinton high and dry. ed gillespie ran a pretty impressive campaign. in the last few weeks of the

does this have any resonance beyond virginia, beyond newjersey, and is the speak to a greater discontentisteners listen very carefully to what you have to say to us. carefully to what you have to say to us. now there is a certain celebrity status to the us presidency, we can all agree the commander—in—chief is one of the most recognisable people in the world. when it comes to the trumps, that star status knows no bounds. except in the case of south korea. nvidia has urged fans going wild at an event earlier this week, attended by the first lady mullaney trump. but when a wild for her? —— eight video has emerged of fans going wild. i love that. my daughter would react in exactly the same way, but i love that video because you get a real sense of mullaney‘s personality. she took it so well. it's interesting, some of the south korean press have laid a robotic velani during the trip because she was so poised in heaven did not give much away. they all loved it when she actually broke into that spontaneous smile. i have no idea if she knew who the k pop singer was. christian, would you have re

investigators descended on his house in newjersey. this is about an hour from new york city.onald trump said that sayfullo saipov had asked to hank and islamic state flagged up in his hospital room. aung san suu kyi has made herfirst visit to rakhine state since persecution of rohingyas. at least 600,000 reindeer people have fled to neighbouring bangladesh since the violence broke out earlier this year. —— rohingya people. the visit was unannounced and under heavy security. she was suggesting people need to learn to live with one another. the problems are very deep—rooted in rakhine state. she also said they should trust the government. most of the rohingyas there feel very uneasy, saying they have been directly attacked and persecuted by the armed forces. you have to look at this visit as achilles of bullocks. interestingly, she was taking with her one of the most wealthy tycoons in myanmar, and that fits in with her belief with what the region needs his investment. she‘s trying to bring together many of the wealthy tycoons in myanmarto together many of the wealthy tycoons i