that is, if there were a christian in singapore, then you do not consider singapore a christian country and live in singapore, then for you, this is not a buddhist country, despite the fact that buddhists are one of the largest religious groups in singapore if you are a muslim then in singapore you have the opportunity to perform islamic rituals to fast go to the mosque. but you must understand that this is a multi-racial society and you live and work in a multi-racial context and a flexible compromise approach is always applied. and here is such a compromise and trust that was formed for a long period. they define the nature of our society from our point of view, what is gradually emerging as a singaporean identity. so when you see a person similar to a hindu, then he can be a hindu from the centurion point of view. but when you look at it more closely. you will say that he is from singapore. when you see a chinese, you wonder if he is from china or maybe from hong kong. and then when you look at how he behaves? how he dresses, how he speaks, understand that he is from singapore and ab

that is, if you are a christian in singapore, then you do not consider singapore a christian country,t and live in singapore, then for you, this is not a buddhist country, despite the fact that the buddhists is one of the largest religious groups in singapore if you are a muslim, then in singapore you have the opportunity to perform islamic rituals to observe fasting, go to the mosque. but you must understand that this is a multi-racial society and you live and work in a multi-racial context and a flexible compromise approach is always applied. and here is such a compromise and trust that was formed for a long period. they define, from our point of view , the nature of our society, what is gradually emerging as the singaporean identity. so when you see a person who looks like an impulse, he can be a hindu from an eclipsed point of view. but when you look at it more closely. you say he's from singapore you're also with the chinese when you see a chinese you wonder if he's from china or maybe from hong kong and then when you look at how he behaves? how he dresses, how he speaks , unders

singapore is wealthier.nd myanmar are among the largest producers of drugs in the world. we are a logistics centre. we would be completely swamped. the undoc... unodc said that, you know, this place is swimming in meth and a record haul of1 billion meth tablets was seized in southeast asia. yeah. you keep painting... in that situation... you keep painting this apocalyptic vision of what singapore might face. but surely, in the end, you are going to be challenged by the international community on the standards that you set in yourjudicial system. let me ask you which is better. you look at the netherlands, the chief of the largest police union talks about the netherlands being a narco state with a parallel economy controlled by drug gangs, shootings and killings. you consider that to be better? you look at singapore. law and order, we are number one. you have... i believe i'm right in saying, minister, you have about 60 people on death row at the moment, don't you? and the vast majority of them are accused, c

other nations is singapore. this dish is not just usually popular, but actually quite simple. singapore is highly nice, chicken rice. what's more complex is why vendors like one young tie are about to stop selling. the key supplier of life, chicken, neighboring malaysia, has suddenly suspended exports this month. singapore government is urging consumers to switch to frozen birds importers from brazil and the u. s. frozen chicken, i think for fire did not many people try and i think it's not good to see because of days is different. and not he, he has been in his life audius'. his efforts again, not, not visible. the birds on this farm, just north of the capitol kuala lumpur. we're actually raised for singapore, malaysia typically exports up to $3600000.00 chicken a month since the russian invasion of ukraine, a major exporter of key components for chicken feet. the farmers saw grain prices doubled out. what fell and chicken prices went up to until the government stepped in with a ban and shop honey and alman mel

for me this response i don't know whether to be in singapore again. whether to be in singapore aaain.rue. they are cominu again. that's true. they are coming after _ again. that's true. they are coming after a _ again. that's true. they are coming after a few- again. that's true. they are coming after a few years i again. that's true. they are coming after a few years of| again. that's true. they are . coming after a few years of the pandemic, which is obviously stop you from being able to travel. them as well. these clubs are very popular in southeast asia. what do you think that is? i southeast asia. what do you think that is?— think that is? i think it's about supporters. - think that is? i think it's - about supporters. inaudible. the other clubs is the fans out there, liveable there friendly and that is why i think we are very connected. and partially we are doing the right things. evenif we are doing the right things. even if you are at play in australia and when we were at lowest we still can get the crowd. we can get a full stadium, it's massive. that's ri . ht. stadium, it's

singapore off cycle move. the exchange rate mechanism effectively tightening policy, which is why we are seeing some strength coming through. also coming through, not so much central banks, but data that indicates what the rba might do. the unemployment rate in australia -- the median estimate was 3.8 percent. the lowest estimate was 3.7 percent. what we got was 3.5%, the lowest pretty much since records were kept. your three-year yield is now north of 3%, up about teen basis points. let's talk about all of this. we were joking about this earlier on, that when u.s. inflation was at 5%, the fed told us it was transitory, and they were correct. >> exactly because it went so much higher. it is interesting, of course. 9.1%, a monthly gain of 1.3%, the highest in 17 years. when i spoke to the president of the cleveland fed, her characterizations, of course, uniformly bad. no good news business report. the rent payments people make, the equivalent rent when you turn your mortgage payment into cost-of-living -- she s

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore.ple in sri lanka have defied a curfew to celebrate the resignation of president gotabaya rajapaksa following days of protests. russian forces extend their reach into western ukraine, as cruise missiles hit business and residential buildings. president biden and the israeli prime minister yair lapid have signed a joint declaration to stop iran from developing nuclear weapons. the american leader was injerusalem to meet israelis and palestinians before moving on to saudi arabia, as jeremy bowen reports. not the wild west, but the middle east. for all its power, america's ability to control middle eastern turbulence is limited. joe biden and israel's acting prime minister, yair lapid, signed a declaration billed as historic. in fact, it had all been said before, but israel needed him to say it again. i made it absolutely clear we will not, let me say it again, we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. for israel, it starts with a conventional, not nuclear, threat, on the heavily

life from our studio in singapore. this is _ alive. life from our studio in singapore.alive. life from our studio in | singapore. this is bbc news. alive. life from our studio in - singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it's six in the morning in singapore and 3pm in california... where a wildfire is spreading rapidly near yosemite national park. the cause of the blaze remains under investigation, but california is becoming ever more susceptible to wildfires due to climate change. it comes as the us climate envoy john kerry told the bbc that president biden is considering declaring a climate emergency, to help him push through his green agenda. james clayton has this report. these scenes are becoming all too familiar in california. a raging wildfire, the oakfire described by authorities here as explosive, devouring forests that are tinder dry. firefighters are struggling to contain it as it engulfs people's homes, livelihoods, and businesses. this army veteran is spending his wedding anniver

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines... a shopping centre in the capital copenhagen. police say a 22—year—old danish man has been charged with manslaughter and will appear in court on monday. turning to the uk now — there's been a warning that the number of people being admitted to hospital with covid is expected to rise. that's according to the chief executive of the uk health security agency. the latest uk figures show that infectionsjumped by more than half a million in a week. 0ur health editor hugh pym gave us more detail on this. let's look back at the trend for community infections charted by the weekly office for national statistics survey. this suggests that 2.3 million people in the uk had the virus in the week to 2a june, compared with nearly five million at the end of march, when there was a surge driven by a variant of 0micron ba.2. but the level�*s rising fast thanks to new variants, and today, we learned what health officials think might happen in the weeks ahead. it doesn't look as though that wave has finis

his left the country, he's apparently bound for singapore on a private jet later tonight. bound for singaporet latertonight. but bound for singapore on a private jet later tonight. but he hasn't as far as we know or if he formally resigned he is not around to telling anybody. just resigned he is not around to telling an bod ., , ., resigned he is not around to telling an bod. , �* resigned he is not around to telling an bod ._ ., �* , anybody. just to say, we've seen the re norts of anybody. just to say, we've seen the reports of him _ anybody. just to say, we've seen the reports of him coming _ anybody. just to say, we've seen the reports of him coming to _ anybody. just to say, we've seen the reports of him coming to singapore | reports of him coming to singapore as well. we've not been able to confirm that at this point but we do have a team at the airport waiting to see if that does happen. as and when we get confirmation we will be able to update our viewers. just looking at how bad this could get, when looking at images right now from those protests. a real sense of anger on the ground.

singapore is also encouraging _ themselves. singapore is also encouraging public _ themselves.s. but going fully electric is really expensive, for now. the cost to produce _ really expensive, for now. the cost to produce a _ really expensive, for now. tie: cost to produce a battery really expensive, for now. tte: cost to produce a battery are coming down year on year and thatis coming down year on year and that is the biggest cost element of an electric vehicles are what we are seeing is about 2025, 2026, the cost to actually manufacture and ev will be the same if not less than an internal combustion engine. than an internal combustion enaine. ., than an internal combustion enaine. . ., , , engine. charging stations is another roadblock. - engine. charging stations is another roadblock. right i engine. charging stations is i another roadblock. right now there are about 2000 but the government wants 60,000 more by 2030. tt government wants 60,000 more by 2030. . ., ., ., 2030. if we average it out of every single month - 2030. if we average it out of every single month the - 203

monica miller is in singapore.a: president rajapaksa has landed at the airport here, according to officials, saying he is here on a private visit and they are n offering asylum. the 73-year-old left his country wednesday for the maldives after violent protestors took over the presidential palace. officials here in singapore warned people not to protest, because it is illegal. even one person holding a banner can be considered an illegal mbly. and anyone who is a foreigner here who is protesting could be deported. it is unclear where his final whereabouts will be. ♪ >> let's turn to the u.k.. just five candidates remain in the running to be the next conservative party gator and prime minister. conservative mps voted in a series of secret ballots. let's listen to today's announcement. >> 49, bradman 27, more dan, 823, soon act, 101, trusts, 64, and 32. suellen bradman under the rules is eliminated from the contest and the others are able to go forward on monday. >>he remaining five candidates, former chancellor richi

joins me here in the singapore studio. to see you, jonathan. we were just hearing from kristalina georgieva from the imf about food inflation having a big impact on emerging markets, we heard the imf will cut its growth outlook. how worrying is that, given we are starting to see the likes of wheat and palm oil fall from the highs we saw earlier? jonathan: it is incredibly worrying. 15% out of corn, 2% out of soybeans, all those are critical to the region. if you look at the process in the last few years, kind with the pandemic that has been constrain the supply chains, it is worrying to see where this will go. indonesia has locked up palm oil , india has locked up sugar. malaysia is still not budging too much on the exports. so we do have to solve this. and the theme of the next few months is probably coordination and diversification. juliette: how is that coordination done between governments? we know that rich countries like singapore will look back to malaysia, but that is not the case for poorer countries. what cohesio

he finally did so on thursday after fling singapore through lancaster parliamentary speaker is expected. he is expected to confirm the authenticity of this resignation. later, later today, barbara on the streets of sri lanka, people celebrate. after hearing the country's president has resigned. they say this is a triumph for democracy. is a huge ricky mist rather here more than 3 months. and i would like to say like, it's this, i mean, at this moment, i feel is that a good lesson for all caught up it boy, decisions injury lanka, yasser. extremely happy for us because we love to be go deposit and we always know most baldwin, both are in the gandhi, i'll be sure to be both. it's extremely happy. a divorce president got to buy and roger pox or flattery lanka, to the multi is ending up in singapore, before emailing his official resignation. his letter awaits legal procedures and verification from the countries speaker of parliament in order to be confirmed. oh, sure longer hussey months of anti government protests with people storming government buildings and taking over heavily guarded com

let's get you -- haidi: let's get you more details from singapore.ter gdp data coming unchanged. it was for a gain of 1%. the second-quarter gdp on a year on year basis seeing a gain of 4.8 percent, missing expectations for 5.4%. we are hearing from the monetary authority of singapore talking about they will re-center the midpoint of the dollar near policy ban there. there re-centering of that midpoint up to a prevailing level, there is no change to the slope as the week of the ban, which is interesting we had expectations from a number, including city that we could potentially see an off-site of tightening later this month from the tight monetary policy to potentially 50 basis points, but you're not seeing moves. the moves that they are making will help slow the momentum of inflation and to assure medium-term price stability as well. commenting on the 2022 gdp growth seen at the lowest path of three to 5%. core inflation projected at 3% to 4% this year. we did expect that growth level to be held pretty steady. we had the relaxation of covid restrict

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines...aring for what could be their final televised public hearing, into the january the 6th attack on the capitol. let's turn to myanmar now, where soldiers in the army have admitted to carrying out human rights abuses on the orders of the military. six soldiers — who recently defected — have given rare in—depth interviews to the bbc in which they describe killing and raping civilians and the burning of villages. the military seized power from myanmar�*s democratically—elected government led by aung san suu kyi in a coup last year and is now trying to crush the armed civilian uprising against them. a warning: this report from rebecca henschke does include some distressing images and details. myanmar is burning. soldiers are being ordered to carry out abuses as the military fights against the civilian militias who are trying to restore democracy. this, the aftermath of a military raid on a village on the 20th of december last year. a corporal we're calling aung was in charge of one of the un

welcome to newsday, reporting from singapore i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. warnings of a "heat apocalypse" as a blistering heatwave engulfs much of europe with wildfires spreading in many countries. up up in the wood you can see guys tackling the fire is, there's a huge amount of activity down here and it is smoky. just look at the haze in the trees. the intense heatwave is affecting most of the uk — where tuesday could be the hottest day since records began. a chinese filmmaker appears in court in malawi charged with child exploitation — following an investigation by bbc africa eye. the sentencing phase of the trial of florida school shooter begins nicolas cruz pleaded guilty to gunning down 17 people at his former high school. it's six in the morning in singapore, and midnight in western france which is facing a "heat apocalypse", experts have warned, as extreme temperatures continue to hit much of europe. they say temperatures could reach record levels in 15 regions of the southwest, with firefighters battling wildfires and thousands forced to evacuate. w

we are talking singapore also being higher. broadly speaking, it is a down day.ve recession worries and moderating hike expectations underpinning demand for mixed income. the rupee is pretty steady. last week it hit the record low. let's get to new york and get the first word news with vonnie quinn. vonnie: hong kong reportedly plans to cut hotel quarantine arrivals, looking at the introduction of a two-color health good system. the city's government is looking at moving to five days of hotel quarantine followed by two days. the report states a decision could come within two weeks. the australian prime minister says his government has introduced the toughest ever biosecurity measures to prevent an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. concerns have been growing after traces of the disease were found on imported products. the virus could devastate australia's cattle industry. the mustard prime minister also says chinese sanctions on australian goods should be lifted wittily. he told sky news, lifting sanctions would be good for both countries. curbs have also been i

singapore banana lemon singapore when did you silence a wonderful song by alexander vertinsky in yourod? i sounded almost magical even before i read a wonderful book of beauty writer viktor dragunsky tell me about singapore, of course, i could imagine that for some time i would be able to visit this extremely interesting country and, moreover, meet and even talk twice with the country's prime minister. li xian long was born on february 10 , 1956. he graduated from the faculty of mathematics of the university of cambridge and the faculty of political

reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: a clear and present danger — president biden pledges to make the biggest ever investment to combat climate change, but stops short of declaring an emergency. i will do everything in my power to clean our air and water, protect our people's health, to win the clean energy future. his warning comes as wildfires continue to rage across europe. firefighters struggle in the heatwave to tackle flames in greece, spain and italy. the former chancellor, rishi sunak, and foreign secretary, liz truss, will go head to head in the race to become the next british prime minister. and feeling their way through shanghai's lockdown — we talk to the blind masseurs struggling to cope in a post—pandemic world. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. it's 8:00 in the morning in singapore and 8:00 in the evening on the us east coast, wherejoe biden used a visit to massachusetts to issue the latest stark warning on the threat posed by climate change. the us presiden

reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: warnings of a "heat apocalypse" in europe as fires and now drought menace the continent. up in the woods, you can see guys tackling the fires. there's a huge amount of activity down here and it is hot, it is smoky. just look at the haze in the trees. in the uk, the worst is yet to come. tuesday could be the hottest day since records began. a chinese film—maker appears in court in malawi charged with child exploitation, following an investigation by the bbc, and the sentencing phase of the trial of florida school shooter begins — nikolas cruz pleaded guilty to gunning down 17 people at his former high school. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it's 7am in the morning in singapore and 1am in western france, which is facing a "heat apocalypse", experts have warned, as extreme temperatures continue to hit much of europe. they say temperatures could reach record leve

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. of sri lanka, gotabaya rajapaksa, who fled abroad in the face of massive anti—government protests, has broken his earlier undertaking to resign. as we've been hearing, this week's demonstration in sri lanka follows months of economic turmoil which has brought misery to millions across the country. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, explains more on what's led to the chaos of recent days. sri lanka is in real difficulties at the moment. the first of all, there is almost complete economic collapse. inflation is more than 50%, food prices soaring up 80% and transport costs more than doubling. having a real impact. there are about 22 million people in sri lanka and the un food programme says that more than 6 million of them don't know where their next meal is coming from. why is the economy in such dire straits? tourism. a major source of foreign revenues, has been devastated, first by the terrorist bombings in 2019 and then by the covid pandemic. the war in ukraine has also add

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore.nciple over taiwan in a marathon two hour phone call. presdeint biden rejects fears of a recession in the us after two consecutive quarters of negative growth. the commonwealth games have begun in birmingham, with the opening ceremony marking the start of competition. prince charles and the duchess of cornwall attended the ceremony, which told the story of the city of birmingham and was headlined by the band duran duran. 0ur sports correspondent jane dougall is in birmingham's victoria park and sent this preview of the games. there's been a party going on here in victoria square as people gather to celebrate the opening of these commonwealth games in birmingham. representatives from 72 nations and territories around the globe will be taking part with 6500 athletes and officials all descending here on birmingham ahead of the events. it's going to be the biggest sporting programme in commonwealth games history, with new sports being added, including women's 2020 cricket, three on three b

reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: a report into the mass shooting at a school in texas in may finds systemic failures in the law enforcement response to the tragedy. wildfires triggered by extreme heat burn across southern europe. the high temperatures claim more than a thousand lives. the five tory mps hoping to replace the prime minister borisjohnson have gone head to head in their second tv debate. if he wished to serve, who here would be happy to have boris johnson in their cabinet? please raise your hands. not a single hand raised — we'll take a look at what this says about the leadership race so far. in golf, australian cameron smith hits a birdie blitz at st andrews to claim the open championship for the first time. jenny from the block becomes mrs affleck — nearly 20 years after they first dated, jennifer lopez and ben affleck have reportedly tied the knot. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's 7am in singapore and 6pm in texas where a preliminary report into the uvalde schoo

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: borisjohnson fights to survive as the uk's prime minister as two senior ministers resign from his cabinet in quick succession. rishi sunak is no longer chancellor, saying the public expected government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously, while sajid javid resigns from the department of health, questioning the prime minister's integrity. we'll bring you news of their replacements as the prime minister shows no sign of considering his own position. also in the programme: the suspect in monday's mass shooting in 4july parade in chicago has been charged with the seven counts of murder. another 50,000 people told to evacuate their homes in sydney. the australian city has had eight months of rain injust four days. voice-over: live voice—over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 1am in london where borisjohnson�*s premiership looks at its most perilous yet, with the resignation of two of

reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... a clear and present danger to humanity — president biden promises to make the largest ever us investment to combat climate change. but stops short of declaring an emergency. i will do everything in my power to clean our air and water, protect our people's health, to win the clean energy future. across europe, wildfires rage, with countries sweltering in severe heat. this is what it takes to stop the fires. a court or 300 metres wide cleared of all trees are fuel for the flames. the former chancellor, rishi sunak, and the foreign secretary, liz truss, will go head—to—head in the race to become the next british prime minister. sri lanka's new president calls for unity, but warns he would deal firmly with efforts to topple his government. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it's six in the morning here in singapore and six in the evening in somerset, massachusetts, where us presi

he went to the movies and now he is in the singapore. so he resides from a sing for. but that's just the beginning for a lot of people here of this whole process, the parliament speaker has now announced that parliament will complete. on saturday, they have to elect a new prime minister because the currents, the previous prime minister, who is now the acting president, will be sworn in as the interim president, somewhere today. and then they need a new prime minister, which will start the process will start in parliament tomorrow with nominations coming in. that might be a vote as well. and they also will start the process to have this unity government that they have been calling for, to make sure that all the parties on the are on the same page to handle this serious crisis. the country is going through. and then in a week from now, according to the speaker, new presidents will be voted in by parliament. i'm step. so what is all of this now mean for the protest, this chaotic situation on the streets? the well of course we have seen that unbelievable scenes here. the

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: is it all over, prime minister? borisjohnson refuses to resign, despite his government collapsing and some of his closest allies deserting him. so far, there have been 44 resignations. it's a record number in one day, but the prime minister responded with defiance to critics on his own side. does the prime minister think there are any circumstances in which he should resign? laughter frankly, mr speaker, the job of a prime minister in difficult circumstances, when he has been handed a colossal mandate, is to keep going, and that's what i'm going to do. the prime minister also sacked michael gove, once a very loyal supporter, who turned against him. the opposition labour leader, sir keir starmer, said the prime minister was in the dying act of his career. anyone quitting now, after. defending all that, hasn't got a shred of integrity. mr speaker, isn't thisi the first recorded case of the sinking ships fleeing the rat? - and in other news for you today, japan plans to pu

when he reaches singapore, after he reaches singapore, he will send a letter to the speaker.rom our correspondent earlier, telling us about this case. the actor is charged with four counts of sexual assault against three men. and he has also been charged with causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. the offences are alleged to have happened between 2005 and 2013 in london and in gloucestershire when kevin spacey was artistic director at the old vic theatre. kevin spacey this morning pleading not guilty at the old bailey to the five sexual offences charges. the time is 9:57am. here is matt taylor with the weather forecast. temperatures down on what we have seenin temperatures down on what we have seen in recent days. but the midlands, the chance of some showers, northern ireland brightening up through the afternoon, showers mainly across scotland and eastern parts of england, as far as the east midlands and east anglia but in the sunshine in the south, temperatures as high as 27, closer to thejuly average. showers this evening in the east will fade away,

the bbc�*s monica miller is in singapore with this update.fficials have confirmed that president rajapaksa has landed at the airport. they say he's on here —— here on a private visit and not seeking asylum, nor are they offering him asylum. the 73—year—old left his country on sunday for the maldives after violent protesters took over the presidential palace. now officials here in singapore have already warned people not to protest because it is illegal. even one person holding a banner can be considered to be in a legal assembly, and anyone who is a four year protesting could be deported. it is unclear where his final whereabouts will be. —— anyone who is a foreigner protesting. just five candidates remain in the running to be the next conservative party leader and prime minister. conservative mps voted in the first of a series of secret ballots. let's listen to that announcement. badenoch, 49. suella braverman, 27. mourdaunt, 83. sunak, ioi. truss, 64. tugenhadt, 32. therefore under the rules, suella braverman is eliminated from the contest,

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore.hinzo abe, ahead of his funeral later on tuesday. there'll be a new prime minister in the uk by the 5th of september, the first round of voting will be on wednesday. nasa has released the first color images of space taken by the newjames webb space telescope. the first image shows an area depicting a massive group of galaxy clusters. the picture was announced during a nasa preview event attended by us presidentjoe biden and vice president kamala harris. nasa says its first images have targeted distant galaxies, bright nebulae and a faraway giant gas planet. really giant gas planet. quite itching indeed. giant gas planet. astonishing. well earlier i spoke to the astronomer and astrophysicistjonathan mcdowell and asked how significant this latest release of images has been. it has been a long time coming, my first went to a planning conference for the telescope in 1989 so to finally get the science now we are all really excited and we have learned a lot about the universe from hubble, j

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines...orming of his official residence. japan's ruling coalition is set to increase its majority in the upper house. leaked documents show french president emmanuel macron and a former eu competition commissioner held a series of private meetings with uber. at the time, the ride—sharing app had been banned in france and sparked protests across europe from taxi drivers who felt their livelihoods were being threatened. as part of an investigation by the international consortium of investigativejournalists, the bbc has discovered how uber used political contacts to get what it wanted. richard bilton reports. when uberfirst arrived in france, it started a taxi war. but while many cab—drivers were on the streets, the leak shows uber had a friend in government. the documents show that despite uber offering an illegal service, emmanuel macron, then ministerfor economic and digital affairs, agreed to help them change the law. the leak shows uber offered to draft new legislation and thanked mr macron

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines...h attack on the capitol. president biden has tested positive for covid, but he says he's carrying on working in isolation in the white house. let's turn to turkey now, which says a deal has been reached to allow ukraine to resume exports of grain through the black sea. it will be signed on friday in istanbul by ukraine, russia, turkey and the un secretary general. russia's invasion of ukraine, which is one of the world's biggest suppliers of wheat and other grains, led to a huge rise in food prices. under the deal, russia would agree to a truce at sea to allow grain to be moved, and turkey would inspect ships to ensure they are not carrying any weapons. here's ukraine's ambassador to un sergiy kyslytsya, speaking to bbc news just a short while ago. it's a very elaborate agreement that we all may decide tomorrow in istanbul. i can assure you that everybody�*s dictated everybody�*s dedicated and the teams of all parties will continue working on the finalfacts. there are some details... i

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our headlines...ave triggering a surge of fires in london. the london fire brigade declared a major emergency. wildfires are also spreading in many areas across europe, particularly in spain and france. there are warnings about the danger to human health. let's move away from that heatwave story for now, and take you to iran, where russian president vladimir putin has met turkish and iranian leaders in tehran. this is only his second foreign trip since he launched the invasion of ukraine in february. unblocking ukrainian grain exports via the black sea was high on the agenda, and mr putin said progress had been made. i'mjoin i'm join now by sina azodi at the university of south florida. it's great to get you on the programme, mr azodi. great to get you on the programme, mrazodi. how do great to get you on the programme, mr azodi. how do you think the visit went? i mr azodi. how do you think the visit went? , ., , went? i believe that president putin's trip — went? i believe that president putin's trip

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines...h the heat waves working dozens of fires around london. china has been facing extreme heat wave with more hot weather forecast. let's turn to iran, where russian president vladimir putin has met turkish and iranian leaders in tehran. this is only his second foreign trip since he launched the invasion of ukraine in february. unblocking ukrainian grain exports via the black sea was high on the agenda, and mr putin said progress had been made. earlier, i spoke to sina azodi from the atlantic council fellow and asked what president putin and the iranian leaders hope to achieve from the trip. i think that president putin's trip to iran was quite essential in the context of what we've been hearing. recently, we heard that iran supplied drones to russia. iran issued a vgue statement, they did not confirm it. so i believe there's a possibility that the discussion over drones will come in. i think also that there is trade involved. iran ministry issued a statement announcing that the largest in

reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: borisjohnson fights to survive as the uk's prime minister, as two senior ministers resign from his cabinet in quick succession. rishi sunak is no longer chancellor — saying borisjohnson isn't competent or serious — while sajid javid —— saying the public expected the government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously. sajid javid resigns from the department of health — questioning the prime minister's integrity. we'll bring you news of their replacements, as the prime minister shows no sign of considering his own position. also in the programme: marched at gunpoint towards an execution — we have the inside story of a russian atrocity in ukraine from the survivor who played dead. another 50,000 people told to evacuate their homes in sydney — the australian city has had eight months of rain in just four days. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am in the morning in singapore and midnight in london, where borisjohnson�*s prem

jules is standing by in singapore. it is often tough to talk about markets at a time like this but certainly seeing some reaction. juliette: as you say, it is tough when you hear such devastating news. the yen is up about .4% against the dollar, that blows through -- flows through into the market impact on europe. abe is more well-known than kishida overseas. he had been very supportive of the boj's ultra-loose monetary policy, so looking for a shift in that, too standard chartered saying this is not the raining premier -- reigning premiere. the nikkei is parenting earlier gains of more than one and a half percent as traders digest this terrible news out of japan. let's look more broadly at the asian session because prior to this had been a variant risk on session following the momentum from wall street. and you are finally getting support in terms of tangible moves from china's authorities, $220 billion of bonds potentially hitting the market from local government facilities. the csi is only up .2%, copper in shanghai

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: in denmark, at least three people are killed in a shooting at a shopping centre in the capital, copenhagen. translation: suddenly we heard shots. - i think there were 10 shots. we ran through the mall and ended up in a toilet, where we all huddled together. there were around 11 of us. we were so scared. it's just been a terrible experience. police say a 22—year—old danish man has been charged with the attack and will appear in court on monday. the country's prime minister described it as a cruel attack and urged the people to stand together. in other news: ukraine's troops have withdrawn from the strategic city of lysychansk. russia says it now controls the entire region of luhansk. kyiv denies carrying out a series of attacks across the russian border which have reportedly left at least four dead. and a warning in the uk that the number of people being admitted to hospital with covid is expected to rise again. voice-over: live voice—over: live from our studio in singap

and then we heard during the course of the day that from the mall davis, he was flying to singapore, potentially not his final destination. that again, there's a lot of speculation over the way exactly, he added, but one sort of is waiting to see what exactly he hopes to do. there are those who think that he's using the resignation as a sort of a bargaining chip until he gets to his final destination. because man, bear in mind that as president, there is a certain clue of presidential immunity and the moment that is lost, then he does open himself to prosecution or detention on certain charges or whatever it is that is left wide open. so obviously there are reasons and strategies behind this decision. certainly that makes a lot of sense. and, you know, we of course know that the source of this anger that has been boiling is really about, you know, high levels of corruption, that economic situation in the country. and protesters are, you know, remaining in the streets and in the palace. and when they broke through those gates, a lot of them were quite shocked by just the level of opul

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: inside sri lanka's presidential palace where protesters aren't satisfied with president rajapaska's pledge to quit. how does it feel to swim in the president's personal pool? translation: i'm happy. i'm so happy. japan's ruling coalition increases its majority in elections, in a move that could help cement the legacy of assassinated former prime minister shinzo abe. in the uk, a crowded field of candidates want to take over from borisjohnson as prime minister, with 11 mps, and counting, eyeing up the top job. and in tennis — victory is sweet for novak djokovic, who wins his seventh wimbledon men's singles title. voice-over: live voice—over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's eight in the morning in singapore, and 5:30 in the morning in colombo, sri lanka where protestors have been celebrating what they believe to be the toppling of the country's leadership. president rajapaksa — whose family has dominated sri lankan politics for the

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. of the deadliest in europe since the second world war. the number of ukrainian troops killed is highly sensitive information, but officials say more than a hundred are dying every day, while on the russian side the number of dead is said to be significantly higher. nearly 5,000 civilians have also died and today president zelensky has sacked his chief prosecutor and the head of the country's security agency and said over 650 cases of suspected treason and aiding and abetting russia by ukrainian security officials are currently being investigated. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, now reports from the donbas region of eastern ukraine, on the human and psychological cost of the war. death can come quickly in the donbas. the seconds it takes for a russian shell to land. this time among the homes of ordinary people. their elderly neighbour was killed. she shows us the badly wounded dog. signs of normal life are disappearing fast. sloviansk, the next city in russia's sights. the e

singapore most likely wouldn't grand to him. he is there now on the official private visit. if that's his destination or his place of exile, we still don't know. there was a lot of talk that he was going to go to do by, but the whole process of him fleeing and where he's going to go to has been very unclear and also what will happen next. what will happen next people i also asking will he ever be brought to justice? of course, during his time as the defense secretary, when there was a war going on in the tama areas, then a lot of war crimes have been committed. that's what human rights organizations have set, and nobody has ever been brought to court. they also feels that he is responsible for this and should also be brought to justice. not only for the economic mismanagement that he's been accused off in the last couple of years. but also for older crimes that have happened when he was in charge from life for the initial and can capital columbus stamp. thank you. all right, so i think just heard that got to buy a roger pack say

and also coming up, sir lincoln, president goes to buy a pack. sad reportedly arrives in singapore from them all. these lots are feeding his country in the face of angry protests and anger explodes over fuel shortages in haiti. of gang violence brings the capital to a halt and a prolonged heat wave across much of southern europe. parts of italy in spain are suffering severe, drummed ah, us president joe biden and israeli prime minister. yeah. de la pete have signed a non binding declaration to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. biden says it's vital to world security to ensure yvonne never has such a nuclear weapon. it's biden's 2nd day in israel and his 1st trip to the middle east as president. today, you and i also discussed, emerge amendment to ensuring around never obtains a nuclear weapon. this is a vital security interest of israel in the united states and i would add for the rest of the world as well. i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome and will continue to work or israel to counter other threats from iran throughout the region.

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines...on the 4th chicago after opening fire on the 11th ofjuly parade. ukraine has vowed to fight back in luhansk, and vladimir putin has ordered his troops to press on to donetsk. let's turn now to the central asian republic of uzbekistan, which is experiencing its worst outbreak of violence for 17 years. the authorities say at least 18 people were killed in the region of karakalpakstan last week, when protests erupted last week over plans to limit its autonomy. more than 500 people were detained by the security services before the president backtracked and dropped plans to change the constitution. for more on that, i'm joined now by doctor bhavna dave, professor of central asian politics at the school of oriental and african studies of london. it's great to get you on the programme. in the first instance, let's take a look at the fact that this is the worst violence in 17 years. how did we get here? iliiui’ith this is the worst violence in 17 years. how did we get here? with the events tha

i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines... on a july the 4th after opening fire on a july the 11th parade were six people were killed. ukraine has fought back in luhansk. vladimir putin has ordered his troops to press on. returning to australia after sydney was hit by yet more floods and at least one death has been reported so far. the australian city has suffered major flooding after parts of eastern australia experienced months of rainfall. a number of areas in sydney have now been flooded more than twice in 2022, including the suburb of camden. joining me is director of the sports club of camden, steve. i know this must be a very difficult time for you. how are things this time around?— how are things this time around? ,., ., ., �*, , around? good morning. it's very tou~h around? good morning. it's very tough waking — around? good morning. it's very tough waking up _ around? good morning. it's very tough waking up and _ around? good morning. it's very tough waking up and knowing i tough waking up and knowing you're going th