Turned their backs on the Material World to become monks. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Hello. Its 7 00am in singapore and midnight in london, and we start with a warning from climate experts at the un. They say big changes to Food Production and eating habits are needed to limit Global Warming, and ease the pressure on the worlds land and water resources. Scientists suggest we eat more plant based foods and stress that action must come from all sectors of society. The top ten Greenhouse Gas emitters make up 60 of the worlds total emissions. China is the biggest, contributing over a quarter of global emissions with a population of 1. 4 billion. Its followed by the united states, which emits around 13 of the worlds emissions. Next is india, contributing to 7. 1 of emissions. Heres our science editor david shukman. A wall of dust smothers the parched fields of oklahoma. The planet is heating up, which may make it harder to grow the food we need, just as the worlds population keeps increasing. Therell be 2 billion more of us by the middle of the century. And at the same time, up to a third of all food is wasted. And as it rots, it releases gases that raise temperatures even more. And this exacerbates Climate Change. The Un Climate Panel highlights these challenges in a major new report into how were damaging the land we depend on and what that means for the future. We see very high risks, and that becomes incredibly scary, not just for the public, but for us as individuals and scientists, and the question is, what can we do to avoid those risks and build a betterfuture . The first step, the scientists say, would be to see an end to clearing forests like the amazon. As we reported last month, the trees store huge amounts of carbon, but theyre being felled to make way for cattle. And because the animals generate a lot of methane, a warming gas, the report says that eating less meat and more plants would really help. So what we choose to put on our plate helps define what the Carbon Footprint and the level of Greenhouse Gas in the atmosphere, so that choice between broccoli and ribs on your plate actually has a real link to the level of Global Warming that were likely to see. The report suggests that we have to come up with clever new ways of producing food and of using land if were to have any chance of avoiding the most dangerous impacts of Climate Change. And its very clear that switching to renewables on their own wont be enough. At this Research Farm in the netherlands, a glimpse of a possible future with a robot working a field. This is the view from the machine, spotting weeds in the crop. And planting everything in strips limits the spread of pests and the need to spray. Up the road, a dairy farm thats floating in rotterdam. It means the cows can be milked where consumers live, cutting the need for transport, which means fewer emissions. And theres the same kind of idea in nigeria. This farmer is in the city of abuja. This food is grown in the city where its eaten. Urban agriculture like this can be more environmentally friendly. The teenage campaigner Greta Thunberg was in geneva to thank the climate scientists for their work. She says her diet is vegan and she told me attitudes towards Climate Change seem to depend on age. It feels like many older people feel like, why should i care about this . This is not going to affect me as much. But young people feel more like it is going to affect them. Wind tears away precious soil from the fields. The more the land is degraded, the less it can absorb carbon from the air, and the more temperatures will rise. David shukman, bbc news, in geneva. Lets take a look at some of the days other news. The russian government says two specialists have been killed and six other people injured in an explosion at a naval testing facility. Officials said the blast happened during testing in the arkhangelsk region. Our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford, has more details. There was an explosion we know during testing of a missile engine in the north west of russia on a facility we know is used to test all sort of missiles for russells navy, particularly the Northern Fleet which is no close by does not close by with its atomic submarines. There we re by with its atomic submarines. There were deaths in six people were injured. Following the explosion, we know the local administration recorded an increase in Background Radiation levels for about a0 minutes. They say the radiation level has now fallen and the Defence Ministry says there was no danger submissions from this exposure. Also making news today Hong Kong Police have appealed for order on the eve of a three day protest scheduled to begin friday afternoon local time at the citys international airport. Similar action was taken injuly when the arrivals hall was blocked by protesters. Police say they have yet to receive an application for a permit to hold a gathering at the airport. Nearly 600 people have been arrested since the pro democracy protests began in june. Authorities in taiwan are ordering markets, businesses and schools to close on friday as a super typhoon approached the island. Typhoon lekima with maximum winds of up to 2a0 kilometres per hour will pass by japan and taiwan on friday morning local time before moving toward the chinese coast, south of shanghai. Kyrgyzstans Security Forces have arrested former president Almazbek Atambayev after a botched raid on his property overnight resulted in the death of one officer. Mr atambayev, who faces corruption allegations, reportedly surrendered and was taken to the capital, bishkek. It followed a standoff where his supporters took six officers captive. Protestors have clashed with police on the streets of bishkek. The leader of italys ruling right wing league party, matteo salvini, has declared the governing coalition to be unworkable and called for new elections. It follows months of internal feuding with the leagues coalition partner, the five star movement. Prime minister Giuseppe Conte immediately hit back, saying it is not up to salvini to convene parliament or set the agenda. Staying with italy, the Italian Government says it will ban large cruise ships from venices historic centre. It comes after an accident injune in which a cruise ship hit a dock, injuring five people. But campaigners say its not enough. They want the vessels to be banned from a larger area, arguing that diverting some ships towards nearby ports will do little to stop the damage they cause. The indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has defended his governments decision to remove kashmirs special status. He said its removal would benefit not only the people of kashmir, but all of india. India and pakistan two Nuclear Armed powers claim kashmir in its entirety. But each controls part of the territory. Pakistan has said the removal of special status breaches international law, but its foreign minister said they are not looking at a military response. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye, is one of the few International Journalists in kashmir. She sent this report from srinagar, which has been in lockdown since sunday. Kashmir is a fortress. Tens of thousands of indian soldiers line its streets and highways. Police vans announcing there is a curfew in place do the rounds. Boys raising anti india slogans are chased away. And there are checkpoints everywhere. Were asked for ids and curfew passes, and after some convincing, were allowed to go ahead. Because of the environment of fear, it has been hard to speak to kashmirs people. So, away from the eyes of the Security Forces, we have come into the small lanes of old srinagar. In a one room home, we meet an elderly couple. With phone lines cut off, television has been their only source of information. Modi has done what he wanted to do, but he has left us to die, this woman tells me as she breaks down. Translation what india has done, its done for itself, not for us. Theyve smothered us. Theyve destroyed us. Their son overhears our conversation and joins in. How are we free . , he asks. This is worse than being injail. Outside, people are curious, asking for information, telling us how angry they are. What you are seeing here stones strewn across the street, signs that a protest took place here earlier. Clashes like these have been breaking out here in srinagar, and in parts of southern kashmir, as well. But the anger inside isnt really spilling out onto the streets, as we have seen happen before in kashmir. The reason for that is that people are not able to communicate with each other, and because of the tight security deployment. When the soldiers begin to withdraw in the evening, a few stone pelters come out. What will happen when the curfew is lifted is the question on everyones minds. Today, Prime Minister modi addressed the nation, defending his governments decision. There are parts of the region where people are welcoming his words, but here, they have lost faith in indian democracy. Yogita limaye, bbc news, srinagar. Us immigration Officials Say they have released roughly 300 people who were arrested during a massive raid in mississippi on wednesday. Nearly 700 workers employed at Food Processing plants were arrested for not having the right documents to be in the us. But stories of children being separated from their parents have sparked outrage, as the bbcs Chris Buckler reports. Ina in a series of targeted raids, Immigration Enforcement agents lead undocumented workers to custody. Some of the children were left behind. He isnt a criminal or something, please let him breathe. Most of the 600 workers arrested we re most of the 600 workers arrested were hispanic, many of their children returned home to find their pa rents children returned home to find their parents werent there. Then i bring looked after by friends and relatives. He said his mom was gone, his upset with tram, he is she just wants his mum back. And they both grown, theyve been crying all day since they got home from school. He found out she wasnt at home, i went over to pick him up and they have been crying all day, just upset. The raids at seven different locations with the result of a year long investigation that was focus not just on year long investigation that was focus notjust on those who were illegally in the country, but also those employing them. To those who use illegal aliens for a competitive advantage, if we find that you have violated federal criminal law, we are coming after you. President trump has long post for more actions you find and remove those illegally living and working in the united states. And this is one of the largest enforcement operations in recent yea rs. Largest enforcement operations in recent years. But the mayor of mississippis state capital, jackson, has called the raids dehumanising. Chris buckler, bbc news, washington. You are watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme why are women scientists being overlooked on wikipedia . We will hear from one activist who is trying to bring about change. Also on the programme we meet indias growing community ofjain monks, who have renounced all worldly possessions, as well as their families. The question was whether we want to save our people and japanese as well and win the war, or whether we want to take a chance on being able to win the war by killing all our young men. The invasion began at two oclock this morning. Mr bush, like most other people, was clearly caught by surprise. We call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all the iraqi forces. 100 years old and still full of vigor, vitality and enjoyment of life. No other king or queen in british history has lived so long, and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that shes achieved this landmark anniversary. This is a Pivotal Moment for the church as an international movement. The question now is whether the american vote will lead to a split in the anglican community. This is newsday on the bbc. Im Sharanjit Leyl in singapore. Im ben bland in london. Our top stories a major un report on land use and Climate Change says the wests High Consumption of meat and dairy produce is fuelling Global Warming. Indias Prime Minister defends his decision to revoke kashmirs special status, saying the region will be freed from terrorism and separatism. Lets take a look at some front pages from around the world. First, the japan times leads with rising trade tensions between Economic Partners japan and south korea. It focuses on a potentially punitive move by japan to remove its neighbour from a select group of countries cleared for preferential export screenings. Secondly, the south china post reports on the return to employment of a former top Police Officer in hong kong. Alan lau yip shing, the former Deputy Police commissioner, has been bought out of retirement in order to help quell the escalating crisis on the citys streets. And finally, the Straits Times leads with a warning made by the Prime Minister, lee hsien loong, that singapore faces a very different future. He says both Global Warming and changing economic relations are potential threats to the nation. Now, what stories are sparking discussions online . Yes, lets looks at what is trending right now. Princess charlotte had a mischievous day out, as her parents were denied victory at the kings cup yachting regatta by adventurer bear grylls. The day began with the duke and duchess of cambridge going head to head in the event, which took place off the isle of wight. But kate came second to last in the race, receiving a giant wooden spoon. As Princess Charlotte was being ushered away following the ceremony, she stuck her tongue out at the crowd, before being quickly rushed downstairs. And in case you missed that, take a look at those pictures one more time. I think she is the only one who can get away with doing Something Like that. If you want to know about Albert Einstein or isaac newton, you can find answers in seconds on wikipedia. But if you were hoping to look up a female scientist on the online encyclopaedia, you will probably be disappointed. There are fewer than 9,000 articles dedicated to female scientists on the site. Well, a group of Australian Women are trying to change that by recruiting voluteers to add pages about female scientists to wikipedia. Event organiser and scientist Melina Georgousakis explains why she decided to focus on female scientists. I took wikipedia for granted a couple of months ago, and it was when i heard that fact, talking to an english scientist who has been championing getting more representation for female scientists on wikipedia that i realised, do you know what . We have a wonderful network of scientists in australia who could really increase this number. So it really inspired me to see if we could do something to pump it up see if we could do something to pump itupa see if we could do something to pump it up a little bit. And so tell us about some of the female scientists, one particular woman who had been overlooked by wikipedia. Lmx yes, so theres a few good examples, looking backin theres a few good examples, looking back in history, but one that i think is really relevant now, because it is related to one of our eminent scientific awards around the world is professor donna strickland. So professor strickland won the nobel prize for physics in 2018, and she is the third woman ever to be recognised for this award for physics. And surprisingly, she never had a Wikipedia Page, even though her work in optical physics really has flow on effects for all of society. And believe it or not, three months before the award, someone three months before the award, someone had actually added a Wikipedia Page for professor strickland, but it was voted to be taken down by the wikimedia editing community, and it wasnt until she received the award that everyone was like, why is this woman not represented on the Worlds Largest online encyclopaedia . Represented on the Worlds Largest online encyclopaedia 7 and represented on the Worlds Largest online encyclopaedia . And that quickly changed the day after. Melina, i have to say that is a really good example, and it is rather shocking, as well. So who is this wikipedia editing community . Why do they make these decisions that seem so gender biased . Yes, so this is something that, like i said, i took for granted and we just really learned about. So theres about 130,000 editors of wikipedia, and it is important to remember that it really is an open and free encyclopaedia, and how the content is made isjust by encyclopaedia, and how the content is made is just by contributions encyclopaedia, and how the content is made isjust by contributions by society. Which is really important, because that is its model. But what happens is, at the moment, really the population of wikipedia editors arent very diverse. So around 90 of them are men, and they are mainly located in north america. So it really would affect the type of perspectives, and also knowledge and awareness, that influences what the content is. So very few women are editors, and very few people from diverse groups. So even through our wikipedia edit a thon, we added a number of pages but we also trained up number of pages but we also trained up a0 women on this new skill. In india, more young people than ever before are turning their backs on modern society to becomejain monks. There are an estimated 7 millionjains worldwide. They practice vegetarianism and non violence, but the monks are much stricter, renouncing their homes and families, and vowing to do everything in their power to protect all life. Priyanka pathak reports. Would you give up your home, your family and friends, your phone and your shoes, for a shot at salvation . Here in india, more people under the age of 30 are deciding to do just that by becoming jain monks. They believe even microscopic life is sacred. So the monks walk barefoot and dont use electricity, to minimise their impact on the planet. After the ceremony, dhruvi will not be able to call her parents mum and dad, and because the ceremonies are strictly divided, she will never be able to hug her dad look him in the eye again. The ceremony where she will take her vows the ceremony where she will take her vows is called deeksha. Fewer than ten people a year used to become months, monks, but last year more than 200 took deeksha. This year, that number is likely to double, with a00 deekshas expected. And it isa with a00 deekshas expected. And it is a surprisingly modern invention thatis is a surprisingly modern invention that is helping to drive this increase, youtube. This man was training to become an accountant when he decided to leave it all behind and become a monk. His Youtube Channel documenting the process has 1 million Youtube Channel documenting the process has1 million views. It is the morning of dhruvis deeksha. Thousands have turned out to watch, and the whole thing is being streamed on youtube. She because this is a sign of cutting off the world. Then she hugs her dad for the last time. She joins the community of over 16,000 jain monks. Fewer than 10 ever revoke their vows, so it is likely she will have the rest of her life to ponder whether the sacrifice was worth it. Singapore celebrates 5a years of independence today, on national day. It has also been 200 years since the founding of modern singapore by sir stamford raffles. But, in a new documentary about singapore, sharanjit uncovers some secrets of the city that many people may not know. Sharanjit, tell us more. As a singaporean, im really excited about national day, and the new documentary about some secrets of the city which is airing this weekend. In it, i discover that in fact singapore had a much richer history that predated the arrival of sir stamford raffles. The modern narrative has painted singapore as a sleepy fishing village before his arrival, but in fact it was a very vibrant place, with rich malay kingdoms many centuries before. You can see the full documentary this weekend on bbc world news. And as a singaporean, i assume you will be celebrating somehow. What are you up to later . Thats right, i have brought my singapore flag to wave around because i am going to the big national day parade, otherwise known as the ndp, it is a big holiday here. But hundreds of people go and watch this, hours long, and it is lots of military jets on display, but it ends with an amazing fireworks display. I am really looking forward to that. |j amazing fireworks display. I am really looking forward to that. I am disappointed i am not here to enjoy it with you but i hope to see lots of photos afterwards. And before we go, we would like to leave you with these pictures. These cats were shaken from sleep in taiwan after a 5. 9 magnitude earthquake that rattled taiwan on thursday killed one woman and caused temporary Power Outages that affected more than 10,000 homes, authorities said. Hello there. It was 27 degrees on thursday in suffolk. Felt a bit more like summer, but the weather is changing now. The next few days look very different. Not only will there be some rain, which is going to be heavy at times, it is the strength of the wind that is going to be more significant, to bring more impacts. Now, we dont normally see a satellite picture looking like this at this time of year. But this curl of cloud marks the position of an unusually deep area of low pressure for august, hence the strength of the wind. It is a lot further south than we would expect, as well, and it is putting these weather fronts northwards and eastwards and bringing some rain as well, which could be heavy at times. As we head into the morning, northern scotland still generally dry. Just one or two showers, a cooler field still generally dry. Just one or two showers, a coolerfield here. But a wet start to the day across central southern scotland for the rush hour. That rain is going to be quite heavy. We have still got some rain around in the morning first thing across northern ireland, the far north of england, and perhaps some showery bursts of rain still to clear away from eastern england. Further west, though, wales and the south west, dry at this stage and quite sunny as well. And quite a warm and muggy start across england and wales as well. That rain should clear away in the morning from eastern england. The rain band marching northwards into northern scotland, and then a lot of showers developed out across western parts of the uk. These are going to be heavy, thundery, gusty winds. Very lively gusts in the south west later on in the afternoon, as the winds really start to pick up. It is still going to be quite warm, though, for eastern parts of england, where it is going to be driest of all in the afternoon, hires into the mid 20s. But our area of low pressure is continuing to push its way northwards, and the winds continue to strengthen during the evening, overnight and into saturday. Low pressure is focusing the wettest weather in the northern half of the uk, with showers or longer spells of rainfor uk, with showers or longer spells of rain for scotland, northern ireland, perhaps the far north of england. The risk of thunder. Further south, the showers that come in will be more fleeting. There will be lengthy spells of sunshine, and that is because it is going to be very windy for england and wales. Widespread gales, we will be looking at gusts of 60 mph around some Southern Coast of 60 mph around some Southern Coast of england and wales. And because of that it of england and wales. And because of thatitis of england and wales. And because of that it is going to feel somewhat cooler and fresher, with typical temperatures into the low 20s. For the second half of the weekend, our low pressure starts to push away to scandinavia. It wont be as windy on sunday, but we have still got these weather fronts on the scene, focusing the showers into longer spells of rain. And that wet weather will drift its way further south into england and wales. It will start to change the wind direction. It will be breezy, but nowhere near as windy on sunday. We will be pulling down a northerly wind, it is drawing down cooler air, particularly in the north, the size of 15 or 16 celsius. There are highs of 15 or 16 celsius. Im ben bland with bbc world news. Our top story a major un report warns that eating meat is increasingly fuelling Climate Change. Scientists say altering our diets to become more plant based could dramatically reduce emissions, with one quarter of Greenhouse Gases coming from Food Production. Indias Prime Minister has defended his decision to revoke kashmirs special status. In an address to the nation Narendra Modi said a new era has begun, and the region will be freed from terrorism and separatism. And this video is trending on bbc. Com. Us immigration officials have released about half of nearly 700 people detained in a huge raid in the state of mississippi. Campaigners say they should all be set free. Images of children separated from their parents have sparked condemnation. Thats all. Stay with bbc world news