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Political correspondence Jessica Parker speaking to kasia madera from and a concert in koreas westminster. Demilitarized zone. How culture hopes to ease tensions lets take a look at some of the days other news. President donald trump says talks betweent he us and the taliban are dead. The president was set to meet with taliban leaders over the weekend, but abruptly between north and south. Cancelled the meeting. Speaking to reporters, he said that the killing of a us soldier was the reason live from our studios in singapore behind his decision. And london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Hello and welcome to as far as as faras im as far as im concerned theyre dead. They thought they had to kill people in order to put themselves in a better negotiating position. When they did that they killed 12 people, the programme. One happen to be a Great American its 1 00am here in london, soldier, a wonderful young man from where in the past half hour mps have defeated the british governments puerto rico. The family is from call for a general election, puerto rico. The family is from puerto rico. The family is from before parliament is puerto rico. And you cant do that, suspended for five weeks. You cant do that with me. So they this was how the result are dead as far as im concerned. Also making news today was announced. North korea has said that its ready to resume Nuclear Talks with the United States. The ayes to the right 293. In a statement to north koreas state news agency, vice foreign minister choe son hui the noes to the left 46. Said the nation was ready to have comprehensive discussions with the us at a time and place thats less than last time. Yes. For agreed by both sides. But he said that washington must bring new proposals to the table. Us. Thats less than last time. Yes. For us. Not for you. A representative for the state Department Said there were no the ayes to the right 293. Meetings scheduled between the two the noes to the left 46. Countries at this time. More trouble for nissan, its ceo, hiroto saikawa, so the ice habit, the ice covered. Has announced hes stepping down as head of the company. It comes after he admitted by so the ice habit, the ice covered. By way of explanation. Ayes. Receiving 500,000 in shares back in 2013. Its yet another road block for the japanese car giant after its former boss, carlos ghosn, was arrested last year the vote followed a stormy debate in which the leader for under reporting his salary. Of the Oppositionjeremy Corbyn the Company Faces slowing sales accused the Prime Minister Boris Johnson of trying to call an election now in order to secure a no deal brexit by stealth at the end of october. And falling profits. The Prime Minister said the opposition was simply afraid they would lose the election. And the exchanges staying injapan, thousands continued after the vote. Are still without power after the most powerful typhoon in years hit tokyo. Two people are reported dead, i will go to that crucial summit in and Dozens Injured after 200mph winds buffeted the city. Brussels on october 17 and no matter it couldnt have come at a worst time for the nation its set to host the Rugby World Cup in 10 days. How many devices this parliament invents to tie my hands i will amongst those caught up in the storm were three International Rugby teams, who, like thousands of others, strive, mr speaker, to get an were left stranded at narita airport agreement in the national interest. As typhoon faxai intensified. This government will not delay brexit any further. We will not allow the emphatic verdict of the referendum to be slowly suffocated two years after more than 700,000 by further drift and paralysis. Muslim rohingyas fled from a savage military operation, they remain stuck in overcrowded camps in bangladesh. The one thing the Prime Minister a second attempt to start didnt say was he was going to obey the law of this country. He did not say he acknowledged or accepted repatriating the refugees failed frevo s that have taken place in this parliament and, under his last month when none of the 3,500 rohingyas request, the house is now due, selected would agree to go, apparently, this evening, to be citing fears for their safety. The government of myanmar says it is committed prorogued for one of the longest to bringing them back. Prorogations in history, simply in however, our correspondent Jonathan Head was able to find evidence that, far from welcoming order to avoid any questioning of the rohingyas back, the authorities in Rakhine State have been what he is doing or not doing, simply to avoid discussion about erasing all trace of them. Yellowhammer, particularly to avoid any discussion about the proposals the border post in northern rhakine he has or hasnt or do or dont state. An immigration officer shows us state. An immigration officer shows us lists of the Rohingya Refugees exist that have been put to the european union. Mr speaker, this his government had approved last government is a disgrace and the way month. They want the world to the Prime Minister operates is a understand how ready they are to have at least some of them back. Disgrace. That Stormy Exchange took though so far they have had no place in the past half hour. Uk takers. We have been allowed to come parliament will now be suspended for the next five weeks. Our Political Correspondent right up here to the border with Jessica Parker gave me the latest from westminster. Bangladesh and it is through these opposition parties have made it abundantly clear that they were rusting gates that myanmar Officials Say they were expecting hundreds, even thousands, operating the refugees to come under the latest either going to abstain or vote against the motion. The 293, that is repatriation scheme. Without any just a touch over, i think, what is real investigation into the abuses and, most of all, without any 110w just a touch over, i think, what is now the numbers in terms of conservative mps after the whip was reassu ra nces and, most of all, without any reassurances about what kind of removed from 21 of them last week. Future they have, we know that at we will have to see the breakdown of the moment none of the rohingya s over there on that side of order are those votes and who voted how and we will get those names in a short willing to make this crossing. If while. But Boris Johnson, will get those names in a short while. But borisjohnson, i think, significant numbers of rohingya theyre trying to suggest that mps refugees do decide to come back, have, by doing this, meant it means this is where theyre likely to spend at least their first two months. It is a transit camp and that people have been denied a right come as you can see, it would be to have a say of the idea of a general election, because, of pretty basic living. It is also fenced in with watchtowers and armed course, they already rejected the police. It is unlikely they will be idea of a general election last week. And what really strikes me, free to come and go. But most of them will not be able to go back to actually, listening to all the their villages, because, that not speeches that are going on in the house of commons night, is, gosh, it just been destroyed by the violence of two years ago, they have might be late at night, what time is it now . A quarter to one in the continued to be demolished even since then. In fact, even this very morning, but it is not exactly a sleepy house of Commons Chamber as things wrap up are the end of this camp is built on the side of what was an intact rohingya village that parliamentary session. A lot of was an intact rohingya village that was then bulldozed. Satellite images angen parliamentary session. A lot of anger, a lot of energetic debate if you want to put it diplomatically. Show two relatively undamaged this parliament has become quite a fractious place. And that is in settle m e nts show two relatively undamaged settlements at the end of 2017, evidence here tonight. A lot of which, within a few months, flattened to make way for the volatility regarding the prorogation transit camp. Yet the administrator of parliament. This is for five seems unaware of this. Why did you weeks coming up now. How does that work in terms of the logistics in destroy the village, the muslim terms of the conversation that village that was here, to build this happening now. Do we see the camp . Prorogation . The ceremony will translation there is no village in happen after this debate wraps up this area, he said, there are no tonight. Im told it takes about villages where we built the camp. 3040 tonight. Im told it takes about 30 40 minutes for that ceremony. Two years ago at the height of the after that parliament will be military campaign against the villages i was able to film a muslim prorogued for five weeks. By the people are wondering what on earth neighbourhood, which had just been happens during those five weeks, burnt. Today, on exactly the same well, in this case we will see party conferences, so the parties will stretch of road, theres newly gather in various spots around the constructed government complex instead. It has completely vanished. Country, politicians will make big set pieces speeches to their party faithful, in some cases policies we were also shown a relocation camp will be decided. But, of course, where returning refugees are there will be an off lot going on expected to live, closely monitored behind the scenes as well. This is not just a normal by the Security Forces there is a behind the scenes as well. This is notjust a normal party conferences, mps acutely conscious that when they large new Police Barracks close by. Come back on october 14 there will bea come back on october 14 there will be a touch of a two weeks to go he had to satellite images show that before the 31st of october deadline a rohingya village was demolished to make way for it here too. This is and, as we have learned over the last week, for sure, a majority of perhaps the strangest part of this tightly controlled government trip. Mps are against a no deal brexit. So they have brought us to a village youve got to think that they will thatis be making preparations to try to ta ke be making preparations to try to take Boris Johnson on, they have brought us to a village that is notorious for a massacre of be making preparations to try to take borisjohnson on, because he was pretty clear tonight, wasnt he, ten muslim men in september 2017 and he will not be seeking a delay to for which two reuters journalists brexit, despite the fact that, arguably, although i think this law went to prison after investigating it. Now they have brought us here will be tested, he will be mandated showing us a sense of ordinary life to do so unless he gets a deal to stress that it is all peaceful approved by the 19th of october. So and harmonious now with the muslim while hostilities might officially 00 07 09,032 4294966103 13 29,430 be resumed. I mean population. But if you come over here, behind this pub wire fence is where the muslims used to live. Barbed wire fence. There is no trace of them now. They have constructed some kind of government barix behind there. And it is quite clear that there. And it is quite clear that the muslims are never coming back here. Barix. Youre watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme the peace concert between north and south korea. Can culture help end yea rs of conflict . George w bush freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. The United States will hunt down and punish those responsible. Bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. We say to you today in a loud and a clear voice enough of blood and tears. Enough translation the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. Translation the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. Its an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. Im free this is newsday on the bbc. Im rico hizon in singapore. Im kasia madera in london. Our top stories mps have defeated the british governments call for a general election. Parliaments now set to be suspended for five weeks. When britain returned hong kong to china in 1997 after more than a century of colonial rule, it was a moment of pride for beijing, and trepidation for some in a territory that had long enjoyed greater freedom and prosperity than the nation that was reclaiming it. Now after weeks of demonstrations, many protesters say those freedoms are slipping away, with the territory falling farther under beijings shadow. Joining me now is martin lee, a founder of hong kongs democratic party. Hejoins us from our hong kong studios. Mr lee, thanks forjoining us on studios. Mr lee, thanks forjoining us on newsday. Minutes after hong kong was handed over to china in 1997, you immediately warned about the erosion of democracy. Is this how you saw it playing out 22 years later . Well, in fact, during that day, the handover, at midnight, i was very angry that we had to wait for ten years before we could have genuine democracy, because that was written into the basic law, our mini constitution, that we cannot have it right away, universal suffrage, constitution, that we cannot have it right away, universalsuffrage, but we have to wait for ten years before we have to wait for ten years before we can have it. Now, ten years would mean 2007, but now its still nowhere insight. Thats a problem. Without democracy and without china restraining itself from interfering in hong kongs internal affairs, theres no way of this grandiose idea of one country, two systems to work. But even today we dont have democracy. China is interfering. Its really running the place. The Chinese Government up until now hasnt given hong kong people any chance to one dell might work out the one country, two systems policy. But the protesters. One country, two systems policy. Why havent you worked on those other demands . Because the government doesnt want to work it out with us. Those of us in the democratic camp are simply ignored by this government and previous governments, because they dont work with us. We are in the minority, always in the minority in the Legislative Council, but in every Legislative Council election before and after 1997, we, the pro democracy people and our candidates, have always captured more popular votes than our opponents, those who are pro beijing. But because of the very unfairand beijing. But because of the very unfair and undemocratic electoral rules and laws, we are always condemned to be the minority in the chamber. So that is why the chief executive was hand picked by beijing, all four of them, this is numberfour, beijing, all four of them, this is number four, carrie lam, beijing, all four of them, this is numberfour, carrie lam, and the legislator is always under the control of beijing also. Legislature. Only the judiciary can be independent but again beijing is shouting to ask the judges to co operate with the government. Thanks forjoining us on newsday, martin lee, founder of hong kongs democratic party. Officials in the bahamas have defended their response to hurricane dorian, saying they are dealing with the disaster. At least 43 people were killed last week, and aid agencies say tens of thousands of people in the worst hit areas, still have no access to food or clean water. Aleem maqbool reports now from the abaco islands, one of the worst hit areas. With little left to stay for after the hurricane, theres a clamor now to get off this devastated island. The airstrips opened on abaco, and though the planes keep coming, theyjust cant match demand. Theres not enough. Theres nothing to do, so. All you can do is try. Marsh harbor close by though, is nowjust and obliterated and empty town. People who were here during the hurricane say those shipping containers were lifted up by the winds and the powerful tidal surges, and smashed into peoples homes, and pushed further and further back. And the stories of loss and of those who are missing are everywhere. Around here was the home of ebma francoise, we were going to accompany him back to the spot for the first time, but when we got to the edge of the town, he froze. You dont want to go there . No. Why dont you want to go there . Because you see how i smell . You see how it is. You could smell, you dont know what you smell there. It looks like something, people are still in there i know, so there are plenty of people dead. Plenty people dead. Among the ghosts here for ebma is that of his girlfriend, lisa. Her body was found, but the stench ebma talks of, suggests many still havent been. Eva survived with her children, but three of her cousins are still missing. Shes reluctant to fly out to the bahamian capital, nassau. They tell people to go nassau, i dont know nothing about nassau. Because i aint got no family in nassau there, because my kids need to go to school. I aint got nothing, i lost all my things. I aint got nothing in my life. It is the poorest who have been affected most by the hurricane, mainly from abacos haitian community. Many of them and feel the prospects are bleak, whether they stay or go. Aleem maqbool, bbc news, on the abaco islands of the bahamas. North korea has launched two unidentified projectiles into the sea, according to the south korean military. The launch comes just a few hours after pyongyang said it was willing to hold denuclearisation talks with washington in late september after months of stalemate. Its also exactly a year since the leaders of north and south korea signed a Historic Deal pledging to demilitarise the border between them, which the south has marked by holding a symbolic peace concert on that border. Laura bicker was there. For this world renowned cellist, this is a dream come true. Playing at the border between the two koreas. Culture allows us to dream together and together we can achieve the impossible. This makeshift stage at the train station is the last stop in the south. Beyond line lines. Just. Just last year there were discussions to change that. Last september, south koreas president moon and north koreas kimjong un declared theyd Work Together towards disarmament. The two sides destroyed watchtowers along the heavily fortified border and removed landmines. But in recent months, harsher signals have come from pyongyang. Theyve tested missile after missile. In june, pyongyang. Theyve tested missile after missile. Injune, there was this surprise meeting between mr trump and mr kim. Each month since, the us said talks would follow in coming days or weeks, but theres been nothing. The no has said it would no longer talk to the south. So as crowdpleasing as this concert may be, is it in vain. Translation if we keep trying, i believe one day we will be unified. So, for some, the dream continues. There are those in the south that cling to the hope that even if the north is not talking, it is at least listening. Laura bicker, bbc news, the dmz s. Thats all for now. Stay with bbc world news. Im rico hizon in singapore. Im kasia madera in london. Thanks for being with us. See you soon. Bye bye. Hello. Weather wise, yesterday certainly wasnt the most shining of starts to the new week. It was cloudy, it was pretty wet for many of us and also it felt on the chilly side. Today we flip the coin. Its much drier, it should be much brighter and also consequently will also feel warmer. This area of low pressure is the area responsible for the wet weather yesterday, thats off into the continent. Today, we have a little ridge of High Pressure. We start with quite a bit of cloud around, perhaps mist and fog, could be a problem for the early rush hour in the midlands but that will lift for sunshine in the afternoon. However, you dont need to look too closely to observe there is a significant change in northrthern ireland by the end of the afternoon. This weather front is part of an area of low pressure that is actually ex hurricane dorian. Its nowhere near hurricane strength as it makes its way to the uk, lets be clear about that, but it will be a windy night as the low pressure goes across and weather fronts will go south, rain around, but mild into wednesday. Through wednesday day, the centre of the low stays to the north of the uk. The isobars stay closely packed together. Much of the rain will sweep away south eastwards. We should be left with quite a bit of sunshine into the second half of the day, but the strong westerly wind will feed quite a few showers into western scotland. The wind will be particularly gusty, so potentially even disruptive as gusts could touch up to 40 45mph for exposed areas to the north and west of the uk. Temperatures already starting to look healthier than they did at the start of the week. Were into the low 20s in the south east. Wednesday into thursday, we get another little area of low pressure running across us. This is ex Tropical Storm gabrielle. Again basically quite a deep area of low pressure bringing some windy weather perhaps to the south and west in western exposures for a time. The biggest area is the tropical area it pulls up to the south of it on thursday. Wet for northrthern ireland and scotland, windy, potentially especially for the likes of wales and South West England but look at the temperatures being bolstered as we pull in the warm, humid air from the south. That then sets us up for the remainder of the week and to take us into the weekend, with High Pressure building from the south west. We feed the warmer air from the north into the uk, settling the weather down nicely. Friday into the weekend, dry weather around with pleasant spells of sunshine, and a return as well of some warmer weather. Madera im kasia madera with bbc world news. Our top story in britain, mps have again rejected government efforts to call a snap general election. Its the sixth defeat for the Prime Minister, borisjohnson, in little over a week. Parliament is now set to be suspended for five weeks. Authorities in the bahamas have defended their response to hurricane dorian. Aid still hasnt reached tens of thousands in the worst hit areas and many bodies havent been recovered. And this video is trending on bbc. Com. The author Margaret Atwood has told the bbc that her best selling book the handmaids tale has got a lot closer to reality since she wrote it 30 years ago. The sequel, called the testaments, is due to be published on tuesday. Thats all. Stay with bbc world news