Also in the programme australian intelligence officials investigate allegations of a plot to get a chinese spy elected to parliament. And we meet the malaysian punk rocker whos leading the Straight Edge Movement by promoting a totally sober lifestyle. Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. It is newsday. Glad you could join us. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore and the same time in hong kong, where leader carrie lam has said the government will seriously reflect after local elections saw Massive Gains by pro democracy candidates. They secured almost 90 of District Council seats in sundays poll. Its being seen as a stinging rebuke of ms lams leadership and a show of support for the protest movement. From hong kong, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. This is not the sort of Media Attention usually given to the winners of a local council election. But last nights victory for hong kongs democrats was no ordinary win. It was an unprecedented landslide. These newly minted young politicians won 85 of all the seats contested. We have five demands. Today, they gathered to tell hong kongs government they will not be ignored. Government parties, they have no more excuses for saying that rioters dont get the popular support. Now we see that they have popular support. Hong kong people have learned a lesson, that they understand that without democracy, any freedom. All the freedom that we have is very fragile. It can be gone in one day by a tyranny. The message here today is that the hong kong opposition is now the most powerful Political Group in hong kong. It is no longer a protest movement. It now has a proper democratic mandate. And that means that the chief executive can no longer ignore their demands. Time for the Hong Kong Government to act may be short. In Central Hong Kong today, prominent pro beijing politician regina ip had to be escorted from her office by riot police withjeering, hostile crowds. Out on a Street Corner this evening, paul tse was thanking his supporters. Hes one of a handful of pro government councillors who survived the election. But he says it has been a nightmare for the pro government camp. Everything is wrong. I think we have to start with the government policies, government strategies, the composition of all kinds of things, the cabinet and what have you. I think this is a very loud voice of the people that they arent happy with what theyve been going through the last six months. But anyone looking for a hopeful sign from beijing today got nothing. A Foreign Ministry spokesman again insisting that hong kong is chinas internal affair, and everyone else should mind their own business. Applause but without some acknowledgement of what happened here on sunday, the celebrations could soon turn back into violence on the streets. Rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. We will go live to hong kong. We will get some more reaction a little bit later. Now i want to bring you up to date with a story that is developing at the moment. A court in washington has ruled that former white House Counsel, don mcgahn, must comply with a congressional subpoena related to an investigation into russian interference in the 2016 us elections. That probe is now complete, but the ruling could provide a legal basis for white house officials to testify before the impeachment inquiry. Our north america correspondent david willis is following the story for us. David, this is just david, this isjust coming through to us at the moment. Talk us through the significance. It is interesting because the white house had argued that former senior aides had immunity from being called to testify before congress, and therefore, there was no compulsion for them to do so. Well, now, a federaljudge in washington, dc has decided otherwise, and that means that the former white House Counsel don mcgann, a very influential man, somebody who was in the white house from the early days, will be called upon to testify before congress and that the subpoenae does count legally. Don mcgann of course is someone legally. Don mcgann of course is someone who was legally. Don mcgann of course is someone who was very legally. Don mcgann of course is someone who was very useful to the former special Council Robert miller and his investigation into allegations of collusion between the trumpet campaign and russia. Mr mcgann famously told Robert Mueller that he had been told by the president in a late night telephone call to his home to get onto the Justice Department and suck mueller himself, the federal council, and when that story became public, the president had fallen him to hold a press co nfe re nce president had fallen him to hold a press conference and deny there was any truth to it. What this could all do now is lead to renewed democrats rather former do now is lead to renewed democrats ratherformer senior do now is lead to renewed democrats rather former Senior Trump Administration officials to be brought before congress to testify, not least of them of course the former National Security adviser john bolton. That said, this ruling by this federal court in washington, dc is expected to be appealed by the white house. We will watch this space, david, for the time being. Thank you so much for being across this. David willis in north america. This is just breaking this. David willis in north america. This isjust breaking in the past few moments so we will get more reaction on our website as well. Lets bring you up to date with some of the day was like other stories. The World Meteorological organisation has called on governments around the globe to honour their promises about climate change. It comes as the Un Organisation says that levels of Greenhouse Gases in the atmosphere reached a new high last year despite international pledges to curb emissions. Our environment correspondent matt mcgrath explains. What scientists have been doing for 30 years of monitoring levels of these warming gases in the atmosphere, and what they are looking at is concentrations, not emissions. Emissions come from cars and electricity. Concentration is what is left, the lad has absorbed a lot of the gases. They can compare quite easily what has happened every yearfor quite easily what has happened every year for the last 30 years. In 2018, the data shows no difference. It has gone up the data shows no difference. It has gone up a the data shows no difference. It has gone up a little bit, but the scientists are worried about the fa ct scientists are worried about the fact that we have had an agreement to cut gases for the last five years and it doesnt seem to be having an effect. A second man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of 39 vietnamese people in a lorry in essex in eastern england. The 36 year old man is being held on suspicion of manslaughter. A 25 year old lorry driver from County Armagh has already admitted plotting to assist illegal immigration. The men are accused of being part of a larger plot to bring people into the uk illegally. Pope francis has made a speech injapan, calling on World Leaders to make sure Nuclear Weapons are never used again. The pontiff has been warmly welcomed across the country and he will hold across the country and he will hold a final mass at the university before leaving tokyo to return to rome. The world anti doping agency, wada, has recommended russia are given a 4 year ban from sporting competition for falsifying laboratory data. This would mean that the country wouldnt compete in the upcoming olympics. They are also likely to be barred from staging Major International events putting at risk the games scheduled to be held in St Petersburg for euro 2020. A vote on the recommendation will be held early next month. Lets get more on our top story now, and pro democracy candidates in hong kong winning almost 90 of seats in local elections there in whats seen as a rebuke to beijing. Sharanjit leyl is in hong kong for us. What is currently the sentiment on the ground this Tuesday Morning after the resounding victory of the Pro Democracy Movement . After the resounding victory of the prodemocracy movement . That is right. As you say, it is the morning after that extraordinary result where the pro democracy candidates succeeded so overwhelmingly at the ballot box. Essentially there is a real feeling that hong kong people are relieved, there is a sense of happiness, really, in the streets because they have spoken at the ballot box and there is a real hope that perhaps now that they have done that, they dont have the required ta ke to that, they dont have the required take to the streets and make their demands felt in the streets, because we know this is a city that has been dropped by nearly six months of really violent protests on the streets here, and there is a sense now that perhaps that might stop because people have spoken, and they have sent a real message, a symbolic message to the government, carrie lam and beijing. But there is also a real sense of hope amongst these young new candidates who have actually won the seeds of the District Council. I am with one of them now. Jocelyn chow is 23 years old, and she actually unseated the candidate, the probating candidate in this constituency, in this region here where we are in hong kong, forest hill. He had been in power for about 20 years and you have come in and got a great sense of hope. How do you feel . Unbelievable. That ican win how do you feel . Unbelievable. That i can win this time, because i thank the people for voting and my team. Yes, we tried our best this time, and hopefully can help hong kong to wina and hopefully can help hong kong to win a little bit. Jocelyn, what do you have to a lot concerns that here you have to a lot concerns that here you are, 23 years old, you are like a lot of the other candidates, inexperienced, young, you have these these great hopes for democracy for hong kong, and yet how do you channel those greater demands into local issues that many people here would be concerned about . Yes, we are so young would be concerned about . Yes, we are so young for this time, the candidates are so young. We can help the team together. Yes, the labour district is on our side. Also the democracy. In this district, we have seven more than before. Now, jocelyn, i know that part of the reason you decided to stand for this seat was because you were assaulted in the street by a pro beijing supporter although we know this area has a lot of people who support the government of beijing and want to actually stop the violence on the streets, they are fed up with the disruption they have seen in their city, so how do you then try to heal the divisions between these two camps in hong kong . People like yourself, young, wanting more democracy, and the folks who actually think, well, letsjust keep to the status quo . Let align ourselves with china. Yes, the government has to face the problem. The District Council, we can put all the problems on the council. So we canjust hope the problems on the council. So we can just hope government the problems on the council. So we canjust hope government can face this whole thing and as soon as possible to have a report to the people. Thank you so much, jocelyn, for talking to us. We saw people. Thank you so much, jocelyn, for talking to us. We sanocelyn and she was. It is unbelievable. And congratulations once again. Jocelyn was thanking her supporters on the streets earlier when we got a chance to speak to her, and of course we are now waiting to hear from carrie lam, the chief executive. She is due to speak at 9 30am. It will be herfirst public appearance commenting on the driving her government has got from these local elections. We will certainly listen across to that. For the time being, live in hong kong. Australias Prime Minister has said allegations of a chinese plot to plant a spy in his countrys parliament are deeply disturbing. The claims, first aired by a local tv network, involve a chinese australian man being approached to run as an mp. The Chinese Government has denied the allegations, but heres the Prime Minister, scott morrisons, reaction. Ifind i find the allegations deeply disturbing and troubling. And i refer you to the director generals statement which said that these matters were already under investigation and those investigations are continuing. I would caution anyone leaping to any conclusions about these matters, thatis conclusions about these matters, that is why we have agencies. I am not, but i do find the allegations troubling and disturbing. Troubling and disturbing. Alexjoske is an analyst with the think tank, the australia Strategic Policy institute, focusing on Chinese Communist party influence outside china. Hejoins me from canberra. Thank you forjoining us. What do you make of these allegations given that nick was a luxury car dealer. What do you make of these allegations that he was approached . I think they are quite credible and we should be taking seriously the director of australias Domestic Intelligence organisations unprecedented Public Statement that they were aware of these matters, investigating them and are taking them very seriously, at the very least we cant just them very seriously, at the very least we cantjust dismiss this. It seems like a credible accusation and a credible story. China has denied the allegations. Is it not down very far fetched to go through these measures . We have known for quite a while that the Chinese Communist party has gone to Great Lengths to try to infiltrate and interfere in australias parliament, so it really is still shocking but comes as no surprise that china would steve to plan someone directly into our federal parliament. Given that nick has lost his life and the circumstances are still unexplained, will we ever, do you think, alex, find out what really happened here . I dont know for sure whether we will find out, but i think there is so much Public Interest in this and investigations are ongoing, particularly a colonial enquiry into his death. There is a chance we will know within the next year or the next couple of months firstly how he died, whether it was under suspicious circumstances. Coronial. And secondly, my conclusion the government might come to in this investigation of the case. Alex, do you think this is something, we are expecting, we have seen someone else in an unrelated case claiming to be a spy applying for asylum in australia. I was seeing a pattern here in anyway . Absolutely. The pattern is that as the China Communist Party is growing more powerful, more ambitious and more powerful, more ambitious and more assertive, it is massively increasing its interference in democracies and states around the world. We will have to leave it there. Thank you so much. Youre watching newsday on the bbc, live from london and singapore. Still to come on the programme the moment thieves smashed their way into a museum in dresden and stole one of europes largest and most important treasure collections. Also on the programme, well be finding out why this malaysian punk rocker decided a sober lifestyle was the best accompaniment to his music. President kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. The murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. He caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new generation of leaders. Margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and Prime Minister. Before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, its a funny old world. Angela merkel is germanys first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. Attempts to fly a hot air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. As one local comic put it, its not hot air we need, its hard cash. Cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. Castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 1960s. It was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis. This is newsday on the bbc. Im rico hizon in singapore. Im kasia madera in london. Our top stories hong kongs chief executive carrie lam has promised to reflect after pro democracy parties win a landslide in local elections. A us court has ruled that a former white House Counsel must testify before congress rejecting the trump administrations argument that white house officials cannot be compelled to do so. Lets take a look at some front pages from around the world. Lets start with singapores straits times. It headlines our top story the local elections in hong kong. Highlighting that pro democracy politicians won 388 of 452 District Council seats, the paper says that the results are seen as a clear message of voters unhappiness. Philippine star says that president Rodriguo Duterte met south korean president moonjae in, at a recent summit. The paper writes that the filipino president invited his south korean counterpart to visit the philippines next year to witness the signing of a proposed free trade deal. And japan times continues to cover the popes visit to the country. It says that the pontiff met with survivors of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima Nuclear power plant. And those other papers. Now, what stories are sparking discussions online . A sewing circle in the netherlands is getting a lot of love online after it started making little mittens for koalas injured in the recent australian bushfires. Sewing shop ownerjeltje van essen says she was jolted into action after seeing these pictures of the koalas with burnt paws. She called upon her group of volunteers to get to work and has even uploaded a pattern online so others can make the mittens too. So far, more than 400 pairs have been finished. Now it may seem like something of a contradiction a Punk Rock Movement that promotes a sober lifestyle. But thats what a thai musician is at the forefront of in malaysia. Khai aziz is promoting the so called Straight Edge Movement there, after he lost his brother to a drug overdose. Heres his story. He actually loved my music and he is the one that introduced us to punk rock music. Was the inspiration of mine. 0ne rock music. Was the inspiration of mine. One day a come back home, ive found that my brother sold everything, and the house was empty. Most of my possessions were gone. He needed help. Decided that this is enough, andi needed help. Decided that this is enough, and i decided to quit smoking, a decided to quit drugs. Swear to myself, i need to become straight edge. Im a totally different person when i am on stage. That is the place where i through my angen that is the place where i through my anger. Ifeel that is the place where i through my anger. I feel wat i feel. Its ok not to drink, its ok not to smoke, its ok not to do drugs. At the same time you can be a punk rocker. Time for me to move on, to empower other people to go this way. People are sceptical of the idea of straight edge, because people love smoking, people love drinking, it is kind of hard to stop all that. The music are different from the normal mainstream music, its not sentimental or slow, or whatever. It was more to anger, it was more about expression. Thats what make young people more attracted to this music. Priceless jewels have been stolen from one of europes oldest museums in the german city of dresden. Three complete collections of jewellery including diamonds, rubies and emeralds belonging to 18th Century Royalty were ta ken. Two men broke in through a window overnight. David sillito reports. Dresden castle, the home of one of the worlds greatest displays of royal opulence. The room of wonders created to dazzle, to overwhelm people. It was the collection of augustus the strong, a man of extravagant appetites. It was rumoured he had fathered 300 children. The green vault is one of the greatest collections of aristocratic treasure in the world. However, a significant part of it has been stolen. Police arrived this morning to find a collection of diamonds, rubies and emeralds, described as part of the state treasury of 18th century saxony, had gone. Translation the culprits evidently got in through a window. They cut through the bars and then smashed through the glass before they went straight to one the cabinets which they destroyed. They then left the building and disappeared. So, how did they do it . One clue is this burnt out electrical box, street lights failed, the museum alarm was silent. However, police say a camera did manage to capture images of two thieves as they broke in. The museum says around 100 jewel encrusted items were taken. The value, the museum isnt giving a figure but says this is about more than just money. This collection is, they say, a nations cultural heritage. David sillito, bbc news. Thats it for the edition of newsday. Thanks for watching. Im kasia madera in london. And im rico hizon in singapore. We will see you very shortly for the next edition of newsday. Bye for now. Hello, theres a big change in the weather for all of us by the end of this week, but before then we have got more mild weather, more cloud, and further rain and perhaps some parts strong to Gale Force Winds with the worst of the weather across tuesday and wednesday. The reason for the wet and windy weather, another area of low pressure, this one contains remnants of ex Tropical Storm sebastian and that is going to stick around for the next couple of days. Ahead of that, we have still got mild conditions by the morning, a lot of cloud, some further pockets of rain and drizzle but the wetter weather and windy weather will be toward the south west, with winds up picking up in the morning. Gusts of a0 or perhaps 50 mild an hour. That will push that rain band northward throughout the day, be quite heavy at times, push its way northwards across england and wales into Northern Ireland and the central belt of scotland, some patchy rain and strong winds for northern scotland. Behind the rain band may be some sunshine but watch out for heavy downpours, particularly toward the south east of england. With this tropical air heading away, it could be quite warm, 1a or 15 degrees perhaps. But the wet weather for the south east of england, east anglia, and ourarea of south east of england, east anglia, and our area of low pressure comes back towards the south east of england and wales, picks up the rain here and also strengthens the wind, and we will see gales pushing through the English Channel coastal areas into the Channel Islands too, and we are still going to have some wet weather across the far north of scotland. But in north east england we will see the rain turning heavier and more persistent as we head into the afternoon bringing the threat of more localised flooding. Temperatures widely in double figures. As we head into thursday, we start to see some changes because the low pressure is going to take a lot of that rain away into the near continent. Al wind direction is going to change for that mild south westerly, and that will drag down the cold air across the whole of the country. We have still got some rain to clear away on thursday and there is more of it no across england and wales, a little bit slower but we should be at brightening up for Northern Ireland and particularly across scotland with some sunshine knocking those temperatures down in that northerly wind, still some mild air across the south but only 11 or 12 degrees as we move into friday morning, there may well be a frosty run, perhaps all the way down toward the midlands as well. Thats a significant change copy we are also looking at drea weather to arrive on friday, that is going to mean more sunshine for a change, but those images will be lower, typically 5 eight celsius. Im kasia madera with bbc world news. Our top story hong kongs chief executive, carrie lam, says the government will seriously reflect after sundays local election results. Pro democracy parties swept the board in the poll, claiming nearly 90 of the vote. They say china should recognise their overwhelming victory as a sign of support for wider political reform. A us court has ruled that a former white House Counsel must testify before congress, rejecting the trump administrations argument that white house officials cannot be compelled to do so. A sewing circle in the netherlands has been getting a lot of love online after the group started making little mittens for koalas injured in the recent australian bushfires. They sprung into action after seeing these pictures of the koalas with burnt paws. Thats all. Thank you for watching