plan to this month. the indonesian authorities have sacked the police chief in east java, where one of the world s worst football stadium disasters happened on saturday. at least 32 children were among 125 people who died in a crush. the police have been widely criticised for using tear gas on the fans. now on bbc news, witness history. we join celestina olulode in bristol with five important stories from black british history. a warning that this programme contains language that some may find offensive. hello. i m celestina olulode, and welcome to this very special edition of witness history from the m shed museum in bristol. this month, we are getting first hand accounts of some important moments in black british history. coming up, the uk s first caribbean carnival set up to showcase west indian culture. we travel back over 100 years, to hear a witness to liverpool s 1919 race riots. we meet britain s first black female head teacher. and we re in manchester to discover a l
across the uk bringing colder air all the way from iceland, a mixture of sunshine and showers, pushed in on those very brisk winds, particularly frequent showers, northern scotland down those north sea coasts, but some further west as well. the winds are going to be very strong and gusty, perhaps touching gale force in northern scotland, temperatures struggling to make double figures, 16 in the far south, but everywhere feeling colder in the strong wind. hello, this is bbc news with ben boulos. the headlines. labour opens its annual conference as its leader, sir keir starmer, prepares to set out the dividing lines between his party and the new conservative government. he tells the bbc he would reverse the government s cut to the top income tax rate. the head of the rmt union describes talks with the new transport secretary as a good start . the next strike is planned for the 1st of october. voting is under way in italy s general election, which polls suggest may result in th
of you listening, as opposed to watching under the television. a couple of final thoughts as we wrap up this third summit in a row. he went to the bavarian alps and then came here to nato. certainly the last two conferences have all been about ukraine. what is the strategy? what is the potential endgame? and, you know what, here at nato, a real sense of an organisation revitalised because of necessity, because of what s happened, and trying to work out how to face up to an aggressive russia and a dangerous decade. let me show you a couple of little extracts from the prime minister s news conference, which hasjust finished, as i record this at 2pm spanish time, and the couple of questions that i got to put to borisjohnson. thank you. chris mason, bbc news. prime minister, what is the overall objective of the uk s help and strategy for ukraine? is it unequivocally getting the russians out, restoring ukraine s borders to how they were before the war and, if i may, you have been
our other main stories: swimming s world governing body effectively bans transgender competitors from elite women s events. we have to protect the rights of all our athletes to compete but we also have to protect competitive fairness. irefill but we also have to protect competitive fairness. will it be farewell competitive fairness. will it be farewell to competitive fairness. will it be farewell to the - competitive fairness. will it be farewell to the queen? l whyjamaica is pushing ahead with plans to become a republic. voice-over: live voice over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newday. welcome to the programme. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 7pm in colombia where the former guerrilla rebel, gustavo petro, has become the country s first left wing president after winning a second mr petro won 51% of vote, to 47% for his right wing opponent, rodolfo hernandez. mr petro described the result as a day ofjoy for the colombian people.
we also have to protect competitive furnace. and also on the programme: on the road to a republic. we report from jamaica, the latest commonwealth country to lose the queen as head of state. hello. thanks for joining hello. thanks forjoining us. from left wing guerrilla to colombia s first ever left wing president. the former rebel, gustavo petro, once jailed for his role with the m i9 rebel movement, has won 51% of the vote, compared to 47% for his right wing anti establishment opponent, rodolfo hernandez. this was his third presidential campaign. with more, here s the bbc s south america correspondent, katy watson, in the capital, bogota. the atmosphere here in gustavo petro s h0 is electric. people here almost didn t believe it. it was a nailbiter until the very end. this is a historic vote in so many ways that s often used as a real cliche but it s really true he is the first leftist president that colombia has ever had. and francia marquez will be the first black v