Worrying what with the new government he like those rules regulations. Many others are asking ever so anxiously, how can they escape. Japan is the first nation to host the Paralympic Games twice but whats it like to be a disabled person living there . And its abbas first album of new material for forty years backed up by a series of virtual concerts. Its seven in the morning in singapore and seven in the evening in New York, where the tailend of Hurricane Ida caused major flooding in the North East of the us last night. More than a0 people were killed in the flash floods. The governors of New York and newjersey have declared states of emergency, and President Biden has promised federal aid. Our Correspondent Nada Tawfik is in newjersey. Cascading waterfalls rushed through the platform is down to the tracks of new York City subway. The sudden deluge from idas Move Up North shutdown the network and didnt stop there. A State Of Emergency was called as the city became paralysed by record breaking Rain And Flash flooding. Turning wide boulevards quickly into waterways. Motorists and a few out working despite the obstacles, waded through the water to get home. Officials warned residents to remain indoors but houses were no longer a place of safety. Some are saved on the doorsteps. We are homeless right now. Were all going to come together and figure out a solution and we will go from there. It was the same story in philadelphia with there was no way to know where the Delaware Endedin Way to know where the delaware ended in the suburbs began. Others were not so lucky and today officials are still discovering the death toll. In philadelphia, there was no telling where the devastating impact of the storm is still its another reminder of these extreme its another reminder of these extreme storms and the Climate Crisis extreme storms and the Climate Crisis are extreme storms and the Climate Crisis are here. We need to be better crisis are here. We need to be better prepared. We need to act better prepared. We need to act. ,. ,. , act. This term as a reminder that no one act. This term as a reminder that no one is act. This term as a reminder that no one is safe act. This term as a reminder that no one is safe from act. This term as a reminder that no one is safe from this weather. This obliterated multiple homes in newjersey with the devastating events coming into view, this feels like one of the greatest challenges of this generation. Alex etling is a new York Resident who was caught up in the storms when water started gushing through the ceiling of a subway station. He spoke to me a little earlier. I was On My Way Home and everything seemed relatively normal. As far as the Subway System was going but as soon as the doors opened to my subway stop, i immediately heard this massive rush of water that sounded like niagara falls, Natural Waterfall and i turned around and it was just an enormous rush of water. Around and it wasjust an enormous rush of water. Alex, the situation enormous rush of water. Alex, the situation on enormous rush of water. Alex, the situation on the enormous rush of water. Alex, the situation on the ground the situation on the ground today, how has that changedmaker things be better . In our neighbourhood in particular, it was almost eerily calm today and the weather was very jarring eerily calm today and the weather was veryjarring and there was a lot of Clean Up and a Volunteer Community Clean Up working in the Neighbourhood Today and everyone was pitching in and around two blocks away, they had water that looked waist deep rich and undated and today, we walked down there and those bit of mud but no water was left and everything was pretty cleaned up, unsurprisingly. Pretty cleaned up, unsurrisinul. ~ ,. , unsurprisingly. With sinks and the images unsurprisingly. With sinks and the images would unsurprisingly. With sinks and the images would you unsurprisingly. With sinks and | the images would you describe just now on our screens and meteorologists are calling this a once and i half a century event. Youre a long new York Resident, do you think the infrastructure was ready for some of this . I infrastructure was ready for some of this . Some of this . I think were auoin some of this . I think were going to some of this . I think were going to be some of this . I think were going to be fixing some of this . I think were going to be fixing the going to be fixing the structure of many of our cities due to climate change. New york learned a lot from Hurricane Sandy and living in New York for ten years now, experiencing four hurricanes and its never something i expected. We learned a bit more each time but i think we have to fortify our infrastructure and the most meaningful ways if were going to weather the next storm. Talking about his experience a little while ago. An alleged member of the notorious Isis Group that were dubbed the beatles, because of their british accents, hasjust plead guilty in a hearing in a us court. Alexanda kotey, originally from the uk, had been charged with conspiring to torture and behead hostages in syria. For more, i spoke with our correspondent in washington nomia iqbal. Alexander was a part of a notorious Ices Cell that was called such. Beheading victims in syria. Some of the names of people might mention who were victims were american journalists, james foley, and they were accused of killing they were accused of killing the british Taxi Driver Alan henning was from Greater Manchester who came there as an Aid Worker and also another british man named David Haines also an Aid Worker. In Court Today and we knew this was coming. We had seen the court documents that that he was going to change his plea. He has pleaded guilty to those charges of conspiring to torture and behead victims. I think the Plea Change suggests that he is cooperating with the authorities. There is another man, his coaccused was on trial as well. We have no indication yet what his Plea Deal is or if he plans to change it. Itruiith yet what his Plea Deal is or if he plans to change it. With to see face in he plans to change it. With to see face in terms he plans to change it. With to see face in terms of he plans to change it. With to see face in terms of a see face in terms of a punishment know that he has pled guilty . What are the possible penalties that he is facing michelle if you not face the Death Penalty and neither will his coaccused are and that is because that was part of the agreement to extradite them both. There british nationals the uk does not agree with the Death Penalty come its not a part of the uk legal system as it is in the us, there was a deal that was reached between the us in the uk that if both men are found guilty, they were not face the Death Penalty. It is likely built his life behind bars. But this is a Hearing Today bars. But this is a Hearing Toda, bars. But this is a Hearing Toda j. , bars. But this is a Hearing Toda,. ,. , today we will get the trail of both Men Today we will get the trail of both men next today we will get the trail of both men next year. Lets Take A Look at some other stories in the headlines. Chinas broadcast regulators have banned public voting on Reality Tv shows, and actors with political views they deem incorrect. The move is part of the chinese governments newest media crackdown. Authorities also pledged to promote more masculine images of men. Regulators say only programmes that foster a patriotic atmosphere and celebrate Traditional Chinese Culture will be broadcast in the country. The federal Aviation Authority in the united states has grounded the Virgin Galactic Space Ship while it investigates a deviation in its flight to the edge of space in july. The Space Ship twos pilots are reported to have received yellow and amber alerts for flying too low while it was carrying the british billionaire, richard branson. In the democratic republic of the congo, the Environment Minister says nearly Four Thousand Five Hundred people have fallen sick following a toxic leak from a Diamond Mine in neighbouring angola. Eve bazaiba said twelve people had died. She said the drc would ask for reparations for the damage caused. There has been no response so farfrom the mining company. Countries around the world are debating whether, and how, to deal with the taliban, now theyre fully in charge of afghanistan. Britains Foreign Secretary is already in the Gulf State of qatar for talks with senior taliban leaders. Hes trying to persuade them to reopen Kabul Airport, so people who want to leave can fly out. The biden administration has signalled that it wont recognize the taliban, but has to work with them in some areas. On the ground, the story is about those who are desperate to leave. One employee from the Uk Embassy has been speaking to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. Christmas parties, diplomatic dinners, daily meals. Head Chef Hameed was part of british Embassy Life in kabul for 13 years. This was the last meeting of Kitchen Staff with the british Ambassador Sir Laurie bristow. He spent days at Kabul Airport overseeing the massive airlift. Hameed and about 60 others were left behind because they werent employed by the Foreign Office but through a private contractor. Translation we worked so hard, i even during the covid lockdown, l and we were left behind. I feel i have been betrayed. If they dont take us out of here, it is a big betrayal. Now this family of five young children is hiding at home. Many are doing the same. There is a battle at home. Brave women take to the streets in the western city of herat. Dont be scared, we are all together, is their rallying cry worried the taliban will stop them from working or studying as they did before. This woman has moved from one Safe House to the next ever since the taliban swept into kabul. She had been working on issues like gender and human rights. The taliban told her, dont come to the office for now. Many fear they will never be allowed to go back. As a human, its my right to get education. Its my right to have a good job. Unfortunately, this situation that came in in afghanistan, all of my dreams destroyed. Kabul looks much the same, but its not. A nation at war now seems to be a nation in waiting. So many afghans wondering, worrying, what kind of new government will emerge with all of its rules and regulations . Many others still asking ever so anxiously how they can escape. For now, so many lives are on pause. Lyse doucet, bbc news, kabul. And you can keep up to date with the situation in afghanistan, plus all the latest developments and reporting from lyse and our team in kabul on our website, including this piece on Resistance Fighters battling against the taliban in the Panjshir Valley just north of kabul. Just go to bbc. Com news. If you want to get in touch with me, im on Twitter Bbckarishma youre watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme. While japan is the first nation to host the Paralympic Games twice whats it like to be a disabled person living in the country . She received the nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor and the dying in india slums. The head of the Catholic Church had said Mother Teresa was a wonderful example of how to help people in need. We have to identify the bodies, then round the coffins and take them back home. Parents are waiting and wives are waiting. Hostages appeared, some carried, some running, trying to escape the nightmare behind them. Britain Lost A princess today, | described by all to whom she reached out as irreplaceable. An early Morning Car Crash in a Paris Underpass ended | a life with more than its share of pain and courage, warmth and compassion. This is newsday on the bbc. Im Karishma Vaswani in singapore. Our headlines. More than forty people are now known to have died after Flash Flooding hit the North Eastern united states. A british born member of the islamic State Group pleads guilty to charges of conspiring to murder american hostages in syria. A Public Inquiry in the uk has found � blatant hypocrisy� in the way major religious groups handle allegations of child abuse. The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse said dozens of religious organisations within christianity, Orthodoxjudaism And Islam were morally failing children. This inquiry found that religious leaders discouraged the reporting of abuse to protect the reputations of their groups. Our home Affairs Correspondent Tom Symonds has the details. Its very difficult to form an identity and to be a whole person when youre on your own. This is sarah, born into the jehovahs witnesses, into a family dominated by The Church. Effectively, you were sexually abused by both your father and your mother . Yeah. Your father, when you were much younger, and your mother, when you were a little bit older. They had control over you. What was that like . I dont really have words to describe what that was like, honestly. The sense of powerlessness and hopelessness. Sarahs not her real name. She was taken into care. She settled by the sea for a new start, away from the witnesses. They teach everyone who is not a witness is part of satans world, or satans system, as they call it. It makes you as a young person terrified to trust anyone outside of the organisation and at the same time, terrified to trust anyone inside the organisation. It was very difficult. Its a pattern repeated across religious groups investigated by this enquiry, which has also examined the catholic and anglican churches. The way that leaders are revered. The culture of community and not taking things outside of the community, so dealing with everything internally, not making outside authorities aware, so it can be looked at in the wider sense and the root causes can be tackled. Discouraging victims from reporting, even within the organisation. An example thejehovahs witnesses have a policy that all Child Protection allegations have a policy that have to be reported to the police. But inside The Church they also follow a biblical scripture that says all allegations must be supported by two witnesses. This report says that the two Witness Rule should have no place in any response to child sexual abuse, which often happens with no witnesses. The church says its committed to protecting children and will consider this report. In the ultra orthodoxjewish community, the enquiry heard about a concept of not snitching, as one witness put it, on a fellow jew to outsiders. But campaigners are concerned that this report does not hit religious organisations hard enough. They have to raise the bar for religious organisations and not give them leeway because they have religion on their side. Religion does not equal good enough safeguarding. The report is short on a solution to all this, but thats what those who suffered as children, including sarah, are now using their adult voices to demand. Japan is the first country in olympic history to host the Paralympic Games twice, but what is it like to be a disabled person living Injapan Today . It is one of the few countries that requires companies by law to hire a certain percentage of employees with disabilities. But, as our Tokyo Correspondent Rupert Wingfield Hayes discovers prejudice against people with disabilities is still widespread. Nasuko calls herself the tiny 100 cm mum. She was born with brittle Bone Disease and that means she cannot stand and is repeatedly broken numerous bones. But natsuko has given birth to two children, something almost unheard of for someone with her disability injapan. And something she says many people here still do not accept or approve of. Many people are surprised and do not believe that i have children. If people say their honest feelings, they think it is not good. Many people think it is not good to have children for disabled people. Natsukos experience shows how farjapan has to go, but also how far it has come. Because last time the paralympics was held here in tokyo back in 1964, japan was still forcibly sterilising disabled people to prevent them from having children of their own. That so called Eugenics Protection Law was finally repealed in 1996. And to this day, the japanese government is not fully recognised the role it played in violating the rights of more than 20,000 disabled people. Yumi is one of those victims. She was born with cerebral palsy. And she was 12 year old, her womb was removed without her knowledge or consent. When i found out i can never be a mother, it broke my heart. Yumi and others are suing. I do not want money, i want people to know what happened to us. To make sure it never happens again. I want disabled people to be treated equally. We are not things. We are human beings. Close to the paralympic village, japanese School Kids are learning what its like to have to use a wheelchair to get around. This is a start. But natsuko thinks the real barrier to acceptance for people like her is that mostjapanese people have never actually met a disabled person. I use a wheelchair and people just walk the other way. Many people see me and look at me strangely. And if i watch them, they ignore me because they dont have the chance to live with people with disabilities. All she really wants us to be given the same rights and be treated the same way as any other mum. For that, she says japan still has some way to go. The legendary Pop Group Abba have announced their first Studio Album for a0 years. Abba voyage will be released in november. The quartet Split Up in 1982, but theyre now preparing for a tour with a difference, as our Arts Correspondent David sillito reports. I still have faith in you i see it now. Abba and a new song. A0 years after recording their last album, a new abba song. Indeed, a new Abba Album and this video of the group finally back together. There was a union but now they said ok. They have been interested in doing that for 35 years but now this is ok. I remember we stood there the first day in front of the mixing console, the four of us looking at each other and everything came rushing back, if in seconds, that was so amazing. Waterloo i was defeated. It was a7 years since waterloo and since they Split Up they have been asked if they would ever perform on stage again and today they said yes. Sort of. You can dance you can jive and the reason the announcement is taking place here in the Olympic Park is because this is where the abba concerts are going to be taking place, but you wont be seeing abba as they are today, but rather with a degree of digital youthful enhancement. The group has been performing in a studio and with the aid of Motion Capture digital effects, the image we will see and hear on the stage will be the Band Members in their 70s heyday. Limited clear spells. There will be a few glimmers of brightness around, particularly Western Scotland in the morning but generally a cloudy start. In to the afternoon favoured spots to see some sunshine developing more Widley Wil again be across scotland, Northern England and parts of Northern Ireland and also Southern England towards South Wales and this is where we will see the highest temperatures in the low 20s. Otherwise where we hold onto The Cloud, it will be around the mid to high teens for most. As we head through Friday Night it looks like its going to be another cloudy one. Across central and northern areas with clear spells across the south. But temperature wise, no more than ten to 1a celsius. We are starting to importing our winds from a more Southeasterly Direction to start the weekend as our area of High Pressure finally begins to retreat eastwards. It looks like it will bring some slightly drier air in from the near continent. We should see will see some holes in The Cloud from The Word go across central and southern areas. Some sunny spells here with further north varying amounts of cloud and a little bit of sunshine but generally a lot of cloud. Could see a few showers across southern and western areas into the afternoon but many places will be dry. Temperatures around 21 or 22 for the high around the high teens though further North And East with The Cloud. For sunday we see this feature runs to the northwest of the country. Thats going to bring thicker cloud, more of a breeze, out breaks of rain, northen irleand, northwest England And Northwest wales later in the day. Some of this ring could be quite heavy. Further south, it is a drier picture for sunday afternoon, lighter winds coming in from france. And we should see increasing amounts of sunshine into the afternoon. Temperatures responding to 2a degrees in the south. Obviously because of more cloud the wind and the rain in the north and not quite as warm. And next week, well will start to import some warmer air the continent and some southern areas across the south on monday and tuesday, given some sunshine we could see those temperatures creeping around the Mid 20 Celsius and a little bit warmer and further north too. This is bbc news. We will have the headlines and all the main News Stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. The world of fashion, with its often scantily clad women in seductive poses, is not where you would expect to find a somali born Fashion Editor who wears a hijab. Well, Rawdah Mohamed has taken up a senior role