welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi. the headlines: a new climate report, warns the world is likely to break a key temperature threshold, in the next five yea rs. prince harry's spokesperson says he and meghan markle were involved in a �*near catastrophic car chase�*, but new york police say, there were no arrests or injuries. president biden heads for the g7 summit injapan, where tensions between indo—paciific nations are high on the agenda. this is a pacifist nation now facing the potential of a

conflict at its doorstep, either through a belligerent north korea or china's increased aggression against taiwan. and the world's most famous shipwreck, the titanic, we'll show you the first full—sized sd scan that's been created. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. there've been dramatic scenes in northern italy, after 1a rivers burst their banks, flooding 23 towns. at least eight people died, after parts of the emilia romagna region saw, half a metre of rain injust 36 hours. the extreme weather comes as scientists warned that the world will almost certainly experience its hottest year on record within the next five years.

here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. remember last summer? temperatures in england breached a0 degrees celsius for the first time, driving wildfires and helping make 2022 the hottest year ever recorded in the uk. and we can expect even hotter weather worldwide in the coming years, according to the world meteorological organisation, the un's weather and climate body. rising temperatures thanks to global warming are one reason, but also seeing a change in a crucial weather system in the pacific ocean called el nino. for the last few years, winds blowing along the equator have been stronger than normal, pushing warmer water towards the coast of asia and helping deep, cold water well up on the coast of the americas. this phase is known as la nina, and is associated with below average global temperatures. we are now moving into

the el nino phase, where winds are weaker which means warm water spreads across the pacific. now, that tends to increase global temperatures by about 0.2 celsius on average. that does not sound much, but it makes it almost certain, a 98% chance according to the un's weather experts, that one year in the next five will be the hottest ever recorded, and it gives us a two in three chance, 66%, that global temperatures will exceed the 1.5 celsius global warming threshold between now and 2027. that's never happened before in terms of a yearly average global temperature, so we are heading into unprecedented territory, to temperatures we simply haven't experienced before, and the impact will be equally unprecedented. "i'm frightened, i'm frightened," says this woman

as she drives through floodwaters on an italian motorway. today's report comes as a number of people have been reported killed and several are missing after heavy rains caused extensive flooding in northern italy. the grand prix circuit at imola has flooded, and this weekend's race has been cancelled. 0ur changing climate will make this kind of intense rainfall more common in future, say climate scientists. justin rowlatt, bbc news. chloe brimicombe is a heatwave researcher, i asked her swhether government's are doing enough to face up to this. i don't think governments have done enough. we know that the 1.5 level of warming, currently with contributions to reduce emissions by government could be overshot and we could see two to three degrees of above pre—industrial temperatures warming. and this means that we're more likely to see these

extreme weather events. but also this puts at risk our health, ourfood security, our energy security, right across the world. so, we really do need this action now. but do you think these events are enough of a wake up call for governments to make changes, or what would it take for them to make those changes? especially because covid has somewhat pushed climate change to a back seat, hasn't it? well, i think covid is an opportunity and it shows that when the world comes together, we can have these sort of behavior change that makes a massive difference to lives across the world. and there's lots of local community schemes that governments can look to to put in place actions at a national level. so, i don't think that all hope is lost. but these extreme events are getting worse and they're becoming more likely with the increase in baseline temperatures. and we've been saying this as climate scientists for over 30 years now, and i think it's about time

that we stopped having to say it, if i'm honest. and it would be really nice to have this mitigation in emissions, but what governments and industry and all of us need to understand is that we also need adaptation now to protect people. whether that's from flooding in italy or the heat waves we're currently seeing in asia, because we can'tjust mitigate against climate change now. these events have already become too likely. briefly before we let you go for developing economies, many of them here in asia, they argue that it's not fair that they have to prioritize climate change over economic development. how would you bridge that gap? climate change is a socialjustice issue. so it's the job of the west to put in place sustainable transition for those in asia and also parts of africa. but it's also really important that as we have sustainable transition

in the west and in europe, we're not exploiting those people in asia and africa. so we need to look at how we can work together collaboratively across countries to put in place a green transition, and change the way that we work together so that we don't have issues with security and we don't have all of these injustices that are exacerbated by a change in climate. the duke and duchess of sussex have been involved in what's been described as a �*near—catastrophic car chase�*, involving numerous photographers, following an awards ceremony in new york. according to harry and meghan�*s spokesperson, it was a �*relentless pursuit�* that lasted more than two hours, and involved several near misses. new york police confirmed that paparazzi had made things challenging for the couple, but said there were no collisions, injuries or arrests. tuesday night in manhattan, the duke and duchess of sussex

are filmed leaving an awards ceremony in midtown with meghan markle�*s mother doria ragland before the incident in question. earlier, meghan had been recognised for her advocacy on behalf of women and girls. it was the first time the couple appeared in public together since the duchess�*s absence at the king's coronation. not long after leaving in a black suv, they claimed they were involved in a near catastrophic car chase at the hands of highly aggressive paparazzi. in a statement on wednesday the spokesperson said, "this relentless pursuit lasted over two hours, resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two nypd officers." more details are emerging about what happened. driver sunny singh said they briefly rode in his cab for part of the journey while trying

to evade photographers and appeared nervous. but he said he wouldn't characterise the pursuit by paparazzi as a car chase. they were behind us, they stayed on top of us, that was pretty much it. it was nothing more, you know. they kept their distance. it was just like journalists, like everybody else, trying to get pictures. make a quick buck. new york's mayor eric adams had this to say. i don't think there's many of us who don't recall how his mum died, and it would be horrific to lose innocent bystander during a chase like this. harry has frequently voiced his fear that history could repeat itself, blaming the paparazzi for his mother princess diana's death in 1997. do we have that pap on the scooter again? yes, ma'am. 0h, we do, really? the couple's statement is the latest action prince harry has taken to fight intrusion by the press. he cited harassment by the british tabloids as one of the reasons he moved to the united states in 2020. live now to new york where our north america

correspondent nomia iqbaljoins us now. there is a lot of speculation, there's a lot of different versions of events out there and as you can imagine it's being hugely covered in the us but so far all we really have our the statement of course from prince harry's spokesperson but also we've seen their in that report the statement from the new york we have also heard from the taxi driver that was driving the couple in the duchess�* mother for part of the journey and also just to let you know, different lease sources have spoken to different networks in this country, so abc news for example are reporting that what happened according to the sources they have spoken to, very different to what prince harry has alleged. they are reporting that two new york police department detect lives that were present with harry and meghan had a very different

view and they said that actually it wasn�*t a big pursuit like it has been alleged. i should pursuit like it has been alleged. ishould point pursuit like it has been alleged. i should point out the mayor did say that he found it hard to believe that there was a two—hour high—speed pursuit, but prince harry�*s spokesperson never said that in the statement. instead they said that the pursuit was relentless but just what we can say that the pursuit was relentless butjust what we can say is that the new york police department did confirm an incident took place involving harry and meghan and they said that numerous photographers made their transport challenging. figs made their transport challenging.- made their transport challen-uin. a made their transport challenauin. a ., ., challenging. as you said, a lot of reaction _ challenging. as you said, a lot of reaction in _ challenging. as you said, a lot of reaction in the _ challenging. as you said, a lot of reaction in the us _ challenging. as you said, a lot of reaction in the us but - challenging. as you said, a lot of reaction in the us but of. of reaction in the us but of course it will be inevitably receiving a lot of coverage in the uk where the couple does divide opinions, don�*t they? and of course is that report mentioned it brings back the memories of princess diana�*s death. memories of princess diana's death. ., . ., , , , death. for prince harry this is a personal— death. for prince harry this is a personal crusade _ death. for prince harry this is a personal crusade against. death. for prince harry this is|

a personal crusade against the paparazzi and the media over harassment which he does blame for the death of his mother princess diana back in 1997. he gave an interview in a documentary the bbc did in which he called the paparazzi a pack of dogs and in the documentary he did recently also interviews that he has given, he said every paparazzi click, it is something that also gives him a sense of ptsd, so i think that is why we got this very strong statement from the prince�*s spokesperson in which they said that all the photos, all the videos that you are seeing came at a very dangerous cost. should also add that photos and videos people might be sitting on social media, the bbc hasn�*t been able to independently verify them yet. a lot more on our website on that story. let�*s take a look at some of the stories in the headlines

in the uk. one of the top scorers in the english premier league has been banned from football for eight months, after he admitted breaching betting rules. ivan toney, a striker for brentford, broke gambling regulations more than 200 times. he�*s also been fined about $60,000 by the sport�*s governing body. he is not expected to return to the pitch untiljanuary 202a. montana has become the first state in the united states to ban tiktok from operating in the state are the governor signed legislation that passed last month. the bill bands app stores from offering tiktok to users in the state. people have been concerned the chinese government could use the app for surveillance but tiktok said in a statement that the van infringed the first amendment right of the people of montana. the head of the united nations has held the latest renewal of the deal that

allows the export of ukrainian grain via the black sea as good news for the world. antonio guterres agreed to a deal with only a day to go before it expired. it will allow vital supplies to reach some of the world�*s most vulnerable people. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. my name�*s shirley robinson. i�*m 90, and i have just done a skydive. well, my children offered to give me an event for my birthday, so i settled for a skydive. i was diagnosed with leukemia, i suppose, about eight months ago, and it�*s chronic, so, i mean, i shall have it till idie.

and although it will never get better, they�*ve told me, ijust go plodding along. i�*ve done this skydive to raise money for crisis because imagine what it�*s like sleeping rough. i didn�*t go out with the idea of raising vast amounts, but i have i�*ve raised over 5000. and it�*s just wonderful how generous people have been. you�*re live with bbc news. reports from japan say britain�*s prime minister rishi sunak and his japanese counterpart fumio kishida will agree a landmark new global strategic partnership at the g7 summit in hiroshima. the so—called hiroshima accord will include the doubling of uk troop numbers in joint exercises. president biden will arrive for the summit on thursday. as shaima khalil reports, japan is hosting this year�*s meeting amid an increasingly unstable and tense indo—pacific.

at 0kinawa�*s naha air base, these routine military exercises have become more urgent. japan�*s southwestern islands are on the front line of any potential conflict between taiwan and china, a threat that�*s becoming more real by the day for the self—defense forces or the sdf. captain ura and his colleagues know that any response would have to involve their american counterparts. 0kinawa is home to the biggest concentration of us military presence in japan. but the young pilot tells me, as china�*s capabilities increase, so too should his squadron�*s readiness to retaliate. translation: when i scramble to intercept the planes and see l chinese aircraft in front of me, i naturally feel a sense of tension. but it also makes me realise that i�*m on a mission at the front line of national defence.

china�*s activities are getting more complex, so we need to reflect that in our training. when the government announced the biggest military build—up since the second world war, it illustrated japan�*s urgent need to show that it can defend itself. this is a pacifist nation now facing the potential of a conflict at its doorstep. be it from a belligerent north korea or because of china�*s increased aggression against taiwan. both scenarios will inevitably play out here. both would be catastrophic for the region and the whole world. an hour�*s flight from 0kinawa main is ishigaki island, a picturesque haven known for fishing and agriculture. and who�*s beautiful beaches have long attracted holiday—makers. but beyond this facade of calm stands japan�*s newest military base. nearly 600 troops have moved here earlier this year, including squads capable

of launching land to ship and land to air missiles into the east china sea and beyond. but the base has split a once close knit community. many fear their island might now be a target. every week, veteran activist tetsuya masato stands in the fields outside the base to protest. translation: as a person who has experienced - the second world war, i don�*t want the tragic situation to be repeated. i don�*t want this island to become a battlefield. we�*ve been nurtured by nature and culture of this island. i don�*t want that to be destroyed or stolen by war. ishigaki is close to two volatile frontiers taiwan and its growing tension with china and the senkaku diaoyu islands, which tokyo controls and beijing claims. translation: geographically speaking, we are very close to taiwan and southeast asia. we are in a situation

where chinese ships are patrolling very closely. the equipment we have in terms of missile launches is for defending ourselves. it�*s not for attacking other countries. we�*re not looking for war. japan has not fired a single shot in battle since the end of world war ii, but this country that has spent decades avoiding war might find itself being pulled into one. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, okinawa. jeffrey hornung is a senior political scientist at the rand corporation, a us based think tank and research institute, and he says the new landmark global strategic partnership between the uk and japan is highly significant. to date outside of the usjapan alliance, the most thatjapan has had with defense relations, the robustness has been with australia. japan, for years, has been looking to increase its defence ties with europe, uk among them. and so this is really a landmark agreement, the fact that they�*re taking their defence

relationship to the next level. and as we�*ve heard in shaimaa�*s report, japan is boosting its defense spending. and president biden is, of course, arriving injapan today and will be meeting with mr kishida against the war in ukraine, the growing threat of china that will likely be the top of the agenda of the conversation and the g7 summit. sure. in the g7 summit, they�*re going to be talking about a wide array of issues, whether it be global health, economic or security. but with the bilateral summit, i think we can expect to see a lot more security focused interest, be that the chinese provocations in and around japan. continued aggression or continued build up by north korea as well as the war in ukraine, and howjapan and the us can respond to that together. but at the same time, president biden is cutting his trip short because of

the domestic debt limit issue back home, skipping the quad summit, of course, in sydney. how is this going to be viewed by its allies? so there was a fear initially that president biden was going to skip the g7 summit altogether and miss his entire presence in the region. i think the japanese, the hosts, are relieved that president biden will at least make it to the g7 summit. but you�*re right, by skipping out on the quad meeting and not being able to be the first president to visit papua new guinea, this does send sort of a mixed message to the region about us commitment. but at the same time, democracies have domestic politics that they have to deal with. and i do think talking to friends injapan, they do understand the domestic problems that president biden is facing and the fact that he does have to go home to tend to those. it�*s probably the most famous shipwreck of all time, the focus of countless documentaries and hollywood movies, but there�*s a version of the titanic you haven�*t seen. experts have used special

technology to map the whole ship and create its "digital twin". our science editor, rebecca morelle, has been given exclusive access to the project. nearly a,000m down, in the murky depths of the atlantic — the titanic. but cameras can only ever show us tantalising snapshots, never the whole ship. now, a new scan has revealed the wreck as it�*s never been seen before. an exact full—sized replica. to appreciate its scale, we�*ve superimposed it in the london stadium, where the olympics was held. the titanic was simply colossal, and this 3d scan reveals the wreck in its entirety. for the first time, we have an exact digital copy of the real thing. and what you see here is what�*s lying on the floor of the north atlantic ocean. not only can we get an idea of the ship�*s enormous size, this scan also gives us a close—up

view of its smallest details. this is the boat deck. a gaping hole provides a glimpse inside, where the grand staircase once stood. and here�*s what�*s left of the captain�*s bridge, covered in fragile stalactites of rust. remarkable details are emerging too, like this serial number on a propeller. the resolution is phenomenal. this will allow scientists, historians to reunderstand how the titanic came to be where it is. and it�*s also a snapshot in time. the titanic was scanned using submersibles. they took 700,000 images from every angle to build up an exact 3d reconstruction. the wreck is in two parts.

the bow is still instantly recognisable, more than 100 years after it sank. 800 metres away, the stern, though, is a chaotic mess of metal. it collapsed as it corkscrewed into the sea floor. the titanic�*s been extensively explored, but there are still fundamental questions. we really don�*t understand the character of the collision with the iceberg. we don�*t even know if she hit it along the starboard side, as shown in all the movies. she might have grounded on the iceberg. and this photogrammetry model is one of the first major steps to driving the titanic story toward evidence—based research and not speculation. the sea is eating away at the wreck and time is running out to find out what happened on that night in 1912 when more than 1,000 lives were lost. but the scan now freezes the wreck in time. the hope is titanic may yet give up its secrets. rebecca morelle, bbc news. what a fascinating project. there is a what a fascinating project. there is a lot what a fascinating project. there is a lot more

what a fascinating project. there is a lot more on what a fascinating project. there is a lot more on that story on our website so do check that out as well. the stars were back out on the red carpet for day two of the cannes film festival. ethan hawke�*s new film strange way of life had its premiere. he and pedro pascal play lovers in the short 31 minute film inspired by ang lee�*s brokeback mountain. pascal wasn�*t in france as he�*s said to be filming the follow up to gladiator. japanese director hirokazu koreeda premiered his new movie monster. it breaks down the misunderstandings between a single monther and a teacher started by two schoolboys. the director is hoping to repeat his success at the film festival years ago when he won the top prize. that�*s all for now —

stay with bbc world news. we have all the analysis and all the latest on the world news. thank you so much for watching. there�*s going to be some more warm sunshine at times on thursday. could be one of two showers breaking out, mind you. and later in the day, we�*re going to find this cloud coming in from the atlantic to bring a little rain into the northwest. right now, though, we�*ve got this stream of cloud moving down from the north. a lot of it, though. this quite thin, high, cloud, but with more cloud around, temperatures will start at nearer nine or ten degrees early on thursday. and from that cloud, there could still be a little light rain or drizzle in scotland. now eastern parts of scotland should become drier and brighter. and in northern ireland there�*ll be some sunshine in the morning before that band of cloud brings that line of rain. for england and wales, there�*ll be some sunny spells developing, but as it warms up

a bit we could trigger a few showers through the midlands, some eastern parts of england. further west it�*s likely to stay dry, and we may well find the highest temperature around worcestershire and herefordshire, but it�*s still only 20 degrees. nothing to get too excited. we normally see temperatures a bit higher than that at this time of the year. and generally those numbers are going to be 17 or 18 celsius, once again, like wednesday. there is that weather front though, bringing that line of rain into scotland and northern ireland that�*s going to then push its way down into england and wales on friday. and that cloud may start to thicken up and bring with it a few more showers. and those could be a little heavy as they push into the midlands towards the south east of england. following on from that, we�*ve got more sunshine to come for scotland and northern ireland, though the cloud will build up a bit and spread out. but temperatures are likely to reach 18 degrees in glasgow, the same as the temperature there in plymouth, and it�*ll be warm in the sunshine. for scotland and northern ireland as we head into

the weekend though, there�*s likely to be more cloud coming in from the atlantic, a little bit more breezy in northern scotland. high pressure will keep it dry, though, for england and wales and there�*ll be a lot of sunshine around as well. but more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, just about thick enough to give a little light rain or drizzle here and there. no great amounts by any means. and we�*ve still got temperatures of 18 degrees in the central belt. in the sunshine for england and wales, temperatures could hit 20 or 21 celsius. and there�*s more sunshine to come for england and wales on sunday. more of a breeze in the southeast. should actually brighten up with some sunshine in south east scotland. other parts of scotland and northern ireland again seeing more cloud, not much rain coming from that cloud. and where you have the sunshine, it�*ll be warm again.

debt ceiling debacle. the battle continues to strike a deal before the world�*s biggest economy runs out of cash. and if you are a tiny country, do you still have room for nature? we take a look at the wildlife being squeezed out of singapore. hi there, welcome to asia business report with me, mariko oi. we begin in washington where the battle is continuing as democrats and republicans negotiate a deal to

raise the debt limit. congress must approve raising the