Also in the programme preparing to protest for the planet students around the world get ready for friday climate strikes. Shouting. And why gay rights activists in south korea say lack of laws to protect them is forcing many young people to take their own lives. Good morning. Its iam in london, 8 in the morning here in singapore and 9am tokyo where if you didnt already know the Rugby World Cup gets underway later today. This is the first time the tournament is being hosted by an asian nation. Its only four years ago that japans team, the brave blossoms caused a huge shock with their 3a 32 victory over south africa in england. Nowjapan will be hoping to build on that stunning victory on home soil. Lets go straight to the bbcs mariko oi whos in tokyo for us. A lot of excitement with the brave blossoms facing the russians tonight yes, rico. And the aim for it to be taking place in japan is because they want to spread the popularity of the sport outside countries like australia, new zealand, england and south africa. I think it is working because people are certainly quite excited about it. There have been questions about ticket sales and so on but the fact is they want to spread the popularity and asia is of course the most populous region on the planet andjapan most populous region on the planet and japan has the largest rug by and japan has the largest rug rugby playing population in asia. Baseball and football are more popular but rugby is popular especially among University Students was not i visited a University Last night to watch them practice and find out how the students feel. Rugby has never been that big injapan but it suddenly came into the spotlight in 2015 after that shock victory by japans brave blossoms over south africa. It has been dubbed the greatest upset at a Rugby World Cup. It gave the country the extra push for hosting rights and here we are. Japan has become the first asian nation to host the tournament. It was a bit of a gamble, though, for the Rugby World Cup to be taking place in a country where baseball and football are more popular. There have been some concerns about ticket sales, especially outside of big cities. Local support will probably on how the home team how the home team does in the big tournament but these students are very excited. Translation up until now, i only watched other nations teams games on television but the fact they are playing in my home country is great. Translation the current Japanese Team is said to be at its best and the coach hopes to be in the top eight. Just like the last world cup when they beat south africa, i hope they do well and rugby becomes more popular injapan. Translation i thought only rugby players and fans would enjoy this world cup but ive noticed my fans who dont play rugby are looking forward to it, too. Japan is up against russia in fridays opening match and the home team is ranked higher than the opponent. Japan is no stranger to host a big event. Wiech me is a professor does meet with me is a professorfrom event. Wiech me is a professor does meet with me is a professor from the university who is also a rugby expert. It is a Good Opportunity to host so many visitors but it is also of manners. Tattoos are associated with organised crime injapan but a lot of rugby players have tattoos. How are they trying to mitigate the sensitive issues . I dont think they can. Fact of the matter is they have one eye closed and one eye open. I think that is the methodology that is the only way forward. Fact is, the foreigners are forgiven for doing the wrong thing so i wouldnt excessively worry about it. It is true, it is one of those cultural variations that is giving a big headache to the administrators. After the shock victory in 2015, you are telling us how the number of stu d e nts are telling us how the number of students playing rugby has gone down because mothers watched it and thought it was a bit too dangerous. Do you think after this Rugby World Cup the popularity of the sport will go cup the popularity of the sport will 9 up cup the popularity of the sport will go up and the number of students playing as well . I would like to think so but it is the not in my backya rd think so but it is the not in my backyard phenomenon feel because it isa backyard phenomenon feel because it is a very dangerous spot. Sport. I would like to think that the popularity will go up because the popularity will go up because the camaraderie and all of these wonderful things that would suit the Japanese Culture as well. I would like to think it would be an increase in popularity in rugby here. At the university, they were hoping for top eight forjapans ralph possums. How far do you think the Japanese Team can go . Ralph possums. How far do you think theJapanese Team can go . Ralph possums. How far do you think the Japanese Team can go . Brave blossoms. They have a good chance and while it would give a vast route to the japanese would be seen, i hope it is the case. Thank you for staying with us throughout newsday. Rico and nuala, i think if you ask all the japanese fans whether they understand all the rules, i dont think the answer will be yes but at the same time, they are very excited about having this big sporting event right here in japan. Lets take a look at some of the days other news. Former british Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed he asked the queen for help ahead of the Scottish Independence vote in 2014. The palaces reaction to the admission . Sources say theres displeasure. At the time, the queen told voters they should think very carefully about their decision. Heres what mr cameron said. I remember conversations that i had with my private secretary and he had with the queens private secretary and i had with the queens private secretary. Not asking for anything that would be improper and unconstitutional butjust a raising of the eyebrow, even, you know, a quarter of an inch, we thought would make a difference. Also making news today the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says he wants a peaceful outcome to the confrontation with iran over saturdays drone and missile strike on saudi arabia. On wednesday, mr pompeo described the attack as an act of war. Iran denies us allegations it was behind the assault on saudi oilfacilities. I think it is abundantly clear and there is enormous consensus in the region that we know who conducted these attacks is iran. I didnt hear anyone who doubted that for a moment. The former president of tunisia zein El Abideen Ben Ali has died in exile aged 83. He was forced from office, after two decades in power, following mass street protests which triggered a wave of similar uprisings across the arab world. Ben ali was sentenced in his absence to thirty five years in prison for embezzling public money. Residents of the northern french town of armentieres were shocked to see what looked like a black panther stalking the rooftops. The big cat spent nearly an hour on a ledge before a vet sedated it with a tranquilliser dart. Before its capture, the panther had gone into an apartment belonging to a family whose15 year old daughter was at home. Police are seeking the panthers owner for questioning. Indonesia is still fighting to cope with thousands of forest fires which are sending thick smoke across the region. Most of the fires are being started to clear land for plantations. The haze is causing Health Problems for local residents and wildlife as rivan dwiaston reports from kalimantan. Firefighters and volunteers struggled to put out this fire one of the thousands of hotspots burning across the island. But their Water Resources are running out. The community is praying for rain. Translation our main problem now is water. Here, the long dry season has made our water sources run dry. Its difficult to get water close to the hotspots. From the air, their homes are barely visible through the haze. Hundreds of thousands of acres of burning forest and peatland has thrown a toxic blanket over the region. Its having a devastating effect on peoples health. Tens of thousands of people are now suffering from haze related illness. This local hospital has set up this clinic with bags and oxygen for the locals who have been breathing in toxic haze for weeks and the air outside is having real impact on locals and some of the worst our children. This 5 month old baby has been struggling to breathe. Hes being treated alongside his sister. Endangered orangutans are also suffering while the fires destroy more of their shrinking habitat. Their forest cleared to make way for lucrative palm oil plantations. Indonesia is the Worlds Largest producer and these fires were lit illegally to clear more land. Helicopters water bomb hotspots and thousands of troops have been deployed to fight the fires. These fires release enormous Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere. At the peak of the 2015 fires, the worst fires in two decades, the blaze are estimated to have emanated more Greenhouse Gases than the entire us economy in the same period. After those devastating fires, indonesia vowed to prevent it from occurring again. But observers say that weak Law Enforcement and corruption is the major barrier to stopping them coming back every year. The canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has issued a new apology tonight, after fresh video emerged of him wearing blackface make up, a day after he admitted such behaviour was racist. Mr trudeau said hed hurt people who faced discrimination but couldnt say how many times hed worn blackface. From 0ttawa, nick bryant reports. In this age of celebrity politicians, Justin Trudeau is a politician who became a celebrity. Youthful, telegenic a leader who seemed to embody the values of modern day progressiveness, a model of political correctness. Put this photo presents a very different picture, showing him wearing blackface make up at a private school gala in 2001. An arabian nights Costume Party where, as a 29 year old teacher, he was dressed as a charater from aladdin. His message today forgive me, ive changed. Darkening yourface, regardless of the context or the circumstances, is always unacceptable because of the racist history of blackface. I should have understood that then, and i never should have done it. More blackface photos have emerged, and a video has surfaced from the early 90s showing a young Justin Trudeau sticking his tongue out and making faces. All this in the midst of an Election Campaign in which mr trudeau had already been reeling from a corruption scandal. Blackface is now recognised as a racist caricature, and his opponents are piling in. Any time we hear examples of brownface or blackfacing, its making a mockery of someone for what they live, and what their lived experiences are. I think he needs to answer for it. The young Prime Minister has always sought to portray canada as one of the worlds most successfully multicultural countries. Here, he greeted Syrian Refugees at the airport. This damages his political brand. But in the capital, 0ttawa, today, most people we spoke to were forgiving. It is nothing, because he was very young at the time. And it was canada, its not the us, we dont have the same history here that they have in the us. Do you find it offensive . I do. Hes positioned himself as a liberal counterpoint to donald trump, but his golden boy image has been tarnished. Nick bryant, bbc news, 0ttawa. Youre watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the Programme Climate protests are expected in countries across the world. Well hear from one of the students preparing to strike. Also on the programme how discrimination and prejudice in south korea are driving young gay teenagers to the brink. While 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, rescue teams still have no idea just how many people have died. There is people alive and there is people not alive. We just can help and give them whatever weve got. A state funeral is being held for princess grace of monaco at the church where she married prince rainier 26 years ago. It looked as though they had come to fight a war, but their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and nowhere on earth needs it more badly. The governments case is being forcefully presented by monsieur badinter, the justice minister. Hes campaigned vigorously for the abolition, having once witnessed one of his clients being executed. Elizabeth seton spent much of her time at this grotto, and every year, hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. Now that shes become a saint, its expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. The mayor and local businessman regard the anticipated boom as just another blessing of st elizabeth. This is newsday on the bbc. Im rico hizon in singapore. Im Nuala Mcgovern in london. Our top stories japan prepares to make history as the first asian nation to host the Rugby World Cup. Canadas Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, says he deeply regrets that he wore blackface make up on several occasions decades ago. Hes facing renewed pressure ahead of next months general election. Now for a look at some front pages from around the world. Lets begin with the International Edition ofjapan times its reporting that after a 2 year trial, three former executives of the japanese Electrical Company tepco have been acquitted of professional negligence. 30 lawsuits had been filed against them arguing that their negligence resulted in the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear crisis. The Straits Times is leading with one of our main stories the haze cloaking singapore and malaysia for a second week. It says says air purifiers will be issued if the haze worsens for students undergoing examinations, and employees who work outside are being given masks to help filter the air. And arab news is covering a report by Amnesty International titled all work, no pay that says qatar is failing to fulfil its promises to improve the conditions of Migrant Workers in the run up to the 2022 world cup. Students around the world are ditching class to demand action on Climate Change. 0rganisers expect more than a Million People to join the Global Climate strike on friday, with events held in at least 100 countries. The movement is championed by teenage activist greta thunberg, who will join protestors in new york. Theyre hoping the worlds leaders take note as they head to next weeks un Climate Action summit. 15 year old student danielle porre viafuna is in sydney, and will be marching on friday. Were going to be striking in the city of sydney today because Climate Change is something we care so deeply. It generally threatens our future like nothing weve ever seen before so us, so tens of thousands of students are joining together with adults and all people across society to fight the Climate Justice because it needs to be done and we need to have action. Have your parents said yeah, thats fine, go ahead, skip school. Tell me a bit about the interaction youve had with adults. Its a fascinating thing that its really teenagers who are leading this movement. I think its really interesting how a lot of people frame it as we are just being told by adults to go and skip school. The reality is, we are not skipping school, we are working hard, we are on the street fighting the social we are on the streets, we are fighting for social movements, fighting for something that is so deeply important to us and that something that adults have not acted on and its not adults telling us to go onto the streets, its science telling us to go on the streets because the adults are not listening to the science which is why we are out here fighting for it. And my point really is slightly different. I was wondering whether your parents were cool for you to go out or they would prefer you to stay in school. My parents are quite supportive of it. They are happy that i am involved and im really passionate about something thats important to me and that im acting on it. You say you feel enough has not been done. Do you think Something Like this can really make a difference . Will it really connect with political leaders . Theyve had so many opportunities in the previous decades to perhaps be more forthright than they have been. Well, i do think its quite disappointing that up to this point, they havent really listened to us. They havent listened to the science until we take these actions and us young people go out on strike in locations all over the world. I definitely think that is a force with hundreds of thousands of young people as a force across the world, together, we are incredibly powerful and we see that. We see that in the fact that there is a un Climate Summit next week. They are listening to us and Climate Change is definitely on most peoples radar. In sydney, is there one particular aspect when it comes to Climate Change that youd like to see the Australian Government tackle . So, school stike for climate in australia has three demands. No new fossil fuel projects including the Adani Carmichael and job creation for fossil fuel workers and their families. We need to have a Just Transition for those who are directly impacted by a transition to renewables and by a transition to a new, a greener and renewable and sustainable economy. A role model for the youth there. Lgbtq campaigners in south korea believe the lack of an anti discrimination law in the country could be costing young lives. Surveys suggest nearly half of all gay and lesbian teenagers in the east asian country attempt suicide. Many feel that being gay is treated as a disability or a mental illness. Laura bicker has been finding out why Many South Koreans find it hard to live with being lgbtq. Youll burn in hell. Youll get aids. Those are the insults shouted at members of the Lgbt Community as they squeeze their way through an intimidating line of protesters on their way to a gay pride festival. The very vocal Protestant Christian Community say they do it not out of hate, but of love. The true love is just to stop them going to hell. We just shout, if you go there, you are going to hell translation homosexuality is a country ruining disease. If you commit a homosexual act, the country will perish. Last year, this festival took a more violent turn as protesters tried to stop the Lgbt Community from marching. The voices of a few hundred people who wanted to celebrate their love were drowned out by thousands who believe its a sin. The lack of acceptance is too much for some to bear and its the kind of discrimination which could be costing young lives. Nearly half of all young lgbt people try to commit suicide. Alienated from society, they feel they will never be accepted. Kim wook suk knows this all too well. He was 20 when a co worker outed him as gay. Translation it felt like the sky was falling down. I was so scared and shocked. The Restaurant Owners told me they cannot work with a homosexual. They told me they did not want me to spread homosexuality to the co workers. They then told his mother, who flung him out of the house. Alone and homeless, he also found hed become a target. A man i didnt recognise came up to be saying, homosexuality is a sin and it cannot be forgiven. Then he suddently started to beat me with a bamboo sword. South korea is one of the most conservative countries in east asia in terms of gay rights. One study ranks it just above russia. Translation korean conservative christians have said that discrimination should not be made illegal and the government have accepted the small but vocal opinion as the majority of society. So it really hinders any active measures to adopt and respond to the need to protect the rights of sexual minorities. Back in incheon, two foreigners brave a kiss in front of the protesters. Its a public show of affection most gay men in south korea can only dream of. But hope remains that one day soon, they will be free to love whoever they choose without discrirmination. Laura bicker, bbc news, incheon. You have been watching newsday. Im rico hizon in singapore. Stay with us. Amazon has promised to make the Company Carbon neutral by 2040. Well look at how the Online Retail giant is planning to do it. And japan loves mascots every city has one. So, not surprisingly, there are several mascots for the Rugby World Cup. These characters are ren g the official tournament mascots. Theres also a dog mascott called raga maru kun and try kun this one kind of looks like a rugby player. The most popular it seems is kuma mon pictured here with the former emperor and empress. Hello there. Temperatures are set to climb over the next couple of days. Friday morning will start off with some fog patches in places but that should tend to lift and clear fairly quickly and then well see a lot of sunshine and some real warmth as well. High pressure is centred just about here. You can see the winds rotating around it in a clockwise direction. The High Pressure keeping the rain bearing cloud for the time being out in the atlantic. Wanted to fog patches across southern scotland, northern england. Could be the odd dense patch of fog, some potentially for Northern Ireland as well but as we go through the day, any fog will lift and we will see patches of cloud drifting northwards but a lot of sunshine across most parts of the uk and temperatures widely between 19 and 22 degrees. But with the south or south easterly winds blowing across the uk, the favoured spot for high temperatures will actually be the north of scotland, particularly when you get some shelter to the north of high ground. Could well see 23 or 2a degrees. Now, as we go through friday night, its going to stay dry. There will be long, clear spells overhead and we will see more of a breeze at this stage so i dont think therell be too many problems with mist and fog and its not going to be quite as chilly as some nights weve had recently. Some spots holding up in double digits. 1a degrees therefore plymouth for example, dropping down to 9 in glasgow and newcastle. But for saturday, we have this feed of air coming up in the south but for saturday, we have this feed of air coming up from the south of the south east. Pretty warm wind direction, fairly humid as well. High Pressure Holding onto the first half of the weekend but notice these frontal systems out in the atlantic. These will eventually make their move and turn things quite a lot more unsettled. Saturday then, the most reliably dry day for many parts of the uk. A lot of fine weather, lots of sunshine too but notice the odd thunderstorm late in the day to the south west of england, the odd thunderstorm late in the day through the south west of england, parts of wales, maybe Northern Ireland as well. Temperatures, though, 21 degrees in glasgow, temperatures, though, 21 degrees in glasgow. The south east of england could get to 25, maybe 26 degrees. Through saturday night, though, theres the increasing chance we could see thundery downpours drifting across western areas. Ahead of this frontal system. It is a cold front. It could be moving erratically northeastwards as we move to sunday. Some uncertainty about where it will come to rest with its outbreaks of rain for the afternoon but ahead of it, another warm day, 23 or 2a degrees but behind that cold front, the air turns colder. It will feel much cooler and much fresher and that leads us into a cooler, fresher week generally for all of us next week and there will be some wind and rain at times. It is going to feel quite autumnal. Im Nuala Mcgovern with bbc world news. Our top story the Rugby World Cup isjust hours from starting, with japan the first asian country to host the competition. The worlds top rugby nations are poised for the start of the cup with the outcome as uncertain as any of the previous eight tournaments. The canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, has again apologised for wearing blackface make up on several occasions decades ago. He faces renewed pressure ahead of next months general election after pictures and footage emerged. And this story is popular on bbc. Com. Protesters are preparing for friday climate strikes in around 100 countries across the world. 0rganisers say there could be up to a Million People taking part. Thats all. Stay with bbc world news. 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