i have mentioned the example before, the airfields from where russia bombed ukraine, knowing that ukraine will not bomb them in response not having the systems to do so. mexicans are at the polls in an election which is almost certain to result in the country's first female president. it's been the most violent election campaign in modern mexican history. south africa's ruling anc says it will talk to all parties about forming a coalition government, after losing its majority for the first time in 30 years. and a chinese spacecraft has landed on the far side of the moon, in a landmark mission to retrieve rock and soil samples.

the ukrainian president has accused china of prolonging the war in his country by supporting russia. speaking at the shangri la security gathering in singapore, volodymy zelensky complained that beijing was discouraging other countries from attending a summit scheduled in switzerland in mid—june. china has denied taking sides in the war. sura njana tewari reports. ukraine's president desperately needs help to forge his path to peace. the russian offensive in kharkiv has battered the north—east of the country for weeks. glide bombs fired by aircraft in russian airspace, pummelling ukrainian trenches. the us is helping kyiv fight back with advanced weaponry, but is concerned about escalation and has restricted their use to targets inside ukraine. president zelensky complains that his hands are tied. pressure on washington has been building. finally, in a meeting with us secretary of

defence lloyd austin, a change in policy was made official. but zelensky told the bbc that it is still insufficient. translation: is this enough? no. i have mentioned the example before, the airfields from where russia bombed ukraine, knowing that ukraine will not bomb them in response not having the systems to do so. could asia provide what he needs? he was hoping to drum up support by making an unscheduled visit to the shangri—la dialogue in singapore, asia's premier defence summit. south korea and japan are big arms and hardware manufacturers after all, but the focus for president zelensky was a peace conference which he hopes will prevent nuclear disaster, ensure food security and release prisoners of war including ukrainian children held in russia. he says 106 countries have already signed up. president zelensky has been holding meetings here all day, to drum up even more support for that peace conference in switzerland later this month.

his departure was far more muted than his arrival, when delegates packed the lobby and balconies for more than an hour, some comparing it to taylor swift's recent visit. that overshadowed the issues in asia. many countries are worried that china's increasingly aggressive behaviour is destabilising the region. beijing is a concern for president zelensky also. he said there were elements of russian weaponry that come from china and has accused it of prolonging the war by supporting russian. in a morning speech that was eclipsed by excitement for zelensky�*s address, the chinese defence chief denied taking sides. asked if he had met dong jun here, zelensky said no, and accused beijing of undermining his peace conference. translation: this is unfortunate that such a big, independent, - powerful country as china is an instrument in the hands of putin. zelensky was the man of the moment

amidst a sea of security dilemmas in the indo—pacific. it is the latest diplomatic push for a leader who has become accustomed to begging the world for help. now he returns home to the war, and a peace conference he hopes can break the deadlock, on his terms. suranjana tewari, bbc news, singapore. i'm joined now from washington by melinda haring, non resident senior fellow at the atlantic council. what at the atlantic council. is the main thing to undersi about what is the main thing to understand about zelensky�*s direct criticism of its support for russia? about zelensky's direct criticism of its support for russia?— its support for russia? great to be with ou. its support for russia? great to be with yom the _ its support for russia? great to be with you. the main _ its support for russia? great to be with you. the main thing - its support for russia? great to be with you. the main thing to - with you. the main thing to understand is that zelensky is very frustrated with the chinese. what happened today may seem a little overstated, it may seem like the zelensky exploded. that is not what is going on. china is pretending that it is going on. china is pretending thatitis is going on. china is pretending that it is not aiding and abetting

the russian regime. it is. make no mistake about it. you cannot be half pregnant. orshe mistake about it. you cannot be half pregnant. or she cannot continue the war in ukraine if china were not selling drugs and other equipment that russia uses every day to prosecute the war in ukraine. so thatis prosecute the war in ukraine. so that is what we are hearing and feeling with zelensky's sharp statements today.— feeling with zelensky's sharp statements today. feeling with zelensky's sharp statements toda . ., ., ., ., statements today. elaborate on that. give us a sense _ statements today. elaborate on that. give us a sense of— statements today. elaborate on that. give us a sense of the _ statements today. elaborate on that. give us a sense of the scale - statements today. elaborate on that. give us a sense of the scale or - give us a sense of the scale or influence that china has over russia's actions in ukraine? china and russia _ russia's actions in ukraine? china and russia have _ russia's actions in ukraine? china and russia have been _ russia's actions in ukraine? china and russia have been very - russia's actions in ukraine? c�*i “is. and russia have been very friendly for a long time. that is not new. since the war started two years ago, the full—scale war back in february of 2022, china and russia have grown increasingly crust and their leaders have done so as well. we had pictures before the war exchanging necklaces, a lot of kabuki theatre but it is a lot more real now. the two big authoritarian powers are reinforcing each other in very real

ways. so there is economic cooperation, there is real cooperation, there is real cooperation on the state to state level and there has been enormous amounts of purchase of weapons. so the red line is beijing has not provided shells to moscow, but it has enabled, it has been selling a lot of equipment that enables the russian war machine and it claims that we are innocent and it is not doing that, it is playing a double game. last year beijing proposed a peace plan on the anniversary of the war in february 2023 and pretending to be a neutral broker and it does not. we see that state. zelensky is inviting everyone, he is in singapore inviting the world to a peace conference in switzerland later this month and he did not invite russia and the chinese have snubbed him. so he's very upset and he's not only upset about the snubbing, that china is a hypocrite. he's really upset because russia is using china to undermine other

countries from participating in the swiss peace process so that displays set us consultant today. {hind swiss peace process so that displays set us consultant today.— set us consultant today. china has denied it, taking _ set us consultant today. china has denied it, taking sides _ set us consultant today. china has denied it, taking sides in - set us consultant today. china has denied it, taking sides in the - set us consultant today. china has denied it, taking sides in the war. | denied it, taking sides in the war. what impact do you think this forthcoming peace summit injune could have on the ongoing war in ukraine? to could have on the ongoing war in ukraine? ., ., ., , , ukraine? to not write any big bold headlines. that _ ukraine? to not write any big bold headlines. that is _ ukraine? to not write any big bold headlines. that is the _ ukraine? to not write any big bold headlines. that is the 40,000 - ukraine? to not write any big bold| headlines. that is the 40,000 foot view. there is more than 106 countries coming to switzerland but you cannot have a real negotiation if the two parties of the conflict are not there. russia is not coming and ukraine will be there. it looks likejoe biden is also not coming which is another big signal that you should limit your expectations. however, it is important. countries should show up because of pressure needs to grow and grow on russia. pressure is the aggressor state and russia needs to leave ukraine as soon as possible so that can reestablish its borders and its

territorial sovereignty. those are our doctrines that china says it supports in its peace plan that it floated a year ago.— supports in its peace plan that it floated a year ago. thank you so much for your— floated a year ago. thank you so much for your time, _ floated a year ago. thank you so much for your time, melinda. i mexicans have been voting on sunday for a presidential election which is almost certain to result in the country's first female president. the frontrunner, claudia sheinbaum, and her main rival, xochitl galvez, are well ahead of the only male candidate in opinion polls. ms sheinbaum, who is a former mayor of mexico city, has the backing of the outgoing president, lopez obrador. it's been the most violent election campaign in modern mexican history. over 20 local candidates have been killed across the country during the campaign — and two people were killed in separate attacks at voting centres in the central state of puebla. i'm joined now by will grant, in mexico city. give us a sense of how bad the

security situation is in mexico and why has it been so violent during these elections? it’s why has it been so violent during these elections?— these elections? it's hard to say wh it these elections? it's hard to say why it has _ these elections? it's hard to say why it has been _ these elections? it's hard to say why it has been so _ these elections? it's hard to say why it has been so much - these elections? it's hard to say why it has been so much more | these elections? it's hard to say - why it has been so much more violent this time around rather than in previous elections but it certainly has been. this is been the most violent election, most violent campaign in living memory in mexico sorts of candidates either killed, which is extremely frightening, or threatened and forced off of the ballot. we have been speaking to voters in mexico city during the course of the day. some who feel like claudia sheinbaum will not be the answer, particularly on security. others who really think that she will be the right choice in terms of extending the policies of the existing government. i am now in the existing government. i am now in the main square in mexico city which is where her campaign is setting up for what they hope will be a victory party. otherwise it is going to be a bit sad with all of these people gathering. you may be able to hear at some point in our conversation

the sound systems setting up and so on but they are expecting a lot of people to gather in the square for what they hope will be the crowning of the first female president in mexican history. tell of the first female president in mexican history.— of the first female president in mexican history. tell us a bit more about that- — mexican history. tell us a bit more about that. the _ mexican history. tell us a bit more about that. the fact _ mexican history. tell us a bit more about that. the fact that _ mexican history. tell us a bit more about that. the fact that this - mexican history. tell us a bit more about that. the fact that this could be the first time that mexico could possibly elect a female president. i think it is hugely significant. it was only in the early 1950s that women got the vote. other women have tried in the past. there was a number of female candidates for the presidency, none quite broke through. now we have the front runner and her nearest challenger both women. so it's extremely likely by the end of the vote, there will be a woman president elect. the front runner is claudia sheinbaum, as you mentioned, she was mayor of the city and she hopes that her record as mayor will echo around the

country and her endorsement by obrador. xochitl galvez is the opposite claiming changes what is needed and that she represents that. when are results expected? just a cou - le when are results expected? just a coule of when are results expected? just a couple of hours — when are results expected? just a couple of hours before _ when are results expected? just a couple of hours before polls - couple of hours before polls close and another few hours after that we will get what they called a fast result, the quick result and that should give us an un—reversible tendency, we should know by then. thank you very much, well, we will be watching along as well. let's take a look at some of the stories making the headlines in the uk election. the veteran left—wing politician diane abbott has says she intends to "run and win" as a labour candidate. she was suspended from the party in 2023 following comments she made about racism, but was allowed back in last month. there's been uncertainty about herfuture — but on friday,

the labour leader sir keir starmer said she was free to go forward as a labour candidate. the conservatives are focusing on health policies for england. they say they'll build 100 new gp surgeries and boost the number of available appointments if they win the election. the liberal democrats have promised to make a billion pounds a year available to local councils, to spend on public health. they want to increase access to blood pressure tests and health visits for infants and their mothers, especially in deprived areas. the party says it'll find the money, by clamping down on tax avoidance. the leader of the scottish national party, john swinney, has launched his party's election campaign. at a rally in glasgow, mr swinney pushed for independence, celebrated his party's record on fighting the cost of living as well as attacking both the conservatives and labour. he said people in scotland wanted rid of a "disastrous" tory government, and he accused labour

of "giving an awfully good impression" of them. in south africa, the party once led by nelson mandela, the african national congress, has had its worst election result, since the end of apartheid three decades ago. it means a fresh political landscape for the country, with the anc, losing support because of anger over the cost of living, high levels of corruption, unemployment and crime. barbara plett usher, has more from johnannesburg. this is a country at a crossroads. the historic inequalities of apartheid have not been erased and the people have had enough. last week they went to the polls and voted for change, delivering a dramatic drop in support to african national congress. today, the president spoke for the first time. people have given effect

to the clarion call that has resonated across generations. that the people shall govern, our people have spoken. whether we like it or not, they have spoken. the anc�*s disastrous showing has thrown competition wide open for a coalition government to replace its controlling majority. the pro—business democratic alliance came second, with an agenda of free—market reforms, but it struggles to shake the image of a party for the white minority. the former president, jacob zuma, disgraced by allegations of rampant corruption, has made an extraordinary comeback, heading the newly formed mk party. the radical economic freedom fighters want to nationalise banks and seize white owned land. so those are the options and we have now had the official announcement of the election result, confirming what we already knew. that means that the anc has two weeks to form a coalition with parties which have very different visions for the country. faced with that uncertain future are these young people injohannesburg,

the generation for whom most is at stake. nearly 50% are unemployed. if we get somebody young, fresh, young blood, yeah, we're going to, i'm very much optimistic. it's going to be a beautiful country. i hope the ruling party is shaken as we want them to be. we just need the basics, like, just take care of the people. and to stay on their promises and keep their word, you know. we know they want to tell the money, let them tell the money, but let them at least do what they promised to do and then maybe tell the change. the votes may have been counted but nobody knows where they will lead. barbara plett usher, bbc news, johannesburg. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

let's turn to the middle east now, where israel and hamas are being pressed to accept a ceasefire proposal outlined by us presidentjoe biden. the us says they have �*every expectation�* that israel will accept a ceasefire proposal that would begin with a cessation of hostilities for six weeks in gaza, a surge of humanitarian aid, and an exchange of some hostages for palestinian prisoners. here's the white house national security council spokesman john kirby. well, it is an israeli proposal, one that they arrived at after intense diplomacy with our own national security team and over at the state department in what it is a phased approach. so where we are right now is that proposal, an israeli proposal has been given to hamas. it was done on thursday night

our time, we're waiting for an official response from hamas. we would note that publicly hamas officials came out and welcomed this proposal. but the proposal has been met with vocal opposition. two key right—wing members of israel's coalition government have threatened to bring it down if the prime minister agrees to the latest peace deal offer. finance minister bezalel smotrich, here on the right, and national security minister itamar ben—gvir said they were opposed to striking any deal unless hamas was wiped out. last night in tel aviv, tens of thousands of people gathered to urge the prime minister to accept the ceasefire proposal unveiled by the us presidentjoe biden. groups of protesters were dispersed by mounted police and water cannon. our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega has more on how serious this threat was from these right wing ministers is to the israeli prime minister. benjamin netanyahu seems to be caught between two options ceasefire and coalition. unsurprisingly, two of his far right

ministers have dismissed the deal that was proposed on friday by president biden for the war in gaza, describing it as unacceptable. the finance minister, bezalel smotrich and itamar ben—gvir, the israeli national security minister, have threatened to quit the government if the deal goes ahead. now, this could lead to the collapse of the coalition of prime minister netanyahu. now the head of the opposition has offered to support the government if those ministers do resign in protest. but this would make mr netanyahu dependent on the support of people who have been highly critical of him. mr netanyahu hasn't yet responded. since on friday, when this deal was announced, his office has issued only two statements, short and vague, without explicitly supporting the deal, which was described by president biden as an israeli proposal. now, the families of the hostages who remain in captivity in gaza

are urging the prime minister to support the deal. they say that time is running out to rescue the hostages. so a lot of pressure on the prime ministerfor hamas. so a lot of pressure on the prime minister. for hamas, this is perhaps the best deal they can expect. they say they will support this deal if israel does. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. officials in the indian state of uttar pradesh say at least 33 people working at polling stations died of heat—stroke yesterday — the final day of voting in the country's election. at one point, a temperature ofjust under 47 celsius was recorded. donald trump has suggested that his supporters could reach "breaking point" — if he is sent to prison following his criminal convictions. one of his lawyers has told the bbc that nothing will change in the former us president's election campaign, despite his conviction. mr trump was found guilty by a jury on thursday of falsifying business records to conceal hush—money payments made to a former adult film actress. north korea has continued to fly balloons carrying large sacks of rubbish over the border

into south korea. the military in the south say some 600 balloons were sent over the weekend, many of which landed in the capital seoul. on wednesday, pyongyang began sending sacks of waste paper, cigarette butts and excrement to its neighbour, in retaliation for activists in south korea sending balloons carrying propaganda leaflets to the north. ticketmaster said it's working to mitigate the risk to customers, after hackers claimed to have stolen the details of more than 560 million users. the company confirmed �*unauthorised activity�* on its database, but has not said how many people are affected. our business reporter simon browning has the latest.

ticketmaster — one of the biggest ticket platforms in the world. it�*s where you buy your chance to see the biggest showbiz stars on the planet. music, festivals, comedy, theatre — they�*re all for sale here. but now, after what could be one of the biggest data breaches in history, personal information could now be on sale, too. on saturday morning, live nation — ticketmaster�*s owners — confirmed they�*d been a victim of unauthorised activity on its data base. shinyhunters — a hacking group — claims to have 560 million customers�* personal details, and partial credit—card information. this number is still to be confirmed. the hackers want half a million dollars in ransom. with millions using ticketmaster for tools like taylor swift or bruce springsteen, social—media users have expressed concern about their accounts and tickets. they will be looking to exploit this, potentially... cybersecurity experts are warning opportunistic scammers will now be trying to exploit concern about the breach. if you receive an email, if you receive a text message, if you receive a whatsapp message that in any way talks about this — this breach and this hack — be very, very careful. the second thing, don�*t click links — don�*t click on any link that you receive through email or text message or whatsapp whatsoever. and the third thing is — especially if you click on that link

and it says "enter your details to check if you were in the breach" or something like that, do not do that. ticketmaster says it�*s working to mitigate the risk to those affected, and will contact its users with respect to unauthorised access to personal information. simon browning, bbc news. until now, the far side of the moon has been relatively unexplored — except perhaps by pink floyd — but now, the chinese have landed a spacecraft on the far side of the lunar surface. the mission to discover to bring back rock samples and see if there is ice or water there. here�*s laura bicker. this is the view from the chang�*e 6 space probe as it comes into land on the far side of the moon. now that it�*s here, it has work to do in what china is describing as an historic mission. every movement was monitored at beijing�*s aerospace control center. landing on this part of the moon, as shown in this

animation, is risky. this is a very impressive mission because the thing about the far side of the moon is you�*ve got no line of sight communication with the earth. but years earlier, china launched a satellite to relay messages from earth to solve that problem. after decades of preparation, the probe finally touched down. for the next two days, a mechanical arm will drill and collect rock and soil samples. this is a world first. scientists have never been able to study this side of the moon. the chang�*e 6 began its mission in early may, and if the uncrewed craft makes it back later this month with the precious samples, china will know it is leading the way in this type of lunar exploration, and the country

is yet another step closer to putting their own man or woman on the moon. laura bicker, bbc news, beijing. real madrid�*s players have been celebrating winning the champions league — the fifteenth time the club has won the competition. they held a bus parade through the spanish capital — after beating borussia dortmund two—nil at wembley on saturday night. thousands of fans lined the streets of madrid and packed into the bernabeu stadium to celebrate the victory. we will leave you to soak in the pictures of their victory parade. hello there. we saw some pretty decent weather over the weekend. saturday, scotland, northern ireland saw the warmth and the sunshine. it was england and wales on sunday which saw temperatures reach 24 celsius in a few locations. this upcoming week, though, will be rather disappointing for many. it�*ll turn a lot cooler for early

june — sunshine and showers, and nights will become chilly. gardeners and growers, do beware, could see a touch of frost at night from tuesday onwards. now, this area of high pressure, which brought the fine weather at the weekend, just retreating back out towards the atlantic, allowing some weather fronts to start to work their way down from the north. one such weather front will bring quite a bit of cloud across the country through the day — holes appearing in it, some sunny spells here and there, spots of rain over some western hills. best of the sunshine across northern scotland, but there�*ll be maybe a few showers across the north. quite blustery here, and turning cool already — but top temperatures, 19—20 celsius in the warmest spots elsewhere. as we move through monday night, we see the cloud coming and going, there will be some clearer spells. a few spots of rain just pushing into the north west of the country — that�*s a sign of things to come. and most places will be fairly mild. but it�*s all changed, tuesday onwards, these cold fronts will bring outbreaks of heavy rain, some heavy showers — and behind it, that colder, arctic air spills its way southwards across the whole country

through tuesday and wednesday, and hangs around for the rest of the week. so we could see some heavy, maybe thundery showers across the northern half of the uk. some wintriness over the high ground, some hail mixed in, a few showers getting into england and wales, and it�*ll also be quite blustery. there will be sunshine in between, but it�*s a much cooler air mass — the low to mid—teens in the north, could just make 19—20 celsius in the warmest spots across the southeast. a bit cooler still for all areas on wednesday. further showers across the northern half of the country, the odd one just getting into the midlands and perhaps eastern england. but tending to stay dry here — top temperatures, 17—18 celsius, 10—14 celsius across the north of the country with these heavy showers, which will be blustery at times. little change as we head into thursday and friday. that area of low pressure sits to the north of the uk, feeding in this cool northwesterly breeze with plenty of showers, mainly to the northern half of the country. and that�*s how it looks to end the week, and indeed, into next weekend, where it will remain quite cool. further showers here,

best of any dry and bright weather will be towards the south. but pretty disappointing temperatures at the time of year.

this is bbc news. we�*ll have the headlines at the top of the hour as newsday continues — straight after hardtalk.

welcome to hardtalk, i�*m mishal husain. today�*s guest spent the first 24 years of their life immersed in america�*s white nationalist movement, with a father who was a ku klux klan leader and the founder of a website whose users have been linked to close to 100 murders. that ideology was derek black�*s whole world, but then came a turning point and a journey from white nationalism to anti—racism. today, we have that extraordinary story of race, politics and ultimately turning against what your family stands for. how does a transformation like that come about? what can we learn from it? and has derek black found a new purpose as well as a new identity?