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. 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. melinda haring is, non resident senior fellow at the atlantic council in wahington. she told me there's no doubt president zelensky is frustrated by china's support for russia. what happened today may seem a little overstated. it may seem like zelensky exploded. that's not what's going on. china is pretending that it's not aiding and abetting the russian regime. it is. make no mistake about it. you can't be half pregnant. russia cannot continue the war in ukraine if china would not be selling drones and other equipment that russia uses every day to prosecute the war in ukraine. so that's really what we're hearing and feeling was zelensky�*s very sharp statements today.

so just to elaborate on that, if you could then give us a sense of the scale of the influence that china has over russia's actions in ukraine. so china and russia have been very friendly for a long time, so that's not new. but since the war started two years ago, the full scale war back in february of 22. china and russia have grown increasingly close and their leaders have grown increasingly close as well. we had a lot of pictures before the war, exchanging necklaces, a lot of sort of kabuki theatre, but it's a lot more real now. the two big authoritarian powers are reinforcing each other in very, very real ways. so there's economic cooperation. there is real cooperation on the state to state level, and there's been enormous amounts of purchase of weapons. so the sort of red line is beijing has not provided shells to moscow, but it has enabled it's been selling a lot of equipment that enables

the russian war machine and it claims that we're innocent, we're not doing that. it's playing a double game. last year, beijing proposed a peace plan and back in the anniversary of the war in february 23. and it's pretending to be a neutral broker and it's not. and we see that today because zelensky has he's inviting everyone. he's in singapore, he's inviting the world to come 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 try to undermine other countries from participating in this swiss peace process. so that's why zelinsky is so upset today. china, for their part, have denied taking sides in the war. and melinda, what impact do you think this forthcoming peace summit in mid—june could have on the conflict or the on the war on going in ukraine? so, steve, you don't write any

big, bold headlines. that's that's the 40,000 foot view. there's more than 106 countries coming to switzerland, but you can't have a real negotiation if the two parties to the conflict are not there. russia's not coming and ukraine will be there. it looks likejoe biden is also not coming, which is another big signal that you shouldn't you should limit your expectations. however, it's important. and countries should show up because pressure needs to grow. it needs to grow and grow on russia. russia is the aggressor state and russia needs to leave ukraine as soon as possible so that ukraine can re—establish its borders and its territorial sovereignty. and those are doctrines that china says it supports in this peace plan it floated a year ago. 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 0brador. 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. 0ur correspondent in mexico city — will grant — told me why the levels of violence have been so high in the run—up to this election. it's hard to say why it's been so much more violent this time around rather than in previous elections. but it certainly has been. this has been the most violent election, the most violent campaign, really, in living memory in mexico, with scores of candidates either killed, which is extremely frightening or threatened and sort of forced off the ballot. now, we've been speaking to voters in mexico city during the course of the day, some who feel like claudia sheinbaum won't be the answer, particularly on security, others who really do think that she would be the right choice in terms of extending

the policies of the existing government. i'm now in the main square in mexico city, the soccer lawn, which is where her campaign is setting up for what they hope will be a victory party. otherwise, it's going to be a bit of a sad experience here with all these people gathering. you might be able to hear at some point in our conversation the sound system setting up and so on. but they're expecting a lot of people to gather in this square for what they hope will be the crowning of the first female president in mexican history. yeah, tell us a bit more about that, will, about how sort of, you know, the fact that this could be the first time that mexico would could possibly elect a female president. but i think it's hugely significant. it was only in the early 1950s that women in mexico got the vote. so 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 are both women.

so it is extremely likely that by the end of the vote, there will be a woman president elect. the frontrunner is claudia sheinbaum. as you mentioned, she was mayor of this city and she hopes that her record as mayor will echo around the country and her offer of sort of continuity for president. her rival is quite the opposite, that what's needed in mexico is change and that she represents that change. 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 over the weekend — saturday was 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. 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. (vt) 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 spokesmanjohn kirby —

speaking to abc this week programme. 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. 0ur middle east correspondent, hugo bachega has more on how serious this threat was from these right

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 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 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 her future — 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.

the flamboyant founder of fake cryptocurrency 0necoin, ruja ignatova, is the world's most wanted woman. dubbed the "missing cryptoqueen", she's on the fbi's top 10 most wanted list after defrauding investors of $4.5 billion and then vanishing. for the past year, bbc world service's eye investigations and panorama have been trying to find out more about what happened to her, and whether she is even alive. this coin is going to be number one worldwide. she this coin is going to be number one worldwide.— one worldwide. she became missin: one worldwide. she became missing has _ one worldwide. she became missing has been _ one worldwide. she became missing has been accused i one worldwide. she became| missing has been accused of defrauding victims of more than $4 billion. the bbc has been investigating the disappearance of ruja ignatova for five years. of ruja ignatova for five ears. �* ., ., ., years. an international fugitive _ years. an international fugitive who _ years. an international- fugitive who masterminded a vast — fugitive who masterminded a vast worldwide fraud scheme is being _ vast worldwide fraud scheme is being added to the fbi top ten most — being added to the fbi top ten most wanted list.— being added to the fbi top ten most wanted list. sources now sa she most wanted list. sources now say she may — most wanted list. sources now say she may have _ most wanted list. sources now say she may have been - most wanted list. sources now -

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wrote. for more on this story you can watch bbc eye's investigation with panorama, "the missing cryptoqueen: dead or alive" now on the iplayer, or the world service youtube site and on bbc sounds. 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 change 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 change 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 01’ 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 2—0 at wembley on saturday night. thousands of fans lined the streets of madrid and packed into the bernabeu stadium to celebrate the victory. the club also won the domestic la liga title last month — securing another double under coach carlo ancelotti. congratulations to the team and the coach. back with the business needs in just the coach. back with the business needs injust a the coach. back with the business needs in just a few moments. bye for now. 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 earlyjune — 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 coldfronts 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.

a new industrial revolution, with 100 trillion dollars�* worth of opportunities. we�*ll have more on nvidia�*s vision for al chips. plus, the prime minister of lithuania tells the bbc how the country responded to coercion from china.

hello, and welcome to busines today. i�*m steve lai. let�*s begin in taiwan — where nvidia boss, jensen huang, has laid out the company�*s latest road map for artificial intelligence chips. he says the chips will unlock 100 trillion dollars�* worth of opportunities in the manfacturing, health care, and computing industries. your future pc will become an ai, it�*ll be constantly helping you, assisting you in the background. pc will also run applications that are enhanced ljy applications that are enhanced by ai. of course, all your photo editing, your writing, your tools, all the things you use will all be enhanced by ai. and your pc will also post applications with digital humans that are a ice —— host

applications. ——