welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm arunoday mukharji. let's get you the headlines. ajury has found hunter biden guilty of all three felony gun charges in the first criminal trial of a child of a sitting us president. hamas responds to the latest peace proposal for gaza, saying its ready to engage but still wants israel to commit to a permanent ceasefire and completely withdraw its forces. india confirms two of its nationals have been killed while fighting illegally for the russian forces in ukraine.

welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the united states where the president's son, hunter biden, has been found guilty of lying about his drug use to illegally buy a gun. the jury in the trial in delaware convicted him on all three counts. he could face a maximum of 25 years in jail. our north america editor sarah smith has been following the story and has more. handin hand in hand with his step—mother, the first lady, as well as his life, hunter biden left court a convicted felon. this trial, peppered with lurid details about his private life and previous addiction to crack cocaine, has clearly put great stress on the whole family. presidentjoe biden appeared at

a gun safety rally, saying he loved hunter and is proud of the man he is today. he travelled to delaware to be with his son. prosecutors admitted that hunter biden committed a crime by lying on a form to buy a gun. that was discovered in his car by his then partner haillie biden, also his sister—in—law, the widow of his brother beau. prosecutors showed video of her trying to dispose of the weapon in a dumpster. she told the court she realised it was a stupid idea.— court she realised it was a stu - id idea. �* . stupid idea. hunter biden had already described _ stupid idea. hunter biden had already described his - stupid idea. hunter biden had already described his drug - already described his drug addiction in a book. excerpts read by the author himself was played in court. it

read by the author himself was played in court-— played in court. it became smokeing _ played in court. it became smokeing every _ played in court. it became smokeing every two - played in court. it became smokeing every two days. i played in court. it became - smokeing every two days. his defence argued that hunter biden wasn't using drugs around the time he bought the gun, but the time he bought the gun, but thejury the time he bought the gun, but the jury rejected that. donald trump insists he was only convicted because president biden is using the legal system to persecute his political opponent, claims undermined by the guilty verdict against the president's own son. the justice department say they care only about the law, not politics. care only about the law, not olitics. ., ., , politics. no-one in this country _ politics. no-one in this country is _ politics. no-one in this country is above - politics. no-one in this country is above the i politics. no-one in this l country is above the law. everyone must be accountable for their actions. everyone must be accountable fortheiractions. even everyone must be accountable for their actions. even this defendant. however, hunter biden should be no more accountable than any other citizen convicted of this same conduct. �* �* , conduct. hunter biden's wilful refusal to _ conduct. hunter biden's wilful refusal to comply... _ conduct. hunter biden's wilful refusal to comply... he - conduct. hunter biden's wilful refusalto comply... he has i refusal to comply... he has been investigated by republicans in congress, who accuse him of peddling influence while his father was vice—president. no charges have resulted from, that and attempts to impeachjoe biden in connection with his son's business dealings have come to

nothing. to developments in the middle east and hamas has responded to the american—led proposals for a ceasefire and hostage—release deal in gaza, saying they view the plan favourably. in a statement, they said they were ready to move towards a deal — but they insisted that any ceasefire must be permanent. israel has been reluctant to end the war, while hamas retains its ability to carry out further attacks. the us says it's considering their response. our correspondent hugo bachega is injerusalem and gave us his assessment of events. hamas has expressed readiness to reach a deal, but it's sticking to its initial demands, they include a guarantee there will be a permanent ceasefire in gaza, and also the complete withdrawal of israeli forces from the territory. now, qatar and egypt, which have been mediating the talks, say they have received this response from hamas, and they will be co—ordinate the next —— they will co—ordinate the next steps with the negotiations with the united states. the deal being

discussed is a 3—stage plan that was announced by president biden, he described it as an israeli proposal. the first stage of this plan would see the release of hostages being held in gaza, and then pave the way for a permanent ceasefire. now, hamas wants a guarantee of a permanent ceasefire because they feel once the hostages are out, the israeli military may continue to gaza to continue with its military operation against the group. now, the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu had previously said that israel would not commit to an end of the war without achieving its goals of destroying hamas's military and governing capabilities in gaza. for more, we can speak to ian parmeter in canberra. he is the former australian ambassador to lebanon and currently a research scholar at the centre for arab and islamic studies at the australian national university. thank you very much,

ambassador, for being with us here on news day. just want to begin by asking — hamas has responded, demanding a complete halt to fighting. how realistic is the prospect of a full withdrawal of israeli troops and could that delay the deal going through? i and could that delay the deal going through?— and could that delay the deal going through? i think it will. it's very unfortunate - going through? i think it will. it's very unfortunate that - it's very unfortunate that hamas's response has been as — well, keeping to the hard—line they insist on a full agreement to cease the — the full ceasefire, permanent ceasefire, before they will agree to it. so, there's still a lot of diplomacy to be got through. the americans will be putting a lot of pressure on egypt to get a more definite response to at least the first phase, which is the six—week temporary

ceasefire from hamas. but as well the americans would be putting a lot of pressure on the netanyahu government to give its agreement and we don't have that full agreement as yet. the americans say the israeli government has agreed but binyamin netanyahu has said the operation will continue until — until hamas is destroyed. so, we have two irreconcile able objectives here. hamas is determined to remain standing at the end of the conflict, and israel is determined that it will be — the conflict won't end until hamas is removed. and that has been the problem right from the start. i been the problem right from the start. ., ., , ., start. i want to understand the ressure start. i want to understand the pressure the — start. i want to understand the pressure the us _ start. i want to understand the pressure the us can _ start. i want to understand the pressure the us can put, - start. i want to understand the pressure the us can put, to . pressure the us can put, to what extent they can exert that pressure. the deal is very important to washington. how muscular do you think they'll be in getting this across the line? i

be in getting this across the line? ~' ~ . ., , line? i think the americans will be putting _ line? i think the americans will be putting a _ line? i think the americans will be putting a lot - line? i think the americans will be putting a lot of - will be putting a lot of pressure on israel to fully agree to at least the first phase of the ceasefire. the temporary six—week ceasefire. this is very important to president biden because the gaza war is actually pulling the democratic party apart. and one of the consequences of the war, the fact that arab americans who normally vote democrat and progressive democrats are very opposed to biden's support for israel and to the huge number of casualties that the war has caused. and they may well not vote in november, which of course will hand the election to trump by default. so, it's very important to biden that the warfinish as very important to biden that the war finish as soon as possible and that — as much possible and that — as much possible get out of the

american people's system. very briefl , american people's system. very briefly, ambassador, _ american people's system. very briefly, ambassador, there are domestic political compulsions for israel. benny gantz is out of the war cabinet, there are fears that netanyahu will have to listen to the far—right. does that complicate matters? it certainly does. benny gantz was a moderating influence within the war cabinet. now he's gone, very hard—line ministerfor national he's gone, very hard—line minister for national security, ben—gvir, will take his place in the war cabinet. that will mean it will be a less balanced management of the war and ben—gvir has said that he and his coalition partner will withdraw their parties from the coalition, the governing coalition, the governing coalition, if the war stops, if there's even a temporary ceasefire. so netanyahu is in an extremely difficult

situation, particularly given there is now so much pressure from the families of the hostages, following the release of another four hostages over the weekend.— of another four hostages over the weekend. right. all right. ambassador, _ the weekend. right. all right. ambassador, thank _ the weekend. right. all right. ambassador, thank you - the weekend. right. all right. ambassador, thank you very i ambassador, thank you very much, a pleasure having you on the show. in the uk, the conservatives have put tax cuts at the heart of their manifesto, as they launched their programme for government if they return to power after the election. among the policies announced was a cut in national insurance, scrapping the main rate of national insurance for the self—employed and they pledged a new help to buy scheme for potential homeowners. our political editor chris mason was at the manifesto launch and sent us this report. halfway through this election race, it's the moment for the cardboard boxes, within them, those bundles of promises, not always kept, that set out a party's blueprint for the next five years. so, the manifesto

is here, so is the cabinet... ..then the prime minister. applause music, applause, an ovation from party supporters, yes, but also a candid acknowledgment from rishi sunak about how you may feel about him and the conservatives.— may feel about him and the conservatives. i'm not blind to the fact that — conservatives. i'm not blind to the fact that people _ conservatives. i'm not blind to the fact that people are - the fact that people are frustrated with our party and frustrated with our party and frustrated with our party and frustrated with me. things have not always been easy. and we have not got everything right. but we are the only party in this election with the big ideas to make our country a better place to live. applause applause a central theme of this manifesto is tax cuts — including a promise of another 2p cut in employee national insurance. br; 2p cut in employee national insurance.— insurance. by 2027, we will have halved _ insurance. by 2027, we will have halved national- insurance. by 2027, we will. have halved national insurance to 6%, that's a tax cut, my

friends, worth £1,300 to the average worker.— average worker. rishi sunak - raised average worker. rishi sunak praised the _ average worker. rishi sunak praised the enterprise - average worker. rishi sunak praised the enterprise and l average worker. rishi sunak i praised the enterprise and risk taking of the self—employed, and said this: in taking of the self-employed, and said this:— and said this: in the next parliament, _ and said this: in the next parliament, we'll- and said this: in the next parliament, we'll scrap l parliament, we'll scrap entirely the main rate of self—employed national insurance. self-employed national insurance.— insurance. and having acknowledged - insurance. and having acknowledged on - insurance. and having acknowledged on bbcj insurance. and having _ acknowledged on bbc panorama it's become harder to buy a home in recent years, the prime minister said he wanted to make it easier. for minister said he wanted to make it easier. ., , it easier. for the first time bu ers it easier. for the first time buyers purchasing - it easier. for the first time buyers purchasing a - it easier. for the first time buyers purchasing a home| it easier. for the first time i buyers purchasing a home up it easier. for the first time - buyers purchasing a home up to £425,000, we'll abolish stamp duty entirely. applause stamp duty is a tax on buying a home in england and northern ireland. next, what about the plan to send some migrants to rwanda? some conservatives say it's time the uk left the european convention on human rights or echr to make this easier. but mr sunak stopped short of saying that. ii easier. but mr sunak stopped short of saying that.— short of saying that. if we are forced to _ short of saying that. if we are forced to choose _ short of saying that. if we are forced to choose between - short of saying that. if we are forced to choose between our

security and the jurisdiction of a foreign court, including the echr, we'll always choose our nation's security. applause for much of the last 18 months, you have tried everything to try and revive conservative fortunes and not much appears to have worked. could we rename this document today your last chance saloon?— chance saloon? well, chris, i've chance saloon? well, chris, i've been — chance saloon? well, chris, i've been very _ chance saloon? well, chris, i've been very clear- chance saloon? well, chris, i've been very clear when i i chance saloon? well, chris, i i've been very clear when i got thisjob we had been i've been very clear when i got this job we had been through a very difficult time as a country. if you want a secure future, if you want lower taxes, if you want your pensions protected, if you want a more sensible approach to net zero and you want your border secure, vote conservative at this election.— this election. there ended -erha - s this election. there ended perhaps this _ this election. there ended perhaps this man's - this election. there ended perhaps this man's last i this election. there ended| perhaps this man's last big this election. there ended - perhaps this man's last big set piece moment to change his fortunes. time, then, to scuttle through the crowds and talk to some cabinet ministers. what do you make of that? i think this is a really exciting manifesto for the future. what i love about it, it addresses every stage of our lives. ii

every stage of our lives. if this is the game—changer, why you are standing down? me? well, i'm _ you are standing down? me? well. m an _ you are standing down? me? well, i'm an old _ you are standing down? me? well, i'm an old war- you are standing down? me? well, i'm an old war horse i well, i'm an old war horse that's put out to grass because we need a new generation to support the prime minister in the future. support the prime minister in the future-— support the prime minister in the future. �* , ., ., ., ., the future. it's a fudge o-rama on the european _ the future. it's a fudge o-rama on the european convention i the future. it's a fudge o-rama on the european convention of| on the european convention of huntan— on the european convention of human rights. if on the european convention of human rights.— human rights. if there's a contradiction _ human rights. if there's a contradiction between i human rights. if there's a contradiction between an | contradiction between an adjudication in a foreign court, we protect our borders. i know we're behind in the polls _ i know we're behind in the polls |_ i know we're behind in the olls. ., . �* ., polls. i notice you're not sa in: polls. i notice you're not saying yes- _ polls. i notice you're not saying yes. it's - polls. i notice you're not saying yes. it's an i polls. i notice you're not i saying yes. it's an election. i can't predict _ saying yes. it's an election. i can't predict the _ saying yes. it's an election. i can't predict the outcome i saying yes. it's an election. i can't predict the outcome of| saying yes. it's an election. i i can't predict the outcome of an election, it's not myjob. the election, it's not my “0b. the outcome * election, it's not my “0b. the outcome of h election, it's not my “0b. the outcome of the i election, it's not myjob. the outcome of the election is your job at home. the cases the different parties are making are becoming clearer. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

you're live with bbc news. ukraine's far east has come under intense russian

bombardment over the last few months. but now, the mayor of kharkiv says there have been fewer russian attacks ever since the us allowed ukraine to strike targets across the border using american weapons. it comes as president volodymyr zelensky is in germany to appeal for more support to protect ukrainian cities — hoping to encourage european nations to invest in the country's post—war reconstruction. our correspondent david mcguinness has more details on mr zelensky�*s push for recovery efforts in berlin. thousands of delegates from all over the world are in berlin to plan the reconstruction of ukraine after the war. they include governments, officials from around 60 countries, as well as business leaders and that's because the main point of this conference is to get private investment into ukraine, politicians say that state funds are not going to be enough, no matter how many billions of euros and dollars get pumped into ukraine, they

need businesses to get involved. and on the one hand, its immediate reconstruction for bond infrastructure, to provide energy, or water to people here and now, on the other hand, it's about rebuilding ukraine in the future, when the war finishes. and that's more difficult because no—one knows how long this is going to last. after the conference, president zelensky went to the bundestag to deliver a speech. the mps there applauded, gave him a standing ovation, it was a moving moment. but not all mps attended. mps from the far—left and the far—right boycotted president zelensky�*s speech, accusing him of escalating the war. and i think as we see national elections here in germany approaching next year, those voices on the extreme are going to get louder. mainstream germany, though, still very much supports ukraine, ask they back german chancellor olaf scholz�*s line that peace in europe is only possible if ukraine is fully supported.

india says two of its nationals have been killed, fighting illegally for russian forces in ukraine. the indian foreign ministry said it had urged the russian authorities to repatriate the bodies of the two deceased. it further added that it had strongly called for moscow to release and repatriate all indian nationals currently with the russian army. indian media say dozens of nationals have been duped by agents into fighting for russian forces with the lure of money and the promise of obtaining russian passports. our south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan, explained the indian government has been concerned about the posibility of fatalities for some time. indian authorities are worried about the reports of nearly 200 indians fighting in the ukraine war, most of them on the russian side. and what the authorities are saying is there

are agents sitting in the middle east, in dubai and some other places, they recruit these very unsuspecting indian nationals, young men looking forjobs, with the promise of more than $1,000 worth ofjobs and within a few months, a russian passport. so they were being duped to come and do some support roles for the russian army and later on they were given combat roles. that's how they were being duped. that's what the indian authorities say now. the death of two more indian nationals would have come as a big shock to the new indian government, the prime minister narendra modi was sworn in on sunday. so it will be a big challenge now for the foreign ministry to talk to the russians, to send back the remaining indians who they believe are fighting for the russian forces without the permission. because india does allow its nationals to go and join another army. in fact, on that point, the indian government has not taken

a strong position against russia's war in ukraine, given its traditional proximity to russia. if we see more indians recruited and killed, do you feel that may change perceptions about the war on the indian side?— the indian side? well, india shares very _ the indian side? well, india shares very close _ the indian side? well, india shares very close strategicl the indian side? well, india i shares very close strategic and defence ties for decades. this issue has come as an irritant because india also is aware of the domestic — how this will play out domestically. because if more indians getting killed in russia, means that will be a warning sign. that is why privately the indian authorities have been putting pressure on russia, on moscow, to send back — in fact — about 20 of them have come back — 20 indians were fighting for the russian forces have come back. but in the long run, if this continues, then that will put pressure on mr modi's government. it's notjust india — we're also talking about

countries like nepal and sri lanka in the region where they have urged their nationals not to fight for russia. 20 nepalese were killed. it's not just about india, it's about the south asian region, how the conflict in ukraine is having a global impact. very briefly, what can be done to crack down on these recruiting agents on the government side?- recruiting agents on the government side? the indian government _ government side? the indian government says _ government side? the indian government says they i government side? the indian government says they have l government says they have already arrested some suspects who allegedly recruited indians to go to russia. they're now preventing asking a lot of questions of immigration, why they were going, where they were going. but these agents can find another route, first going to the middle east and then to russia, that's a challenge for the indian government. firefighters are battling wildfires in brazil's pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland. close to 32,000 hectares have already been destroyed by the fires in the state of mato grosso do sul according to local media report. the pantanal is home

to jaguars, giant anteaters and giant river otters. the number of fires from the start of the year till now has been 935% higher than the same period last year according to brazil's national institute for space research. so, to put into context the scale of what we're seeing i spoke to regina rodrigues from florianapolis in brazil — a climate professor at the federal university of santa catarina. yes, the second biggest fire since 2015. and so, sorry, 2010. and it's since 2015. and so, sorry, 2010. and its huge. but, this is due to the drought, the drought last year, it was very severe during the rainy season. so now we're heading to the dry season already in dry conditions. due to the failure of the rainy season last year. and the high season, i was

reading, for wildfires, is not due to start untiljuly. would you say there's a worry the worst is yet to come?- you say there's a worry the worst is yet to come? yes. the eak is worst is yet to come? yes. the peak is - _ worst is yet to come? yes. the peak is - as — worst is yet to come? yes. the peak is - as you _ worst is yet to come? yes. the peak is - as you said, - worst is yet to come? yes. the peak is - as you said, it- peak is — as you said, it started injuly, and the peak is august and september. and we are already seeing these fires now. so it's very worrisome. could you give us a sense of the areas which are being affected and the flora and fauna, just to help understand what we're looking at. this fauna, just to help understand what we're looking at.- what we're looking at. as you said, what we're looking at. as you said. these — what we're looking at. as you said, these hectares, - what we're looking at. as you said, these hectares, this i what we're looking at. as you i said, these hectares, this huge area. and the pantanal is a wetland. this area of the midwest of brazil is getting really hot and dry. almost every year we have heat waves, even during the winter, which is now. during the dry season.

and, so yeah, it's really shocking. because the pantanal is home to extraordinary biodiversity, with 300 fish species, bird species, 200 mammal species and 3,500 plant species unique to the place, including jaguars and all the unique animals. the including jaguars and all the unique animals.— unique animals. the federal government _ unique animals. the federal government say _ unique animals. the federal government say they'll i unique animals. the federal government say they'll be i government say they'll be working with the state governments to combat this. do you see a strategy in place to deal with the fires? it’s deal with the fires? it's difficult _ deal with the fires? it's difficult because i deal with the fires? it�*s difficult because even though the droughts are a big player, obviously, the fires generally started by humans, they're human—induced. and the extension of the soil plantations are getting to this

area of the pantanal and they area of the pantanal and they are deforesting the area and they're sometimes putting fire, with the dry conditions it's the perfect combination to get out of control. so the federal government now is actually helping the local government to try to combat the fires. and finally this half hour, officials in kosovo's capital pristina are offering $50 a month to people who adopt a stray dog. at least 4,000 dogs are believed to live on the city's streets, often creating problems for residents, including dog attacks. the mayor of pristina is spending more than 300,000 dollars on efforts to catch, sterilise and immunise the street dogs ahead of their adoption. and coming up on business today. we're looking at apple bouncing back on wall street, closing at a record high. we're looking at

how teenagers are fighting their smartphone addiction. that's all for now. thanks for watching. hello there. it's felt quite pleasant in any strong june sunshine. but generally temperatures have been below par for this time of year and wednesday looks pretty similar to the last few days. some spells of sunshine, variable cloud and further showers mostly across eastern areas. i think there'll be fewer showers around on wednesday because this is a ridge of high pressure, will tend to kill the showers off. the winds will be lighter, but we're still got that blue hue, that cold arctic air hanging around for at least one more day before something milder starts to push in off the atlantic, but with wind and rain. so it's a chilly start to wednesday. temperatures could be in low single digits in some rural spots. these are towns and city values. a little bit of mist and fog where skies have cleared overnight, but it's here where you'll have the best of the sunshine,

northern and western areas. a bit of cloud across eastern scotland, eastern england, one 01’ two showers. through the day, it'll be one of sunshine and showers, but the clouds will tend to build most of the showers eastern areas, tending to stay drier towards the west with the best of the sunshine. so it could be up to 17 or 18 degrees in the sunniest spots, but generally cool, ten to 15 or 16 celsius. and then as we move through wednesday night, any showers fade away, lengthy, clear skies. the temperatures will tumble against mist and fog developing. temperatures in rural spots dipping close to freezing in a few places. generally, though, in the towns and cities, we're looking at 4 to eight degrees. now we'll start to see some changes into thursday. we change the wind direction, we lose that cooler air, something a bit milder. but this frontal system tied into low pressure will start to bring wet and windy weather initially into northern ireland, spreading across the irish sea, into western britain and pushing its way eastward. so we start dry with some early sunshine across eastern areas and it should stay dry, i think in eastern england, eastern scotland until after dark. we change the wind direction despite more cloud around, 17 or 18 degrees. and it means thursday night will be milder.

so a milder start to friday, but low pressure across the country bring stronger winds, sunshine and showers or longer spells of rain. some of these showers will be heavy and thundery, particularly across southern and western areas. but despite that, in the sunshine, it'll feel a little bit warmer, maybe 19 or 20 degrees. not much change into the weekend, low pressure dominates the scene. it'll be breezy at times. there will be showers or longer spells of rain again, some of them heavy and thundery. but in the sunnier, brighter moments, it'llfeela bit warmer, 19 or 20 degrees. and another thing you'll notice, it will feel milder at night. take care.

the fight to be the world's most valuable company heats up, after apple announces new ai tools on its devices. and how long can you survive without your smartphone? we put a group of british teenagers to the test. hello and welcome to business today. i'm arunoday mukharji. apple shares have surged to a record high, after it unveiled new ai tools. the tech giant is now valued at $3.18 trillion, just behind microsoft which remains the world's most valuable company. from new york, erin delmore has the details. investors have been waiting for months to see how apple would embrace ai and propelled many other tech trains to big market gains.

on monday they got their answer, a partnership