welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. president biden is on his first visit to japan since taking office, as the us seeks to bolster its regional influence against a rising china. we report on howjapan is boosting its own military, amid fears of chinese aggression towards taiwan. if chine did try and invade taiwan, despite all the impressive naval power on display here in tokyo bay it's not clear at all whether the united states and its japanese allies now have the ability to stop them. australia's new prime minister will be sworn in later — before heading to tokyo for talks with president biden and other leaders.

the long awaited publication of a report into lockdown breaches in downing street is expected this week, after a deadline passed for responses and objections. monkeypox is detected in three more countries as scientists say they are still unsure what is causing the outbreak. and the heir to the throne in britain is to appear in one of the country's best—loved soap operas as part of queen's platinum jubilee celebrations. it's 6am in singapore and 7am in tokyo — where president biden is visiting to meet the prime ministers ofjapan, australia and india for the first such talks since the invasion of ukraine — and amid ongoing concerns about china's territorial ambitions,

particularly its claim on taiwan. the buildup of the chinese military has led to fears it now has the ability to invade taiwan and defeat the us and its allies if they try to intervene. from tokyo our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports. this is something that hasn't been seen since world war ii, a fighterjet landing on board a japanese aircraft carrier. yes, japan has an aircraft carrier, and soon it will have a0 of these jets to put on board. japan is quietly abandoning pacifism, and the reason is simple — china. following russia's invasion of ukraine, former prime minister shinzo abe is warning a chinese invasion of taiwan could be next. translation: a taiwan emergency is our emergency, forjapan - and for the us—japan alliance.

president xi jingping should not make any mistake in recognising this. just south of tokyo, ships of the us seventh fleet lie at anchor. for decades, these ships have a guaranteed american domination of the western pacific, but not any more. russia's invasion of ukraine has highlighted two very uncomfortable truths for the united states and its allies here in asia. the first is that when china says it is determined to reunify taiwan, by force if necessary, it actually means it. the second is that if china did try and invade taiwan, despite all of the impressive naval power on display here in tokyo bay, it is not clear at all whether the united states and its japanese allies now have the ability to stop them. for 20 years china has been building a military force designed specifically to retake taiwan and to defeat any us attempt to stop them.

i think whoever is in power in china, be it xijingping or whomever comes after him, it is baked into the cake inside the communist party that china must get taiwan back. it is impossible to see any leaders stepping back from that position, and if they did step back from that position they would be out of a job. as he arrived in tokyo this evening, the challenge facing president biden and his allies is how do they persuade president xi jingping that using force to take taiwan would be as big a mistake as invading ukraine has been for president putin? rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. australia's new prime minister will travel to tokyo on monday to meet with world leaders, after promising to take action on climate change. anthony albanese, who will be sworn in on monday — will hold talks with the leaders ofjapan, india and the us. he said the summit would send a message to the world that

australia was changing its approach on climate policy. our correspondent shaima khalil has more from sydney. it's been a very busy time for australia's new leader. in the last couple of days anthony albanese won the federal election just before his trip to tokyo. and he's been speaking about how important the quad meeting is for his country he described it as an absolute priority for australia, a chance to send a message to the world that there is a new government and there will be new policies, especially on things like climate action. but this also comes at a very crucial time globally, of course because of the war in ukraine but also because of the increasing chinese influence in the region and the very tense relationship that australia has with china. it's been getting worse in the last few years. recent chinese security pact in the solomon islands is really worrying for australia, it is seen as a threat

to australia's status as a strategic partner to the pacific countries. and so no doubt anthony albanese will be going and asking for support from his partners. but he has to choose his words very carefully because in addition to wanting to manage the chinese influence of the region, he also has to figure out how his government is going to heal a very fractured relationship with australia's key trading partner. turning now to other news for you — and i want to tell you about a virus that has been in the headlines recently — monkeypox has now been detected in three more countries — bringing the total to 15 — as scientists say they are still unsure what is causing the outbreak. austria, israel and switzerland are the latest to report the presence of the virus. the world health organisation says a number of other suspected cases are being investigated. monkeypox does not tend to spread easily between people and the illness is usually mild.

the virus is most common in remote parts of central and west africa and it is fair to say — this outbreak has taken scientists by surprise. let's go to pittsburgh in the united states and get more from dr aim—ish adalja — a senior scholar and infectious diseases physician at thejohn hopkins centerfor health security. thejohn hopkins centerfor health great thejohn hopkins center for health to get you on ti the great to get you on the program. in the first instance, we are emerging from the pandemic, from covid and now we've got this new virus. how concerned should we be? i now we've got this new virus. how concerned should we be?- now we've got this new virus. how concerned should we be? i think that an ime a concerned should we be? i think that anytime a virus _ concerned should we be? i think that anytime a virus is _ concerned should we be? i think that anytime a virus is doing _ concerned should we be? i think that anytime a virus is doing something i anytime a virus is doing something unusual or spreading it a new manner we need to be concerned we need to find the answers. although we are seeing monkeypox spread in communities without links to travel it's not the same level of panic that we had during covid—i9 or with the new influenza virus because even though this is scary and there's open questions to be answered we

understand monkeypox in a different way. we've got tools that we know can be put to bear on this outbreak and stop it once we understand the epidemiology of how people are getting infected.— epidemiology of how people are getting infected. what specifically is scarin: getting infected. what specifically is scaring scientists, _ getting infected. what specifically is scaring scientists, or _ getting infected. what specifically is scaring scientists, or the - is scaring scientists, or the medical community about this outbreak was back its less about being scared for the scientific community and more about the scary headlines or people are saying. what's challenging about this outbreak is we see spread from person—to—person but link to countries where monkeypox is endemic, no link to animals that we know are infected with monkeypox was up know are infected with monkeypox was up we are seeing a move within networks of primarily gay and bisexual men. they are clearly getting infected from each other and it is spreading into multiple different countries. that's the challenge, trying to stop these chains of transmission that likely get started with a traveller but have kind of moved away from that

and spreading in the community. the challenge is to find cases, isolate them, find their contacts and vaccinate those contacts. fire them, find their contacts and vaccinate those contacts. are you ”ro'ectin vaccinate those contacts. are you prejecting a _ vaccinate those contacts. are you prejecting a sort _ vaccinate those contacts. are you projecting a sort of— vaccinate those contacts. are you projecting a sort of path - vaccinate those contacts. are you projecting a sort of path for- vaccinate those contacts. are you projecting a sort of path for the i projecting a sort of path for the virus where it slowly spreads or what do you see is the evolution of the virus going forward? we should exect to the virus going forward? we should meet to see _ the virus going forward? we should expect to see more _ the virus going forward? we should expect to see more cases _ the virus going forward? we should expect to see more cases in - the virus going forward? we should expect to see more cases in more | expect to see more cases in more countries as this outbreak spreads for the incubation is about 12 days so some of the cases wearing about now got infected several days earlier. we will see more cases. when i think what will happen is there will be more spread but it will be slow and what you will start to see is that outbreak starting to ebb away is more more people become aware that monkeypox is spreading, they seek treatment and we start to deploy the smallpox vaccine to do what's called ring vaccination to vaccinate in a ring around the cases to stop the spread. this isn't hyper contagious, this is something that

we know can be stopped, we stopped it before in the us in 2003 we have for dozen or so cases related to the importation of animals from africa. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme with your thoughts. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. iranian state media say a senior military officer has been assassinated in tehran. two people on a motorcycle are reported to have shot dead colonel sayyad khodaie outside his home. he was a member of the powerful iranian revolutionary guards. thirty—five tonnes of powdered baby milk have arrived in the united states to help relieve a critical shortage of infant formula. a military plane landed from europe carrying enough supplies to fill half a million bottles. the agriculture secretary said more deliveries were needed. still to come a bit later in the programme — we'll tell you about how female television presenters in afghanistan have begun appearing on air

with their faces covered, after the taliban brought in new rules but first... i want to tell you about a story in the uk — where the deadline for downing street officials to object to being named in the official report on lockdown parties has passed. the senior civil servant sue gray, who has led the investigation, is expected to publish her findings within days. earlier the education secretary, nadhim zahawi, defended a meeting which took place last month between ms gray and borisjohnson — insisting it would not have influenced the outcome of the inquiry. our political correspondent iain watson has the latest. could borisjohnson�*s political fate lie in the hands of a senior civil servant? within days, sue gray's report into the lockdown gatherings in downing street is likely to be published. she met borisjohnson last month, though downing street insists there was no attempt to influence the contents of her report. labour are calling for all the evidence gathered by sue gray, including more than 500 photos and images of the events

here at the heart of government, to be made public. and today ministers insisted they were so hands—off that sue gray would be free to publish all the evidence she wished. sue gray makes that decision, sue gray has complete control over this. i haven't seen the report. she will publish that report when she. reporter: but you would welcome. ..? i absolutely welcome it, it is the right thing to do. i understand that some of the evidence sue gray has won't be made public, but she'll use it to criticise some of her senior civil colleagues. those she intends to name were given until five o'clock today to respond. her report could still be delayed if any of them take legal action, but whitehall unions think this is unlikely. most of the people who are going to be named by sue gray have already been named in the media, so it would be pretty limited, the option for anyone wanting a significant challenge. you can't rule anything out, but i would be surprised if actually there are a large number of people going to be named —

it's probably the most senior people who are involved in the issues that sue's been investigating — and therefore i would be quite surprised if there was any ground for any kind of legal challenge. the fallout from so—called partygate isn't limited to one party. keir starmer, currently under investigation by durham police, has said he'd resign if they find he broke lockdown laws. he's the former director of public prosecutions, he takes adherence to the law extremely seriously, and if you contrast that to the culture that's been exposed both by what the met has uncovered and by what we are likely to see in sue gray's report, you see the culture comes from the top. and the expectation at westminster is that sue gray's findings on partygate are likely to be sobering. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. all on board for these pampered pooches — how japan is making a special effort

to please canine commuters. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletic events aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of cues started forming at 7am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles which led to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juventus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn - the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian - people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than for a half thousand episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spies has announced she's left the spice girls.

ah! i don't believe it, she's the woman with the bounce, girl power, not geri. why? this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore, our headlines president biden is on his first visit to japan since taking office, as the us seeks to bolster its regional influence against a rising china. australia's new prime minister will be sworn in later — before heading to tokyo for talks with president biden and other leaders. let's turn to russia now — where it's a crime to call the invasion of ukraine a war and anyone who contradicts the official line on russian military action risks up to 15 years behind bars. dozens of people have already been prosecuted including the opposition activist vladimir kara murza, who accused russia of �*war crimes'.

moscow maintains that it doesn't target civilians. the laws are the latest in a long line of moves by president putin to stifle free speech and eliminate checks on his power. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports from ukraine walking through the ruins of russia's war on its neighbour. evidence of its cruelty in every crushed street and home. in every story of civilians targeted and killed. but russia itself is silencing those facts, denying what's clear to see on the ground. and it's arresting those who dare to speak out, even abroad. the whole world see what is the putin regime is doing to ukraine — the cluster bombs on residential areas, bombings of maternity wards, hospitals and schools, the war crimes. these are war crimes. for that speech, vladimir kara—murza is now facing ten years behind bars.

his wife already lives abroad for safety. vladimir was poisoned twice in russia and nearly died, but evgenia says he refused to be silenced. he was charged basically for speaking the truth about the war and about the russian army's atrocities committed in ukraine. with this war, evgenia tells me the repression has only intensified. truth is actually regime's main enemy. and this is why i believe this regime is using this law to squash all dissent in russia and to scare people into silence. this is the result of an all—out war, but in russia it's a crime to call it that, or to criticise with what was done here, as vladimir putin's army tried to seize ukraine's capital. in andriivka, we found a team from the un collecting evidence

of suspected war crimes. stories that most russians will never hear. the village elder told me 13 civilians were executed here, hands tied and shot in the head. and when i asked who they were, he listed the dead one by one. he list names in ukrainian translation: protecting, just look how they protected us — they killed so many people. i have got no words for it. they're swine. all of this destruction, russia's war on ukraine, hasn't come from nowhere.

democracy in this country, crushing his critics, silencing the free media and now criminalising the truth — eliminating all checks on his power to make this possible. but there are russians resisting even now. like this reporter heading for a ukrainian front line. and seeing for herself the destruction caused by russian bombs. the war started, it was an immediate, i need to be there, i need to be there right now. lily writes for a web—site now blocked in russia, like almost all independent news. but she is determined to go on reporting what the kremlin doesn't want people to hear. do you think about the risk to you personally in the future? co nsta ntly, yea h. yea h, co nsta ntly. it's difficult. it's disturbing. it hurts sometimes to write, because i know that, yeah, i will say that for sure, because i can't hide facts, but am i going to jailfor that?

the risks are far higherfor ukrainians. that's clear on every street. but as war so devastates this country, in russia, vladimir putin has declared war on truth itself. sarah raynsford, bbc news andriivka. in afghanistan — female television presenters have begun appearing on air with their faces covered, after the taliban brought in new rules. women who would previously have covered their hair have started to obscure part of their faces — a day after some defied the order to cover up fully in public. one executive said many female presenters feared the next step would be to take them off air completely. heather barr is from the women's rights division at human rights watch — she spoke to the bbc earlier: it's part of a parade of horribles which been steadily increasing since

the taliban took power in august 15 despite the fact that afghans feels very for them by the world at the moment. i think it's wonderful to see thejournalist doing moment. i think it's wonderful to see the journalist doing this in solidarity and i hope they continue to cover their faces as long as their female colleagues are obliged to do so. i think a lot of the afghan women's rights and activists have been pointing out that there's been a lack of widespread male solidarity over the last nine months since these attacks on women's rights started happening. the women came out and began protesting against this rollback of their rights within days of the taliban taking over. they were protesting alone, the been very few examples of men protesting with them. this move by male journalists is extremely welcome. prince charles and the duchess of cornwall are to appear in a special platinum jubilee episode of the long running tv series eastenders.

they visited the set of the bbc soap in march — it's now emerged while there they were filmed for an episode to be broadcast on the second ofjune. rhaya barton reports. eastenders theme. when tv royalty meets real—life royalty. this was the duke and duchess of cornwall visiting albert square back in march. but it wasn't just a social visit. we now know the royal couple will be starring in a specialjubilee episode of eastenders to celebrate the queen spending 70 years on the throne. cheering. they won't be tangling with the mitchells or setting up on the market, though. they will be dropping in on a street party celebration as themselves. it's one of the best days of my life, honestly. and i mean that. i'm such a royalist anyway, personally. so yeah, it was just wonderful. we are quite used to filming two months ahead, so for us we're often pretending it's summer when it's not summer. yeah, if you get some shots

of the trees you'll see - that the leaves are stapled on. it's not the first time royalty has graced the square. back in 2001, the queen paid a visit to the queen vic. i was lucky enough to meet her majesty last time she was here. accidentally came out of the tunnel and bumped into her as barbara windsor was bringing her behind the bar. and from the square to the cobbles, prince charles made his soap debut 22 years ago. we'll never hear the last of this. on the live 40th anniversary episode of coronation street he was seen in footage on a fictional news bulletin. we just give this one a good yank, do we? camilla is also familiar with corrie. here she is in 2010 channelling her inner landlady, pulling pints in the rovers. cheers! you're a natural. back to the square, though. the duke and duchess will be making their starring role onjune the second at the start of the long

bank holiday weekend. rhaya barton, bbc news. in football, manchester city have staged a thrilling comeback to win the english premier league. on the final day of the season, the defending champions scored a flurry of late goals to beat aston villa three— two. the result sparked celebrations from a raucous home crowd. city's rivals for first place, liverpool, also won. but their three—one victory over wolves wasn't enough to secure the title. at the bottom of the table, burnley were relegated. and success in italy for ac milan, who've won their first italian serie a title in 11 years after a final day victory at sassuolo. fans took to the streets to celebrate ac milan beat sassuolo three — nil to snatch the crown from local rivals inter milan. and finally — japan's famous shinkansen bullet—train service

flouted its own rules at the weekend, allowing a special group of passengers to travel without the restrictions they would usually face. 21 dogs, who would normally have had to be taken on board the train inside pet carriers, were able to sit freely inside the carriages with their human companions. the high—speed train took the canine commuters on an hour—long journey from tokyo to the mountains north—west of the capital. dog—ownership is big business injapan. the doting owners appreciated the relaxation of the rules. translation: we travel a lot together but in the past i felt really bad about keeping my dog in a cage so when i heard that we could be together on this train i applied straightaway. he has to stay in a carry all the time when travelling so we can check in regularly. today we don't need _ so we can check in regularly. today we don't need to _ so we can check in regularly. today we don't need to do _ so we can check in regularly. today we don't need to do that, - so we can check in regularly. today we don't need to do that, i - so we can check in regularly. today we don't need to do that, i can - so we can check in regularly. today we don't need to do that, i can see j we don't need to do that, i can see

his face _ we don't need to do that, i can see his face we — we don't need to do that, i can see his face. we can travel more comfortably this way. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello. after the warmth of last week, when both scotland and england recorded their highest temperatures of the year so far, things are looking cooler this week, especially where it was so warm last week. it'll be breezier, windy by wednesday. it'll be wet at times, not all the time, mostly in the form of showers. a rather cloudy—looking picture for monday and messy on the chart here, with quite a few weather fronts around as well, so we are going to see some wet weather at times. this is how we start the day, this weather front here with cloud and some patchy rain stretching through parts of england. still raining into the north and northwest of scotland after a damp sunday. that rain, though, just beginning to fizzle out, allowing some brighter skies and a few showers. and elsewhere, although there

will be a lot of cloud around, there will be a few bright spells, but notice the showers becoming more widespread late morning and into the afternoon, some heavy, perhaps with a rumble of thunder. an area of rain also for parts of southeast england and east anglia later in the day. some uncertainty about how far north and west that will get, but don't get caught out by it, and it will make for a cooler day compared with sunday. and overnight and into tuesday, eastern areas most likely to see cloud and some outbreaks of rain. showers around elsewhere through england and wales. northern scotland and northern ireland becoming mainly dry, here with some clear spells and probably the lowest temperatures as tuesday begins. and then on tuesday, we will continue across some eastern areas to have some rain, perhaps initially toward southeast scotland and running southwards through the eastern side of england. elsewhere, it's a case of sunny spells, perhaps catching a shower. a lot of them fading, though, from western areas later in the day. and similar temperatures, a breezy day on tuesday. wednesday's looking like a windier day because one low pressure's

moving away, another one's coming in, with weatherfronts bringing another shot of wet weather from west to east during the day and lifting that wind. looks to be wettest in western scotland for a time, although even here, turning showery. the rain more patchy the more further south you are. further showers following on behind, though. i think increasingly dry and sunny towards the end of wednesday. a blustery day wherever you are. gusts in scotland, northern ireland, northern england perhaps around a0 mph or so. looks like we'll see another weather system coming in on thursday, with further outbreaks of rain pushing further south across the uk, before high pressure will settle things down for friday and, indeed, into next weekend. that's your latest forecast.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kevin schofield political editor of huffpost uk and john stevens deputy political editor of the daily mail. tomorrow's front pages, starting with first up, the times leads with a bbc interview with one of britain's biggest energy companies. the head of eon is warning that 40% of households could be in fuel poverty by october. the express is also leading on energy, and calls for a rescue plan from the chancellor to help struggling households. more on the cost of living from the i — the paper says that help is on hold as the prime minister focuses on partygate and the soon to be published sue gray report. continuing on partygate — the daily mail says borisjohnson�*s allies are accusing sue gray of �*playing politics' and insist

the pm did not request a meeting to discuss the report.