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 china 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 is due to be sworn in before heading to tokyo for talks with president biden, and the other quad leaders.

afghanistan's female tv presenters say they're determined to carry on working, after the taliban enforces an order to cover their faces. and the heir to the throne in britain is to appear in one of the country's best—loved soap operas as part of the queen's platinum jubilee celebrations. life from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news, it's news day. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden has arrived injapan for his first visit to asia since becoming president and his first summit with america's asian allies since the russian invasion of ukraine. in tokyo he will hold summit talks with the prime ministers of japan, india and australia. the fallout from ukraine appears set to dominate discussions,

but many are now focusing on china's territorial ambitions particularly its claim on taiwan. many analysts believe china's massive military gives beiing the ability to invade taiwan and defeat the us and its allies if they try to intervene. our correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes filed this report from tokyo. 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. this is the new forget being commissioned last month. it's the first of 22. it's the first of 22. 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. taiwan is a vibrant and boisterous democracy. butjust like ukraine is claimed by a much bigger, powerful neighbour. i much bigger, powerful neighbour.— much bigger, powerful neiuhbour. ~' ., much bigger, powerful neiuhbour. ~ ., , neighbour. i think whoever is in power _ neighbour. i think whoever is in power in — neighbour. i think whoever is in power in china _ neighbour. i think whoever is in power in china or- neighbour. i think whoever is l in power in china or whomever comes after him, it is baked into the cake inside the communist party that china must get taiwan back. it's impossible to see any leaders stepping back from that position and if they did step back from that position to be out of a job. 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. china's current military build—up is on president in peacetime. many are designed specifically to be any defence from us orjapan to intervene. between now and 2030 if there is an— between now and 2030 if there is an assessment that china foot— is an assessment that china foot will_ is an assessment that china foot will have significant

conventional military advantages in this. so this is the period that everybody is most — the period that everybody is most concerned that china will have _ most concerned that china will have conventional military advantage. have conventional military advantage-— have conventional military advantage. have conventional military advantaae. �* , a advantage. breaking news. as we've been — advantage. breaking news. as we've been reporting - we've been reporting australia's new prime minister after the albanese is about to be sworn in before heading to tokyo with talks with president biden. a look at these live pictures now. sitting down, getting ready for that imminent swearing in. just to remind you that he is expected to fly out of camera shortly after this particular ceremony and to attend a summit in tokyo. 0nce attend a summit in tokyo. once there mr albanese meet with the leaders of the quad group which includes the united states, japan and india was up he said it will be a chance to send a message about changes in policy particularly with regard to climate change. to remind you of course accounting is

continuing following saturday's election where mr albanese as labour party won most of the vote put up currently as we understand it has just four seats short of the 76 needed to form a majority government for that we can listen for a little bit at what he saying now. your excellency. _ bit at what he saying now. your excellency. l— bit at what he saying now. your excellency, i now _ bit at what he saying now. your excellency, i now present - bit at what he saying now. your excellency, i now present the l excellency, i now present the honourable richard miles mp as ministerfor honourable richard miles mp as minister for employment and to also be known as sir deputy prime minister. mr also be known as sir deputy prime minister.— prime minister. mr miles i invite you _ prime minister. mr miles i invite you to _ prime minister. mr miles i invite you to take... - prime minister. mr miles i invite you to take... art i invite you to take... art richard _ invite you to take... art richard donald - invite you to take... art richard donald miles swear that iwiii— richard donald miles swear that i will weli— richard donald miles swear that i will well and _ richard donald miles swear that i will well and truly _ richard donald miles swear that i will well and truly serve - richard donald miles swear that i will well and truly serve the i i will well and truly serve the commonwealth _ i will well and truly serve the commonwealth of— i will well and truly serve the commonwealth of australia, | commonwealth of australia, the land and — commonwealth of australia, the land and the _ commonwealth of australia, the land and the people _ commonwealth of australia, the land and the people in— commonwealth of australia, the land and the people in the - land and the people in the office _ land and the people in the office of— land and the people in the office of minister- land and the people in the office of minister for- office of minister for

employment. - well, you see there the ceremony is taking place after mr albanese has been sworn in and other members of his cabinet are being sworn in as well. he will be heading off to attend that summit in tokyo for some of the big decisions that the region does have to make. we will leave that ceremony where it is. want to take you to look at some of the other stories in the headlines today. britain's government has issued new advice about an outbreak of monkeypox. the uk health security agency says high—risk contacts of cases should self—isolate for three weeks. twenty cases have been confirmed in britain. an outbreak of the infection has spread to more than a dozen countries outside africa, where it's more usually found. 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. days of flooding and landslides in parts of bangladesh and eastern india, have affected millions of people and left more than 50 people dead. bangladesh's north—east region has seen some of the worst flooding for nearly two decades. the two countries are prone to flooding and experts say that climate change is increasing the likelihood of events like this around the world. 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. 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. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford walking through the ruins of russia's war on its neighbour. evidence of cruelty on 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 still dared to speak out even abroad. the whole world _ to speak out even abroad. the whole world sees _ to speak out even abroad. tie: whole world sees what to speak out even abroad. tte: whole world sees what the to speak out even abroad. "tt2 whole world sees what the putin regime is doing to ukraine, the cluster bombs on residential areas, the bombing of maternity

boards as schools and hospitals.— boards as schools and hos - itals. , ., ., hospitals. these are war crimes- _ hospitals. these are war crimes. for— hospitals. these are war crimes. for that - hospitals. these are war crimes. for that speech | hospitals. these are war. crimes. for that speech he hospitals. these are war- crimes. for that speech he is now facing ten years behind bars. his wife already lives abroad for safety. vladimir was poison twice in russia and nearly died. she says he refused to be silence. he was charred refused to be silence. he was charged basically _ refused to be silence. he was charged basically for - refused to be silence. he was| charged basically for speaking the truth about the war and about— the truth about the war and about the russian armies atrocities committed in ukraine. atrocities committed in ukraine-— atrocities committed in ukraine. , ., , ukraine. with this war she tells me — ukraine. with this war she tells me the _ ukraine. with this war she tells me the oppression i ukraine. with this war she l tells me the oppression has only intensified.— only intensified. truth is actually _ only intensified. truth is actually the _ only intensified. truth is actually the regimes - only intensified. truth is. actually the regimes main enemy _ actually the regimes main enemy. and this is why i believe _ enemy. and this is why i believe this regime is using this— believe this regime is using this law— believe this regime is using this law to squash all dissent in russia _ this law to squash all dissent in russia and to scare people into— in russia and to scare people into silence.— into silence. this is the result of _ into silence. this is the result of an _ into silence. this is the result of an all - into silence. this is the result of an all out - into silence. this is the result of an all out war| into silence. this is the i result of an all out war but 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 what was

done here as vladimir putin and his army tries to seize ukraine's capital. 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. translation: we didn't need protecting, just look how they protected us. they killed so many people. i've got no words for it. they are swine. bill many people. i've got no words for it. they are swine.— for it. they are swine. all of this destruction _ for it. they are swine. all of this destruction russia's - for it. they are swine. all of| this destruction russia's war on ukraine hasn't come from

nowhere. vladimir putin has spent two decades dismantling 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. there are russians resisting even now. like this reporter heading for eight ukrainian front line and seeing for herself the destruction caused by russian bombs. the herself the destruction caused by russian bombs.— by russian bombs. the war started, — by russian bombs. the war started, it _ by russian bombs. the war started, it it _ by russian bombs. the war started, it it was _ by russian bombs. the war started, it it was in - by russian bombs. the war i started, it it was in immediate i started, it it was in immediate i need — started, it it was in immediate i need to— started, it it was in immediate i need to be there, i need to be there _ i need to be there, i need to be there right now. she writes for a website _ be there right now. she writes for a website now _ be there right now. she writes for a website now blocked - be there right now. she writes for a website now blocked in l for a website now blocked in russia like almost all independent news. but she's determined to go on reporting what the kremlin doesn't want people to year. do you think about the risk to you personally in the future? constantly. yes, constantly. it's difficult, it's disturbing, it hurts sometimes to write —

disturbing, it hurts sometimes to write because i know that yeah. — to write because i know that yeah. i_ to write because i know that yeah, i will say that for sure i yeah, i will say that for sure i can't — yeah, i will say that for sure i can't hide facts. but am i going _ i can't hide facts. but am i going to jail for that? the going to “ail for that? the risks going to jail for that? the risks are _ going to jail for that? the risks are far— going to jail for that? the risks are far higher - going to jail for that? tt2 risks are far higher for ukrainians. that's clear on every street. but as war so devastates this country in russia vladimir putin has declared war on truth itself. if you want to get in touch with me i'm on twitter — @bbckarishma you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... all aboard for these pampered pooches — howjapan 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 j 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 four and a half thousand episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice has announced she's left the spice girls. ah! i don't believe it, she's the woman with the bounce, the go,

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 is due to be sworn in — before heading to tokyo for talks with president biden and other leaders. 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. 0ur 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. 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. 0ne 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 forgotten by the world at the 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. last year, 108 cases of femicides were recorded in bolivia. now, indigenous women have developed an app that they hope will help to save more lives. wendy urquhart reports.

el alto is bolivia's second biggest city and is also one of the poorest in the country. gender violence is rife, 180 cases against women were reported in 2021 and 3a cases have been registered by may eight this year but that could be just the tip of the iceberg. translation: where | live - nobody talks about violence, it goes unnoticed and women stay silent because they are afraid of being assaulted again by their husbands. plus there's no justice so there's no place to report these cases. now a group of women in the city have created an app that could save the lives of those being assaulted. translation: this is the sos button, when you log onto the app on your mobile phone it requests three close contacts. the minute you experience violence you press the sos

button and those three people are notified that you are in trouble. they police say the app has been downloaded more than 500 time since it was launched in november last year. the aim is to let women know what their rights are, help them to find legal, psychological and physical assistance if they are in danger. are in danger and to save lives. in football, manchester city have staged a thrilling comeback to win the english premier league. 0n 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. campione! ! 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 serry ah

title in 11 years after —— serie aa 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. 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 special jubilee 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.

0n 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. 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 to do that, i can see his face. we can travel more comfortably this way. you have been watching newsday. a reminder of the top story. in the last half hour, australia's new prime minister anthony albanese has been sworn in. he beat scott morrison to

become leader at the weekend. he'll now head to tokyo for talks with president biden and other leaders. 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 weather fronts 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 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.

welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. constitutionally barred from seeking a second term in the countries upcoming election. but if he were running, his chances would not be good. his poll ratings are poor. last year, columbia was gripped by street protests, poverty,

inequality and violence remain endemic.