this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm ben boulos. president biden is on his first visit to japan since taking office as the us seeks to bolster its regional influence against a dominant china. anthony albanese is sworn in as australia's new prime minister before also heading to tokyo, where china is high on the agenda. the relationship with china will remain a difficult one. i said that election, that has not changed. the monkeypox virus is detected in three more countries — bringing the total to 15. scientists say they're still unsure what's causing the outbreak.

sharon stone is among the movie stars in cannes on day six of the prestigious french film festival. and a dramatic climax to the english premier league football season — as manchester city come from behind to clinch the title. hello and welcome. president biden has told japan's prime minister that the us is fully committed to japan's defence on his first visit to asia since taking office. mr biden was greeted with a military honour guard for the meeting with fumio kishido, which came after he metjapan�*s emperor naruhito. the two men talked briefly at the palace entrance before going in. mr biden is due to hold talks with the prime ministers of japan, india and australia.

the fallout from ukraine appears set to dominate discussions, but much of the focus will be on china's territorial intentions, in particular, its claim on taiwan. many analysts believe china's massive military gives it the wherewithal to invade taiwan, and to hold off the us and its allies if they try to intervene. our correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes filed this report from tokyo. this is something that hadn't been seen for more than 70 years, a fighterjet landing on board a japanese aircraft carrier. the jet is american butjapan has a0 of them on order. this is a sleek new mogami class stealth frigate being commissioned last month. it's the first of 22. japan is quietly abandoning seven decades of pacifism, and the reason is simple — china. after ukraine, japan's former

prime minister shinzo abe is warning that 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, more powerful neighbour. i think whoever is in power in china, be it xijinping, 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, they'd be out of a job. just south of tokyo, ships of the us seventh fleet lie at anchor next to those of its japanese ally.

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 unprecedented in peacetime. many of these new weapons are designed specifically to defeat any attempt by the us orjapan to intervene

in the taiwan strait. between now and 2030, if there is an assessment that china will have significant conventional military advantages in this period. so this is the period that everybody is most concerned that china will have conventional military advantage. and could be tempted to use it. as they meet in tokyo this week, the challenge for the us and its allies is how do they make it clear to president xi jinping that despite his newly acquired military might, using force to take taiwan would be just as much a disasterfor him as invading ukraine has been for president putin. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. live now to our rupert who's in tokyo. it who's in tokyo. with outcome that may come from it with outcome that may come from this meeting? the

it with outcome that may come from this meeting?— it with outcome that may come from this meeting? the issue of how to counter _ from this meeting? the issue of how to counter china's - from this meeting? the issue of how to counter china's threats l how to counter china's threats to taiwan as a long—term one and it's really been highlighted by what russia has donein highlighted by what russia has done in ukraine, it has added to the sense of urgency but it is a decade—long programme japan, the us and its allies are preparing to undertake to sort of catch up technologically with what china has done in the last two decades. there are also much more broad ambitions. and that's part of what's being announced today here, we have president biden supporting the indo—pacific economic framework which he and the japanese prime minister are announcing today. it's a replacement for the old transpacific partnership, that tra nspacific partnership, that president transpacific partnership, that president trump pulled out of backin president trump pulled out of back in 2016. the us now trying to get back in the lead, and the pacific, and in the south—east asia and the indian,

with building economic partnerships, trade partnerships, trade partnerships, technology partnerships, technology partnerships, with countries there, because there is a real sense during the trump administration and beforehand, the us and its allies, well perhaps, took its eye off the ball and china has been able to make deep inroads in those areas of. we saw recently china signing a deep defence partnership with the solomon islands and that the australia and america very much by surprise. this is america, japan and india getting together to save how do we counter china's growing influence in this whole region, notjust military but not just military but strategic, notjust military but strategic, economic and technological. and that's what they will discuss during the quad meeting here tomorrow and this framework president biden is announcing today. presumably what follows _ is announcing today. presumably what follows from _ is announcing today. presumably what follows from strong - is announcing today. presumably what follows from strong trade i what follows from strong trade partnerships is a stronger sense of security, dynasties

acquired as it's called, those countries really dominating trade in the region through this multilateral packed it may feel, actually can't run the risk of going up against them, if it were to make moves on taiwan? , if it were to make moves on taiwan?— if it were to make moves on taiwan? , . ., , taiwan? there is certainly the sense in japan _ taiwan? there is certainly the sense in japan there - taiwan? there is certainly the sense in japan there is - taiwan? there is certainly the sense in japan there is safety | sense injapan there is safety in numbers and the us is not the dominant global power that it once was but if you can have these four major powers plus these four major powers plus the united kingdom plus france plus perhaps germany and others, uniting to say we will support a free and open indo—pacific, which is the catchphrase they use, then it will give china pause. as one analyst said to me last week, the importance of the quad can be gauged by how much it is hated by beijing and it is absolute hated by the chinese communist party government. just a few hours ago, australia's labor party leader,

anthony albanese, was sworn in as the country's new prime minister. the ceremony was brought forward to enable him to fly to tokyo for that meeting with the leaders of the quad group, which includes the us, japan and india. but before he left, he gave his first press conference, where he was asked about australia's relationship with china. the relationship with china will remain a difficult one. i said that before the election, that has not changed. it is china that has changed, not australia and australia should always stand up for our values and we will in a government that i lead. let's get the latest on that story from our correspondent, phil mercer whojoins me now from sydney. interesting that the prime minister has been sworn in yet we still don't know the shape of the nature of the government here or whether it will be a majority government? this

here or whether it will be a majority government? this is an interim measure, _ majority government? this is an interim measure, anthony - interim measure, anthony albanese is has been rushed into office, if you like, so he can attend the quad summit in tokyo, with other leaders from india and japan and united states. here in australia we are still awaiting the final outcome of the saturday election. anthony albanese is the new prime minister, whether he will govern in a majority or have to go into coalition with some independence or the australian greens, we will have to wait and see. many analysts here believe mr anthony albanese the labour party will reach the magic number of 76 seats in the lower house of parliament, that would give it majority government, if it doesn't, it will have to negotiate with those other nonaligned lawmakers or the greens as well. foreign policy very much on mr albanese's agenda as he heads to tokyo, when he gets back home he will have monumental challenges awaiting him as well.-

awaiting him as well. quite a busy agenda _ awaiting him as well. quite a busy agenda for _ awaiting him as well. quite a busy agenda for him - awaiting him as well. quite a busy agenda for him to - awaiting him as well. quite a busy agenda for him to deall busy agenda for him to deal with as he takes office. have we been given any sense of what his priorities will be on that domestic issues he faces? yes, we have. _ domestic issues he faces? yes, we have. i _ domestic issues he faces? yes, we have, i think— domestic issues he faces? yes, we have, i think climate - domestic issues he faces? yes, j we have, i think climate change will be significant issue facing the australian government as it looks forward to three years in power. what we have seen in recent times certainly the last decade are what have been the climate was here in australia, there has been an accusation that the conservative side of politics, as so in division over climate policy, for political gain. the outgoing prime minister, scott morrison, very much a support of fossilfuel, morrison, very much a support of fossil fuel, australia still relies on coal for 50% of its electricity, the new prime minister says australia has the opportunity to become a greenham common energy

superpower, there will also be a focus on indigenous rights and the economy as well, so big challenges for mr albanese but as we say, he's now on his way to token and we get the senses foreign policy will involve greater diplomacy in southeast asia, building and fostering alliances there as part of this broader quad gathering as well. so, anthony albanese if this is his first official day in the job and he's already very busy. let's get some of the day's other news: iranian state media says 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. 35 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. indonesia has lifted a ban on the export of palm oil. the world's biggest producer of the edible oil halted exports last month in an attempt to control rising domestic prices. palm oil companies in indonesia have seen their profits soar, as global prices have reached record highs this year. monkeypox has now been detected in three more countries — stay with us on bbc news, still to come: sharon �*s stone on the red carpet at the prestigious french film festival. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen,

up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletic events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, _ fighting to full—scale riot - as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into i the juventus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. i 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 4,500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, i has announced she's left the spice girls. i argh! i don't believe it! she's the one with the bounce, the go, girl power. not geri. why? this is bbc news. the latest headlines:

president biden is in his first visit to japan since taking office. the us is seeking to bolster its regional influence against a dominant china. anthony albanese is sworn in as australia's new prime minister before heading to tokyo for talks with president biden and other regioanal leaders. 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. these cases come as britain's health security agency has said high risk contacts of people with monkeypox should self—isolate for three weeks. mark lobel reports. it is still unclear why we are witnessing this unusual spread of monkeypox as more patients emerge with the common symptoms of a bumpy rash, sore

muscles, fever and a headache. it is something everybody should be concerned about. we're working on it hard, figuring out what we do, and what vaccine if any may be available for it, but it is a concern, in the sense that if it were to spread, it's consequential. australia's hasjoined israel and switzerland in confirming cases of monkey pox there, bringing the total number of nations reporting outbreaks to 15. so, how dangerous is the virus strain detected in austria? translation: actually, it's not very dangerous. | we know from great britain, it's probably the west african strain and that is not very dangerous. the death rate is around 1%, but usually we have mild cases. however, the uk health security agency warns severe illness can occur. there are certain individuals who are much more risk of severe disease, especially immunosuppressed individuals or young children. it can take around 12 days

to show symptoms and patients are advised to isolate until their scabs are fallen off. belgium has become the first country to introduce a compulsory 21—day quarantine for monkeypox patients. contact tracers in the uk going further advising people who have had direct, unprotected contact with a case to self isolate for 21 days too. there will be more spread but it will be slow, and what you will start to see is that outbreak starting to ebb away as more and more people become aware that monkeypox is spreading, that they seek treatment, and we deploy the smallpox vaccine to do what is called ring vaccination, to vaccinate all the contacts in a ring around the cases, so that we stop the spread. past outbreaks have been stopped in their tracks, like in the us in 2003, but the outbreak of this strain amidst a global pandemic and the emergence of monkeypox in countries where it doesn't normally appear, adds to the concern.

now here's the latest sports news from the bbc sport centre. hello i'm mark edwards with your sport. there's no better place to start than the most dramatic of days as a sensational season in the premier league came to a thrilling conclusion. manchester city mounted an enthralling comeback to beat aston villa and win the premier leaguejust as their title chances appeared to be slipping away amid a rollercoaster of emotions at etihad stadium. pep guardiola's side went two down to steven gerrards aston villa, but a barely believabl three goals in five minutes turned the tie around and the destination of the premier league tital. it means that city are champions of england for an 8th time. the last five years when four premier league �*s. these guys are legends already. this group

of players are absolutely eternal in this club because what we achieved, it is so difficult to do it and hopefully tomorrow we can celebrate together in manchester streets with our cigars and there is, i will bring my cigar, don't worry. it was so close yet so far forjurgen klopp's liverpool they did what they had to do by beating wolves 3—1 at anfield but were still pipped to the title by a solitary point. their hopes of winning a quadruple are over but they will be looking to become european champions for a seventh time when they play real madrid in saturday's champions league final. in italy, ac milan ended their 11 year drought as picked up their 19th serie a title by cruising to victory at sassuolo. these were the scenes in milan. they started the day two points clear of arch rivals and defending champions inter milan so matching their city counterparts was the order of the day. but two 0livier giroud goals and a frank kessie finish means

stefano pioli's side are champions of italy for the first time since 2011. justin thomas has won the us pga championship in oklahoma, despite starting the day seven shots off the lead. the 29—year—old picking up the second major of his career. he triumphed in a playoff with fellow american will zalatoris, birdiing two of the three playoff holes. all this came after a collapse from chile's mito pereira, who had led all the way up until the 72nd hole when he double bogied the eighteenth after finding the water. top seeds novak djokovic and iga swiatek get their roland garros campaigns underway on monday, and there have already been some shocks in paris. in the women's draw 6th seed 0ns jabeur is out, beaten by magda linette in three sets. the tunisian took the first but linette won a second set tiebreak and rode the momentum to close out a shock victory against one of the tournament favourites.

big name out in the men's draw as well, dominic thiem's struggles since returning from injury continue, hugo dellien easily defeating the 2020 us open winner in straight sets. thiem is yet to win a match this season. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me mark edwards and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. the cannes film festival is on in the south of france and the great and the good from the film industry have descended on the town in droves. sharon stone, michael fassbender, ethan coen and isabelle huppert werejust some of the a—listers keeping the photographers on their toes on day 6 of the festival. sandro monetti, editor—in—chief of hollywood international filmmaker magazine is in cannes and hejoins me now. good to see you. what have been a hiuh good to see you. what have been a high lightsview_ good to see you. what have been a high lightsview so _ good to see you. what have been a high lightsview so far? - good to see you. what have been a high lightsview so far? the - a high lightsview so far? the films are _ a high lightsview so far? the films are coming _ a high lightsview so far? tue: films are coming thick a high lightsview so far? tte: films are coming thick and fast, it is the cannes film festival. fast, it is the cannes film festival-— fast, it is the cannes film festival. ~ . ., festival. we are delighted that ou are

festival. we are delighted that you are there _ festival. we are delighted that you are there and _ festival. we are delighted that you are there and that - festival. we are delighted that you are there and that you - festival. we are delighted that you are there and that you will| you are there and that you will speak to us. give us your pick of the best films, what is really stood out for you so far? ~ , ., , , ., really stood out for you so far? , ,., really stood out for you so far? . , , ., . far? well you see before you a traumatised _ far? well you see before you a traumatised man _ far? well you see before you a traumatised man because - far? well you see before you a traumatised man because last| traumatised man because last night i went to the cannes premiere of men the new horror film about toxic masculinity, and if you judge the quality of the film by the number of times you jump out of your seat, think you are going to vomit and watch through your hands, it was really one of those. after a bunch of acclaimed dramas, it was fun to get such a scare. the storyline is that 0scar nominee jesse a scare. the storyline is that 0scar nomineejesse buckley plays a recently bereaved woman who rents a beautiful house in the country to get away from it all, but in this village, it is just full of men who want to hurt her... 0r just full of men who want to hurt her... or do they? alex garland makes some very

provocative and disturbing films and he has done one here, it is very much in the zeitgeist so it opens around the world this week and it is one that anybody is talking about here in cannes. t one that anybody is talking about here in cannes. i suppose --eole about here in cannes. i suppose peeple will— about here in cannes. i suppose peeple will go — about here in cannes. i suppose peeple will go to _ about here in cannes. i suppose people will go to cannes - about here in cannes. i suppose people will go to cannes for - about here in cannes. i suppose people will go to cannes for a i people will go to cannes for a bit of escapism and to be distracted from everything that is going on in the world, but there are elements of politics and global affairs certainly noticeable. just give us a sense of how that has crept into things? tt sense of how that has crept into things?— sense of how that has crept into things? it is an excellent oint into things? it is an excellent point because _ into things? it is an excellent point because here _ into things? it is an excellent point because here we - into things? it is an excellent point because here we are i into things? it is an excellent point because here we are at| point because here we are at cannes, in this bubble but not too far away, war is going on in ukraine and there are constant reminders of that as well from the film point of view, yesterday there was conferences where ukrainian filmmakers were asking for help rebuilding their industry, but first they know that they have two prevail in the conflict and there was 20 of protesters on there was 20 of protesters on

the red carpet, a couple of days ago, about the violence by russian troops against women in ukraine and then another very dramatic protest on the red carpet last night, going back to the earlier theme about domestic violence, 129 women in black dresses who got through the dress code get to the red carpet and let off smoke bombs, flares, a very colourful protest. peaceful but affect of, all about victims of domestic violence in france, so the cannes film festival is being used to get across these points as well and a lot of these social issues that they are protesting about our featuring the films as well. it is almost a world where reality and fantasy are coming together. t and fantasy are coming together-— and fantasy are coming touether. . , ., . together. i gather you have our together. i gather you have your own — together. i gather you have your own documentary - together. i gather you have your own documentary thatj together. i gather you have - your own documentary that has been screened there are, which is certainly looking forward but one of the biggest names in

prospects in the festival is a big name from the past, i suppose, anthony hopkins and you have seen his film?- you have seen his film? there is a reason — you have seen his film? there is a reason why _ you have seen his film? there is a reason why anthony - you have seen his film? there i is a reason why anthony hopkins is a reason why anthony hopkins is one of the greatest act is of all time, and in armageddon time, his new movie, he really proves it. i think is best ever performance was about 30 years ago in remains of the day, all that repressed emotion and he does that better than anyone else and a very quiet, dignified, effective performance in this movie. this one, armageddon time, is a childhood memoir of director james gray growing up in new york in the early 80s and his grandfather, played by anthony hopkins had a huge influence on his life. irate

hopkins had a huge influence on his life. ~ ., ., ., ., his life. we are going to have two leave _ his life. we are going to have two leave at _ his life. we are going to have two leave at there, _ his life. we are going to have two leave at there, i'm - his life. we are going to have two leave at there, i'm afraid our time is up so we are going to have to leave it there. that is a wrap for now. thank you very much for watching, i will see you soon. goodbye. 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 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 settle things down for friday and, indeed, into next weekend. that's your latest forecast.

this is bbc news, with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as russia stops gas deliveries to finland, what lies ahead for the world's energy needs? the world economic forum gets under way in davos. but can the talking shop really solve the planet's big issues? australia's new prime minister has just been sworn in. we look at the economic challenges his government will be facing. russia has halted its gas supply to finland —