welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. japan and the us condemn china's military exercises in the waters around taiwan and call for an immediate halt. this afternoon chinese fired dongfeng ballistic missiles from the coast of china, across the taiwan strait and they fell into waters in the exclusion zones just here off the north taiwan coast. the primary objective is obviously intimidation. us basketball star brittney griner gets a nine year sentence on drug charges in russia — president biden denounces it as "unacceptable." four us police officers are arrested and charged over the fatal shooting of breonna taylor two years ago.

and the indian adaptation of the hollywood classic forrest gump is released next week — we talk to the bollywood superstar aamir khan. it kind of feels like a dream now because it's been such a journey and we've come to the end, it's about to release any kind of feels unreal. it's seven in the morning in singapore, and eight am in tokyo where japan is demanding an immediate end to china's military exercises around taiwan after five chinese missiles landed in the country's exclusive economic

zone. beijng you'll remember is conducting live firing exercises in the sea around taiwan for the next several days, in response to a recent visit there by the senior us politician, nancy pelosi. rupert wingfield hayes. it began with this barrage of rockets streaking into the sky from the south—east coast of china. it's thought these came down somewhere in the middle of the taiwan strait. but this was just the prelude. further inland, rocket forces were preparing to launch these much bigger and much more capable ballistic missiles. in all, china is thought to have fired 11 of these missiles into waters around taiwan. japan says several of them also fell inside its exclusive economic zone. in taipei, president tsai ing—wen addressed the nation, urging calm and calling on china to end its irresponsible acts.

"i want to emphasise — we will not escalate this conflict," she says. "but we will firmly protect our sovereignty and our national security. " so this is exactly what we suspected might happen. this afternoon, china fired dongfeng ballistic missiles from the coast of china across the taiwan strait, and they fell into waters in the exclusion zones just here off the north taiwan coast. now, the primary objective is obviously intimidation, but these tests also bring tremendous disruption to taiwan's shipping industry, to its airline industry, and to its large and important fishing fleets. on the dockside, we found these rather glum fishermen fixing their nets. they can't go fishing, and no fish means no income. this captain told me he tried to put to sea, only to be ordered back by the coastguard. "we don't know where these exclusion

zones are," he told me. "so we had no choice but to do what the coastguard tells us." taiwan's defence ministry has described these missile tests as an attempt to blockade the island. but this retired navy captain told me what china is really doing is an elaborate performance. "what china is engaged in is psychological warfare," he says. "all the missiles being fired, all the explosions, it's to show china's domestic audience how tough beijing is being, while at the same time intimidating the people of taiwan." it is nevertheless an impressive show and illustrates just how far china's military has come in the last two decades. and it's not over yet. captain liu says china's next step could be to fire a missile over the top of taiwan — something it has never attempted to do before. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei. joining me now from taipei is wen—ti sung — a political scientist who teaches the taiwan studies program at the australian national university.

great national university. to get you on the programme. great to get you on the programme. ms. pelosi has left taiwan, meeting with the prime minister ofjapan the point of these chinese military exercises is now, but do you think? i exercises is now, but do you think? ~' exercises is now, but do you think? ~ �* , ., exercises is now, but do you think? ~ �*, ., ., think? i think it's more about olitical think? i think it's more about political messaging _ think? i think it's more about political messaging more - think? i think it's more about| political messaging more than true preparation for next level military activity. anyway i think china is trying to show defiance to both its domestic nationalist audience happy and to counter messages from nancy pelosi to taiwan. because nancy pelosi to taiwan. because nancy pelosi visits in defiance of very serious chinese threat. the fact that she did go shows that the credibility of chinese bright went down as a result. right now we are seeing china also shows similar defiance as also shows similar defiance as a way to regain its credibility, number one. number two, it's also about countering nancy pelosi his claim a fact

that such a high level american politician in taiwan could make china feel like it gives wind under the sales of taiwan's wings to be a true independent actor china started to have live fire military exercises in what taiwan calls waters. and precisely shows that if taiwan does not escalate in response then china can claim, see these waters are actually not chinese territory waters and these are jared needs territory waters. that's what they want here. that's what they want here. that goes further to undermine that nancy pelosi has on sovereignty. d0 that nancy pelosi has on sovereignty.— that nancy pelosi has on sovereiun . , sovereignty. do you see the chinese being _ sovereignty. do you see the chinese being satisfied - sovereignty. do you see the chinese being satisfied with| chinese being satisfied with these military drills or do you see the fact that ms. pelosi going to taiwan has in fact

accelerated desire for unification by force or other means? i unification by force or other means? ~' , , means? i think pelosi is visit will have _ means? i think pelosi is visit will have an _ means? i think pelosi is visit will have an effect _ means? i think pelosi is visit will have an effect on - means? i think pelosi is visit will have an effect on strait i will have an effect on strait relations, of course i think china is trying to optimise and recalibrate the level with the force of show right now. i don't want to hand they have to satisfy the audience but they can't go all the well into military escalation because that will unleash so much on stability that create issues she temped a third term in a few months' time —— xi. they have to show to make in audience happy but not so much as to true escalation likely within the world.— as to true escalation likely within the world. what's the otential within the world. what's the potential for _ within the world. what's the potential for or _ within the world. what's the i potential for or miscalculation here, do you think given that these military drills are taking place around taiwan and

so many of its neighbours have already said that china needs to stop? already said that china needs to sto - ? r' already said that china needs to sto? ., already said that china needs tosto? ,u, , to stop? the risk of accidents, ou can to stop? the risk of accidents, you can never _ to stop? the risk of accidents, you can never completely - to stop? the risk of accidents, you can never completely rule| you can never completely rule outjust by you can never completely rule out just by the you can never completely rule outjust by the nature of accidents, that's what they are. at this point it's almost are. at this point it's almost a cliche to say the war is in nobody�*s interest. while we see the fiery rhetoric on the chinese side i think it's important we pay attention to the opinion of the true leaders in china. if you look at the fact that just last week given that the pelosi visit was in pending president xi still decided to go ahead and take a phone call with president biden. i think that says something was up taking the call as opposed to cancelling it. also president xi said the tone as well in the readout of cherries afterwards president xi said he described to president biden it is wrong to characterise relations as one

of competition. instead it should still be one of cooperation on many, many issues. i think that tells us that if competition is not what china wants, let around confrontational war. china wants, let around confrontationalwar. i china wants, let around confrontational war. i think all the officials working underneath xi will take a page from that and try to at least sail into how much it will escalate militarily and tried to keep attention at optimal levels. keep happy but not too much for her and her attention and too much international pushback. i and too much international pushback— and too much international -ushback. , pushback. i find it interesting that picture _ pushback. i find it interesting that picture that _ pushback. i find it interesting that picture that you - pushback. i find it interesting that picture that you are - that picture that you are painting with that description that you have. what do you expect of the next couple of daysin expect of the next couple of days in terms of these military drills and going forward should we expect more from beijing? i think more military exercises definitely likely and we can't rule out the possibility that china will fire a missile that will go over taiwan. again they

do that, disrespect for taiwan's airspace. another way to damage the claim as well. one thing that would happen is probably more diplomatic messaging to other countries around the world. just to show concern and also show china that yes, your feelings do matter. and that will keep china a bit more back and give it in off ramp. china a bit more back and give it in off ramp-— it in off ramp. thank you so much for — it in off ramp. thank you so much forjoining _ it in off ramp. thank you so much forjoining us - it in off ramp. thank you so much forjoining us with - it in off ramp. thank you so. much forjoining us with your thoughts on newsday. as we've just been discussing and the last few minutes these pictures of command where the us house speaker nancy pelosi has been meeting with the japan prime minister. the final stop of her asia tour following the controversial visit to taiwan that his anger china and that we've heard from several of taiwan's neighbours calling on china to stop these military

exercises. lots more on the website for you on this story including all of the background explaining why china and taiwan have poor relations. that's on bbc .com news or simply download the bbc news app if you haven't done so already. to russia now, where the us basketball player, brittney griner, has been sentenced to nine years injail by a court. it found her guilty of possessing and smuggling drugs. president biden said washington would use all means possible to guarantee her release, and added that her sentencing is "unacceptable. " the two time olympic gold medallist was convicted of possessing and smuggling drugs after admitting to possessing cannabis oil when she was detained in february. she has insisted she had not intended to break the law. i made an honest mistake and i hope that in your ruling that it doesn't end my life here. well, our russia editor steve rosenberg has been looking into this for us — here's more from him in moscow. in court today, brittney griner said she made an honest mistake when

she brought vape cartridges with cannabis oil into russia. she made a plea for leniency that fell on death ears. thejudge found the judge found her guilty. she was sentenced to nine years in a russian prison. her defence eat said — it will appeal and president biden said she should be released immediately. might russia release brittney griner? we know america and russia have been talking about a possible prisoner swap that could involve brittney griner, and also former us marine paul whelen, also injail russia, washington said it has a proposal on the table. some reports suggest in order to bring these people home, america may be prepared to release the notorious arms traffic of victor bout, sentenced to 25

years in an american jail ten years ago. victor bout was alleged to be one of the most prolific arms dealer in the world, dubbed the merchant of death, so it would be a controversial swap. this is someone the kremlin has long wanted to bring back to russia. if it manages to bring him back, there's no doubt the authorities here would present that as a major victory. that was steve rosenberg explaining the bigger picture of what we found out. meanwhile, in washington, there is talk of a prisoner swap. to allow the room release and also a former marine. the reaction from the us has been strong. president biden said the sentence was unnacceptable, he called on russia to release brittany griner immediately and said he would continue to walk tirelessly and pursue every avenue to bring her home. we know the administration

has made an offer to moscow for her release as well as another american detained in russia which is expected to involve a prisoner swap. at the end of the trial, the sentencing was a pretty pre— condition before anything could move on that front of a deal. but we don't know when or even if it will go ahead. in the meantime, britney griner has received almost a harsher sentence she could come in nine years in prison and that even though she said that she had not intended to commit a crime. a jury in texas has ordered a right—wing talk show host to make an initial payment of more than four million dollars in damages over false claims that the 2012 sandy hook elementary school shooting did not happen. 20 children and six teachers died in the incident. alexjones, founder of the infowars website, has regularly claimed the shooting was a hoax organised by the government and that the parents

of the dead were actors. several of those parents have suffered harrassment and death threats over the years. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... it's american classic with an indian treatment. forrest gump. forrest gump. the question was whether we want to save our people and the japanese, as well, and win the war — or whether we want to take a chance on being able to win the war by killing all our young men. the invasion began at 2am this morning. mr bush, like most people, was clearly caught by surprise. we call for the immediate i and unconditional withdrawal of all iraqi forces. 100 years old and still full of vigour, vitality, and enjoyment of life.

no other king or queen in british history has lived so long — and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that she's achieved this landmark anniversary. this is a pivotal moment for the church as an international movement. the question now is whether the american vote will lead to a split in the anglican community. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore, our headlines china launches live missiles as part of large—scale military exercises around taiwan. the us says it being read irresponsible while japan calls for the drills to stop. washington condemns the nine—year sentence handed down to basketball star britney

greiner in russia and urges to accept a dealfor greiner in russia and urges to accept a deal for her release. let's turn to the us now. four serving and former us police officers have been arrested and charged over the fatal shooting of breonna taylor two years ago. their alleged crimes include the illegal use of force and obstruction. let's remind ourselves of exactly what happened. breonna taylor was shot in her home in louisville in 2020, by plainclothes police. at the time, the police said they were executing a search warrant as part of a drugs investigation. no drugs were found in the property. it led to scenes like this —racial injustice protests all over the country. this is the lawyer for breonna taylor's family reacting to the news. because of breonna taylor we can say this is a day that black women saw equaljustice of the united states of america. a short time ago i spoke to our correspondent peter bowes — who's in los angeles. i began by asking him

about the reaction of breonna taylor's family. we have heard from her family, in fact we've heard from her mother who said she waited 874 days to hear this news. she says at least as far as she's concerned it proves that those officers shouldn't have been there and that breonna didn't deserve what happened. just to explain, the city —— it breonna taylor. 2020 shortly after midnight she was asleep, at home with her boyfriend when the police officers forced their way in, her boyfriend had a gun, he fired in self—defense but breonna died during the exchange of gunfire. so now we have federal charges against these four officers including civil rights offences, unlawful conspiracy and an unconstitutional use of force for the under obstruction three of the officers are charged with falsifying a search warrant.

breonna's address was on that search warrant and the other authorities have said that —— breonna taylor. they believed your address was being used by a former boyfriend in a drugs case but in fact as you reported, no drugs were found at that address. the bank of england is taken the unprecedented step of the economy faces a prolonged period of recession starting this year and continuing right the way through 2023. it would make it the longest counter since the financial crisis in 2008. in an effort to curb inflation and soaring prices and central bankers raised interest rate by half a percentage point to i.75%, which will hit many mortgage holders. our economics editor faisal islam reports. as the essentials, from fuel to food, continue to surge in price, with little sign of an end, hitting every household in the country, eventually the entire economy too will actually begin to shrink, a recession now predicted for britain.

at the bank of england the governor presented the grim news with troubling charts, almost all heading in the wrong direction... gdp growth in the uk has slowed and the economy is now forecast to enter recession later this year. ..alongside the announcement of a bumper rise in interest rates. just explain simply to somebody at home who is facing £300 a month energy bills why their mortgage costs have to go up. if we don't act now — and i realise how difficult this is, i realise particularly for those on lower incomes, particularly those with higher borrowing costs but if we don't act inflation will become more embedded, it will get worse and we'll have to raise interest rates by more, and that — we have to act to stop that. so interest rates are going up, prices are inflating and the economy in general is about to pop. that's the view also seen at this small business in bangor in north wales, which

manufactures environmentally despite recession heading still higher to try to keep a lid on that inflation. on the streets of cardiff the overall hit to household incomes is becoming clear to all. it’s household incomes is becoming clear to all-— clear to all. it's a lot of stress _ clear to all. it's a lot of stress and _ clear to all. it's a lot of stress and financial - clear to all. it's a lot of i stress and financial stress clear to all. it's a lot of - stress and financial stress is one of those heady ones and no one of those heady ones and no one wants to talk about. the rices one wants to talk about. the prices so _ one wants to talk about. the prices so high _ one wants to talk about. the prices so high now— one wants to talk about. the prices so high now i've had to start— prices so high now i've had to start cutting back. if they do keep going up were going see a lot more — keep going up were going see a lot more homelessness, will see a lot— lot more homelessness, will see a lot more — lot more homelessness, will see a lot more people applying for benefits — a lot more people applying for benefits our savings have been eroded~ — benefits our savings have been eroded. ., eroded. not good. living day-to-day- _ eroded. not good. living day-to-day. will have i eroded. not good. living day-to-day. will have to j eroded. not good. living - day-to-day. will have to see day—to—day. will have to see how — day—to—day. will have to see how the _ day—to—day. will have to see how the government - day—to—day. will have to see how the government goes i day—to—day. will have to see i how the government goes when day—to—day. will have to see - how the government goes when we .et how the government goes when we get the _ how the government goes when we get the new— how the government goes when we get the new prime _ how the government goes when we get the new prime minister- get the new prime minister coming _ get the new prime minister coming in _ get the new prime minister coming in and _ get the new prime minister coming in and what - get the new prime minister coming in and what they. get the new prime ministerl coming in and what they do. get the new prime minister- coming in and what they do. the bi est coming in and what they do. biggest decision was to coming in and what they do. tiiu; biggest decision was to raise by half of forecast showing not just only inflation rising peak

above i3% but at the same time they'll be a recession lasting longer than the year. wouldn't just up and household of millions of ordinary families it will also directed public finances, changing the finances and form the basis of the debate over who becomes britain's next prime minister. right now there are few good options in a sense for household, for the bank of england and the government to that we aren't fully in control of inflation and its impact on the economy. faisal islam, bbc news. some of the other stories in the headlines for you today starting with monkeypox which has become a public health emergency in the united states. over the past two months the uss confirmed over a thousand cases, more than any other country. today's decision will release federal resources for fighting the outbreak. negotiated for that united states and iran are met in vienna for a fresh round of

talks aimed at trying to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. the white house says time is getting very short for iran to accept a return to the international deal and manage its controversial nuclear programme. there have been violent attacks against suspected illegal miners in the south african township of kagiso, west ofjohannesburg. the latest reports say one person has been killed. last week eight women were gang—raped there while filming a music video — the attack was blamed on irregular miners, many of whom are thought to be immigrants from nearby nations. now to bollywood — and tossing away the old adage — don't mess with a classic. the film forrest gump won oscars — and is in the dna of cinema audiences around the world. but an indian version, starring the superstar — aamir khan — isjust about to be released. the movie — laal singh chaddha — follows very similar themes —

of a simple message of kindness, through the characters relationships and friendships — weaving through key chapters of history. aamir khan, who also produced the film told the bbc about remaking a classic. i had no intentions of remaking forrest gump, it's a film i've seen in the 90s and loved it and it just stayed with me. but this happened quite by accident, a friend of mine who is an actor, he and i were discussing films and he said what your favourite film? and i said one of them is forrest gump. and we ended the night and i thought about it and the two weeks later he called up and say, i've got a script for you. i was a bit surprised i said you don't write, and he said ijust give it a shot. isaid ok. he said last few weeks have been writing a script and i said which ones foot up is that i've written a version of forrest gump. i didn't take them seriously. but when i finally heard his adaptation, that's when it really hit me.

i could never imagine a film so deeply rooted culturally in america. how would it translate in society like india? somehow, magically he managed to make it a new experience for me. the indian adaptation of forrest gump out next week. before we end the programme let me show you some extraordinary images from iceland. it's the latest eruption of a volcano close to the capital. last year the same volcano erupted for six months. plenty of molten lava but so far no real ash cloud so no problem with commercialflights cloud so no problem with commercial flights or wider issues. but spectacular first images certain we are. look at

that. that brings us to the end of the programme. thank you for joining us. tuesday with bbc news for the latest news. little change on the weather front as we head into friday and the weekend. for most of us, it's going to be predominantly dry. there is some rain in the forecast, but it'll fall in the form of hit—or—miss showers, and most of that indeed, the weather fronts that have been crossing the country in the last few days mostly fizzle away by the time they reach southern parts of the country. so, here, it remains bone—dry, and this high pressure which will be building across the uk and europe will be responsible for bringing some very warm weather, some hot weather towards the end of next week. so, the short term, then — a few showers around western scotland, around the irish sea as well, but elsewhere, it's a case of clear spells or clear skies.

temperatures around 1a in london, but in rural spots of scotland, 5 degrees possible on friday morning, so a bit of a nip in the air there in the north. let's have a look at friday — a northwesterly breeze, scattered showers for scotland, the lake district, maybe the pennines, maybe one or two sneaking across the pennines and getting into lincolnshire and hull, but south of that, it is predominantly bright or sunny. warm in london, 2a degrees. typically more around 20, so not all that hot — 17 in the north. for the commonwealth games in birmingham on friday, we're expecting highs of around 20 degrees with bright or sunny skies, so very pleasant weather overall. here's the weekend, and saturday, the weather fronts bringing those outbreaks of rain that we're forecasting for northwestern and northern scotland, so fresher here — 15. elsewhere, it's generally dry, turning very warm in the southeast, up to around 26 by the time we get to saturday. and those temperatures will continue to climb into sunday and monday and tuesday and wednesday as this high pressure builds in off

the atlantic, spreads right across the uk into scandinavia and many other parts of europe as well, and will draw in that hotter air, that really warm atmosphere from the southern climb. so, the confidence is increasing for that hot spell to arrive, at least from midweek onwards. let's have a look at those temperatures — in fact, quite conservative estimates here. the indication is that temperatures by the end of the week could actually approach low or the mid 30s. in some parts of southern britain. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur, and this is the stage of the royal shakespeare theatre in stratford—upon—avon, birthplace of william shakespeare. 400 years and more after his death, his words and stories still resonate around the world, transcending languages and borders. well, my guest today is the just—retired artistic director of the royal shakespeare company,

greg doran.