welcome to newsday. i'm karishma vaswani, reporting live from bali, where the 620 summit is officially getting under way. on the eve of the summit, joe biden shook hands with xi jinping for the first time since taking office, and played down fears of a confrontation with china. i absolutely believe there need not be a new cold war. i've met many times with xi jinping, and we were candid and clear with one another across the board. also coming up: a special report on indonesia's energy dilemma.

it's one of the biggest coal producers in the world. we ask if it can build a cleaner future and at what cost. ukraine's president zelensky visits the recaptured city of kherson, days after the russian withdrawal. and one of the world's richest men, the amazon founderjeff bezos, pledges to give away most of his wealth. this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome. welcome to the indonesian island of bali. where the annual 620 summit is about to get under way. the world's largest economies will be coordinating policies to promote stability and growth.

but after nearly three years of covid isolation, this summit is also an opportunity for world leaders to meet face—to—face. even before the summit officially opened, us presidentjoe biden and china's xi jinping took full advantage of that, holding more than three hours of talks on issues ranging from the use of nuclear weapons to the status of taiwan. they got to thrash out some thorny issues ranging from taiwan to the use of nuclear weapons in ukraine. we begin our coverage with this report from our north america editor, sarah smith. president biden looks eager to meet again with a man he always says he knows well. this is his first face—to—face with president xi as leaders of their nations, but they spent many hours together when they were both vice presidents. hence the relaxed body language and maybe even a cooperative mood, despite relations between their countries being at their worst for decades.

there is much to discuss, from economy, trade and climate change, to human rights, the war in ukraine and of course taiwan. no wonder the meeting lasted for over three hours. as leaders of our two nations, we share responsibility in my view to show that china and the united states can manage our differences, prevent competition from becoming anything near conflict. they agreed, nuclear weapons must not be used or even threatened by russia in ukraine. the biggest problem is taiwan. president xi called it the first redline america must not cross. the recent visit by the senior us politician nancy pelosi to the democratic self—governing island enraged beijing. china responded with military exercises around the island. president biden today warned his chinese counterpart against trying to change the island's status, but also told him the us has not changed its policy which acknowledges taiwan is part of china.

after today's meeting, he says he does not think there will be an imminent attempt to invade taiwan. we're going to compete vigorously, but i'm not looking for conflict, i'm looking to manage this competition responsibly. and i want to make sure, make sure every country abides by the international rules of the road. i absolutely believe there need not be a new cold war. there was never an expectation of any binding deal is coming out of today's meeting. instead, it was an attempt to lower the temperature, with each country setting out what it will not tolerate from the other in the hope of preventing disagreement turning into conflict and to try to avoid a new cold war. sarah smith, bbc news. for more on this, i'm joined now by former us deputy secretary of state, james steinberg. hejoins us on he joins us on newsday. hejoins us on newsday. great he joins us on newsday. great to get you on the programme. ijust want to

get your thoughts in the first instance, what did you think of the meeting? genuinely encouraging or just a photo—op? meeting? genuinely encouraging or just a photo-0p?— just a photo-op? genuinely encouraging. _ just a photo-op? genuinely encouraging. i— just a photo-op? genuinely encouraging. i think - just a photo-op? genuinely encouraging. i think there l just a photo-op? genuinely - encouraging. i think there were lots of points to take away. both leaders demonstrated that they recognised that of course this red line is very dangerous and if both sides have responsibility for managing this, i think that recognition by both sides is an important point in their direction of our relationship. mr steinberg, i rememberwhen you direction of our relationship. mr steinberg, i remember when you were in the previous... rather the obama information, —— administration, and what did you mean by what you said did you think you are seeing that today? did you think you are seeing that toda ? ~ ., ., , today? what i meant is if each side can demonstrate _ today? what i meant is if each side can demonstrate that _ today? what i meant is if each side can demonstrate that while - today? what i meant is if each side can demonstrate that while they i today? what i meant is if each side i can demonstrate that while they have very important principles, if their goal was not to damage or harm the

other one, but simply to protect their own interests. if we both signalled to each other, as i think both did very clearly, their goal is to recognise we have our differences but manage those differences and be clear that our goal is not to harm each other but simply to protect our own interest. that's a much better way to manage these relationships. i think there was an element of that here. we're going to have differences, we're going to compete visit dell back vigorously, but we recognise notjust to each other, but to to handle these differences in a way that doesn't turn to conflict. �* ., , conflict. but there are red lines, aren't there. — conflict. but there are red lines, aren't there, particularly - conflict. but there are red lines, aren't there, particularly for - conflict. but there are red lines, | aren't there, particularly for both countries? that the issue of taiwan continues to be delicate and a source of conflict. it’s continues to be delicate and a source of conflict.— continues to be delicate and a source of conflict. it's been true from the very — source of conflict. it's been true from the very beginning. -

source of conflict. it's been true i from the very beginning. everyone has understood that taiwan is the most sensitive issue in us china relationships. it's walking that tight rope. we have a responsibility to manage these differences and i think we heard from all sides, and the president in particular, by reiterating the commitment to the so—called one china policy. it was a reflection. that we attempted to change the status quo by force. i5 change the status quo by force. is something i consistently hear from something i consistently hearfrom asian leaders, privately and publicly,, is that this is extremely problematic. i expect there will be

a great deal of feeling that this cooperation that we saw in that conversation as quite productive. do you think conflict has been averted? i think that's what the great concern is. there were some feeling on both sides that we kind of given up on both sides that we kind of given up on the idea that we can work together on almost anything. china saw the united states as hostile. now it was a potential conflict. both leaders signalled they didn't want to see things go that way. i think that is a change in direction that will be extremely welcomed in the region because, for everybody in the region because, for everybody in the region, they also want responsible relations and don't want to get caught in between. that

responsible relations and don't want to get caught in between.— to get caught in between. that was the former us _ to get caught in between. that was the former us deputy _ to get caught in between. that was the former us deputy secretary - to get caught in between. that was the former us deputy secretary of| the former us deputy secretary of state, james steinberger. thank you very much forjoining us. another big theme here at the g20 summit has been the issue of climate change. particularly the dependence that many countries like indonesia have on fossil fuels or coal. and many countries like indonesia have on fossilfuels or coal. and how they're trying to make this transition to renewable energy. indonesia is expected to use its position as host of this year's g20 summit to announce a deal to cut its dependence on coal. with a population of 275 million people, indonesia is seen as a critical player in fighting climate change. one thing that will be talked about in the next couple of days, as jonathan head reports. blessed with abundant natural beauty, bali has been an economic success story, the glittering jewel in the crown of indonesia's tourist industry. but there cannot be growth without power, which is why this chinese—funded, coal—fired power station was opened seven years ago.

this fisherman wishes it hadn't been. people living round here say pollution has hurt their livelihoods. "what we want is a power plant that uses more environmentally—friendly fuel," he says. so, this power station upsets the local community, it pours carbon into the atmosphere and it is — let's face it — an eyesore here on the so—called island of the gods. but there is a reason they built it. 15 years ago, when it was planned, bali and many other parts of indonesia were chronically short of power, and for an economy like this, dependent on tourism, that was worrying. so, the question now is — can indonesia now meet the enormous needs of its 275 million people and, at the same time, wean itself off the world's dirtiest fuel? it's especially tough for indonesia because it has so much of the stuff. it's one of the world's biggest coal producers, making this the cheapest way to give its people electricity.

the government now says it's willing to start moving this country over to renewable energy. but it won't happen quickly. in fact, coal consumption will keep rising here for several more years. it's a hard thing to balance, this one. we're trying hard to balance this one. i don't think that we can just reduce our profile while our economy's still like this, so we have a timeline. but please respect also, to the interest of indonesia. otherwise, not prosperity here, only poverty. do you want to see more and more poverty in indonesia? of course not. this is an economyjust starting to rebuild from the ruinous impact of covid. for most indonesians, closing power stations to help the climate isn't a priority — and it will be expensive. indonesia has only built up their coal generation capacity the past 10—15 years and the fleet is relatively young, so the assets still have

a lot of value to them. this is where it becomes very crucial for developed countries to be able to support indonesia, provide financing at a lower capital cost, to allow these coal assets to be brought out and to be retired sooner. just how much help indonesia gets to fund a more ambitious energy transition will be decided in tough and complex negotiations which might continue for years. jonathan head, bbc news, bali. let's bring injames crabtree, executive director of the institute of international strategic studies, who's in singapore. great to have you today. iimagine you i imagine you are listening to the report there. what shape might that

take for a country like indonesia? good morning. what we're expecting to see today is a package not from the 620, to see today is a package not from the g20, but from the g7, the smaller group of which mostly rust or nations. it's called thejust energy transition partnership. they did one with south africa that was worth about $8.5 billion. we think this will be about twice as large, and the aim is to provide indonesia with a whole host of financing mechanisms so that they can move more quickly away from the coal—fired plant stations that you just mentioned. coal-fired plant stations that you just mentioned.— just mentioned. yet, james, it's something _ just mentioned. yet, james, it's something that _ just mentioned. yet, james, it's something that i _ just mentioned. yet, james, it's something that i hear _ just mentioned. yet, james, it's something that i hear from - something that i hear from developing countries a lot. and from indonesia as well when i was speaking from the president. he talked about the fact that of course indonesia want to move to this new transition, but it needs investment, it needs help. is that the kind of

message you think that we're going to hear at this summit from other developing nations as well? absolutely. the reason why they call these just energy partnerships is these just energy partnerships is the idea that the rich countries that burned through most of the carbon should help the developing countries get to develop in a way that involves clean energy so that emerging countries always complain they don't get enough support and there's lots of other complexities as your reportjust said. indonesia's coal—fired power stations are quite new, so to shut them down is expensive. think about what happened in the united kingdom when they tried to close coal plants in the 1980s. april the country to the standstill. there is very complicated politics notjust cheap energy, but also for coal miners,

who are very important lobby group. so the politics of this is very complicated for like indonesia. who complicated for like indonesia. who -- countries — complicated for like indonesia. who -- countries like _ complicated for like indonesia. who —— countries like indonesia. briefly, the war in ukraine is at the backdrop of all of these conversations. do you think that has made the push towards renewable energy more urgent? it made the push towards renewable energy more urgent?— energy more urgent? it certainly made it more — energy more urgent? it certainly made it more difficult _ energy more urgent? it certainly made it more difficult because i energy more urgent? it certainly made it more difficult because itj made it more difficult because it opens the west up to accusations of hypocrisy because all the countries of starting to reopen gas stations because they're going to have a chilly winter. if you're in emerging economy... i think it has made it more complicated rather than easier. james crabtree, executive director of the institute of international strategic studies, thanks so much forjoining us. for now, that's it forjoining us. for now, that's it for me here in bali. monica, i'll

have lots more for you a little later on the programme and throughout the day here on bbc news, so thanks forjoining me and back to you. we'll be watching. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... the ukrainian president visits the southern city of kherson to to celebrate his liberation after the withdrawal of russian celebrate his liberation after the withdrawal of russian troops. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election. she's asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after

country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of a day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, which has caused millions of pounds worth of damage. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm monica miller in singapore. our headlines... president biden has played down fears of a new cold war with china after holding his first talks since being elected with xijinping. xijinping said taiwan was a red line, but told mr biden that the world is big enough

for both nations to prosper. the president of ukraine has been to the southern city of kherson, just days after his troops recaptured it following the withdrawal of russian forces. volodomyr zelensky said step by step, ukraine is reclaiming the territories invaded by russia. kherson was taken by russia early on in the war, and its recapture by ukraine is a major strategic blow for the kremlin. james waterhouse reports from the city. untiljust weeks ago, the sight of ukraine's leader here would have been difficult to imagine. after everything kherson�*s main square has seen, today was more than just a change in the wind. all chanting untiljust weeks ago, the sight of ukraine's leader here would have been difficult to imagine. this regional capital is back in its control. he was asked whether it was the beginning

of the end of this war. we are going forward, we are ready for peace, but our peace for our country is all our country, all our territory. we respect the law and respect sovereignty of all the countries, but now we are speaking about our country. an undeniable moment in this war — president zelenskyy appearing in the heart of kherson that was thought to be in firm russian control. he has described this as the beginning of the end of the war, and few people here will disagree with that. ukraine's leader knows there's a lot of fighting and negotiating before that point. for now, kherson feels like a city emerging from its own lockdown. one place which didn't shut was this grocery shop, run by valentina and valentina. "we're not sure if it's better because we're just , simple people," she says.

"the most important thing is that we're still alive." so, this is a russian brand of wafer biscuit, and it's kind of a strange legacy of occupation, where valentina's shop is full of stock from russia. at one point, they were forced to accept the russian rouble, but no more. translation: they usually paid, i but they still carried weapons, l which was very scary. my knees were shaking from fear, but i had to keep working. it was so hard. even now, i want to cry. some russian traces are more obvious than others. this used to be the headquarters used by moscow—installed politicians. it's claimed to some people were tortured here if they didn't follow the rules. ukraine is desperate to achieve peace on its own terms. it is still the underdog,

but what's got it this far is knowing what it's fighting for. james waterhouse, bbc news, kherson. let's take a look at some other stories. kurdish groups in turkey and syria have denied being behind a bomb and opposition use group has... saying he should be held accountable for the killing. he defended the killing, saying it was a death for a dog. kurdish groups in turkey and syria have denied being behind a bomb attack that killed six people in istanbul on sunday. two organisations, the pkk and the sdf, said they didn't play any role in the explosion, which happened on a busy shopping street. the turkish authorities say kurdish

miltants were to blame. police have arrested the woman suspected of planting a bomb. britain's stock market has lost its position as europe's most—valued, with france taking the top spot, according the new data. a weak pound, fears of recession in the uk and surging sales at french luxury goods makers are thought to be behind the shift. jeff bezos, the billionaire founder of amazon, has been criticised for not giving more of his money to charity. now, in an interview for cnn, he's announced he's going to give a majority of his fortune away. but he says he's finding it difficult to choose where the money should go. our north america technology reporter, james clayton, has more. jeff bezos is one of the richest people in the world. he's worth more than £100 billion. and yet, mr bezos has been criticised for his lack of charitable focus.

his detractors say he's more interested in burning his money on going to space, which he did last year, then saving the planet which he actually lives on. famed for turning his idea for an online book store into a tech giant, some have argued that the amazon founder has money, he could buy much of the amazon rainforest to protect it. now, his first statement saying he will give away most of his fortune. do you plan to give away the majority of your wealth in your lifetime? yeah, i do, and the hard part is figuring out how to do it in a levered way. it's not easy. building amazon was not easy. it took a lot of hard work, a bunch of very smart team—mates. and i'm finding, and i think lauren's finding the same thing, that philanthropy is very similar — it's not easy, it's really hard. mr bezos has a very strange, very big tech problem, in that he has so much money, he doesn't quite know what to do with it. he says he wants to focus on climate change, homelessness and food insecurity,

and with frankly mind—boggling wealth, he could have a huge impact. he said he would give $100 million to dolly parton�*s charity, which focuses in part on child literacy. but that could be the tip of the iceberg. some of the poorest, - their toilet may look like this. a pit latrine. bill gates has given away a fortune to charitable pursuits. just bezos could afford even larger donations. however, like many other silicon valley billionaires, he's been criticised for paying relatively little tax on his huge fortune. and withjeff bezos still an influentialfigure in amazon, some say he should be doing more to make the company he derives his money from green, too. his money from greener, too. james clayton, bbc news, california. let's go back now to karishma vaswani in bali, where the g20 summit is about to get under way. yesterday, we saw president xi and president biden sit down, what can we expect today?

lots on the agenda. it is the official opening of the g �*s 20 summit in the next hour or so and we are expecting world leaders of the largest economy to attend in person — some not in person. we got president zalewski appearing via video link and he is expected to address the delegation of later today. the war is that big backdrop today. the war is that big backdrop to all of the discussions here as we've discussed, and has been been one of the critical issues that president xi and president biden discussed in their meeting ahead of the 620. it's also been a key part of how the world is trying to tackle this economic issue for the lower belt —— global economy. it's a key concern for the host indonesia that

has been particularly worried about those rising costs. lots to look forward to, lots to listen into. i'll have all the information for you coming up. hello there. on the whole, it was a relatively quiet start to our working week, but a change is on the way and you can see that as we close out the day. with this blanket of cloud, closing the curtains across the southwest, and yes, there's a weather front. the southwest, and yes, there's a weatherfront. you can see the southwest, and yes, there's a weather front. you can see the extent of the cloud on the satellite picture, actually, and it's this frontal system tied into an area of low pressure which will continue to move further north and east. over the next few hours, be prepared for some heavy rain, but more importantly, some gale force gusts of winds. 50—60 mph is that rain continues to push its way steadily north and east. the rain heavy is

perhaps across parts of dorset, moving up through hampshire. then that's going to drift its way steadily northwards through the east wales and into the midlands, to northwest england and eventually to push its way steadily north and east. there will be quite a clearance behind some sunshine and a scattering of sharp and blustery showers. the winds will be a feature, but the strong discussed with that rain in excess of 55 mph. temperatures, 11—14. the rain pushes its way steadily north. we'll see a cluster of showers across west and south—facing coast, but where we do have some cleary skies, we'll see some low clearing figure. on the whole, when day is the chances —— wednesday is the chance to get a

little bit of a breather. before the next system moves and, more wet and windy weather still yet to come. a cooler day, top temperatures between 10-13 c. it cooler day, top temperatures between 10—13 c. it looks likely we will see another spell of wet and windy weather through the latter stages of wednesday. now, it looks likely that we will see how the spell of wet and windy weather through the latter stages of wednesday into thursday, before a little ridge of high pressure builds in behind, that is worth bearing in mind. so, all in all, as we close out this week, it looks likely that we will see another unsettled day on thursday, friday the best of the dry weather, and it is probably a good opportunity to make the most of it, the weekend looks wet and windy once again.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sonia sodha, chief leader writer at the observer, and rosa prince, the editor of the house magazine, which covers the workings of parliament. welcome the workings of parliament. back. a quick look thr( oui’ welcome back. a quick look through ourfront pages. the daily mail leads with migration issues — it claims hospital nurses are being forced out of hotel rooms

to make way for asylum seekers. as well as that, a picture of president zelensky visiting the liberated city of kherson. on the metro, "yes oui can", and a picture of suella braverman