welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines — summit in a war zone — president biden makes a surprise visit to ukraine, and reaffirms america's support. key of stance and ukraine stands. democracy stands. the american stand with you. the us secretary of state repeats his warning to china not to provide weapons and ammunition to russia. two weeks after being struck by catastrophic earthquakes, turkey is hit by a further deadly tremor. as the body of nicola bulley is finally identified, her family criticise sections of the uk media.

and — real treasure from cambodia, dating back 1,000 years or more, surfaces in london. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden has arrived in poland, after an extraordinary visit to an active war zone on monday. joe biden�*s unannounced and surprise trip to kyiv was short on time, but long on symbolism, ahead of the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine. he said america would stand with ukraine for as long as it takes, and pledged another $500 million of military aid. speaking while air raid sirens were going off, president biden added that vladimir putin's war of conquest was failing. our international editorjeremy

bowen has this report. (air raid siren wails) the air—raid alarm, as the two presidents arrived at st michael's church, where ukraine commemorates its war dead, felt too well timed to be a coincidence. with unprecedented security in kyiv, the americans had warned the kremlin that joe biden was coming. he had just arrived from a long trainjourney and a point was being made. ukraine was still under attack, its most powerful ally was there, in an active war zone, to show its leader support. president biden told the people running ukraine's war that this is where he wanted to be in the days leading up to the first anniversary of russia's attempt to extinguish ukraine's independence. president zelensky knows ukraine's future depends on america and joe biden.

translation: we can and must make this year, 2023, _ the year of victory, and i want to emphasise that this unprovoked and criminal russian war against ukraine, the whole of europe and the democratic world, must end with a clearing of all ukrainian land from russian occupation, and firm guarantees of long—term security for both our country and the whole of europe, and the whole world. putin's war of conquest is failing. russia's military has lost half its territory it once occupied. young, talented russians are fleeing by the tens of thousands, not wanting to come back to russia. he thought he could outlast us. i don't think he is thinking that right now. strong support, but the ukrainians want more than words. they want war—winning weapons. the hard reality of russian aggression has forced nato leaders, and especially president biden, into a series

of difficult decisions. the biggest so far may be looming. ukraine doesn't just want weapons that will allow it to survive, it wants to win the war, and up to now, that is a level of help that president biden has not been prepared to grant. the ukrainians are pressing for a decisive upgrade as soon as possible. time might not be theirfriend. the cost that ukraine has had to bear has been extraordinarily high. and the sacrifices have been far too great. they have been met, but they've been far too great. ukraine doesn't release casualty figures, not as high as russia's... ..but still in the tens of thousands. the russians are bleeding

another generation of ukrainian fighters. that is a big reason why president zelensky wants urgently to convincejoe biden to help ukraine win, notjust hold steady, in a long war of attrition. the wall commemorates the dead of the earlierfighting with russia, that started in 2014. each flag represents a life lost in the last 12 months. the kremlin believes it will win a trial of endurance. ukraine doesn't want to wait to find out. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. two weeks after earthquakes flattened much of the region, and killed more than 16,000 people, southern turkey has been hit by another earthquake. the country's disaster and emergency agency said a 6.3 magnitude tremor struck close to the city of antakya at eight o'clock in the evening, local time. it was followed by three aftershocks, the strongest of which was a 5.8, near the town of samandag. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in antakya, in southern turkey.

everyone here is taking a collective intake of breath after a few hours of fear, panic, and a large number of aftershocks that felt like theyjust kept coming. we have heard from the hatay mayor that a number of people have been trapped inside the rubble. there are three rescues ongoing. three people have sadly died, and more than 200 people have been taken to hospital, and that is according to the interior ministry here in turkey. over in syria, we are hearing that over 100 people have been injured in the latest earthquake. what's happened is, over the last couple of weeks, many of these buildings that were already damaged are being brought down by diggers. many of those partially damaged buildings have collapsed, and some structures that were completely standing have also broken down.

even a bridge has also collapsed this evening. so that gives you an indication ofjust how strong these aftershocks were. now, we have had a number of aftershocks over the last couple of weeks since those two large quakes 6th february but not one that felt as strong as this one. a number of mayors from throughout the province here in hatay are calling for urgent help. they are asking for tents. they say more and more people are now needing to be out of any other damaged buildings and into tents. you can see one of the camps set up behind me. but others really feel this is a place they no longer want to call home. tens of thousands of people are thought to have died here in hatay province, and i think it is a reminder again tonight that this is an earthquake zone, and one they don't feel safe in. that was laura bicker referring

on that story for us. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. at least a0 people have died in flooding and landslides in brazil's sao paulo state. the president, inacio lula da silva, has visited the city of sao sebastiao to see the impact of the storms. he has promised government support and called for unity to help the recovery from the disaster. rescuers are continuing to search for people still thought to be trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. despite mass protests, israel's parliament has voted to push ahead with a highly controversial overhaul of thejudicial system, proposed by prime minister benjamin netanyahu's religious—nationalist government. tens of thousands gathered in the streets to protest against the plan. the opposition in parliament vowed to fight for what it called "the soul of the nation", after the bill was approved in a first reading. a government panel injapan has proposed raising the country's age of consent to 16, as part of a major overhaul of sex crime legislation.

it's currently 13 — one of the lowest in the world. it follows a string of acquittals in rape cases that triggered nationwide outrage. under current law, sex with a child who's at least 13 is not considered statutory rape injapan. prosecutors have downgraded the in voluntary manslaughter charges are brought against the actor alec baldwin on the set of the film rust. they are calling for a charge which significantly reduces the sentence from five years to 18 months in prison. alec baldwin has said the shooting was a tragic accident and he had been told the gun was safe to handle. police in the uk have confirmed that the body discovered in the river wire in lancashire yesterday is that of nicola bulley, the 45—year—old mother—of—two who went missing more than three weeks ago. her family released a statement, saying their worst fears had been confirmed, and went on to criticise some

sections of the media for ignoring their appeal for privacy. lancashire police have also been criticised for their handling of the case, asjudith moritz reports. the lancashire landscape held on to its secret for more than three weeks. the river wyre, snaking its way through the fields here, had the answer all along. what happened to nicola bulley? now, we know. sadly, we are now able to confirm that yesterday we recovered nicola bulley from the river wyre. nicola's family have been informed, and are, of course, devastated. nicola's family have asked that we release the following statement on their behalf as follows. "our family liaison officers have had to confirm our worst fears today. we will never be able to comprehend what nikki had gone through in her last moments, and that will never leave us. nikki, you are no longer

a missing person. you have been found. we can let you rest now. we love you, always have and always will. we will take it from here." as nicola went missing while walking her dog next to the river, the wyre was searched extensively, but she lay unseen for 2h days. yesterday, her body was found by members of the public about a mile downstream. lancashire police said all along they believed nicola had fallen into the water, but the force has been criticised for its response, and especially for its decision to release personal details about the mother—of—two. when the cameras have left this village, and the posters and ribbons have been taken down, the police and the media will have some soul searching to do. including whether the relationship between them had any influence on the way the case itself was handled. nicola's disappearance

has had mass coverage. the media converged on her small village, and her family directly criticised some organisations. "we tried last night to take in what we had been told in the day, only to have sky news and itv making contact with us directly, when we expressly asked for privacy. it is shameful they have acted in this way. 0ur girls will get the support they need from the people who love them the most. it saddens us to think that, one day, we will have to explain to them that the press and members of the public accused their dad of wrongdoing, misquoted and vilified friends and family. as a retired lancashire detective, bob eastwood has watched the case and its

coverage with interest. can you separate out the way the communications were dealt with and the investigation? well, i think there became a big beast that was - hungry for information. people were going out. for their own information. people were making things up, experts were adding to it - and quite clearly in my view. they were making it up based on no evidence whatsoever. the yellow ribbons still fluttering were supposed to signify hope. tonight, that has run out. now, nicola bulley�*s family know she's not coming back. the mystery of her disappearance ending with the saddest of answers. judith moritz, bbc news, lancashire. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme — treasure trove. this cambodian jewellery dates back more than 1,000 years. why's it only now turned up in london?

prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos' sanctuary, malacanang, the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of| an adult mammal. scientists in scotland i have produced a sheep, called dolly, using a cell- from another sheep. warren beatty and faye dunaway announced to the world that the winner of best film was la la land. the only trouble was, it wasn't. the mistake was only put right in the middle of gushing speeches by the team behind the modern musical. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time - the public will see this pope. very soon, for the sake of. the credibility and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, - be hidden from the world for the rest of his life. i

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. our main headlines: summit in a war zone. president biden makes a surprise visit to ukraine and reaffirms america's support. let's stay with ukraine, and there are growing concerns in the west about china's role in the war there and whether it might supply weapons to russia. while president biden was in kyiv, his secretary of state was in turkey, where he reiterated warnings that china could get involved. antony blinken said he'd told china's top foreign policy official what was at risk if china provided weapons to russia, saying it would cause "a real problem" for china in its relations with other countries. we are concerned that china is considering supporting russia's war effort in ukraine with lethal assistance, something that we're watching very, very closely.

as i also said, and as president biden said going back many months when the aggression first took place and he spoke to president xijinping, he told him at that point that there would be real consequences in our own relationship, were china to provide lethal assistance to russia in this aggression against ukraine or in a systematic way aiding the evasion of sanctions. well, earlier, the chinese foreign ministry said it was america, not china that was "endlessly shipping "weapons to the battlefield." wang yi, china's top diplomat, is expected in moscow for talks on several issues including ukraine. for more on the role of china in the war in ukraine, i've been speaking to ianjohnson, a seniorfellow in china studies at the us think tank, the council on foreign relations. i asked him whether there is any evidence for what the united states is saying about china. well, so far there there

is no real evidence. the united states has made this assertion that china's considering, i think they've probably been considering this for about a year and so far have refrained from doing so for good reason — that this would cause a huge rift. now, i guess if the us has real evidence that they're planning to do something, then they would probably need to make that public. otherwise, it's going to be hard to sustain this accusation. indeed. and of course this coming on the back of further tensions between the us and china. i'm just wondering, from what you've heard, how is what the us has been saying about this being viewed in china and what beijing might decide to do or not to do with regards to the war in ukraine? well, it's been rejected firmly by china as provocative and baseless, etc, etc. i mean, it is clear that china is trying to do everything but provide weapons. they have been buying surplus russian natural resources, especially oil. they're building a pipeline.

this predates the war but they want to increase their economic ties with russia. they are selling non—military or perhaps dual—use equipment, such as drones. but so far they've stopped short of military support. i think they would like to support russia militarily because they don't want russia to lose, but i think the economic consequences for china would be so grave that so far they have not taken that step. i believe we've been looking at pictures ofjoint military drills between russia and china, just on our screens moments ago. but given what you've said, is this even a possibility, ian, that china would go to that extent and supply weapons to the kremlin? because, you know, it's one thing to do sort ofjoint military exercises, it's an entirely another thing to actually go down the route of supplying weapons. it's hard to imagine it right now, but i could

imagine if ukraine went beyond recapturing the territory seized last year and they went into the crimean peninsula and some sort of perhaps more core areas so important to russia, where putin is perhaps facing some sort of internal revolt or massive unrest, then i could see china stepping in to help russia. i think currently it's hard to imagine china doing so. but then again, we couldn't imagine putin taking the steps that he took a year ago. and i think it is important to recognise that for china, russia has become its most important partner overseas. and this is something closely tied to xi jinping that he does not want to lose. yeah, and something else that's closely tied to xi jinping, of course, ian, is the issue of taiwan. and i wonder how much you see what's happening in ukraine between russia and ukraine

and how that's being viewed in china through the prism of the relationship or the long running conflict, i think it's fair to say, with taiwan. well, one way of thinking of it is that the west has sent so much war material to ukraine that they have run down their stocks and in the event of a conflict with taiwan, that could pose some sort of problems. but another way of looking at it is that up until last year, many people in taiwan were quite fatalistic about resisting china. they thought that it's hopeless, they're 10 times bigger than we are, and even if the united states comes to our aid, we can't really resist them. now they've seen the example of ukraine standing up to its much bigger neighbour, obviously different circumstances, etc, but it has really rejuvenated people and galvanized the population, made them much more serious about buying weapons they need to defend themselves to improving their defence posture vis a vis china. so i think that's something that has to concern china, that this has been

a wake—up call for taiwan. ianjohnson ian johnson there from ianjohnson there from the council on foreign relations, speaking to us a little earlier. the island nation of mauritius is braced for torrential rains, strong winds and a storm surge as cyclone freddy builds in the indian ocean. forecasters warn the tropical storm poses a direct threat to the island as it approaches packing wind gusts of up to 120 kilometres an hour, but as you can see, the effect�*s already being felt. emergency teams in madagascar are also making preparations for the cyclone to make landfall there later. a vast trove of cambodia's crown jewellery, much of it dating back to the 10th century or earlier, has surfaced in london as part of a hidden collection belonging to a known antiquities smuggler. cambodian experts say they've never seen most of the jewellery before and are stunned by its existence. the items will now be put on display in phnom penh later this year. my colleague, celia hatton,

had a preview in london. from angkor wat, cambodia's 12th century temple complex that's one of the world's top heritage sites, you can see jewellery carved into stone. now, we know thisjewellery exists in real life. these stolen cambodian antiquities have been rediscovered in london. these are angkor�*s crown jewels. this might be a piece from a crown. archaeologist sonetra seng studied angkorian jewellery for years... they are carvings on the stone... ..only by examining temple carvings. finally, she holds the real thing. i could not believe it. especially, it's like from one single collection. experts think this crown could date to the seventh century. this gold cup is believed

to be a royal rice bowl. and these, a puzzle for archaeologists — how they were used. another mystery, exactly how these items travelled from cambodia's precious temples halfway around the world to the uk. much of cambodia's looting happened in modern times during three decades of civil war that began in the 19705. we know that this man profited from that turmoil — the antiquities smuggler douglas latchford. a british citizen, latchford died in 2020 as he was awaiting trial in the us. latchford's family agreed to return his stolen collection but the authorities didn't know what would be handed over. i'm just so excited... brad gordon, the head of the cambodia's investigations team, was the first to see the jewellery. i was driven by a representative of the latchford family to an undisclosed

location. there was a vehicle, the door was opened and inside were four boxes of cambodia's greatest treasures. i felt like crying. iwas... ijust thought, wow, the crown jewels of the cambodian...ancient civilisation had ended up here in the uk, and it was all packed up in four boxes in the back of a car. last year, we went to cambodia to meet looters turned government witnesses. they have identified items they say they stole from temples and sold to latchford and his network, items investigators have traced to uk institutions like the british museum and the v&a. cambodians want all their stolen items back, including the country's authoritarian leader hun sen. in elections coming up injuly, the jewellery�*s return will be

painted as a victory for him. politics aside, cambodians will celebrate this unexpected surprise. after decades in the dark, these treasures will soon go on display, ready to shine once again. celia hatton, bbc news, london. the japanese manga master leiji matsumoto, whose comic book and animated stories attained cult status around the world, has died at the age of 85. matsumoto was known for his fantastical takes on machinery and space travel in works including galaxy express 999 and space pirate captain harlock. his office said he died from heart failure last week. president biden has arrived in poland, after an extraordinary visit to an active

war zone on monday. he reaffirmed the us senate's support for ukraine. that's all for now. stay with bbc news. hello there. gales to begin with on monday, warmth to finish it. in fact, it was a very mild day, pretty much across the country, but highs of 17 celsius recorded in east anglia, 63 fahrenheit. the average for this time of year across the country, generally around eight degrees. now, we do have these weather fronts across the far north which are bringing outbreaks of light rain. but this milder air sandwiched between those two weather fronts is what's known as a broad, warm sector, and it can often at this time of year bring a lot of clouds. so, it's going to be a grey start, but an incredibly mild start first thing on tuesday morning. here's the rain from those weatherfronts, then, pushing out of the western isles up into the northern isles. not as windy as monday morning,

but a noticeable breeze and the cloud always thick enough for a spot or two of drizzle. now, on the whole, greyer skies more cloud around, but where we do get some breaks, temperatures will tend to respond. 13, 1a degrees, not out of the question. a change to come, though, as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, there's a cold front sinking its way steadily south. not bringing that much in the way of rain, but certainly introducing a change of wind direction. coming round from the northwest to a cooler, fresher source. so, to begin with, on wednesday, we'll have some light showery rain sinking its way into east anglia and the south east of england, brightening up considerably behind with a few scattered showers being driven along by those north—west winds. and some of them to higher ground in scotland, turning increasingly wintry. notably fresher feel to the day, 7—11 degrees, the overall high. now, through wednesday into the early hours of thursday morning, mightjust have to keep a close eye on the chance, perhaps, of a few wintry showers running down through the north sea here under clearer skies and lower temperatures. so, it's going to be a chilly

start to thursday morning. touch of light frost in the far north, not out of the question, but high pressure always sitting out to the west. so, the wind direction coming round from a north—westerly, not too cold, but certainly fresher than it has been in recent days. so, there will be a little bit more in the way of sunshine around on thursday. thicker cloud and outbreaks of showery rain into the far north, but in the sunnier moments shouldn't feel too bad. top temperatures of around eight or nine degrees, down to where we should be really for the time of year. it looks likely that we will continue to see a good deal of dry but fresher weather for many as we head towards the weekend.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. 0n the show, the windfalls of war. $200 billion, what's that? that's the total amount of profit taken last year alone by the world's major oil companies. president biden and other world leaders are accusing the oil majors of war profiteering at a time of a cost of living crisis not seen in a generation.

so instead of reaping the cash and paying much of it out