welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: two presidents, two versions of history: the leaders of america and russia clash over the conflict in ukraine. translation: to defend our stoical lands _ translation: to defend our stoical lands and _ translation: to defend our stoical lands and liquidate - translation: to defend our| stoical lands and liquidate the threat of the neo—nazi regime, we launched a special operation.— we launched a special oeration. ~ , i, i, i, operation. we sing again today what the people _ operation. we sing again today what the people across - operation. we sing again today what the people across poland| what the people across poland and across europe for four decades, _ and across europe for four decades, appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased. we will aet autocrat cannot be appeased. will get the autocrat cannot be appeased. - will get the view from warsaw,

moscow, beijing and kyiv mac. vladimir putin has also suspended moscow's involvement in a key nuclear arms treaty. we'll examine the implications. also in newsday this hour: mexico's former security chief is found guilty of taking bribes in return for helping drug dealers. the east coast of madagascar is being lashed by high winds and heavy rain as cyclone freddy makes landfall. and empty food shelves in the uk: why are some supermarkets having to limit sales of fruit and veg? live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to the programme. we have a tale of two presidents for you this hour from the us and russia. we'll get to american president joe biden in a moment but, first, russian leader vladimir putin. he's announced he's suspending russian participation in the last major nuclear arms control agreement with the us. in his two—hour state

of the nation address, mr putin accused the west of starting the war in ukraine and seeking to destroy russia in a global confrontation. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. the world, according to vladimir putin, feels like a parallel universe. who started the war in ukraine? "not russia," he says. translation: responsibility for fuelling the ukrainian - conflict, for its escalation, and for the growing number of victims lies fully with the west and, of course, with the regime in kyiv. i wish to repeat, they started the war, we are using force to stop it. but it was russia that invaded ukraine. western military aid has helped kyiv resist. it hasn't forced the kremlin, though, to de—escalate. today, president putin suspended russia's participation

in the last—remaining nuclear arms control treaty with america — an agreement that limits nuclear arsenals and provides for missile inspections. no longer topical, says the kremlin. translation: we know that the west _ has directly helped kyiv to launch strikes on airbases where our strategic nuclear bombers are located. now they want to carry out inspections of our military sites. in light of today's confrontation, that is absurd. applause support here, but unpicking that treaty risks a nuclear arms race. in order to avoid nuclear war, it's better to have a framework, but losing this framework, we are witnessing the real threat of a nuclear war. washington says the kremlin�*s decision to halt participation in the nuclear treaty is deeply

unfortunate and irresponsible. the bbc wasn't allowed to attend the kremlin leader's big speech. journalists from what russia calls "unfriendly countries" were not sent an invitation. but after watching president putin on tv, this is what struck me most about him. his "special military operation" has not gone at all according to plan, but regret, there was no hint of that, and no sign at all that putin is looking foran off ramp. instead of compromise, he favours confrontation. applause and this audience loved it. mind you, the president here was preaching to the converted. all main russian tv channels carried the speech live. from these images alone, you'd never know things had gone badly wrong for russia on the battlefield. translation: russia will respond _ to any challenge we face, because we are one country,

one people. we believe in ourselves, in our strength. truth is on our side. after one year of war, the kremlin is still managing to persuade most russians to believe that. to president biden now, who says democracies are stronger and autocracies weaker, one year on from vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. in a speech in poland he said western support for ukraine would never waver and nato would never be divided as our north america editor, sarah smith, reports from warsaw. in front of the blue and yellow ukrainian colours, president biden came here to project american might and to pledge to use it to protect ukraine, democracy and freedom. when russia invaded, it wasn't just ukraine being tested, the whole world faced a test for the ages.

europe was being tested, america was being tested, nato was being tested, all democracies are being tested and the questions we faced were as simple as they were profound. would we respond or would we look the other way? we know the answer, we did respond, we would be strong, we would be united, and the world would not look the other way. and ukraine — ukraine will never be a victory for russia. never. cheering this is a direct appeal to nato allies , as well as to the american people, to keep up their commitment to ukraine, even if this conflict could last for years to come. refuting vladimir putin's assertion that the us provoked this war, he spoke directly to the russian people. the united states

and the nations of europe do not seek to control or destroy russia. the west was not plotting to attack russia, as putin said today. and millions of russian citizens, who only want to live in peace with their neighbours, are not the enemy. earlier today, mr biden met polish president andrzej duda. this display of solidarity is to demonstrate america's guarantee of poland's security and its promise to defend every inch of nato territory. but they want more than that. poland backs ukraine's demands for f—16fighterjets. the us is not ready to send planes yet, but that could change. and we will keep standing up for these same things, no matter what. with public support for the war slipping in america, the president made a direct appeal to americans' fundamental values and the need to fight for them. freedom.

stand with us. we will stand with you. let us move forward with faith and conviction and an abiding commitment to be allies, not of darkness, but of light. not of oppression, but of liberation. not of captivity but, yes, of freedom. may god bless you all, may god protect our troops, and may god bless the heroes of ukraine. proud that mr putin's expectations of a weak and divided west have been met with a firm, united front against his war, president biden�*s biggest task now is trying to keep his allies as committed as he is, for as long as it takes. sarah smith, bbc news, warsaw. well, the chinese government has expressed concern that the conflict could escalate and spiral out of control. president xi is due to outline his country's plans for the conflict later this week. our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, is in beijing.

i asked him for his assessment of china's role in the conflict. as you mentioned, china's foreign minister has issued this rather ominous warning that beijing thinks the conflict in ukraine could spiral out of control, in his words, if certain countries keep pouring fuel onto the fire. we did not mention the us but that is he who is accusing up but that is he who is accusing up pouring on the fuel. china has been accusing the us of prolonging the wall. now, it doesn't mention war or invasion, lest it offends russia but now you have the us saying it is china who is the one making the wall going longer if it starts buying arms and ammunition for the war effort. beijing says it is neutral but research say north america says this country is

supplying these dual use technologies, so technology that could be used to fix fighterjets orjoe mcgirr. fighter jets orjoe mcgirr. later this fighterjets orjoe mcgirr. later this week, china's leader president xijinping later this week, china's leader president xi jinping will be meeting this week and apparently calling for a settlement in ukraine but if the war looks like it will keep going it looks like vladimir putin will face a humiliating defeat on the battlefield and it is unclear what china may do. there is one other thing that the foreign minister did mention in his speech. he stressed that china wants all sides to avoid straying into nuclear conflict. so there is concern about that here in beijing. as he was saying, the theme of fearing about nuclear threat.

lynn rusten serves as a vice president at the non—profit organisation, the nuclear threat initiative in washington and was involved in the negotiation of this treaty which putin has now suspended. earlier i asked her about russia's decision today. what the russians have said and vladimir putin have said is that they tend to abide by the numerical limits of the treaty with their suspending — just what they are suspending is their participation in on—site inspections which both sides have suspended during the pandemic but in the last six months or so the united states is that 0k, it is time to work out the protocols for inspections and we can manage the pandemic. the russians have not been willing to do that. apparently there may also now be suspending their obligation to provide information according to the treaty. so this is very troubling because you cannot pick and choose and selectively implement only parts of the treaty. it is putting the whole treaty at

risk. ~ ., ., , , ., putting the whole treaty at risk. ., ., , , ., ., risk. what does this mean for the nuclear _ risk. what does this mean for the nuclear countries? - risk. what does this mean for the nuclear countries? i'm . the nuclear countries? i'm thinking about china, for instance because were talking to our correspondence to outline that china has tried to remain neutral on this issue? yeah, there are several different answers to the china question. on the one hand, china, president xi, probably have more ability to influence president putin then any other world leader and when the whole international community was so concerned last summer and fall when president putin was kind of rattling the nuclear sabre and making threats, it was significant that president xi publicly basically said there is no place for nuclear threats. in this conflict. i'm sure he had private counsel as well. and so to the extent they were concerned about the actual use of nuclear weapons, i think china can play a moderating role. a new york court has found

mexico's former security chief guilty of taking bribes in return for allowing safe passage for drugs. prosecutors said genaro garcia luna was secretly taking millions from the country's biggest crime group, the sinaloa drug cartel, the same one he was supposed to be pursuing. luna faces ten years to life in prison. our correspondent, nada tawfik, has been following the trial. he was once the highest ranking law enforcement official in mexico. he was trusted by the former president felipe calderon,, and a top part of the us officials in the adea and fbi. what we heard in the trial and it has to be said it was mainly through the testimony of cartel members that are convicted of their own drug crimes, we heard how he essentially allowed the sinaloa drug cartel two become a global

cocaine empire by passing them sensitive law enforcement investigations and at one time giving them a police officer uniforms and escort that they could ship the cocaine and all of that for bribes and in betrayal of his country. emergency teams in southern turkey have been carrying out more searches of the rubble after another earthquake monday, the latest, just two weeks after two massive quakes devastated the region. buildings weakened by those first tremors finally collapsed. the 6.4 magnitude quake struck near the turkish city of anta kya, close to the border with syria. our correspondent, anna foster, sent this report. there seems no end to the agony. today, fresh images of loss and grief. millions of people, desperately trying to heal, have been traumatised again. for many, the first thought

was protecting their families. they gathered up everything that was precious to them and ran. this volleyball court was set up as a relief centre after the first earthquake, and by yesterday, it was almost deserted. but when people felt the ground shake under their feet again last night, they fled back here, looking for a place of safety. felice and her sister are homeless now. holding her nephews tight, she doesn't know what's next. translation: i'm - concerned for our future. i'm afraid for our children. i don't want them to be orphans. mentally, i'm upside down. i hope good things will happen. we're in a miserable situation, running here and there, with so little belongings with us. in north—west syria, afraa has already lost her parents and sisters. she was born in the rubble, as her mother died, rescuers cutting the umbilical cord.

thousands of people offered to give her a new home. now her aunt and uncle have adopted her, to raise alongside their own baby daughter. translation: she will lack for nothing. - i'll never spare a penny raising her. she's as dear to me as my children are. even more. cousins, now sisters. a final memory of the lost mother whose name she now bears. anna foster, bbc news, adana. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: it's getting harder to find your �*five a day�* in the uk — we'll look at why some supermarkets there are having to limit sales of fruit and veg. 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's 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 have i 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, ifor the sake of the credibility. and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, j be hidden from the world for the rest of his life. i

this is newsday on the bbc. our top story: two presidents, two versions of history. the leaders of america and russia clash over the conflict in ukraine. let's take stock now, of where things stand at the moment in the war. on this map of ukraine, the areas in red show the parts under russian military control. the land that has been held or regained by ukraine is in purple. our international editor, jeremy bowen, is in kyiv, and he assessed whether it's possible to say who's winning the war. it is very starkly laid out right now, i would say that you could say the ukrainians have been winning because everybody expected them to fold in the first couple of weeks and they very much have not done that. however, despite the fact the russian army has written off by its enemies, they've said its

logistics are rotten, its command is awful, it's men are demoralised, they do human wave attacks and thousands get killed, the fact is it is still fighting, it is still grinding on and that will continue, i think. so people should not write that force off at all. so, is there a chance of negotiation? no. that is because both sides, the ukrainians and the russians believe the only way they are going to get through this is to beat the other, to win on the battlefield. so, does that mean that that might happen quite soon? not the way things are at the moment, no, certainly not. we might be here a yearfrom now talking about the second anniversary of the fighting thatis anniversary of the fighting that is going on. the sides have starkly laid out their positions stopping the russians, this very ideological idea that the west is out to get them and president zelensky as well has said he wants every inch of ukraine back. so that

is very stark and biden and the west have laid out their position as well, that they believe it is worth the sacrifices, the military commitment, the economic damage, to continue supporting ukraine and the last thing the ukrainians themselves, what do they want? more weapons, better weapons, longer range missiles and those warplanes which, even if they can't practically get here quickly, it is a commitment that they are after. that was jeremy bowen the commitment that they are after. that wasjeremy bowen the bbc�*s international editor reporting on that story for us. the east coast of madagascar is being lashed by high winds and heavy rain as cyclone freddy makes landfall. it's the second cyclone to hit the island this year, afterjanuary�*s devastating cyclone cheneso which killed 33 people, and left 30,000 homeless. freddy has been developing across 6,500km of the indian ocean, for weeks now, taking its time.

but now it's here, bringing with it winds of more than 150 kilometres per hour. as it travels across the madagascar landmass it will weaken, but not for long, strengthening once again, across the waters to mozambique by friday. the bbc�*s dorcas wangira is in the capital antananarivo and sent this update. it might look calm here in the capital antananarivo but it is another story on the east coast where cyclone freddy has started to make land. be the authorities in madagascar say that at least 2 million people will be affected and schools have been closed and movement restrict that in the most affected areas. the national disaster management office has sent tents, ropes, chainsaws and other supplies to those in the eastern districts most likely to be affect that. the intense tropical storm has already caused heavy rains and some damage to the neighbouring

islands of reunion and mauritius where the airport was closed. the storm caused minor damage and a neighbouring island and flooded beachside hotels in mauritius. many businesses were also forced to close. in madagascar the island is not expected to get away so lightly, emergency teams are preparing to deal with heavy rains, floods and even landslides in areas that will be affected. those living in the areas have been advised to strengthen their doors and roofs, cutdown dangerous trees and stay indoors during tropical storm. kenya's parliament has ordered an inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse on tea plantations revealed in a bbc report. it found more than 70 women had been abused by managers at plantations operated by two british companies, unilever and james finlay. the companies say they have suspended the three managers in question and are shocked by the claims. the fairtrade foundation said the investigation, by bbc africa eye and panoroma,

was "a metoo moment for tea". some british supermarkets, including asda and morrison's, have started limiting the amount of fruit and vegetables that people can buy. the shortage of produce such as cucumbers, broccoli or tomatoes, is being blamed on bad weather and poor harvests in europe and north africa. the bbc�*s rural affairs correspondent claire marshall reports. asda and morrisons say they've had problems getting hold of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and other salad and vegetable crops, and are putting some limits on what you can buy. the reason? extreme weather across the key producer region of southern spain and north africa. this is morocco. snowstorms have led the government to hand out emergency aid to thousands of families. retailers are saying the limits will be temporary, which means there's no reason to panic—buy. more produce is grown here during the summer months but according to the british retail consortium we import around 95% of tomatoes and 95% of lettuces between

december and march. we expect this to be short—term disruption due to bad weather at the moment but genuine supply is really good from these parts of europe and north africa so people don't need to be worried. a little bit frustrating at the moment but it will soon pass. but should there be shortages in the uk? at the national farmers' union conference in birmingham, there's been criticism of the government's record on food security. the rhetoric of successive governments that we are a wealthy country, we can just import our food, must be exposed as naive in the extreme, in a rapidly challenging world. the farming minister mark spencer, though, told us that some empty shelves can be seen as an opportunity. there has been some shortages. now, that actually is an opportunity

for uk producers, if they can make those figures stack up, to produce more food here domestically. we want to try and support them in doing that. the shelves in the dairy aisle of one major uk supermarket get filled with milk created by abi reader's cows, but business is hard. climate change, the war in ukraine, the lack of labour, the price of fertiliser and the rising cost of the feed these animals eat are all having an impact. there are empty sheds out there that should be growing fruit and veg. there are empty sheds that should have poultry in them to produce eggs. and this food just isn't coming through the system. there's a chill wind being felt by those living and working in the countryside, just so many pressures. if the outlook doesn't improve, then the rural landscape could change forever. the fact is that there are a growing number of hungry mouths, and it's becoming more expensive and difficult to feed them. claire marshall, bbc news.

that brings us to the end of newsday at this hour, thanks so much forjoining me, do stay with bbc news for the latest global headlines and analysis. that it for now. hello there. we're seeing a change to cooler weather on wednesday, even with some rain around as well. now, it has been really dry for many central and eastern parts of england this month. we started the week with temperatures as high as 17 celsius. but things are changing because we've got this cloud that's moving up from northern france to bring some showers, and that's ahead of this thicker band of cloud that's bringing the rain on that weather front there. that's going to continue to push its way steadily eastwards, and then following on from that, this is where we get the cooler air coming in from the atlantic. and we start the day with temperatures around about 5—6 celsius with a lot of cloud around. we've got the rain across eastern scotland that will move away, sunshine and showers will follow wintry over the hills, perhaps, and a cool wind for northern ireland, sunshine and showers here. more cloud for

england and wales, could keep some rain across some northern and eastern parts of england, may well turn a bit brighter with some sunshine, but again, some showers for wales, the south west and later the midlands. and for all of us, it's a bit cooler, the temperatures typically around nine celsius or so. now we've got cooler weather because we're changing the wind direction. instead of that very mild south—westerly that we started the week with, it's more of a north westerly wind turning northerly across england and wales as we head into thursday. around the top of that area of high pressure, some weather fronts will bring some wetter, windy weather across the north, but we've still got some rain to clearfrom overnight across southern parts of england. that cloud could be very slow to break up, other parts of england, of wales seeing some sunshine, more cloud coming into scotland and northern ireland, wet and windy weather coming into the far north of scotland. temperatures could make double figures in scotland and northern ireland, but it's chilly 8—9 celsius for england and wales. that high pressure is not really dominating just yet.

instead, we've got this weather front, an area of low pressure sliding down through the north sea. now, there's not going to be much rain left on that weather front. it's a band of cloud, most of the rain dying out, we'll get a northerly wind following on behind, maybe a bit of sunshine coming back into scotland and some sunshine perhaps towards wales and the south west of england. probably quite a bit of cloud on friday, although it won't be quite as cold, those temperatures generally around 9—10 celsius. so we've got some wet weather around the middle part of the week, that's going to introduce something a little bit colder. but then with high pressure building through the rest of the month, looks like we're back into dry weather.

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. on 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