welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm marika oi. the headlines.. a meeting of 6—20 foreign ministers in delhi ends in acrimony because of bitter divisions over russia's war against ukraine. every 620 member, and virtually every country period, continues to bear the cost of russia's war of aggression. a war that president putin could end tomorrow if he chose to do so. the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing, finds mi5 missed a significant opportunity, to take action that might have stopped the attack. constance marten and mark gordon

are charged with gross negligence manslaughter after a baby was found dead in woodland in sussex yesterday iran says it's appointed a special branch of a tehran court to investigate a spate of apparent poison attacks at girls�* schools in several cities across the country and how the great pyramid of giza — continues to reveal extraordinary secrets. scientists discover a new hidden corridor welcome to newsday. we begin in india, where a meeting of 620 leaders has ended without an agreed concluding statement.

the us and russian foreign ministers met in public for first time since the invasion of ukraine, but their exchange has been tense. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said the talks were marred by moscow's "unprovoked and unjustified" war. were china to engage in material, lethal, support for russia's aggression, or to engage in a systematic evasion of sanctions to have russia, that would be a serious problem for our countries. i made clear that there would be consequences or engaging in those actions. so, i'm not going to detail what they would be but, of course, we have sanctions authorities of various kinds and that would be one of the things we and others would look at the stop i see others because this concern that china is considering provided lethal one of the things we and others would look at the i say others

because this concern that china is considering provided lethal military assistance russia is a shared concern. many other partners have raised this, and not just raise this with us, but, it is my understanding, have raised it directly with china including here today in delhi. and russia had its own response. its foreign minister sergei lavrov held a meeting his chinese counterpart qin gang. and — russian officials said moscow and beijing had agreed to oppose what they called �*western blackmail and threats�*. here's what mr lavrov had to say: translation: unfortunately, - the declaration on behalf of all 620 ministers could not be approved. our western colleagues, just as they did a year ago, under the indonesian presidency, tried by all means using various rhetorical statements to bring to the forward the situation around ukraine, which they of course present under the guise of so—called russian aggression. india's prime minister, narendra modi, called on foreign

ministers to put their differences aside, and find common ground. it is but natural that your discussions are affected by the geopolitical tensions of the day. we all have how our positions and perspectives on how this tension should be resolved. however, as the leading economic of the world, we also have a responsibility that those who are not in this room. our us state department correspondent barbara plett usher, has travelled to delhi. this was her assesment we know what the americans say was discussed. mr blinken said that he raised three points. he made the point that the us and his allies would support ukraine on till the end of the war. he asked the russians to restart

that nuclear arms treaty, restart which it had suspended. he also asked for the release of a american detainee, paul whelan and. he said it was less than a ten minute discussion, it was informal and hadn't been arranged ahead of time. it was the first time the two men had met face—to—face since the war started. moscow really played it down, they said mr blinken and had asked for the contact and it wasn't a proper meeting, it certainly wasn't a negotiation. and now we'rejoined by rajan menon, grand strategy programme director at defence priorities, a dc—based think tank and a scholar at the carnegie endowment for international peace. thank for international peace. you forjoining us on news firstly, thank you forjoining us on newsday. firstly, the split between the us and allies versus russia with china leading towards russia was always going to divide opinions, but was

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were to be weakened or lose the war. the united states would have many more resources to devote to the competition, and some would say confrontation, with china. because china and russia, since the 1990s, much more strongly under president putin, have been allied, with a strategic friendship, china would like russia to come out as on weakened as it were.- like russia to come out as on weakened as it were. thank you ra'an for “oininu weakened as it were. thank you ra'an forjoining us— weakened as it were. thank you ra'an forjoining us on fl weakened as it were. thank you ra'an forjoining us on the fi weakened as it were. thank you ra'an forjoining us on the programme. h so — as the war in ukraine takes centre stage at the g20 meeting — let's look at the latest that's happening on the ground. russian state media says a sabotage group — working for ukraine — infiltrated a region in russia that borders ukraine, and took several people hostage. russia now claims its forced them back into ukrainian territory. earlier the governor of the bry—ansk region, which borders ukraine, claimed that saboteurs fired

on a car, killing two people. he added, that shelling had also taken place from ukraine. mykhailo podolyak — who is an adviser to ukraine's president zelensky called it �*a classic deliberate provocation," ukraine says it's another "false flag" operation — a political or military action carried out with the intention of blaming an opponent for it. but president putin has also commented on this — he's called it a terrorist act. the russia editor of bbc monitoring told us more. what happened in bryansk is unusual and strange. it's unusual because nothing like this happened before, and it's strange for several reasons. it's all started with a torrent of reports this morning by pro—war pro—kremlin social media accounts and russia painting

a picture of a total atrocity in bryansk region. they said up to 50 ukrainian saboteurs were on a rampage into russian villages, taking people hostage, firing at cars, even at a school bus, setting fire to houses. and then this narrative suddenly changed. russian media started saying it was just one car that was shot at. one person died and then they said another person died as well. and then it transpired that allegedly all these ukrainian saboteurs, quote unquote, were able to escape back to russia after their audacious raid. and most incredibly, still about 12 hours after this attack was supposed to have happened. there have been no photographs, no videos showing the actual

attack or its aftermath. i was looking at russian media just now and they're just showing pictures of maps of the area or comments by officials and even the people they present as eyewitnesses that they are not seen, they're not envisioned. they're interviewed over the phone. so it's a very strange incident. the families of the 22 people who died in the manchester arena bombing say, the final report into what happened that night in may 2017 is a "devastating conclusion". the inquiry found that the uk security service, mi5, missed a significant opportunity, in the months running up to the bombing at an ariana grande concert, that might have prevented the attack. judith moritz reports. only salman abedi detonated the bomb

which killed 22 people at manchester arena, but others bear responsibility and the agencies failed to stop him. the inquiry report spells it out. mi5 let abedi slip through the net. i have found a significant missed opportunity to take action that might have prevented the attack. there was a realistic possibility that actionable intelligence could have been obtained which might have led to action preventing the attack. the reason for this missed opportunity included a failure by the security service, in my view, to act swiftly enough. abedi set off his suicide bomb in the foyer at the end of an ariana grande concert. teenagers were leaving, parents were waiting for their children. the youngest to die was just eight years old. for the families of those

who were murdered, the findings are hard to take. all we as families have asked for from day one is the truth, acknowledgement of failures. hopefully next time, there won't be as many families going through the utter heartbreak we have had to endure for the last five years, nine months, one week and one day. forgiveness will never be an option for those that played any part in the murder of our children will never ever get forgiveness. from top to bottom, mi5 to the associates of the attacker, we will always believe you played a part in the murder of our children. mi5 said it is sorry the security service did not prevent the attack. this is didsbury mosque, where the abedis worshipped. the report found leaders were willfully blind

to extremism on the premise. the chairman was described as an unreliable witness. i can tell you here and now, - there is no place for radicalisation or politics or any evil acts. no—one can be radicalisedl with a ten—minute sermon. but this is about political meetings. i repeat and i hope you have it on, there are no political meetings. i i do not care what people say. the inquiry said there was meetings. have they been to the mosque? they heard what they were told. people with would sometimes lie. they heard evidence from one of your immams. i said he is a liar. many of the things he did were not correct. i i do not care what he said, but i tell you he lied. - and you did not turn a blind eye?

and we did not turn a blind eye. the report found salman abedi's father ramadam holds significant responsibility for radicalising his son. there was criticism of the eldest abedi brother, who fled the country in defiance of a court order to appear at the inquiry. the report found that mi5 and counterterrorism police each failed to share intelligence. that's something that both organisations say has improved since, allowing our cameras in their joint operations centre to illustrate the way they work together. this is the first time that journalists have been allowed inside this building and the obviously tight security prevents us from filming much of what goes on here. but this place is being held up as an example of positive change. it was built in response to the manchester arena bombing and the other terror attacks which happened that year. in five years, since this incident

happened, there's already been an internal inquiry by mi5 and 102 recommendations were put in place. the last two are being put in place as we speak. there are no doubt many more changes that will be needed from the report. i will be making absolute sure they are put in place as well. the bombing was manchester's darkest day. tonight, its mayor said the country was not prepared for a terror attack like it to happen here and the findings must be used both to protect and respond better in future. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. another astonishing find connected to one of the seven wonders of the world. a hidden corridor in the great pyramid of giza has been seen for the first time.

first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards. it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier, and so my heart went bang, bang, bang! the constitutional rights of these i marches are their rights as citizens of the united states, - and they should be protected, even in the right to test them out | so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy — i know you don't want to say too much about it — but does it worry you that it's going to boil up? oh, it worries me, yes,

but i hope everything'll be all right at the end of the day. this is newsday on the bbc. in the uk have tonight charged constance marten and mark gordon with gross negligence manslaughter after the remains of a baby were found in a wooded area in sussex. the body of a newborn was found after a major two day search. the couple will appear in court in brighton tomorrow. duncan kennedy has been following the story. news of the charges came as local people gathered tonight near where the baby's remains were found. a community brought together in sorrow over the loss of a young life. it was amid the garden sheds and plants of this nearby allotment

that police made their discovery after a two day search. this afternoon, senior officers brought their own tributes in memory of the child, who they say may have died some time ago. we are truly devastated by the outcome and we know this emotion is being felt here in brighton and across the country today. based on our inquiries we've carried out so far, we believe, sadly, the baby may have been dead for some time before they were found. tonight, constance martin and mark gordon were charged with gross negligence manslaughter. they were also charged with concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course ofjustice. the two had been missing since early january and were sighted in various locations around the country. they were arrested on monday and have been in custody since. the police say they're incredibly grateful for all the support they are getting

during their investigation, and say there's been an outpouring of public sympathy for the baby. the organisers of tonight's vigil say they wanted to give people the chance to show their love and pay their respects amid a police investigation that will continue here for several more days. in iran, dozens of students from 26 schools, most of whom are girls, are reportedly being treated for poisoning at hospitals after another wave of apparent toxic gas attacks. they've been happening since november but have expanded in scope and scale over the past week. nobody has been arrested as public anger continues to grow. bbc persian�*s parham ghobadi has the latest. panic at the school gates with an apparent poison gas attack

on a primary school. bbc persian has verified the video. it's a school in the iranian capital, tehran, on wednesday. at least 26 schools across the country were attacked on this day alone. hospital wards were full of schoolgirls. the main target of the attacks, they reported the smell of tangerine or rotten fish, then fell, faint, nauseous and collapsed. i can't breathe, the girl says, as medics tell her not to be scared. some iranians wonder if the schoolgirls are being singled out as revenge for their role in anti—government protests, which started last september. the bbc has spoken to one 18 year old student in the northwestern city of erbil. three months ago, girls in her school took off the mandatory headscarf and shouted the main protest slogan woman life, freedom. then her school was

attacked on wednesday. we are voicing her interview in english to protect her identity. i saw four girls fainting as we walked into the courtyard. nine ambulances arrived. i still have a headache and nausea ten hours later. most of the teachers insulted us, saying we were pretending. even when students faces were turning red with all the coughing, the religion teacher told us to put our scarves on. she didn't care. public anger is rising as these poison gas attacks have been taking place since november. people cannot understand how the authorities don't know what kind of gas it is and who's behind it. we have not made any arrests, but our intelligence services are investigating the matter. chants of death to the child's killing regime ring out across tehran at night. it is a sign that parents have little hope the regime will find the real suspects.

parham ghobadi, bbc news. to china now — where we're looking ahead to the national people's conference, which begins on sunday. it's expected to unveil the biggest government reshuffle in a decade as beijing confronts a host of issues at home and abroad. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell has more the congress, which begins this weekend, will be the culmination of an epic power grab by this country's leader, xijinping. it all started a decade ago, and at this meeting, he'll be appointing these new ministers, these new heads of departments who are completely loyal to him. and it means that the last vestiges of these other factions within the party will no longer be there. everyone will be on team xi. now, on the one hand, that could be a good thing. it could mean that everyone's lined

up together, they're on the same page, and it means you can get things done. but the danger, of course, is that these will be people who are afraid of giving xi jinping the fearless and frank advice that he needs to hear. and it could mean that the entire leadership structure is operating within a kind of echo chamber and that this crushes innovation, which really hurts the economy. now, this year, of course, the chinese economy is going to initially take off very quickly, but it is coming off a low base. and the danger is that it reaches a certain point, it starts to plateau, and that that could last for years to come. so analysts will be looking at this congress and seeing who gets appointed to these roles. will they be prepared to tell it like it is to xijinping? and what will that mean for the future of china? firefighters in hong kong have been dealing with a massive blaze, which broke out early friday

at a construction site in one of the city's popular shopping districts. police say nearby residents had to be evacuated, and that four adjacent buildings also caught on fire. those fires were quickly put out. there have been reports of casualties. let's end the programme in egypt — where officials have revealed the discovery of long corridor inside the last of the seven wonders of the ancient world still standing, the great pyramid of giza. the pyramid — which is about 11 miles from the centre of cairo — is also known as khufu's pyramid for its builder, a pharaoh who reigned during 2000 bc. this is the corridor — you can see it looks a bit like a chamber — was found by the scan pyramids project, an international programm that uses scans to look at unexplored sections

of the ancient structure. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello. im mark edwards with your sport. the lawyer representing former england captain michael vaughan has said allegations of racism made against the cricketer are word against word. the comments came on the second day of the public hearing into the allegations made by former yorkshire player azeem rafiq. michael vaughan and five other yorkshire players are accused of using racially discriminatory language. matt graveling has the details. and a warning that some viewers may find some of the language in his report upsetting. day two of proceedings here have now concluded, and while the former england

captain michael vaughan was present, we still have yet to hear from him. we did however hear from his lawyer, christopher who said that vaughan categorically denies making the comments, and that he couldn't believe that the claim have been made against him. it was injune of 2009 before a yorkshire t20 match that vaughan was claimed to have said "there's too many of you lots, we need to have a word about that," directed at azeem rafiq and his asian team—mates. one of who is current england bowler who joined were he is currently playing with the english side. he said he did hear the alleged phrase and while it did not offend him and he did not think that vaughan was racist, the comment was bad humour. azeem rafiq was then cross—examined by vaughan�*s lawyer who accused rafiq of changing his account of exactly what vaughan had said. rafiq responded by saying that he apologised for any discrepancy but he had been put through a lot and is certain that a racist comment was said in the term you lot been said

by so many of the yorkshire squad that had been normalised. rafiq said he carries mental scars having gone through this process, vaughan is one of seven men charged along with the cloud for bringing the sport into disrepute. they have chosen to withdraw from the disciplinary process. the ownership situation at newcastle united has come under further scrutiny with human rights group amnesty international saying the premier league needs to re—examine the assurances it was given about potential saudi state control of the club. newcastle's takeover by saudi arabia's public investment fund was approved after legally binding assurances the saudi government would not have any control over the club. however, in a us court case newcastle chairman yasir al—rumayyan has been described as a sitting minister of the government with sovereign immunity. the statements have been made by lawyers representing liv golf, owned by the pif. meanwhile, one of the people who brokered the newcastle deal has been speaking at an event in london. amanda staveley says the investors considered a number of options

in the premier league before settling on newcastle. we settling on newcastle. didn't go for the wonderful totte n ha m we didn't go for the wonderful tottenham and chelsea and liverpool. everybody knows i was a massive liverpool fan. we try to buy it and we walked into newcastle game and said why spend x billion when you can actually spend 300 and some million. and put in, i think we've put into two hundred plus to date. of new money since we bought the club. so we have a particular business plan based on a five, ten, 15 year timeline. and critical to that plan was making sure we had the right partners. in the last year its extraordinary with potentially there might be the chance of champions league. and i love the valuations that are reflecting in sheltie are reflecting in chelsea

because it makes our valuation look very compelling. revenue, when you're looking at five to seven times revenue, that is a lot of money. it's advantage barcelona after the first leg of their copa del rey semifinal against real madrid. the only goal of the game at the bernabeu was an own goal against the run of play in the first half. eder militao debited with the goal. real madrid were the dominant side thoughout, but failed to muster a single shot on target. tennis, and world number one novak djokovic continued his perfect start to 2023 by beating hubert hurkacz to reach the dubai tennis championships semi—finals. the 35—year—old serb took his record to 15—0 so far this year with a swift 71 minute 6—3 7—5 take—down over poland's hurkacz. djokovic will be looking to win his third title of the year and will take on daniil medvedev for a place in saturday's final. for any this is my fifth european

championship so this has to be the one for me. i'll be better tomorrow and go into the final.