welcome to bbc news. i'm lisa—marie misztak. our top stories: china's president extends a hand and a peace plan to russia's vladimir putin in the pair's first meeting since the invasion of ukraine. recent events have accelerated russia's dependency on china. they may speak about mutually beneficial cooperation but china looks increasingly like the senior partner. the united nations releases a major new report on climate change — dubbed a "survival guide for humanity". police in france fire tear gas at protesters marching against the government's planned pension reform, as demonstrations grow across the country. global financial markets react nervously

to the emergency takeover of the swiss bank credit suisse, but are the fears now easing. turning powder into bear. a german brewery comes up with a new product that could change the whole alcohol market and be good for the planet. president xi of china is on a state visit to russia where he's been warmly greeted by president putin. the summit has been the focus of a good deal of speculation following the publication of china's plan to "settle the acute crisis in ukraine". mr putin said that moscow was "always open" to negotiation. but the americans have already warned that the chinese peace plan could be a just a delaying tactic. the visit comes just days after the international criminal court issued an arrest

warrant for president putin in relation to alleged war crimes. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. just three days ago, vladimir putin was named as a war crime suspect by the international criminal court, but that didn't stop china's president from flying in and shaking his hand. putin and xi have met many times before but never before has russia's president been under such pressure. his war in ukraine, not going at all according to plan. xijinping called vladimir putin his "dear friend", his strategic partner. the kremlin leader said they would discuss china's peace initiative. but there is no detailed chinese plan to end the war in ukraine. what moscow would like from beijing is lethal aid to help it win.

beijing has been reluctant to provide that, to prevent secondary sanctions against chinese companies, but it has been supplying dual—use technology, like semiconductor chips, that the russian military can use. the kremlin also wants to expand trade with china. with russia under heavy international sanctions, economic ties with beijing are proving a lifeline. if you burn bridges with the west, as vladimir putin has, what do you do then? you look east, and that's exactly what the kremlin leader has done. recent events have given a sense of urgency on china. putin and xi might speak about mutually beneficial cooperation, but beijing looks increasingly like the senior partner. but moscow hasn'tjust partnered with beijing. last week, russia held joint naval exercises with china and iran. there are signs the kremlin is looking to forge

an anti—western alliance. translation: putin is building his own bloc. l he doesn't trust the west anymore. he is looking for allies and trying to make russia part of a common fortress with china as well as with india, latin america and africa. putin is building his own anti—western world. now, with xijinping here, russia can claim that it's not isolated, that moscow has powerful allies who view the world through a similar lens. that it doesn't need the west if it has friends in the east. but experience shows china always puts china first. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. we can now speak to mark montgomery. he's a senior fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracies.

thank you for taking the time to come on the programme. the two leaders are expected to meet later on today, on tuesday, president putin said they will discuss china's his plan, what's your assessment on what might come out of that? thank you for having me i think the overall goal of these meetings is to further develop and enhance there are no limits partnership, and i try to look at that through three prisms, the first is diplomatic, china has fully supported brush at the united nations, they condemn the war is a nato inspired conflict, they have altered them economically, they bought all the natural oil and natural gas that europe has chosen not to buy, they have bought from russia, they have increased trade 30%, the one area vladimir putin needs more support is in the military area with chinese support while it

hasn't been transparent it is clear that has not been substantial. i think vladimir putin will be working hard to improve that military support as part of the no limits partnership. in as part of the no limits partnership.— as part of the no limits partnership. as part of the no limits artnershi -. , ., partnership. in terms of the ower partnership. in terms of the power dynamics _ partnership. in terms of the power dynamics of - partnership. in terms of the power dynamics of china . partnership. in terms of the | power dynamics of china and russia, it could be assumed china now holds all of the cards? i china now holds all of the cards? ~ , ., ., china now holds all of the cards? ~ ,, ., , cards? i think, you are spot on, cards? i think, you are spot on. and _ cards? i think, you are spot on. and your— cards? i think, you are spot. on, and your correspondence cards? i think, you are spot - on, and your correspondence was correct, this is the 40th meetings over these a0 meetings over 11 years the power dynamic has shifted from russia being the mere —— the more predominant power as a fully nuclear armed power in 2012 to where they sit today we clearly russia is dependent on china for support, russia is dependent on china forsupport, both russia is dependent on china for support, both in this conflict and more broadly internationally, from china. they can deplete flipping of the relationship over the past decade. . . , the relationship over the past decade. . ., , , decade. china has said it is neutral in _ decade. china has said it is neutral in terms _ decade. china has said it is neutral in terms of- decade. china has said it is neutral in terms of the - decade. china has said it is neutral in terms of the warj decade. china has said it is i neutral in terms of the war in ukraine, what is your view on where the stance is and where

they actually stand? i where the stance is and where they actually stand?— they actually stand? i don't think it's — they actually stand? i don't think it's possible - they actually stand? i don't think it's possible to - they actually stand? i don't think it's possible to see i think it's possible to see russia, excuse me china is a neutral player in this and i really worry about a world order defined by russia and china, and it could well have respect for sovereignty it won't have respect for rule of law. even president zelenskiy is magical as his personality elegy has been with other leaders won't get far with the president macro one, chinese lead if it would only go to the russian advantage. the white house is now _ russian advantage. the white house is now urging _ russian advantage. the white house is now urging xi - russian advantage. the white house is now urging xi jinpingj house is now urging xijinping to tell president putin to respect ukraine's sovereignty, do you think that will fall potentially on deaf ears? xi potentially on deaf ears? a jinping is meeting vladimir putin after he has just gone to crimea, just gone to mariupol, just been indicted by the national —— international

criminal court, i don't think he will listen to the us guidance or direction on how to develop his partnership with president putin.— president putin. mark montgomery. - president putin. mark montgomery. seniorl president putin. mark- montgomery. senior fellow at the foundation for the defence of democracies. the catastrophic impacts of climate change have been laid out in a major new report, which the united nations has described as "a survival guide for humanity". climate experts say there is a "closing window of opportunity" to build a sustainable future, but say that will involve rapid cuts to fossil fuels, and maximising the use of clean energy and technology. here's our climate editorjustin rowlatt. as many as a3,000 people are estimated to have died in a drought in somalia, a new report said today. in malawi last week, dogs were used to sniff out bodies. more than 250 people were killed when one of the strongest cyclones ever recorded ripped through the country. weather extremes like these are likely to intensify

as the world continues to warm, un scientists warned today. their report was published at a conference in the swiss town of interla ken. the document released here today draws together eight years of work and it will be crucial — the basis for future global negotiations on climate for probably the next decade. and the key message, says the un chief, is that all is not quite yet lost. this report is a clarion call to massively fast track climate efforts by every country and every sector and on every time frame. in short, our world needs climate action on all fronts — everything, everywhere, all at once. the glaciers in the mountains above where the scientists are meeting lost 6% of their volume last year alone — evidence of the impact climate change is already having. at this weather station

in the alps, they've been collecting climate records for decades. today we got the strongest warning yet that, in the next few years, we are likely to bust through the 1.5 degree boundary that avoids the worst impacts of global warming. the future really is in our hands. we will, in all probability, reach around 1.5 degrees early next decade but, after that, it really is our choices. this is why the rest of this decade is key. today's report warns the decisions we make now will determine our climate future for thousands of years to come. just look how rising temperatures and humidity will threaten the lives of increasing numbers of people. the darker the colour, the more days of extreme heat people face. and animals will be badly hit too. here, the darker colour shows more species are at risk and the more likely

we are to lose them altogether. there is some good news, though. the cost of key low—carbon technologies — electric vehicles and solar and wind power — has already fallen very rapidly. that will help because only a massive effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions can slow the global temperature rise, the scientists say. it is those with political power and with decision power in the big companies of this world, who need to stop subsidising fossil fuels, stop everything to burn fossil fuels as fast as possible. the high alps show how climate change is already reshaping our world. there is still a window to keep it within manageable limits, today's report says, but it warns that, without dramatic global action, that window will soon slam shut.

let's get some of the day's other news. sri lanka's president says the international monetary fund has approved a $2.9 billion rescue package to help the country out of its current economic crisis. in return, the government has agreed to raise funds by restructuring state—owned enterprises, and privatising the national airline. sri lanka defaulted on its debts last may. six members of a far—right us militia known as the 0ath keepers have been convicted of charges linked to the capitol riot two years ago. they were among thousands of donald trump's supporters who tried to prevent congress from certifying joe biden's election win. so far, prosecutors have filed criminal charges against more than a thousand people. three men have been found guilty of the killing in the united states of the rap artist, xxxtentacion. the twenty—year—old performer, whose real name was jahseh 0nfroy, was ambushed and shot in a robbery in a florida street five years ago. three defendants were found guilty of first—degree murder and armed robbery.

global financial markets have reacted nervously to sunday night's emergency takeover of the swiss bank credit suisse. the bank was bought by its rival ubs, after regulators worked around the clock to secure the takeover. the problems confronting credit suisse had sparked fears over the global financial system. we can now speak to dianne pierret — assistant professor of finance, university of luxembourg and research affiliate at the centre for economic policy research. thank you for taking the time to come on the programme. investor fears to come on the programme. investorfears appear to to come on the programme. investor fears appear to be easing in the us and the uk, with share prices rising what's your assessment on the ubs takeover of credit suisse and whether financial markets will ease out? ~ ~ whether financial markets will ease out?— ease out? well, i think that the interventions _

ease out? well, i think that the interventions that - ease out? well, i think that the interventions that were | the interventions that were taking place this last hours, where necessary, i also think that probably there is more to be done in the future, in terms of transparency, and the banking —— banking sector. i would take the example of the 2008 financial crisis in the us and lessons we learned from that, with some of the tools that, with some of the tools that the federal reserve used at the time with its stress test at the time which was a stress designed as a crisis management tool, to regain confidence in the financial sector. and i think at this stage, what we need is such a severe stress test, something will restore investor co nfi d e nce will restore investor confidence with banks in europe. that means disclosing bank data and details but it also means coming up with a

plan, as the regulator is saying, we are going to examine this stress test, if there is a capital shortfall, this stress test, if there is a capitalshortfall, banks this stress test, if there is a capital shortfall, banks should recapitalise on markets and of this money is not available on the markets, if there is no equity available on the markets, the government will step in. markets, the government will ste in. , markets, the government will ste in, , ., . markets, the government will stein. , ., . , step in. sorry to inter'ect but ou step in. sorry to inter'ect but you mentioned h step in. sorry to interject but you mentioned these stressl you mentioned these stress tests. wouldn't a bank have done something like that before? . , done something like that before? , before? so, it has been under stress test. — before? so, it has been under stress test, ubs _ before? so, it has been under stress test, ubs is _ before? so, it has been under stress test, ubs is well - before? so, it has been under stress test, ubs is well in - before? so, it has been under stress test, ubs is well in the | stress test, ubs is well in the jurisdiction in switzerland and i'm not saying that these stressors have been badly done or whatever, stressors have been badly done orwhatever, i'd stressors have been badly done or whatever, i'd think they are very serious stress test. what i am asking here right now is

not the supervisory stress test on regular time, not the supervisory stress test on regulartime, i'm not the supervisory stress test on regular time, i'm talking about a stress test as a crisis management tool to reassure investors, to show some faith and provide the data so that we can make ourselves an idea about the financial health of this company. it is not disclosed right now in switzerland, so for the group ubs or the group this was not disclosed at the bank level, thatis disclosed at the bank level, that is what i am calling for. now it is true that this is done for the us subsidiary of these banks but i'm asking that for the entire group as a part of, not only for switzerland but for europe as well. we unfortunately _ but for europe as well. we unfortunately have two leave it there but thank you very much

for your insight.— stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll tell you how this new powdered beer could mark a changing point for the beer industry, and the planet. applause. i'm so proud of both of you. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. with great regret, _ the committee has decided that south africa will be excluded from the 1970 competition. i chanting.

streaking across the sky, the white hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines. the french government has narrowly survived a vote of no—confidence in parliament, over its controversial pension reform. a total of 278 mps voted in favour of the motion, just nine short of the number needed to bring down the government. 0pposition parties called for the vote after president emmanuel macron's administration decided to force through a rise in the pension age by two years without parliamentary approval. 0ur news reporter, sofia bettiza, joins me in studio with more. sofia, so good news

for president macron? so, it's good news in the sense that the government did survive a vote of no—confidence on monday, if resident macron had lost the he would have had to form a new government and maybe even paul new elections but as you mentioned, the vote was much tighter than expected, he only won by nine votes so macron did survive but his government is weakened, only one year into its mandate. this legislation _ one year into its mandate. this legislation despite _ one year into its mandate. this legislation despite protests over the weekend? irate legislation despite protests over the weekend? we have seen more protests _ over the weekend? we have seen more protests on _ over the weekend? we have seen more protests on monday - over the weekend? we have seen more protests on monday night . more protests on monday night in paris and other cities across france with some demonstrators clashing with police, police risk wandering by arresting about 100 people and to be fair french people have been striking for months against this pension reform and it's only in the last few days that things escalated and sometimes turned violent. you

mentioned _ sometimes turned violent. you mentioned that _ sometimes turned violent. you mentioned that these protests have been ongoing for months but can you just remind us what is pension reform exactly as? it is a reform that is deeply unpopular in front stop you've got president macron who is saying that this needs to be done, that the pension age needs to be raised from 62—6a because france is at the lowest end of the pension age if you look at other countries in europe and that it is not sustainable and french people need to work longer. but his critics say that he is out of touch and that this reform will end up affecting mostly women, low earners and people who do physically wearing jobs. the outcome of the vote on monday means that this reform will now become law, but there have been more strikes planned for thursday, french people are still very angry so more demonstrations like the one we've seen on monday night are likely to happen in the coming days by thank you for the

update. former us president donald trump said two days ago he expects to be arrested on tuesday, as part of a criminal case being investigated in new york. prosecutors have been looking into possible hush money paid to former adult film star stormy daniels. posting on his truth social website, he called on his followers to protest. however, he has provided no evidence to back up his claim that prosecutors are planning to take action on that specific date. nada tawfik was outside the courthouse and sent this report. any decision rests with whether the grand jury decides to move forward and then if the district attorney alvin bragg decides he will charge the former president. now, what i can say is that all the signals we have gotten is that this he wrapping up his investigation so the time for the manhattan attorney, district attorney to make a decision is coming up soon, how he will decide is anyone's guess. nevertheless, there have been reports in us media speculating that it could be as early as the next few days this week. but nevertheless when we look

at the how this would all play out, you can see around me the world's media has already descended on lower manhattan because this will of course be an unprecedented moment for the country, in legal terms and political terms. you would have the first time a former president has been convicted of a federal crime and would be brought here, just like anyone else, and formally booked, fingerprinted, having his mugshot taken. i don't think anyone expects of course that he will be slammed with handcuffs or forced to do a perp walk and of course he will have a security, his secret service details. but still, you see here in new york the nypd preparing for possible protest, preparing for that possible big moment here in new york.

the days of lugging crates of beer to a barbecue or a party could well be over. a german brewery has come up with a new product that it says could change the entire alcohol market and be good for the planet at the same time. wendy urquhart has the story. imagine if you fancied a glass of beer, instead of opening the fridge or going to the pub you could just open a packet, sprinkle powder into a glass of water, spritz it up a bit and chill with a glass of largo. a german brewery has invented a beer powder that tastes like the real thing and there are big plans for the future. translation: big plans for the future. tuna/mom- big plans for the future. translation: , , . ., translation: the special thing is that we actually _ translation: the special thing is that we actually managed - translation: the special thing is that we actually managed to l is that we actually managed to turn this beer power into a currently alcohol free 1—to—1 normal era with the help of normal era with the help of normal water. normal era with the help of normalwater. it normal era with the help of normal water. it tastes like a pilsener. we want to make virtually everything in powder

form. we want the complete beer taste but we want to add the carbon dioxide in powderform and the alcohol in powder form and the alcohol in powder form and of course it's absolutely fascinating that we have succeeded for the first time worldwide.— succeeded for the first time worldwide. stephane says it will be very _ worldwide. stephane says it will be very easy _ worldwide. stephane says it will be very easy for - worldwide. stephane says it i will be very easy for breweries to add the powder area to water at bottle plants and points out that they will not only make huge savings on the export transport cost, it will massively reduce the industry's carbon footprint. translation: we have calculated that in regards to germany it can reduce c02 regards to germany it can reduce co2 emissions from 3%—5% and looking globally that will be about half the c02 and looking globally that will be about half the co2 emissions on the planet stop the of course it is not much at first but worldwide it is a gigantic amount. . , ., but worldwide it is a gigantic amount. ,, , ., , amount. stephane has been researching _ amount. stephane has been researching powder - amount. stephane has been researching powder beer- amount. stephane has been researching powder beer forj amount. stephane has been - researching powder beer for the last two years and is confident

it will be market ready by the end of this year providing it passes all the necessary tests. if it does perhaps we will see powder versions of other drinks like vodka, gin and whiskey in the future too. but the biggest test will be convincing the beer and spirit aficionados. now something a little bit different. the white house has been hosting the cast of the show ted lasso.— show ted lasso. while it is easier said _ show ted lasso. while it is easier said than _ show ted lasso. while it is easier said than done - show ted lasso. while it is easier said than done we . easier said than done we shouldn't be afraid to ask for help ourselves.— shouldn't be afraid to ask for help ourselves. president biden invited jason — help ourselves. president biden invited jason sudeikis _ help ourselves. president biden invited jason sudeikis and - help ourselves. president biden invited jason sudeikis and his i invited jason sudeikis and his cast mates from the hat series to discuss mental health. it is a subject the show has addressed directly stopping in the most recent season the lead character seeks out therapy to address anxiety and the collapse of his marriage. before the meeting president biden tweeted a picture of i

believe sign taped to the entrance of the oval office, a motion to ted's office door in the tv series. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @ lmmisztak. hello. well, it's been a pretty grey and damp start to the new working week. many of us have already seen some outbreaks of rain. these are the rather moody skies that we had during the day in argyll and bute. now, so far this month, we've already seen more rainfall than average in a number of places. aldergrove is west of belfast and here we've had about one and a half times as much rain as we see in an average march, but there is more rain on the cards as well. you see, the satellite picture shows the band of rain that we had on monday. but out in the atlantic, we've got several more areas

of rain bearing cloud set to move in. and so this week we are going to see rainfall totals really pile up, particularly across western areas. you can see the largest totals over our western hills, whereas in the east you get something of a shelter effect. so the rain won't be quite as heavy for those eastern areas. now, over the next few hours, we do have some fairly heavy bursts of rain to come through and there'll be some low cloud around a bit of mist and fog around our western coast and hills. but it's a mild start to the day tuesday, temperatures nine or ten degrees, rain start the day across eastern england, probably north—east scotland. that clears away what will follow is a day of bright spells, a bit of sunshine and some heavy showers and thunderstorms. we then see another area of rain move into northern ireland as we go through the course of the afternoon. now it's going to be another mild day, temperatures 1a, 15 degrees celsius. as we go from tuesday into wednesday, actually the isobars pinch together. and so it's going to be a windier day on wednesday. again, overnight rain tending to clear through a day of sunshine and heavy

thundery showers. this time, some of the showers could even have some hail mixed in. some of the showers in the west may merge together to give some longer spells of rain. it's going to be blustery gusts of wind, a0, even 50—odd miles an hour in places. but it is still, however, pretty mild with temperatures again reaching around 1a degrees in the mildest spots. for thursday we're looking at more rain as well. still quite a blustery day, the potentialfor some heavier rain to work in perhaps to parts of south—east england during the day. but away from that, the showers could merge together again to give some longer spells of rain at times. temperatures still up to about 1a degrees. and really through friday and the weekend, there's no change in the weather pattern. it stays unsettled with more rain at times. that's the latest.

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step in. this is bbc news. the headlines: russian president vladimir putin has told his chinese counterpart, xijinping, that he's studied in detail his proposals for ending the war in ukraine. mr putin was speaking at the beginning of president xi's first visit to moscow since the invasion began last year. but the us has warned the proposals could be a delaying tactic. the united nations has released a major new report on climate change — dubbed a "survival guide for humanity". climate experts say there's a "closing window of opportunity" to build a sustainable future — involving cuts to fossil fuels and maximising the use of clean energy and technology. police in france have fired tear gas at protesters marching against the government's planned pension reform, as demonstrations grow

across the country.