this is 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. putin and xi might speak about mutually beneficial cooperation, but beijing looks increasingly like the senior partner. the united nations releases a major new report on climate change — dubbed a "survival guide for humanity". the key message says the un cheapis the key message says the un cheap is that all is not quite yet lost. 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. and turning powder into beer. a german brewery comes up with a new product that could change the entire alcohol market and be good for the planet. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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 accelerated russia's dependency 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. mark montgomery is a senior

fellow at the foundation of defence of democracies. hejoined us earlier to share his expectations of today's meeting. i think the overall goal of these meetings is to further develop and enhance their no limits partnership, and i try to look at that through three prisms, the first, diplomatic. china has fully supported russia at the united nations, they condemned the war as a nato inspired conflict, they have supported them economically. they've bought all the natural oil and natural gas that europe has chosen not to buy. they've bought from russia, they have increased trade 30%. the one area where putin needs more support is in the military area where 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 terms of the power dynamics of china and russia, it could be assumed china now holds all of the cards? i think, you are spot on, and your correspondent steve rosenberg was right, this is their 40th meeting, over these a0 meetings over 11 years, the power dynamic has shifted from russia being the more predominant power it was a fully nuclear armed country in 2012 to where they sit today where clearly russia is dependent on china for support, both in this conflict and more broadly internationally, from china. a complete flipping of the relationship over the past decade. china has said it is neutral in terms of the war in ukraine, what is your view on where the stance is and where they actually stand 7 i don't think it's possible to see russia, excuse me, china, as a neutral player in this and i really worry about a world order defined

by russia and china, and it won't have respect for sovereignty it won't have transparency, respect for rule of law. even president zelenskiy as magical as his personality has been with most international leaders won't get far with the president xi, chinese lead effort would only go to the russian advantage. the white 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 is meeting putin after he has just gone to crimea, just gone to mariupol, just been indicted by the 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. mark montgomery. a senior fellow at the foundation for the defence of

democracies. 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. the democratic unionist party in northern ireland says it will vote against the uk government's new brexit framework when it comes before mps for the first time this week. the party leader says there are "ongoing concerns" about the legislation. eu member states are expected to endorse the deal on tuesday. six members of a far—right us militia known as the oath 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 onfroy, 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. the catastrophic impact 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 43,000 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 fasttrack climate efforts by every country and every sector and on every timeframe. 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. 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: 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. the united nations releases a major new report on climate change, dubbed a �*survivial guide for humanity'. 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 lananh nguyen, us finance editor at reuters. thank you for taking time to come in the programme. with so much uncertainty within the financial banking sector, what do you think is going through the minds of the customers? should they be at ease? iretell the minds of the customers? should they be at ease? well i think in the — should they be at ease? well i think in the short-term, - think in the short—term, customers, particularly in the us, should feel at ease because most their deposits are guaranteed by a government backstop so anyone who has less than $250,000 in the bank is pretty safe at this point but i think the broader question is whether customers will eventually feel the brunt of what looks to be a sort of economic result of people getting more nervous about

banks and more nervous about the stability of the economy. you just mentioned customers and how they might be feeling but what about investors? can they have a sigh of relief that there is no more trouble to come or could potentially be more trouble brewing? certainly, the absence of the last two weeks including two large bank failures in the us and the kind of rushed merger of credit suisse and ubs in switzerland over the weekend have not done too much to allay concerns that this kind of mini financial crisis we are having right now is not going to get worse. so far, it's still early days. we had somebody down days in terms of the equity markets in terms of the equity markets in the us but it's not quite clear how long this period of weakness is going to continue and it certainly taken a big hit for investors in terms of their confidence in the economy, their confidence and growth and their confidence in bank. ,, , , growth and their confidence in bank. ,, ,, , , growth and their confidence in bank, ,, ,, , , , growth and their confidence in bank. ,, ,, ,, , ., bank. stress tests i use to help with _ bank. stress tests i use to help with understanding . bank. stress tests i use to i help with understanding any type of economic scenario that

might arise. do you think enough is being done to share that type of data so people know well in advance whether something like this that happened to credit suisse or the banks in the united states might happen? i the banks in the united states might happen?— the banks in the united states might happen? i think the acute issue in the _ might happen? i think the acute issue in the us _ might happen? i think the acute issue in the us is _ might happen? i think the acute issue in the us is that _ might happen? i think the acute issue in the us is that the - issue in the us is that the largest banks have to undergo extremely extensive stress tests that kind of go through these really disastrous scenarios and they really hold a lot of capital in order to ensure that they can withstand any major shocks. now, the smaller and regional banks in the us do not have to kind of go through that same level of scrutiny and stress testing so one of the key questions in the us now is going to be whether those small institutions will now have to face higher scrutiny in order to prepare for unusual events like a bank run out with just seen. briefly, what is your assessment on what might happen next? it’s assessment on what might happen next? �* , , ., , assessment on what might happen next? ._ assessment on what might happen next? .,y ~ next? it's still early days. we had a little — next? it's still early days. we had a little bit _ next? it's still early days. we had a little bit of _ next? it's still early days. we had a little bit of a _ next? it's still early days. we had a little bit of a bounce . next? it's still early days. we had a little bit of a bounce in| had a little bit of a bounce in markets today but i think investors, as you say, are

pretty jittery and investors, as you say, are prettyjittery and nervous so all eyes are on the federal reserve and what it's going to do interest rates policy and more generally, we are going to have to pause for breath and see what happens to investor sentiment in the days to come. thank you very much for your time. 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. a little earlier i spoke to our reporter sofia bettiza, and asked her if this is good news for the french president. so, it's good news in the sense that the government did survive a vote of no—confidence on monday, if president macron had lost the he would have had to form a new government and maybe even call 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 sparked protests over the weekend? it did, we have seen more protests on monday night in paris and other cities across france with some demonstrators clashing with police, police responding 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 that these protests have been ongoing for months but can you just remind us what this pension reform exactly is? it is a reform that is deeply unpopular in france. you've got president macron who is saying that this needs to be done, that the pension age needs to be raised

from 62—64 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. 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, spits it up a bit and chill with a glass of largo. the german brewery has invented a beer powder that tastes like the real thing and there are big plans for the future. translation: the special things that we actually manage to turn this beer powder into a currently alcohol free one—to—one normal monastery beer with the help of normal water. it tastes like a pilsner and late to it will taste like and late to it will taste like a macro beer. we want to make eventually everything in powder form. we want to 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 the first time worldwide.—

succeeded the first time worldwide. ,, , , ., , worldwide. step funds as it will be very _ worldwide. step funds as it will be very easy _ worldwide. step funds as it will be very easy for - worldwide. step funds as it. will be very easy for breweries to add the powdered beer to water the plants and points out that they will not only make huge savings on beer export transport costs, it will massively reduce the industry's carbon footprint. translation: we have calculated _ carbon footprint. translation: we have calculated that - carbon footprint. translation: we have calculated that in - we have calculated that in regards to germany, we can reduce c02 regards to germany, we can reduce co2 emissions by 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. of course, it's not much at first but worldwide, it's a gigantic amount stop stephane has been researching powdered beerfor the last two years and is confident that it will be market ready by the end of this year, providing it passes all the necessary test. if it does, erha -s the necessary test. if it does, perhaps we — the necessary test. if it does, perhaps we will _ the necessary test. if it does, perhaps we will see _ the necessary test. if it does, perhaps we will see powder i perhaps we will see powder version of other drinks like vodka, gin and whiskey in the future as well. but the biggest test will be convincing beer

and spirit aficionados. wendy urquhart, bbc news. now something a little bit different, the white house has been hosting the cast of sporting comedy show ted lasso. while it's easier said than done, we should neither be should not have to ask for help ourselves. should not have to ask for help ourselves-— ourselves. president biden invited jason _ ourselves. president biden invited jason sudeikis - ourselves. president biden invited jason sudeikis and | ourselves. president biden i invited jason sudeikis and his invited jason sudeikis and his cast mates from the apple series to discuss mental health. the show has addressed it recently. the lead character, an american fictional coach of an english football team, seeks out ways to address his anxiety and the collapse of his marriage. before the meeting, president biden pictured a taped sign, and much to the tv series. president putin has told his chinese counterpart that he has studied his proposals for ending the war in ukraine. xi jinping is making his first

visit to moscow since the russian invasion last year. it's all for now. you can reach me on twitter. 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, 40, 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 1k 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.

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. earlier, emmanuel macron�*s

government narrowly survived a vote of no—confidence over the plans to raise