welcome to bbc news. the headlines... president putin says the chinese leader has invited him to beijing as the two men hold talks in moscow aimed at boosting ties.— aimed at boosting ties. recent events have — aimed at boosting ties. recent events have accelerated - aimed at boosting ties. recent l events have accelerated russia's dependency on china. putin and xi jinping may speak a bit mutually beneficial cooperation but beijing looks increasingly like the senior partner. looks increasingly like the senior artner. ~ . , partner. meanwhile, the japanese prime minister _ partner. meanwhile, the japanese prime minister makes _ partner. meanwhile, the japanese prime minister makes a _ partner. meanwhile, the japanese prime minister makes a surprise l prime minister makes a surprise visit to kyiv, promising unwavering support for ukraine. britain's biggest police force has branded

institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic in a scathing year that says it needs a complete overhaul to restore public faith. the culture, sadly, in the met is all pervasive and the institutional racism and homophobia, misogyny, largely led by what their officers have said and what our own research has shown. ., , have said and what our own research has shown. ., ._ , have said and what our own research has shown-— has shown. today is one of the darkest days. _ has shown. today is one of the darkest days, without - has shown. today is one of the darkest days, without a - has shown. today is one of the darkest days, without a doubt, j has shown. today is one of the - darkest days, without a doubt, and history— darkest days, without a doubt, and history of— darkest days, without a doubt, and history of almost 200—year—old met police _ history of almost 200—year—old met police service. history of almost 200-year-old met police service-— police service. european stock markets recover _ police service. european stock markets recover in _ police service. european stock markets recover in early - police service. european stock i markets recover in early trading police service. european stock - markets recover in early trading the shares in banks rallying after moves to reassure investors following the takeover of credit suisse and barricades go up in new york in preparation of protest as a grand jury preparation of protest as a grand jury could make history by indicting former president donald trump over alleged hush money paid to a pawn actress. ——porn actress.

hello, and welcome to bbc news. china's leader credit —— xijinping is continuing his state visit to russia where he has been warmly welcomed as an old friend by president putin. beijing has built this visit is a visit for peace, and they plan to cut mr putin said moscow is always open to negotiation but americans have worn china's negotiation plan could be a delaying tactic. from moscow, are russia editor reports. just three days ago vladimir putin was named as a war crime suspect by the international criminal court, but that did not stop china's president flying in and shaking his hand. putin and xijinping have met many times before, but never before as

russia's president has been under such pressure. his war in ukraine not going at all according to plan. xijinping called vladimir putin his dearfriend, his strategic xijinping called vladimir putin his dear friend, his strategic partner. the kremlin leaders 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 basing its legal 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. that is exactly what the kremlin leader has done. recent events have accelerated russia's dependency on china. putin and xi jinping may speak a bit mutually beneficial cooperation, but beijing looks increasingly like the senior partner. but moscow hasn'tjust partnered with beijing, last week russia held a joint naval exercises with china and iran. there are signs the kremlin is looking to forge an anti—western alliance. translation: anti-western alliance. tuna/mom- anti-western alliance. translation: , , , translation: putin is building his own block, translation: putin is building his own block. he _ translation: putin is building his own block, he does _ translation: putin is building his own block, he does not _ translation: putin is building his own block, he does not trusty - translation: putin is building his own block, he does not trusty westj own block, he does not trusty west any more. he is looking for allies and 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.

putin is building his own anti-western world. now with xi jinin: anti-western world. now with xi jinping here. _ anti-western world. now with xi jinping here, russia _ anti-western world. now with xi jinping here, russia can - anti-western world. now with xi jinping here, russia can claim i anti-western world. now with xi jinping here, russia can claim it| anti-western world. now with xi i jinping here, russia can claim it is not isolated, that moscow has powerful allies who view the world through a similar lens, that it does not need the us, it has friends in the east. but experience shows china always puts china first. today the talks between the two leaders begin in earnest. steve told us more about how the visit is being perceived by the russian public. you see the word friend in the headlines on a lot of the papers since both leaders addressed each other as dear friends, and earlier this week there was a little bit of scepticism, some commentators saying the reality is china will always put itself first, so you can talk about a bromance or a strategic partnership deepening cooperation between russia and

china, but i think people are open 90 and understand china has its interest at heart first of all —— open eyed. there is an understanding that despite the talk of partnership and they no limits partnership, this is not a partnership of equals any more. very much now china the senior partner here, that russia is very dependent on china, for diplomatic support, political support, and for economic support. russia needs chinese markets, since russia is under heavy international sanctions right now. president xi jinping under heavy international sanctions right now. president xijinping has invited president putin to visit beijing in return. let's go live to beijing in return. let's go live to beijing and speak to a corresponding for the view from china. steve rosenberg they are saying that china obviously very much the senior partner in this relationship but how

does the chinese public, what are the chinese public make of this trip, the state visit by the president to russia? i trip, the state visit by the president to russia? i think the roblem president to russia? i think the problem for _ president to russia? i think the problem for the _ president to russia? i think the problem for the chinese - president to russia? i think the problem for the chinese public, president to russia? i think the - problem for the chinese public, like much of the world, is they've been fed this line that china's peace plan for ukraine might work, and so now the pressure is on. it is an almost certainly unrealistic expectation that xi jinping would go to moscow and somehow bring about a peace plan that is going to be under way from these talks there today. so what happens when he leaves moscow with no movement on the piece from and it is even worse because we have the surprise visit by japan's leader to ukraine today, invariably comparison is going to be made about the two leaders, which countries they decided to visit, what their

priorities are, and there is talk of a call between xi jinping priorities are, and there is talk of a call between xijinping and volodymyr zelensky, suppose that evenin volodymyr zelensky, suppose that even in the coming days, but until that happens this claim by basing that happens this claim by basing that it that happens this claim by basing thatitis that happens this claim by basing that it is neutral, it is becoming increasingly hard for it to stand up, and some are suggesting that the peace plan is reallyjust a smoke screen which allows xi jinping to go to moscow to effectively bolster vladimir putin, to offer support for russia, mid invasion in a way that is palatable. russia, mid invasion in a way that is palatable-— is palatable. what he make of the return invite _ is palatable. what he make of the return invite for _ is palatable. what he make of the return invite for president - is palatable. what he make of the return invite for president putin . is palatable. what he make of the| return invite for president putin to china? 0bvious return invite for president putin to china? obvious the protocol would dictate if someone is invited to one country and a state visit that you would then invite that country's leader backs, but it is a delicate calculation, isn't it, for china, depending on how the war in ukraine in full spice depending on how the war in ukraine in fullsice . , , .,

depending on how the war in ukraine in fullsice . , , . ~ in full spice absolutely and i think the china is _ in full spice absolutely and i think the china is relying _ in full spice absolutely and i think the china is relying way _ in full spice absolutely and i think the china is relying way too - in full spice absolutely and i think. the china is relying way too heavily on this peace plan. i think beijing considers that it commits —— can fit convince some people and people around the world that it is natural, but vladimir putin was here at the winter olympics weeks before the invasion in the areas sitting in the stadium with xijinping and people here are wondering whether... he is going to launch the war, did he mention anything about it? he held out until the winter olympics had finished in order to attack ukraine. now we have this return visit coming, so of course relations are building there. if it was not for the war in ukraine, it would make perfect sense for these countries to be having such visits, of course their neighbours and have significant trade conserves was one

another. the point is, in the face of sanctions, and is propping up russia, has increased imports of other goods to help russia at the same and it is under pressure from global sanctions. same and it is under pressure from globalsanctions. more same and it is under pressure from global sanctions. more and more isolated and yet there is xi jinping and there is china lending a hand and there is china lending a hand and in certain parts of the world does not look good. this and in certain parts of the world does not look good.— does not look good. as we have heard, does not look good. as we have heard. as _ does not look good. as we have heard. as xi _ does not look good. as we have heard, as xi jinping _ does not look good. as we have heard, as xi jinping is _ does not look good. as we have heard, as xi jinping is meeting l heard, as xijinping is meeting vladimir putin in moscow, the japanese prime minister is making a surprise trip to ukraine to meet president volodymyr zelensky. the chip is the first time a japanese prime minister has visited a region with ongoing fighting since world war ii. let's get more from ourjapan corresponding in tokyo. hello and a very visible demonstration that while russia may have its allies, ukraine does as well. it

while russia may have its allies, ukraine does as well.— while russia may have its allies, ukraine does as well. if you need an real ukraine does as well. if you need any real time. — ukraine does as well. if you need any realtime, in _ ukraine does as well. if you need any realtime, in real— ukraine does as well. if you need any realtime, in realtime - any real time, in real time demonstration of how the war in ukraine is echoed here in the indo pacific, just look at where those two leaders decided to be on the same day. xijinping is in russia, fumio kishida is in ukraine. japan's leader is promising unwavering support to ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky, talking reconstruction, humanitarian aid. xi jinping has been described by vladimir putin as a friend and a partner, and while china may say it is neutral, the way it's acting, the message it is sending, put that peace deal aside because we don't have any details, it is looking more muscle leading... this japan visits crucial and overdue, the first time a japanese crucial and overdue, the first time ajapanese leader crucial and overdue, the first time a japanese leader has visited a

country while war is under way, while work continues, and this is why he has delayed that visit, this is why this has been a surprise visit, has not been announced until fumio kishida's rival in ukraine for sub it is very unusual for a japanese leader to visit a foreign state without announcing first for the show so there security concerns and shows you how important it is for the japanese leader to be on the ground in ukraine while this is happening. he has been under a lot of pressure from his own party, the ruling party, to make an appearance in ukraine before he presides over the g7 summit in hiroshima this may. until today, the g7 summit in hiroshima this may. untiltoday, fumio the g7 summit in hiroshima this may. until today, fumio kishida has been the only g7 leader not to have visited ukraine and he wanted to change that, forjapan�*s standing in the world but also to reassure their strategic ally the united states, who was watching this closely, where they stand on that conflict. tell

who was watching this closely, where they stand on that conflict.— they stand on that conflict. tell us more about _ they stand on that conflict. tell us more about what _ they stand on that conflict. tell us more about what japan _ they stand on that conflict. tell us more about what japan is - they stand on that conflict. tell us i more about what japan is promising more about whatjapan is promising by way of aid to ukraine? japan can't promise — by way of aid to ukraine? japan can't promise military - by way of aid to ukraine? japan can't promise military aid, - by way of aid to ukraine? japan can't promise military aid, it. by way of aid to ukraine? japan can't promise military aid, it is| by way of aid to ukraine? japan | can't promise military aid, it is a pacifist country, in the constitution, but they are saying they are fully committed to supporting ukraine, fully supported to the reconstruction, the rebuilding plans, and humanitarian aid. this visit has been a long time coming, president zelensky had invited prime minister fumio kishida when hejoined the invited prime minister fumio kishida when he joined the g7 invited prime minister fumio kishida when hejoined the g7 phone invited prime minister fumio kishida when he joined the g7 phone call invited prime minister fumio kishida when hejoined the g7 phone call a couple of weeks ago. it also shows, again, beforejapan couple of weeks ago. it also shows, again, before japan hosts the g7 summit, that it is fully committed, is involved in what's happening in ukraine. it can provide military support, yes, but it has other means of support, whether humanitarian or reconstruction or rebuilding. thank ou ve reconstruction or rebuilding. thank

you very much- _ here in the uk, a scathing review of britain's largest police force, london's metropolitan police, has found it to be institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. the report's author baroness casey said many lenders had lost faith in the metropolitan police and the force could be broken up if it did not change. 0ur force could be broken up if it did not change. our special correspondent has more. let's remember how all this began. sarah everard walking home — kidnapped, raped and murdered by a met police officer. it shocked then and this report is frightening. a force that is broken, failing. there is, without doubt, a discriminatory culture right across the metropolitan police. and i think that institutional racism, institutional sexism, institutional misogyny and homophobia are definitely present across the organisation. we think the met is not able to assure all of us that its officers

are of sufficient integrity and standards to be serving police officers, so it needs to clean itself up. the met has lost the consent to police, the report believes. it can't protect its own female gay and minority ethnic staff and it can't provide adequate policing for these groups when they're victims of crime. for too long, the met has had predatory officers and a culture of denial about the scale of its problems. the details set out in this report of a broken force are frankly horrific. rape evidence that had to be discarded because the fridges in police stations didn't work. a sikh officer who had his beard cut by colleagues, a muslim officer, who found bacon in his boots and female officers routinely targeted and humiliated by their male counterparts. couzens and carrick,

the met�*s murderer and its rapist. baroness casey clear those who have the powers to search, arrest and detain need to have the trust and confidence of those they police. so this needs to be a landmark moment. the commissioner of the met apologetic, promising change, but not accepting every word of the report, despite baroness casey's plea to do so. it's disturbing. it's upsetting. it's heartbreaking. i apologise to those who've suffered as a consequence. do you accept baroness casey's findings that the force is institutionally racist, institutionally misogynistic and institutionally homophobic? i accept her diagnosis about the racism, misogyny, homophobia in the organisation, and also that we have these systemic failings, management failings and culturalfailings. i understand her use of the term institutional. it's not a term i use myself. shabnam chaudhri was a detective superintendent in the met and lived through some of the racism the review highlights. there were officers that were outrightly racist towards me

and then there were those that had the banter. but there was a particular officer, for example, who whenever i was out of the room, referred to me as the p, with the p word, and it's only my colleagues that actually told me. she believes the met must change from the top to the bottom. my message to sir mark rowley is implement your systems and processes, ensure that your leadership is strong, ensure that leadership is supported at every level. ensure that those who want to whistle blow can speak out, so that you can root out the dirty, rotten apples that sit within your organisation that have a huge detrimental impact on trust and confidence. reports have come, commissioners have gone and still the met hasn't changed. the warning is this is its last chance. if it doesn't, it could face being broken up. for too long, it has failed too many — the very people who need protecting.

victims of crime. black and asian communities, women and children. people just walking home. lucy manning, bbc news. asian and european stock markets have recovered further at the start of trading today with shares in banks rallying. stocks climbed on monday on cash monday in london and new york as investors were reassured after the takeover of credit suisse at the weekend. i'm joined now by a former uk ceo of ubs and current chair of the financial market standards board. thank you very much forjoining us. tells more about how markets are responding today. we had heard yesterday, huntley, from the french central bank and others that there may be a few days of significant volatility in response to what has happened to credit

suisse. is to what has happened to credit suisse. , ., , ., , to what has happened to credit suisse. , . , ., , ., to what has happened to credit suisse. , . , .,, ., ., to what has happened to credit suisse. , ., , .,, ., ., ,., suisse. is a pleasure to 'oin you, ou are suisse. is a pleasure to 'oin you, you right. * suisse. is a pleasure to 'oin you, you are right, markets _ suisse. is a pleasure to join you, you are right, markets were - suisse. is a pleasure to join you, i you are right, markets were volatile head of the weekend, so it's not surprising that yesterday was considerable down and out movement in share prices. this morning, things like generally much more optimistic, broadershare things like generally much more optimistic, broader share —— up one and a half percent, banking shares up and a half percent, banking shares up 4% or a bit more than 4% for the major banks in europe, and ubs's share price when i last looked was a bit i/2% share price when i last looked was a bit i/2% higher today than it closed last night, so broadly an encouraging start i would say to markets this morning. this encouraging start i would say to markets this morning.— encouraging start i would say to markets this morning. as you mention -- a former— markets this morning. as you mention -- a former ceo _ markets this morning. as you mention -- a former ceo of— markets this morning. as you mention -- a former ceo of ubs, _ markets this morning. as you mention -- a former ceo of ubs, that - markets this morning. as you mention -- a former ceo of ubs, that has - —— a former ceo of ubs, that has taken over credit suisse. how does

an organisation that ubs absorb a bank like credit suisse that have a history in quite a variety of issues relating to this run on the bank? how does a bank like ubs take over another bank without absorbing some of that risk vince ——? lines another bank without absorbing some of that risk vince --?_ of that risk vince --? ubs has spent much of the — of that risk vince --? ubs has spent much of the past _ of that risk vince --? ubs has spent much of the past decade _ of that risk vince --? ubs has spent much of the past decade trying - of that risk vince --? ubs has spent much of the past decade trying to i much of the past decade trying to rid itself of its own risky reputation. remember, it was rescued by the swiss government in 2008, but it has done a very good job of cleaning up and de—risking its business in the past decade and it will want to do exactly the same to the credit suisse business, which is why i expect to see a very material downsizing of the investment bank and the riskier parts of their

lending portfolios. there are some very attractive parts of the credit suisse franchise, its domestic retail business in switzerland, its worldwide wealth management business and its global asset management business and i think ubs would want to integrate those and support and grow them with its own wealth management and asset management businesses, but the riskier elements of credit suisse's per volley will have to be shut down i imagine relatively quickly once the deal has closed —— portfolio. late relatively quickly once the deal has closed -- portfolio.— relatively quickly once the deal has closed -- portfolio. we explored the ruestion closed -- portfolio. we explored the question of— closed -- portfolio. we explored the question of does _ closed -- portfolio. we explored the question of does this _ closed -- portfolio. we explored the question of does this remind - closed -- portfolio. we explored the question of does this remind you - closed -- portfolio. we explored the question of does this remind you of. question of does this remind you of the 2008 financial crisis with lots of commentators yesterday but i think it's important to continue asking that question today because of the huge impact that crash had in so many areas of people's lives, so i wonder what your thoughts are on

any comparisons? i i wonder what your thoughts are on any comparisons?— i wonder what your thoughts are on any comparisons? i will repeat what i said any comparisons? i will repeat what i said yesterday. — any comparisons? i will repeat what i said yesterday, which _ any comparisons? i will repeat what i said yesterday, which is _ any comparisons? i will repeat what i said yesterday, which is that - any comparisons? i will repeat what i said yesterday, which is that i - i said yesterday, which is that i think this is completely unlike 2008. there are no significant points of comparison between the global financial crisis and what happened this last weekend. today, banks generally have got three, three and a half, four times more capital that they had back then. a lot more liquidity, banks are much less interconnected with each other so the system, a banking system is much less complex than it was in 2008. ., , , . ., 2008. the general public, saw to interru t, 2008. the general public, saw to interrupt. the _ 2008. the general public, saw to interrupt, the general— 2008. the general public, saw to interrupt, the general public- 2008. the general public, saw to i interrupt, the general public should be assured, should they that this will not have huge adverse effects on things like their mortgages, for example? on things like their mortgages, for examle? ., , , ., ., , ., example? no, this is not a repeat, this is not a _ example? no, this is not a repeat, this is not a repeat _ example? no, this is not a repeat, this is not a repeat of _ example? no, this is not a repeat,

this is not a repeat of 2008. - example? no, this is not a repeat, this is not a repeat of 2008. chair| this is not a repeat of 2008. chair ofthe this is not a repeat of 2008. chair of the financial _ this is not a repeat of 2008. chair of the financial standards - this is not a repeat of 2008. chair of the financial standards market board, thank you very much. police in cities across the us are preparing for potential unrest should former president donald trump be arrested this week. authorities in washington, new york and los angeles are ramping up the police presence amid expectations that a manhattan prosecutor will charge donald trump over claims that he paid a pawn star to keep quiet about their alleged affair. yet paid a pawn star to keep quiet about their alleged affair.— their alleged affair. yet raised the ossibili their alleged affair. yet raised the possibility of _ their alleged affair. yet raised the possibility of being _ their alleged affair. yet raised the possibility of being criminally - possibility of being criminally charged today and law enforcement officials have been placed on highlight, both in washington, dc and new york but it seems they all have got ahead of themselves somewhat because even though the grand jury, which has been looking into allegations against donald trump is completing or has completed its inquiries, cable news networks you are reporting that if there is to be a court appearance, it won't be until next week at the earliest

and cbs news, our partner network you're in the united states is saying that there will be no indictment today, tuesday, and as for what form that will take, course donald trump will be the first former president in american history to face criminal charges put the procedure would probably be very similar to that of any normal defendant in the sense that prosecutors would arrange with his lawyers a suitable time and date for him to be brought to court to be surrendered for his fingerprints to be taken, for him to be photographed on him to be released on bail, pending an appearance in court. as for what the manhattan district attorney is possibly going to charge donald trump for, we don't know, what we do know is that he has been investigating claims related to so—called hush money payments to a porn star made just before the 2017 presidential election, allegedly to buy her silence, and it is thought

he is —— they are pursuing allegations that could have been in conflict with the so—called election campaign finance laws. mr trump is under investigation in other jurisdictions for other alleged crimes, others potentially more serious than this one, but he and his allies in the republican party have taken them on social media with the manhattan district attorney, calling him a politically motivated prosecutor, mr trump is called and his supporters to protest, hence the new york police department will have officers fanned out around the courthouse in manhattan later today just in case there is any sign of trouble, but it does appear that mr trump himself will not be present. do stay with us here on bbc news because we will be bringing you much more than all those main stories of the day, you can get in touch with me on twitter about any of those

stories. thank you for watching, do stay with us. hello. a bit more sunshine at there is the day the mother has been, a pretty wet month so far, especially for someone eastern england. cambridge is currently heading towards its wettest march on record. we have already seen over two and a half times its normal march rainfall. contrast that with lerwick and shetland where we have onlyjust seen barely over a third of the rain. this will be one of the wet spots for the rest of the day, sitting under the stone of cloud, most in the gap between that cloud and what will comment later this afternoon and tonight. already approaching northern ireland as we head into the afternoon, will turn white here by the time we finish the afternoon evening. —— turn wetter

here. in between sunshine and showers, cleanser showers in the south—west through to london, some to the north midlands and a view through northern england. some will see more showers than others, one or two will see more showers than others, one of the tools they try this afternoon. briscoe south—westerly when, not literally strong at the stage but a very mild one. 15 degrees possible in eastern scotland, 15—16 to parts of central and eastern england, significantly above where we should be, but we finish the day with rain in northern ireland, this evening that spreads across scotland, england, wales northern and western england, rain at times, east anglia and southern counties of england, 0rkney and shetland, elsewhere clearer skies developing and another very mild start to the day. the big picture as we go into wednesday, the other story, the more persistent overnight rain clearing, the strong winds, and the further north you are, 60—70 mile progress possible with lively showers working for scotland in the morning and early afternoon, persistent rain clearing from

shetland, may state how dangerously towards the east of the english channel but elsewhere sunshine, thundery showers but a windy day for all. could see widespread gills across the country. still coming from a south—westerly direction, still mild for march but feeling cooler today given the strength of the wind. stay is day to day night and into thursday, could see an area of more persistent rain were cut from france towards england, there will be lots of showers across england and wales, heavy and thundery, fewer showers for scotland and northern ireland, temperatures remaining on the high side but this weekend it will remain a little cooler and eventually a little dry again.

this is bbc news. these are the headlines. president putin says the chinese leader xi jinping headlines. president putin says the chinese leader xijinping has invited him to beijing as the two men hold talks in moscow aimed at boosting ties. meanwhile, the japanese prime minister makes a surprise visit to kyiv, promising unwavering support for ukraine. britain's biggest police force is branded institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic in a scathing new report that says it needs a complete overhaul to restore public faith. european stock markets recover in early trading with shares and banks rallying after moves to

reassure investors following the takeover of credit suisse. barricades go up in new york ahead of preparation for protests is a grand jury could make history by indicting former president donald trump. time for sport. we can head to the bbc sport sent her to joinjohn watson. good morning. he's back, roy hodgson has been reappointed as crystal palace manager until the end of the season. reappointed as crystal palace he replaces patrick vieira, who was the manager who replaced him, until his sacking last friday. hodgson is 75, so retirement will be put on hold in a bid to try to steer palace away from a relegation fight. he briefly returned to watford in january last year before they were relegated. in a statement hodgson said...

from an appointment to a likely departure. antonio conte is a serial winner, who was tasked with bringing that winning mentality to tottenham, but he now faces the sack. it follows his outburst as tottenham blew a two—goal lead to draw with bottom of the table southampton at the weekend. the problem is, though, go much deeper. he called players selfish and was critical of the club's mentality. it's expected that conte will not be in place for the club's next game away to everton on april 3rd. as expected, after shoving the referee, fulham's aleksandar mitrovic faces a lengthy ban. he's been charged with violent and improper conduct. this was the incident again. it took place at the weekend.

the fa said the standard punishment of three matches was "clearly insufficient". the player could now face a ban for the rest of the season. the club has landed an additional charge of failing to control its players. now if there was one player you wouldn't want to be without at the moment it's marcus rashford. such has been his form since the world cup for manchester united. but he's out of england's up coming matches in this international break. they're important ones too, the start of qualifying for the next major tournament, the euros in 202a. england face italy and ukraine. rashford has scored 27 goals this season. newcastle keeper nick pope and chelsea's mason mount are also out. a couple of retirement stories to bring you this morning. first to hockey where olympic champion goalkeeper maddie hinch has announced she is hanging up her international pads after a highly decorated career.

hinch, who has the affectionate nickname "mad dog", was instrumental in team gb�*s historic 0lympic title success at the rio 2016 games where she made a series of saves in the shootout. after time away from the international team she returned and helped secure bronze at tokyo 2020 before claiming a maiden commonwealth title last summer in birmingham. hinch says the moment feels right to step away from the sport. goalkeeping is a very unique position. it comes with i guess a bit of madness to the role but i'm head to toe covered in pads. i'm the sensible one out there. i feel very lucky to have inspired so many to go and want to wear the cool helmet, the superhero outfit as such, because they receive from the videos it's a real superhero position and i've been lucky to fulfil that role. there is a huge and immense sense of pride and gratitude, to be honest, for the opportunity to have lived what looks like a fairy tale, and that's what it was for me as a kid

growing up, could i play hockey for a living. i have, and i have gone on to achieve so much that i could only imagine, and with an amazing group of people on the way. sarah hunter — the england rugby union captain and world cup winner — has also revealed that she is to retire. the 37—year—old will play her last ever game for england against scotland this saturday in their opening six nations match. and what a way to go, she will play her final game at kingston park in newcastle — the city of her birth. well deserved, she's the most capped women's player and will appear in her 16th six nations. the rfu kindly put a red roses game finally at newcastle, which is my home city, where i grew up. and i just couldn't not give it a go, to try and get to that game, to play in it. and then when i thought like that i think when you start to come

to the end of your career you start to the end of your career you start to think about perhaps how you want it to end and when you want it to end. for me there didn't seem like any better possible way for that to happen. i started any better possible way for that to happen. istarted playing rugby any better possible way for that to happen. i started playing rugby in newcastle, and finishing, it feels like i have come full circle. two great players who have done so much for their respective sports. and that's all the sport for now. a damning review into the uk's biggest police force has been published this morning after a year—long investigation. baroness casey was appointed to investigate the culture at the metropolitan police following the rape and murder of sarah everard by serving officer wayne couzens. the 363 page report condemned the force as institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. the report said staff are routinely experienced sexism. there are racist officers

and staff and a deep—seated homophobia in the organisation. the report also accused the force of failing to protect the public from officers who abuse women whilst predatory and unacceptable behaviour has been allowed to flourish. and it says that the met has a culture of denial with systemic and fundamental problems and how the force is run, adding that the met could be dismantled if it doesn't improve. baroness casey is the author of the report and has been speaking to bbc radio 4's today programme. the culture, sadly, in the met is all pervasive and the institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia is largely led by what their officers have said and what our own research has shown, which is if you are a woman in the met and an officer, you are a third experienced sexism on a daily basis. if you are one in ten of those same women experience sexual harassment and sexual assault. i mean, it is off the

barometer. i could say the same about homophobia and certainly on racism. the review was commissioned after the murder of a young woman, sarah everard, by a serving police officer. the met commissioner says he accepts the report but says he wouldn't use the term institutional to describe the issues. we a cce pt we accept the findings of the report. 0bviously we accept the findings of the report. obviously it's a deeply disturbing report and sparks a range of emotions, as i'm sure it does for viewers and londoners, it sparks angen viewers and londoners, it sparks anger, frustration, upset. for me on top of that it also sparks pride that it's my officers who came forward and have called out these behaviours and they want it to change. i returned to policing after a few years out six months ago because i'm passionate about reforming policing, and this matters. ifind tens reforming policing, and this matters. i find tens of thousands of men and women who want us to be different. i know we have let londoners down and i apologise for that, i repeat that and we will change and improve.

i'm joined now by the labour mp for kingston upon hull north, dame diana johnson. the met commissioner says he wouldn't use the term institutional to describe the issues discussed in this report. i know you have recently described the force as institutionally sexist. would you apply that term to the other issues under consideration here as well? i under consideration here as well? i think this report is shocking, its 350 pages and i'm still digesting it. the home affairs select committee will have dame louise in front of us tomorrow. in terms of your question, i am going to take what dame louise has spent the last year or so looking at the met and herfindings, so she year or so looking at the met and her findings, so she says very clearly in the report institutionalised sexism, racism and homophobia, and i think we want to discuss that with her further tomorrow but i certainly accept the

findings she has made, yes. in tomorrow but i certainly accept the findings she has made, yes. in 1999, the macpherson _ findings she has made, yes. in 1999, the macpherson report, _ findings she has made, yes. in 1999, the macpherson report, which - the macpherson report, which investigated handling of the investigation into the murder of teenager stephen lawrence found the met was institutionally racist. a statement this morning from stephen's mother, baroness lawrence, in that she says the force has had almost 30 years to put its house in order. it hasn't done so, either because it doesn't want to or it doesn't know how to. if it hasn't put its house in order in almost three decades, can any reasonable person, do you think, have faith that it ever will? i person, do you think, have faith that it ever will?— that it ever will? i think doreen lawrence makes _ that it ever will? i think doreen lawrence makes a _ that it ever will? i think doreen lawrence makes a really - that it ever will? i think doreen - lawrence makes a really important point there. she campaigned for years and years to getjustice and to see what had happened to her beloved son actually dealt with and the macpherson inquiry was so important in recognising the problems with the met. it's

absolutely astounding that we are so many years on and the met hasn't sorted itself out. i think we are in the last chance saloon for the met and i think it's clear from the last chance saloon for the met and i think it's clearfrom dame louise's report that they have now a matter of months, up to two years, to make those changes, and for the met to get its house in order. i have to say, i'm worried about waiting two years. i want to see progress on a monthly, three monthly, six monthly basis, that the things dame louise talks about in her report are dealt with. that institutionalised racism, sexism and homophobia has to be dealt with, and there is a whole range of things that the met and sir mark now have to do very quickly to deal with the fact that less than 50% of londoners have confidence in the met to keep them south. also one of the key thing is for me in the report is just how dame louise says londoners were put last by the met. —— keep

them safe. londoners were the last people to be thought of and women and children in london were even further left behind. that is really a very damning of what has happened in the met over the last few years. what do you think needs to be done to reform the force and rebuild that trust because many people will look on and say, this isn't an issue of training. a decent person doesn't hold those attitudes, those homophobic, misogynistic, racist attitudes in the first place, they shouldn't need to be told not to have those attitudes if they are decent. so how do you deal with this? i decent. so how do you deal with this? ~' ., decent. so how do you deal with this? ~' . ., , ., , this? i think there are many, many offices in the _ this? i think there are many, many offices in the met _ this? i think there are many, many offices in the met to _ this? i think there are many, many offices in the met to go _ this? i think there are many, many offices in the met to go to - this? i think there are many, many offices in the met to go to work - offices in the met to go to work every day to do their very best, so let's be clear about that. i think in terms of the institution of the met, we know leadership has been a big problem. just basic management of officers, so getting rid of bad officers, that's not happened. having a workforce plan, putting

resources into the front line to keep londoners safe. some of the elite units seem to have just been able to do what they want and have cultures that dame louise says are particularly misogynistic and homophobic and racist. so there is a huge amount of work that the met and the new leadership team have to do, but they have to do that with the support of the mayor of london, with the home secretary. there has to be now a real focus on that turnaround. and i think it's going to be very difficult, very difficult. and i think the commissioner recognises that. but this is it now, with this report, so damning, there has to be fundamental change, particularly as well because we know there is a huge number of new offices coming into the net. there are issues about the vetting of those, and existing officers, so getting the workforce right, making sure we have offices in place who are fit to do the job, and those who aren't should be out

and those who aren't should be out and i hope sir mark will make sure his review of what has happened over the last ten years in terms of misconduct of officers, looking back at that and seeing if the right sanctions were applied, that will be speeded up and we will get rid of those officers who really should not be in the met. those officers who really should not be in the met-— be in the met. very briefly because we are almost _ be in the met. very briefly because we are almost out _ be in the met. very briefly because we are almost out of— be in the met. very briefly because we are almost out of time - be in the met. very briefly because we are almost out of time for- be in the met. very briefly because we are almost out of time for this i we are almost out of time for this conversation, then it also has to deal with national counter terrorism as well. do you think there is an argument for separating that off and allowing it to focus on those core issues that matter to londoners? i’m issues that matter to londoners? i'm not sure at issues that matter to londoners? i“n not sure at the moment that that's where we should be focusing attention. i think it's about getting the front line right, dealing with confidence, rebuilding the confidence of londoners in the net, particularly around women and children. that's where i would focus and i'm not sure we need to look at dividing up the met at this stage, but that may come, as dame louise saysin but that may come, as dame louise says in her report, if sufficient progress isn't made on the basics of policing, keeping londoners safe, particularly women and children.

dame diana johnson, labour mp and chair of the home affairs select committee, thank you. sri lanka is no longer a bankrupt nation, that's what the president had to say after securing a $3 billion bailout from the international monetary fund after nearly one year of negotiations. the financial aid will help boost the country's reserves as they face the worst economic crisis since independence. russia's invasion of ukraine and soaring inflation has exacerbated years of government mismanagement and policy errors. now there is a lifeline, but with conditions. let's get more on this with our india business correspondentjoining us live from colombo. what are those conditions? the biggest condition is that the government boost their revenue collection mechanism, which means the revenues for the government has to be boosted so there are enough reserves for the government to import essentials. hence these

revenues and these reserves are very important. before that, tough austerity measures like raising taxes, cutting subsidies on fuel and electricity are some of the immediate one is the government has already stepped ahead with. the other big condition is to get all the foreign as well as bilateral as well as private creditors to come on the same table and discuss restructuring of this massive $50 billion loan book sri lanka has on which it defaulted last year and was then termed bankrupt. now the loans are coming in, sri lanka is looking to raise fresh funds from other bilateral and multilateral organisations like the world bank and get more funds in. but large public sector units have to be restructured, they are very massive and have to be made lean. also policies to deal with corruption within the political and government system are some of the conditions

that the imf has put.— system are some of the conditions that the imf has put. what will this bailout mean _ that the imf has put. what will this bailout mean for _ that the imf has put. what will this bailout mean for ordinary _ that the imf has put. what will this bailout mean for ordinary sri - that the imf has put. what will this | bailout mean for ordinary sri lankan people? bailout mean for ordinary sri lankan --eole? ., , ., ., people? over the last one year, a lot of business _ people? over the last one year, a lot of business activity _ people? over the last one year, a lot of business activity and - lot of business activity and economic activity that affects businesses and regular people was stalled and money coming in will actually push some bit of that on the track. with better reserves, the government will be able to import essentials. a lot of import restrictions that are currently on will be slowly released, which means shortages will be released on the ground, which is one of the big reasons why we have seen a soaring cost of living in sri lanka. even now inflation is at 50% so everything from your milk and eggs to clothing or even footwear is extremely expensive. so some of the cost pressures there will ease and prices will come down. businesses will find it easier to borrow money because they will have reserves from the central bank so interest rates, when inflation comes down, interest

rates can also be brought down and it will make it easier for businesses to borrow and then go ahead with their operations. with all of this, while there are tax hikes and subsidy cuts that have made things even expensive right now, so life is not becoming simpler and easierjust on day one of the imf loan. it will take a couple of months for things to get better. working in the ambulance service can be fraught with danger and challenges. now specialist paramedics have spoken out about their experiences. the hazardous area response team happen to be wearing a camera for bbc wales when they were called to the scene of an explosion in swansea last week. we have been to speak to them. a glimmer of relief amidst the destruction, and a cat is pulled from the rubble. following an explosion in swansea last week that

killed one person and left three needing hospital treatment. these are the images captured on camera as we had given specialist paramedics. we wanted to highlight the work they do in hazardous areas. we never expected a call—out on this scale. it's almost like a movie set. you've got the building which is completely destroyed. you've got debris everywhere. the wind was quite strong that day as well and things were falling out of the trees. there's lots of damaged cars, buildings. it's all going on around you. but just obviously focusing on the task at hand. negative, haven't been all accounted for. to do that, the hazardous area response team, which is part of the welsh ambulance service, are trained in all manner of things — car rescues, floods, working at height or confined spaces, chemical, biological or nuclear events, and of course, collapsed buildings. 0k, keep coming, keep coming. stop, stop, stop. pulling the legs out.

that's it, keep pulling, keep pulling, keep pulling. there we go, that's it, it's clicked. lovely. prior to hart, we didn't have that capability to treat the patient - where the patient fell, within that hot zone, l within that risk zone. we weren't allowed to go forward through that cordon. _ what hart gives us is that capability to move forward| into that hazardous area, i into that hot zone, to treat the patient where it's needed most. it means the team certainly don't travel light. so this is what we call out, heavy vehicles. this is your your box of tricks, this has got... everything! whatever you get called out to, something in here, you'll be able to cope with any eventuality. 0n the top shelf there, we've got a vacuum mattress — so for somebody with a spinal injury. 0ther different types of stretchers, as you can see in the green bags there, there's harnesses. so we use harnesses for safe working at height. so we've got dry suits as well for working in the water.

we carry a sled, inflatable sled when sort of walking through flooded areas. since being established just over a decade ago, the team has worked on the search for apriljones in machynlleth in 2012. a dramatic 54—hour cave rescue in the brecon beacons two years ago and the novichok poisonings in salisbury in 2018. the types ofjobs that we go to, there is that potential of sort of, you know, more traumatic incidents we go to. but we're quite lucky within this department, is that everybody got what we call a trim practitioner, sort of looks at the trauma and can speak to somebody and you can be referred on then for your welfare. yeah, the role of paramedic is an amazing role. it's a privilege to be able to go into people's homes or different environments to provide care and treatment to people in some of the worst times. but add that to the hazardous area where there might be fires going on or risk of explosion or there's chemicals involved,

or there's running water and stuff like that, it just adds an additional dynamic. but it's occasions like these that they train for, ever prepared for what the next call might bring. the family of a head teacher who took her own life after an 0fsted inspection have called for a change to a regime they said is punitive. ruth terry died injanuary after working at caversham primary school for 13 years to stop it was downgraded from outstanding to inadequate after a visit from inspectors. ruth perry, headteacher of caversham primary in reading, described the 0fsted inspection in november as the worst day of her life. her family says she was under intolerable pressure when she was told the school was rated inadequate. this one—word judgment was just destroying 32 years of her vocation. education was her vocation. now unions and school leaders

are asking for changes. dr mary bousted from the national education union said 0fsted should pause its inspections and reflect upon the unmanageable and counter—productive stress they cause for school leaders and the impact on leaders. 0ne executive head teacher at a nearby school said she refused entry to 0fsted inspectors and called on parents to show support. but that visit will now go ahead this morning. while schools do need to be monitored, i think that something does need to be looked into this and perhaps changes do need to be made where there's a bit less pressure kind of put on schools. you have got to stand up and be counted, don't you? otherwise, people... that's how change happens. matthew purvis, 0fsted's regional directorfor the south east, said... "we were deeply saddened by ruth perry's tragic death.

a petition calling for changes to the inspection system has so far gathered more than 90,000 signatures. the department for education said inspections are hugely important, as they hold schools to account for their educational standards. caversham primary�*s report is yet to be published on the 0fsted website. meanwhile, the school is grieving for its head teacher. aruna iyengar, bbc news. new research shows that people in some parts of the country are three times more likely than others to need emergency treatment for lung conditions like asthma and copd. around one in eight deaths in the uk are caused by chronic lung disease, making it the third—largest killer behind cancer and heart disease. 0ur reporterjim reed has been to see how one hospital is reducing admissions. amy was just the centre of our family. she was just full of life, really. and she was only 22.

she was just lovely. she had a heart of gold. joanne's daughter, amy, had lived with severe asthma all her life. it's just breathing. it's something that everyone takes for granted. and, at times, amy could notjust breathe. i didn't want to come in. then in october, amy collapsed in the middle of the night. an ambulance was called. they started her heart again. and then they took her to wigan royal infirmary. lots of people came into the room, into the family room and said that her brain had been starved of oxygen during the asthma attack. i actually feel sick as if i'm going in to get my results. and then i had to come home and, on the friday night after school, and tell bailey that his mummy had died, which was just the worst thing i've ever had to do.

new research shows the impact of asthma and other lung conditions does though depend on where in the uk you live. in parts of the north west of england, for example, hospital admissions and deaths are among the highest in the country. in places, double or even triple the rates seen in parts of london and the south east. we need to make sure that we are dealing with the underlying causes of ill health by tackling air pollution and smoking rates and poor quality housing, but also making sure we're treating and supporting people to live well with the lung condition in order that we avoid these hospital admissions. 0laf was born in germany but now lives near glasgow. a former lorry driver, he's been diagnosed with another common lung condition, copd. out of the blue, i got the feeling, oh, i can't breathe. and it's like somebody puts steel around your chest and you can't breathe any more.

every day he logs his symptoms, which can be recorded along with data from a fitness tracker and home breathing equipment. all this data can then be analysed by his doctors. we can see here, for instance, a flare up and then an improvement. the idea is to reduce hospital treatment. a large proportion of these patients do not need to come to hospital. we now have the technology, the tools, the data to provide all the care that they require at home safely. lung disease costs the nhs billions. new ideas, new projects, new targets on pollution and smoking should make a difference. but doctors say more still needs to be done to improve and save thousands of lives. jim reed, bbc news. time to take a look at the weather forecast with matt taylor. persistent rain returns to northern ireland later today but for many it is a story of sunshine and showers, certainly more sunshine than

yesterday, brightening up eventually through 0rkney and later shetland where we have more persistent rain continuing from the morning. we will see some areas staying dry but more areas are prone to showers, the south—west north of london, midlands, wales and to the north of england but overall a mild day. persistent rain across ireland as we finish the afternoon spreading across all parts tonight on strengthening winds. clear skies and a view showers later, another very mild night. wednesday, a very windy day with widespread gales of 60—70 mile an hour gusts across parts of scotland possible. further outbreaks of rain, heavy and thundery here. sunshine and thundery showers elsewhere but baying cloudy and damp to the south—east of england and another mild day even in the strong wind.

this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. i'm annita mcveigh and these are the latest headlines... president putin says the chinese leader xijinping has invited him to beijing, as the two men hold talks in moscow aimed at boosting ties. recent events have accelerated russia's dependency on training. kitchen and xi may speak about mutually beneficial cooperation but beijing looks increasingly like the senior partner —— putin. meanwhile the japanese prime minister makes a surprise visit to kyiv, promising unwavering support for ukraine. britain's biggest police force — is branded "institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic" in a scathing new report which says it needs a complete overhaul to restore public faith.