the oscar—winning hollywood star gwyneth paltrow is in court after a ski—slope collision. mr sanderson is seeking $300,000, saying he sustained a permanent brain injury and four broken ribs. but miss paltrow�*s lawyers say he's overstating his injuries and filed a counterclaim for a symbolic $1. and google launches its own ai chatbot — known as bard — that learns from real—world information. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. president putin says russia will be forced to react

if the uk goes ahead with a plan to give ukraine ammunition containing depleted uranium. he made the threat while hosting a joint news conference with china's president xijinping in moscow. the two leaders have been discussing what's been described as a peace plan for ukraine, put forward by beijing. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg has been following events. take two world leaders... ..a dash of kremlin choreography... ..and you get this. the symbolism was clear. 0n the world stage, xi and putin, china and russia, are coming together to forge what they claim is a strong partnership. the talk at the table was about expanding cooperation, but equal partners they are not. russia, under pressure over its war in ukraine, is increasingly dependent on china.

and vladimir putin is increasingly critical of the west. later, he slammed the uk for deciding to provide ammunition to ukraine that contains depleted uranium. translation: i would like to note that if this happens, - then russia will be forced to take action accordingly. i'm talking about the fact that the west is already starting to use weapons with a nuclear component. tonight, this warning from moscow has sparked a reaction from london. the uk ministry of defence has pointed out that depleted uranium has nothing to do with nuclear weapons or capabilities. it says it's a standard component the british army has been using for decades and that russia is deliberately trying to disinform. a chinese peace initiative for ukraine made little headway. president putin blamed

kyiv and the west. but this is a war he started, and he shows no sign he's ready to pull out his troops. might beijing be ready to supply russia with weapons? that key question was left unanswered. in any case, xi's visit is seen here as a diplomatic coup. at last, the kremlin has something to celebrate. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. well, at thatjoint news conference, xijinping made clear his continued support for russia. translation: iwould like to emphasise that| on the issue of the ukraine crisis, china has always followed the principles of the un charter — holding an objective and fair stance, actively promoting peace talks. china is always standing firmly on the side of peace, dialogue and on the right

side of history. as we just heard in the previous report, china published a 12—point plan calling for dialogue on the war. here's what vladimir putin had to say. translation: we believe that many of the provisions - in the peace plan put forward by china are consistent with russian approaches and can be taken as the basis for a peaceful settlement when they're ready for it in the west and in kyiv. however, so far, we've not seen such readiness on their part. in the last few hours, the us has responded to what mr putin had to say on that chinese plan to end the war. if china wants to play a constructive role i here in this conflict, _ then they ought to press russia to pull its troops out - of ukraine and ukrainian sovereign territory. they should urge president. putin to cease bombing cities, hospitals and schools, j to stop the war crimes and the atrocities - and end the war today.

it could happen right now. well, while xijinping has been in moscow, japan's prime minister fumio kishida is in ukraine and has been visiting the town of bucha, just outside kyiv. tokyo has voiced support for ukraine since the beginning of war and joined other g7 countries in extending sanctions against russia. mr kishida had been the only g7 leader not to visit ukraine, until now. bucha's mayor has said more than 400 civilians were killed in the town last year by russian forces, and mr kishida laid a wreath and observed a moment of silence. translation: as | step - on the ground of bucha today, i really feel great anger for all the atrocious acts. i would like to give my heartfelt condolences to all the victims and the wounded on behalf of the japanese nationals.

at a joint press conference during his visit, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky highlighted pledges of aid and reconstruction from japan. translation: we have enormous opportunities j for such cooperation, thanks to japan's powerful technological potential and a strong aid package. since february 24, 2022, it has reached more than 7 billion and it is already clear that japan can become one of ukraine's key partners in its reconstruction, and i am confident that this will be the case and i thank you once again for such a powerful package. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. a strong earthquake has struck northeastern afghanistan, causing tremors across the region. two people are reported to have been killed. the 6.5 magnitude quake was centred in the hindu kush mountains. in neighbouring pakistan, dozens of people have been injured in the north—west of the country.

the us state department has said it is deeply troubled by a vote in israel's parliament to allow israeli citizens back into four evacuated settlements in the occupied west bank. a spokesman in washington condemned the move as provocative. he said it violated promises to the us. there's been widespread criticism of the move, including from the palestinian authority and the european union. police are out in force in paris as further protests are held in the french capital, after president macron�*s government narrowly survived a no—confidence vote over its pension reform plans. mr macron is due to give a rare televised interview on wednesday. the former british prime minister borisjohnson has accepted that he misled parliament over gatherings at 10 downing street during the covid lockdown. but mrjohnson also insisted his actions were not reckless or intentional. he made the admission

in a written defence of his actions, ahead of a televised appearance in parliament on wednesday. the biggest police force in the united kingdom, the metropolitan police service, with its 43,000 officers and staff, has been plunged into the worst crisis in its long history. baroness casey's report has found that scotland yard is corrupted with "institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia". sir mark rowley, the commissioner of the metropolitan police, has accepted the findings and the systemic failings, but he refuses to accept that the problems are "institutional". dame louise casey has been speaking to the bbc�*s newsnight — she says there are a number of key areas that require wholesale reform, including the vetting of officers. if you have got a history of domestic abuse, he should not

be a serving police officer. you have a history of indecent exposure, you should not be a police officer. and if you do indecently expose yourself on a train, in a public place, you get the sack. i mean, it is straightforward and ever else in the world, but they had this very closed leaning into the officers, so for sorry officers, so for simple, sorry to throw stats at you, 95% of police perpetrated domestic violence — male officers largely, not exclusively, but largely— in 95% of all those cases, there is no further action. an indonesian court has agreed to allow a lawsuit brought by parents of children who died after being given contaminated cough syrup. the parents are seeking hundreds of thousands in compensation per child from the indonesian government and eight pharmaceutical companies. more than 200 children have died from kidney complaints in indonesia after being given the medicine.

it has also been reported that youngsters in other countries, including the gambia and uzbekistan, have also died. well, for more on this story, i'm joined now by the bbc�*s indonesia correspondent valdya baraputri. she joins us live from jakarta. thank you very much forjoining us on this story. exactly what can you tell us about this case? how did it come about? i believe since last august indonesia recorded more than 200 deaths and more than 300 cases of acute kidney injury in children caused by costs or of contamination, and 25 parents whose children died or were injured because of this came forward with a collective lawsuit or class action. they submitted in november last year, they demanded of more than $195,000 for every child

killed in about $130,000 for every child injured, which is a pretty significant amount by indonesian standards. so the court yesterday decided to grant their plea, or their class action submission. it means that the trial of class action could go ahead. so this is a very relieving decision for the parents, who are seeking justice for their children.— children. how did the pharmaceuticals - children. how did the i pharmaceuticals reacts children. how did the - pharmaceuticals reacts to this news? , ., news? the pharmaceutical companies. _ news? the pharmaceutical companies, since - news? the pharmaceutical companies, since the - news? the pharmaceutical- companies, since the beginning, have maintained that their position is also as a victim of their suppliers, position is also as a victim of theirsuppliers, of position is also as a victim of their suppliers, of the solvent material that they received, and they also said that the indonesian government must also be held accountable. meanwhile, the indonesian government have maintained that they are there are responsible parties

and the situation. they have stopped the sales of cough serves when prices are rising, imported from other countries, and they are right now setting up and they are right now setting up a compensation scheme, but none of that is taken well by the parents because none of that would bring their children back, they said, and they are looking forjustice.— looking for 'ustice. valdya, 'ust looking forjustice. valdya, just quickly— looking forjustice. valdya, just quickly before - looking forjustice. valdya, just quickly before we - looking forjustice. valdya, just quickly before we go, l looking forjustice. valdya, - just quickly before we go, what can you tell us about this cough syrup? what was so deadly in its makeup? cough syrup? what was so deadly in its makeup?— in its makeup? based on police investigation _ in its makeup? based on police investigation so _ in its makeup? based on police investigation so far, _ in its makeup? based on police investigation so far, they - investigation so far, they found that the solvent material, the pharmaceutical grade solvent material, during the pandemic has led suppliers in indonesia to relabel the industrial grade solution as pharmaceutical grade —— the scarcity of the solvent material. this is used in industries such as in

automotive antifreeze solution, so this is very toxic, especially in children's cough syrup, so they said that because of this cough syrup contamination is global, which is the scarcity of pharmaceutical grade solvent used in cough syrup, but the crime is local, done by suppliers who relabel and supply it to the other suppliers and permissible companies indonesia. —— pharmaceutical companies in indonesia. pharmaceutical companies in indonesia-— indonesia. valdya baraputri, thank you — indonesia. valdya baraputri, thank you very _ indonesia. valdya baraputri, thank you very much - indonesia. valdya baraputri, thank you very much for - indonesia. valdya baraputri,j thank you very much for that update. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: google announces its own ai chatbot — known as bard — that learns from real—world information. applause i'm so proud of both of you.

let there be no more war or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. with great regret, the committee has decided that south africa will be excluded from the 1970 competition. chant streaking across the sky, the white hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. this is newsday on the bbc.

i'm monica miller in singapore. 0ur headlines: the russian and chinese presidents stress their political ties and discuss a possible road to peace in ukraine. let's stay with that story and get some analysis now. alexander korolev is senior lecturer in politics and international relations at australia's university of new south wales. i asked him why xijinping has chosen to visit moscow. xijinping cares about his geopolitical interests in the asia—pacific. this visit is happening in the immediate aftermath of the aukus meeting, during which the alliance between the uk, us and australia consolidated into an explicitly anti—china alliance. it's a strategy of containing china, now it's crystal clear to beijing. at the beginning, it was camouflaged as an alliance of keeping peace, maintain peace and security in the asia—pacific.

now it's clearly formed to deal with the chinese threat, so xi is in a very tricky geopolitical situation, if you look at the broader context, the global geopolitics, and he needs an ally and russia is the only great power partner, strategic partner that china has. so this meeting is less about ukraine itself, even though ukraine is in the spotlight. it is driven by broader, structural geopolitical trends that are unfolding in international politics, and specifically the dramatic deterioration of us—china relations and the consolidation of the aukus alliance. china has got the upper hand in this relationship, but how far is beijing willing to go to protect moscow? it can go very far. i don't have an evidence of beijing helping moscow militarily at the moment.

however, it will depend on how, let's say, the situation around taiwan evolves, because recently the chinese foreign minister... for the first time, we see a high—level chinese official linking ukraine and taiwan. he says it is hypocritical of the us to ask china not sell weapons to russia when us sells lots of weapons in taiwan. these things are interconnected, and depending on how the situation around taiwan evolves, how much china feels contained by the united states and its allies, this might shape china's decisions to cross the rubicon, so to speak, and to support russia militarily. and at the same time, everything will be done to cover it up. so it will be very difficult for external observers to really have a full picture of that, because there are many different ways china can do that without sending a lot

of chinese weapons to russia. moving onto sri lanka. its president says a loan approved by the international monetary fund means the country is no longer deemed bankrupt by the world. the country is expected to get the first $330 million tranche of the bailout in the coming days. but our correspondent archana shukla says the funds come with numerous conditions attached. the $3 million loan from imf will certainly not push the sri lankan economy out of the woods, but it will give a fillip to the economic activity that was stalled over the last year, first being bringing sri lanka remember last year when sri lanka defaulted on its loan repayment, it was declared bankrupt and it could not raise fresh funds. but now with the imf deal, more avenues will open up and sri lanka can go ahead and borrow fresh funds from other multilateral organisations like the world bank or the adb, and all the government projects that were running with this supply of money from multilateral

add to that, with better foreign reserves and better reserves, the government will be able to import essentials and some of the import restrictions that it had put would also be slowly eased out, which means shortages on the ground would be eased in the coming months. and that will also help bring prices of essentials down to a bit. police in major us cities are preparing for potential unrest, in case ex—president donald trump is arrested this week as part of a hush—money investigation. a manhattan prosecutor may charge mr trump over how he declared a payment to a adult film star, stormy daniels, to keep quiet about an alleged affair. it would be the first criminal case brought against a former us president. nada tawfik has more details. the world's media has descended on lower manhattan. they've been camped out here ever since news broke that donald trump might be arrested this week. the focus right now is on this

building, the office of the manhattan district attorney. now, just a few steps away from here is where trump's aides and michael cohen, his former lawyer and current antagonist, have been testifying to a grand jury. if the da pulls the trigger and charges former president trump, his lawyers would likely negotiate a time for trump to turn himself in voluntarily. he would be formally booked, meaning he would be fingerprinted, have his mug shot taken and be read his miranda rights, just like anyone else under arrest. but unlike a typical person, he will be escorted throughout the whole process by his secret service detail. a trial would ultimately take place at the manhattan criminal court, opening up what could be a long, drawn out legal battle that could last well into, if not past, the 2024 presidential campaign. the nypd are already

working on security plans in case of protests, after donald trump urged his supporters to turn out. the hollywood star gwyneth paltrow has appeared in court in utah, accused of crashing into a man in a skiing accident in 2016, causing a head injury and broken ribs. terry sanderson — who's now 76 — alleges he was hit from behind, but ms paltrow says it was mr sanderson's own fault. the case, which is drawing media attention worldwide, is expected to last eight days, as our correspondent sophie long reports. the oscar—winning actress was used to gracing the red carpet and appearing on the silver screen, before founding her wellness company, goop. today, she appeared in court, accused of a human hit and run. this is the case of terry sanderson versus gwyneth paltrow. at the centre of this case is who hit whom on the slopes of park city, an upmarket mountain resort and celebrity hang—out that hosts the sundance film festival. 76—year—old terry sanderson says she was skiing recklessly

and struck him from behind, smashing his body to the ground, before continuing her descent down the mountain, leaving him stunned and seriously injured. ms paltrow has sentimental feelings about skiing. her dad, who left this life too early, took her skiing as a kid at alta. but her lawyer said she's a conservative skier and he was the culprit in the collision and she who received the full body blow. the court will decide who should pay damages. mr sanderson is seeking $300,000, saying he sustained a permanent brain injury and four broken ribs. but miss paltrow�*s lawyers say he's overstating his injuries and filed a counterclaim for a symbolic $1. the central question is who had right of way, who was further down the slope when they slammed into each other? miss paltrow is expected to testify in the case, which continues. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles.

and finally, staying with celebrity legal news, the rapper post malone has settled a lawsuit about the authorship of his song circles. post malone had been sued by a canadian musician — tyler armes — who claimed he helped co—write the song. but post malone sued him back, insisting armes didn't write any of it. an agreement was reached just before the trial was about to start. but no details of the financial settlement have been released. artificial intelligence could change the way we search the web. big tech companies are confident that al will revolutionise the way we work online. microsoft already has one of these ai chatbots — now google is launching its own version. it's called bard, and our technology editor zoe kleinman is one of the first to try it. this time four months ago, nobody had heard of ai chatbots. now, millions of us are trying them out. so what is an ai chatbot? unlike the regular search we have become used to, it can answer questions rather

than send you links. it can also write songs, speeches and even do homework. microsoft has invested billions of dollars in the creators of chatgpt, and now google wants to catch up with bard. i was one of the first people to get access. let's start by asking bard to write a thank you note for a wedding gift. "thank you so much for celebrating our wedding day with us. we will be using our gift to help us with our honeymoon." not bad! how is bard different to microsoft's version? there are a few key differences between bard and chatgpt. bard is connected to the internet so it knows about current affairs. it has also got a "google it" button here so you can go back to google search to check your answer, and that is important because these things do sometimes make mistakes, and they even make stuff up as well. google is rolling this out very slowly. you have to be over 18 and have a google account before you can even get on the waiting list. google describes bard as an experiment. so, will it replace us?

the creators of this tech hope it will free us all up to do more fun things in our lives. but some fear that ai will start taking over more and morejobs, sooner, rather than later, leaving us with far fewer ways to make money. zoe kleinman, bbc news. and that is it for us here on newsday. stay with bbc world news. hello. scotland had its warmest day of the year so far on tuesday, with temperatures reaching 16 degrees in fyvie castle in aberdeenshire. overall, it was a brighter kind of day, but we still had a number of showers around and those rainfall totals continue to mount up. of course, it's already been a wet month. there are quite a few places now that have seen more than one and a half times the march average rainfall, but there's loads more to come. and, indeed, as we look at this satellite picture, we've got a current batch

of rain falling from this cloud, working its way eastwards right now. and the rain's quite heavy, actually, across parts of scotland, england and wales. it will be clearing over the next few hours in northern ireland, but we'll have some heavy showers flowing in here. all the while, south—westerly winds will be picking up in strength. of course, it means it's going to be a mild start to the day on wednesday, temperatures for some into double figures. but for wednesday, it is another unsettled one. more rain around. and we're going to see some strong winds particularly affecting western scotland. it's here where, through the morning, we could see gusts of around 75 miles an hour for a time, so potentially seeing some disruption from those very strong winds. elsewhere, it will be blustery, gusts of wind generally around 40 to 50 miles an hour. and it is a day of sunshine and showers. the showers will be heavy and thundery at times, but at least they won't hang around. they'll be blown across the sky pretty quickly, thanks to those strong winds. another mild one, temperatures up to 14 or 15 degrees. thursday sees another

showery day and, again, the showers will be heavy, some of them with a bit of thunder mixed in. temperatures still on the mild side and anotherfairly blustery kind of day, the winds still coming in from a south—westerly direction. now, thursday night, we may well see a more prolonged spell of rain work into parts of eastern england, and certainly it looks pretty wet across western areas of the uk as well. well, that sends us on to friday's forecast and the low pressure is still with us. still fairly brisk winds around, still loads and loads of showers, some of them heavy with hail and thunder. 0ur temperatures just coming down a little bit across northern scotland — highs of around eight or nine degrees here — but otherwise, we're staying into double figure temperatures. now, for the weekend, we're going to start to get some slightly cooler airjust working into northernmost areas of scotland. there will be more showers around, so for most of us, it's more of the same, really. but across the far north of scotland, we'll start to see some of those showers turn wintry for a time.

this is bbc news. this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines we'll have the headlines in all the main news stories in all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues — as newsday continues — straight after hardtalk. for war crimes. straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. i'm stephen sackur. china's president, xijinping, china's president, xijinping, is in moscow for a state visit is in moscow for a state visit with a man now wanted with a man now wanted

for war crimes. such is the geopolitical fallout from vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. the fact that the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for the russian president won't deter him for his continued assault on ukraine, but it does raise new questions about the long—term consequences for russia.