seattle the headlines: a 21—year—old man is expected to appear in a boston court later over a major leak of classified us documents. protests in france as the highest legal body will decide whether president macron�*s pension reforms can become law. president biden concludes his visit to ireland by returning to his roots in county mayo. brazil's president, lula da silva, is meeting the chinese leader, xi jinping at the climax of his official visit to china. there was a large ceremony to greet him upon his arrival. the two countries are signing a number of trade deals, as many as 20. they are also expected

to discuss the war in ukraine. live now tojimena blanco, chief analyst and head of americas for the global risk intelligence company verisk maplecroft. she's in andalucia, spain. thank you so much forjoining us. take us through the agenda of this trip, what does lula want and from the chinese perspective? there are two areas of _ the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main _ the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main interest. - the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main interest. the - two areas of main interest. the first one is a commercial one. china is brazil�*s main trading partner. it is brazil�*s main trading partner. it is in competition neck and neck with the united states for market share and in numerous industries in the country. of course, agricultural commodities from brazil are crucial for china to feed its population, but china plays a major role in

infrastructural development in brazil and also in key industries, like metals and mining, oil and gas, etc. the second kattar area of interest is more politicalfor president lula. this is to brazil —— bring brazil back to the international stage on a strong footing and lula wants to claim brazil is back, a multipolar world in which brazil wants to play a much more significant role. this meeting in china are part of that agenda for brazil to say this is no longer a unipolar world with the united states dominating. can unipolar world with the united states dominating.— unipolar world with the united states dominating. unipolar world with the united states dominatina. ., ~ ., states dominating. can we talk about climate change. _ states dominating. can we talk about climate change, a _ states dominating. can we talk about climate change, a massive _ states dominating. can we talk about climate change, a massive change i states dominating. can we talk about climate change, a massive change ofj climate change, a massive change of direction from his predecessor, jair bolsonaro. can you explain how that

is following through and would that be a topic of conversation for this meeting in china? of be a topic of conversation for this meeting in china?— be a topic of conversation for this meeting in china? of course, this is an area in — meeting in china? of course, this is an area in which _ meeting in china? of course, this is an area in which both _ meeting in china? of course, this is an area in which both parties - meeting in china? of course, this is an area in which both parties have l an area in which both parties have an area in which both parties have an interest. from space in china contributing to combat deforestation and also for china it is a very positive political move to collaborate with brazil because china is often the critic or criticised, rather, for its impact on climate change and

perceived lack of will to contribute more strongly to climate change policies around the world. so both sides have a lot to gain there. for lula, it's interesting on an international arena he is presenting his government as one that wants to play a very strong role against climate change while domestically he's been criticised. because of oil and gas and particularly national oil company will continue to play in the brazilian economy overall with petro dollars being a major contributor to brazilian gdp. haw contributor to brazilian gdp. how that ukraine? _ contributor to brazilian gdp. how that ukraine? is _ contributor to brazilian gdp. firm that ukraine? is likely to be discussed? yes and this comes back to lula's a policy of latin america playing active nonalignment as brazilian

diplomats call it in for brazil the conflicts in ukraine is very important becomes brazil imports a loss of fertilisers as a major agricultural exporter in the world so it has seen the impact of those supply chains being affected by the conflict but also brazil wants to move away from the idea that russia is the culprit in these controversial comments that lula has made in recent months about ukraine having some kind of responsibility in the conflict will not sit well with other major brazilian allies like the united states. interesting stuff, isn't like the united states. interesting stuff. isn't it? _ like the united states. interesting stuff, isn't it? thank— like the united states. interesting stuff, isn't it? thank you - like the united states. interesting stuff, isn't it? thank you so - like the united states. interesting stuff, isn't it? thank you so much| stuff, isn't it? thank you so much forjoining it. here in andalusia. reutersjust reporting forjoining it. here in andalusia. reuters just reporting saying that china has made relations with brazil a diplomatic priority, president xi jinping told a visiting president lula so clearly a priority for both sides and interesting meeting there

between the brazilian president and china. north korea has described its waiters were left in step that took place on thursday as the north korea has described its latest weapons test — that took place on thursday — as a major step in its ability to carry out nuclear strikes. pyongyang said that for the first time — it had successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic device that used solid fuel. (read on) our correspondent in south korea, jean mackenzie, told us about the significance of this latest missile test. a major breakthrough in north korea's nuclear weapons programme. it is a more advanced version of its long—range missile, so the sort that is intended to target the united states. the solid fuel element, it's a technical detail but it's an important one. solid fuelled missiles doesn't need to be fuelled ahead of launch. this means that they can be launched far more quickly in a crisis and with much less warning. this makes it harder to intercept them, harder to shoot them down. with north korea having the ability

to target the united states with next to no notice, that makes it more dangerous and crucially it also gives it a lot more leveraged. the bigger picture to this is that north korea is making rapid progress in terms of its nuclear weapons programme. a couple of years ago, kim jong—un set out a list of the weapons that he wanted to develop over the next five years and he is burning through that list at an alarming speed. a speed that is concerning weapons experts here in seoul and in washington. the big question is, why does kim jong—un want all these weapons? there are some experts that believe that what he's trying to do is to build north korea's programme to such an extent that the international community has no choice but to accept north korea as a fully fledged nuclear weapons state, much as it has done with india and pakistan. but there are others who say that kim jong—un does still want to negotiate and what he is trying to do is build up his stockpile to such a degree and to increase the threat so that when he's ready to talk, he has more to negotiate away. but whatever the answer to this question, with each of these

new missiles that north korea develops, each seemingly more sophisticated than the last, north korea is becoming more of a threat and when it gets to the point that north korea can successfully target the us and targets closer to home, so here in south korea, with little to no warning, then these countries are going to have to really think how they defend against north korea and how they deal with north korea. towns on australia's north—western coast appear to have avoided major damage from a storm that's moving inland. cyclone ilsa made landfall in the town of port hedland last night, but avoided the most populated areas. it's the most powerful to hit the region in over a decade. live now to cason ho,

an abc reporter from port hedland in western australia. it is definitely a lucky myth, we are in one of the major population centres that was able to avoid the rafter of cyclone ilsa. it left quite a bit of devastation to the cattle stations. we saw some places that had buildings that were completely swept away overnight, completely swept away overnight, completely vanished. the damage there was quite a sight to see. some flooding in some of those cattle stations as well. as cyclone ilsa travels on land that is weakening, which means that there is less destructive winds but we are still expecting to see heavy rain and wind as that system moves towards the rest, the centre of australia. we still can expect to see some of that

potential risk around for those smaller communities inland, which might not be as prepared as these coastal communities that typically experience cyclones more. there is quite a bit of concern about the potential damage to those inland communities and authorities have been reaching out to those remote communities inland to see how they are doing and how they will fare moving forward with those expected heavy rain and winds over the next few days. heavy rain and winds over the next few da s. , ., , , heavy rain and winds over the next fewda s. , heavy rain and winds over the next fewdas. , ., few days. presumably those areas ou're few days. presumably those areas you're talking _ few days. presumably those areas you're talking about _ few days. presumably those areas you're talking about a _ few days. presumably those areas you're talking about a fairly - you're talking about a fairly remote, difficult to communicate with some of those areas and difficult to help with the situation gets a lot worse.— gets a lot worse. yes, definitely, western australia _ gets a lot worse. yes, definitely, western australia is _ gets a lot worse. yes, definitely, western australia is such - gets a lot worse. yes, definitely, western australia is such a - gets a lot worse. yes, definitely, western australia is such a huge | western australia is such a huge state and so much of it is remote and many of those communities will take days to reach by road, so there is a big concern about how these communities will fare and how we can get resources and help to them if they are damaged by these heavy

reigns and winds. the they are damaged by these heavy reigns and winds.— they are damaged by these heavy reigns and winds. the question is, it hasn't been _ reigns and winds. the question is, it hasn't been as _ reigns and winds. the question is, it hasn't been as bad _ reigns and winds. the question is, it hasn't been as bad as _ reigns and winds. the question is, it hasn't been as bad as it - reigns and winds. the question is, it hasn't been as bad as it could i it hasn't been as bad as it could be, but not out of danger yet. yes. be, but not out of danger yet. yes, definitel . be, but not out of danger yet. yes, definitely. the _ be, but not out of danger yet. yes, definitely. the worst _ be, but not out of danger yet. yes, definitely. the worst of _ it is definitely passed but as that system moves and we are expecting heavy rain and winds. the riskier is a bit of flooding. farmers in that area might be happy to see some of that rain coming, but for the smaller remote communities that are not able to withstand that reign, that flooding, that wind, there is still a lot of risk to see.— still a lot of risk to see. let's take united _ still a lot of risk to see. let's take united dublin _ still a lot of risk to see. let's take united dublin airport. i still a lot of risk to see. let's take united dublin airport. there is air force one, waiting to take

president biden back to america after his final day in ireland. we are seeing the sites earlier on from ballina, thousands of people turned out there, where patrick blewett, an ancestor of president biden, was born. just looking at pictures of air force one waiting for president biden to arrive. there was a lot of waiting for president biden to arrive yesterday, so we will see if he is on schedule today. it is clear from all the pictures that he is enjoying himself, meeting as many members of the irish public as possible, and he seems to be related to quite a few of them! we will keep you up—to—date with all of his movements. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. he's run, he's cycled and, all in,

charlie's raised almost £20,000 for charity and the cause is very personal for him and his family. a car crash when he was four left serious injuries and years of plastic surgery. the charity was helping me out a lot, so we just decided to do charity challenges. the money charlie's raised is for the charity changing faces, which works with people who have a disfigurement or visible difference. he's 11 now and he's made huge progress, a process, though, that's sometimes been difficult for his family. there would be times when we'd bejust, say, in a supermarket and he would walk backwards to avoid people staring and then you'd get peoplejust point blank, like, asking him "what had happened to yourface?", like, asking him. charlie has more surgery to come. his story one of overcoming adversity.

the price of food is the highest it's been in a0 years and has led a rising number of consumers to swap from fresh goods to frozen in the weekly shop. frozen chicken and ready meals are some of the most popular purchases, according to research. our business reporter noor nanji has more. laura would prefer to give her three young children fresh meat and vegetables to eat, but says they're too expensive nowadays. she's buying more frozen food to keep costs down. i have been buying a lot more frozen fruit and veg because it is coming out much better value. i'm only using what i absolutely need, and i am not throwing any away because there's less waste when it's all frozen. cheaper and less waste — that matters when you have a lot of kids to feed. and laura is not worried that frozen food is less nutritious. we are getting the fruit and veg into the meals,

and it's picked really quickly, so i'm sure it's still got all the same nutritional value, and honestly, it's the sweets they eat that i'm worried about, not the home—cooked meals. laura's not the only one. the british retail consortium told the bbc that, as the cost of living rises, consumers are finding ways to save money, including switching out fresh food for frozen. it comes as fresh food prices continue to soar. fresh food inflation hit i7% in march, according to the british retail consortium — the highest rate since records began. things like frozen chicken, frozen ready meals, pizzas and chips are the products doing best, according to the research firm, kantar. here at iceland, they're seeing more demand than usual while other supermarkets, including waitrose and m&s also say certain frozen food items have been rising in popularity. i am buying more cheaper, frozen stuff because it's easier for lunch. instead of spending £3, i can spend £1.50. i'm not usually a frozen food person

but i find it cheaper to buy frozen sea bass and stuck it up at home. buying frozen food isn't the answer for everyone. running a freezer costs money so not everyone can afford one. many families also do not have large freezers, which can prevent them from bulk buying. frozen food also has a reputation for being less healthy. that's something that is changing. it has been thought of a second—rate, not as healthy as good for us in the past. if you are buying fresh produce that has been frozen, they can be better for us than fresh foods because they are frozen so soon after being harvested that they actually retain a lot of nutrients within them. so you set up a blog advising people how to use their freezers better. what advice can you give to me, speaking as someone who has just one old ice cream and a dish my mum gave me about ten years ago in my freezer?

you could definitely be using that space more effectively. it is real prime real estate. you could buy more from the shops, from the freezer aisle. but actually there are masses of things you could freeze at home yourself you might not realise. if you've got much food waste, it's worth stopping and thinking if things could be frozen. so to show you the kind of things i freeze, i have got all of these different bits and pieces. so baked goods, fruit, things like that. the weirder stuff that people don't usually think of, things that come out of the cupboards. so for example, i have some wine which is great for cooking. things like cashew nuts, which go rancid if you leave them in the cupboard too long. and even, i have frozen some eggs which were not going to make it because they approaching the best before date. if you can freeze things whilst they're still relatively fresh, actually you can save a lot from the bin, you can save a lot of money and it's really convenient when you want to cook something. and it's right there in the freezer for you. time for that ice cream to move over.

let's talk about photography now as edgar martins was unveiled as photographer of the year at the sony world photography awards 2023 for his series our war. that's an original tribute to the photographer's late friend, photojournalist anton hammerl, killed during fighiting in libya in 2011. well, i am happy to say i have the very edgard martins with me here today. first of all, congratulations! thank you! i am still trying to process it. ., you! i am still trying to process it. tell me about the photographs that ou it. tell me about the photographs that you won _ it. tell me about the photographs that you won the _ it. tell me about the photographs that you won the award _ it. tell me about the photographs that you won the award for. - it. tell me about the photographs that you won the award for. this i that you won the award for. this mornin: , that you won the award for. this morning. i _ that you won the award for. this morning. i was— that you won the award for. ti 3 morning, i was wondering, am that you won the award for. ti 3 morning, iwas wondering, am i ready to put this project out to the world because i have been working on this for three years. coming up to four years. it feels like such a personal thing that you are now putting on the world stage. i have been producing this project over three years in north africa, libya, the

surrounding countries. it is up project uses as a jumping off point as speculative but also an underground investigation into the death and disappearance of my close friend, the photojournalist anton hammerl. as you may know, he went to libya in 2011 with three other photojournalists to cover the clashes between the pro—and anti—government forces. on the 5th of april that year they were abducted. the project picked up from that, really. 50 abducted. the pro'ect picked up from that, reall . ., , that, really. so tell me about this photograph _ that, really. so tell me about this photograph we — that, really. so tell me about this photograph we have _ that, really. so tell me about this photograph we have here. - that, really. so tell me about this photograph we have here. some. that, really. so tell me about this. photograph we have here. some of that, really. so tell me about this - photograph we have here. some of my main concerns — photograph we have here. some of my main concerns originally _ photograph we have here. some of my main concerns originally was _ photograph we have here. some of my main concerns originally was how - photograph we have here. some of my main concerns originally was how do i main concerns originally was how do you tell the story, difficult story about loss that is also personal? at the same time how do you connect to the same time how do you connect to the stories of the people that have been affected by the conflict? there was a third element which is how do

you get others to may not have experienced the horrors of the conflict to engage with those people? the stories, the pain, the trauma and so on? there are a group of images, the viewer will never know which ones they are, where i have images of people you might expect in these cattle projects, militants, rebels, freedom fighters, but also people enacting their stories. this was important for one reason. it is only a project about anton hammerl, it is inspired by him, but also a project that testifies to the difficulty of documenting, imagining, remembering and telling stories in general. let's take a look at some of the other ones. can you tell us where

these pictures were taken? this is in the desert- _ these pictures were taken? this is in the desert. one _ these pictures were taken? this is in the desert. one of _ these pictures were taken? this is in the desert. one of the - these pictures were taken? this is in the desert. one of the things i l in the desert. one of the things i ended up focusing on was very much this idea that whilst all of this destruction was happening, there are these geographical markers that survive, in this case trees that survive, in this case trees that survive force. in this case, the self—sealing week that survived the war, notjust one more but several wars. it became almost a geographical markerfor wars. it became almost a geographical marker for anyone in the region. they would often use it as a guideline to get beyond the specific place where they were going to. that to me was incredible, that in the desert they could recognise one self—sealing wheat. it is in the desert they could recognise one self-sealing wheat.— one self-sealing wheat. it is a beautiful picture. _ one self-sealing wheat. it is a beautiful picture. again, - one self-sealing wheat. it is a | beautiful picture. again, some background to this picture? this

gentleman _ background to this picture? this gentleman is — background to this picture? this gentleman is a _ background to this picture? t�*u 3 gentleman is a surrogate gaddafi, a gentleman is a surrogate gaddafi, a gentleman that looks a lot like him. in some ways i photographed on the project someone who used to work for gaddafi as a stand—in in public events. it is another work that has a performative feel. the performative feel was important to me because i have always been very conscious of how you tell the stories. my role is to try to push the boundaries of documentary. i have always been interested in this notion of how can you acknowledge the fictional or imaginative dimension of our relationship to photographs, particularly documentary photographs? i feel they often fail us in storytelling. the reality of the situation and my imagined reality, which is all i had for the ten years leading to my first trip, they collide, overlap and blur into work.— and blur into work. they are a really beautiful _ and blur into work. they are a really beautiful set _ and blur into work. they are a really beautiful set of - and blur into work. they are a | really beautiful set of pictures. and blur into work. they are a i really beautiful set of pictures. i encourage viewers to search them

out. it is a lovely tribute to your friends, and willing photographer of the year at the sony world photography awards. thank you for taking the time to come in and explain their background. shall they go back to the european space agency'sjuice mission? this is a mission to explore moons. they are going to try to blast off again today. it was cancelled at the last minute yesterday, so let's hope it will not be cancelled today. jonathan amos is in cardiff. taste will not be cancelled today. jonathan amos is in cardiff. we have finaers jonathan amos is in cardiff. we have fin . ers and jonathan amos is in cardiff. we have fingers and toes _ jonathan amos is in cardiff. we have fingers and toes crossed _ jonathan amos is in cardiff. we have fingers and toes crossed for - jonathan amos is in cardiff. we have fingers and toes crossed for today. l fingers and toes crossed for today. it is the weather, what can you do? we are in french guyana, 4 degrees of the equator. it is classic tropical weather, of the equator. it is classic tropicalweather, i'm of the equator. it is classic tropical weather, i'm afraid. of the equator. it is classic tropicalweather, i'm afraid. one minute i can a blazing sunshine then

the next minute it is chucking it down with rain. they have been putting up weather balloons all morning to check where the winds are and what the conditions are like and so far at the moment it appears to be ok. the rocket itself will have to be in good condition and the computers will be monitoring that as we get closer and closer to countdown, butjust for the moment, everything is green. well, that is good news. take us through why this rocket launch is so significant, what will tell us? we are going to the icy moons ofjupiter. these are moons that basically have a lot of water at depth. what that means is, if you have liquid water, there is a palette —— there is a possibility they could belie. it is not a mission to detect life, but what i want to understand this if these moons hold the conditions for life,

if they are habitable. you need four things were like, liquid water. an energy source of some kind. jupiter is so massive it squeezes and stretches these moons, providing a lot of warmth and energy. you also need nutrients to get biology going. we are not sure about that at all. then you also need time, an extended period of stability for biology to get a foothold and establish itself. these are the kind of thing is that this mission will look at. later missions, in a few decades, will go to these moons, drill down to the ice and we will sample the water, look for the microbes, maybe fish! thank you for bringing us that's. you are watching bbc news. we will keep you up—to—date on that lodge. fingers crossed the weather will stay nice today. we will keep you

up—to—date on those french protests in paris and on president biden's visit to ireland. in paris and on president biden's visit to ireland. stay with us here on bbc news. it's going to be another day dominated by sunny spells and sharp and thundery downpours for many of us. so if you have seen some early morning sunshine, i hope you managed to get out and enjoy it a little. it does become quite messy as we go through the day. we had a line of more heavy, persistent rain from these weather fronts that are slipping their way south and east over into france, the heaviest of the rain across south west england and south wales over the last few hours. and as it pushes its way down through the channels, we'll see a fair amount of cloud and some showery outbreaks of rain almost anywhere across the channel coast. at the same time, we'll see a line of more heavy thundery downpours developing across wales, up through the midlands into eastern england through the afternoon. some of these really quite torrential and quite widespread for northern ireland and scotland. it's not quite as severe, sunny

spells and a few isolated showers as we go through the day. top temperatures of 9 to 12 degrees across scotland and northern ireland. now we'll see a spell of heavy rain moving its way through eastern england overnight. clearer skies out to the west. so a real contrast with the feel of the weather. first thing on saturday morning, low single figures frost not out of the question in sheltered rural parts, but where that rain is, well, that's where we're likely to see the temperatures holding up. so on the whole, it's an improving picture as we go through the weekend. finally, we're going to lose the frequent showers and we're going to import a southerly flow, so milder air will start to push in and temperatures slightly above where they should be for the time of year. early rain will clear away through eastern england. cloudy skies for a time, but the sunshine, the best of it, out to the west. it will be a pleasant

afternoon for many of us, largely fine and dry. any showers will become fairly isolated. top temperatures likely between ten and 16 degrees — that's 61 fahrenheit. as we move into sunday that dry weather story set to continue. we could see a little more in the way of cloud, particularly up into the far north—west and thick enough maybe for a spot or two of drizzle, but on the whole dry, settled, pleasantly warm and certainly better than it has been over the last few days. that trend is set to continue through the week ahead. an easterly wind mightjust prevent those temperatures from climbing too high, but nevertheless, settled and pleasant.

today at1:00... a 21—year—old us airman will appear in court — accused of leaking top secret military documents. jack teixeira is said to have posted the classified files in an online chatroom — he was arrested at his home after what's been called one of the worst ever breaches of american intelligence. we'll be live in washington with the latest. also this lunchtime, the result will be announced today of a key vote by nurses in england on whether or not to accept the government's new pay offer. new evidence that shoppers are switching from fresh food to frozen to keep down their bills. the hidden danger of some gel nail polishes — warnings of a rise in allergies caused by chemicals.

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