welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines.. russia launches its �*biggest�* drone attack on ukraine. it is the fourth attack in eight days on kyiv. and it comes ahead of the annual victory day parade in moscow on tuesday. sudan's rival military factions hold talks in saudi arabia, as thousands flee the conflict. we have a special report from the border with south sudan. in the uk, as the coronation weekend draws to a close, prince william and his son lou—ee join thousands around the country, in community events, stressing the importance, of volunteering. china talks trade with the taliban, in a bid to bring afghanistan into its belt and road investment project.

it's six in the morning in singapore, and 11 at night in london. we begin in ukriane, where russia has launched its biggest wave of drone attacks on the country in months. ten regions were targeted, and at least three civilians were killed. this comes after a lull in russian attacks on civilian targets in recent months which saw the capital, kyiv, go days without an attack. the southern city of odesa has also been targeted. russia has stepped up its aerial attacks ahead of an expected offensive by ukraine. a ukrainian general in bakhmut said russia had intensified its shelling of the devastated city too. russia's wagner group boss says moscow has agreed to his demands for more ammunition — days after he threatened to withdraw his men from bakhmut.

russian troops and fighters from wagner, a private military company, have been trying to capture bakhmut for months — despite the city's questionable strategic value. meanwhile, the british foreign ministerjames cleverly is travelling to moscow on monday for talks with the us secretary of state antony blinken — both will reaffirm their support for ukraine in the war against russia.for more on the latest attacks here's our kyiv correspondent, hugo bachega. it was the fourth time in eight days that kyiv came under attack and authorities say this building was hit by debris that fell from a drone that was intercepted by air defence. we heard the air raid alert here shortly before midnight and the all clear came only three and a half hours later. we spoke to a resident in one of the affected homes. what do you think is the russian goal with these attacks, targeting places like kyiv, away from the front line? their target is to terrorise our

civilian people because they can't fight on the field, fight the field. and they try to terrorise. the ukrainian military said russia had fired 35 drones in this latest wave of attacks, those iranian made drones that russia has been using to attack ukrainian cities and towns. and that the ukrainian military intercepted all those drones. the region of odesa also came under attack. a warehouse was hit in the south of the country. and in recent weeks, russia has intensified these air strikes, targeting places like kyiv, away from the front lines. this happens as the ukrainian authorities say they are finishing plans for a much anticipated counteroffensive to try to take back territory that is now under russian occupation.

to get an idea of the widespread devastation these attacks have had on the country, you need only look at the satellite images recently published on google earth. callum tulley has more. i'm going to take you through some open source material that's been put together by the newspaper politico. now, they've been comparing satellite images taken of ukraine before the war, and they've been comparing them with satellite images during the conflict. so this is one of them. this is mariupol in the southeast of ukraine, a residential area of the city. and you can see here, you've got green trees, you've got houses, you've got cars on the road. but if we drag this cursor across, you can see the level of destruction caused. i mean, for a start, the colour completely changes. the houses have been obliterated. there is no real sign of life. it is a complete ghost town now. and if we scroll through, this is pretty emblematic

of what we're seeing across the country. this is an airport in the kyiv region, mainly for sort of cargo aircraft, certainly not for military ones. and you can see here, it's in pretty good condition. the hangar here in the center, the green fields to the south, and the aircraft here in the centre. but if we scroll through, again, you can just see the level of destruction that's been caused. i mean, for a start, i always find it incredible how the colour in these images change. you've got the green fields in the north that are now full of craters and they've turned black. you've got the hangar here which has been obliterated and you've got the planes down here which have been scattered as well. and again, we move through. i mean, just look at this beautiful looking theatre back in mariupol, in the donetsk region and the lovely green parks that surround it. you've got the cars in the road. you've got pedestrians on the streets. and it becomes, again, a total ghost town. the level of destruction, really, i mean, the pictures

speak for themselves. you look at this, even the shopping centres are not spared. you can see the the gaps in the holes that have been created in the top of this building from the shellings that it has experienced. i'm going to take you to this final photo now. these are the fields near back in the donetsk region. really, it could be anywhere in europe. these are just crop fields where trees are plenty and food is growing. but we know in this area of ukraine in particular, where there is heavy fighting between the russian army and the ukrainian army, this is the consequence. i mean, look at thatjust barren wasteland now. everything has been utterly destroyed. and we know that this isn't letting up. in the last few days, we've seen an upsurge in russian drone and missile attacks, particularly last night in kyiv. we saw the kamikaze drones supplied to russia by iran being used. so we know that there

are going to be more and more pictures like these across ukraine, and we're still not sure when it will end. just to clarify, the uk foreign secondary is to discuss other. just to say foreign secretary james cleverly to meet us secretary of state and leading figures in congress to discuss the us and uk's long—term commitment to ukraine. foreign secretary travelled to washington on monday may eight for meetings with the administration and congress on sustaining uk—us support for ukrainein sudan, fighting around the capital,

khartoum, continues, as representatives of the rival military factions, hold talks in saudi arabia. both the sudanese army, and the rapid support forces, are claiming successes. the talks which began injeddah on saturday, are aimed at reaching a humanitarian ceasefire, with the fighting having already forced thousands to flee the country. the united nations says around 100,000 refugees have escaped to neighbouring states. among those are 10,000 who've headed to egypt in the north, while chad has seen an influx of more than 25,000 people, and more than 6,000 sudanese nationals have made their way to the central african republic. 0ur africa correspondent, catherine byaru hanga, has sent us this report, from the border with south sudan. day and night, the mass movement of people out of sudan continues. a conflict now in its third week has left a trail of human suffering. christina peters is desperate for medical attention. she travelled hundreds of kilometres while injured. an explosive device hit her home in sudan's capital, khartoum. translation: i have shrapnel in my leg, four injuries - here in my back and three here in my arm. i went to hospital and we found the army there. the doctor said i should be taken for surgery but the army refused.

the doctorjust gave me antibiotics and put dressings on me. that is sudan just over on the horizon. and this is another group of people coming in, every day thousands of people crossing this no man's land between sudan and south sudan. this has been a long and dangerous journey. but for some of them, the challenges are onlyjust beginning. most of the people crossing into south sudan are south sudanese nationals. many had fled north because of the war in their own country. but have now been forced to return. maria's baby sunday is malnourished. she is unable to breastfeed, and without any money, she can't buy her formula milk.

she doesn't know where help will come from. translation: when i reached the transit centre they - didn't give me anything. just water. and today morning they gave us a small amount of food. it is not enough, even now i'm hungry. i'm worried about my children. the world food programme is providing basic meals to the new arrivals. but it was already supporting millions of people in south sudan and it has had to take food from them to help those newly displaced. we are already overstrained with the level of resources already existing in a programme supporting the south sudanese. so now with the incoming influx it is over straining the resources. this is a part of the world where generations have faced war and displacement. hopes that a new chapter was being written are quickly fading. catherine byaruhanga,

bbc news, on the border between south sudan and sudan. the first official photographs of king charles were released by buckingham palace. it comes as more than 50 thousand volunteering events have taken place across the uk on the final day of the king's coronation weekend. members of the royal familyjoined volunteers for what's been called the "big help out," for tasks including beach cleaning, litter picking and wildflower planting. 0ur royal correspondent, sarah campbell reports. the first official portraits marking the crowning of king charles iii and queen camilla. taken on the afternoon of their coronation, in the throne room of buckingham palace. also released a message from the king, to all those who joined in the celebrations that having their support and encouragement was the greatest possible coronation gift. today, his family were once again out and about on this, the last day of the long weekend,

supporting the nationwide drive to boost volunteering. hitting the target at a scout event in slough... five—year—old prince louis on his first royal engagement was more than happy to get involved. also helping with a spot of digging, his dad and big brother. as a former volunteer scout herself, mum was expert at toasting marshmallows. the whole family, including princess charlotte, were here to support the big help 0ut. 099)” 099)” 099v! oi, oi, oi! the call to encourage as many people as possible to spend a bit of time, well, helping out. when the bunting comes down and we move on from the coronation, the legacy of this weekend needs to be about service and thinking through, ok, this isn'tjust about this day or this weekend — it's about how volunteering plays a part in the fabric of this country and why it's

important to individuals. not too far away in reading, sophie the duchess of edinburgh was perfecting her puppy training skills alongside the duke of edinburgh. i think i will help out with the strawberries... and the prime minister, rishi sunak, and his wife akshata murthy, were put to work in the kitchen. more than 30,000 charities and community organisations across the uk took part, inviting would—be volunteers to get involved. on a beach near carnarvon, the archbishop of wales helped out, picking up litter. the new first minister of scotland, humza yousaf, visited a community larder in dundee. and locals got their paddles out around the town of enniskillen in northern ireland. volunteer numbers are significantly down since before the pandemic and reinvigorating their numbers, notjust today, but going forward will, it's hoped, be the lasting legacy of the coronation. sarah campbell, bbc news.

london's metropolitan police force has expressed regret that six anti—monarchy protesters were arrested ahead of the coronation of king charles on saturday. in a statement the force said no charges would be brought against the six — all members of the republic campaign group. for more on this, our news correspondent, graham satchelljoins us from the london newsroom. great to get you on the programme. i know you been looking into this and monitors and it carefully. talk us through the background of this if you don't mind. what was a pretext for the arrests in the first place? it's all goes back to saturday morning in the centre of london on the day of the coronation of king charles iii. the police spotted a van near trafalgar square there were members of the anti—monarchy group called una aleksandra berzina—cerenkova and they were unloading a bunch of placards and signs saying things like not

working. the police started investigated inside the find they found some leather straps. the group, republic, said those straps were used just to hold the placards known but at the time, the police decided they could have been used as devices to strap on to an object or building to cause significant destruction. six members of the group were arrested and detained for a number of hours. they met issued a long statement where they have reviewed the evidence and they decided they can't prove their leather straps with the been used to lock on so all six members of the group have been released and there'll be no further action taken and they say they regret that the arrests were made.— and they say they regret that the arrests were made. graham, it seems interesting. — arrests were made. graham, it seems interesting, doesn't _ arrests were made. graham, it seems interesting, doesn't it? _ arrests were made. graham, it seems interesting, doesn't it? that - arrests were made. graham, it seems interesting, doesn't it? that their- interesting, doesn't it? that their use of the word regret has been used here. what is your sense of why

there's been this climb—down? what is the signal? i there's been this climb-down? what is the signal?— is the signal? i think what is going on here is the _ is the signal? i think what is going on here is the complicated - is the signal? i think what is going on here is the complicated issue. | on here is the complicated issue. the police say in their statement that on the morning of the events they had been briefed to be extremely vigilant and productive. which you can completely understand from their perspective given the huge national and international event, and they didn't want anything to go wrong. what subsequently happened is a conservative who ha because a broader picture here is a wider debate in this country for about an individual or in groups right to protest in a free society. so, the president government here in britain has introduced legislation this week which critics have seen as a means of trying to significantly dampen down anybody�*s ability to protest and includes new offences of locking on and processing equipment to lock on. certainly, the leader of

the republic group has said that what this is about is a diminution of an individuals right to protest. that is his view. his view is that the police was lent on by the government and is accusing the home office of putting pressure on the police to make the arrest and wants a full inquiry and says he will take legal action against the police. the government has denied all of that and says the police always act independently.— and says the police always act independently. and says the police always act indeendentl. , . ., . , independently. graham satchell news correspondent— independently. graham satchell news correspondent on _ independently. graham satchell news correspondent on that _ independently. graham satchell news correspondent on that for _ independently. graham satchell news correspondent on that for us. - independently. graham satchell news correspondent on that for us. thank. correspondent on that for us. thank you forjoining us. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. it all started in the mid fifties. i got picked out as a decent goalkeeper. football has and always will be a big part of andrew killen�*s life. he's one of the oldest referees in the country. so when he was told he had a leaky heart valve that could affect his quality of life,

he was more than willing to be the first person in the uk to undergo a new valve replacement procedure. made me feel a little bit special, really. i've got a new lease of life. i can go to the gym in a relaxed state and just meet my friends there. this procedure typically takes an hour to an hour and a half to do. the patient does not need to go to itu. they go home the following day or the day after that. andrew says he is now more determined than ever to keep fit and take care of his brand new valve. you're live with bbc news china and the taliban have discussed plans to bring afghanistan into the belt and road infrastructure project as beijing looks to boost investment in the crisis—hit country. china's foreign minister qin gang held talks on saturday in pakistan

with afghanistan's acting foreign minister and his pakistan counterpart as part of the china—pakistan—afghanistan trilateralforeign ministers' dialogue. since ousting the nato—backed government in 2021 after two decades of war, the taliban have courted global powers including china and russia for investment to shore up the crumbling economy and ease the regime's international isolation. i'm joined now by dr una aleksandra berzina—cerenkova, director of the china studies centre at riga stradins university. it's great to get you on the programme. if you could help us understand what is going on here? what do you make of these discussions?— what do you make of these discussions? ., ., ., discussions? indeed, i mean, on one hand it would — discussions? indeed, i mean, on one hand it would seem _ discussions? indeed, i mean, on one hand it would seem that _ discussions? indeed, i mean, on one hand it would seem that china - discussions? indeed, i mean, on one hand it would seem that china is - discussions? indeed, i mean, on one hand it would seem that china is not| hand it would seem that china is not historically a fan of the taliban, right? it's the contradiction with their policy and body systems with

their policy and body systems with the so close to three evils that china has been compacting, which is terrorism, extremism, separatism. so it would appear that they are not natural allies here. but, jane has been hosting talks with them for several months and ideology is kind of a different story. we have to be careful here because for china their system can accommodate different ideologies as long as two main conditions are met. first of all, this kind of partner or i does she does not hurt their core chinese interests and secondly, it always helps when there is an anti—american ring to this. of course, what would have more of an anti—american ring if not the obvious us defeat, retreat, in 2021. this is also about rubbing it in on the training site. so, where you all the fields, the

collective west, we shall prevail because we know how to talk to the afghans. that is also. just a . uickl afghans. that is also. just a quicklyjumping _ afghans. that is also. just a quicklyjumping there, - afghans. that is also. just a i quicklyjumping there, because afghans. that is also. just a - quicklyjumping there, because sadly were running as a time, you laid out the cheney position really clearly, but expense was how delicate pakistan's role in all of this. given its relations in the past with the us. , ., ~ , ., given its relations in the past with the us. , .~ , ., , given its relations in the past with the us. , , ., ,., the us. yes, pakistan is an interesting _ the us. yes, pakistan is an interesting player - the us. yes, pakistan is an interesting player here. - the us. yes, pakistan is an - interesting player here. pakistan, regionally, is looking for these connection but is also china's parts are is interested economically in these links and also security. it is no wonder that the court issue is on china pakistan is always in china's central asia, so there is an economic aspect of this as well. china is trying to reinvigorate the dwindling beds and rode here and thatis dwindling beds and rode here and that is one of the topics during these talks and china's push for

reconstruction. the global development initiative, they are trying to cast themselves as the champions of modernity and pakistan can get behind that.— can get behind that. thank you una aleksandra berzina-cerenkova, - aleksandra berzina—cerenkova, director of the china studies centre at reed ghostwriting university. thank you forjoining us on the programme. a court in new york has been hearing the closing arguments in a civil trial, in which the former us president, donald trump, is accused of raping and later defaming a writer, e jean ca roll. he denies the allegations. ms caroll�*s lawyer, roberta kaplan, said the testimony of her client — as well as two witnesses — had been credible, consistent and powerful. nada tawfik is following the case: the jury will now get the case to begin deliberations on tuesday. it follows, of course, a long day of closing arguments from both sides. ejean carroll's lawyers said that donald trump failed to even show up in court and that the jury should take that as a fact, that he is liable, that he did, in fact, rape ejean carroll.

they say that e jean was consistent and credible on the stand, that they presented 11 other witnesses who all backed up her story, including two friends who she called immediately after the alleged attack and two other women who also accused donald trump of sexually assaulting them. and roberta kaplan, ejean carroll's lawyer, said, just look at donald trump's access hollywood tape. her lawyers called that a confession from donald trump, admitting that that was the way he operated. and they said that to believe donald trump would mean they would have to subscribe to what she called the big lie that everybody was in on this conspiracy to hurt donald trump simply because they didn't like him politically. now, the defence argument is that ejean carroll's entire story is a work of fiction. they say that she is politically motivated, that she wants to sell a book, that she hasn't presented any objective evidence.

and they questioned why she didn't report this to police or speak about this before 2019. ultimately, this is a case that will come down to who the jury believes more. that is the standard of proof in a civil case. who are they likely to believe more ejean carroll or donald trump? south east asia remains in the grip of an extreme heat wave, with a number of countries in the region experiencing sweltering conditions. vietnam thailand, myanmar and bangladesh have all seen extremely high temperatures in recent weeks. matt taylor with more. this has been one of the longest lasting, one of the largest and most extreme heat waves seen across parts of southeast asia. we have seen temperature records shattered across many countries and records been breaking day after day after day. the heat wave has been going for weeks on end. all time temperature records have been broken in a number of countries,

temperatures well above a0 degrees. many of these, of course, will be verified in the weeks ahead. so what is behind this... such an extreme occurrence? well, what we've seen over the last few weeks, if not a couple of months, has been a persisting area of high pressure. high pressure has stopped the rain clouds from forming and that is prolonged the dry season across these regions. the ground drying out with clear skies overhead, sunshine continuing to heat the ground. those temperatures been lifting day by day. high sea temperatures around the coast have also not been helping. and of course, this is all a hallmark of a change in climate. things, though, will change as far as the heat is concerned in the short term. the red colours here, where temperatures significantly above normal to start this week, become more confined towards bangladesh. but building this time across indonesia and malaysia, those hit by the recent heat, though, will see temperatures drop a little bit over the coming days as showers and storms become more prevalent.

you have been watching newsday. stay with us. hello. the weather over the next few days will be such that we could see huge variations in conditions overjust the space of a few miles. yes, a fairly showery outlook it is through the rest of tuesday and into wednesday. some of the showers where we do see them, though, could come with some particularly potent downpours. now, we will have seen some heavy rain through the night across england and wales especially. that will be edging away, still lingering first light, east anglia and the southeast, but a mild enough start for many. some clearer conditions in the west where temperatures are a little bit lower. but some showers will have continued overnight, southern scotland, northern england, and they could still be there through the morning rush hour, some of them on the heavy side. we will then, after seeing some sunny spells develop quite widely, showers get going more widely, like a rash developing across the country. they will be hit or miss, but greater chance of missing them

western half of england and wales through the afternoon, as well as western scotland. so some longer sunny spells here, maybe up to around 18 degrees in the east when the sunshine is out. but it's here where we could see some of those showers become thundery through the afternoon. southern and eastern england especially can be a little bit of hail mixed in and some gusty winds. they will fade, though, quite quickly into the first part of the evening, and then some clear skies through eastern areas overnight, leading to temperatures down to around five or six degrees in rural parts, a little bit fresher than the past couple of nights. but further west, more cloud starts to push its way in and yet more showers. so, it will be in east west split. best of the morning sunshine in eastern areas and the west, some sunny spells, but often lots of cloud, generally more cloud around on wednesday compared with tuesday. and the showers are more widespread, greater chance of seeing some come your way. only a few places will avoid them. temperatures continue to dropjust a little bit, but pleasant enough in between those showers and in some of the sunnier moments. now the area of low pressure responsible for those showers becoming more widespread, drifts a bit further southwards as you go through wednesday night into thursday.

and it's around the centre where the showers are most likely to be. and around the centre is where they will be slow moving. notice how theyjust develop as we go through thursday widely across england, wales, southern scotland, and for part northern ireland. but it's across parts of england and wales where they could be at their worst with some thunder mixed in, and as i said, slow moving. so some large rainfall totals possible, to the north of scotland. whilst it feels cooler here, we will see the best of the drier weather. more dry weather, though, to come for all of us to end the week. feeling a bit warmer, too. maybe some late rain on saturday. take care.

the time has come — president biden meets with congressional leaders in the latest attempt to break the debt ceiling stalemate. co—working after the pandemic —— we'll hear what's the future for we work. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm karishma vaswani. today's the day. a group of congressional leaders are due to meet with us presidentjoe biden later for emergency talks on how to deal with the debt ceiling. it comes as us treasury secretary janet yellen has reportedly been meeting with business leaders to explain the impact a default could have

on us and global economies.