�*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 militaryfactions 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 louisjoin 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 seven in the morning in singapore, and mid—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. british foreign secretary james cleverly will meet the us secretary of state antony blinken and leading figures in washington to discuss the us and uk's long—term commitment to ukraine. 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 canjust 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. in 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 breast—feed, 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 family joined 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't just 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. 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 us—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. indeed, i mean, on one hand it would seem that china is not historically a fan of the taliban, right? it's the contradiction with their policy and value systems with the so called three evils that china has been combating, which is terrorism, extremism, separatism. so it would appear that they

are not natural allies here. but, of course, they have been there since august 2021 and china understands that. china 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 ideology 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 chinese side. so, where you all the failed, the collective west, we shall prevail because we know how to talk to the afghans. that is also...

just to quicklyjump in there, because sadly were running out of time, you laid out the chinese position really clearly, but explain how delicate pakistan's role in all of this. given its relations in the past with the us. yes, pakistan is an interesting player here. pakistan, regionally, is looking for these connection but is also pakistan as china's partner is interested economically in these links and also in security. it is no wonder that the coordination on the afghan issue is on china—pakistan, there's always china's central asia agendas, so there is an economic aspect of this as well. china is trying to reinvigorate the dwindling belt and road 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 alternative modernity and pakistan can get

behind that. a jury of six men and three women will begin deliberating tuesday in the civil trial of the former us president donald trump. he is accused of raping and later defaming a writer, ejean carroll. mr trump hasn't attended the trial and has consistently denied the allegations. on monday, the court heard closing arguments. 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: 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 recorded its highest ever temperature over the weekend — reaching just over 44 degrees in the north of the country. thailand and myanmar have all seen extremely high temperatures in recent weeks. here's 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. to explain what is happening and what can be done — i am joined in the studio by professor benjamin horton who is the director of the earth observatory of singapore.

wonderful to get you on the programme professor, i don't know how much you were able to listen to what my colleague was saying there but vietnam and other parts of the region seen super high temperatures. why is wall of this happening? it’s a wall of this happening? it's a simle wall of this happening? it's a simple case _ wall of this happening? it's a simple case of _ wall of this happening? it's a simple case of arithmetic. i wall of this happening? it's a l simple case of arithmetic. you have to know that for any individual country or location, what are the warmest times of the year, what is happening with natural climate variability and what is the state of climate change? for southeast asia, the warmest times in the year, which is the inter one soon., are found between april, may and june. then when we think about natural climate variability, here in southeast asia we are controlled by the el nino, southern oscillation. it has two phases. a la nina which causes relatively cool and wet conditions in south east asia,

and el nino which is warm and dry. recently, in the last three years, we have been in a la nina phase and now we are trash and shooting to el nino. finally, we have climate change. globally, temperatures have grown up around 1 degrees celsius for some in vietnam over the last 30 years they have gone up around 2 degrees. it sounds like what you're saying it is going to get even hotter. that temperatures will rise even further, given that we are just starting to enter this and nino phase, is that right? this and nino phase, is that riuht? ~ ~ ., ., right? when we think about and nino, the last _ right? when we think about and nino, the last three _ right? when we think about and nino, the last three years - right? when we think about and nino, the last three years have | nino, the last three years have beenin nino, the last three years have been in the la nina phase, and that has been suppressing the impacts of climate change and cause in wet weather. we have seen that here in singapore. now, we're transitioning to el nino, we are not enough full—blown el nino estate, the errors around an 80% probability that towards the end of the year, we would in an

el be nino stop i would project that's are in sometime this time next year, april or may of 20 to 24, time next year, april or may of 20 to 2a, he was of increasing effects of climate change and have an el nino and will have the warmest weather of the air. what does that look like? we already seen record temperature in places like vietnam, thailand, miramar, i mean, temperatures will continue to rise? ., . ., , temperatures will continue to rise? ., , rise? how high can they get? when records _ rise? how high can they get? when records are _ rise? how high can they get? when records are broken - rise? how high can they get? i when records are broken there's always a surprise. perhaps not to climate scientists. we have been projecting, since the 19905, that if we did nothing about our greenhouse gases, we would have these extremes in weather. extreme rainfall, causing landslides, extreme in heat causing drought. we have to be more prepared and resilience. these extremes we are experiencing now, in the coming years will become the new normal.— coming years will become the new normal. ~ ., ., , ., ., new normal. what does that mean

be prepared _ new normal. what does that mean be prepared and — new normal. what does that mean be prepared and more _ new normal. what does that mean be prepared and more resilient? i be prepared and more resilient? we talk a lot about climate change on this programme but how do you prepare for something like this? the first asect is something like this? the first aspect is knowledge. - something like this? the first. aspect is knowledge. knowledge is power, you know what to do. have any knowledge that in april and may, when we are in an el nino estate in southeast asia, you can expect very warm temperatures. you have to think about your daily life. making sure you have enough drinking water, making sure you have if you a cool place to escape the hottest parts of the date in the mid—afternoon. making sure that you keep care of the elderly and the young. try to keep people safe so that you can continue to enjoy your life early in the morning, or late in evening-— in evening. excellent advice there first _ in evening. excellent advice there first michael, - in evening. excellent advice i there first michael, professor and director of the observatory of singapore. thank you for joining us on the programme with your thoughts and that brings us to the end of the at this hour. thank you for joining me. for now do stay

with us for the latest global headlines and analyses. hello. the weather over the next few days will be such that we could see huge variations in conditions over just 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 drop just 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 effort 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