welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi. the headlines. russian authorities say ukrainian sabateurs have crossed into their country and attacked a village. but ukraine says russian fighters did it themselves. britain's former deputy prime minister announces he's to leave parliament at the next general election. expanding america's military footprint in the pacific — the us signs a security pact with papua new guinea. 16 years on, portuguese police are preparing to search a reservoir in connection with the disappearance of british girl, madeleine mccann. and the princess of wales

joins the king and queen at the opening day of the chelsea flower show it's seven in the morning in singapore, and 2am in the russian region bel—go—rod where moscow says it's hunting ukrainian sabateurs who crossed the border and injured eight people. the local governor said one village had been shelled and several people had suffered shrapnel wounds. ukraine has denied having anything to do with the attack and a spokesperson for the ukrainian government has told the bbc it was russian citizens fed up with the russian invasion. our russia editor,

steve rosenberg, reports. we can see kevin mccarthy speaking and he is speaking with us presidentjoe biden about the debt ceiling and let's take a listen.- let's take a listen. only twice. let's take a listen. only twice- in _ let's take a listen. only twice. in 1944 - let's take a listen. only twice. in 1944 and - let's take a listen. only twice. in 1944 and in i let's take a listen. only - twice. in 1944 and in 2000. you are speaking about more money at a higher percentage than any other time. why are we in such a problem? the expenditures, the amount of money government spends. the 50 year average, government normally spends about 21% of gdp. right now, 22 after the democrats took over, there 24% of gdp and the problem is not revenue, the problem is not revenue, the problem is not revenue, the problem is spending. if you want to know where differences have been, so it's been the same place. i simply believe like any house in any business, like any house in any business,

like any house in any business, like any state government, when you're this far out of whack, have to spend less than you spent last year. that is what we talk about that, going five months ago. and grow the economy, pull back money that hasn't been spent by covid—19 funds that have sat there for two years, who thinks you should do that? save the taxpayer money, grow the economy by cutting red tape and letting us build things again in america. and another thing is, how can we get people back into the workforce? we're only talking about and work requirements, people who have no dependents. should be borrow money from china to pay people who are able—bodied with no dependents to sit on the couch? i don't think so. we found in every study that takes people of poverty rolls and puts them into jobs and gives them a sense of worth and they're able to buy a house and send their kids to college. it is a very powerful american incentive. to

prepare for the potential, pe0ple _ prepare for the potential, people are worried about their jobs. _ people are worried about their jobs, their savings and so forth, _ jobs, their savings and so forth, americans need to get ready— forth, americans need to get ready for— forth, americans need to get ready for that?— forth, americans need to get ready for that? no, because the republicans _ ready for that? no, because the republicans have _ ready for that? no, because the republicans have passed - ready for that? no, because the republicans have passed a - ready for that? no, because the republicans have passed a bill l republicans have passed a bill to raise the debt ceiling joists of the ability to move that. ., ., , ., joists of the ability to move that. ., ., i. ,. , that. how would you describe the tone of— that. how would you describe the tone of the _ that. how would you describe the tone of the conversation l the tone of the conversation today— the tone of the conversation today between _ the tone of the conversation today between you - the tone of the conversation today between you and - the tone of the conversation today between you and the i today between you and the president— today between you and the president was— today between you and the president was delighting i today between you and the i president was delighting the tone — president was delighting the tone was_ president was delighting the tone was better— president was delighting the tone was better than - president was delighting the tone was better than any - president was delighting the . tone was better than any other time _ tone was better than any other time we — tone was better than any other time we a _ tone was better than any other time we a discussion. - tone was better than any other time we a discussion. tind- time we a discussion. and talkin: time we a discussion. and talking about _ time we a discussion. and talking about this - time we a discussion. and talking about this as - time we a discussion.- talking about this as well, i felt it was productive because look, we both know, we've walked through this for a long time, where differences are, we're explaining the give—and—ta ke we're explaining the give—and—take of what we think would be best for moving the country forward. we still have some philosophical differences. but i felt it was productive in that manner in the manner in which he produced and i think we are able to focus on the

areas that are different. and i think the meetings you have had professional, productive as well. ~ ., ., professional, productive as well. . ., ., , professional, productive as well. ~ . . . , ., well. we had a variety of meetings _ well. we had a variety of meetings at _ well. we had a variety of meetings at our - well. we had a variety of meetings at our level - well. we had a variety of meetings at our level for well. we had a variety of- meetings at our level for the past — meetings at our level for the past since wednesday or tuesday this past— past since wednesday or tuesday this past week and much longer to get— this past week and much longer to get that ready, effective meetings, with the difficult meetings, with the difficult meetings in this meeting was productive. and as the negotiating team, the details we need to get to the package that came to pass congress. at the age _ that came to pass congress. at the age the president or their views— the age the president or their views directly with one another, no acrimony but it was productive — another, no acrimony but it was productive it was a meaningful discussion and helpful to us getting _ discussion and helpful to us getting a construct in protecting everyone's equities. are you — protecting everyone's equities. are you confident that you can -et are you confident that you can get enough time left to prevent americans from feeling the

economic downturn. | americans from feeling the economic downturn. i never wanted to — economic downturn. i never wanted to be _ economic downturn. i never wanted to be here. - economic downturn. i never wanted to be here. i- economic downturn. i never wanted to be here. i do - economic downturn. i never wanted to be here. i do not| wanted to be here. i do not like the idea that you governed by chaos, you governed by a deadline. so come our way back injanuary. tote deadline. so come our way back in january-— in january. we have been hearing _ in january. we have been hearing from _ in january. we have been hearing from kevin - in january. we have been . hearing from kevin mccarthy outside the white house and he has been holding talks with presidentjoe biden and he said that the united states has to spend less and said he doesn't want to talk about raising revenues, covid—19 spending and so on, but in short, they have yet to reach that agreement to raise the debt ceiling which means, we have been hearing from secretary saying that the 1st ofjune is a hard deadline and if it's running out of money to pay its bills. so, thatis money to pay its bills. so, that is something that they both want to avoid never less than two weeks to reach that deal but they continue

discussing mr mccarthy was saying was a productive discussion but they have yet to reach the deal. we will have a lot more on that story on asia business report later. so, do join us for that as well. let's go back to the story about the war in ukraine. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. smoke in the distance. the first hint of the drama ahead. russia said saboteurs had forced their way from ukraine into russian territory. the bbc has located this video to a border checkpoint south of belgorod. it appears to show military vehicles having crossed over. ukraine denied responsibility. it said russian citizens from two paramilitary groups were behind the attack. the russian army sent in reinforcements. local residents couldn't believe what was happening. the local governor, vyacheslav gladkov, announced

a counterterrorist operation. he said he would take special measures and impose temporary restrictions. tonight, russian tv claimed the ukrainian army was behind the incursion. it said civilians had been wounded and people were being evacuated. in recent months, this part of russia has felt increasingly like a warzone. with a series of explosions in belgorod — suspected ukrainian drone attacks — forcing people here to take cover. attacks on russian territory are putting the kremlin under pressure. one of the kremlin's justifications for launching the so—called special military operation was national security — making people here feel more secure. but before russia's war in ukraine, life in belgorod

region and in other russian regions close to the ukrainian border was calm and peaceful. there were no explosions, no sabotage groups breaking through. it very much looks as if the full—scale invasion of ukraine has had the opposite effect. for now, though, there is no sign of those in power in russia changing direction. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. in ukraine, satellite images such as this have revealed the extent of defences being built by russia in the areas they currently occupy in the east of the country — in preparation for an expected ukrainian counter offensive. those images have been analysed by bbc verify. it's a new service bringing together 60 journalists with a range of forensic and investigative skills, to fact—check data and help explain complex stories — as well as counter disinformation. our analysis editor

ros atkins has more. ukraine's expected to launch a counteroffensive soon and here at bbc verify we've been looking at how russia is bolstering its defences. here's the front line with territory controlled by russia marked in red. we've also highlighted bakhmut, the city has hosted some of the fiercest fighting of the war. and we know that around the city both sides have been using trenches. this is a ukrainian soldier. we also know that trenches are a crucial part of russia's effort to fortify the entire front line. that process has been documented by the open source analyst brady africk. all of these black dots here mark new russian fortifications. let's focus on a couple of locations.

first of all, tokmak. it's a small city, but it's strategically important. you can see it at the bottom of this satellite image. further north would be where the ukrainian positions are. and look what the russians have done. they've built one new defensive line, a second one behind it, and then a third one around the city. we also know that in ukrainian media there are reports that civilians are being removed from tokmak in order that the russians can further fortify it. and to understand all of these fortifications, looking at these types of satellite images is also used. here, furthest from the front line, you have artillery positions. then the trench network for the soldiers to use. then what are called dragon's teeth. these are concrete obstacles the russians are using in the hope of stopping ukrainian tanks. tanks are also the focus of these enormous ditches, produced by these digging vehicles. and if we go back to this satellite image you can see

the first line of defence is an anti—tank ditch. so that's one location. this is a second one that bbc verify has looked at. on the peninsular of crimea, which was annexed by russia in 2014. this picture shows us a beach on the west coast of crimea. you can again see dragon's teeth. this time running alongside the shore of the black sea. further north on the beach is a bunker. running through it is this trench. bbc verify has measured it at around 15 miles, running along the coast. also note these piles of wood. they are being used by the russians to reinforce the trenches that they are digging. i'd also highlight this. a fortification of this nature could be used by a tank or an armoured vehicle should it want to face the sea. now, we should emphasise that we don't know if ukraine has the capacity to attack crimea from the sea but this is what russia has put in place. what we can be more certain of, though, is the resources that russia has committed to fortifying all along the front line. and now it waits to see if ukraine attacks. in the uk, the former deputy prime minister — dominic raab — says he will stand down as an mp at the next general election. the former justice secretary has confirmed he will not seek re—election. he resigned as deputy prime minister last month

following an investigation into claims of alleged bullying. well, our political correspondentjonathan blake told me that this doesn't come as a huge surprise. it is not a huge surprise, this announcement. dominic raab is held some of the biggestjobs in government. he has served as foreign secretary and the deputy prime minister to boris johnson and stood in for the then prime minister when mr johnson was being treated in intensive care for covid—19. he had returned to government after being resigned against brexit secretary under theresa may in protest of her approach to getting a deal with the european union. more recently, having played a key part in rishi sunak�*s bid to leave the conservative party and take over as prime minister from this trust, he was awarded with the job ofjustice secretary the job of justice secretary and the job ofjustice secretary and once again for filling the role as deputy prime minister but there were several complaints of bullying made

against in an investigation by an independent senior lawyer upheld two of those complaints and his subsequently resigned. although he did criticise the finding saying that the threshold for bullying had been set too low and it's a dangerous precedent. since then, for the last few weeks, he has been a backbench conservative mp but now, we learned that he will not seek reelection for his seat in walton, surrey and the south of england which was formally a safe seat for the conservatives but at the last election, his majority was fewer than 3000 votes in pit is high on the list of targets of the liberal democrats looking to unseat conservatives. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

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that a fire in a school dormitory that killed 19 children — may have been started "maliciously". the blaze tore through the building in the central town of mahdi as more than fifty students slept. some of the survivors have been flown to an emergency centre in georgetown. guyana's president has described the disaster as painful and horrible. the united states has signed a new security pact with papua new guinea as itjostles with china for influence in the pacific region. us secretary of state antony blinken was representing president biden who's cut short his trip to the region for talks with republicans over the us debt ceiling. the deal gives american forces access to the island nation's airfields and ports, and would see cooperation between both countries forces. in response to a reporter's question on china, secretary blinken said the deal between the us and papua new guinea wasn't about any third country.

it had a basic arrangement going back to 1975 and so, this is simply updating and modernising what is been a long—standing agreement between our countries just to make sure that we can work together as effectively as possible. lake earlier, i spoke to stewart firth, a research fellow at the coral bell school of asia pacific affairs. he told me that despite mr blinken's assertions, this deal was all about china. it's about intensifying china, us competition in the us which has been a feature in the relations in that area now for years. relations in that area now for ears. �* . , relations in that area now for ears. ~ . , ., years. and recently china si . ned years. and recently china signed an _ years. and recently china signed an agreement - years. and recently china | signed an agreement with years. and recently china - signed an agreement with the solomon islands and security and australia has stepped up as and australia has stepped up as a security spending to pacific island countries and is this somewhat a proxy game between the us and allies in china

than? ~ , , the us and allies in china than? ~ , the us and allies in china than? absolutely. last year, the former— than? absolutely. last year, the former chinese - than? absolutely. last year, the former chinese foreign i the former chinese foreign minister personally visited seven pacific island countries attempting to obtain regionwide comprehensive security and he did not succeed but in a way, commented p&g, the american response to that. and gas minerals. response to that. and gas minerals-— response to that. and gas minerals. ~ ., , minerals. what is the wider economic— minerals. what is the wider economic and _ minerals. what is the wider economic and strategic - minerals. what is the wider - economic and strategic interest by the us in china?— economic and strategic interest by the us in china? while china has been economically - by the us in china? while china has been economically and - has been economically and commercially active increasingly in the pacific since 2006 but it's really only in the last few years but it has begun to demonstrate a

clear strategic and military interest in the agreement with the solomon islands last year. and that agreement, that security agreement, we don't really know the text of it but some observers who could enable them to enable a base in the future, that was the signal in which they are creating these reactions. which they are creating these reactions-— reactions. speaking to me a little earlier. _ police investigating the disappearance of the missing british toddler madeleine mccann are expected to begin searching a reservoir in portugal. the site's around 50 kilometres from the apartment where madeleine was last seen sixteen years ago while on holiday with herfamily. ellie price reports on the latest developments. 16 years after madeleine mccann disappeared, a new hunt for answers. local media reported this area, near silves, was sealed off ahead of the search that's expected to start

tomorrow morning. it will be the first major search in this case since 2014. madeleine mccann disappeared days before her fourth birthday. despite her case being one of the most high—profile missing person cases ever, no one has been charged in connection with her disappearance. her parents, kate and gerry, have always maintained hope of finding their daughter. but german police, who are leading the investigation, are treating it as a murder inquiry. this man is their prime suspect. christian brueckner is currently serving seven years in prison for the rape of a woman in the same area of portugal in 2005. he has never been charged over the disappearance of madeleine mccann and has denied any involvement but lived near the resort and the german state prosecutor said there was growing evidence connecting him to the case including mobile phone records. madeleine mccann vanished from her room at the ocean club in praia da luz on the 3rd of may, 2007, as her parents were in a restaurant 100 yards away.

despite months of extensive searching, no trace was found. in 2008, a private search of the reservoir funded by a portuguese lawyer... found nothing of relevance to the case. it is here that police will search again tomorrow. the surrounding area of the arade dam is around 50 kilometres away from where the family was staying. the last significant search in this inquiry was nine years ago, and was led by british police as part of an investigation that cost more than £10 million. madeleine mccann would have been 20 this month. the search for the little girl who disappeared 16 years ago continues. ellie price, bbc news. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is in portugal and gave us this update in the last hour. the german prosecutors leading this investigation have informally confirmed they are starting the search tomorrow but the portuguese police have been the prosecutor says their

policing statement in the morning and british police also will be there observing the surge over the next day to the equipment that you can already see that suggest this could be quite extensive operation at least a day or two. the german suspect that this investigation will be living a transient lifestyle 16 years ago but he is coming towards the end of his current prison sentence and it's a bit of a race against time, this investigation, to bring charges before his release from prison among the evidence already been discussed that the police talked about a phone he was using and receiving a phone calljust about an hour before madeleine disappeared and german median portuguese media are saying he was a regular at the area where the search is taking place in describing it as his little paradise. but it is worth remembering that the last time this was searched back in 2008,

divers set the visibility was very poor were essentially searching by touch. that was our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford in portugal. junior doctors in england have announced a new 72—hour walkout injune after the latest round of government pay talks broke down. the strike will take place from wednesdayjune14th until saturday the 17th. the british medical association union, which represents doctors and medical students in the uk, said the government's offer of a 5% increase was "simply not credible" the world famous chelsea flower show is underway in london. earlier today, king charles attended the show with queen camilla. he visited a number of gardens — including one in tribute to his late mother. daniela relph has more. a first visit to chelsea as king for this keen gardener. it was one of his mother's favourite places to visit during her reign.

today, along with queen camilla, they took on her legacy here. hi, everyone. earlier it was the turn of the princess of wales. she hosted a picnic with schoolchildren, and told them about prince louis's early gardening efforts. louis is growing broad beans. he's growing broad beans at school. it was then a princess as show guide, taking some of the children around chelsea. having them here was her idea, and likely to become a regular event. i was really excited and i couldn't wait to meet the princess. she was talking about bugs and plants and she was talking about nature. she was telling me what habitats are in there, and how they dig that speed. the spectacle of chelsea was on full display, with the gardens ready forjudging and plenty of celebrities looking for tips. i'm a keen but hopeless

gardener and i come here to get inspiration and flashes of complete beauty. i'm just gathering ideas, you know? you see something and you think, "i must have that in the garden." this year chelsea has broadened the type of gardens on display and widened the range of exhibitors here. but today, a wedding has been the star of the show. on the garden he created, designer manoj malde married his partner, clive gillmor. ..united in marriage, and so congratulations. if you wish, you may kiss the groom. the garden of unity has been designed as a garden for everyone — whoever you are, whatever you're from. look at me. i'm here creating gardens. we've had a gay marriage here. it's a wonderful place to be. every garden needs to have a life beyond chelsea. after this week's show, many will be moved to schools, hospitals and community spaces. daniella relph, bbc news, chelsea flower show.

that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello. our spell of fairly settled late spring weather is set to continue for another few days. yet so high pressure in charge and through the next couple of days then things looking largely dry and fine spells of sunshine around the sunshine really quite strong at this time of year. we did have largely clear skies in norfolk as the sun set had a bit more cloud elsewhere during monday evening. but as we head through into the early hours of tuesday, here's the high pressure in the atlantic that's pushing its way in just a couple of fronts at times, just pushing around the north of that area of high pressure. so there is a bit more cloud. we've got a warm front bringing more cloud to northern ireland through tuesday morning, some early brightness for the east of scotland, but it will cloud over through the day few splashes of light rain in the far north. for england and wales things are looking mostly dry with some sunshine.

but as the cloud bubbles up, just produce a rogue shower here and there, perhaps through parts of wales, the midlands, east england temperatures 19 or 20 degrees in the warmest spots, but a bit cooler around the east coast and under the cloud further north. but where you do see the sunshine come through moderate to high levels of uva. so certainly another day for this sun cream with that strong sunshine breaking through tuesday evening, any rogue showers fading away so it's looking dry and settled once again, another very weak front or the remnants of an old front here, just bringing more cloud across the far northwest as we head into the early hours of wednesday. but again, most places looking frost free with temperatures generally about five to ten degrees, could be a little bit lower than that where you do keep the clear skies. wednesday brings us another dry day with light winds. it'll probably be a little bit warmer compared to tuesday because we've got a bit of a different air mass, bit of a change in direction, wind direction under the cloudier skies in the north, 17 or 18 degrees, but further south would likely see 21, possibly 22 degrees through the middle part

of the week, moving into the latter part of the week. then another couple of very weak fronts moving to the north of that high pressure. but as we move into friday, it sits right across the uk. so for thursday then another largely dry day, bit of cloud around here and there, fairly light winds and you'll probably notice those temperatures just starting to creep up by degree or so. so, across scotland and northern ireland, 18, possibly 19 degrees, england and wales, we're looking at 20 to 23 inland, but a little bit cooler close to the coast. and it looks like the fine settled weather continues through the end of the week into the bank holiday weekend weekend and temperatures are going to be on the up. bye— bye.

the top us republican says productive but no agreement has been reached just yet. —— debt ceiling talks. and a new movie spurs the creation of tetris. we speak to the man who created it. hi, welcome to asia business report. our top story this morning, top us congressional republican kevin mccarthy said the meeting with presidentjoe biden over the

debt ceiling was productive but that no agreement