tensions between the us and beijing have dominated the event, but hopes that the two sides will meet have faded. the us defense secretary has called for talks between the washington and beijing after his chinese counterpart refused a meeting at asia's largest security summit. speaking at the shangri la dialogue in singapore, lloyd austin said a conflict over taiwan was neither imminent nor inevitable, but he criticised beijing for what he called �*reckless�* actions in the waters around the disputed island. he briefly shook hands with his chinese counterpart, general li shang—fu, on the sidelines of the summit, but beijing rejected direct talks between the two because general li is currently under us sanctions. general austin said that wasn't enough to ensure peace. a cordial handshake over dinner is no substitute for a substantive engagement. the

more that we talk the more we can avoid a misunderstanding and miscalculations that could lead the crisis or conflict. i am deeply concerned that the prc has been unwilling to engage more seriously with better mechanisms for crisis management between our two militaries. but i hope that will change, and soon. general li has been speaking today at the summit and touched on the issue of china's relationship with taiwan. take a listen. translation: we will strive for the prospect of peacefully reunification with most sincerity and greatest efforts, but we make no promise to announce the use of force. if anyone there is to separate strive to make taiwan from china the chinese military will not hesitate for a second. we will fear no opponents and

resolutely safeguard our territory regardless of any cost. live now to our correspondent monica miller in singapore — we just heard a bit of that speech and some strong comments on taiwan. monica, general li has delivered a speech as a riposte to lloyd austin. certainly he took aim at the united states but he may have only called the us by its name once, referring it to it as a mutual respect or the lack of commerce are right now i'm going to bring in a senior fellow at the centre for international security and strategy at the university. thank you both forjoining us on the programme. i want to find out what was the key takeaway for you from this speech? 3 takeaway for you from this seech? �* ., ., , speech? a lot of things were mentioned — speech? a lot of things were mentioned which _ speech? a lot of things were mentioned which were - speech? a lot of things were mentioned which were not . mentioned which were not surprising for chinese like me,

and the — surprising for chinese like me, and the out toner as opposed to yunnan. — and the out toner as opposed to yunnan, and of course he talks about — yunnan, and of course he talks about time _ yunnan, and of course he talks about time when these independence but i find it most interesting that the actually quoted _ interesting that the actually quoted what xi jinping talked about— quoted what xi jinping talked about last october, that china has a — about last october, that china has a maximum sincerity and will do — has a maximum sincerity and will do its _ has a maximum sincerity and will do its utmost for peaceful reunification. this actually strikes _ reunification. this actually strikes a _ reunification. this actually strikes a chord, with what i have — strikes a chord, with what i have heard during secretary austin's _ have heard during secretary austin's speech and the australian prime minister's speech— australian prime minister's speech when they say that conflict _ speech when they say that conflict is not inevitable. by stressing the utmost sincerity and utmost efforts i believe the conclusion saying that china _ the conclusion saying that china is— the conclusion saying that china is still patient with this— china is still patient with this issue and china word strive _ this issue and china word strive for— this issue and china word strive for peaceful reunification.- strive for peaceful reunification. . ., , reunification. he had a very stron: reunification. he had a very strong message _ reunification. he had a very strong message that - reunification. he had a very strong message that if - reunification. he had a very strong message that if they reunification. he had a very i strong message that if they do toe that line, that they will enact and will defend what they considered to be an internal

issue. . �* , considered to be an internal issue. . �*, ., , , issue. that's absolutely the case, because _ issue. that's absolutely the case, because china - issue. that's absolutely the case, because china has . issue. that's absolutely the case, because china has to| issue. that's absolutely the i case, because china has to be well— case, because china has to be well prepared for the worst scenario— well prepared for the worst scenario but having said that the use _ scenario but having said that the use of force is only the last— the use of force is only the last resort which i hope will never— last resort which i hope will never happen, so this up to now is still— never happen, so this up to now is still possible. why never happen, so this up to now is still possible.— is still possible. why did the chinese decide _ is still possible. why did the chinese decide not - is still possible. why did the chinese decide not to - is still possible. why did the chinese decide not to sit - is still possible. why did the l chinese decide not to sit down with the us? that's the one thing they seem to agree on, they need to have a dialogue but why did they decide not to take this opportunity and meet with the us? the take this opportunity and meet with the us?— with the us? the defence minister— with the us? the defence minister himself - with the us? the defence minister himself has - with the us? the defence | minister himself has been sanctioned. that is very bizarre _ sanctioned. that is very bizarre and very much ironic, the _ bizarre and very much ironic, the united _ bizarre and very much ironic, the united states was having sanctions on russian companies themselves and china buys arms from _ themselves and china buys arms from this— themselves and china buys arms from this company, but that company, according to the us was found meddling with american election in 2000 and 16, so— american election in 2000 and 16, so this _ american election in 2000 and 16, so this kind of sanction on the head _ 16, so this kind of sanction on the head of the chinese arm department, that was a secondary sanction, so the

question— secondary sanction, so the question is, because china has nothing — question is, because china has nothing to— question is, because china has nothing to do with anything illegal, _ nothing to do with anything illegal, this country has been going — illegal, this country has been going on— illegal, this country has been going on from since 1990 and why should america leave that sanctioning? if it is there, how— sanctioning? if it is there, how can _ sanctioning? if it is there, how can we talk and this sanctioning is very much consequential, because the defence _ consequential, because the defence minister will be using his position for the next five years. — his position for the next five years, just imagine, five years without — years, just imagine, five years without the sanctions, he cannot _ without the sanctions, he cannot go to the united states, and he — cannot go to the united states, and he cannot invite austin to come — and he cannot invite austin to come because how can austin corne — come because how can austin come because how can austin come because he has to be invited, _ come because he has to be invited, and then, i think minister— invited, and then, i think minister lee is a man that talk rnost _ minister lee is a man that talk most on — minister lee is a man that talk most on this hotline, but how could — most on this hotline, but how could they talk to each other? this— could they talk to each other? this would be very very difficult, and this action should _ difficult, and this action should not be very difficult for the _ should not be very difficult for the united states, because this sanction is an executive order, — this sanction is an executive order, that means the biden

administration can actually is not a — administration can actually is not a big _ administration can actually is not a big issue.— administration can actually is not a big issue. before we go, do ou not a big issue. before we go, do you think — not a big issue. before we go, do you think we _ not a big issue. before we go, do you think we are _ not a big issue. before we go, do you think we are walking i do you think we are walking away with things being more tense or do you think that maybe at the end of all of this we will see a thaw in this relationship?— relationship? during his speech. _ relationship? during his speech. he _ relationship? during his speech, he did - relationship? during his speech, he did not - relationship? during his - speech, he did not mention the united — speech, he did not mention the united states directly, he just mention— united states directly, he just mention some countries, so generally— mention some countries, so generally speaking, the tone, i believe — generally speaking, the tone, i believe is — generally speaking, the tone, i believe is moderate, and he even — believe is moderate, and he even ruled out the allegations that we — even ruled out the allegations that we do not have contact, but we — that we do not have contact, but we still have contacts, there _ but we still have contacts, there are some other channels i believe — there are some other channels i believe there is a possibility, talking — believe there is a possibility, talking to each other is still possible at certain levels but this type of sanctioning must be lifted. . ~ this type of sanctioning must be lifted. ., ,, , ., , this type of sanctioning must be lifted. ., ,, y., , . be lifted. thank you very much for live demo _ be lifted. thank you very much for live demo joining _ be lifted. thank you very much for live demo joining us, - for live demojoining us, seniorfellow for for live demojoining us, senior fellow for international security and strategy. back to

you. monica miller there in singapore, thank you both very much. turning now to india, where rescue efforts have now ended after the county's worst rail crash this century. 288 people are now known to have died and more than a thousand have been injured. the incident took place in the eastern state of odisha, and it's thought some 2,000 passengers were on board the two passenger trains involved. our south asia correspondent has visited a hospital where some of the victims are being sent. every 30 minutes, an ambulance like this comes into this hospital here in cuttack, which is the state's biggest hospital, ferrying in critically injured passengers from the accident site. this is still three hours' drive from the accident site where last night three trains, two passenger trains and a goods train were involved in a crash that led to more than 1,000 passengers being injured and many hundreds and dozens dying.

we are told since last night, nearly about 200 critically injured passengers have been brought into this hospital. this site here is one of despair, distress and of chaos. there are people here looking for their family members, some of them distressed, not knowing the conditions of those who are already here. this is one of the deadliest train accidents that india has seen in decades. and the numbers are only on the rise, both on the casualty side and of those injured. and a lot of questions that the government and the central ministry will have to answer. indian prime minister narendra modi visited the scene and a local hospital and met some of the victims. here's what he had to say. translation: this i incident is very serious for the government. orders for carrying out a thorough investigation have been given, and whoever is found guilty will get the strictest punishment. that person will not be spared.

there are varying accounts of how this train crash happened, including questions about which train derailed first. the exact sequence of events is still under investigation but bbc teams have been trying to piece it together. we know the accident involved three trains. the coromandel express, seen here in red, was heading south to chennai. the howrah superfast express, which is in blue, was heading north. there was also a stationary goods train which you can see here in grey. there are varying accounts of which train derailed first. but a railway spokesperson said it was the coromandel express. it somehow ended up on a loop line and hit the goods train. the derailed carriages — which you can see in red here — then collided with the howrah superfast express which was travelling along a different line. some of the superfast express carriages, which you can see in blue, are also then derailed. the government has said in total 17 coaches from the two passenger trains were derailed

and severely damaged. and earlier today, one of the rescuers shared a harrowing account of what he saw at the crash site. just a warning, some viewers may find the details upsetting. there was a small child amongst them whose parents were killed. he was crying and eventually died. many people were there asking desperately for water. i offered water to each and every one of them. lots of people including women from my village came out to help. there were many injured people at the accident site. we successfully rescued many of them and escorted them to the bus stop. they expressed immense gratitude towards us, referring to our aid as a godsend. witnessing the scene of the accident caused my mind to go numb. i was completely covered all over in blood. to hong kong now where several rights activists

have been detained by the police on the eve of the thirty—fourth anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre in beijing. the activists were stopped near a key location where vigils used to be held for the pro—democracy protesters who were killed by the military in 1989. such vigils have now been banned after china imposed a national security law on the territory. the artist sanmu chen, who had been chanting "don't forgetjune 4th", was amongst those put into police vans after peacefully walking in the neighbourhood where thousands once gathered annually for a tiananmen memorial. just a short while ago i spoke with zjho fungsuo, former student leader of the 1989 tiananmen square protest, who showed us the scene from today's protests in tokyo. just to begin with, can you tell us what's going on where you are? here i am injapan at the chinese embassy.

we are here protesting. so with me we have about 30 people. we are just standing together, and there are police. you can see a lot of people around us. that's the other side. this is the 34th anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre. for me, it is always a wish, because this is one of the closest places to beijing that i can commemorate. and what kind of reaction have you been getting there? we can see some of the authorities on the other side of the road. what kind of reaction have you been getting from them? they are trying to be helpful. injapan there is order, they're trying to facilitate our event. and when you hear that people in hong kong have been detained while trying to keep the legacy of the tiananmen massacre alive, what is your

reaction to that? well, watching the video of people walking around hong kong streets, chanting don't be afraid, hong kong people, tomorrow is june four. there are always brave people who remember to challenge the leadership. this commemoration of tiananmen square. that is the last battle ground. that is why a lot of people are doing so much. for me, especially the arrest of the law student at chinese university in hong kong. she was arrested because she took this during the fourth commemoration banner actually, like this banner here.

and can i ask you... yeah, from e. you mention some of the things people are trying to do even covertly to keep the memory of this event alive, just tell us about some of the things people have been trying to do to keep the memory of this alive. yeah, so over the world, this year, this banner that originally was the sculpture that is in the hong kong university for about 20 more years before it was taken away as evidence of subversion. this time it will be displayed in over a0 places over the world. we have displayed it

in new york times square, golden gate bridge, and back in tokyo as well. that's why people in hong kong are wanted. this woman, she took one from me, and now she is arrested for possession of this banner. and what have chinese authorities been doing to try and suppress these protests, to try and suppress any kind of memorial of the tiananmen square massacre? there are millions of people mobilising and they're

spending billions of money to resist, not not only in china, in beijing. a chinese national was arrested in laos by chinese police, two lao shi and police in laos, and he disappeared. but we are seeing a lot of people challenging it. today there is one video about a woman displaying this american flag, and throwing the flyers in declaration of independence when she was arrested, and she actually made a great statement basically, saying that we are human, we need to embrace freedom of democracy, we want to make china a place where we want to stay. we are decades on from those tiananmen square protests. has any progress been made on what you were calling for back then?

well, i think we are continuing the fight. we are definitely seeing a pick—up in the participation of young people from all over the world. last year, there was a record numberfor example in the uk, in toronto, in new york city, and this year we are seeing more participation, from the chinese students, after the 84 white paper movement. in particular, we successfully started a tiananmen square museum in new york city, it officially opened on the 2nd ofjune yesterday, with overwhelming visitors. former student leader of the 1989 tiananmen square protest, speaking to us there from tokyo. thank you so much for your time. thank you for having me. officials in the ukrainian city

of dnipro say an explosion has destroyed a residential building, injuring at least 13 people, including three children. —— at least 20 people, including 5 children. there are reports the explosion was caused by a missile although the military has not confirmed this. footage from the scene shows rescue workers digging through smouldering wreckage in the dark. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, said on social media that russia had attacked, hitting buildings, and that residents had been trapped in the rubble. let's take a look at some other stories around the world. after months of debate, the political saga over the us debt ceiling has ended with the stroke of a pen. on saturday, presidentjoe biden signed a bill that suspends the debt limit for two years and cuts back on some federal spending. it comes just days before the deadline ofjune 5, avoiding a potential catastrophic default. three israeli soldiers have been killed in two separate incidents, near the country's southern border with egypt. the israeli military said an egyptian policeman was responsible and that he'd been shot dead. egypt's military said the officer had crossed a checkpoint while chasing

drug traffickers. there have been reports of orcas targeting boats off the coast of gibraltar. this video was taken by a man who was in a small boat when a pod approached — we can see here the orcas appeared to work together to try to ram the vessel. although more commonly known as killer whales, orcas are part of the dolphin family — and can weigh up to six tonnes. over 30 protestors have been arrested at the epsom derby in england. police say that includes 19 people who were arrested before the horse race, in connection with plans to disrupt it. and one protestor ran onto the track as the derby got under way. our correspondent charlotte gallagher was there and followed the days events. great to see you. like the outfits. thanks for coming. enjoy the derby! the sun was out and so were the crowds... ..and then those who weren't there to have fun. an extra £150,000 was spent

on security for this event. today wasn't just about runners and riders. it was about protest, too. organizers were so fearful there could be large scale disruption from animal rights activists they were granted an injunction to try to stop them entering the racecourse. even men wearing top hats were searched as they entered to make sure nothing was being hidden underneath them. but this protester did make it onto the track and was tackled to the ground as the epsom derby was already under way. activists from the group animal rising say officials started the race aware someone was on the track. one person was arrested after getting onto the track, and that is what his aim was. commentator: and king of steel takes over! - but the owners of the racecourse say he threatened the safety of people and horses. the race had very clearly started when he went on the course, and what's more, the broadcasters

footage and timings can prove that — and we will prove that. so we utterly condemn that reckless and illegal behaviour. today was a final farewell to the epsom derby from frankie dettori. he's retiring this year and was hoping to claim another derby victory, but it wasn't to be. auguste rodin secured a third win for the jockey ryan moore, and a record ninth for the trainer aidan o'brien. obviously, you're always hoping, you're never confident but you always hope. but there's so many things in these races that can go against you. we were lucky. the horse was in great order. everyone had him in great order and ryan gave him an incredible ride. the winners are taking homejust under £900,000 in prize money — definitely a reason to celebrate. charlotte gallagher, bbc news, epsom. in england, rail services across the country came to a halt amid the third strike this week on railways. that caused major disruption for passengers, including people hoping to get to big

sporting events like the men's fa cup final. 12,000 train drivers belonging to the aslef union walked out in their continuing row about pay and conditions. the head of the union, mick whelan, called on the government to take action and warned about future industrial action, saying: "we are determined to get a resolution and remain in this for the long haul." the government says it had offered a fair and reasonable pay offer. our business correspondent marc ashdown has the latest. long queues, packed coaches. with trains not an option, football fans in manchester faced a dash south for the cup final. if it had taken me two days to get there and back, i'd still have been going, it wouldn't have made any difference. it's difficult. if you are picking a strike, you will pick a day that will have maximum impact. for some that meant desperate measures, even car sharing between rival united

and city fans. had a little pit stop. plenty of life to the services, plenty of blue, plenty of red. everyone getting along for now. leeds station, one of many picket lines across the rail network today, as 12,000 drivers at the aslef union walked out for the second time this week. it meantjust 40% of rail services were running. there are 15 rail companies involved in this dispute and they are negotiating together via the rail delivery group. so far, the offer on the table is for a 4% pay rise last year, and another 4% for this year. but both conditional on the union agreeing to some changes to the way drivers work. so far, aslef has rejected the deal. and right now there is no real sign of a breakthrough. i haven't seen the transport minister since before christmas. i don't want to be doing this. and my members do not want to be losing money, they do not want to be out on strike. we want a resolution, but not a resolution at all costs. the department for transport said the deal is fair and reasonable. but of course, this comes a day after rail workers at the rmt union staged their latest walk—out. tourists at euston today faced travel problems as the uk's

leisure and tourism industries took yet another hit. we tried to go to the concert of coldplay in manchester. and no train is going there. so we got here with all the luggage to find out the platform is closed. we're just trying to get to manchester, and had to rent a $1300 car to drive to manchester to catch a flight, hopefully. the good news is there are no more strike dates in the diary. but with no fresh talks planned either, a solution to these long—running and bitter disputes still looks some way off. marc ashdown, bbc news. you're watching bbc news. i'm helena humphrey in washington, dc. for more on a day's news, head to our website, that is bbc. com/ nudes or alternatively you can always download —— download our app. i will see you at the top of the

hour. bye for now. hello there. this fine, settled, dry and sunny spell set to continue throughout this weekend and indeed into much of next week as well. so largely dry and settled thanks to high pressure. always warmest and sunniest out towards the west, a little bit cool and cloudy at times closer to the north sea coasts but many places will stay dry bar the odd shower. the centre of our high pressure system sitting out towards the north—west of the uk, so we'll always have this east, north—easterly airflow which will be fresh over the next few days across the southeast corner, and it will drag in low cloud into eastern england and the midlands for the early part of sunday. northern and eastern scotland also cloudy, but clearer skies further west temperatures 4—9 degrees. sunday morning starting off

a little bit grey in central and eastern areas, the cloud should burn back to the coast. elsewhere plenty of sunshine, just the chance of an afternoon shower developing across scotland and northern ireland. very isolated, mind you, most places will stay dry, and again, the best of the temperatures towards the north and the west, bit cooler along north sea coasts. and then through sunday night, with that breeze in place across east—southeast england, it'll drag that low cloud back westwards across much of central, southern and eastern england, also northern and eastern scotland. clearer skies out towards the west. and temperatures again ranging from around 4—9 degrees for many of us. we do it all again to start the new week monday. a bit of a grey start central and eastern areas, that cloud slowly burning back to the coast, a bit more breeze again across the southeast, just pegging temperatures back. the chance of an isolated shower again for scotland and northern ireland, but very isolated, most places dry. top temperatures again up to close to the mid 20s but generally the low 20s here, cooler along north sea coasts. same too for tuesday, a bit more cloud across eastern

scotland, eastern england, with more of a breeze here. the best of the sunshine towards the south and the west. again, the low 20s at best but low to mid or high—teens along some north sea coasts. then some subtle changes towards the end of the week — this area of low pressure will hurtle towards our shores, throwing up some showers to southern and western areas but with a change in wind direction coming in from the south or southeast we could import some warmer air off the near continent towards the end of the week, certainly across parts of england. so many places will be dry but showers could increase across southern and western areas towards the end of the week but it'll be noticeably warming up.

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