hello i'm, helena humphrey. thank you forjoining us. china's minister of defence has told asia's largest security conference that his country "won't hesitate for a second" to use force in defence of its claims over taiwan, a day after his american counterpart criticised him for refusing a meeting. tensions between the us and beijing have been on display at the shangri—la dialogue, an annual summit which takes place in singapore. the us defense secretary, lloyd austin, 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. we will strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with utmost sincerity and the greatest difference, but we make no promise to renounce the use of force. if anyone dares to separate taiwan from china, the chinese military will not hesitate for a second. we will fear no opponents and

resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, regardless of any cost. , ., , , integrity, regardless of any cost. , . , , , cost. general lee briefly shook hands with _ cost. general lee briefly shook hands with his _ cost. general lee briefly shook hands with his us _ cost. general lee briefly shook hands with his us counterpart, j hands with his us counterpart, general lloyd austin, on the sidelines of the summit. but beijing rejected direct talks between the two as general li is currently under us sanctions. on saturday, general austin said that was not enough to ensure peace. a cordial handshake overton is no substitute for a substantive engagement. —— over dinner. the more that we talked the more we can avoid misunderstandings and miscalculations that could lead to crisis and conflict. you know, i am deeply concerned that the prc has been unwilling to engage more seriously on better mechanisms for crisis management. between our two militaries. but i hope that will change, and soon.

live now to our correspondent monica miller in singapore. monica, general li has said china will never step back from defending taiwan which they see as an internal affair — seemingly a warning to washington? it is setting the record straight on this particular issue, which is really their flashpoint between the us and china, and continues to grow so, even over things like trade, semiconductors, but the world is vying for. so yes, i think the message was made abundantly clear by the chinese today that if they cross that line in the sand, china will defend what it considers is rightfully theirs.— rightfully theirs. you also said that _ rightfully theirs. you also said that a _ rightfully theirs. you also said that a war— rightfully theirs. you also said that a war between l rightfully theirs. you also i said that a war between the united states and china would be disastrous for the world. —— he also said. so seeking to downplay tensions, but still really remarkable, wouldn't you say, that he actually addressed the prospect of conflict? it

is, but we were talking to a couple of analysts here, chinese analysts, they said it was interesting because in this speech he never named america by name. he referred to it as other countries in the region, and that some people or some states are bullies pushing people around, so to speak. they read into that that by maybe not calling out the us forthright, that could have been a step backwards for china, in order to defuse the situation. you know, the other things that they did say was, nobody is really looking to enter into a war over this, even the united states defence secretary said yesterday that conflict isn't more imminent, and we heard tones of that as well in general li's speech today. i think by not naming them, and saying that there are other partners in the region they are willing to work with

both sides, kind of defuse the situation, orat both sides, kind of defuse the situation, or at least that is what some people here say. so as that summit starts to wind down, where would you say this leaves the relationship between the two, when we know that ahead of the summit, us president biden had been promising the beginnings of a floor? it promising the beginnings of a floor? , ., , ., promising the beginnings of a floor? , ., ., promising the beginnings of a floor? ., ., u , floor? it is a bit of a hiccup from where _ floor? it is a bit of a hiccup from where we _ floor? it is a bit of a hiccup from where we were - floor? it is a bit of a hiccup from where we were just i floor? it is a bit of a hiccup - from where we were just about two weeks ago injapan with the g7 summit, where president biden did say that we were starting to see, may be, some inroads being made. but there are a lot of discussions going on behind closed doors, that is what tends to happen here at the shangri—la dialogue we may not get the photo op with the big meeting between these defence ministers, but there has been a lot of discussion behind the scenes, with us officials meeting their counterparts from china. nato members have been quite a visible force year, including ukraine's minister of defence,

so i think some things are being ironed out, you know, thatis being ironed out, you know, that is not privy to us. those relationships, those dialogues, may have benefits down the road. one thing general li pointed out was that he had meetings with mr doesn't defence ministers and some of those are staunch allies of the us. so while these two were not on the table, it may be that some of the other allies are able to negotiate or broker a deal which will finally drive down the tension between these two. than down the tension between these two. �* , , ., down the tension between these two. �* , ,., , ., two. an interesting point you make from — two. an interesting point you make from our— two. an interesting point you| make from our correspondent monica miller, reporting from singapore. great to have you reporting. pro—democracy activists were detained by the police ahead of the 34th 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. earlier i spoke with zjho fungso, former student leader of the 1989 tianamen square protest, who showed us the scene from protests just a short time ago in tokyo. earlier i spoke with a former student leader of the 1989 protests. 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 me. 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 by police 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 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. in india, rescue efforts have ended after the county's worst rail crash this century. 288 people have died and more than 1,000 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 archana shukla 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 howra 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 howra 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. in other news: after months of debate, the political saga over the us debt ceiling has ended. 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 catestrophic default. officials in the ukrainian city of dnipro say an explosion has destroyed a residential building, injuring at least 13 people, including three 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. in the uk, the home office is set to make asylum seekers share hotel rooms to cut costs. the sunday telegraph reports that groups of two, three or four single adult men will share a single room rather than having individual rooms. 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. ido i do believe in pair to fair paper everyone, and if you are going to begin do you need to want to get the maximum impact. you have all these different concerts in the new about it, which is why they picked today's. 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. also in the uk, boris johnson has been warned that he could lose public funding for his legal representation at the covid inquiry if he undermines the government. as part of the inquiry, mrjohnson has been asked to provide evidence, including whatsappsa and notebooks. in extracts of a letter published by the sunday times, mrjohnson is told by the cabinet office that he will have to submit any witness statements to officials so redactions can be applied. our political correspondent

helen catt has more. borisjohnson, like all other ministers and former ministers is having his legal representation at the covid enquiry paid for out of public funds. what this letter was was a letter from the cabinet office to mrjohnson about that, and we don't have the full letter but we have extracts published by the sunday times and in one of thoseit sunday times and in one of those it says the funding offer will cease to be available to mrjohnson if he knowingly seeks to frustrate or undermine the government's position in relation to the enquiry unless is a very clear conflict of interest to. the paper also says later on in a letter he is told that he has to send any witness statement or exhibit which he intends to provide to the enquiry to the cabinet office first so it can be security checked and he needs to make any necessary reductions they say before submitting it to the enquiry as part of the terms of keeping the public money for his legal advice.

to the world of fashion now, and british vogue editor—in—chief edward enninful is stepping down from his role after six years at the top magazine. the ghanian—british creative is the first black man to hold the title and will now move into a newly created role aimed at growing the brand globally. earlier, i spoke to chrissy rutherford, former special projects director at harper's bazaar about his future and legacy. we are seeing him stepping down after six years of managing the magazine. do we know why and what his newjob will entail? i don't know those specifics but i do know that he's obviously transitioning into more of an advisor role at conde nast where he will still report to anna but i think he will be more advising what's going on at british vogue and also taking on other projects, it seems. so i think there's always a lot of opportunities floating around in the fashion world so i think this will give him an opportunity to still have a hand in what's going on at british vogue but also to perhaps work more closely with some brands

that he has relationships with, or who knows what is possible for him? describing his vision for the magazine, enninful said: "i wanted to reflect what i saw growing up, to show the world as this incredibly rich, cultured place. i wanted every woman to be able to find themselves in the magazine." just talk to us about how he did that, how he championed diversity and inclusivity in all its forms. we really saw edward raise the bar for what a fashion magazine could look like at a time where i think a lot of magazines are struggling, whether it's layoffs, being folded, very small teams, very small budgets, and he also really showed us what an inclusive magazine looks like, whether it was race, size, abilities and other identities, i think from his very first issue with the british model adwoah on the cover,

who is a black model. there are so many ways in which he helped to reflect what the world really looks like. he gave us rihanna in a durag that i think most black people never imagined they would see on the cover of a major fashion magazine and i think edward really was able to still give us that fashion fantasy while tackling issues that are really important to us around the world, including elevating marginalised voices. and just talking about himself, being the first man, the first black person to hold the title as editor—in—chief of british vogue. he himself broke boundaries. absolutely. you know, edward really worked his way up, he got his start as a model and then became the fashion direct at id at around 18, i believe. and seeing him become the editor—in—chief

of british vogue in 2017 i think was just a really proud moment for the entire black community in the fashion industry and i think he really made the most of that opportunity, as i mentioned before, you know, he's really helped to raise the bar on what fashion magazines should look like and that includes reflecting what the world really looks like. will have reported seeing all the whales targeting birds of the whales targeting birds of the coast of gibraltar. we can see them appearing to work together to try to ram the vessel, and they are part of the dolphin family and can weigh up to six tons. stay with us here on bbc news, these are life pictures from london which will continue our coverage, and

for now, it's good night from washington. 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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