police. president macron calls the shooting unforgivable. and postpones the world tour after being treated in intensive care for a serious bacterial infection. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's news day. hello and welcome to the programme. the fallout from the military mutiny in russia is being felt across the region. in an unexpected visit to kyiv, poland's president andre duda, said he feared the presence of wagner mercenaries in belarus could pose a threat to poland. it was later annouced that the country would strengthen its border with belarus, overfears that up to 8,000 wagner fighters could leave russia and ukraine where they have been fighting and make their way to belarus which has a large [and border with poland. here's president duda.

it is difficult for us to exclude today up of the wagner group in belarus could pose a potential threat to poland which shares a border with belarus. herthreat which shares a border with belarus. her threat to lithuania which also has the longest border with belarus among other countries and also to latvia, a neighbour of belarus. 0ne one of the eu leaders meeting for a two day meeting in brussels. central to the summit will be the role china will play. it is said to call on china to help bring an end to the war and to engage in the global challenges. let's go to my guest at the studio was a senior fellow my guest at the studio was a seniorfellow for asia my guest at the studio was a senior fellow for asia pacific security for the institute for strategic studies. thank you forjoining us on the

programme. how closely is china watching what's going on with the wagner group in russia? i think there is no doubt that china — think there is no doubt that china is_ think there is no doubt that china is watching what is happening in russia very closelx _ happening in russia very closely. i think the assessment is likely— closely. i think the assessment is likely to be that after this embarrassing coup attempt, putin— embarrassing coup attempt, putin has appeared weaker and the emperor has been shown to have _ the emperor has been shown to have no— the emperor has been shown to have no clothes. that said, i don't — have no clothes. that said, i don't think_ have no clothes. that said, i don't think it's going to change _ don't think it's going to change the position drastically. it's going to be governed by a desire not to lose — governed by a desire not to lose and _ governed by a desire not to lose and to the struggle of the united — lose and to the struggle of the united states, not to lose that partnen — united states, not to lose that partner. and having a more unstable _ partner. and having a more unstable labour on its border and putin— unstable labour on its border and putin has been a week since his invasion _ and putin has been a week since his invasion of ukraine failed to win — his invasion of ukraine failed

to win a _ his invasion of ukraine failed to win a decisive victory and i do not — to win a decisive victory and i do not think we can expect to see china _ do not think we can expect to see china changes positions even — see china changes positions even though as i said earlier, it is— even though as i said earlier, it is going _ even though as i said earlier, it is going to be watching the situation _ it is going to be watching the situation closely if it gets any — situation closely if it gets any bigger, it's hard to play down — any bigger, it's hard to play down the _ any bigger, it's hard to play down the impact of the recent coup— down the impact of the recent coup attempt for the relationship with china. to broker relationship with china. tfr broker some sort of peace deal between ukraine and russia and you spoken to the defence minister and how do you feel about the situation, how does china feel about the situation? s the defence minister was at the dialogue which my institute and he was at a special area that i shared with the vice foreign minister from china that i shared with the vice foreign ministerfrom china and the vice foreign minister expressed a desire for china to negotiate a peace process and

when ukrainian defence minister was asked whether or not this was asked whether or not this was something that ukraine might welcome, he sidestepped theissue might welcome, he sidestepped the issue and said that there is an ongoing war in russia is still within ukraine borders and it was not appropriate and losing sovereign territory until russia russian lifted sovereign territory and stop the war, protected by the negotiations were irrelevant. so, he was drawn into whether ukraine — so, he was drawn into whether ukraine would actually, russia, ukraine — ukraine would actually, russia, ukraine would actually, russia, ukraine would actually, russia, ukraine would actually welcome greater— ukraine would actually welcome greater role for china in terms of negotiating a peace process. thank— of negotiating a peace process. thank you _ of negotiating a peace process. thank you forjoining us on the programme. meanwhile, at least eleven people are now known to have died at a pizza restaurant in kramatorsk — following a russian missile attack on tuesday. kramatorsk is in ukraine's

eastern donetsk region. it's under ukrainian control — but close to parts of the country occupied by russia. ukraine says the restaurant was hit by a is—kander ballistic missile, that's one of the most accurate weapons in russia's arsenal. ukraine's security service has arrested a resident suspected of helping direct the attack. among the dead — were two iii year old twins — yulia and anna aksenchenko. 0ur correspondent andrew harding has the latest from the scene. outside the ruins of a popular restaurant, anxious relatives and friends, still waiting for news late this afternoon here in eastern ukraine. another body, the 11th so far, is brought out, to the distress of those hoping for word of more survivors. among those already confirmed dead, these twins, ia—year—olds yuliya and anna.

this was the scene in the city of kramatorsk last night, moments after a russian missile hit the restaurant and a nearby hotel. untranslated speech. shock and panic amongst survivors. man: we've just been shelled. we just... we just got shelled. in kramatorsk. "my daughter is still inside, her name is irina," said this woman. later irina was found, photographed here under the rubble just before she was rescued. but the death toll has continued to rise. the rear lounge was a favourite venue for young ukrainians, international journalists and ukrainian soldiers taking a break from the nearby front lines. rescue work continued through the night.

it's become a grim routine now in a big industrial city that's been repeatedly targeted by the kremlin's forces over the past year—and—a—half. and this time a new twist — ukrainian security services releasing this photo of a local man they've just arrested, describing him as a russian agent who allegedly sent video footage of the restaurant to the russian militaryjust hours before it was destroyed. did the kremlin deliberately target this particular restaurant? in a sense, it doesn't matter. russia sent two big, powerful missiles crashing into the centre of a crowded city at a busy time of day. civilian casualties were almost inevitable. "rescuers are still busy clearing the rubble," says this medic. "they are looking for people who are trapped, whether alive or dead." another air raid siren, but the rescue work goes on regardless. andrew harding, bbc news, kramatorsk. the war in ukraine will be central to the discussion

presumed human 0ur reminder of our breaking news this hour, and the us coast guard says that presumed human remains have been found in the wreckage of the titan. earlier, the first images of the wreck of the sub—mersible that imploded killing all five passengers on board, were published. you'll remember the sub was on a mission to see the titanic on the sea floor when it imploded. and that breaking news now, that presumed human remains have been found in the wreck on the sub. in france, anger has spread across the country after the fatal shooting of a teenager by police in the city of nanterre near paris. these are the latest pictures with cars set on fire and heavy police presence in town. hundreds of protesters are currently clashing with police by setting fire to garbage bins.

the protest has spread across the country as clashes also the situation is also tense elsewehere these images come from the northern town of lille. where a protest against the police turned violent. and was dispersed with tear gas. in paris suburbs, several clashes have been reported, and 2000 security forces were deployed to prevent clashes. president macron has said the fatal shooting of a teenager by police in paris is "unforgivable". the teenager, named as ni—al died of bullet wounds in the chest despite receiving help from emergency services. 0ur paris correspondent lucy williamson sent 0ur reporter pierre—antoine denis has been following developments. pierre—antoine, what's happening? it will make this another night of real violence across france. we have seen images mainly about the city and this is west of paris and this is where

everything is kick started after the death of the teenager the 17—year—old boy who shot at point—blank range by police officers two days ago now. one more evening of real violence we have seen the riots that are currently happening in this town basically around ten cities currently experiencing some classes some violence this evening and at the moment, but we can say is that 11 people have been arrested in paris alone more arrests shall follow because of the town, to lose all districts and suburb that's been lit all districts and suburb that's been [it on fire, pharmacy and a huge primitive gas and black smoke covering the town there's a lot going on currently in france and a lot of anger around protesters.- france and a lot of anger around protesters. what can you

tell us about _ around protesters. what can you tell us about the _ around protesters. what can you tell us about the victim, - around protesters. what can you tell us about the victim, the - tell us about the victim, the 17—year—old? tell us about the victim, the 17-year-old?— tell us about the victim, the 17-year-old? one thing that we know is that — 17-year-old? one thing that we know is that being _ 17-year-old? one thing that we know is that being a _ know is that being a 17—year—old, he did not hold a drivers licence and this is the story because when he was shot by the police officers, the story is that he had, he had refused to comply to the orders of the police officers and tried to escape the scene and that's was shot and sparked a lot of the anger here in france is that the version of the police come on the death was first reported was that the teenager was a real threat to the police officers as in he could have directly pointed the car at the police officers, forcing them to shoot. but the social media video that you can see on the bbc news website was published shortly after and completely contradicted the police account of the story

which created the sensation and this feeling among many, many young people in france that they are being lied to and whatever they're doing when they arrested by police officers, they might end up like him and the police officers will be protected if something, if there is not a camera at the scene. social media movement and also social media movement and also social media hashtags ever being quoted is film everything as a testament that now, there is literally no trust to the police officers in france which creates this sensation that we have to film everything in order to avoid further clashes and the depth of teenager —— death. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

during lockdown, tamara ward, who lives in middle barton, couldn't visit her nephew dominic. it inspired her to organise the run five k every day in may for trivia challenge. hundreds of people have completed the fundraising runs, sometimes joining tamara and herfamily. it's a massive commitment and everyone has said to me that the team were like, "oh, it's your third year. "it's easy for you." i was like, "no, because i know what's coming. "it's worse for me." but what's really nice about it is someone gets an injury or they've been ill for two days. the rest of the team will pick up their kilometres. so as a team, it was really amazing. goglia wilson's son also has dravet syndrome. she's now chair of a national charity supporting families. £240,000 has already been raised. it will help families across the uk affected by the syndrome. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website.

war because the 13% loss of international gdp according to the global peace index. looking at the data. you will not be in text tells us that conflict that some of the highest level which is incredible when you consider re—vet the syrian civilwar, invasion consider re—vet the syrian civil war, invasion of iraq, the conflict in afghanistan to name a few and this time. and yet, these kinds of deaths have increased by almost 100% the last year. as you can imagine, part of that is being fuelled by the war in ukraine which the index estimates are seen over 83,000 deaths of around 65% of 20 to 24—year—old males having to leave the country or died.

yet, it is in ethiopia where most of the lives of been lost due to conflict. if scene 100,000 people die on the battlefield and a further 200,000 people die as a result of disease orfamine. of disease or famine. interestingly, of disease orfamine. interestingly, ethiopia of disease or famine. interestingly, ethiopia isn't considered to be the least safe country and part of that is because although the conflict has had devastating consequences for the whole country, the fighting is been focused in the north and tigre. countries like afghanistan which tops the stable and yemen and syria which have been gripped by long protracted civil wars over a prolonged period of time which means they are considered to be the least peaceful countries. by contrast, we have some the most peaceful countries on the planet, part of it it's down to social cohesion within them and another big factorfor social cohesion within them and another big factor for iceland which is topped this list for

the last eight years is because it is sparsely populated and geographically isolated from the rest of the world and in the rest of the world and in the case of most of these countries, especially in more recent histories, but little to no involvement in global conflicts around the world and to a degree that they are fortunate that they do not have other nations fighting over the resources. in the us — president biden has been hitting the road to make a case for his economic policies. during a major policy speech in chicago, mr biden praised his administration's economic successes, and tried to argue that he deserves more credit for his handling of the economy. it's part of a three—week push by his team to win over voters, who are struggling with high inflation and rising interest rates. this is what mr biden had to say about his policies. bidenomics is working! when i took office, the pandemic was raging in our economy was

reeling. supply chains are broken, millions of people unemployed, hundreds of thousands of small businesses on the verge of closing after some that are close. literally hundreds of thousands on the verge of closing. today, the us is the highest economic growth rate leading the world economy since the pandemic. the highest in the world. 0ur washington correspondent david willis has more. the biden administration doesn't believe it is receiving the credit he deserves for turning the economic situation around in this country and this speech marks the start of a three campaign during which he, president biden the vice president, lai harris will be crisscrossing the country and touting the economic gains that have risen as a result of his policies. the problem is that the vast percentage of this country doesn't buy it and

opinion polls continue to show up opinion polls continue to show up at about 60% of this country doesn't trust doesn't believe in president biden's handling of this, the largest economy in the world. so it's about reframing the situation and economic situation in this country and the run—up to the election next year in making the point that there have been these amazing bipartisan achievements, infrastructure bill and so on that will yield jobs. the question, of course, is that will be yourjob in a timely fashion world where they come to fruition long afterjoe biden as left office? let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... a security guard was also killed. saudi arabian officials say the mentor turned up in a

car and walked towards the building carrying a firearm. the state department can the reports and said no american had been harmed in the incident. israel has issued administrative detention orders for four of its own citizens, suspected of attacking palestinians in the west bank. the controversial arrest warrants allow suspects to be held without charge or trial for renewable periods of six months. the israeli media quoted a senior security official saying, the detainees had been involved in violent incidents for years. smoke from canada's worst—ever wildfires has become visible from as far as northern spain. air quality in toronto, canada's most populous city, has been rated among the worst of any major city in the world. at least 15 us states have been severely impacted — with residents told to stay inside or limit outdoor activity. daniel korski — who was running to be the mayor of london has pulled out of the race after being

accused of sexual assault. the conservative candidate said he categorically denied the allegation and was withdrawing from the election contest with a heavy heart. a member of the england cricket team has carried a protestor off the ground at lords during a test match against australia. jonny bairstow picked up one of two activists from thejust stop 0il campaign after they threw powder onto the field. the game resumed after a short delay, police say they made three arrests. fans of madonna will have to wait a bit longer to see the pop icon back on stage. the �*material girl�* singer has postponed her world tour after a stay in intensive care. her representatives say she suffered from a serious bacterial infection, but she's expected to make a full recovery. 0ur north america correspondent, peter bowes has the latest. suffering a serious bacterial infection on saturday that

resulted in several days in intensive care and she is, we are told, recovering but is still under medical supervision. in the immediate effect of this is they have to use the word used in the instagram post but postponing their commitments in the big commitments for madonna is her world tour which is due to have started was to 12 started in vancouver next month and ending up vancouver next month and ending up in london at the end of the yearin up in london at the end of the year in the 02 up in london at the end of the year in the o2 arena and hugely anticipated tour of the celebration tour which really is going to be in a march to her a0 years in the business. it sounds rather serious but we have any sense of her prognosis?— have any sense of her prognosis? have any sense of her rounosis? ., . prognosis? according to current manauer, prognosis? according to current manager. she — prognosis? according to current manager, she is _ prognosis? according to current manager, she is going - prognosis? according to current manager, she is going to - prognosis? according to current manager, she is going to make| prognosis? according to current| manager, she is going to make a full recovery and that is what

they believe at the moment. and reflecting that optimism, the manager says that a new start date for the tour will be announced and for those earlier performances will have obviously rescheduled and those will be released soon after be available which means would be very good news for the fans going to social media in the last few hours to express their thoughts and their encouragement for madonna to make a speedy recovery we know that madonna had been very excited about this tour. she intends to put on shows and when they talk about it earlier this year, the shows that her parents have been waiting for reflecting the fact that it's been sometime since her fans saw her in a major stadium tour. i5 saw her in a ma'or stadium tour. , , , , tour. is is the first time she has cancelled _ tour. is is the first time she has cancelled her _ tour. is is the first time she - has cancelled her performances?

no, it is not. in fact, relatively recently just a few years ago, or madame x tour, she had to cancel some performances she later talked about the intense pain that she was suffering from during some of during that tour and needed 2020, she had a hip replacement and so, she is, to some extent knows what it's like to cancel shows the postpartum parts of the tour and clearly very different situations this time with an infection that does sound as if it is very serious and clearly all precautions are being taken for madonna potts was held upjust to repeat being taken for madonna potts was held up just to repeat the prognosis as far as the manager is concerned, it is very good and they expect her to make a full recovery. south korea has scrapped its unique system of counting a person's age, where babies are considered to be one year old the day they are born. their age then increases by one year on each new year's day and not on their birthday. the government said it hopes the change will ease

confusion with things like when you can claim pensions. so what do koreans themselves think of the changes? i'm supposed to be 30 next year but with — i'm supposed to be 30 next year but with this new age system, become — but with this new age system, become two years younger. it's disweet— become two years younger. it's discreet if— become two years younger. it's discreet if you like you're getting _ discreet if you like you're getting younger and i feel a bit distant from becoming 30. | bit distant from becoming 30. i am bit distant from becoming 30. am going bit distant from becoming 30. i am going to study abroad in the uk, so, — am going to study abroad in the uk, so, i— am going to study abroad in the uk, so, ithink— am going to study abroad in the uk, so, ithink it— am going to study abroad in the uk, so, ithink it is— am going to study abroad in the uk, so, i think it is less- uk, so, i think it is less confusing _ uk, so, i think it is less confusing but _ uk, so, i think it is less confusing but i - uk, so, i think it is less confusing but i do - uk, so, i think it is less confusing but i do not l uk, so, i think it is less- confusing but i do not need to explain — confusing but i do not need to exotain about _ confusing but i do not need to explain about korean - confusing but i do not need to explain about korean age - confusing but i do not need to explain about korean age in l confusing but i do not need to. explain about korean age in the caniust — explain about korean age in the caniust say— explain about korean age in the can just say nry— explain about korean age in the can just say my international. can just say my international a-e can just say my international age and _ can just say my international age and other— can just say my international age and other countries. - can just say my international age and other countries. i. can just say my international age and other countries. i was worried that _ age and other countries. i was worried that i _ age and other countries. i was worried that i would _ age and other countries. i was worried that i would be - age and other countries. i was| worried that i would be banned from drinking even though i am 20. and now i am relieved that i can still drink. and i was a teenager, i thought it would be good to be 20 but apparently, it is not. so, i'm happy to be a teenager again. and before we go. let's bring you some pictures from saudi arabia, where vast crowds of pilgrims have been taking part in the hajj in mecca — the biggest staging of the muslim ceremony since the covid pandemic. hundreds of thousands of people have been walking around the kaaba, which stands at the centre

of the grand mosque in a ritual known as �*tawaf�*. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. much of the country, particularly england and wales, was very warm and muggy on wednesday, but a band of rain pushing in off the atlantic has introduced much fresher air. and for thursday, most of us will be in that cooler, fresher air mass, but it will be bright with sunny spells and scattered showers. there's that rain bound, then slow to clear from the south—east through this morning.

so it'll start off rather gray, cloudy with further outbreaks of rain free standing in the south—east, eventually clearing away as we reach lunchtime and that willjoin in to the bright skies that most of the country will start the day with. into the afternoon a bit of cloud bubbling up, allowing one or two showers. most of these will be across the north and the west of scotland. they'll be more of a breeze here, too, but it'll be a cooler day across the board, 15 to 21 or 22 degrees across the south and feel noticeably fresher across southern areas. then as we move through thursday night and the clear skies, temperatures fall away, but we'll see further cloud and showers across northern and western scotland and thicker cloud pushing into northern ireland later on. but a cooler night to come out of towns and cities will be in single digits. so this is the picture then for friday, we start off dry across eastern areas, but this next low pressure system and its weather fronts will continue to push into northern and western areas through the day. so a nice, bright but cool start to central and eastern parts of the country. soon the clouds will tend to build in and spread to all areas and it turns wetter for scotland, northern ireland. then some rain getting into northern and western england and wales, but tending to stay dry across eastern

england until after dark. mostly cloudy though, limited brightness temperatures again mid to high teens in the north, high teens low 20s in the south. that rain band clears right across the country during the course of friday night. the rain clears in the south east saturday morning, and then it's bright but breezy. plenty of sunshine, low pressure sitting to the north of scotland will bring windy weather to scotland with showers or longer spells of rain here and again, temperatures around orjust below the seasonal norm. but we could be up to 23 or 2a in the south—east with a lot of sunshine here. sunday, low pressure shifting to the north of the uk again stays windy across scotland with outbreaks of rain or showers. some of these heavy in the west of scotland, fewer showers the further south that you are on some areas in the south—east staying completely dry with sunny spells, but quite a noticeable breeze. and again, temperatures will range from around 15 to 22 celsius.

wall street closed mixed the head of the us federal reserve strikes another hawkish tone as he suggests more rate hikes might be coming this year. and as china sweats under a heatwave experts and policymakers meet to discuss climate change and green energy transitions. hello and welcome to hello and welcome to asia business report. asia business report.

i'm monica miller. i'm monica miller. our top story this morning our top story this morning wall street closed mixed as investors pored over the latest comments from us federal reserve chairjerome powell.