there are disagreements between our nations, president biden and i believe it's in the best interests of our peoples to put our relationship on a better track. japan prepares for the release of millions of tons of treated nuclear waste water into the pacific ocean. president biden defends the us's decision to supply ukraine with cluster bombs, a weapon banned by more than 100 countries. hello. welcome. we begin in china where us treasury secretary janet yellen continues her multi—day trip and has expressed concern about what she called china's "unfair trade practices."

speaking in beijing at the start of a four—day visit, she called for healthy economic competition and criticised china's recent export restrictions on key minerals. china's premier said the us should "meet china halfway" and work to put bilateral relations back on track. despite tensions, the world's two largest economies did a record $690 billion in trade last year. the days of talks included a roundtable focusing of climate finance earlier today. this morning she said it is "critical" for washington and beijing to keep working together on climate finance, let's listen to what she had to say. iam engaging i am engaging this critical time because there are disagreements between our nations. president biden and i believe it then the best interests of our peoples to put our relationship on a better track and to maintain open and

honest lines of communication. this is particularly important but tackling long—standing global challenges that threaten us all. as the two largest economies in the world, it is in our interest to work together on this challenges and it's something the world expects of us. in climate change, it is on the top of the list of global challenges and the united states and china must work together to address this existential threat. history shows us what our two countries can do. moments of cooperation on a climate between united and china have made global breakthroughs including the paris agreement. both our economy seem to support partners in emerging and developing countries as they strive to meet their climate goals, and i believe that continued us and china

corporation on climate finance is critical. as the world's two largest emitters of greenhouse gases and the largest investors in renewable energy, we have both a joint responsibility and ability to lead the way. climate finance should be targeted efficiently and effectively. i believe that if china were to support existing multilateral climate institutions like the green climate fund and climate investment funds alongside us and other donor governments, we could have greater impact than we do today. it's also critical that we encourage economy wide transitions to net—zero which includes the private sector. we should work to increase and improve climate aligned investments in ways that are interoperable to both our

different systems. treasury secretary — different systems. treasury secretary denigan - different systems. treasury secretary denigan will - different systems. treasury secretary denigan will talk| secretary denigan will talk apart from climate talks and also talking about trade between the us and china —— treasury janet yellen. she will talk to him as economist later and will keep you up to date with what she says. the head of the united nations' nuclear watchdog, rafael grossi, is in south korea where he'll seek to allay fears overjapan's planned release of treated contaminated water from the damaged fukushima nuclear plant. mr grossi is due to hold talks with south korea's top nuclear safety official and foreign minister later today, go back to janet yellen, the treasury secretary of the us, who is in south korea. not least over trade but also of course exacerbated by the conflict in ukraine. and the

position that china has taken on. listen to what she has to say here. on. listen to what she has to say here-— say here. inaudible. strongly _ say here. inaudible. strongly believe - say here. inaudible. strongly believe the l strongly believe the relationship between our two countries is rooted in the solid ties between the american and chinese people and it is important that we keep nurturing and deepening these ties, especially as china reopens after three years of covid lockdowns. let me be clear that while the us has differences with the chinese government, these are not disagreements with the chinese people. in fact, we are proud to have millions of chinese immigrants in the united states who enrich our communities. we are eager to welcome chinese tourists to our country and chinese students to our schools

and universities stop china remains among the most represented countries among international students in the united states. our people share many things in common, far more than our differences, and i know many of you are economists and i am also an economist. i began my career in economics in the 1970s and pursued a career in labour and macro before becoming a central bank and now treasury secretary, and over the course of my career i have seen how china's adoption of market—based economic policies has transformed the country and has transformed the country and has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, which is a great achievement stop it is a great achievement stop it is my hope for the benefit of both china and united states as well as for the broader global economy that those policies

move forward. my guess is i am pretty sure that we share similar stories and experiences about what a career in economics is like and the challenges you can face, i see it all the time, i am almost the only woman in the room and i'm sure many of you have had that same experience at decision—making tables, so i am really eager to hear about your background, activities, your research, what got you interested in economics, how you see your career is progressing, so i am looking forward to a good conversation and thank you forjoining me for lunch. and thank you for “oining me for [mt for lunch. applause. janet yellen speaking _ for lunch. applause. janet yellen speaking to - for lunch. applause. janet yellen speaking to a - for lunch. applause. janet yellen speaking to a group| for lunch. applause. janet l yellen speaking to a group of female economists in beijing on automatic trip she has made to china. let's go back to

fukushima. the waste water from the plant which was affected by an earthquake in 2011 and a tsunami which severely damaged the planet, 12 years after that eventin the planet, 12 years after that event in 2011 the plan to release treated wastewater from the plant was endorsed by a united nations watchdog. some scientists and activists have opposed the plan due to concerns about the impact of the ocean bed and marine life. meanwhile seoul has said it respects the un body plasma conclusion the discharge of waste water from the fukushima plant will be largely safe. but the government has not been able to reassure the south korean public who are overwhelmingly opposed to the release of the water. more now from seoul and asia—pacific editor of the world service, michael bristow. the editor of the world service, michael bristow.— michael bristow. the plant reall is michael bristow. the plant really is contaminated - michael bristow. the plant really is contaminated a i really is contaminated a radioactive water from the fukushima nuclear power plant

has been proposed two years ago and now it's coming to a head. japan plans to release the water sometime this, not exactly shall as it has not announced the date but in the weeks leading up to that and over the last few days essentially what it's been doing is getting the verification process, the scientists behind the plan to make sure that they have got the best possible support when they do release it, so for example this week the international atomic energy agency released its final report and said it is in line with whatjapan report and said it is in line with what japan plans you is report and said it is in line with whatjapan plans you is in line with international standards and it is essentially safe. and the iaea head, rafael grossi, has been injapan to try to present that report and persuade people. rafael grossi is now here in south korea where i am talking to you from what he is expected to meet and nuclear safety official and politicians and try to persuade

them that this is safe. the south korean government here does actually agree with the plan of japan does actually agree with the plan ofjapan and does actually agree with the plan of japan and says it is does actually agree with the plan ofjapan and says it is in line with international standards, it is reasonably safe, and has backed it, but the public here in south korea isn't so convinced and have domenic perre been a number of protests against the planned discharge of water. today there were my latest splat. after the fukushima nuclear accident in 2011 lots of countries in this part of the world banned seafood from fukushima and surrounding area and those bands are still in place. what you've sent over the last couple of days ago since it has been clear that japan will press ahead with this proposal to release water, number of countries have reinforced or said they will keep those bans, particular china said it will keep the band, perhaps extend its rule of food products from

japan, certainly not going to allow seafood and other products from fukushima into their country, and the theories of course his once this water is released and the fever many south korean fishermen particularly as even if the scientists are saying that this is safe, they will no effect on the environment, on the sea, on seafood, even though they say that, that people won't believe them, people won't want to buy seafood which has been taken from waters that has this contaminated water in it, so regardless of what the scientists say people may not believe them. politicians also are making some use of this issue in china, in south korea, trying to persuadejapan not to release the water because they are doing it for political reasons as began, regardless of what the scientists are saying. michael bristow there. a bbc presenter has been accused of paying a teenager

for sexually explicit photographs, according to the sun newspaper. it is understood that the bbc is looking into the allegations. 0ur media editor, katie razall, has more. hello, yes, because the baby the presenter has been accused of serious misconduct with an individual that began when the teenager was 17 years old. that's according to the sun newspaper here in the uk. the newspaper here in the uk. the newspaper says the presenter who has not been named pay the teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit images. we understand the bbc is looking into the allegations which are clearly very serious. the sun claims the malevolent paid actually more than £35 return of those images. the individual�*s family complaint to the bbc on may the 19th this year and begged them to make them and stop sending the cash because the mum claims that her child who is now 20 had gone from a happy—go—lucky youngster

to a ghostlike crack addict and just three years because it's claimed the money is being used to fund a drug habit. the bbc in a statement said we treat any allegations very seriously and we have processes in place to proactively deal with them and they also set as part of that if we receive information that if we receive information that requires further investigation for examination, will take steps to do this including actively attempting to speak to those who contacted us in order to seek further detail and understanding of the situation. the sun has presented, reportedly present has been taken off it and we understand he is not scheduled to appear in the coming days. all right, thank you very much for that. all right, thank you very much forthat. katie all right, thank you very much for that. katie razzall there. president zelensky has thanked the united states after washington agreed to supply cluster bombs to ukraine. it's a weapon that has been banned by more than 100 countries around the world. but ukraine has been pressing for the artillery shells

which drop multiple explosives to help with their counter offensive against russian forces. russia has been usingthe weapons since the start of the war. human rights groups say cluster bombs kill indiscriminately and unexploded devices can pose a danger to civilians for many years. 0ur correspondent, gordon corera, reports from kyiv. ukraine plasma counteroffensive has been under way for a month with heavy fighting in places like bartlett. progress has been slower than hoped. ukraine is short of ammunition and facing entrenched russian defensive positions. that's why the pressure is been growing fruit western allies to provide the weapons, including cluster munitions. the weapons, including cluster munition— the weapons, including cluster munitions. �* ~ ., ., munitions. and washington gave the ureen munitions. and washington gave the green light. _ munitions. and washington gave the green light. russia _ munitions. and washington gave the green light. russia has - the green light. russia has been using cluster munitions since the start of this award to attack ukraine. in this environment ukraine has been requesting cluster munitions in order to defend its own sovereign territory. these are

the -e sovereign territory. these are the type of — sovereign territory. these are the type of cluster _ sovereign territory. these are the type of cluster munitionsl the type of cluster munitions the type of cluster munitions the us will supply. they scatter tiny bomblets but they are highly controversial. the munitions scatter indiscriminately over a wide area, some so—called does not explode. leaving a threat to civilians often for years into the future. in civilians often for years into the future.— the future. in the strongest sense, the future. in the strongest sense. we _ the future. in the strongest sense, we condemn - the future. in the strongest sense, we condemn it. - the future. in the strongest sense, we condemn it. the| sense, we condemn it. the transfer of cluster missions is contrary to international law and will lead to civilian harm. there is already evidence that russia has been using cluster bombs inside ukraine like here in khaki. more than a countries have signed a convention banning the use but the us, ukraine and russia have not signed up to the van. hearing ukraine defence officials say cluster munitions could make a significant difference on the battlefield. helping them break through russian defences. keith argues that russia has been using the weapons and ukraine so ukraine should have the

right to use them on its own territory for its own self defence. by providing these cluster munitions has been divisive both within washington and among allies have been providing weapons to ukraine. nato secretary general today had to tread carefully. i5 had to tread carefully. is there not a risk that we could see foot cracks in it nato post mcginnity?— mcginnity? when it comes to cluster munition _ mcginnity? when it comes to cluster munition there - mcginnity? when it comes to cluster munition there is - mcginnity? when it comes to cluster munition there is a i cluster munition there is a difference between allies but of course some allies have signed _ of course some allies have signed the convention on cluster_ signed the convention on cluster munitions and they don't — cluster munitions and they don't have cluster missions are so of— don't have cluster missions are so of course there is no cluster_ so of course there is no cluster missions to provide to ukraine _ cluster missions to provide to ukraine. all cluster missions to provide to ukraine. �* ., ., ukraine. all through the war must weapons _ ukraine. all through the war must weapons have - ukraine. all through the war must weapons have been i ukraine. all through the war. must weapons have been vital for ukraine but there is sometimes frustration that they have not come as quickly as kyiv once. cluster bombs have not been promised but their arrival could prove controversial. gordon correra, bbc news, kyiv. president biden has said the decision was difficult but necessary. 0ur correspondent in washington, gary 0'donoghue, has more on the president's

announcement. the us has been thinking about this decision for a number of months and has been consulting with its allies and people on capitol hill and it seems to have got to a point where it believes it can do this without endangering the unity of the coalition or creating domestic problems for it here at home. essentially the argument is they cannot produce enough shells for the battlefield and the state of the battle to keep the state of the battle to keep the ukrainians going so they will have to plunder stores of these cluster musicians of which they say they have hundreds of thousands available. —— ammunition. they do say they have significant amount they can keep sending out in new entrances. they said they have had assurances from ukrainians that they will not be used in urban areas and that they will be cleaned up afterwards. they say it is end of the interest because it is

their territory and their civilians who will be impact if they did not do that. a significant diplomatic victory for the americans. the ukrainians are very happy about it. we will have to see what transpires under the battlefield but if you start to see large numbers of civilians injured by these types of weapons of political calculus could easily change. the whereabouts of wagner boss yevgeny prigozhin have been a mystery since he led a short—lived rebellion in russia last month. under the deal to end the stand—off, charges against him were dropped and he was offered a move to belarus. but yesterday, belarus leader alexander lukashenko said prigozhin was in russia after all. last week, bbc verify revealed these satellite images that appeared to show activity at a disused military base around 64 miles from the belarusian capital. the area has been reported in russian media as a place that could house wagner fighters. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, has visited that site, and he's

sent this report. we are looking for answers. where is wagner, where is the chief, yevgeny prigozhin but could the russian missionaries and up here, and abandoned base in belarus. the country's leader, alexander lukashenko, is hosting to host wagner fighters on this site. we are allowed in for a tour. there is plenty of space here for a private army, lots of tents that have only recently been put up. enough of 5000 people. come on in, the major general says. no wagnerfighters here, not yet. we are told these up belarus in soldiers, off shift. there is something a bit strange about this. belarus is this camp could be for wagner

if they want to come here but we are told all these new tents that have appeared in the last couple of weeks have got nothing to do about getting ready for wagner but are about an exercise in september that forward planning by the belarusians. yesterday, alexander lu kashenko belarusians. yesterday, alexander lukashenko told us there are dozens of text soviet military bases in this country that could accommodate wagner but he admitted the group or expected move to belarus was not a done deal. if the russian missionaries to move in, what will the belarus in army make of it? translation: we will the belarus in army make of it? translation:- will the belarus in army make of it? translation: we do not see any reason _ of it? translation: we do not see any reason for— of it? translation: we do not see any reason for danger. i see any reason for danger. private military companies exist in many countries. true, but not all _ exist in many countries. true, but not all of _ exist in many countries. true, but not all of them _ exist in many countries. true, but not all of them mutiny i exist in many countries. true, | but not all of them mutiny and march on the capital as wagner did in russia. and part of the time was spent in belarus and all those questions we came

here with about the wagner mercenaries, about their leader, theirfuture? well, leader, their future? well, we're leader, theirfuture? well, we're still for answers. the violent riots that spread across france after nahel, 17, was shot dead by a police officer was a stark reminder of the acute social tensions and inequalities particularly in the suburban estates known as banlieues. our paris correspondent, lucy williamson, reports you have seen what happen here last week... now that things have calmed down, everyone is asking the same question, how long till the next time? it is rampant — long till the next time? it is rampant we _ long till the next time? it is rampant. we want - long till the next time? it is rampant. we want to i long till the next time? it is rampant. we want to be i long till the next time? it 3 rampant. we want to be friends and we want to be considered human, that is in.—

human, that is in. this filmmaker— human, that is in. this filmmaker was - human, that is in. this filmmaker was born i human, that is in. this i filmmaker was born here, human, that is in. this - filmmaker was born here, one of the poorest housing estates in france. ., ., ., france. you will note that there are _ france. you will note that there are some _ france. you will note that i there are some differences, there are some differences, there is some lack of confidence so some people... i think i can but i do not think the young ones can. thinki can but i do not think the young ones can.- thinki can but i do not think the young ones can. four years auo, the young ones can. four years aao, he the young ones can. four years ago. he made _ the young ones can. four years ago. he made a _ the young ones can. four years ago, he made a film _ ago, he made a film highlighting the tense relationship between local residents and police. when i was a child, _ residents and police. when i was a child, there _ residents and police. when i was a child, there was i residents and police. when i | was a child, there was police proximity. with police opportunity, there was a lack of violence, a lack of criminality. this is one of the solutions. you have to put people together to understand, to not fear each other, to fear

each other, that's it. we spoke to one of _ each other, that's it. we spoke to one of the — each other, that's it. we spoke to one of the police _ each other, that's it. we spoke to one of the police officers i to one of the police officers who spent the last week battling rioters in banlieues the. he said it was a super violent, more so than in previous rise. at times he and his colleagues were afraid for their lives and he said some people in the banlieues were better equipped than the police, they had better weapons. when it came to solutions, he agreed, the decision to scrap neighbourhood policing 20 years ago it was a mistake and they should bring it back. the fires have subsided again now and so has the attention they brought. the towers of the banlieues with their views across paris are sinking out of sight again. tributes are being paid to the eight—year—old girl who died when a car crashed into her school in wimbledon

on thursday. she's been named as selena lau — her family say she was "adored and loved by everyone". a woman who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been released on bail. louisa pilbeam reports. an intelligent and that girl, adored and loved by everyone. selena lau's family have paid tribute to the eight—year—old. she was killed when a land rover crashed through a fence at the study proprietor school in wimbledon where an end school tea party had been taking place. 12 people taken to hospital, among them another eight—year—old girl who remains in a life—threatening condition. a woman in her 40s is in a critical condition. large numbers of people have been coming to the school to lay flowers and reflect. christchurch, less than a mile

from the school has bereavement expert on hand to help. we from the school has bereavement expert on hand to help.— expert on hand to help. we have had adults _ expert on hand to help. we have had adults and _ expert on hand to help. we have had adults and children - expert on hand to help. we have had adults and children coming l had adults and children coming in and i think they are all very much in shock still at the moment. grief is always a mixture of emotion, a lot of pain and sadness, some anger. the car has been taken away to be examined. its driver, 46—year—old woman arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been released on bail. the number of flowers outside the school continues to grow. many of the messages are from selena lau's schoolmates. as a police investigation continues, families, school and a community are trying to come to terms without a tea party on the last day of summer term turned into a tragedy. louisa pilbeam, bbc news stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. we closed out our working week on a hot and increasingly humid

story, in fact many areas across the country seeing temperatures mid—to—high 20s, peaking in the southeast with 30 degrees as an afternoon high. that means temperatures not falling very far at all, so the start of saturday morning is going to be quite an uncomfortable one, quite a muggy one. temperatures in london, well, sitting at around 20 degrees already — that's 68 fahrenheit. and with that humidity, unfortunately with this weather front pushing in from the southwest, could trigger off some sharp thundery downpours as we go through the start of the weekend. so dry, settled sunny start for many, but here is that front and you can see the brighter colours denoting the intensity of that thundery rain. large hail not out of the question as well. it sweeps quite quickly north and east, so behind it there will be some sunshine, and in actual fact, across parts of east anglia we could still see temperatures into the high 20s.

but still some of these showers quite torrential, large hail not out of the question, and certainly the potential for a lot of rain in a short space of time. so as we move into scotland, temperatures into the mid—20s, probably that rain not arriving in the far north and east of scotland until the end of the afternoon. as we move into sunday we are still under this influence of low pressure. a bit more of a breeze driving the potential for some showers as we go through the day. so for the second half of the weekend, some rain easing slowly away from the northeast of scotland, potentialfor some sharp thundery rain to move up from the near continent across east anglia and southeast england. we are going to have to keep a close eye on that, still some level of uncertainty in the forecast. top temperatures, 17—23 degrees as our overall high. as we close out the weekend into next week, low pressure never too far away — it looks likely that, as we see these areas of low pressure moving their way steadily eastwards, we lose our southwesterly flow and drag in more of a northwesterly, so our week ahead looks quite unsettled at times. there will still be some sunny spells but temperatures have the potential to just be a little bit disappointing. so, next week,

a little bit tricky. it looks likely to be fresher with some sunny spells, but still the risk of some sharp, blustery showers.

controversial. gordon correra, bbc news, kyiv. this is bbc news.

the headlines: us treasury secretary janet yellen calls for greater cooperation between the us and china on tackling the climate crisis on a trip to beijing. if on a trip to beijing. there are disagreements between if there are disagreements between our nations, president biden believe it's in the best interests of our peoples to put our relationship on a better track.