their proposalfor has told xiejin ping that their proposal for the has told xiejin ping that their proposalforthat russia is slightly envious of china's rapid development in recent decades. for his part, the chinese leader said we should have close relations with russia, and mr putin told him that i believe, under your leadership, china will further develop. this is a significant visit for mr putin in particular who is increasingly isolated at the moment and there is that international arrest warrant issued for him over war crime charges related to the war in ukraine. much more of that through the afternoon. let's check on the weather prospects with ben rich. hello. today is the spring equinox, the start of the astronomical spring, but the spring daffodils are set to get quite a watering this week because of an active jet stream. the jet stream, of course, the winds higher up in the atmosphere, blowing straight across the atlantic in our direction, feeding bouts of heavy rain our way. the rain is really going to pile up, particularly across the western side of the uk. this chart shows the rain