where a jury has been selected in the trial ofjoe biden�*s son hunter on gun charges. it's the first prosecution in us history for a child of a sitting president. the 54—year—old denies three criminal charges stemming from his purchase of a handgun in 2018 — the prosecution claim he was heavily addicted to drugs at the time and lied about it in registration forms. the first lady, jill biden, attended the jury selection hearing in delaware. attended the jury selection president biden was not present. he issued a statement saying he was proud of his son, but he would not comment on the case. our correspondent tom bateman has been outside the courthouse in wilmington. well, five months before a presidential election and a trial here that will throw a very public glare on the personal life and the allegations of drug misuse of the son of the us president. now, hunter biden arrived here first thing this morning along with members of the biden family, including his stepmother, the first lady, jill biden. she satjust behind him at the front of the public gallery in the courtroom all day. i was in the press benches and watched hunter biden turn and glance to his stepmother as the proceedings began. now, at issue here is hunter biden�*s purchase of a handgun here in wilmington back in 2018. the prosecution says that when he filled in an application form to purchase the gun, he didn't declare that he was a drug user and that was misleading. that was a lie, they say. the defence will argue that he couldn't knowingly have viewed himself, described himself as addicted to illegal drugs at the time. but i think it is the political overtones that will also dominate much of the coverage here, as republicans have tried for a long time to link scandal and allegations surrounding hunter biden to his father. so far, without getting much traction, without compelling evidence. this trial due to last around two weeks. hunter biden denies all three felony counts. as for his father, the president issued a written statement as the trial started, saying he couldn't comment as president on a federal legal case, but as a father, he said he stood by his son and supported him in overcoming what he said was a battle against addiction, something he described all families as being able to sympathise with. the israeli army has announced the death of four hostages in gaza. three were israeli nationals and one was a joint british—israeli national, nadav popplewell. their bodies were recovered in southern gaza. all had been taken by hamas during the attack last october. the precise details of their deaths are not known. here's how the israeli military spokesman, daniel hagari, confirmed the news. today, we shared the devastating news with the families of 85—year—old amiram cooper, one of the founders of kibbutz nir oz, 80—year—old chaim peri from kibbutz nir oz, 80—year—old yoram metzger of kibbutz nir oz, and 51—year—old israeli and british citizen nadav popplewell from kibbutz nirim — that their loved ones were killed a few months ago during hamas captivity in gaza, and their bodies are still being held by hamas. we assess that the four of them were killed while together in the area of khan younis during our operation there against hamas. the information we confirmed by the relevant bodies after assessing new intelligence that we gathered over the last few weeks. the hostages families forum, which speaks on behalf of many of the relatives and friends of the people who were kidnapped by hamas last october, has released a statement. it says it feels great sorrow at the devastating news that four people have been killed in captivity. the statement pays tribute to nadav popplewell, as a family man of distinction, a generous friend, and a lover of books and science fiction. and the uk foreign secretary david cameron tweeted that he was greatly saddened to hear about the death of nadav popplewell. he added that, with a new deal on the table, the uk reiterates its demand for hamas to send all hostages home. there are mixed signals from the israeli government about whether it will agree to a us peace plan for gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel could start adopting parts of the plan, but not unless it leads to the total destruction of hamas. last week, president biden set out a three—part peace plan, starting with an initial six—week ceasefire leading to an end in the fighting, the freeing of all the hostages and the reconstruction of gaza without hamas in power. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson hears from people inside gaza and in the town of sderot on the israel—gaza border to gauge reaction to the new plan. the price of gaza's war is rising as its cities crumble. the price of peace too high for leaders on both sides. israel said it had bombed more than 50 targets since yesterday. but hamas is still fighting here, and hopes for the new ceasefire deal were mixed. translation: hamas should | raise its demands and seriously adhere to the conditions they set, which are the people's demands. translation: hamas, accept the deal. - it's enough. enough of what we lost. we urge hamas to stop the war. israel's prime minister is negotiating on two fronts. his far right allies say he must continue the war until hamas is destroyed, or they'll bring down the government. he's insisted his conditions for a ceasefire haven't changed. translation: we have gone a long way to return - the hostages while keeping the war�*s objectives in mind, primarily the elimination of hamas. we insist that we will achieve both. it's all part of the plan, not something i've just added. but hamas has said it won't free more hostages without a guarantee the war will end. tonight, israel learned that four more captives were confirmed to have died — chaim peri, yoram metzger, amiram cooper and british israeli nadav popplewell. after almost eight months of war, much of northern gaza lies in ruins, but israel's prime minister is struggling to end the war because he hasn't achieved his war goals. he hasn't brought back all the hostages, he hasn't destroyed hamas. the us president says hamas is no longer capable of carrying out the kind of attack it did on the 7th of october, but israelis living here by the gaza border say they still don't feel safe. this is the last time yarin saw her neighbourhood. trapped in her home in sderot by the gaza border, as hamas gunman ran through the streets. she and her three children fled tojerusalem the next day. a ceasefire now, she says, won't be enough to send them home. we will free the hostages, but a few years from now your life will be... you will be the next hostages, you will be the next people that get murdered, the women that get raped, all of this will happen again. the ceasefire will kill us. ending this conflict rests with the leaders of israel and hamas, locked in a war for their own survival. lucy williamson, bbc news, sderot. there have been scenes ofjubilation in mexico city's zocalo square as thousands of people celebrated the election of mexico's first female president. claudia sheinbaum won about 60% of the vote in sunday's election. she's an environmental scientist turned politician — and considered a protege of the previous president. she insists, though, her predecessor will hold no influence over her government, as will grant reports. it's a new day in mexican politics. after two centuries of men in power, when voters eventually chose their first female president, it was with a landslide. the victory itself was a moment to savour for claudia sheinbaum, and she was quick to acknowledge the many women who blazed a trail before her. "i didn't get here on my own. we got here together," she said. "thanks to our ancestors, our mothers, our daughters and granddaughters." in a nation of such entrenched machismo, what claudia sheinbaum has achieved here is no small feat. other women have tried and failed, but her offer of continuity with the governing party's social policies, which have pulled millions from poverty, have proved hugely popular with the electorate. this election has been historic for all the wrong reasons, too. it's been mexico's most violent campaign in living memory, with dozens of candidates murdered as they sought votes. in the city of zelaya, a mayoral candidate with ms sheinbaum's own party was gunned down in the street. her murder a sign of the task ahead for the president—elect, one which her critics say she isn't up to. rather, they say, she'll be a puppet of her authoritarian mentor, president andres manuel lopez obrador. speaking to the bbc during the campaign, she denied that accusation. of course, i am of the same movement with lopez obrador. we fought togetherfor 20 years, or more than 20 years, to have the government that we have now and the opportunity for mexican people and the right for mexican people the rights. and of course, i'm going to leave a different time in history. viva mexico! mexico may have turned a corner with claudia sheinbaum's win, but it is still a nation where women are treated as inferior, where 11 women and girls are murdered every single day. to curtail that violence, she must now succeed where so many men before her have failed. will grant, bbc news, mexico city. volodymyr zelensky has criticised china for not attending a peace summit. he said much of russia's weaponry comes from china. i am joined by a retired senior colonel from china's people's liberation army. thank you for joining me. it's good to have you here to discuss these things. you were at the shangri—la dialogue in singapore at the weekend and heard president zelensky�*s comments, what do you make of those claims?— those claims? what he said really surprised _ those claims? what he said really surprised me. - those claims? what he said really surprised me. it - those claims? what he said really surprised me. it is i really surprised me. it is understandable that china would not participate in this summit. why? because this summit will not be attended by russia, as a warring party. without their presence, it looks very much like a pr effort of ukraine, which would not be helpful to resolve the conflict. so i understand why china would not attend. but, for me, to hear president zelensky talking about china, trying to dissuade other countries from attending, that doesn't look credible at all. why should china do that? if china has decided its own interests are not to attend, fine, but there is no need for china to dissuade other countries from attending. that doesn't look credible to me at all. ., doesn't look credible to me at all. . . , doesn't look credible to me at all. . all. china has publicly tried to stay out _ all. china has publicly tried to stay out of _ all. china has publicly tried to stay out of involvementl all. china has publicly tried - to stay out of involvement when it comes to ukraine, is that likely to change? i it comes to ukraine, is that likely to change?— it comes to ukraine, is that likely to change? i don't think china has _ likely to change? i don't think china has actually _ likely to change? i don't think china has actually stayed - likely to change? i don't think china has actually stayed out| china has actually stayed out of this conflict. it china has actually stayed out of this conflict.— of this conflict. it hasn't condemned _ of this conflict. it hasn't condemned russia. - of this conflict. it hasn't i condemned russia. china of this conflict. it hasn't - condemned russia. china has talked about _ condemned russia. china has talked about respect - condemned russia. china has talked about respect of- talked about respect of sovereignty from the beginning, sovereignty from the beginning, so it has been trying to strike a balance. because of the good relations between china and russia, people seem to consider this kind of neutrality is a kind of pro—russia neutrality which is not quite the case. in spite of china and russia relationships, we also try to have a good relationship with ukraine, and we have bottom lines when we think about our relationship with russia. that is, you know, not to be involved in this conflict, not to provide weapons... and encouragement in europe... you men not supplying _ encouragement in europe... you men not supplying weapons. there has been concerns raised by secretary blinken. —— you mentioned not supplying weapons. machine tools, electronics, other critical component that china is helping russia with. component that china is helping russia with-— russia with. actually there is a change _ russia with. actually there is a change in _ russia with. actually there is a change in his _ russia with. actually there is a change in his attitude. - russia with. actually there is a change in his attitude. last year he was very much talking about how china might be providing these weapons. but he actually denied this in his conversation with the bbc precisely, and now he is talking about other knowledge... i need to bring your attention to the fact that a few days ago, china made an announcement of restricting any export of aircraft engines and spare parts and tools to make the spare parts. that's in connection with a similar announcement made last september about tightening the control of uav shells. the chinese government determined not to export these things. let's turn our attention to asia, the chinese defence minister at the summit warned supporters of taiwanese independence that they will face self—destruction, days after china staged major military drills near taiwan following the election of the new president there. how real is the prospect of china invading taiwan?- is the prospect of china invading taiwan? still talking about a long _ invading taiwan? still talking about a long upheld - invading taiwan? still talking about a long upheld policy i invading taiwan? still talking about a long upheld policy of| about a long upheld policy of china, we still have the utmost patience, and we will use maximum sincerity for peaceful reunification. you can'tjust reunification. you can't just read reunification. you can'tjust read one side of the story. i believe both sides are equally true, because he is the new defence minister, and making use of this international opportunity to give a warning after the tie leader was elected, and after the taiwanese leader said some things that were really provoking. last night the taiwan leader. —— the taiwan leader. taiwan leader. -- the taiwan leader. . ~ ., leader. talking about reunification, - leader. talking about reunification, they i leader. talking about | reunification, they will continue to push back, do you think this would be the status quo going forward? i think this would be the status quo going forward?— quo going forward? i don't think so- _ quo going forward? i don't think so. i _ quo going forward? i don't think so. i think— quo going forward? i don'tj think so. i think eventually and gradually the two sides will become more integrated. this is not only up to the two sides. it is a reflection of globalisation... with no exception, mainland china and taiwan will also become further integrated. a lot of taiwan... in china there are 1.5 million people... if people can find better opportunities for employment, for the well being, so they can actually survive in a society with a totally different system... let's turn our attention _ different system... let's turn our attention to _ different system... let's turn our attention to the - different system... let's turn our attention to the south i our attention to the south china sea, tensions there also, and a hot topic at the summit. what you make of the philippines president warning china against so—called acts of war in their waters? numerous reports of confrontation between military and coastguards, spraying water cannon at each other, coming close to each other?- cannon at each other, coming close to each other? well, that actually is _ close to each other? well, that actually is china's _ close to each other? well, that actually is china's minimum i actually is china's minimum deterrence. this kind of use of water canon might be impressive on tv, but what if i tell you that actually the filipinos used the force against china? the filipino coastguard killed chinese fishermen in 2000, 2006, and 2013. so when president marcos talked about the death of a filipino might be tantamount to declaration of war. in that regard, can i argue that the filipinos have declared three wars towards china already? and what about the result of the war?- the result of the war? there is a dispute _ the result of the war? there is a dispute with _ the result of the war? there is a dispute with territorial- a dispute with territorial waters around the south china sea, the philippines isn't the only country that has issues with china... do you see any progress being made on the code of conduct much talked about, so far we haven't seen any concrete action?— so far we haven't seen any concrete action? you are right on this point. _ concrete action? you are right on this point, because - concrete action? you are right on this point, because the i concrete action? you are right. on this point, because the code of conduct is being negotiated but without much progress. the question is not about china, it's also about internal differences and disputes among other countries. when we come to the south china sea issue, people think it's between china and other countries, between china and the philippines. it is not the case. there were so many maritime disputes among those countries knock but they don't end in consultation like we have seen between china and the philippines is actually we are not seeing the consultation. china isjust using water cannon to use a warning. it's the filipino coastguard who killed the chinese before. i don't know why people have forgotten that. in the south china sea, no one is using force, really, no one is using force, really, no one is shooting at other countries, and china has pledged not to use force against any other countries. use force against any other countries-— countries. turning our attention _ countries. turning our attention to _ countries. turning our attention to hong i countries. turning our l attention to hong kong, countries. turning our i attention to hong kong, the national security board that has been in place now, we have seen activists jailed in hong kongin seen activists jailed in hong kong in this last week. today isjune kong in this last week. today is june the kong in this last week. today isjune the 4th, a significant day for both china, and one hong kong usually marks with the anniversary of the tiananmen square crackdown, massive vigils to mourn its victims. i want to get your reaction to what has happened with this national security law in hong kong and china's position on what it plans to do with hong kong going forward? i'm happy you mentioned this law, because doing all of this exactly in accordance with the law. if there are riots, we have to do something. we still hope that hong kong can maintain its one country, two systems, because that is in our own interest, but the law is the law, if anyone violates the law, just like any other country, china will do it elsewhere.— country, china will do it elsewhere. . elsewhere. china has faced criticism — elsewhere. china has faced criticism for _ elsewhere. china has faced criticism for this _ elsewhere. china has faced criticism for this law - criticism for this law internally and externally. it's not going to change their approach to how they deal with the residents of hong kong? if you look at how this law actually came about, you would find it is simply a response of what has happened in hong kong. i wish we had not made this law, but for that to happen, first of all we should not have any riots, which came after the handover, it's not what we want to see. abs. handover, it's not what we want to see. �* ., . handover, it's not what we want to see. . , ., handover, it's not what we want to see. . ., , ., ., ~ to see. a last question, thank ou to see. a last question, thank you again _ to see. a last question, thank you again for _ to see. a last question, thank you again for coming - to see. a last question, thank you again for coming in i to see. a last question, thank you again for coming in and i you again for coming in and speaking with us, china has accused the uk intelligence agency of recruiting a couple of spies, which comes weeks after the uk charged men with spying for china, accusing beijing of espionage and cyber hacking. is spying on the increase? is it a case where you think all countries are doing it and it's coming to light now? to doing it and it's coming to light now?— doing it and it's coming to liiht now? ., , ~ ., doing it and it's coming to liihtnow? ., ., ~ ~ light now? to my knowledge, m16 have been doing _ light now? to my knowledge, m16 have been doing this _ light now? to my knowledge, m16 have been doing this kind - light now? to my knowledge, m16 have been doing this kind of i have been doing this kind of things, otherwise this is not an agency, you know? purposefully made for that. other countries are doing that more or less. i think if china has made announcements, i believe china really has solid evidence for this.— evidence for this. thank you for speaking _ evidence for this. thank you for speaking with _ evidence for this. thank you for speaking with me - evidence for this. thank you for speaking with me today. j for speaking with me today. retired senior colonel from china's people's liberation army. results are expected mid morning in the indian election after unprecedented heat waves across the country, with temperatures in delhi touching 50 celsius. nearly 25,000 suffered suspected heatstroke and more than 50 have died. our bbc world service correspondent umang poddar has sent us this report from delhi. we are in the heart of delhi right now where the heat wave has taken over people's lives and the temperature hovers around 45 degrees celsius. in the past week, delhi and adjoining areas experienced record breaking temperature nearing 50 degrees celsius. just a few minutes out in the sun is enough to make you feel tired. you sweat a lot, your skin gets warm and you feel extremely dehydrated. while people are trying to stay inside as much as possible, not everyone has the luxury of staying indoors. according to the federal government, more than 50 people have died because of the heat wave. on top of that, in uttar pradesh, more than 30 people have reportedly died because of the heatwave, including people on election duty. many others have been hospitalised. electricity consumption has skyrocketed, and there's a severe water crisis in parts of the country, especially in the north. a recently viral video showed people fighting over water in delhi as a water tanker arrived in the locality. however, according to the weather department, things should get better in the coming few days because the onset of the monsoon. umang poddar, bbc news, delhi. and finally before we go — a couple from new york who were "magnet fishing" in a lake are celebrating afterfinding a safe containing $100,000. magnet fishing involves trailing a line with a powerful magnet attached to find treasure. james kane and barbie agostini have been told they can keep the cash. this is the moment they made their discovery. oh, that's a safe. that's definitely another safe. oh, i see a box. it's a hard click. oh, that's money. no way. yeah. no wa i 0h! y. oh, it is! stacks of bills, dude. hundreds. they gasp. oh, my god! we have like $20,000 here. stacks, baby! business today follows, see you soon. you will hear about how finland has managed hundreds of thousands of tonnes of nuclear waste piling up in temporary storage. finland is thinking about how to deal with the situation, adrian murray will tell us all about it in a few moments. goodbye for now. hello there. things are set to turn cooler for the rest of this week as we pick up arctic air, which will spread southwards across the uk during the course of tuesday. so it's going to be pretty disappointingly cool for the time of year, with some really chilly nights to come — gardeners and growers take note — and we'll see a mixture of sunshine and showers. it's all thanks to this area of low pressure pushing southwards out of the arctic, bringing this cold air behind the cold fronts across the country as you move through tuesday and into wednesday, and thereafter for the rest of the week, this cooler air hangs around with sunshine and showers, mainly across the north of the uk. tuesday starts off mostly dry. variable cloud, a bit of brightness for england and wales. this band of cloud and showery rain will spread some of it will be heavy and squally, maybe a few heavy showers ahead of it in east anglia. but skies brightening up across the north of the uk later on behind the rain band, sunshine and blustery showers, but turning chillier here. last of the warmth hanging on ahead of that rain band, which will clear through during tuesday evening. and then we're all into the cooler air, clearer skies, plenty of showers rattling into northern and western areas, some of them heavy, again, with some rumbles of thunder. but a much cooler night to come to start wednesday. we're looking at low single digits pretty widely. so into wednesday, we have that area of low pressure sitting to the north of scotland, bringing the strongest winds to the northern half of the country. and it's here where we'll see most of these blustery showers moving through. again, some could be heavy with a little bit of hail, maybe wintriness us on the very high tops of the scottish mountains. better chance of staying dry with some sunshine towards the far south and east, but highs of only 17 degrees— but highs of only 17 degrees — low teens further north. factor in the wind, it'll feel cooler than those temperatures suggest. thursday, similar story. most of the showers will be across the northern half of the country, closer to the area of low pressure, better chance of staying dry across parts of wales, the midlands southwards. it could be up to 17 or 18 degrees on thursday afternoon. but again, another chilly one in the north. and you can see why. that area of low pressure just hangs around thursday, even into friday and the weekend, with that blue hue denoting the cooler air hanging around, especially across the northern half of the country. further south in the sunshine, it won't be too bad. may hit the 20 celsius mark as we head into the weekend. some decent spells of strong june sunshine, but it'll feel chilly in the north with further showers. forecast a modi landslide. and we have a special report from the world's first permanent disposal site for nuclear waste. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. let's begin in india where its 7—week—long elections are reaching their culmination today as the votes get conted. today as the votes get counted. over 640 million people exercised their franchise exercised their right to vote in the world's largest democracy where the incumbent prime minister mr narendra modi has sought a third term, and post poll projections show he mayjust get that. financial markets, on their part, are already taking a cue. archana shukla has the details. on monday, indian stock exchanges hit their lifetime highs, shedding the nervousness they had during the entire election period. and the exuberance came from a clutch of post—poll projections that predicted prime minister narendra modi's ruling party, janata party, and its allies on the road to a landslide victory. the post—poll projections were released over the weekend, and the markets are hoping that this win would mean the infrastructure—led economic drive and market—friendly reforms would continue in the world's fastest growing major economy in the world.