to the country. throughout the three day trip, mr macron has urged president xi to use his influence with vladimir putin to stop russia s war in ukraine. 0ur asia pacific editor, celia hatton has more on what the two leaders have discussed in a recently published statement i ve been reading the statement in chinese and it s quite difficult. it does address the conflict in some ways. so both sides have come out saying that they call on for a swift resolution of the conflict. they want the conflict to be resolved according to united nations guidelines. they both denounced any attacks on nuclear plants. however, the language around this really isn t anything that hasn t been said before. and so that really kind of fuels critics concerns that emmanuel macron went to china. he said he was going to push for xijinping to really get involved in a resolution to the conflict, but he hasn t been able to come up with much. i would say we need to wait
this invisible hand. it s pretty obvious he s talking about the us there. but the accusation of this invisible hand wanted the conflict to continue in ukraine for its own geopolitical ends. so this is a very serious allegation being levelled at the us that it wants the war there to keep going. you know, in recent times we ve had a lot of tension between washington and beijing and it does seem to continue to deteriorate. it seems it was not that long ago that there was to be this visit by the us secretary of state to beijing to try to repair relations. and yet now we have this tension increasing and even more dire warnings coming from the chinese side as to what this tension could lead to. 0ur asia pacific editor, celia hatton is here.
those sentiments being reflected across ukraine today. the people who i ve met taking their easter cakes to the church is to be blessed. they are all thinking about their defenders, the fight is on the front line, and the fact they cannot celebrate this special day for ukrainians with their families and, in many cases, even in their homes. thanks very much. japan says the bodies of ten people have been recovered, after their sightseeing boat sank off the northern island of hokkaido. the search continues for the other passengers a total of 26 were on board the vessel, which ran into trouble off a peninsula, famous for its wildlife and dramatic coastline. 0ur asia pacific editor michael bristow reports: this is the boat that went missing while on a sightseeing trip. a camera appears to capture the vessel as it prepares to leave harbour.
japan says the bodies of ten people have been recovered, after their sightseeing boat sank off the northern island of hokkaido. the search continues for the other passengers a total of 26 were on board the vessel, which ran into trouble off shiretoko peninsula, famous for its wildlife and dramatic coastline. 0ur asia pacific editor michael bristow reports: this is the boat that went missing while on a sightseeing trip. a camera appears to capture the vessel as it prepares to leave harbour. one by one, the passengers embark. the boat then gently pushes out to sea. all seemed calm. but one local tour operator warned them not to leave. translation: it was clear that the conditions at sea would worsen. so i told them not to go, but they did anyway. the vessel began taking on water