indonesian president, joko widodo, two very important leaders who have so much in front of them to discuss. but, of course, head of this key meeting that is taking place today, there was another very important meeting betweenjoe important meeting between joe biden important meeting betweenjoe biden and chinese president xi jinping, which has really dominated the agenda here at the 620 summit. the two men had the 620 summit. the two men had the chance to meet for the very first time since joe the chance to meet for the very first time sincejoe biden has become president will stop and it was an opportunity to discuss a range of issues from things like the delicate and sensitive nature of taiwan to the use of nuclear weapons. my colleague sarah smith has more. president biden looks eager to meet again with a man he always says he knows well. this is his first face to face with president xi as leaders of their nations, but they spent many hours together when they were both vice presidents
by the middle of next year. world leaders are gathering in bali fora summit of the 620 group of nations. high on the agenda the energy crisis, the war in ukraine and the stability of the global economy. the president of ukraine has been to the southern city of kherson, just days after his troops recaptured it following the withdrawal of russian forces. volodomyr zelensky said step by step, ukraine is reclaiming the territories invaded by russia. kherson was taken by russia early on in the war, and its recapture by ukraine is a major strategic blow for the kremlin, as james waterhouse reports. after everything kherson s main square has seen, today was more than just a change in the wind. all chanting untiljust weeks ago, the sight of ukraine s leader here would have been difficult to imagine.
no, london was day one, and then day two was birmingham and manchester, and that s where you get musical concerts, children s programmes come in there, the general election results as well, all mixed in together. and the bbc has only now been discovering how many of its pioneering programmes came from manchester and birmingham. overto you, birmingham. it s adding details to its online radio times history about satire, concerts. and this is puppy from the children s programme from 6lasgow. but it began with the news and it was nerve racking. arthur burrows later wrote he could think of no more exacting a test of physical fitness than the reading of a news bulletin. david sillito, bbc news. let s bring you some live pictures now from bali where the 620 summit is taking place, will s leading economies alongside the european union
welcome to bbc news. i m gary barlow. our top stories: the united nations is warning half a million children under five are at risk of death by the middle of next year. we meet one family dealing with the direct impact of climate change. before this last drought, he and his family were doing 0k, they had fields and crops, they had six cows and some goats. they were middle class farmers. suddenly left destitute, bankrupted suddenly left destitute, bankru pted by suddenly left destitute, bankrupted by drought and by climate change. i m karishma vaswani reporting live from bali, where the 620 summit is officially under way.
still overwhelmed by hunger. andrew harding, bbc news, somalia. the 620 summit is under way in bali and leaders of the world s largest economies will be making plans for the global economy. 0ur correspondent karishma vaswani is there. yes, indeed. it is a jampacked day today at the 620 summit, which has officially gotten under way. they want to take you to some live pictures of the indonesian president, joko widodo, who hasjust opened the indonesian president, joko widodo, who has just opened the summit formally. this has been a big coming out moment for indonesia, an opportunity to really sort of show itself, if you will, on the global stage. you can see him, the president there, addressing the other delegates. we have just there, addressing the other delegates. we havejust seen the us president, joe biden, walk into the venue. in fact, he was accompanied by the