this is bbc news. the headlines: china s president xijinping meets his south african counterpart for talks ahead of the brics summit injohannesburg. presidentjoe biden pledges long term government support for hawaii after touring the wildfire damage in maui. claims of corruption are levelled in ukraine against army officials running recruitment. more now on the summit getting under way injohannesburg. in the last half an hour we have seen south africa s president ramaphosa presenting the chinese leader with gifts at the opening session. the brics group of nations consists of brazil, russia, india and south africa.