the presidents of brazil and china are due to hold talks in beijing shortly. luiz inacio lula da silva and xijinping are expected to sign trade deals. they will also discuss the war in ukraine. our correspondentjoao da silva has the latest from singapore. well, we don t know the exact contents of the agenda, but, as you mentioned there, there is at least a couple of issues that are likely to make it into the talks. first, of course, it is trade and investment. the brazilian side has said they expect to sign more than 20 bilateral agreements. it signals their desire to strengthen economic relations with china. president lula who was returned to power only a few months ago knows he needs brazil s largest trading partner if he is to deliver on his promises to fight poverty and to really boost brazil s stagnant economy. and china, it is also interested in consolidating trade ties with brazil. beijing is facing growing tensions with the us which is its largest trading partner, and
western allies meet in germany to discuss further backing for ukraine. drug smugglers are using submarines to bring millions of dollars worth of cocaine from south america into europe. we from south america into europe. have a special re; welcome back. representatives from 50 nations are meeting to discuss further support for ukraine in germany at the moment and we are expecting a news conference from the defence ministers in the next little while and we are expecting to hear from lloyd austin and of course about the additional support for ukraine, the critical thing. the final preparations are being made so i do not think we are that far away. we were talking to the deputy director of the centre for strategic and international studies, director of the centre for strategic and internationalstudies, emily, and international studies, emily, and internationalstudies, emily, and internationalstudies, emily, and i was going to bring her back but we can see that the news conference
ukrainian security officials have accused russia of depriving belarus of its sovereignty, after president putin said he would station nuclear weapons there. the secretary of the national defence council, oleksiy danilov, said on twitter that the move was a step towards the internal destabilisation of belarus. and he said the kremlin had taken the country as a nuclear hostage. ukraine says the deployment violates nonproliferation commitments, something mr putin has denied. translation: we have already transferred - to belarus our well known, very effective complex iskander. it can be a delivery vehicle as well. on april 3rd, we will start training the crews. onjuly 1st, we will finish the construction of the special repository to store the tactical nuclear weapon in belarus. i m joined from kyiv by our correspondent, hugo bachega. how is this affecting already extremely high tensions in the area? i don t think there was any surprise here in ukraine. russia and belarus have b
we re on the front line in eastern ukraine, as russia tries to advance, ahead of the one year anniversary, of the war. also on the programme tonight. police have just confirmed that the body found in the river in lancashire is that of 45 year old nicola bulley. detectives read a statement from herfamily. nikki, you are no longer a missing person. you have been found. we can let you rest now. killed in a mass shooting in plymouth victims families say police ignored warning signs and a licence to kill was granted, after a gunman shot them dead in 2021 strikes in the nhs intensify junior doctors in england vote overwhelmingly to take action over pay. and should roald dahl s writing be modernised, or is the bfg right you shouldn t gobblefunk around with words? on bbc london. the mayor serves up free school meals for every primary school child in the capital. the £130 million scheme comes in from september to help with the cost of living crisis. good evening and welcome to