focus to issues affecting the developing world. the capital is preparing for the most high—profile event to be held in india in years, security is tight and the budget for hosting is reported to be more than $100 million. the two—day event will be attended by several world leaders, including us presidentjoe biden — seen here boarding his plane earlier thursday. british prime minister rishi sunak will also attend. here's our south asia correspondent, samira hussain, with more. india's moment on the global stage. to the world, it's promoting itself as a leader. at home, it made the 620 part of daily discourse... let us remind ourselves that this grouping bears an exceptional responsibility... ..holding 200 meetings in 60 different cities... sustainable development goals. ..making the 620 matter. 620 means a lot to me as an indian and it is the biggest achievement i feel for the government. it feels like we are the ones hosting it. that sense of collectiveness is what india is about. and, yes, i'm very excited for it. new convention centre, new statues, 620 billboards everywhere. delhi has been getting a makeover worthy of bollywood stars, presenting a cleaned up version to the world. but behind these walls — put up just before the 620 — is also india — a hidden india visiting world leaders won't see. instead of being cleaned up like the rest of the city, impoverished communities were kept out of sight, something that saddam says makes him angry. translation: to me, it looks very beautiful. - they have transformed delhi. but in making it beautiful, it seems we are stains like craters on the moon. they have made us a stain, which is why they have hidden us. so they might as well remove us from here. this may look like a pile of broken bricks and bits of concrete but, just two months ago, it was actually people's homes were here and even a community school, but it was torn down. the government says the buildings were illegal. the 620 just happens to be taking place across the street. but it's not what maya was told when her home was destroyed. translation: they broke our homes and made us homeless. they said they wanted to clean up the area for the 620. they said, "move from here." they removed us all. prime minister narendra modi is facing other domestic issues. his government has been criticised for a rise in religious tensions in india but the country has shrugged off admonitions ahead of the 620, instead focusing the conversation on issues that matter to the global south. the fact that there is a great power contestation and polarisation in world politics, that's a reality. but amidst that, india's argument has been through the last year, during its presidency, that we cannot forget a large part of the world, some of the weakest, most vulnerable countries in the world, who are facing acute crises of multiple kinds but those voices are not being heard. india has taken a rotating presidency and turned it into a major event and, in doing so, it has managed to solidify its global importance. samira hussein, bbc news, delhi. president biden�*s upcoming asia trip has two parts, with visits to india and vietnam scheduled. one of the goals is to counter the influence of their common neighbour china. he first goes to new delhi to take part in the 620 summit over the weekend. then he travels to vietnam's capital city, hanoi, to meet with vietnamese general secretary nguyen phu trong. my colleague caitriona perry has been speaking with tim roemer, former us ambassador to india, on what to look out for at the 620. ambassador roemer, thank you forjoining us. what are you expecting from this 620 summit in india? ~ , ., expecting from this 620 summit in india? ~ ,, ., in india? when you look at the 620, in india? when you look at the 620. you _ in india? when you look at the g20. you have _ in india? when you look at the 620, you have 8596 _ in india? when you look at the 620, you have 8596 of- in india? when you look at the 620, you have 8596 of the - in india? when you look at the l 620, you have 8596 of the global 620, you have 85% of the global gross domestic product represented, 75% of world trade and two—thirds of the world population. this is quite an opportunity for president biden and prime minister modi, who will have the stage, as world leaders, to themselves, with president xijinping and president xi jinping and vladimir president xijinping and vladimir putin missing, to talk about architects and what the shape and balance of power looks like in a in years to come. they can have some big deliverables and talk about implementing what they met on in washington, dc a few months ago, to talk about the engine deals, the drone deals, the tech deals, the manufacturing tells the ndr and us worked on bilaterally. i also think there is a big opportunity for indo to project — at india to project their rise in the world, how far they have come in the last two decades, the biggest democracy, the biggest population and their economic growth and progress. 6reat opportunities but there will be some questions at the end of this, obviously also. the big question is about what goes next? ~ ., ., next? without vladimir putin and president _ next? without vladimir putin and president xi _ next? without vladimir putin and president xi jinping - next? without vladimir putin and president xi jinping not l and president xijinping not being there, both deciding to skip a different reasons, what does it say about where the international order is at right now? . , . international order is at right now? . ., ., now? certainly a lot of division _ now? certainly a lot of division and _ now? certainly a lot of division and volatility. | now? certainly a lot of. division and volatility. a now? certainly a lot of - division and volatility. a lot of opportunity in geopolitics and strategic convergence. i have written the term and heard the term strategic convergence now in the last year more than i have in the last ten, 15 years, with respect to india's and america's strategic opportunities coming together. with both vladimir putin and xi jinping missing they are not missing from it in terms of their influence and power. certainly, in a joint communique, joint statement issued at the end of the 620, will they be able to step on any kind of statement put in on ukraine and the ukraine wall? my ukraine and the ukraine wall? my guess is the joint communique, if they come up with one and agreed to one, will probably scoot that issue and be more about reform of the multi— natural institutions to lend more to poorer countries on climate and economic issues and i will talk more about climate change and out of work together across the globe. but whether or not and what is in the joint whether or not and what is in thejoint communique at whether or not and what is in the joint communique at the end of the day on sunday will be a big question. meanwhile, china's trade with the rest of the world is struggling because of weak global demand. the country's imports and exports have dropped for the fourth month in a row. official figures show exports fell 8.8 percent in august compared to last year and imports dropped by 7.3 percent. but this rate of decline is actually an improvement on the previous month. as we discussed with ambassador roemer, this all comes as the chinese president, xi jinping, decides to skip the 620 summit this weekend missing any chance of meeting with president biden on the sidelines. earlier, democratic congressman from illinois, raja krishnamoorthi, discussed this with my colleague caitriona perry. congressman, thank you for joining us. in your role as ranking member on the committee for strategic competition between the us and china you keep a close eye on trade matters. the latest figures coming out of china show imports and exports fell in august, putting pressure on the manufacturing sector. the slowdown continues. any sign of that bottoming out as far as you can see?— you can see? not that i can sa . i you can see? not that i can say- i think _ you can see? not that i can say. i think they _ you can see? not that i can say. i think they are - you can see? not that i can say. i think they are in - you can see? not that i can say. i think they are in a i say. i think they are in a tailspin in china right now. youth unemployment is above 20%. consumer confidence is low. people are not buying stuff. 0n low. people are not buying stuff. on top of all of that, you have the risk of deflation and demographic freefall because the population is shrinking. 6iven all of those issues, i think they have a lot to address and with respect, any economic or military aggression is really counter—productive to what they are trying to achieve, which is to improve their economic fortunes right now.- to improve their economic fortunes right now. what does that trajectory _ fortunes right now. what does that trajectory mean _ fortunes right now. what does that trajectory mean for - that trajectory mean for domestic trade in the us? we have very _ domestic trade in the us? - have very little exposure to china because the export of very little as a percentage of our economy to china. it is a product of the fact that they use protectionist policies to prevent american companies from really taking advantage of the chinese market. so while our economy is growing, it is very strong and resilient right now, with record low unemployment, unfortunately, the chinese are not saying that. they are saying the opposite. president joe biden saying the opposite. president joe biden is — saying the opposite. president joe biden is travelling - saying the opposite. president joe biden is travelling to - joe biden is travelling to india to the 620 and will be in the region for several days, hoping to sell a message that an alliance with the us is more beneficial to countries than one led by china. to these latest figures help them sell that story?— latest figures help them sell that sto ? ,, ~ , ., that story? sure! and everyone knows that- _ that story? sure! and everyone knows that. the _ that story? sure! and everyone knows that. the vast _ that story? sure! and everyone knows that. the vast majority l knows that. the vast majority of those represented at the 620 know that america is on the rise. that our economy is doing very well and will continue to do well. and it is in everyone's best interest to come together and try to create a set of rules of the road, if you will, both for our economies but also for resolving differences. you don't resolve differences through force. you do so at the bargaining table. unfortunately setting countries, russia at the front of them, do not get that and as a consequence they are not benefiting from trading with other countries and realising their full potential. the chinese premier xijinping is not attending the 620. what message does that sent? it is a bit strange _ message does that sent? it is a bit strange right _ message does that sent? it is a bit strange right now _ message does that sent? it is a bit strange right now and - message does that sent? it is a bit strange right now and it - message does that sent? it is a bit strange right now and it is l bit strange right now and it is joined with india. recently, china published a map showing that one of the states of india is actually chinese territory and then when the indians protested this map, the chinese that do not over interpret what we are trying to do on our map. that isjust being we are trying to do on our map. that is just being tenured because unfortunately china's neighbours routinely are pointing out that the ccp, the chinese communist party is engaging in aggression, which is not helping the economic road or being more secure. i'm hoping they are refraining from those types of aggressive moves going forward. br; those types of aggressive moves going forward-— going forward. by not attending, _ going forward. by not attending, is - going forward. by not attending, is china i going forward. by not - attending, is china feeding ground to joe attending, is china feeding ground tojoe biden on his charm offensive? i ground to joe biden on his charm offensive?- ground to joe biden on his charm offensive? i think if you are not present, _ charm offensive? i think if you are not present, you _ charm offensive? i think if you are not present, you are - charm offensive? i think if you are not present, you are not i are not present, you are not able to put your message forward. i think it is a lost opportunity for xijinping. an opportunity for xi jinping. an opportunity for xi jinping. an opportunity for xi jinping. an opportunity forjoe biden opportunity for xijinping. an opportunity forjoe biden to showcase america's successes and continue to weave partnerships and friendships, trying to establish that we need to have a rules —based order, government indo pacific region, otherwise in other places in the world and that will be to everyone's benefit. congressman, finally, one question on a domestic matter, you will be back at the house of representatives next week, a big task ahead in terms of trying to agree funding by the end of the month. do you think a deal can get done or are you expecting a government shutdown?— expecting a government shutdown? ., ., ., shutdown? we cannot have a government _ shutdown? we cannot have a government shutdown. - shutdown? we cannot have a government shutdown. that | shutdown? we cannot have a i government shutdown. that will hurt millions of people, whether it is active duty military not getting paid or seniors having trouble accessing health with their social security benefits. ultimately, it will be a choice for speaker mccarthy. does the work with democrats and moderates to try to find the government or does he give into hard—line extremists at the fringes of his party who are demanding all kinds of extraneous things, including an impeachment enquiry and other matters having nothing to do with the budget in return for supporting funding the government. i think you should opt for the former. it should work with democrats and others because we cannot afford a government shutdown .an . an intense week ahead but, for now” _ . an intense week ahead but, for now,, congressman, - . an intense week ahead but, l for now,, congressman, thank you forjoining us.— military authorities in mali say at least 64 people have been killed in two separate attacks by islamist militants. dozens of civilians reportedly died when a passenger boat travelling on the niger river came underfire in a village about 100 kilometers east of timbuktu. later a nearby military camp, downriver in bamba, was attacked with fifteen soldiers among the victims. in a statement read on national television, mali's military authorities said 50 jihadists had been killed. the bbc has not been able to independently verify these reports. injune, thejunta, which came to power in 2021, asked united nations forces to end their 10—year mission in the country by the end of the year, claiming that forces from russia's wagner group had the militants under control. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. dramatic video has emerged of a convicted killer in the us, who escaped a pennsylvania prison by crab—walking up between two walls. danelo cavalcante had been sentenced to life in prison last month for stabbing his ex—girlfriend to death. his escape mirrors that of another inmate, who climbed the same walls earlier this year to get away. da nelo cavalca nte remains at large. in greece, more than 800 people have been rescued after being stranded by severe flooding in the central part of the country. acording to local officials, the unprecedented rainfall from the storm system dubbed storm daniel, has so far claimed ia lives across 6reece, turkiye and bulgaria. a greek government spokesman described the flooding as a phenomenon unlike any other seen previously. us actor danny masterson has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison for raping two women in the early 2000s. masterson starred on that �*70s show during the time of the crimes. you're live with bbc news. nato says ukraine's counteroffensive against russia is showing progress. the security bloc�*s secretary general, jens stoltenberg, told members of the european parliament that ukrainian troops have made gradual gains advancing through russian defence lines despite heavy fighting. the kremlin says its air defenses downed two suspected ukrainian drones near rostov 0n don. it's home to key southern russian military base. no casualties were reported. meanwhile, a ukrainian drone targeted an industrial site, also in southern russia, setting a building on fire but causing no injuries. it all comes as us secretary of state antony blinken wrapped up his second day visiting ukraine. blinken has pledged another billion—dollar aid package including depleted uranium shells strong enough to pierce through tank armour which are seen as controversial due to low amounts of radiation. i spoke earlier with retired us army lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. he was an expert on ukraine in former us president trump's national security council. the us announcing it will supply ukraine with these depleted uranium munitions. earlier this year the us also supply other controversial ovens, cluster munitions. what do you make of these types of weapons being supplied ukraine, is it the right move?— is it the right move? thanks for having — is it the right move? thanks for having me _ is it the right move? thanks for having me on. _ is it the right move? thanks for having me on. it's - for having me on. it's interesting that this is being described as controversial because this is a cornerstone of the us munitions article, both cluster munitions and depleted uranium backgrounds are central to the way the us fights. it is controversial because there is a movement under way to dispense with minds which have been unfortunately responsible for numerous civilian, thousands of civilian wounds over the course of decades because these minefields are necessarily disappear after the war is done. what the munitions the us provided are actually a unique in certain ways, improved mine munitions. that dog rate, failure rate amounts to i%, 2%. nevertheless, there will be some leftover once the war is eventually over. russia has been very critical of these depleted uranium munitions, some worries they could be slightly radioactive. what is this move say about the progress of the counteroffensive, is this either a vote of confidence or potentially a sign of desperation providing kinds of minds? it’s desperation providing kinds of minds? �* , ., desperation providing kinds of minds? .,_ desperation providing kinds of minds? .,, minds? it's a necessity and it is rachel— minds? it's a necessity and it is rachel frusher _ minds? it's a necessity and it is rachel frusher to - minds? it's a necessity and it is rachel frusher to criticise l is rachel frusher to criticise the us and/or ukraine on the heels of genocidal attacks on the ukrainian population, an attack yesterday into a market that killed more than a dozen people, injured scores. it is absurd that the russians still can get away with a narrative that somehow they are good. in reality this is a simple needs based capability provided to ukraine. we don't have enough conventional munitions in our arsenal, the were still not have sufficient munitions in its arsenal, we have plenty of cluster munitions in our arsenal that we are providing to ukrainians so they can liberate their territory, ease the suffering the russians, russians, but depleted uranium rounds regatta cornerstone of our tent force, and the risk of any kind of radioactive residue is by multiple studies proven to be negligible. most importantly, the ukrainian donachie ukraine as a sovereign state and are capable of making decisions for itself. they understand the risks to civilians and risks of cluster munitions, they understand the risks of depleted uranium rounds. they are taking the rest onto themselves, whatever minimal risks exists so they can liberate their territory and ease the suffering of the population, of the population inflicted by the russians. this week three — inflicted by the russians. this week three us _ inflicted by the russians. this week three us secretaries of air force, army, navy red opinion piece in the washington post and are urging alibaba theatre tommy tuberville to stop booking confirmation of hundreds of various military operations. what do you make of tommy tuberville blocking these confirmations? i’ll tommy tuberville blocking these confirmations?— confirmations? i'll tell you that this — confirmations? i'll tell you that this particular - confirmations? i'll tell you that this particular action | that this particular action from senator tommy tuberville makes my blood boil. i was forced from military service by retaliation from the trump administration. the trump administration. the trump administration withheld my name from the motion list to kernel. i could have said in the service and held up the entire commercial list for all the kernels in the us army indefinitely until trump left office or take any action which i did which was i was not going to penalise my fellow peers in the military or for that matter i was not willing to jeopardise us marshals. tommy tuberville is doing the opposite, publicising promotions, holding up publicising promotions, holding up promotions for a political agenda, has nothing to do with the qualifications of these offices and it really makes me angry. the reason for that is because it has an enormous effect on readiness, an enormous effect on the ability of the military to retain the best and brightest that now look at their service is not just apolitical but politicised.- just apolitical but oliticised. �*, ., ., politicised. it's important to mention that _ politicised. it's important to mention that senator - politicised. it's important to l mention that senator tommy tuberville says his actions are not harming military readiness. you say he is wrong? clearly the secretary of the service army, air force, navy have said this. every living secretary of defence months back i think backin defence months back i think back in may signed a letter criticising the senator. it's been going on for months and affecting my friends and peers that cannot even at the kernel level get their promotions because there are restrictions on the number of people that can serve in certain. this is affecting on spouses of employment, on children that can't start schools are supposed to start again based on the new assignments. this is having cascading effects throughout the entire fourth and having an effect on the perceptions around the military, politicising the military, politicising the military, it makes my blood boil and makes me sick. the senator is harming us marshals for his own personal gain and agenda and enriching his coffers, campaign coffers and so forth, and it's completely unacceptable. i am laser focused on getting him to reverse this extremely harmful policy. reverse this extremely harmful oli . ., reverse this extremely harmful oli . . ., ., policy. lieutenant colonel alexandra, _ policy. lieutenant colonel alexandra, former - policy. lieutenant colonel| alexandra, former director policy. lieutenant colonel. alexandra, former director of the european russian affairs at the european russian affairs at the national security council, thank you for your point of view. ., ~' , ., peter navarro, a former trade advisor for president trump was found guilty on two counts of criminal contempt of congress in a federal trial on thursday. navarro was found in contempt for defying a subpoena issued by the house select committee investigating the 6january, 202i attack on the us capitol. 0ur correspondent 6ary 0'donoghue has more. it was a short trial lasting two days and the jury to about six hours to come to its guilty verdict on both charges. the charges are contempt of congress because peter navarro has failed to comply with the congressional subpoena from the 6 january committee congressional subpoena from the 6january committee to produce documents and appear to give testimony. what they wanted to hear about was something called the green based sweep which was peter navarro's own name for a planned overturned the election results in congress onjanuary the sixth. he said he did not have to give them the documents or appear because it was all covered by executive privilege but the judge throughout that offence before the trial even started. he was unable to run that and really offered no defence in terms of his own case. after the court concluded, he appeared and said he would appeal the conviction. he could face up to a year and present on each of the charges and up to $100,000 in a fight. we expect him to be sentenced in january. we expect him to be sentenced injanuary. he is the second trump advisor to be charged on contempt of congress, steve bannon of course got four months for the same charge but he is still out, still at liberty because he has a pending appeal. here we are again, the president's meant going to court and getting convicted. police in the uk have released new video in the nationwide search for a terror suspect, who escaped from a jail in south london on wednesday. officers say 21—year—0ld daniel khalife clung to the bottom of a delivery truck that left the jail. he hasn't been spotted since. on cctv - you can see that truck here at the top of the screen. stay with us here on bbc news. iam carl i am carl nasman and washington, dc. we'll have more on all our top stories at the top of the hour. stay with us right here on bbc news. hello there. temperatures have been creeping up day—by—day and on thursday we saw the warmest day of the year so far in wisley in surrey. 32.6 celsius, rounding up to 33 degrees. now, most places ended thursday on a dry, warm and muggy note, but some pretty ferocious thunderstorms, northern ireland through scotland have been raging. they will continue to clear the way northwards of the early part of friday and then we'll start to see some low cloud, mist and fog rolling in off the north sea, affecting eastern scotland and northeast england. a very warm and muggy nights come for all areas, particularly across the south. so we start off with this grey, misty, foggy weather across eastern scotland through the firth of forth and across northeast england. it will gradually burn back to the north sea coast as we move through the morning. so sunshine will make an appearance here fairly quickly, but for most it's another dry, sunny and hot and humid day. a bit of high cloud building across england and wales later on. then we could start to see some thundery showers pushing into the southwest of england as we push into the evening. mid to high 20 celsius, up to 29 degrees or so for north—east scotland, low 30s for southeast england, another hot day to come. through friday night, we could see these showers, thunderstorms becoming a bit more extensive across central and northern areas, but of mist and murk around some coasts. otherwise, for most, it's another dry and a warm, muggy night. so into saturday then, we start off with plenty of sunshine around it'll feel very humid at this point. start to see more wind, cloud, breeze picking up for north—west of scotland with this weather front. ahead of it will start to see some showers and thunderstorms breaking out. certainly across scotland, northern ireland, maybe northern parts of england and wales. very hot on saturday, we could be up to 33 celsius again in the southeast. temperatures will be coming down, though, in the north—west. for sunday we start to see some changes — the air starts to destabilise from the atlantic as these weather fronts encroach in. so although much of england wales will have another hot and sunny day, there is the threat of showers and thunderstorms becoming more widespread in the north and the west. temperatures will be coming down across scotland and northern ireland closer to the seasonal norm, but still another hot day for england and wales with 30 celsius or so in the southeast. the heat lasts for monday across southeastern areas, but then all areas will be cooler with sunshine and showers for the rest of the week. india in the spotlight as leaders from around the world gather in the indian capital for the 620 summit. we will have the latest. in the debate still verses back to the office. we speak to a director at wharton centre for human resources. hello and welcome to asia businees report with me arunoday mukharji. the big story we are looking ahead to, leaders from around the world are gathering in india's capital city of new delhi