welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm arunoday mukharji. let's get you the headlines. ajury has found hunter biden guilty of all three felony gun charges in the first criminal trial of a child of a sitting us president. hamas responds to the latest peace proposal for gaza, saying its ready to engage but still wants israel to commit to a permanent ceasefire and completely withdraw its forces. india confirms two of its nationals have been killed while fighting illegally for the russian forces in ukraine. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the united states where the president's son, hunter biden, has been found guilty of lying about his drug use to illegally buy a gun. the jury in the trial in delaware convicted him on all three counts. he could face a maximum of 25 years in jail. our north america editor sarah smith has been following the story and has more. handin hand in hand with his step—mother, the first lady, as well as his life, hunter biden left court a convicted felon. this trial, peppered with lurid details about his private life and previous addiction to crack cocaine, has clearly put great stress on the whole family. presidentjoe biden appeared at a gun safety rally, saying he loved hunter and is proud of the man he is today. he travelled to delaware to be with his son. prosecutors admitted that hunter biden committed a crime by lying on a form to buy a gun. that was discovered in his car by his then partner haillie biden, also his sister—in—law, the widow of his brother beau. prosecutors showed video of her trying to dispose of the weapon in a dumpster. she told the court she realised it was a stupid idea.— court she realised it was a stu - id idea. �* . stupid idea. hunter biden had already described _ stupid idea. hunter biden had already described his - stupid idea. hunter biden had already described his drug - already described his drug addiction in a book. excerpts read by the author himself was played in court. it read by the author himself was played in court-— played in court. it became smokeing _ played in court. it became smokeing every _ played in court. it became smokeing every two - played in court. it became smokeing every two days. i played in court. it became - smokeing every two days. his defence argued that hunter biden wasn't using drugs around the time he bought the gun, but the time he bought the gun, but thejury the time he bought the gun, but the jury rejected that. donald trump insists he was only convicted because president biden is using the legal system to persecute his political opponent, claims undermined by the guilty verdict against the president's own son. the justice department say they care only about the law, not politics. care only about the law, not olitics. ., ., , politics. no-one in this country _ politics. no-one in this country is _ politics. no-one in this country is above - politics. no-one in this country is above the i politics. no-one in this l country is above the law. everyone must be accountable for their actions. everyone must be accountable fortheiractions. even everyone must be accountable for their actions. even this defendant. however, hunter biden should be no more accountable than any other citizen convicted of this same conduct. �* �* , conduct. hunter biden's wilful refusal to _ conduct. hunter biden's wilful refusal to comply... _ conduct. hunter biden's wilful refusal to comply... he - conduct. hunter biden's wilful refusalto comply... he has i refusal to comply... he has been investigated by republicans in congress, who accuse him of peddling influence while his father was vice—president. no charges have resulted from, that and attempts to impeachjoe biden in connection with his son's business dealings have come to nothing. to developments in the middle east and hamas has responded to the american—led proposals for a ceasefire and hostage—release deal in gaza, saying they view the plan favourably. in a statement, they said they were ready to move towards a deal — but they insisted that any ceasefire must be permanent. israel has been reluctant to end the war, while hamas retains its ability to carry out further attacks. the us says it's considering their response. our correspondent hugo bachega is injerusalem and gave us his assessment of events. hamas has expressed readiness to reach a deal, but it's sticking to its initial demands, they include a guarantee there will be a permanent ceasefire in gaza, and also the complete withdrawal of israeli forces from the territory. now, qatar and egypt, which have been mediating the talks, say they have received this response from hamas, and they will be co—ordinate the next —— they will co—ordinate the next steps with the negotiations with the united states. the deal being discussed is a 3—stage plan that was announced by president biden, he described it as an israeli proposal. the first stage of this plan would see the release of hostages being held in gaza, and then pave the way for a permanent ceasefire. now, hamas wants a guarantee of a permanent ceasefire because they feel once the hostages are out, the israeli military may continue to gaza to continue with its military operation against the group. now, the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu had previously said that israel would not commit to an end of the war without achieving its goals of destroying hamas's military and governing capabilities in gaza. for more, we can speak to ian parmeter in canberra. he is the former australian ambassador to lebanon and currently a research scholar at the centre for arab and islamic studies at the australian national university. thank you very much, ambassador, for being with us here on news day. just want to begin by asking — hamas has responded, demanding a complete halt to fighting. how realistic is the prospect of a full withdrawal of israeli troops and could that delay the deal going through? i and could that delay the deal going through?— and could that delay the deal going through? i think it will. it's very unfortunate - going through? i think it will. it's very unfortunate that - it's very unfortunate that hamas's response has been as — well, keeping to the hard—line they insist on a full agreement to cease the — the full ceasefire, permanent ceasefire, before they will agree to it. so, there's still a lot of diplomacy to be got through. the americans will be putting a lot of pressure on egypt to get a more definite response to at least the first phase, which is the six—week temporary ceasefire from hamas. but as well the americans would be putting a lot of pressure on the netanyahu government to give its agreement and we don't have that full agreement as yet. the americans say the israeli government has agreed but binyamin netanyahu has said the operation will continue until — until hamas is destroyed. so, we have two irreconcile able objectives here. hamas is determined to remain standing at the end of the conflict, and israel is determined that it will be — the conflict won't end until hamas is removed. and that has been the problem right from the start. i been the problem right from the start. ., ., , ., start. i want to understand the ressure start. i want to understand the pressure the — start. i want to understand the pressure the us _ start. i want to understand the pressure the us can _ start. i want to understand the pressure the us can put, - start. i want to understand the pressure the us can put, to . pressure the us can put, to what extent they can exert that pressure. the deal is very important to washington. how muscular do you think they'll be in getting this across the line? i be in getting this across the line? ~' ~ . ., , line? i think the americans will be putting _ line? i think the americans will be putting a _ line? i think the americans will be putting a lot - line? i think the americans will be putting a lot of - will be putting a lot of pressure on israel to fully agree to at least the first phase of the ceasefire. the temporary six—week ceasefire. this is very important to president biden because the gaza war is actually pulling the democratic party apart. and one of the consequences of the war, the fact that arab americans who normally vote democrat and progressive democrats are very opposed to biden's support for israel and to the huge number of casualties that the war has caused. and they may well not vote in november, which of course will hand the election to trump by default. so, it's very important to biden that the warfinish as very important to biden that the war finish as soon as possible and that — as much possible and that — as much possible get out of the american people's system. very briefl , american people's system. very briefly, ambassador, _ american people's system. very briefly, ambassador, there are domestic political compulsions for israel. benny gantz is out of the war cabinet, there are fears that netanyahu will have to listen to the far—right. does that complicate matters? it certainly does. benny gantz was a moderating influence within the war cabinet. now he's gone, very hard—line ministerfor national he's gone, very hard—line minister for national security, ben—gvir, will take his place in the war cabinet. that will mean it will be a less balanced management of the war and ben—gvir has said that he and his coalition partner will withdraw their parties from the coalition, the governing coalition, the governing coalition, if the war stops, if there's even a temporary ceasefire. so netanyahu is in an extremely difficult situation, particularly given there is now so much pressure from the families of the hostages, following the release of another four hostages over the weekend.— of another four hostages over the weekend. right. all right. ambassador, _ the weekend. right. all right. ambassador, thank _ the weekend. right. all right. ambassador, thank you - the weekend. right. all right. ambassador, thank you very i ambassador, thank you very much, a pleasure having you on the show. in the uk, the conservatives have put tax cuts at the heart of their manifesto, as they launched their programme for government if they return to power after the election. among the policies announced was a cut in national insurance, scrapping the main rate of national insurance for the self—employed and they pledged a new help to buy scheme for potential homeowners. our political editor chris mason was at the manifesto launch and sent us this report. halfway through this election race, it's the moment for the cardboard boxes, within them, those bundles of promises, not always kept, that set out a party's blueprint for the next five years. so, the manifesto is here, so is the cabinet... ..then the prime minister. applause music, applause, an ovation from party supporters, yes, but also a candid acknowledgment from rishi sunak about how you may feel about him and the conservatives.— may feel about him and the conservatives. i'm not blind to the fact that — conservatives. i'm not blind to the fact that people _ conservatives. i'm not blind to the fact that people are - the fact that people are frustrated with our party and frustrated with our party and frustrated with our party and frustrated with me. things have not always been easy. and we have not got everything right. but we are the only party in this election with the big ideas to make our country a better place to live. applause applause a central theme of this manifesto is tax cuts — including a promise of another 2p cut in employee national insurance. br; 2p cut in employee national insurance.— insurance. by 2027, we will have halved _ insurance. by 2027, we will have halved national- insurance. by 2027, we will. have halved national insurance to 6%, that's a tax cut, my friends, worth £1,300 to the average worker.— average worker. rishi sunak - raised average worker. rishi sunak praised the _ average worker. rishi sunak praised the enterprise - average worker. rishi sunak praised the enterprise and l average worker. rishi sunak i praised the enterprise and risk taking of the self—employed, and said this: in taking of the self-employed, and said this:— and said this: in the next parliament, _ and said this: in the next parliament, we'll- and said this: in the next parliament, we'll scrap l parliament, we'll scrap entirely the main rate of self—employed national insurance. self-employed national insurance.— insurance. and having acknowledged - 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short of saying that. if we are forced to choose between our security and the jurisdiction of a foreign court, including the echr, we'll always choose our nation's security. applause for much of the last 18 months, you have tried everything to try and revive conservative fortunes and not much appears to have worked. could we rename this document today your last chance saloon?— chance saloon? well, chris, i've chance saloon? well, chris, i've been — chance saloon? well, chris, i've been very _ chance saloon? well, chris, i've been very clear- chance saloon? well, chris, i've been very clear when i i chance saloon? well, chris, i i've been very clear when i got thisjob we had been i've been very clear when i got this job we had been through a very difficult time as a country. if you want a secure future, if you want lower taxes, if you want your pensions protected, if you want a more sensible approach to net zero and you want your border secure, vote conservative at this election.— this election. there ended -erha - 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polls. i notice you're not saying yes. it's an i polls. i notice you're not i saying yes. it's an election. i can't predict _ saying yes. it's an election. i can't predict the _ saying yes. it's an election. i can't predict the outcome i saying yes. it's an election. i can't predict the outcome of| saying yes. it's an election. i i can't predict the outcome of an election, it's not myjob. the election, it's not my “0b. the outcome * election, it's not my “0b. the outcome of h election, it's not my “0b. the outcome of the i election, it's not myjob. the outcome of the election is your job at home. the cases the different parties are making are becoming clearer. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. you're live with bbc news. ukraine's far east has come under intense russian bombardment over the last few months. but now, the mayor of kharkiv says there have been fewer russian attacks ever since the us allowed ukraine to strike targets across the border using american weapons. it comes as president volodymyr zelensky is in germany to appeal for more support to protect ukrainian cities — hoping to encourage european nations to invest in the country's post—war reconstruction. our correspondent david mcguinness has more details on mr zelensky�*s push for recovery efforts in berlin. thousands of delegates from all over the world are in berlin to plan the reconstruction of ukraine after the war. they include governments, officials from around 60 countries, as well as business leaders and that's because the main point of this conference is to get private investment into ukraine, politicians say that state funds are not going to be enough, no matter how many billions of euros and dollars get pumped into ukraine, they need businesses to get involved. and on the one hand, its immediate reconstruction for bond infrastructure, to provide energy, or water to people here and now, on the other hand, it's about rebuilding ukraine in the future, when the war finishes. and that's more difficult because no—one knows how long this is going to last. after the conference, president zelensky went to the bundestag to deliver a speech. the mps there applauded, gave him a standing ovation, it was a moving moment. but not all mps attended. mps from the far—left and the far—right boycotted president zelensky�*s speech, accusing him of escalating the war. and i think as we see national elections here in germany approaching next year, those voices on the extreme are going to get louder. mainstream germany, though, still very much supports ukraine, ask they back german chancellor olaf scholz�*s line that peace in europe is only possible if ukraine is fully supported. india says two of its nationals have been killed, fighting illegally for russian forces in ukraine. the indian foreign ministry said it had urged the russian authorities to repatriate the bodies of the two deceased. it further added that it had strongly called for moscow to release and repatriate all indian nationals currently with the russian army. indian media say dozens of nationals have been duped by agents into fighting for russian forces with the lure of money and the promise of obtaining russian passports. our south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan, explained t