by supporting russia. speaking at the shangri la security gathering in singapore, volodymy zelensky complained that beijing was discouraging other countries from attending a summit scheduled in switzerland in mid june. china has denied taking sides in the war. sura njana tewari reports. ukraine s president desperately needs help to forge his path to peace. the russian offensive in kharkiv has battered the north east of the country for weeks. glide bombs fired by aircraft in russian airspace, pummelling ukrainian trenches. the us is helping kyiv fight back with advanced weaponry, but is concerned about escalation and has restricted their use to targets inside ukraine. president zelensky complains that his hands are tied. pressure on washington has been building. finally, in a meeting with us secretary of defence lloyd austin, a change in policy was made official. but zelensky told the bbc that it is still insufficient. translation: is this enough? no. i have mentioned the exam
certain to be elected. exit polls project that the winner is the former mayor of mexico city claudia sheinbaum, who s backed by the outgoing president. her main rival the conservative businesswoman xochitl galvez told her supporters to be patient and wait for the official results. they ve both promised to improve the lives of women in a country with one of world s highest femicide rates. the election campaign has been marked by unprecedented levels of violence. the government says more than 20 candidates have been killed. two people were killed in separate incidents on election day. these are live pictures of mexico city, where you can see people are gathered. let s talk to our correspondent. will, what is the latest? the numbers ust are what is the latest? the numbers just are not what is the latest? the numbers just are not big what is the latest? the numbers just are not big enough, - what is the latest? the numbers just are not big enough, the - just are not big
female president. the frontrunner, claudia sheinbaum, and her main rival, xochitl galvez, are well ahead of the only male candidate in opinion polls. ms sheinbaum, who is a former mayor of mexico city, has the backing of the outgoing president, lopez obrador. it s been the most violent election campaign in modern mexican history. over 20 local candidates have been killed across the country during the campaign, and two people were killed in separate attacks at voting centres in the central state of puebla. our correspondent in mexico city, will grant, before we get into the candidates, tell us what it s been like covering this campaign, considering how violent it has been. if campaign, considering how violent it has been.- violent it has been. it has been very violent it has been. it has been very violent. - violent it has been. it has been very violent. i - violent it has been. it has been very violent. i made violent it has been. it has l been very violent. i made it out t
not been heard from since. her disappearance has been linked to an unnamed demand linked to an unnamed man described in us court documents as a drug trafficker. the bbc understands this to be a man known as taki, suspected of leading a bulgarian organised crime group but has never been prosecuted for any crime. sources close to ruja ignatova says taki was her head of security. herformer adviser, frank schneider said it was a typical arrangement in bulgaria. as in most, call them mafia environments, we have to buy protection. the bigger it gets the more dangerous it becomes. a secret police report seen by the bbc suggests taki may have had ruja ignatova murdered, killed on a boat off