ukraine s president gets the red carpet treatment in poland and a pledge of fighterjets. one of the world s biggest online, crime websites is shut down by police in 17 countries. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. china s foreign ministry has condemned a meeting between tsai ing wen and the us speaker of the house in california. it vowed a resolute response. mr mccarthy as the most senior american politician to meet a taiwanese leader on us soil since 1979. the meeting took place at the ronald reagan presidential library during a stopover on president tsai journey home from latin america. climate china claims it as part of its own territory. here is what was said at a press conference. the friendship said at a press conference. tue: friendship between said at a press conference. tte: friendship between the people of taiwan and america is a matter of profound importance to the free world and it is criti
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hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in poland where president zelensky of ukraine has made his first official visit to the country since russia invaded ukraine. the polish president, andrzej duda, has told his ukrainian counterpart that poland will urge nato to give kyiv additional security guarantees. ukraine s leader has been welcomed by president duda at the presidential palace and he s expected to thank the polish people at the royal castle in warsaw later. poland has been one of the most outspoken and generous supporters of kyiv since the war started in february last year. it s taken in millions of refugees and sent more than 300 tanks. it was also one of the first countries to send fighter jets to ukraine. this is the shot we are getting live from poland of the president zelensky and the commentary is in polish and ukrainian but i can tell you they are about to give a statement to the cameras imminently. this is a hugely important and symbolic visit for president ze
they proved to be not fit to address the specific context of the russian aggression against ukraine. nevertheless, i would like to remind all of us that lastjuly the secretary general activated the mechanism, which is called caac, the mechanism of children in armed conflicts, and the united nations started collecting information and monitoring the situation. the united nations and the special representative of the united nations on the children in conflict will report to the security council thisjune orjuly, and then the decision will be taken whether the russian federation will be listed as a violator of the rights of the child in the conflict. right. but even if they come to that conclusion so what? that does not get the kids back to ukraine. yes, you re right. but i think the pressure is mounting and the fact that on march 17th, the icc issued the arrest warrant for putin and lvova belova really pushed the russian federation to the wall. and the fact that they had this m