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sharon stone is among the movie stars in cannes on day six of the prestigious french film festival. and a dramatic climax to the english premier league football season as manchester city come from behind to clinch the title. hello and welcome. president biden has told japan s prime minister that the us is fully committed to japan s defence on his first visit to asia since taking office. mr biden was greeted with a military honour guard for the meeting with fumio kishido, which came after he metjapan s emperor naruhito. the two men talked briefly at the palace entrance before going in. mr biden is due to hold talks with the prime ministers of japan, india and australia. the fallout from ukraine appears set to dominate discussions, but much of the focus will be on china s territorial intentions, in particular, its claim on taiwan. many analysts believe china s massive military gives it the wherewithal to invade taiwan, and to hold off the us and its allies if they try t ....
supply to finland the latest escalation of an energy payments row with the west. russia s gas giant gazprom confirmed it had completely halted exports to finland at 0a:00 gmt on saturday. finland says there will be no disruption to customers. today the 28th world gas conference starts in daegu, with 12,000 participants from 90 countries descending on the energy city of south korea. topics on the table for discussion will no doubt focus on russia and europe s energy supply or lack of it. meanwhile, the uk is apparently experiencing a gas glut, with surplus supplies of natural gas pouring into britain s re gasification terminals. the glut has squashed gas prices on the spot market in britain, but will this lead to prices dropping for consumers? joining me now is michael stoppard, global gas strategy lead, s&p global. read gasification terminals, where they store the gas until it is needed, if those are full, there is a glutton the supply of gas, will people watching a ....
this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore and one o clock in the morning in ukraine, where a court has sentenced a russian tank commander to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian. vadim shishimarin was the first person to stand trial for war crimes since russia s invasion three months ago. he had admitted shooting the 62 year old civilian, but said he d been acting on orders and he will appeal against his sentence. our correspondentjames waterhouse was in court. this wasn tjust a trial, it was ukraine s day in court, with all eyes and cameras on 21 year old vadim shishimarin. by legal standards, his journey to this dock has been quick. more than two weeks ago, the russian soldier was questioned over an alleged war crime. translation: we started moving. on the way, we saw a civilian talking on the phone. i was ordered to shoot and fired one round at him. he fell down. we moved on. today, the court heard how shishimarin shot a 62 ye ....
aimed at countering china s growing influence in the region. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome. the united nations world food programme has described russia s blockade of ukrainian ports as a declaration of war on global food security that could push tens of millions of people into severe food shortages. it echoes concerns raised by the ukrainian government, and wider accusations that the kremlin is deliberately targeting food supplies. our economics editor, faisal islam, reports. across the world, food and energy crisis are hitting households, increasing social instability and hunger and leading to whole country is going bust. sri lanka at first, but more are feared to be heading in the same direction. with russia s war in ukraine making the supply shocks much worse, the economic stakes are very high here and across part of the problem is that the natural response that should bring down energy orfood prices producin ....
the long awaited publication of a report into lockdown breaches in downing street is expected this week, after a deadline passed for responses and objections. monkeypox is detected in three more countries as scientists say they are still unsure what is causing the outbreak. and the heir to the throne in britain is to appear in one of the country s best loved soap operas as part of queen s platinum jubilee celebrations. it s 6am in singapore and 7am in tokyo where president biden is visiting to meet the prime ministers ofjapan, australia and india for the first such talks since the invasion of ukraine and amid ongoing concerns about china s territorial ambitions, particularly its claim on taiwan. the buildup of the chinese military has led to fears it now has the ability to invade taiwan and defeat the us and its allies if they try to intervene. from tokyo our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes reports. this is something that hasn t been seen since world war ii, a ....