welcome to world news america in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. we start in moscow where president vladimir putin has been playing host to one of his most important remaining allies, china s president, xijinping. it s the chinese leader s first visit to russia since russia invaded ukraine last year. beijing still maintains that its position in the war is neutral and it s come up with a plan for peace talks between the two sides. mr putin who just days ago was accused of war crimes by international prosecutors said he was looking forward to discussing that plan. our russia editor steve rosenberg, has sent this report from moscow. just three days ago, vladimir putin was named as a war crimes suspect by the international criminal court. but that didn t stop china s president flying in and shaking his hand. putin and xi have met many times before, but never before has russia s president been under such pressure. his war in ukraine not going at all according to pla
over of the troubled bank credit suisse. we begin in switzerland, where the un secretary general has warned that the climate time bomb is ticking, urging rich nations to slash emissions sooner after a new assessment from scientists said there was little time to lose in tackling climate change. the inter governmental panel on climate change says the worst can still be averted if emissions are cut rapidly. but even that is unlikely to stop global temperatures rising by less than the target of 1.5 degrees celsius. here s antonio guterres. humanity is on thin ice, and that ice is melting fast. as today s report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change details, humans are responsible for virtually all global heating over the last 200 years. the rate of temperature rise in the last half century is the highest in 2,000 years. concentrations of carbon dioxide are at their highest in at least two million years. the climate time bomb is ticking. let s look through the key findi
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and the hunt for this shark s head why scientists in the uk are appealing to whoever took it to bring it back. hello and welcome to the programme. president xi of china is on a state visit to russia, where he s been warmly greeted by president putin. the summit has been the focus of a good deal of speculation following the publication of china s plan to settle the acute crisis in ukraine. mr putin said that moscow was always open to negotiation. but the americans have already warned that the chinese peace plan could be a just a delaying tactic. the visit comes just days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for president putin, in relation to alleged war crimes. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. just three days ago vladimir putin was named as a war crimes suspect by the international criminal court. but that didn t stop china s president flying in and shaking his hand. putin and xi have met many times before, but never befor
to the emergency takeover of the swiss bank credit suisse, but are the fears now easing. turning powder into bear. a german brewery comes up with a new product that could change the whole alcohol market and be good for the planet. president xi of china is on a state visit to russia where he s been warmly greeted by president putin. the summit has been the focus of a good deal of speculation following the publication of china s plan to settle the acute crisis in ukraine . mr putin said that moscow was always open to negotiation. but the americans have already warned that the chinese peace plan could be a just a delaying tactic. the visit comes just days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for president putin in relation to alleged war crimes. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. just three days ago, vladimir putin was named as a war crime suspect by the international criminal court, but that didn t stop china s president from f