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
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
the ukrainian president has accused china of prolonging the war in his country 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
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.