live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 2am in moscow, where president putin has wrapped up talks with chinese president xi jinping for a second day. the two leaders have been discussing what s been described as a peace plan for ukraine, put forward by beijing. president putin has also warned that if the uk goes ahead with a plan to supply ammunition to ukraine, then russia will be forced to respond. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. take two world leaders. ..a dash of kremlin choreography. ..and you get this. the symbolism was clear. on the world stage, xi and putin, china and russia, are coming together to forge what they claim is a strong partnership. the talk at the table was about expanding cooperation, but equal partners they are not. russia, under pressure over its war in ukraine, is increasingly dependent on china. and vladimir putin is increasingly critical of the west. later, he slammed the
he illegally handed profitable businesses to his relatives and friends to operate. it s claimed this caused heavy losses to national interests. neither the company nor zhao weiguo have so far made any comment. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines. an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude has struck afghanistan. it s not yet clear how many people may have been killed or injured, but there are reports of nine deaths in parts of northwestern pakistan. strong shaking was felt in the afghan capital kabul and tremors as far away as the indian capital delhi. the quake was centred in the hindu kush mountains, near the remote community ofjurm, in afghanistan s badakhshan province. an indonesian court has granted a class action request filed by a group of victims of acute kidney injury in children caused
there s been another night of volatile protests in france over president emmanuel macron s controversial pensions reform. this was in paris a few hours ago demonstrators setting off fireworks aimed at police in riot gear. street battles like this have been raging for six consecutive nights in the country s capital. police have also set off tear gas attempting to disperse the protestors. it comes a day after the french government narrowly survived a no confidence vote in the country s parliament. it was brought after president macron s administration forced through a rise in the pension age from 62 to 64 without parliamentary approval last week. meantime, mr macron will use a highly anticipated tv interview on wednesday to try and calm things down . china has charged the former chairman of a major computer chip maker with crimes including corruption. zhao wei guo is the former boss of tsinghua unigroup. china s anti graft watchdog claims