Huge crowds gather in Pyongyang to welcome Putin

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has been meeting his North Korean counterpart after he arrived to a red carpet welcome and embrace by Kim Jong Un. Mr Kim said North Korea 'fully supports Russia's operation in Ukraine'. We speak to our correspondent in Beijing to gauge how China views this blossoming relationship.

More than 70 million Americans, about one in five people, are under heat alerts as the US grapples with the first heatwave of the season.

Also in this hour, the Boeing boss has been grilled by US lawmakers as he apologised to family members of plane crash victims.