live from singapore, this is bbc news. president trump sends an additional 2000 national guard troops to los angeles as protesters stage a fourth day of demonstrations over immigration raids. the bbc speaks to former white house chief strategist steve bannon, who defended president trump's decision to send 2,000 troops to los angeles. in ukraine, emotional reunions as soldiers return in a prisoner-of-war swap with russia but others wait anxiously for news of their loved ones. and coming up in business today: talks continue in london aimed at resolving the trade war between the us and china.

hello and welcome to newsday. in just the past few hours, president trump authorised the mobilisation of an additional 2,000 national guard troops in california, as protests over immigration enforcement continue. it comes shortly after the military announced it would activate 700 marines in los angeles after a fourth day of clashes between protesters and authorities. the administration said the marines would help protect federal agents and buildings.protests broke out on friday, after agents from us immigration and customs enforcement - or ice - carried out immigration raids in the city. this is the fourth day of these protests in los angeles. this is a line of motorcycles and police. we have been put on this side and are not able to enter any closer but if you

look in the distance several police vehicles and a line of police and then the protesters, you might be able to make out some flags in the distance but we have been moved several blocks away from where these protests originated in front of the federal building. it has been one of the flashpoints we have seen over the past several days when demonstrators have been gathering showing their displeasure with the immigration enforcement action taking place across the city as well as what many see as publication or rise in the temperature taken by the federal government and president trump to deploy national guard ever seen. what we have been watching over the past few hours as local officials, not the national guard, local

police in los angeles shower is trying to move the demonstrators out of the downtown area where they have been gathered to clear that area. they have done so fairly successfully. we have been walking for 45 minutes to an hour now and they have been able to move protesters even as many of them away or decided was them to go home. a much smaller gathering than what we saw earlier today. on monday chaos, volatility in the blocking freeways and exchanges and clashes between the two sides, nonlethal weapons used by the police. dangerous situations where we saw protesters doing things like scooters, fireworks, bricks, concrete blocks towards authorities, there were injuries, around 12 police officers and sheriff officers injured during the exchanges. car lit on fire. despite the very large presence, a big show of force by local police. we have not seen that kind of intensity when you talk about exchanges or clashes.

a few arrests but not as many as you would expect. an effort so far by police to clear the area. we know the announcements are being made by the president and secretary of defence that there are thousands more national reservists heading toward los angeles and many hundred now active-duty marines coming here. there might be feeling in the streets that what local authorities decided to do was finally at one point they lost patience, took matters in their own hands and get that demonstration out of there. we are seeing the clash between local and federal authorities. there might be the sense that they want to make sure they can demonstrate they have the power as they have been insisting to enforce order in their own streets. given the increasing show of force by local authorities and local police officers, have you gotten a sense of how the protesters are reacting to seeing all of this?

sounds like things are more subdued, taking a bit of a step back given the larger police presence. what we have seen is maybe two groups of protesters and much larger one, majority of people around here are not happy, angry about what they have seen los angeles in terms of enforcement actions. this is the largest concentration of undocumented immigrants, this is a very proud city and city made up of a lot of latinos and mexican-americans and they have taken these sort of actions personally. a lot of anger in the streets which was stoked once again by some of the actions by president trump.

those aer the people today waving flags, signs, chanting anti-ice slogans. this is something they're concerned about, the agitators that maybe once the sun comes down they take the opportunity during the large protests to agitate and start more violent acts like we saw last night and some sporadic looting. that is probably on the minds of authorities. what we heard from people protesting and we have seen from immigration enforcement, they said they were upset by having this demonstration cleared. they said they are staying peaceful, we have a peaceful message and have the right to express ourselves but once there was an unlawful assembly declared by the authorities it was clear it was just a matter of time before they were pushed up in the area and that is what we saw earlier.

we are on day four of the protests on the streets of la. do you have the sense that we could be here for a bit longer? that is the question on everybody's minds and the worry from local officials we heard from the mayor and governor gavin newsom, their worry is how will additional troops, the national guard, marines coming from a local marine base, how will that affect the situation? is likely to stoke tensions further? lawsuits playing out and a battle on whether or not the president has the authority to do that. as we go into nighttime and day five and potentially six the question will be whether or not there was visible presence of us marines and active-duty

troops on the streets. that is a sign we don't see very often in this country. that could very well inflame tensions. the hope from the federal side, the hopes they are expressing publicly is they want to calm the situation down. we hear from local officials and people are doing nothing of the sort. it will add complications on the logistics side and might inflame tensions with protesters. the sense we get right now on the streets and you can see here, the protesters have started to disperse and police have the upper hand. been able to clear out block by block and street by street and to get this particular area of downtown los angeles pretty well and clear of the demonstrators and protesters we have been seeing running wild over the past 24 hours.

we can show you some life pictures of demonstrations in dallas, texas. people gathering and other cities such as tampa, florida and boston, massachusetts. back to la now. in the past hour, officials in los angeles have been giving a press conference. the mayor karen bass called for the city to come together. i don't think our city should be used for an experiment to see what happens in the nation's second largest city or maybe we can do this to other cities. then i read a description of our city that was so troubling to me, a description of our city that says we have been invaded and occupied by illegal aliens and criminals and now violent mobs are swarming and attacking our federal agents. i don't know if anyone has seen that happen but i have not seen it happen and obviously there has been violence

and the violence is unacceptable but to describe our city as a migrant invasion and we need to put an end to the migrant rights and call on secretaries of the administration to go after our city because we want order to be restored, illegals expelled and los angeles will be set free. how is this a description? this is a despicable description. we need to come together and not accept this and not allow us to be divided. we are a city of immigrants and always embraced that. the governor of california, gavin newsom is suing the trump administration for federalizing his state's national guard. but mr trump is threatening mr newsom with legal trouble of his own, musing about having the governor arrested. that's a threat endorsed by mr trump's one-time campaign manager, steve bannon. he was speaking with my colleague, caitriona perry.

downtown la, i lived in la for 20 years, downtown la where the 101 and 110 come, was shutdown on the city. it looks like a war zone. the police did move the protests out... some of the protesters after many hours but no arrests. they did it themselves, they did not need the national guard. the national guard, the mandate of the national guard to protect federal property and protect federal agents in their actions as ice agents for deportations and you have the local sanctuary cities that are clearly against federal law that people like the mayor and governor newsome think they can just override federal law. like the confederates did in the 1860s. my recommendation to president trump is to arrest the mayor. on what grounds?

interfering with federal authorities prosecuting their mandate which is to get people out of the country. we'll have much more from that interview with steve bannon coming up at the bottom of the hour. for more on the root causes of the protests we are seeing in los angeles we are joined now by the associate director of human rights watch, vicki gaubeca. thank you for your time. you work with immigrants, what impact have you seen these raids having on them in their communities? as a matter of fact the migrant immigrant community, we have seen incredible amounts of fear that i've pretty much paralysed community in some respects. some are afraid of taking their kids to school, some are afraid of even going to work even when they have worked authorisation and this last incident which was the straw that broke the camel 's back was ice going after people who are just following legal procedures by

showing up to court and then being promptly arrested and exited the courts. this ramp up against immigrants has been received as being very unfair and unjustified and downright cruel because it is basically terrorising the community. a community that has given great contributions to the country both to its economy and culture. therefore feels unjustified. how do you respond to the trump administration's claim that removing undocumented immigrants is both legally justified and reflective of the will of the american people? i would argue a lot of the people they are focusing on right now have actually come into this country under lawful process, whether it was under the biden administration who created programmes of humanitarian ways of entering the country or who by other means, anyone who shows up at

an immigration court or hearing has a process in place, an immigration case in place and these and other that have done anything else but follow the law. what forms of support and assistance are available for individuals who are being detained? a lot of immigrant rights groups and community advocates are providing both affirmations to individuals, how to protect themselves from these rampant rates. and basically to know what their rights are when encounter bay frontal immigration officials. we are now on dave four and seeing an uptick in response both in the national guard numbers being deployed and also on the street as well police officers in la stepping up in terms of a show of force. what are your primary concerns about what happens

next? i am very concerned, we are very concerned about how the response has been aggressive and therefore promoting even more violence. in the beginning the immigrant community at large was just trying to peacefully protest what is happening to their families, people torn away from their family and kids a lot of anger towards trump in the community right now by people unfairly targeted right now simply because trump wants to get to 3000 deportations a day. they are going after everyone now instead of using their discretion as to who they should be going after. obviously emigrants have a right to free speech, peaceful assembly. this has been taken away from them by aggressive tactics. thank you for your time.

russia and ukraine have begun another major prisoner-of-war swap with soldiers under the age of 25 being sent home. it follows an agreement reached during talks in istanbul last week. the handover is expected to last a number of days, and has raised hopes in ukrainian families desperate for news of their missing relatives. paul adams reports from northern ukraine. back on ukrainian soil, years of captivity in russia finally over for some of ukraine's youngest soldiers. this the result of an agreement reached a week ago, hundreds more pows to follow in the coming days. translation: mum, mum, i'm in ukraine. an hour later, the soldiers arrive at a nearby town.

it's a very different reception - greeted by the families of the missing, all desperately seeking news. they don't know if their fathers, brothers and sons are dead or alive. no joy here, just anxiety, hope mixed with dread. translation: it might sound strange, but i really wanted my dad to be wounded. i knew anything could happen. two other family members were already missing. when i found out that he'd gone missing, too, that was the most painful thing. the men have been held in prisons all over russia and occupied ukraine, some subject to grim conditions. they spent a lot of time in russian places of detention without any visits of international red cross. their health conditions are very poor. they have no sufficient food.

they survived a lot of tortures. every time a recently returned prisoner emerges, they surge forward. this is a moment of great relief for some people, but enormous anxiety for a great deal more. valera has been gone for more than three years, captured in mariupol early in the war. he wants to help identify the missing, but the men he knows...are all much thinner. russia welcomed home its soldiers, too, airlifted from belarus to an airbase outside moscow. one of the largest prisoner swaps so far now fully under way, but still no sign of a ceasefire. paul adams, bbc news, northern ukraine. there has been international condemnation of israel's interception of a ship used by a campaign group trying to bring humanitarian aid to the gaza strip. the madleen was escorted by israel's navy to the port of

ashdod. israel's defence minister, israel katz, said the crew, including the climate activist greta thunberg, would be deported. spain summoned an israeli official for reprimand as a spanish citizen is one of the 12 activists on board and president emmanuel macron called for the return of six french activists. amnesty international called israel's action a violation of international law. day two of trade talks between officials from us and china will kick off in london later today, as both sides try to resolve tension between the world's top two economies. a senior us delegation including commerce secretary howard lutnick and treasury secretary scott bessent have been meeting with chinese representatives including vice premier he lifeng last month, washington and beijing

agreed a temporary truce over trade tariffs but each country has since accused the other of breaching that deal. let's cross over to our business reporter katie silver here in our singapore newsroom. katie, tell us more about what we can expect from this week's talks. they are being held at lancaster house but there are a couple of sticking points. the first is rare earth, the us wanting more access to china's rare earths, they completely dominate the market making up around 70% of global mining when it comes to rare earth, 90% of the refining capacity. we have seen something of a slinging match in geneva as to whether they are holding up the end of the bargain for the washington say they want to see china export more rare-earth. the biggest us export controls when it comes to semiconductor chip technology as well as the parts required for making nuclear plants. this is we have

also seen talks following in geneva held early in may and at that point we saw a ceasefire when it comes to this tariff war. at astronomically high rates, 145% per tariff or in into the us. 25% the other way, currently 51 days remaining on the 90 day pause. in paris. -- tariffs. we have seen, secretary howard slotnick, he is in charge of export controls we see movement when it comes to that that may alleviate issues but the other interesting element is in front of the moment we hear the vice president, china's vice president has met with emmanuel macron and we are hearing from the foreign ministry in asia earlier this morning saying that two have agreed to a new impetus for bilateral ties and they will strengthen bilateral relationships. here we see beijing and china diversify

their options look to europe as well. thank you. japan is experiencing a rice emergency - prices have soared, and supply is short. a highly unusual situation that has already cost one government minister his job. there are several factors- bad weather in 2023, a decline in rice farming households, and increased demand due to tourism and dining out. the problem is so acute that the government had to tap into its emergency rice stockpile which is normally reserved for natural disasters. our tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil reports. japan is in the middle of a rice crisis wasn't the price of this bank has doubled from $14 to nearly 30 since last year. there have been queues of people lining up outside big supermarkets trying to get their hands on a bag of rice and these images shock to the public with many asking how is the country so famous for its rice unable to sustain supply? as you know rice is a staple in

our lives and this is something that we have not really taken for granted. it is quite shocking the price could rise and has risen in such a short period of time. translation: my supply is controlled by the government that we don't have much choice. it is expensive but we have to buy it. the japanese are very particular about the race. as grain used for sushi and for everyday food is not just about food, it is part of culture and tradition and politics. a minister lost his job because he joked he did not have to buy his wife because his supporters got him so much. nobody laughed and he had to resign. how did we get here? the rice harvest was compromised in 2023 because of hot weather and in 2024 japan received a record number of visitors, nearly 14 million tourists came in and delved

into the country 's cuisine and that put more pressure on rice demand. also in 2024 after an earthquake in the southwest families were jolted when a warning about a mega quake to possibly follow came in. that triggered panic buying and hoarding. it goes back decades. japan tightly regulated production of rice to over avoid overflow of supply and also control the prices. the idea is farmers produce just enough of the domestic market but it backfired with what experts are calling disastrous. the supply chain is also complicated, most rice cell growth through the japan agricultural crop for the public interest group with strong connection to be ruling liberal democratic party. known to influence votes in raw japan. they sell to wholesalers who then sell to the big supermarket chains. recently some supplies have been sold online and that cause major

confusion for the market.

continuing our coverage of the protests in the us. donald trump authorised immobilisation of an additional guard troops in california. it comes shortly after the military announced he would activate 700 marines in la after a fourth day of clashes, and authorities over immigration aids. the administration said it means it would help protect federal agents and buildings. we cross live now to la and speak with our correspondent. get us up to speed with the latest. this is a real escalation of the situation because it's very very