welcome to the programme. ukraine has been a common theme at two major leaders summits. we will cover it all here tonight on the context. on the first day of their annual meeting injapan, g7 leaders agreed new sanctions against russia. meanwhile in saudi arabia, president zelensky made a surprise visit to the arab league gathering, urging those attending, to support ukraine. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria it s the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war, that s blighted the country. and later in the programme we have a special report from the new york times which has uncovered shocking evidence of the greek coastguard abandoning asylum seekers in the sea. but first let s focus in on the g7 summit injapan. the leaders have agreed new sanctions against russia. they said the measures would starve moscow of their technology, industrial equipment, and services that supported its war against ukraine.
for the democratic nomination for president and a new poll has him at 19%. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. here s my conversation with robert f. kennedy jr. robert, president biden has a bust of your father in the oval office. when you see that, what do you think? i m honored by it. you know, i have a lot of admiration for president biden for the service that he s given to our country. i ve known him. he s been my friend, my close family friend for 40 years. you know, there s nothing personal about this campaign. i am not going to run a mean spirited campaign against president biden. he and i just differ really dramatically on the issues like the war, like censorship, like the control of wall street and the big corporations, of our federal government and the pharmaceutical companies and also the use of fear as a governing tool. i think our country is headed in a bad direction. that s why i m running, but not because i lack personal affection for president biden. i
robert f. kennedy jr. robert, thank you so much for being here. president biden has a bust of your father in the oval office. when you see that, what do you think? i m honored by it. you know, i have a lot of admiration for president biden for the service that he s given to our country. i ve known him. he s been my friend, my close family friend for 40 years. you know, there s nothing personal about this campaign. i am not going to run a mean spirited campaign or a personal campaign against president biden. he and i just differ really dramatically on the issues like the war, like censorship, like the control of wall street and the big corporations of our federal government and the pharmaceutical companies, and also the use of fear as a governing tool. i think our country is headed in a bad direction. that s why i m running, but not because i have a lack of personal affection for president biden. is he too old to have a second term? you know, i don t think age should be
uk port authorities apologise and say there ll be a review of plans ahead of the easter weekend. hello and welcome. i m ben thompson. we begin in eastern ukraine, where russia s mercenary wagner group claims it s in control of the fiercely contested town of bakhmut. the head of the group unfurled a russian flag at bakhmut s city hall and declared this. translation: this is the private military company s translation: this is the private military company s flag, - translation: this is the private military company s flag, in - translation: this is the private military company s flag, in the i military company s flag, in the legal sense, military company s flag, in the legalsense, it military company s flag, in the legal sense, it is ours. it remains. the commanders who captured the building in the district will carry on and put these flags up. that s a claim disputed by kyiv, which says its forces still hold the town. the wagner chief also paid tribute to the leading russian m
finland s conservative leader petteri orpo wins a nail biting three way election race, defeating prime minister sanna marin. hello and welcome. i m ben thompson. russia s investigators have detained a 26 year old woman, darya trepova, in connection with the murder of the pro war blogger vladen tatarsky, who was killed by a bomb in st petersburg on sunday. media reports said the explosion occurred shortly after he had been given a statuette by a woman at an event in a cafe. russia s security service has accused ukraine of being behind the blast, but ukrainian officials have denied this. a short time ago russia s anti terrorism committee said it believes the attack was planned by ukrainian secret services, jointly with people cooperating with jailed opposition leader alexei navalny s anti corru ption foundation. our correspondent will vernon in moscow has more. i m just seeing a short statement that has come in from the russian investigative committee, which is russia s versi