hello, i m mark lobel. ukraine s president zelensky has arrived injapan, where he s meeting world leaders at the g7 summit. he s said that peace will become closer , after the us agreed to train ukrainian pilots on american f 16 fighterjets, paving the way for european countries to supply the warplanes to kyiv. moscow said western countries will be running colossal risks if the jets are sent to ukraine. our political editor, chris mason, reports from hiroshima. the airport here has welcomed rather a few leaders in the last few days. and here came another one. after a tour of europe and a trip to the middle east, president zelensky arrived in japan today. long haul diplomacy amid a long, drawn out war and ongoing pleas for help. they met on monday in the uk and they met again here. the president and the prime minister made it. ukraine s leader said enhanced cooperation would bring victory for him and claimed peace is closer and closer to peace. for months, ukraine has been
republican political party, sinn fein, is on track to become the largest party in local government that calls for the return of local rule in stormont. now on bbc news it s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night, i m chetan pathak. coming up the programme. all eyes on nottingham can forest beat arsenal to move closer to premier league survival, and send the title to manchester city. spurs are beaten by brentford and they re not the only team who s european hopes are dented on the penultimate weekend. can england s callum tarren keep his momentum? we ll be in new york as the leaders and the chasing pack prepare to tee off on day three of the pga championship also coming up on sportsday before 7. wigan show their warrior spirit coming from behind to knock leeds out of the challenge cup. and katie taylor prepares to make history on her homecoming night as big time boxing returns to ireland: i m just excited to be here, really excited to have a chance
hello, i m mark lobel. here in the uk, it s been announced within the last hour that tv presenter phillip schofield is to step down from the programme this morning with immediate effect after more than 20 years on the itv programme, the broadcaster has announced. the 61 year old tv presenter will not return to co host the morning talk show with holly willoughby, with thursday s show being his last. in an statement, itv said that holly willoughby will remain on this morning and will co present with members of the this morning family. despite his departure from this morning, phillip schofield will continue to present peak time shows for itv. this is the statement mr schofield has posted on his instagram a short time ago. we ve also had a statement from his co host holly willoughby. she said it s been over 13 years. she said the sofa won t feel the same without him. with more on this we canjoin robin brant in the newsroom. we will ask him as soon as we get him about the cont
fourth place real sociedad in the late game. three games in italy s serie a cremonese have been relegated after losing 5 1 to bologna. later ac milan will look to put the disappointment of losing their champions league semi final behind them, they play relegated sampdoria and need a win to keep their hopes of finishing in the top four alive. brittney griner has made her competitive return to basketball for the phoenix mercury. the american player spent 10 months in russian custody for possessing cannabis oil, before the us government struck a deal with russia. before the game, griner, the two time olympic champion, was cheered by the crowd as she warmed up, despite being on the away team. us vice president kamala harris attended the match and met the phoenix mercury players. griner scored 18 points but her side were beaten 9a 7i by the los angeles sparks in their season opener. it was nice to be back on court, real game and everything.
to basketball for the phoenix mercury. the american player spent 10 months in russian custody for possessing cannabis oil, before the us government struck a deal with russia. before the game, griner, the two time olympic champion, was cheered by the crowd as she warmed up, despite being on the away team. us vice president kamala harris attended the match and met the phoenix mercury players. griner scored 18 points but her side were beaten 9a 7i by the los angeles sparks in their season opener. it was nice to be back on court, real game and everything. the love from the fans was amazing when i came out. the players, you know, i definitely felt it. i felt it when i was over there still, every single coach in this league that reached out, did anything. it was nice, but performance wise, just wasn t good enough, couldn t help the team.