the football governing body uefa says it will investigate the ugly scenes that followed west ham s victory over az alkmaar, in last night s europa conference league semi final. players from david moyes side confronted a group of the dutch team s fans who attacked an area where friends and family of the west ham players were sitting. the premier league side are into the final after winning 1 0 in the netherlands, and 3 1 on aggregate. but the clashes started moments after the final whistle. fans were seen reportedly throwing punches towards an area of the stand behind the dugouts, west ham players there having to be held back. i was disappointed because it took something away from the team reaching something away from the team reaching the final but as a club there reaching the final but as a club there was reaching the final but as a club there was nothing we could do. like anybody. there was nothing we could do. like anybody. if there was nothing we could do. like a
we start injapan where as you ve been hearing, leaders of seven of the world s top economies are meeting in the city of hiroshima. but it s the two that aren t attending that will be talked about the most. as well as new sanctions on russia they ll be focusing on china and how to counter its increasing economic power. isabel hilton is the founder and editor of china dialogue and joins me now. thanks forjoining us. the g7, a lot of different relationships with china, they are not necessarily going to be on the same page? the? going to be on the same page? they are auoin going to be on the same page? they are going to going to be on the same page? they are going to be going to be on the same page? tie: are going to be roughly going to be on the same page? tte: are going to be roughly on going to be on the same page? ttez1: are going to be roughly on the going to be on the same page? ttez1 are going to be roughly on the same double page spread but not necessarily closely
hello, a warm welcome. we begin injeddah where in the past few minutes ukraine s president zelensky has arrived on an unannounced visit at an arab league summit, just getting under way. he tweeted that he wanted to enhance ukraine s ties with the arab world and take cooperation with the saudis to a new level. the syrian president bashar al assad is making his first appearance at the summit in more than 12 years, since syria was thrown out of the bloc in response to the suppression of pro democracy protests and an enduring civil war he arrived in the country last night we will speak to our correspondent injeddah injusta we will speak to our correspondent injeddah in just a few moments, we will speak to our correspondent injeddah injust a few moments, but injeddah injust a few moments, but in a big day for diplomatic developments, this time injapan. now to japan, where the g7 leaders of the world s leading industrialised nations have begun their summit with a demand that
behaviour by four women. welcome to bbc news. it is a day of two important summits, with the war in ukraine being the common theme. at the g7 gathering injapan, world leaders met to discuss a new round of sanctions against russia while, at the arab league meeting in saudi arabia, president zelensky made a surprise visit, urging those attending to support ukraine. he told the gathering injeddah that, on this, the asoth day of the war, the world needed to fight the virus of aggression from moscow, stressing kyiv would not give up any sovereign territory to achieve peace. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war that s blighted the country. here he is the official handshake and welcome from the saudi crown prince. more on assad in a moment and more on the g7. first, though, let s hear from volodymir zelenski. if there are people here at the summit who have a different
on the war in ukraine. let s start with the g7 meeting injapan. here they are outside hiroshima. with japan the leaders of the us, canada, the uk, france, italy, germany as well as the eu. they ve agreed new sanctions against russia measures they say will restrict the export of technology and equipment that would ve been critical to russia on the battlefield . now, while that s been happening, ukraine s president zelensky made a surprise to visit to that second big meeting the arab league summit in saudi arabia. zelensky asking leaders not to ignore the reality of what s happening in his country. next the arab league meeting was also attended by the syrian president bashar al assad. it s the first time he s been there for more than a decade. since he launched a brutal supression of pro democracy protesters in his own country. it lead to a civil war. hundreds of thousands of people are thought to have been killed. president assad was seen chatting injeddah with leaders. here