saudi arabia is set to make history as the country sends its first ever female astronaut to the international space station. hello and welcome to bbc news. good to have you with us. a defiant ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky, has told the g7 summit in hiroshima that russia does not occupy the embattled city of bakhmut. it comes after conflicting reports of who is now in control of the eastern city. russian president putin has congratulated the wagner mercenary group of capturing the city. but that s been rejected by ukraine. and this follows confirmation from president biden that the united states and partners will help train ukrainian pilots to fly fourth generation fighters such as the f 16. president zelensky has long called for such jets to better fight russia s full invasion of ukraine. our asia pacific correspondent laura bicker sent this report from hiroshima. this president knows the cost of war. as he paid tribute to the victims of the hiroshima bombing, he nee
we start with an emphatic win for manchester city who ve beaten the 1a time winners real madrid 4 nil to reach the final of the european champions league against inter milan. 5 1 on aggregate. it s the one trophy pep guardiola is yet to win at city, in a season where they re chasing a treble. twice beaten at this stage by real, this was finally city s night, our sports editor dan roan was watching at the etihad stadium: this will spill as a battle between the two best sides in the world. but in truth, there was only really one team ended. it did seem tantalizingly poised, this champions league semifinal second leg after the 1-0 semifinal second leg after the 1 0 drawl in madrid by manchester city were way too strong for the champions, the winners of this competition real madrid running up to 4 05- real madrid running up to 4 05 one on aggregate and it means that manages pap guardiola slide deemed emphatic compelling revenge against the side that knocked them out of this
here in the uk the veteran tv presenter phillip schofield will no longer present itv s this morning after agreeing to step down with immediate effect his last programme was on thursday. the presenter has worked on the show for more than 20 years. recent reports claimed relations between him and co host holly willoughby were strained. yesterday, his brother timothy schofield was sentenced to 12 years for sex offences against a child. today, philip schofield said the last few days had been very difficult and that itv felt the current situation couldn t continue. our media correspondent david sillito reports. welcome back, i am holding the fort. holly has had to leave early today, because she is meeting his majesty the king. because she is meeting his ma esty the kinu. , ., ., :: the king. philip schofield, for 20 ears the the king. philip schofield, for 20 years the host the king. philip schofield, for 20 years the host of the king. philip schofield, for 20 years th
in northern italy. and, irish boxer katie taylor, bids to become only the second fighter in the modern era, to hold all the major belts, at two different weights. in london, joanna simpson s husband killed her in a vicious attack. he is now due for release after serving half his sentence. her mother desperately wants him to stay behind bars. good evening. vladimir putin cast a shadow over two major international summits today. in a significant shift of policy, at the g7 meeting of the world s most advanced economies injapan, america signalled it s willingness to back the supply of f 16fighterjets, and the training of ukrainian pilots, in the war with russia. meanwhile moscow s closest ally in the middle east. syria s bashar al assad, received a warm welcome at a summit of arab leaders in saudi arabia, after years of international isolation. during syria s bloody civil war, it was only massive russian military support, that allowed assad condemned by many as a war criminal
at bayer leverkusen ensuring a 1 0 win on aggregate. and awaiting them in the final will be the six time winners sevilla, who have an incredible record in this completion. extra time was needed againstjuventus with sevilla then scoring two goals to give them a 2 1win on the night, 3 2 on aggregate. the final is at the end of this month. west ham united are into their first european final in nearly 50 years after beating dutch side az alkmaar in the europa conference league. having won the first leg at the london stadium 2 1, west ham scored a stoppage time winner to go through 3 1 overall. but their celebrations were marred by an incident where west ham players confronted alkmaar fans, who appeared to attack an area in which friends and family were watching. it will be italian side fiorentina you can see there that they will meet in the final after they beat basel 3 1 after extra time. 4 3 on aggregate. the final is in prague on the 7th ofjune. on the tenth ofjune, the th