in the so called a family photo with leaders of the world s most powerful democracies. it s part of a multi day diplomatic tour to solidify support for an expected spring counter offensive against russia. later, mr zelensky will address the leaders and also have a meeting president biden. earlier, the french president emmanuel macron said mr zelensky s presence at the g7 is a way to build peace and emphasized the need for a solution to the conflict based on international law. and new comments from german chancellor olaf scholz, who said training programs for ukrainian pilots on f16 fighterjets are a message to russia that it should not expect to succeed, even in a prolonged conflict. live now to the bbc s nick marsh in hiroshima. thank nick marsh in hiroshima. you forjoining us. with the thank you forjoining us. with the g7 summit under way volodomyr zelensky is dominating conversations? hello from a very dominating conversations? hello from a very hot dominating conver
up by discussions on ukraine with president biden saying washington was prepared to give the go ahead to train ukrainian pilots on f16 fighterjets. the go ahead to train ukrainian pilots on f 16 fighterjets. the news was welcomed by ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, who called it historic . he said the jets would greatly enhance ukraine s air force and that he counted on discussing the plan with mr biden at the summit on sunday. the us national security advisorjake sullivan has been speaking about the us f 16jets plan. just yesterday, as you all know, president biden informed his g7 counterparts that the united states will support ukrainian pilots on fourth generation fighter aircraft, including f 16s. over the past few months, we and our allies have focused on providing ukraine with the systems, weapon and training that it needs to be able to conduct effective offensive operations this spring and summer. we have delivered what we promised. we have given ukraine wh
off in ohio with tim ryan. everyone knows why these races matter, control of congress, the first election since the supreme court ended the right to choice, and the premise here is of course the votes will decide the outcome. i shouldn t have to say that, right? the reason i shouldn t have to say that is this is still a democracy. so here we are tonighted in midterms homestretch, and this is america. it s not like many other countries where you have authoritarians or december cots that make it clear they don t intend to follow any outcome except the one where they win. take for example brazil where you have an autocrat who sound likes this. translator: there are only three alternatives for me to be arrested, to be killed, or to be victorious. and i tell those scumbags i will never go to jail. that s how authoritarians talk. he s basically saying the only right outcome is that he wins. that s abroad, but consider why i m showing you this as the first thing in the beat.
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