organisation but this years summit was dominated by economics that it was at the very heart of any news that the leaders discussed this weekend, ukraine and china. i will start with ukraine. before the summit even kicked off on friday the us introduced a raft of measures targeting russia, 300 sanctions aimed at restricting moscow s ability to source battlefield materials. the uk then followed suit, having introduced an import ban on russian diamonds, copper, aluminium, nickel and then the g7 leaders jointly agreed on a statement that said they would continue to impose sanctions, tighten them, and specify the need to crack down on sanctions and evasions, the use of third party countries as a loophole for russia to get around these restrictions. they also acknowledge the fact, separately to the joint statement that there would be a need to utilise the so called outreach countries in the global south countries like india for example, because the sanctions put in place have hurt
hello and thank you forjoining us. we start in israel, where nationalists attack journalists covering a march through palestinian neighbourhoods in an occupied eastjerusalem. stones, sticks and bottles were thrown at palestinian and international reporters. some palestinians were also seen being attacked along the route and marches chanted, recent slogans to people have said to been injured. the controversial far right national security minister joined the controversial far right national security ministerjoined the parade claiming jerusalem is ours forever. let s show you life it pictures of the flag parade which is part of jerusalem day marking the capture of eastjerusalem in the 1957 war. these are some pictures that we have been following and looking at. thousands of nationalists gathering there. forthat thousands of nationalists gathering there. for that parade we have also been reporting, over 2000 police were deployed for this with those rising tensions. this parade ha
volodymyr zelensky. amongst the issues discussed, china and the ongoing war in ukraine. nick marsh has more. the g7 is a political organisation but this years summit was dominated by economics that it was at the very heart of any news that the leaders discussed this weekend, ukraine and china. i will start with ukraine. before the summit even kicked off on friday the us introduced a raft of measures targeting russia, 300 sanctions aimed at restricting moscow s ability to source battlefield materials. the uk then followed suit, having introduced an import ban on russian diamonds, copper, aluminium, nickel and then the g7 leaders jointly agreed on a statement that said they would continue to impose sanctions, tighten them, and specify the need to crack down on sanctions and evasions, the use of third party countries as a loophole for russia to get around these restrictions. they also acknowledge the fact, separately to the joint statement that there would be a need to utilise t
this hour, we see ukraine high on the agenda. volodymyr zelenskyy is set to join in person, seeking commitments from the world s wealthiest democracies. also, the u.s. is now signaling that it will not block allies from sending f-16 jets to ukraine. we will look at how that could change the battlefield, and tens of thousands of israelis marched through jerusalem s old city for mostly peaceful but tense flag parade. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. leaders of the g7 nations are meeting at this hour in hiroshima, japan russian invasion of ukraine, of course, high on the agenda. and now we are learning they will be welcoming a special guest, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. the uk and european union have already announced new sanctions targeting russia s diamond trade. and in a key development, sources tell cnn the u.s. will not stand in the way of allies setting f-16 fighter jets to ukraine, something kyiv has been requesting for mon
live we want to take you straight live to hiroshima where we are seeing alive oriel park, we were looking at churches of the european union commissioner who commissioner ursula von der leyen shaking hands with fumio kishida and other g7 leaders will be visiting here as well, they will actually be spending a couple of hours here and that is something that student, peace activists have been petitioning, also a bomb survivors will be meeting those leaders, that is something they have also been asking for as well so that this g7 summit doesn t become just a photo op but those leaders can take home what they learn, what they see at this memorial park so we will have all the latest as we get it but of course, they will have a lot to discuss as they continue their meeting in hiroshima, looming large over the agenda of the us debt ceiling impasse. this is even as we are getting signs of a potential breakthrough in talks. us presidentjoe biden even had to cut short his asia pacific it