live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore, and 7am in hiroshima, japan, where president zelensky has thanked g7 leaders for their enduring support of ukraine. speaking at the end of a summit, mr zelensky said that russia s defeat would result in lasting world peace. it comes after conflicting reports of who is now in control of the eastern city of bakhmut. russian president putin has congratulated the wagner mercenary group for capturing the city, but ukraine denies it. our diplomatic correspondent james lansdale sent this report from kyiv. today injapan, president zelensky honoured the dead of a war that took place eight decades ago. the devastation of hiroshima, bringing to mind another war, his war, one that s raging right now across ukraine. translation: photos of ruined | hiroshima remind me of bakhmut and such other towns. there is absolutely nothing alive there. all the buildings are destroyed. his task, th
it s 7am in the morning in singapore, and 8am in hiroshima, japan, where president zelensky has thanked g7 leaders for their enduring support of ukraine. speaking at the end of a summit, mr zelensky said that russia s defeat would result in lasting world peace. it comes after conflicting reports of who is now in control of the eastern city of bakhmut. russian president putin has congratulated the wagner mercenary group for capturing the city, but ukraine denies it. our diplomatic correspondent james landale sent this report from kyiv. today injapan, president zelensky honoured the dead of a war that took place eight decades ago. the devastation of hiroshima, bringing to mind another war, his war, one that s raging right now across ukraine. translation: photos of ruined | hiroshima remind me of bakhmut and such other towns. there is absolutely nothing alive there. all the buildings are destroyed. his task, their task, was to show the world that western leaders, at least these
has the latest from new york. there is a roughly one in four chance that the us will hit the so called x date that s when the government runs out of money to pay its bills without a deal to raise the debt limit. that is according to the banking giantjp morgan chase. and they say the odds are getting worse. that forecast comes after house speaker kevin mccarthy said on wednesday that he thought progress could be made, but warned that the two sides remain far apart. republicans are warning that any deal must cut future federal spending in exchange for raising the debt ceiling a red line for the white house. republicans are demanding that any deal must cut future federal spending in exchange for raising the debt ceiling a red line for the white house. on wall street, us stocks fell as investors have been watching these talks closely for any sign of an agreement. and even if a deal is done in time, economists say that depending on the details, cuts to government spending
hello. i m helena lee. great to have you with us. we begin with some news from the war in ukraine. russia says its troops have fully captured the ukrainian city of bakhmut. kyiv has denied those claims, but if true, it could mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15 month war. russia has been trying to take bakhmut since last year in a grinding war of attrition. and in the last few minutes, the russian news agency interfax has said president putin congratulated his troops for capturing the city. earlier, ukraine had said its units were still fighting in the city. this comes on the heels of the us agreement to allow ukrainian pilots to train in american made f16 jets. a move moscow had criticised. meanwhile, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has been on a whirlwind tour in an effort to drum up support and weapons for an expected counter offensive against russia. it s been a busy few hours for zelensky, touching down injapan on saturday for diplomatic talks
reach a deal on the country s debt ceiling, with the us house speaker kevin mccarthy saying on wednesday that negotiators remain far apart. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has the latest from new york. there is a roughly one in clutch make chance that the us will hit the so called x date, when the us government runs out of money to pay its bills, before the dental ministries. that is according toj.p. morgan chase. they say the other any worse. debt limit raises. kevin mccarthy said he thought progress could be made but warned the two sides remain far apart. but warned the two sides remain farapart. her pub but warned the two sides remain far apart. her pub concert amending that any deal must cut future federal spending in exchange for raising the debt ceiling, a redline for the white house. on wall street, us stocks fell as investors have been watching these talks closely for any sign of agreement. and even if a deal is done in time, economists say