of the war in ukraine cast on them both. first, the g7, where the world s most advanced economies are meeting in japan. the us has said it will support providing advanced fighterjets including us made f16s to ukraine and also back training ukrainian pilots to fly them. 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, to cling onto power. the summit was also attented by the ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky, who is due tojoin the g7 group in hiroshima on sunday, where its expected he ll address leaders and hold a meeting with us presidentjoe biden. details on that later in the programme. but first, the news of more military support for ukraine. a short whie earlier, us national security advisor jake sull
leaders, but each hold huge potential to shape the trajectory of the war in ukraine. at the g7 summit, in the japanese city of hiroshima, presidentjoe biden told leaders the us was prepared to give the go ahead to train ukrainian pilots on f16 fighter jets. some details remain unclear, like who would supply the jets, and how many pilots would be trained. britain, the netherlands, belgium and denmark have expressed support for the plans. president zelensky welcomed the move, and said it would greatly enhance the ukrainian army in the sky. i count on discussing the practical implementation of the decision at the g7 summit in hiroshima . that is what he tweeted. president zelensky is due tojoin the g7 group in hiroshima in the coming days, where its expected he ll address leaders, and hold a meeting with us president, joe biden. but on friday, he was in saudia arabia for an arab league summit. of those present, only syria has openly supported the russian invasion. others have s
carried out air raids in the gaza strip, striking targets belonging to the islamichhad militant group. palestinian sources told the bbc that at least nine palestinians were killed in the air strikes which targeted the homes of three of the top commanders of the al quds brigade, the armed wing of islamichhad. civilians are reportedly among the dead. a bbc correspondent in gaza said explosions were heard throughout gaza city and rafah in the south of the gaza strip, causing panic among residents. we ll have more next hour. we ll be speaking to our correpondent in gaza city. to the us state of texas, where the driver of a car that struck a group of people at a bus stop killing eight, has been charged with manslaughter. it happned in the city of brownsville, texas, it happened in the city of brownsville, texas, which is right near the mexico border. police have identified the driver as george alvarez, a 34 year old brownsville resident with a lengthy criminal history. investigato
bill: also the debate that has everybody taking sides, while some restaurants let kids eat free, one restaurant is letting kids eat free from kids. no children allowed, people who want to dine in peace. some parents say it s a slap in the face. we ll take you there coming up this hour. jacqui: welcome back as america reports rolls into the second hour, jacqui heinrich in washington. bill, good to be with you. bill: nice to see you, jacqui. sandra and john have the day off. first, a fox news alert from overseas, check it out. jacqui: begin this hour with a duelling display on the world stage. president biden making a surprise visit to war torn ukraine all while china prepares to send its top diplomat to russia. bill: so that s happening as president putin gears up for a major address, marking one year since the invasion began. tomorrow morning early our time. he s hoping for some support from the communist nation, he might just get it, jacqui. jacqui: the u.s. is
ahead. i ll speak with the family of paul weiland, another american, the kremlin has locked up on espionage charges and a group of military families gets the tragic news. nine service members killed when two black hawk choppers crashed. cnn has a crew right near that save. plus tension in the house from paper tossing to hallway shouting in your face. debates are getting heated on the hill. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start today with our world lead. top u . s. officials are strongly criticizing russia after an american reporter was detained on charges of spying. evan gersh covic appeared in a moscow court today accused of trying to steal russian state secrets. his employer, the wall street journal, says it quote vehemently denies those claims. but now gorshkov itch faces up to 20 years in prison. and today , lawmakers on capitol hill are accusing russia of using this journalist as leverage, and the white house is dismissing the charges.