welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in italy, where president biden and ukraine s leader volodymyr zelensky have signed a ten year security leader volodymyr zelensky have signed a ten year security agreement following the g7 s approval of a plan to use profits from seized russia assets to fund kyiv s war effort. joe biden said it would include intelligence sharing, troop training, adhering to nato standards and investment in ukraine s industrial base to make more weapons. mr zelensky described it as a bridge towards nato membership. the g7 deal sees a loan of $50 billion sent to ukraine. the group leaders agreed it showed moscow that ukraine s allies weren t backing down and president putin couldn t simply sit the war out. the first such agreement with the country in the pacific region. the g7 deal sees a loan of $50 billion sent to ukraine. the group leaders agreed it showed moscow that ukraine s allies weren t backing down
i made a huge error ofjudgement. an aide to the prime minister tells us he s sorry over betting on a july election reportedly three days before it was called. all smiles at the g7 with italy s prime minister, where leaders agree the interest on frozen russian assets should be used for ukraine. # once more you open the door. and celine dion on the illness that s kept her away from the stage and how she s determined to sing again. on bbc london. and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. sir keir starmer pledged a steady as she goes government if labour wins the election, as he unveiled the pa rty s manifesto. there was an absence of policy surprises, but a promise that wealth creation will be the party s number one priority. among the previously announced details were 40,000 more nhs appointments each week in england, and the recruitment of 6,500 new teachers, as well
welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in italy, where president biden and ukraine s leader volodymyr zelensky have signed a ten year security agreement following the g7 s approval of a plan to use profits from seized russia assets to fund kyiv s war effort. joe biden said it would include intelligence sharing, troop training, adhering to nato standards and investment in ukraine s industrial base to make more weapons. mr zelensky described it as a bridge towards nato membership. the g7 deal sees a loan of $50 billion sent to ukraine. the group leaders agreed it showed moscow that ukraine s allies weren t backing down and president putin couldn t simply sit the war out. back in 2022, two days after russia s invasion, members of the g7 european union worked together to freeze $280 billion in russian central bank funds outside of russia. i m very pleased to share that this week, this week, the g7 signed a plan to finalise, unlock,
no, that was up to seven. i think that was seven. it might be my souvlaki talking, but yes. so it s a big debate with all of the parties who are fielding candidates in the election being represented. and as a result of that, what you have is of course, the sort of battle royale going on between labour and the tories, but you have an opportunity to hear from a much broader rainbow of political opinion. yeah, it means on the one hand it s less focused than when it was starmer versus sunak on tuesday, and it sjust two people going head to head on a range of issues. it becomes a bit more sprawling, but equally it feels more like britain because you re hearing about wales and hearing about scotland. sure. and it s a reflection also of the fact that there are lots of different kinds of political races in lots of different kinds of constituencies. there are races that are between the snp and the tories in some parts of more rural scotland they tend to be. there are of course that ar
In Military Action abroad, according to the telegraph. The metro also leads on the manchester attacks, saying armed police will be patrolling Train Carriages across the country for the first time, after the uks Terror Threat level was raised to critical. The express focuses on the queens visit to royal manchester childrens hospital, where many young victims of the bombing are recovering. The paper quotes the queen telling survivors the attack was very wicked. The times reports that the attacker, salman abedi, is believed to have planned the attack for a year, and made at least two separate trips to buy Bomb Materials at diy shops. Theresa may is expected to tell leaders at the g7 summit that the fight against the Islamic State group is shifting from the battlefield to the internet. That is according to the guardian. And the Financial Times says there were several awkward moments for President Trump at the nato summit. He told leaders he was deeply troubled by us leaks of highly sensiti