first, the g7, where seven of the world s most advanced economies are meeting injapan with america signalling it s willingness to back the supply of f 16 fighterjets, and the training of ukrainian pilots, in the war with russia. 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 it s 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 just a few hours ago, us national security advisor jake sullivan spoke about the us f16jets plan. jus
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in a move that could push the country closer to default. the treasury department said it would end a waiver that had allowed us bondholders to accept payments. russia has almost $2 billion worth of payments on its international bonds that will be due up to the end of the year. joining me now is patrick reid, co founder of the adamis principle. i guess the place to start with this is how close it will bring russia to default in common what would happen if it does? thank you for having me on. it isjust another nail thank you for having me on. it is just another nail in the russian economy, and we cannot underestimate the consequences and dangers of a default. it is not quite like 1998, but it is not quite like 1998, but it is not very good for russia long term. now, a ten year yield on a russian bond will get you about 10% right now. that is not enough. russia s central bank raised interest rates to 20%. they are now currently 1a. that is not going to be enough either. essentia
investigate the alleged war crimes. ukrainian police say they have already found the bodies of more than 1200 civilians in the kyiv region alone. and, a huge tunnel has been discovered running under the mexico us border, with its own rail track, electricity and ventilation system. authorities say it was being used to smuggle drugs. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk s rate of inflation the measure of the rise in the cost of living has hit its highest level for a0 yea rs. and the rate at which it is increasing is the fastest since records began. it reached 9% in april, up from 7% the month before. that means the prices we pay for goods and services are on average 9% higher than they were last year. most of the rise was due to the large increase in energy bills after the lifting of the price cap last month. the chancellor rishi sunak blamed higher global energy prices he said the government could not protect people completely from