in northern italy. and, irish boxer katie taylor, bids to become only the second fighter in the modern era, to hold all the major belts, at two different weights. in london, joanna simpson s husband killed her in a vicious attack. he is now due for release after serving half his sentence. her mother desperately wants him to stay behind bars. good evening. vladimir putin cast a shadow over two major international summits today. in a significant shift of policy, at the g7 meeting of the world s most advanced economies injapan, america signalled it s willingness to back the supply of f 16fighterjets, 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
tributes to the smiths bassist andy rourke, who s died the band s drummer mikejoyce says he was a musical genius. he never saw himself as a great bass player, because it was so effortless for him and so easy for him. hejust put the pace on and magic would happen. put the pace on and magic would ha en. ., happen. and in weather, while there will be a strong happen. and in weather, while there will be a strong sunshine happen. and in weather, while there will be a strong sunshine for - will be a strong sunshine for england will be a strong sunshine for england and wales, scotland and northern england and wales, scotland and northern ireland always will be a bit claudia. a bit more cloudy. it s saturday the 20th of may. ukraine s president zelensky has welcomed a decision by the united states to allow western allies to provide f 16 fighterjets to his country, describing the move as historic . us presidentjoe biden confirmed his agreement during the g7 summit of world leade
drummer mikejoyce was the other half of the smiths rhythm section and flew to new york in february to see his friend after hearing how ill he was. he never saw himself as a great bass player because it was so effortless for him and so easy for him. he just put the bass on and magic would happen. hand in glove, the first record we have released. record we ever released. you know, do da da do da do da doom dum do da do da da da do. what is he doing? how will you remember him? the amount of pleasure that he gave to people, that is such an accolade to be able to do that. take the bass away and he was a wonderful person. i m so proud of what he s contributed towards music and i m so proud that he was my mate. the salford lads club became intrinsically linked with the smiths after the band were photographed there for the queen is