world. i m laila harrak. all ready in berlin. ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy visits germany as that nation prepares to supply billions in aid to help ukraine fight russia. bracing for disaster. millions in bangladesh and myanmar in the path of powerful cyclone moka. sweden takes home the top honor in this year s song contest. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is in berlin right now meeting with top german leaders who are providing some much-needed military support. he landed there hours after germany announced its biggest batch of military aid, which includes 30 leopard tanks. the $3 billion package also includes armored vehicles and reconnaissance drones. germany was reluctant to deliver weapons to kyiv in the early stages of the war, but it later made a policy u-turn, becoming a major arms supplier to ukraine. for more, salma aziz joins us from london. president zelenskyy on his first visit to germany since russia s invasion of ukraine. what kind of rec
this was the moment he arrived at the prime minister s residence in rome, where he was greeted by italian president sergio mattarella. shortly after this, he met the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni. she s been one of ukraine s more vocal backers, although polls suggest that italian people overall are opposed to sending ukraine more weapons, as are some of her coalition partners. more now from the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. more than 1000 security officers have been deployed in rome today. this is the first time the president zelensky visits italy since russia invaded ukraine last year. he has had a meeting with his counterpart, the italian president. they had a private meeting that lasted for about 25 minutes and some of the things that they discussed were economic sanctions against russia, the kidnapping of ukrainian children, the need to step up the fight against pro kremlin fake news and ukrainejoining the european union. after the meeting, president zelensky said
thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, made a dramatic appearance in japan where he s holding crucial meetings with world leaders at the g7 summit. zelenskyy is pleading his case for continued support in the war with russia. ukraine depends heavily on support and weapons from the g7 leaders who released a statement saying this we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. president biden is expected to have a face-to-face with zelenskyy tomorrow, and in a significant win for ukraine, the u.s. has signaled it will now allow allies to send f-16 fighter jets to ukraine and support training its pilots. that s a major about-face for the biden administration. russia and ukraine are not the only thing on the agenda at the summit. western leaders are tackling ways to confront china s increasing military power and how to approach the growing impact of artificial intelligence. mark stewart is in hiroshima
and new hope in saving off the debt default. and disney now scrapping plans for a new billion dollar campus in florida. did the war with ron desantis have anything to do with it. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday. i m christine romans. we begin with president biden and other world leaders unveiling tough new sanctions against russia at the g7 summit in japan. and they will be joined by president zelenskyy making a surprise trip halfway around the world to speak at the g7 in person kevin liptak is live on the ground. what more do we know? reporter: a source telling me that the ukrainian president zelenskyy will be making his way here. and i ve been told that that will be on sunday that he is meeting face-to-face with these other world leaders. and certainly he wouldn t be making this dramatic visit if he didn t think that there was something real to be gained in meeting these leaders face-to-face. certainly he will be making t