violence in el salvador has lowered crime, but it s believed thousands of innocent people are still stuck behind bars more than a year later. hello. i m tadhg enright. g7 leaders are starting their summit in hiroshima, with promises of new sanctions against russia over its war in ukraine. leaders including president biden met the japanese prime minister, fumio kishida, at the city s peace park, and others. the new sanctions are expected to target individuals and entities across europe, the middle east and asia. britain and the eu have indicated they want to restrict trade in russian diamonds. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, also announced a ban on imports of russian copper, aluminium and nickel. live now to the bbc s nick marsh in hiroshima. thanks forjoining us. it s an event really rich in symbolism stop we ve seen leaders posed together in hiroshima, the site of the bomb. russia was expeued of the bomb. russia was expelled from the group had now it s top of their
syria s president, bashar al assad, is in the saudi city ofjeddah to attend friday s summit of the arab league, ending damascus s exclusion from the bloc. it was suspended 12 years ago because of atrocities that provoked an enduring civil war. many syrians who ve fled their country oppose mr assad s rehabilitation. the counting of local election votes gets under way in northern ireland later. there are 464 council seats up for grabs, which were last contested in 2019. this is the first time people in northern ireland can have their say about the continuing political impasse on post brexit trading arrangements. for more than a year, el salvador has been living under an emergency measure called a state of exception in which several constitutional rights were suspended in a national crackdown on country s