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
we will start in saudi arabia where the syrian president is due to address the arab league summit shortly. it is his first appearance at the gathering of more than 12 years after syria was thrown out of the block in response to its suppression of pro democracy protests. basher al assad was formally welcomed back by the saudi cramping is who said he hoped his presence would help notjust the stability of syria but the wider region. president zelensky also made an unannounced visit. he urged arabic leaders not to ignore the reality of what was happening in ukraine. anyone how defence has had to learn from invaders, and anyone can defends children of his nation from enslavement, the search query is on the part ofjustice. and i m proud to represent such warriors and the entire ukrainian people. ukraine has never chosen i would choose did not go to other lengths. we do not engage in annexations and plunder of other nations resources, but we will never submit to any foreigners were
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
opportunity to address regional issues without foreign interference. that was his first take on this but suggesting this summit could be a forum for arab regional partnerships. he also talked about solidarity and peace in our region, solidarity and peace in our region, so an important address there, the first time that the syrian president has been able to address that event, given that syria was thrown out of the group, thrown out of the block, in response to that suppression of pro democracy protests in 2011. that of course triggered an enduring civil war that killed more than 300,000 people. so damascus returning to that event, championed in the region, saudi saying this is an important part of the summit, one they hope will draw a line under the worst of the civil war in the country. but saudi also offering to play mediator to talks between ukraine and russia, another ongoing
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