and of course then the invasion of crimea, russia was basically kicked out. so now this g7 group is trying to i guess strike a consensus on how to proceed in the russia ukraine war. if you can hear me, what do you think the hope is there on a unified front on russia/ukraine? reporter: that s right. russia joined in 1997, they started being at this group in 19 1994. so nearly 20 years of being at the table. and the whole idea was to integrate them with the western economies. and by doing so, prevent exactly this. they were suspended after the annexation of crimea in 2024. but it is pretty remarkable that we thought for 20 years that by bringing them into this gmp7 we
ALBAWABA - World leaders started to arrive in Japan to take part in the long-awaited G7 summit in Hiroshima, a city whose name rings bells for the infam
all the sport in. let s bring you more now from japan. leaders from the g7 group of advanced economies are gathering in hiroshima with concerns about global security high on the agenda. in a city synonymous with nuclear destructionjapan s with nuclear destruction japan s prime with nuclear destructionjapan s prime minister has warned that the world is at a crossroads because of the russian attack on ukraine. the g7 leaders will try to put on a united front with russia and china posing and increasing military threat to the island of taiwan considered by beijing as a breakaway. live now to greg stiles from the department of politics and international relations at the university of sheffield who s in hiroshima for the g7. thanks forjoining us. talk us through what items you are expecting to be a very high on the agenda. of course we have mentioned that relations with russia and china, nuclear activity as well, all very high on the agenda. you