first, the g7, where seven of the world s most advanced economies are meeting injapan with america signalling it s willingness to back the supply of f 16 fighterjets, 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, to cling onto power. the summit was also attented by the ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky, who is due tojoin the g7 group in hiroshima on sunday, where it s expected he ll address leaders and hold a meeting with us presidentjoe biden. details on that later in the programme, but first, the news of more military support for ukraine just a few hours ago, us national security advisor jake sullivan spoke about the us f16jets plan. jus
and chequered criminal history. at the time that he was arrested, he was living in sheltered accommodation in brighton, but obviously at some point in the course of that offending he seems to have become inspired through some kind of islamist ideology and it s through hatton tash at speaker s corner. speaker s corner of course being the place in london where people are allowed to come and talk about whatever they want. and very often these days there are quite strong religious arguments there between muslim speakers and speakers from other denominations like hatton tash, who is a christian preacher. he ll be sentenced onjuly the 21st. some breaking news two men have been arrested over the attempted murder of a senior police officer in northern ireland earlier this year. the pair, aged 28 and 70, were arrested following separate searches in county tyrone. detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell was shot several times at a sports centre in omagh in february. he d been putting
hello, i m mark lobel. ukraine s president zelensky has arrived injapan, where he s meeting world leaders at the g7 summit. he s said that peace will become closer , after the us agreed to train ukrainian pilots on american f 16 fighterjets, paving the way for european countries to supply the warplanes to kyiv. moscow said western countries will be running colossal risks if the jets are sent to ukraine. our political editor, chris mason, reports from hiroshima. the airport here has welcomed rather a few leaders in the last few days. and here came another one. after a tour of europe and a trip to the middle east, president zelensky arrived in japan today. long haul diplomacy amid a long, drawn out war and ongoing pleas for help. they met on monday in the uk and they met again here. the president and the prime minister made it. ukraine s leader said enhanced cooperation would bring victory for him and claimed peace is closer and closer to peace. for months, ukraine has been
the football governing body uefa says it will investigate the ugly scenes that followed west ham s victory over az alkmaar, in last night s europa conference league semi final. players from david moyes side confronted a group of the dutch team s fans who attacked an area where friends and family of the west ham players were sitting. the premier league side are into the final after winning 1 0 in the netherlands, and 3 1 on aggregate. but the clashes started moments after the final whistle. fans were seen reportedly throwing punches towards an area of the stand behind the dugouts, west ham players there having to be held back. i was disappointed because it took something away from the team reaching something away from the team reaching the final but as a club there reaching the final but as a club there was reaching the final but as a club there was nothing we could do. like anybody. there was nothing we could do. like anybody. if there was nothing we could do. like a
republican political party, sinn fein, is on track to become the largest party in local government that calls for the return of local rule in stormont. now on bbc news it s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night, i m chetan pathak. coming up the programme. all eyes on nottingham can forest beat arsenal to move closer to premier league survival, and send the title to manchester city. spurs are beaten by brentford and they re not the only team who s european hopes are dented on the penultimate weekend. can england s callum tarren keep his momentum? we ll be in new york as the leaders and the chasing pack prepare to tee off on day three of the pga championship also coming up on sportsday before 7. wigan show their warrior spirit coming from behind to knock leeds out of the challenge cup. and katie taylor prepares to make history on her homecoming night as big time boxing returns to ireland: i m just excited to be here, really excited to have a chance