damn, i love you guys. plus. closing bell rings the ai rally rolls on. wall street makes it a fourth record close in a row, led by big tech. but is the boom turning into a bubble? welcome to business today. i m mark lobel. we start in italy where leaders of the g7 group of industrialised nations have agreed a $50 billion loan to ukraine, to be funded by the profits from siezed russian assets abroad. it comes as president biden signed a 10 year security agreement with ukraine s president zelensky, that will include intelligence sharing, troop training and investment in ukrainian industry to help it ramp up arms production. he said the deal showed russia that ukraine s allies aren t backing down. back in 2022, two days after russia s invasion, members of the g7 and european union worked together to freeze $280 billion in russian and central bank funds outside of russia. i m very pleased to share that this week, this week, the g7 side of the plant to finalise and unlock $50 bill
welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in italy, where president biden and ukraine s leader volodymyr zelensky have signed a ten year security leader volodymyr zelensky have signed a ten year security agreement following the g7 s approval of a plan to use profits from seized russia assets to fund kyiv s war effort. joe biden said it would include intelligence sharing, troop training, adhering to nato standards and investment in ukraine s industrial base to make more weapons. mr zelensky described it as a bridge towards nato membership. the g7 deal sees a loan of $50 billion sent to ukraine. the group leaders agreed it showed moscow that ukraine s allies weren t backing down and president putin couldn t simply sit the war out. the first such agreement with the country in the pacific region. the g7 deal sees a loan of $50 billion sent to ukraine. the group leaders agreed it showed moscow that ukraine s allies weren t backing down
but for us, it s the opening game. four team section, three matches. we know what we have to do to qualify, and that is all we are focused on. the enormity of the opening game and whatever, that s a little bit of a sideshow. and hopefully we don t get too involved in that. one of the mantras i ve always had is respect everyone and fear no one. so we ve come here with a lot of respect with the host nation, we know they re a good team. but hopefully on the night, we can show that we re a good team as well. well, england begin their campaign against serbia on sunday in gelsenkircken, and some good news out of the camp. all 26 of their squad trained today, including john stones, who was missing yesterday with illness. so a boost to gareth southgate s plans. meanwhile, conor gallagher says defeat in their final warm up game to iceland last weekend was a real wake up call for the whole squad to make sure they start well in germany. in tournament football, just during the first thin
of communications under president trump and lord kim darroch, former british ambassador to the us. first, the latest headlines. joe biden and volodymyr zelensky have signed a landmark us ukraine security deal, with the us president warning russia that kyiv s allies are not backing down . mr biden said the bilateral agreement, plus a g7 deal for a $50 billion loan for ukraine using frozen russian funds, collectively showed mr putin that he cannot wait us out. hezbollah has fired a fresh barrage of rockets and drones from lebanon into israel in retaliation for the killing of a senior commander on tuesday. israel said a number of projectiles were intercepted by air defences, although some hit open areas, igniting fires. russian prosecutors say the american journalist, evan gershkovich, will go on trial for espionage at a court in the urals, but no date has been given. mr gershkovich was reporting for the wall streetjournal when he was accused of spying. he denies the charge