where rishi sunak is speaking in london. a top five exporter of iron or and a steal, a leader in energy, pushing forward renewables, hydrogen and electric vehicles, and a start up nation which helped spark names like paypal, whatsapp and revolut with a thriving tech sector that had a thriving tech sector that had a thriving year in 2022. the truth is that opportunity is still there today. in fact, the war has proved how much ukraine has to offer. when i visited kyiv last november i saw this for myself. i saw ukraine s incredible spirit. a spirit, yes, of strength and defiance. but also of ingenuity and innovation. in a converted office block i met tech experts, civilian and military, who were working together to find new ways to bolster the country s defences. they were networking
to offer in their deep and liquid capital markets and world class finance expertise. so there is no better place to announce today the new london conference framework for war risk insurance. this is a huge step forward towards helping insurers to underwrite investments into ukraine, removing one of the biggest barriers and giving investors the confidence they need to act. with this and everything we do here we are sending a message that our support on the battlefield and beyond cannot be outlasted and that ukraine s incredible spirit will prevail. in a moment i will hand over to my friend president zelensky. but first ijust like to share something i heard recently. it s about a ukrainian soldier fighting to defend back moot. he was stationed in an empty house not far from the front line, surrounded by
quite as in total. not sure it s going to be quite as nutty this time around, but still an quite as nutty this time around, but still an impressive bounty. barry cheering still an impressive bounty. barry cheering to see not just team still an impressive bounty. barry cheering to see notjust team gb, but the cheering to see notjust team gb, but the olympics in general, just watching but the olympics in general, just watching all these athletes and the absolute watching all these athletes and the absolute top of their game, and some absolute top of their game, and some incredible performances. also some some incredible performances. also some incredible performances. also some incredible spirit as well in tokyo some incredible spirit as well in to 0. g ., ., , ., ., tokyo. jamie, does it matter that the crowds tokyo. jamie, does it matter that the crowds weren t tokyo. jamie, does it matter that the crowds weren t there - tokyo. jamie, does it matter that the c
congress that are putting it on the table, that want to see a substantial package in any sort of future negotiations and we re not seeing that. so there s still a lot of work that we have to do. the resiliency on the island is wonderful. incredible spirit. people are rolling up their sleeves and making wonderful things happen. all right. thank you very much. thank you. appreciate the time. still ahead, a major backer of the republican party resigns from his role within the rnc amid sexual harassment allegations. reaction to his resignation after the break. and another great friend of mine, somebody respected by everybody, a great friend of phil too, mr. and mrs. steve wynn. stand up, steve. stand up. steve is always calling. he s always got advice, right, steve? donald, i think you ought to do this and that. his advice i like to listen to. i ll be honest with you.
consideration. he s 74 right now, but he s strong as hell, and he s got incredible spirit. his minds has never been finer. but he would have had big trouble if he had been in the race this time around against hillary clinton. not just from an organizational standpoint. he s been there a long time. he owned a big part of the status quo. and he s run before unsuccessfully. i think what s so significant about us talking about this is it s because the democratic party right now really lacks a bench. bench, a message, a sense of where they re going to go. a message can come from a candidate. a sense of where you want to take the party and the country can come from a candidate. tell me right now who the democratic party has from the ranks of governors, from the ranks of senators, that we can see as a rising star and viable candidate. from california is one option. i don t know if this works four years out. nobody said donald trump was