suella braverman, is under pressure after claims she asked civil servants to help her avoid a speeding fine. saudi arabia is set to make history as the country sends its first ever female astronaut to the international space station. president zelensky has thanked g7 leaders for their enduring support of ukraine. speaking at the end of a summit injapan, mr zelensky said that russia s defeat would result in lasting world peace. he also insisted russia does not occupy the embattled city of bakhmut. it comes after conflicting reports of who is now in control of the eastern city. russian president putin has congratulated the wagner mercenary group for capturing the city. our asia pacific correspondent, laura bicker, sent this report from hiroshima. this president knows the cost of war. mr zelensky paid tribute to the victims of the hiroshima bombing and needed no reminder from the sombre city of what can happen when a bitter conflict leads to the use of a nuclear weapon. together
interference. meanwhile, g7 leaders injapan announce new sanctions against moscow. here, what stamp qualify for the final of your oblique and violent clashes marked the end of the match. and one other headline belief in a god plummets in uk who would talk to the author on a new report today. let s start this half hour with a different story because the brother of the tv presenter philip schofield has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage boy. to him at found guilty of 11 offences last month. ginny reports now from exeter. his brother set the crimes were despicable and disowned his sibling in the statement. timothy schofield arrived in court in the glare of intense media interests at his trial last month, he admitted that he had watch pornography with a teenager but insisted this victim was 16 and consented. he denied there was any sexual abuse but the jury found him guilty of all charges. during the hearing, the court heard a statement from the v
hello, a warm welcome. we begin injeddah where in the past few minutes ukraine s president zelensky has arrived on an unannounced visit at an arab league summit, just getting under way. he tweeted that he wanted to enhance ukraine s ties with the arab world and take cooperation with the saudis to a new level. the syrian president bashar al assad is making his first appearance at the summit in more than 12 years, since syria was thrown out of the bloc in response to the suppression of pro democracy protests and an enduring civil war he arrived in the country last night we will speak to our correspondent injeddah injusta we will speak to our correspondent injeddah in just a few moments, we will speak to our correspondent injeddah injust a few moments, but injeddah injust a few moments, but in a big day for diplomatic developments, this time injapan. now to japan, where the g7 leaders of the world s leading industrialised nations have begun their summit with a demand that
welcome to the programme. ukraine has been a common theme at two major leaders summits. we will cover it all here tonight on the context. on the first day of their annual meeting injapan, g7 leaders agreed new sanctions against russia. meanwhile in saudi arabia, president zelensky made a surprise visit to the arab league gathering, urging those attending, to support ukraine. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria it s the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war, that s blighted the country. and later in the programme we have a special report from the new york times which has uncovered shocking evidence of the greek coastguard abandoning asylum seekers in the sea. but first let s focus in on the g7 summit injapan. the leaders have agreed new sanctions against russia. they said the measures would starve moscow of their technology, industrial equipment, and services that supported its war against ukraine.