you could join us. we begin with some news from the war in ukraine. russia says its troops have fully captured the ukrainian city of bakhmut. there has been no immediate reaction from kyiv to those claims, but if true, it could mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15 month war. russia has been trying to take bakhmut since last year in a grinding war of attrition. and in the last few minutes, the russian news agency interfax has said president putin congratulated his troops for capturing the city. earlier, ukraine had said its units were still fighting in the city. this comes on the heels of the us agreement to allow ukrainian pilots to train in american made f 16 jets. a move moscow had criticised. meanwhile, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has been on a whirlwind tour in an effort to drum up support and weapons for an expected counter offensive against russia. it s been a busy few hours for zelensky, touching down injapan on saturday for diplomatic t
Instabitity about, china and the increasing instability in the indo pacific. these two men are worried indo pacific. these two men are worried about north korea and the nuclear weapons being developed at an alarming pace. exactly, developed at an alarming pace. exactly, it developed at an alarming pace. exactly, it is a case of putting aside all disputes focusing on priorities of the agenda. president biden is going to be pleased that these two men are meeting. interesting they will be laying a wreath at the peace park. i have got a fly buzzing in my face. interesting, they will be going to the peace park and paying their respects to the victims of the bombast here in hiroshima. these have an intertwined history?- hiroshima. these have an intertwined history? let s not foruet, i intertwined history? let s not forget, i think intertwined history? let s not forget, i think it intertwined history? let s not forget, i think it is intertwined history? let s not forget, i think it