and training for ukraine. shortly after landing in hiroshima, president zelensky tweeted that he was expecting to have important meetings with partners and friends of ukraine. he said peace will be closer as a result of the summit. he has met with rishi sunak in the past few minutes. they had already met on monday in the uk, where it was announced britain would send hundreds of air defence missiles and armed drones to ukraine. on the second days of talks injapan, the leaders of the g7 group of advanced nations have issued a statement on a shared approach to promote global economic resilience and to counter economic coercion. they said that any malign actor trying to, as they put it, weaponise economic dependence would fail. the g7 leaders added that their policy was not designed to harm china or thwart its economic progress. the statement also warned against what it said was china s militarisation in the south china sea, and it urged beijing to pressure moscow to end it
still holds part of the burned out city of bakhmut. but how much of it and for how long? and senator tim scott getting into the race for president today with florida s ron desantis not far behind. good morning, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. this monday. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are set to meet again today as they try to strike a deal to lift the debt ceiling. only ten days in june 1st. that s the earliest estimated date the government might not be able to pay all of its bills. mccarthy spoke to the president sunday by phone from air force one as he flew home from japan. i believe it was a productive phone call. and so at the end of the phone call, what we agreed to do is we re going to have patrick mchenry get back together withese going to ask his team, get back together. so, we can walk them through literally what we ve been talking about. i think some of the challenges they may not comp
and a consultation on new limits to stakes for the digital version of slot machines. our culture editor katie razzall reports. the beautiful game and gambling are intertwined. 0nline betting is embedded in our sporting culture, a transformation since the last major changes to gambling laws and a subject that divides opinion. if i want to spend a tenner on a football game, that is down to me it s my preference, i know how much i earn and how much i got left so it should be up to me, not the government. all the things on the big screens inside grounds advertising gambling are making people poorer and companies richer. i don t think it s an issue, - gambling, unless you re an addict. smartphones can be a casino in your pocket and the law to catch up under the government planned a statutory levy or charge and gambling firms to pay for nhs education, treatment and research, and they will consult on two types of checks. the plans for the younger people but there are no plans to tig