at the nato summit in vilnius, germany has already announced a multi million euro military aid package, france has promised long range cruise missiles and the uk has announced more ammunition and military vehicles. us presidentjoe biden has told president zelensky, who s also at the summit, that ukraine s courage is an example to whole world . president biden pledged unwavering support to ukraine in its ongoing conflict to russia. today, the members of the g7 are launching a joint declaration of support for ukraine to make it clear that our support will last long into the future. this starts a process by which each of our nations and any other nation who wishes to participate will negotiate long term bilateral security commitments with and to ukraine. we re going to help ukraine build a strong, capable. across land, air and sea, which will be a force of stability in the region and deter against any and all threats. to lewis in vilnius. what are they actually mean in real ter
in france in the first round of parliamentary elections. the election, called to widespread surprise by president emmanuel macron, has thrown french politics into disarray. support for the anti immigration and eurosceptic national rally party has surged despite president macron s pledges to stop its rise. the far right national rally is widely expected to come in first place. in the 577 member national assembly, pa rliament s lower house. but it remains unclear if the party will secure an outright majority. the shape of the new parliament will become clear after the second round of voting onjuly 7. i am joined by prof jonah levy, vice chair of the department of political science, specialising in french and west european politics at the university of california, berkeley. thank you forjoining us. first of all, remind us, why did president emmanuel macron call this snap election? this snap election? president emmanuel this snap election? president emmanuel macron this snap
ben wallace of the uk. whilst talking about gratitude, and perhaps ukraine needing to suit express my gratitude for what it gets. gratitude for what it gets. zelensky has expressed gratitude for what it gets. zelensky has expressed gratitude gratitude for what it gets. zelensky has expressed gratitude on - gratitude for what it gets. zelensky has expressed gratitude on a - gratitude for what it gets. zelensky l has expressed gratitude on a number of occasions. he did so earlier near and he of occasions. he did so earlier near and he has of occasions. he did so earlier near and he has done so here. there s people and he has done so here. there s people incredibly grateful for the uk and people incredibly grateful for the uk and the welcoming we have given to ukrainian families. he is enormously to ukrainian families. he is enormously grateful for that. but people enormously grateful for that. but people across ukraine are also fighting people across ukraine are also fi