plus speak to experts about what the leaders could achieve. and the cost of the queen s funeral is revealed we ll break down just how much the government spent on the historic event. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi, there. it s 8:00 in the morning here in singapore, and 9am in hiroshima, japan, where the country s prime minister fumio kishida hosts his counterparts from the us, the uk, germany, italy, france and canada for the annual g7 summit. it s a packed agenda for the world leaders who ll be discussing the war in ukraine, the rising influence of china and the increasing tensions between china and the west over taiwan. the summit officially begins in the coming hours, but already deals have been struck. british prime minister rishi sunak was among the early arrivals, he s agreed a new defence and economic arrangement with japan. nick marsh is in hiroshima for us. with hiroshima for us. the french president emmanuel with the french p
U. S. Taxpayers million was routedded in syria in its First Contact with the enemy. Both the cost and the stakes are high. The Obama Administration is depending on u. S. Trained syrians and iraqis to roll back the Islamic Extremist Group isis, which has dismembered both countries despite daily u. S. Air strikes. One pentagon official described the defeat as the u. S. Trained troops as a friggin mess. Heres david martin. Reporter this video purporting to show u. S. Trained fighters captured in syria could not be independently verified but theres no doubt the pentagons first attempt to insert fighters into syria met with what one official called abject failure. Nearly half the force was either killed, captured or missing. And they never even came in contact with isis. Officially called the new syrian force, first contingent of 54 fighters was trained by the u. S. Military at a base in turkey and sent across the border into northern syria. [explosion] but instead of fighting isis, they un
Routedded in syria in its First Contact with the enemy. Both the cost and the stakes are high. The Obama Administration is depending on u. S. Trained syrians and iraqis to roll back the Islamic Extremist Group isis, which has dismembered both countries despite daily u. S. Air strikes. One pentagon official described the defeat as the u. S. Trained troops as a friggin mess. Heres david martin. Reporter this video purporting to show u. S. Trained fighters captured in syria could not be independently verified, but theres no doubt the pentagons first attempt to insert fighters into syria met with what one official called abject failure. Nearly half the force was either killed, captured or missing. And they never even came in contact with isis. Officially called the new syrian force, first contingent of 54 fighters was trained by the u. S. Military at a base in turkey and sent across the border into northern syria. [explosion] but instead of fighting isis, they unexpectedly came under attac
Shee hiroshima. Some growers of tea are fighting back with organic products. Looking to the heavens. Nasa astronomers discovered more than 1200 planets. Some could support life like our own. In a longawaited development, the white house has announced barack obama will visit hiroshima. He will be the first sitting u. S. President to go to the city since it was devastated by an american atomic bomb in 1945. Obama will make the trip later this month when hes in japan for the group of 7 summit. The president intends to visit to send a much more forwardlooking signal about his ambition for realizing the goal of a planet without nuclear weapons. The spokesperson stressed the visit is not an apology for dropping the nuclear bomb. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe announced he will accompany obama. Translator i have decided to visit hiroshima with president obama on the 27th of this month. After the iseshima summit. I welcome president obamas visit to hiroshima from the bottom of my heart. Ab
We had winds reported upwards of 111 kilometers per hour. This is the radar just prior to landfall. I want to show this to you because this really indicates we have our center of circulation coming on shore here, but then just to the right of that circulation, this is where all the moisture hits the mountains, then it piles up. In the yellows and the reds, thats where weve seen rain reports of 50 to 60 kilometers an hour. Lets go to video we have coming out of this area. Because this just shows you what its like on the ground. Still seeing numerous roads closed. This one likely was. And that car ended up getting off towards the side tipping over. One of the things, you dont want to drive through flooded areas. Also we saw a landslide in the same area about ten meters wide. It damaged several homes. Good news, no injuries were reported with this. Other areas of japan, especially in the tokai area and the kampo area has seen flooding. There have been evacuations, people in kanagawa have