the warplanes to kyiv. the rules state that countries can only resell or re export us military hardware if america approves it, but moscow has warned the decision could present colossal risks to the allied countries and china has also expressed its strong dissatisfaction. for the latest, live now to nick marsh, who is for us there in hiroshima. so zelensky arrived today, on sunday he is due to meet president biden and address the g7 leaders, is ukraine dominating discussions at the g7? , ,., , ukraine dominating discussions at theg7? ~ y , the g7? absolutely, president zelensky pretty the g7? absolutely, president zelensky pretty much - the g7? absolutely, president zelensky pretty much stole i the g7? absolutely, president| zelensky pretty much stole the the g7? absolutely, president - zelensky pretty much stole the show yesterday in hiroshima, the agenda was supposed to be dominated by talk of china, but the kind of will he, won t he drama of his arrival took centre sta
with g7 leaders in an effort to drum up support and weapons for an expected counter offensive against russia. mr zelensky will address the leaders of the major western democracies during meetings on sunday. while the war in ukraine continues to dominate those summit talks the war itself is raging on. bakhmut has been the focus of the longest and bloodiest battle of the war but the leader of russia s private wagner group has said the city has now been taken. 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 says president putin has congratulated troops for capturing the city. earlier, ukraine says its units are 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 to help with its fight against russia a move moscow and china have criticised. here now, our political editor chris mason, who s in h
reporting on turmoil inside the trump legal team that s representing the former president in the classified documents investigation. meanwhile, another republican senator is saying that the former president cannot win the 2024 election. we will have those comments and what they mean. it comes as the republican field in the race for the white house is about to add another name. plus, the naacp calls out florida governor ron desantis, we will have more on the organization s warning. also ahead, we will recap president biden s trip to japan for the g7 summit which included a meeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. and preview his meeting today at the white house with speaker kevin mccarthy as both sides are trying to find a compromise that would avoid a default on the country s debt. with us we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay is with us, also with us
we start injapan, where leaders of some of the world s most powerful democracies are gathered at the g7 summit. on saturday, the focus has primarily been on one man: volodymyr zelensky. the ukrainian president is in hiroshima, in person. you can seem sitting next to the indian prime minister and other partner countries, and also presidentjoe biden awaiting his meeting with president zelensky and also justin trudeau. many others as part of the g7, including rishi sunak. we will continue covering that summit. you see him here taking part in a so called family photo. it s part of a multi day diplomatic tour to solidify support for an expected spring counter offensive against russia. later, mr zelensky will address the leaders and is expected to meet directly with presidentjoe biden. earlier, french president emmanuel macron said zelensky s presence at the g7 is a way to build peace and emphasized the need for a solution to the conflict based on international law. and new comme
In your home, your Writing Study is just below us, the floor below. Just tell me, does it matter to you when you are writing what is going on in the world outside Yourfront Door . Does it affect your writing . Well, it depends on what you mean. If theres a fire engine screeching in front of my door, it will interrupt my concentration, and i might go out and see whats going on. But if theres a distant war going on in another place and i know about it, im not going to read about it while im doing my work for the day. But i certainly will inform myself about it later. You talk of distant wars. Im thinking of wars much closer to home. You write a lot about your take on american politics. Youve talked about your feelings through the course of four years of donald trump. Youve talked about a country at war with itself. So the war isnt so very far away. Yes, the war that were engaged in here, fortunately, has not become yet a fighting war with guns, to a large degree. But we are divided in wa