off. just ahead our countries stand together and we stand stronger. and i believe the whole world is s safer when we do. we haven t degreed to anything yet, but i see the path. they should have held them accountable for the war crimes that they committed and most importantly for the war crimes he is still committing. probably my last year on the professional tour. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, may 19th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 5:00 a.m. in japan where the g7 superintendent summit will soon be welcoming volodymyr zelenskyy. he is expected to attend according to cnn sources. the war in ukraine is already making headlines in japan. a source tells cnn the u.s. will not stand in the way of allies who want to send f-16 fighter jets to kyiv and uk and european union is taking aim at moscow s funding for the war with new restrictions on russia diamond sales. salma abdelaziz is in london and kevin liptak also. kevi
governor intensifying and apparently costing the state thousands of jobs just days af before the republican is ex expecting to announce his campaign. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with a new u.s. message about the war in ukraine. a significant development as president biden is out there on the world stage right now and in a potentially very pivotal moment in the conflict. phil mattingly is with the president at the summit in japan. kn nic robertson is in eastern ukraine. phil, as the president prepares for this summit, the biden administration is signaling a major shift on ukraine. what can you tell us? yeah, wolf, it would be a significant development. the president is just a few hours away from starting the first day at the g-7 summit here meeting with leaders. leaders that have been integral to the steadfast support of ukraine since russia s invasion oaf the course f the year
plays out back home. it s forcing him to cut his trip short, raising new questions about how this drama is impacting the u.s. abroad. plus, montana says time is up for tiktok. the state banning the popular social media app. it s the furthest any state has gone to target the chinese-owned brand. is that brand legal? court challenges are likely as tiktok says it will defend itself. a race to rescue children who may have survived a plane crash 17 days alone. we are following these major stories coming into cnn news central. president biden has now met with japan s prime minister in hiroshima. friday they will sit down with other leaders of the world s top economies, as a massive fiscal catastrophe looms, thanks for a stalemate here in washington over the debt ceiling. the discussions appear to be slowly progresses, but the u.s. could default, and anything thinks g7 allies accomplish there could be thrown into disarray from the global financial meltdown that could result.
this hour, we see ukraine high on the agenda. volodymyr zelenskyy is set to join in person, seeking commitments from the world s wealthiest democracies. also, the u.s. is now signaling that it will not block allies from sending f-16 jets to ukraine. we will look at how that could change the battlefield, and tens of thousands of israelis marched through jerusalem s old city for mostly peaceful but tense flag parade. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. leaders of the g7 nations are meeting at this hour in hiroshima, japan russian invasion of ukraine, of course, high on the agenda. and now we are learning they will be welcoming a special guest, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. the uk and european union have already announced new sanctions targeting russia s diamond trade. and in a key development, sources tell cnn the u.s. will not stand in the way of allies setting f-16 fighter jets to ukraine, something kyiv has been requesting for mon
opponents are sure acting like he is. we re following the major developing stories coming in right here to cnn news central. a surprise visit to the g7 summit in japan. president volodymyr zelenskyy will arrive in hiroshima this weekend to meet face-to-face with president biden and other world leaders. remember, the g7 used to be the g8 until russia was expelled. the impact of these talks, that could be effective. the u.s. now primed to let nato allies sent those fighter jets to kyiv. and a sweeping list of new sanctioning. nic robertson is in ukraine. he s made a lot of international visits before, but this one happening right now on the cusp of this widely anticipated counter-offensive. how important right now? it is important to zelenskyy. he s on the record as saying the country is not quite ready for the counter-offensive, but when you and go into the conversation recognizing what they tell you would be spin to send a counter-narrative, a propaganda to the russia