is now, back in 1985. goodnight. music: how soon is now by the smiths. this is bbc news, here he was at westminster in february giving the speaker a pilot s helmet. on the helmet reads, we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. this is what he wants. f 16 fighter jets like these flown by the polish air force. modern warplanes that could give ukraine greater control of the skies. some european countries are ready to give some of theirs to ukraine but they are all made by the us and that means that president biden, who is at the g7 summit injapan, needs to give his permission first. he has been reluctant, fearing it could escalate the war, but now his officials say the us will help train ukrainian pilots and will not stop european countries donating some f 16s. this comes after concerted pressure from european leaders, including rishi sunak, who earlier this week promised president zelensky to gather international support for getting ukraine the air power it needed. but tra
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we start injapan, where the g7 summit is getting under way. leaders of seven of the world s most powerful democracies are gathering in hiroshima. you see these pictures here? that is the french president emmanuel macron who has just met the japanese prime minister kishida who has been welcoming everyone to the memorial piece garden there in hiroshima. this meeting is expected to get under way shortly but what the japanese prime minister has been doing is welcoming all the leaders of the g7 nations as they have been arriving just a moment ago. the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau also arriving at this meeting. there is plenty on the agenda, we know the leaders will be discussing the war in ukraine for one, certainly china s presence in the region stop either has already been a flurry of news in the lead up to this summit,, a us official saying there would be new steps to economically isolate moscow and we can its ability to wage war. we are looking at the hiroshima memori
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in full view of the police phe hit paul pelosi in the head two times with a hammer. both pelosi and depappy were taken immediately to a hospital, pelosi for his head injuries and depappy for reasons still not clear. he was later charged in federal court with assault and attempted kidnapping. at this point that s what we can say for certain. david depapi assaulted paul pelosi with a hammer and apparently admitted that in police custody. but beyond those facts there is much in the story that remains muddy. how in fact did depapi get inside the home. that s the first question. last year they reported she has protection around the clock at her houses, her own security, they have security police that fly out with her. but in this instance they say there was no security present at the pelosi home on friday night. and that s pretty strange because according to multiple accounts even when pelosi isn t at home her house is well guarded as you would expect. harmeet dhillon told us when