zelenskyy which is just hours from now? just hours from now. the symbolism is quite strong. it is the first face to face meeting president biden and president zelenskyy have had since president biden surprised the world by showing up in kyiv. the deliverable side of thing, the u.s. is preparing roughly $300 million defense assistance package. it is really flowing the times of munitions ukraine needs. it has been a focal point for u.s. assistance. and this is a critical one. this is not just from the bilateral meeting with president biden. it is what president zelenskyy can do not just with g-7 leaders. the g-7 has been steadfast in its support with a degree of durability that i think even surprises some of its staunchest boosters. it is the other leaders that have been invited. invited.ountries that have bee as it pertains to ukraine and russia s vegas invasion of ukraine. to share his views and more importantly, to talk about a diplomatic pathway out. if not to people them
i m paula reid in washington. jim acosta has the day off. we are following several developing stories on this busy afternoon. the u.s. takes another step closer to running out of money to pay its debts. despite a deadline as close as 12 days away, the high-stakes negotiations between the white house and republicans have broken down. and it s not clear when they will resume. meanwhile, president biden will cut short his asia trip to address the looming debt crisis, but before heading home tomorrow from the g7 summit in japan biden will meet with ukraine s president. president zelenskyy is making a dramatic appearance at the gathering to ask world leaders for more help in the war against russia. zelenskyy s plea comes as russia claims a major victory in ukraine. today the head of the mercenary wagner group says his fighters captured bakhmut after months of brutal fighting. ukraine says it still holds a small portion of the city. cnn s phil mattingly is at the g7 summit in hiros
fights with hamas terrorists. israel released new video of soldiers taking control of an outpost in gaza. here it is. [explosions and gunfire] harris: the idf is going room to room now inside gaza s largest hospital. they say they are finding weapons and military gear there and they are searching for any information on the some 240 hostages. hamas terrorists took those people during the october 7th attack on israel. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. israel says this is a targeted operation to protect the patients inside that huge hospital, yet go after hamas leadership. and a flip here by the biden administration. remember for days now they ve been criticizing israel over the hospital operation. and then now a change. the pentagon has confirmed what the israelis showed the world yesterday. the terrorists are, in fact, operating inside hospitals. national security spokesman john kirby here. i can confirm that we have information that hamas and the pa
Now it is time for World Business report. Battling to boost prices. Opec meets to check who is sticking to the rules on Production Cuts, as the price of Oil Continues to flag. And the business of birth. We take a look at the cost of delivery around the world, starting in turkey, which has the highest rate of c sections in the world. Welcome to World Business report, im sally bundock. Also in the Programme Financial markets start the week on a high in asia. And south korean courts are holding their Closing Arguments in the trial of samsungs jay y lee. For most of us, a Lower Oil Price is a good thing. It means it costs less to fillup ourcars, and if you run a business, transport and energy costs are cheaper. But for the countries that sell oil, lower prices is a real headache, which is why opec, the cartel 01 14 leading producers, has been trying to push up prices. Today and tomorrow, they are meeting in abu dhabi. Since january, opec and 11 other Oil Producing countries have been aimin
For a Bespoke Dealfor the uk and it is reported one important theme, the Prime Minister will be respectful to the 27 other leaders of eu and say she wants a deal that works for the whole of the uk and a deal that works for the rest of the uk, because unlike donald trump, she wants the eu to thrive. So we thought we would look at some of these issues. A Centralised European government would be a nightmare. Such a europe can, in its economic and political strength, be a superpower. A superpower, but not a superstate. We will give the british people a referendum with a simple in or out choice. Thatcher in bruges, blair in warsaw, cameron at bloomburg, and now theresa may closer to home. We have been waiting a long time for this moment, but the Prime Minister will deliver her definitive speech on europe as she explains how she is going to take the uk out of the eu. It will be detailed, as she answers critics who have chided herfor relying on platitudes such as brexit means brexit. Theresa