it s 8am in the morning in singapore, and 9am in hiroshima, japan, where president zelensky has thanked g7 leaders for their enduring support of ukraine. speaking at the end of a summit, mr zelensky said that russia s defeat would result in lasting world peace. it comes after conflicting reports of who is now in control of the eastern city of bakhmut. russian president putin has congratulated the wagner mercenary group for capturing the city, but ukraine denies it. our diplomatic correspondent james landale sent this report from kyiv. today injapan, president zelensky honoured the dead of a war that took place eight decades ago. the devastation of hiroshima, bringing to mind another war, his war, one that s raging right now across ukraine. translation: photos of ruined | hiroshima remind me of bakhmut and such other towns. there is absolutely nothing alive there. all the buildings are destroyed. his task, their task, was to show the world that western leaders, at least these
thanks forjoining us. it s been an eventful weekend at the g7 summit injapan. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky returns home after securing a pledge of unwavering support as well as more military equipment from his allies. at the summit, dominated by talks of russia s invasion, us presidentjoe biden confirmed that the us and its allies will help train ukrainian pilots to fly western fighterjets, like the f 16, which zelensky had long asked for. biden also promised to support ukraine with more ammunition and armoured vehicles, partly as a demonstration of western resolve. we will not waver. putin will not break our resolve as he thought he could two years ago, almost three years ago. we re going to continue to provide economic, humanitarian and security assistance to ukraine so it can stand strong as long as it needs it. meanwhile, president zelensky thanked world leaders for their enduring support at the end of the summit and said russia s defeat would result in la
memory chip maker micron. it accuses the manufacturer of failing its network security review and therefore poses a serious security risk. china launched a review into micron s products in march this is the first big measure against a us semiconductor group. this follows similar moves in washington last year when it introduced chip export controls on china in october the netherlands and japan have since followed. let s go to our asia business hub for the details on this katie silverjoins me now. tell us more about china s decision. tell us more about china s decision- tell us more about china s decision. . , decision. that s right, so as ou sa decision. that s right, so as you say it decision. that s right, so as you say it does decision. that s right, so as you say it does seem - decision. that s right, so as you say it does seem to - decision. that s right, so as you say it does seem to be | you say it does seem to be something of a retaliatory move. it s the fir
thanks forjoining us. it s been an eventful weekend at the g7 summit injapan. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky returns home after securing a pledge of unwavering support , as well as more military equipment from his allies. at the summit, dominated by talks of russia s invasion, us presidentjoe biden confirmed that the us and its allies will help train ukrainian pilots to fly western fighterjets like the f 16, which zelensky had long asked for. biden also promised to support ukraine with more ammunition and armored vehicles, partly as a demonstration of western resolve. we will not waver. putin will not break our resolve as he thought he could two years ago, almost three years ago. we are going to continue to provide economic and humanitarian and security assistance to ukraine so it can stand strong as long as it needs to. meanwhile, president zelensky thanked world leaders for their enduring support at the end of the summit and said that russia s defeat would result
back in december, the optimism of the ukrainian forces was fading. there were fears it would be a bad winter and the russians were targeting generating stations and heating plants. but ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power. and anyway, the winter wasn t that bad. now some military experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might simply collapse over the next few months. who knows? president xi jinping of china has presented himself as a deal maker in the war, but his proposals have so far been pretty vague and, perhaps not surprisingly, much more favourable to his friend vladimir putin than to ukraine. there s less noise about a chinese invasion of taiwan, but many taiwanese leaders think it ll happen by 2029. in the us, since december, ex president trump has been accused of various crimes and been sued successfully for one of them. yet his popularity with the republican party has soared, while his main rival, ron desantis, has faded