hello, i m sally bundock, welcome to the programme. ukraine s president zelensky is returning home from a meeting of g7 leaders injapan. he left the summit having secured further promises of financial and military support, including american made f 16 fighterjets. the commander of ukraine s ground forces says they re close to surrounding the eastern city of bakhmut. ukraine has disputed the russian claims to have taken full control of the city. russia has lost thousands of men in the assault on bakhmut many from the wagner mercenary group. our diplomtaic correspondent james landale reports from kyiv. for more than eight months, in what s now the longest battle of this war, ukrainian forces have defended bakhmut. the eastern city is now largely in ruins and largely in russian hands in particular in the hands of fighters like these from the wagner mercenary group, whose leader yevgeny prigozhin claimed to have full control here. from house to house, he said, we took the
and most recently, the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni, has visited the devastated areas. back to rome the rome mayor, roberto gualtieri, has condemned the protests. he s described it as an attack on italy s artistic heritage. he s also taken to social media to condemn the protests and has said that it will cost about 300,000 litres of water as they start their clean up mission for an iconic landmark which attracts visitors from around the world. emily brown there. and we have lift off. five, four, three, two, one stop five, four, three, two, one stop engine five, four, three, two, one stop engine is five, four, three, two, one stop engine is full- five, four, three, two, one stop engine is full power. i five, four, three, two, one i stop engine is full power. and it off stop engine is full power. and it off falcon stop engine is full power. and it off falcon nine, go - stop engine is full power. and it off falcon nine, go axiom. i these are pictures from the kennedy sp