the world s most advanced economies are meeting injapan, with america signalling it s willingness to back the supply of f 16fighterjets, and the training of ukrainian pilots, in the war with russia. meanwhile, moscow s closest ally in the middle east, syria s bashar al assad, received a warm welcome at a summit of arab leaders in saudi arabia, after years of international isolation. during syria s bloody civil war, it was massive russian military support that allowed assad, condemned by many as a war criminal, to cling onto power. details on that later in the programme but first, to the g7. the bbc s nick marsh is in hiroshima for us and we can bring him in now. nick, a lot of news coming out of the g7 so far. much of the initial talks have been members recommitting to the defence of ukraine and some big news involving fighterjets ukraine and some big news involving fighter jets and sanctions as well today. involving fighterjets and sanctions as well today. yeah that s righ
Shelters are overcrowded and water cannot be pumped orfiltered because of his roles block on fuel and bottled water is now unaffordable for most families. Rishi sunak will continue his tour of The Middle East today amid growing fears in the region that the conflict in gaza could spread. Chiara bleeders gallery in egypt ahead of the summit this weekend to discuss the crisis. In saudi arabia last night the Prime Minister met the crown prince. Number 10 said the pair agreed that the loss of innocent lives in israel and gaza over the last few weeks has been horrific. He said he will encourage saudi arabia to use its influence in The Middle East. As you have been Hearing Withjo votes continue to be counted in the Mid Bedfordshire and tamworth by elections. We could have declarations in the next hour. Turnout in tamworth was 35. 9 cent that is low even for a by election. The vote followed the resignation of the former conservative deputy whip chris pincher in september. Our team in tamworth
it is that president biden is present. in these talks. there is a lot present. in these talks. there is a lot of present. in these talks. there is a lot of talk about between these is a lot of talk about between these four countries, but i think these four countries, but i think australia wants the us on board think australia wants the us on board with two main things. one, board with two main things. one, they want to reiterate the agreement that military alliance, military agreement between australia, the uk and the united states. that is cruciai the united states. that is crucial for australia, given what s crucial for australia, given what s happening in the asian pacific what s happening in the asian pacific. but i think also they want pacific. but i think also they want to pacific. but i think also they want to have the china conversation. when i was reporting in australia, one of the biggest barnes policy stories was china. a lot that you stories was china. a
away and exasperated, released right before she declared. and absolutely. even when policy stories were covered and we covered them, they weren t getting eyeballs on traffic and driving the news. such a contentious relationship and you know, she had, as you said. this historically all-female press corps and a female candidate that didn t want a lot to do with us. and when she was at the state department, much more accessible. right. less protected, less defensive. then with the e-mail scandal, the benghazi hearings and a horrendous news conference, you point out early in march after the new york times broke the e-mail private service story, finally came forward at the united nations, in front of the security council, and it was just an unmitigated disaster. we d all been waiting for hours, xrurnlg ed scrunched in there, she was defensive and didn t really
president trump making light of the temporary shutdown of his twitter account after a twitter employee briefly deactivated the president s page last night. the president, you may have seen, responded this morning. he said, my twitter account was taken down for 11 minutes by a rogue employee. i guess the word must finally be getting out and having an impact. i thought about that one for a little bit. joining us now, nbc contributor sam sty. sam, first of all, the president right now en route to asia. in the past we would have policy stories for days on end. instead we re talking about the president s tweets as he flies