inspector general s investigation have even been released. and right now, arguments are set to begin in louisiana where the fate of a widely used abortion pill rests in the hands of three judges our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. yamiche alcindor is following the case in louisiana. yamiche, what can you tell us about what s happening today? starting just this hour, three conservative judges will be hearing oral arguments on whether mifepristone should remain available. each of these judges, we should put our names and faces up of people have a history of supporting restrictions on abortion, and each were nominated by republican presidents. as viewers may remember, a group of anti-abortion activists to get this pill off the market. they are arguing it is unsafe, and the fda should never have approved it when it did two decades ago. the justice department is arguing that taking the medication off the market would cause great harm to women and
game-changer. russian officials meanwhile warned western countries that they would ruin, rather run colossal risks if they supply ukraine with f-16s. but white house officials are saying they got assurances that ukraine will avoid potential escalations of the war. we have had multiple conversations with ukrainians about the risk of escalation here. nobody wants to see world war iii. and we have made it clear that we re not gonna encourage or ukraine to strike inside russian territory. so we ve had that discussion with ukrainians, we have had it with respect to fighter aircraft. we are confident they will live up to their commitments. more on the presidents trip in a moment, back in washington, the white house is blasting congressional lawmakers over the debt ceiling deadlock. accusing republicans of holding the economy hostage. talks between both parties started, paused, restarted and ended with no indication of whether they will resume. , president biden was briefed this
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
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
within the coming years. they also say that a key temperature threshold, a rise in global temperature by 1.5 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels, is likely to be breached for the first time. our climate editorjustin rowlatt has more details. rising temperatures thanks to global warming are one reason but we are also seeing a change in a crucial weather system in the pacific ocean called el nino. for the last few years, winds blowing along the equator have been stronger than normal, pushing warmer water towards the coast of asia and helping deep, cold water well up on the coast of the americas. this phase is known as la nina, and is associated with below average global temperatures. we are now moving into the el nino phase, where winds are weaker which means warm water spreads across the pacific. now, that tends to increase global temperatures by about 0.2 celsius on average. that does not sound much, but it makes it almost certain, a 98% chance according to the un s w