round up from the bbc sport centre, here is gavin. the latest from the gulf in a moment but some breaking news from tennis and rafael nadal want to be defending his french open title this year after pulling out of roland garros. speaking at a press conference to m time french open champion said next year could be his last as a professional. he hasn t missed a french open since 2004 and has gained the nickname the king of clay. he hasn t played since january after a hip injury at the australian open. the us pga championship is under way and the world top three are out after the start of round one was delayed by frosty conditions in upstate new york. kazuki higa has the early lead so far and brooks koepka is out, at parfor the round as they have just started, as is rory michael roy who is after his third us pga overall. level after his first hole. he is with the current championjustin thomas who has birdied his first of the day. that is the leader board on your screen as we spe
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high pressure that is across england and wales and across scandinavia as well. there will be a huge amount of rain on them. on saturday, clouding up rain on them. on saturday, clouding up to scotland and northern ireland but we should see some bright or hazy sunny spells coming through. one or two spots of rain possible, more especially later in the day. for england and wales it is warm in the sunshine and temperatures could reach 18 to 21 degrees. perhaps a bit lower than that given the onshore winds around the north sea coast. similar story on sunday, the cloud could be thick enough for a few patches of rain across the north west. there will be occasional brighter spells, west. there will be occasional brighterspells, but west. there will be occasional brighter spells, but england and wales, fine and dry david temperatures getting into the low 20s in the warmer spots. it could be received the warmest weather of the year so far this weekend, but that doesn t say that much be
behaviour by four women. welcome to bbc news. it is a day of two important summits, with the war in ukraine being the common theme. at the g7 gathering injapan, world leaders met to discuss a new round of sanctions against russia while, at the arab league meeting in saudi arabia, president zelensky made a surprise visit, urging those attending to support ukraine. he told the gathering injeddah that, on this, the asoth day of the war, the world needed to fight the virus of aggression from moscow, stressing kyiv would not give up any sovereign territory to achieve peace. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war that s blighted the country. here he is the official handshake and welcome from the saudi crown prince. more on assad in a moment and more on the g7. first, though, let s hear from volodymir zelenski. if there are people here at the summit who have a different
on the war in ukraine. let s start with the g7 meeting injapan. here they are outside hiroshima. with japan the leaders of the us, canada, the uk, france, italy, germany as well as the eu. they ve agreed new sanctions against russia measures they say will restrict the export of technology and equipment that would ve been critical to russia on the battlefield . now, while that s been happening, ukraine s president zelensky made a surprise to visit to that second big meeting the arab league summit in saudi arabia. zelensky asking leaders not to ignore the reality of what s happening in his country. next the arab league meeting was also attended by the syrian president bashar al assad. it s the first time he s been there for more than a decade. since he launched a brutal supression of pro democracy protesters in his own country. it lead to a civil war. hundreds of thousands of people are thought to have been killed. president assad was seen chatting injeddah with leaders. here