In other news, englands fracking industry has been much slower than expected to get up and running a report says low Public Acceptance is partly to blame. Turkey and russia have agreed what they say is an Historic Deal aimed at keeping Kurdish Forces away from syrias border with turkey. A generation of young people with special Education Needs are being failed a report by mps suggests bureaucracy and a lack of funding is tearing familes apart and in sport, it was a five star night for the english clubs in the Champions League as harry kane revives tottenhams qualification hopes, Raheem Sterling scores a hat trick as Manchester City beat atalanta. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Downing street has signalled that borisjohnson will step up his efforts to force a general election, if eu leaders approve an extension to brexit of up to three months. It comes after last nights commons votes where mps first voted in favour of the governments Withdrawal Agreement bill, but the
the football governing body uefa says it will investigate the ugly scenes that followed west ham s victory over az alkmaar, in last night s europa conference league semi final. players from david moyes side confronted a group of the dutch team s fans who attacked an area where friends and family of the west ham players were sitting. the premier league side are into the final after winning 1 0 in the netherlands, and 3 1 on aggregate. but the clashes started moments after the final whistle. fans were seen reportedly throwing punches towards an area of the stand behind the dugouts, west ham players there having to be held back. i was disappointed because it took something away from the team reaching something away from the team reaching the final but as a club there reaching the final but as a club there was reaching the final but as a club there was nothing we could do. like anybody. there was nothing we could do. like anybody. if there was nothing we could do. like a
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
welcome to the programme. ukraine has been a common theme at two major leaders summits. we will cover it all here tonight on the context. on the first day of their annual meeting injapan, g7 leaders agreed new sanctions against russia. meanwhile in saudi arabia, president zelensky made a surprise visit to the arab league gathering, urging those attending, to support ukraine. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria it s the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war, that s blighted the country. and later in the programme we have a special report from the new york times which has uncovered shocking evidence of the greek coastguard abandoning asylum seekers in the sea. but first let s focus in on the g7 summit injapan. the leaders have agreed new sanctions against russia. they said the measures would starve moscow of their technology, industrial equipment, and services that supported its war against ukraine.
years for sexually abusing a boy. after yesterday s apology from water companies about sewage in our rivers and seas, i m at a beach in devon which has just been given the official go ahead for bathing. and coming up on bbc news: one of the greatest comebacks. we are reflecting on sheffield wednesday s stunning play off penalty shoot out win to secure a shot at promotion. good afternoon. leaders of the world s most developed g7 economies who are gathered in hiroshima for a summit have promised new sanctions against russia. they said the measures would starve moscow of technology, industrial equipment, and services that supported its war against ukraine. the us is imposing around 300 new sanctions, while the uk has announced a ban on importing russian diamonds, copper, aluminium and nickel. this morning, the g7 leaders laid wreaths at the memorial garden in hiroshima, at the site which was devastated by an atomic bomb in 191i5. ourfirst report this lunchtime is from our corres