violence in el salvador has lowered crime, but it s believed thousands of innocent people are still stuck behind bars more than a year later. hello. i m tadhg enright. g7 leaders are starting their summit in hiroshima, with promises of new sanctions against russia over its war in ukraine. leaders including president biden met the japanese prime minister, fumio kishida, at the city s peace park, and others. the new sanctions are expected to target individuals and entities across europe, the middle east and asia. britain and the eu have indicated they want to restrict trade in russian diamonds. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, also announced a ban on imports of russian copper, aluminium and nickel. live now to the bbc s nick marsh in hiroshima. thanks forjoining us. it s an event really rich in symbolism stop we ve seen leaders posed together in hiroshima, the site of the bomb. russia was expeued of the bomb. russia was expelled from the group had now it s top of their
we start injapan, where the g7 summit is getting under way. leaders of seven of the world s most powerful democracies are gathering in hiroshima. you see these pictures here? that is the french president emmanuel macron who has just met the japanese prime minister kishida who has been welcoming everyone to the memorial piece garden there in hiroshima. this meeting is expected to get under way shortly but what the japanese prime minister has been doing is welcoming all the leaders of the g7 nations as they have been arriving just a moment ago. the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau also arriving at this meeting. there is plenty on the agenda, we know the leaders will be discussing the war in ukraine for one, certainly china s presence in the region stop either has already been a flurry of news in the lead up to this summit,, a us official saying there would be new steps to economically isolate moscow and we can its ability to wage war. we are looking at the hiroshima memori
well following what will be happening on the summit as well and keeping us updated on the action, as we have heard new sanctions against russia already, reaffirming rather commitment to ukraine but other points that may come out of this programme, we will have to wait and see what our correspondence tell us on the ground but certainly, a symbolic beginning, having these leaders welcomed at the peace memorial park and we seeing them just about to enter building there we will keep a close eye on this for you, see if we have another chance to view the world leaders together as they start their programme and is the summit gets under way correspondents. let s move onto some stories now. for more than a year, el salvador has been living under an emergency measure called a state of exception in which several constitutional rights were suspended in a national crackdown
syria s president, bashar al assad, is in the saudi city ofjeddah to attend friday s summit of the arab league, ending damascus s exclusion from the bloc. it was suspended 12 years ago because of atrocities that provoked an enduring civil war. many syrians who ve fled their country oppose mr assad s rehabilitation. the counting of local election votes gets under way in northern ireland later. there are 464 council seats up for grabs, which were last contested in 2019. this is the first time people in northern ireland can have their say about the continuing political impasse on post brexit trading arrangements. for more than a year, el salvador has been living under an emergency measure called a state of exception in which several constitutional rights were suspended in a national crackdown on country s