plus speak to experts about what the leaders could achieve. and the cost of the queen s funeral is revealed we ll break down just how much the government spent on the historic event. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi, there. it s 8:00 in the morning here in singapore, and 9am in hiroshima, japan, where the country s prime minister fumio kishida hosts his counterparts from the us, the uk, germany, italy, france and canada for the annual g7 summit. it s a packed agenda for the world leaders who ll be discussing the war in ukraine, the rising influence of china and the increasing tensions between china and the west over taiwan. the summit officially begins in the coming hours, but already deals have been struck. british prime minister rishi sunak was among the early arrivals, he s agreed a new defence and economic arrangement with japan. nick marsh is in hiroshima for us. with hiroshima for us. the french president emmanuel with the french p
coming in i was thinking an you both like country music best country music songs that bring in the message of holy father and christianity just, you know, love with an amen i was thinking about this when i was will being to that song lord i hope this day is good. don williams it may be i know the exact song you re talk. you can t forget carrie underwood jesus tack the wheel. newer version i guess that s country music we love country miewk. going a little woke they have to remember who their customer base and then a little word to country certain elements of the industry might be going woke. that s a division that runs in the country it runs in all parts of culture and maybe today we bring it back. can t they just stay away from political messages everything has to be politicized. it is easter it is not your birthday you can t make wishes. it is easter glad you re with us on this sunday where we ve had the pleasure of bringing to you this morning the me
it s not even the only pending case involving trump in th state of new york. at some point this coming week donald trump is expected t travel back to new york from florida to be deposed in relation to a civil lawsui filed by the new york attorney general, letitia james last september, james filed 250 million dollar lawsuit against trump, his three eldes children, and the trum organization, accusing them of fraudulent business practices. in an earlier deposition for james s investigation last summer, trump refused to answe most questions, pleading the fifth more than 400 times. then, on april 25th of thi year, just 16 days from now, a trial is scheduled to begin in one of the two civil lawsuit that been filed against trum by the author and columnist, e jean carroll a few years ago, carol published a book in which sh accused the former president o raping her in the dressing roo of a luxury manhatta department store in the mi 1990s. trump denied careles accusations, saying they
weekend. i m not pete hegseth contrary to half the people that see me in the airport. they like to think i m pete. i m here with rachel and will and gracious enough to let me hang out on the couch this morning. that was tampa, florida, not far from orlando where i came from. rachel: am i hearing you don t like country music. you said that was from his play list. joey: that wasn t country. not even close. rachel: his play list is all country. will: he likes country. he s just messing with me. we share musical taste pretty much. we do. will: now a fox news alert. taiwan defense reported more than 70 chinese jets crossed the median line of the taiwan straight today and beijing deploying combat readiness patrols. rachel: we re not in trouble with the chinese right now, yikes. live fire drills unfolding as u.s. congressional delegation overnight doubling down on support for the island nation. got to frame the issues of taiwan as ccp is aggressive for a authoritarian communist
vested denver following several major stories this afternoon two big rulings on a key abortion pill praising the legal stakes to protec abortion rights for millions o women. reaction is coming in, fast an furious. new developments in the ouster of two - lawmakers in the tennessee legislature as the vic president lends her voice to the fight. they understood the importance, these three, o standing to say that peopl will not be silenced we are also keeping a close eye on israel after severa attacks this easter weekend. a new move from the white hous on trans athletes that has all sides of the debate upset. all of that, plus the news thi week that the former vic president will testify against donald trump, what he migh say. once he is under oath. we re gonna look at that comin up as well we begin though with the breaking news on abortio rights a federal judge in texas has essentially blocked the fda approval of mifepristone potentially undoing two decade of legal and safe