following allegations of inappropriate behaviour made by four women. clashes break out following last night s match between west ham and az alkmaar when fans of the dutch side tried to attack people in the guest area for west ham. 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
we start injapan, where leaders of some of the world s most powerful democracies are gathered at the g7 summit. on saturday, the focus has primarily been on one man: volodymyr zelensky. the ukrainian president is in hiroshima, in person. you can seem sitting next to the indian prime minister and other partner countries, and also presidentjoe biden awaiting his meeting with president zelensky and also justin trudeau. many others as part of the g7, including rishi sunak. we will continue covering that summit. you see him here taking part in a so called family photo. it s part of a multi day diplomatic tour to solidify support for an expected spring counter offensive against russia. later, mr zelensky will address the leaders and is expected to meet directly with presidentjoe biden. earlier, french president emmanuel macron said zelensky s presence at the g7 is a way to build peace and emphasized the need for a solution to the conflict based on international law. and new comme
disruption to the flights, to passengers coming in and out of haneda airport and of course it is the end of the holiday season, the new year holiday being a big holiday here injapan, as well. so many people would have been using the airport today when this incident happened. live now to air commodore dai whittingham, uk flight safety committee. what uk flight safety committee. is your assessment of have what is your assessment of what we have been seeing in tokyo over the past few hours and an extremely dramatic accident and with this fire engulfing the flame in just minutes. firstly, tragedy for some and miraculous escape for others and it is quite remarkable that all 379 passengers and crew escaped the a350 which clearly stood up very well to what appears to have been a collision on the runway. you will
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war leader transforming into this global diplomat, the globetrotting diplomat, is a welcome development for many ukrainians. for russians, this summit is really reinforcing their perception that the world is lined up against them. certainly that will be, and has been, the official reaction from the russian government. we talk about president zelensky, the war leader and diplomat there injapan. what do you think that his appearance there, the fact that he did fly to japan, the fact that japan was hosting this event, has meant for the country, internationally?- meant for the country, internationally? well, i think his presence, internationally? well, i think his presence, as internationally? well, i think his presence, as you - internationally? well, i think his presence, as you know, i his presence, as you know, anytime leaders can get in a room and sit across the same