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
nick marsh is in hiroshima for us. with hiroshima for us. the french president emmanuel with the french president emmanuel macron arriving this morning, all seven of them are now there. morning, all seven of them are now there- now there. good morning from hiroshima- now there. good morning from hiroshima. it now there. good morning from hiroshima. it will now there. good morning from hiroshima. it will kickoff - hiroshima. it will kickoff soon. we are in the international media centre, thousands ofjournalists international media centre, thousands of journalists from around the world will be filling this place, covering the meetings, this series of deliberations between the leaders of some of the world s richest countries but i don t want to waste any time here because i m pleased to say that joining me now is the bbc tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil. we have already had some lines from us officials about sanctions on russia. fix, from us officials about sanctions on russia. a