damn, i love you guys. plus. closing bell rings the ai rally rolls on. wall street makes it a fourth record close in a row, led by big tech. but is the boom turning into a bubble? welcome to business today. i m mark lobel. we start in italy where leaders of the g7 group of industrialised nations have agreed a $50 billion loan to ukraine, to be funded by the profits from siezed russian assets abroad. it comes as president biden signed a 10 year security agreement with ukraine s president zelensky, that will include intelligence sharing, troop training and investment in ukrainian industry to help it ramp up arms production. he said the deal showed russia that ukraine s allies aren t backing down. back in 2022, two days after russia s invasion, members of the g7 and european union worked together to freeze $280 billion in russian and central bank funds outside of russia. i m very pleased to share that this week, this week, the g7 side of the plant to finalise and unlock $50 bill
welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in italy, where president biden and ukraine s leader volodymyr zelensky have signed a ten year security leader volodymyr zelensky have signed a ten year security agreement following the g7 s approval of a plan to use profits from seized russia assets to fund kyiv s war effort. joe biden said it would include intelligence sharing, troop training, adhering to nato standards and investment in ukraine s industrial base to make more weapons. mr zelensky described it as a bridge towards nato membership. the g7 deal sees a loan of $50 billion sent to ukraine. the group leaders agreed it showed moscow that ukraine s allies weren t backing down and president putin couldn t simply sit the war out. the first such agreement with the country in the pacific region. the g7 deal sees a loan of $50 billion sent to ukraine. the group leaders agreed it showed moscow that ukraine s allies weren t backing down
good to be with you. i m katy tur in for chris jansing. a lot is happening now. any minute president biden will speak at the g7 summit in italy sending vladimir putin a message that the west is still united. announcing a new deal to fund ukraine s defense. will that hold if president biden loses in november? donald trump is in washington making his first visit to capitol hill since the insurrection he inspired. what gop lawmakers are promising him today. and the supreme court protects access to mifepristone, at least for now. what the justices said to unanimously reject the effort to pull the abortion pill off the shelves. why the ruling itself leaves the door open to a future effort to further restrict access to abortion. let s begin with the high-stakes summit in italy where president biden faces the challenge of convinces g7 allies that the united states will stand with ukraine. president biden is expected to announce a new bilateral security agreement with ukra
first, first person i m to call on is colleen long, associated press. thank you. thanks, mr. president. about two weeks ago you changed course to allow ukraine to fire u.s. weapons into russia. given the reported successes, would you consider further expanding the parameters on u.s. weapons into russia even despite your concerns about escalation? and on the news from home, you re going through something that so many american families go through, the intersection of addiction and the criminal justice system. but you re not like most families. was your son able to get a fair trial, do you believe the justice department operated independently of politics? and for president let me answer your questions. with regard to the first question, it is clear that the near broad meeting, just across the line of the border with russia and ukraine, that it makes a lot of sense for ukraine to be able to take out or combat what is coming across that border. in terms of long range weapons