saudi arabia is set to make history as the country sends its first ever female astronaut to the international space station. hello, i m krupa padhy. thank you forjoining us. a defiant ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky has told the g7 summit in hiroshima that russia does not occupy the embattled city of bakhmut. it comes after conflicting reports of who is now in control of the eastern city. russian president putin has congratulated the wagner mercenary group of capturing the city. but that s been rejected by ukraine. and this follows confirmation from president biden that the united states and partners will help train ukrainian pilots to fly fourth generation fighters such as the f 16. president zelensky has long called for such jets to better fight russia s full invasion of ukraine. our asia pacific correspondent, laura bicker, sent this report from hiroshima. this president knows the cost of war. as he paid tribute to the victims of the hiroshima bombing, he needed
in the so called a family photo with leaders of the world s most powerful democracies. 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 also have a meeting president biden. earlier, the french president emmanuel macron said mr 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 comments from german chancellor olaf scholz, who said training programs for ukrainian pilots on f16 fighterjets are a message to russia that it should not expect to succeed, even in a prolonged conflict. live now to the bbc s nick marsh in hiroshima. thank nick marsh in hiroshima. you forjoining us. with the thank you forjoining us. with the g7 summit under way volodomyr zelensky is dominating conversations? hello from a very dominating conversations? hello from a very hot dominating conver
volodymyr zelenskyy is getting another multi-million dollar package as they meet at the summit and the fighting on the ground continues. there s nothing on this. solemn words from president zelenskyy. he says the city is in ruins. plus no breakthrough in the debt ceiling talks yet, but president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are expected to talk ahead. and voters are going to the polls in greece. we ll go live to athens for the latest. and we begin with a busy day in japan as the u.s. says it will provide ukraine with another $375 million in military aid ahead of that country s expected counteroffensive against russia. u.s. president joe biden made the announcement as he met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in the final hours of that g7 summit in hiroshima, japan. have a listen. today i m announcing the next package to ukraine, a pack thaj that includes more artillery and munitions. mr. president, what you ve achieved is a matter for the entir
whether it s a mental illness or not having enough food, these are just not intractable problems in the least. they are uniquely exacerbated in the united states as it relates to developed countries. but absolutely solvable problems. especially here in new york city. a city awash in wealth. that s right. among a very few number of households. i appreciate that you are staying on top of. it thanks alex, have a great weekend. thanks ali, have a great show. the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned. that is america s constitutional mandate. and who in the current negotiations between president biden and kevin mccarthy appears to be violating that? who really knows what s going on with the white house negotiations with kevin mccarthy ten days before a potential default date. here s the update. talks briefly resume tonight with no progress after republican negotiators abruptly left a meeting with the biden administration officials t