Live from london, this is bbc news. g7 leaders meeting injapan are expected to issue a statement on a shared approach on china, on the second day of the summit. more than a dozen dead and thousands homeless after heavy rains and flooding in northern italy. el salvador s gang crackdown: how normal life is returning to neighbourhoods which spent years under gang control. hello, i m lucy grey. welcome. a second day of talks is underway injapan, where leaders of the g7 group of countries are expected to issue a statement on a shared approach on china. much of the first day was taken
On the war in ukraine. let s start with the g7 meeting injapan. here they are outside hiroshima. with japan the leaders of the us, canada, the uk, france, italy, germany as well as the eu. they ve agreed new sanctions against russia measures they say will restrict the export of technology and equipment that would ve been critical to russia on the battlefield . now, while that s been happening, ukraine s president zelensky made a surprise to visit to that second big meeting the arab league summit in saudi arabia. zelensky asking leaders not to ignore the reality of what s happening in his country. next the arab league meeting was also attended by the syrian president bashar al assad. it s the first time he s been there for more than a decade. since he launched a brutal supression of pro democracy protesters in his own country. it lead to a civil war. hundreds of thousands of people are thought to have been killed. president assad was seen chatting injeddah with leaders.
The world s most advanced economies are meeting injapan, with america signalling it s willingness to back the supply of f 16fighterjets, and the training of ukrainian pilots, in the war with russia. meanwhile, moscow s closest ally in the middle east, syria s bashar al assad, received a warm welcome at a summit of arab leaders in saudi arabia, after years of international isolation. during syria s bloody civil war, it was massive russian military support that allowed assad, condemned by many as a war criminal, to cling onto power. details on that later in the programme but first, to the g7. the bbc s nick marsh is in hiroshima for us and we can bring him in now. nick, a lot of news coming out of the g7 so far. much of the initial talks have been members recommitting to the defence of ukraine and some big news involving fighterjets ukraine and some big news involving fighter jets and sanctions as well today. involving fighterjets and sanctions as well today. yeah that s right- sanct
Live from washington. this is bbc news. at the g 7 meeting injapan, the us backs plans to provide advanced fighter jets to ukraine. syria s president assad is invited to the arab league for the first time since his country s civil war. and we meet one of the montana tiktokers sueing to block a state wide ban of the platform. hello, i m carl nasman. thanks forjoining us. vladimir putin casting a shadow over two major international summits today. first the g7, where
Live from washington. this is bbc news. at the g 7 meeting injapan, the us backs plans to provide advanced fighter jets to ukraine. syria s president assad is invited to the arab league for the first time since his country s civil war. and we meet one of the montana tiktokers sueing to block a state wide ban of the platform. hello, i m carl nasman. thanks forjoining us. vladimir putin casting a shadow over two major international summits today. first the g7, where