welcome to the programme. ukraine has been a common theme at two major leaders summits. we will cover it all here tonight on the context. on the first day of their annual meeting injapan, g7 leaders agreed new sanctions against russia. meanwhile in saudi arabia, president zelensky made a surprise visit to the arab league gathering, urging those attending, to support ukraine. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria it s the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war, that s blighted the country. and later in the programme we have a special report from the new york times which has uncovered shocking evidence of the greek coastguard abandoning asylum seekers in the sea. but first let s focus in on the g7 summit injapan. the leaders have agreed new sanctions against russia. they said the measures would starve moscow of their technology, industrial equipment, and services that supported its war against ukraine.
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more than £8 billion the second largest result in its history. and australia s national football team criticises qatar s human rights record less than a month before the emirate hosts the world cup. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has accused russian commanders of craziness in their efforts to capture a town in the east of the country. bakhmut which sits in the donetsk region has been the centre of russian attacks for months. meanwhile, in the south, ukrainian forces advancing on the city of kherson have been hampered by heavy rain. russian forces are building fortifications and bringing in extra reinforcements. the area has been at the centre of the fiercest clashes in recent weeks. our correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv and hejoins me now. let s start off with the comments from president zelensky about the tactics of russian commanders. what does he mean by craziness? he said the most sev
burn. it was prominently featured in a russian rom-com. they announced new stamps with figures with leonardo dicaprio and kate winslet but instead they are standing on the bridge. some said it is a birthday present for vladimir putin who turns 70. marilyn monroe singing happy birthday to john f. kennedy in 1962. happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday mr. president happy birthday to you wow. talking about sending a message. fred pleitgen has more from the capital of kyiv. how are the russians and ukrainians reacting? i think we have some sense of it, but tell us more. reporter: yeah. they are essentially blaming each other. the senior advise orto the ukrainian president zelenskyy indicating this could be possibly infighting by russian security services. not much evidence to back all that up. certainly the russians doing things in the other direction, pointing the finger of blame squarely at the ukrainians. there was a senior official fro