meanwhile, g7 leaders injapan announce new sanctions against moscow we ll have the latest from both summits. the tesco boss quits after allegations of inappropriate behaviour. in the next hour, nasa will announce the company to build spacecrafts for their latest expedition to the moon. welcome to bbc news. it is a day of two important summits with the war in ukraine being the common theme. at the g7 gathering injapan, world leaders met to discuss a new round of sanctions against russia. while at the arab league meeting in saudi arabia, president zelensky made a surprise visit, urging those attending, to support ukraine. he told the gathering injeddah that, on this, the asoth day of the war, the world needed to fight the virus of aggression from moscow stressing kyiv would not give up any sovereign territory to achieve peace. also making the headlines at that summit is president assad of syria the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating
before we move on to events in ukraine, the importance of that meeting injeddah. it is the first time in more than a decade that the syrian president is in attendance. these are pictures coming to us for a few minutes ago. president bashar al assad, who was frozen out of the regional body 12 years ago in relation to that war, the civil war that engulfed the country. these pictures are of him meeting with the saudi crown prince, mohamed bin salman, who is hosting this event in jeddah. this in itself is a very important moment. he was suspended from the regional body 12 years ago after the devastation caused by the civil war in his country. we are expecting to hear from the syrian president a little later. we will also hear from the president a little later. we will also hearfrom the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, who has made that trip tojeddah. two very important speeches and very important moments that we will bring to you live here on bbc news. but we will return
Donald trumps talk of a new arms race. And why a third of the homeless say they have been attacked on our streets. And coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, well look ahead to the start of a busy christmas fixture list, with chelsea top of the tree. But can they stay there . Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The man suspected of the berlin Christmas Market attack has been shot dead by police in italy. Anis amri had been missing since the attack on monday it appears he left germany for france, before crossing into italy, able to move undetected around the continent despite a europe wide manhunt. Italian Police Stopped him in the early hours this morning at a Train Station in milan, shooting him dead after amri fired on them. The italian Authorities Say his fingerprints match those found on the Steering Wheel of the lorry which killed twelve people and injured dozens more. Our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticus has the latest. Anis amris brief violent
Apparently discussing attacks. Translation of course it was dangerous. When the men sit here and fantasise about carrying out attacks, yes, i was worried. My children and my family live here. With the immediate danger apparently over, berliners gathered for a memorial this evening by the brandenburg gate. No matter what, we are all one. All people come together here and think of the victims. The berlin people, we are Something Else they have to beat. But germany as a country now confronting the reality it faces new and hidden threats. Our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas is in berlin for us tonight. As far as the hunt for possible accomplices of anis amri, that goes on for them it was by pure chance that Italian Police found at all. On for them it was by pure chance that Italian Police found at allm was. This was a stop by a routine police patrol. It was an officer who had only been in the Italian Police force for nine months who shot him dead. Not a europe wide Anti Terrorist g
pushing the occupiers out of our land. anyone who defends his land from invaders and anyone who defends children of his nation from enslavement, every such warrior is on the path ofjustice. i am proud to represent such warrior is and the entire ukrainian people. ukraine has never chosen the war. 0ur troops didn t go to other lands. we do not engage in annexations and plunder of other nations resources. but we will never submit to any foreigners or colonisers. that is why we fight. and i am sure all your nations will