avoid a speeding fine. warring factions in sudan sign a seven day ceasefire agreement, allowing humanitarian access and the withdrawal of forces from essential facilities. hello, i m krupa padhy. good to have you with 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
it s come on the final day of the g7 summit of world leaders in hiroshima. president zelensky s surprise appearance has dominated the g7 meeting. he s taken part in the so called 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. president zelensky also had bilateral talks with president biden. take a listen. today, i m announcing the next tranche of us security assistance to ukraine. a package that includes more ammunition, artillery, armoured vehicles to bolster ukraine s battlefield abilities. and the united states continues to help ukraine respond, recover and rebuild. and we re also supporting your pursuit of a just peace. just one aspect of ukraine s sovereignty and territorial integrity. it has to be non negotiable. itjust has to happen. so, mr president, what the people of ukraine are defending, what you ve achieved is a matter for the
we start with breaking news. a former civilian police worker has been jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing a boy. timothy schofield was found guilty of 11 sexual offences against a teenager. the 54 year old denied the offences, which happened between 2016 and 2019. in the last few minutes, police had been speaking outside the court. the police had been speaking outside the court. y . , police had been speaking outside the court. q . , , court. the offences were first re orted court. the offences were first reported in court. the offences were first reported in december - court. the offences were first reported in december 2021, l court. the offences were first i reported in december 2021, and within two days, timothy schofield had been arrested, interviewed and charged with these offences. he was suspended from duty and the criminal case took priority. following his conviction, a conduct hearing was held in april, and chaired by the chief assistant constable. he was dis