up by discussions on ukraine with president biden saying washington was prepared to give the go ahead to train ukrainian pilots on f16 fighterjets. the go ahead to train ukrainian pilots on f 16 fighterjets. the news was welcomed by ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, who called it historic . he said the jets would greatly enhance ukraine s air force and that he counted on discussing the plan with mr biden at the summit on sunday. the us national security advisorjake sullivan has been speaking about the us f 16jets plan. just yesterday, as you all know, president biden informed his g7 counterparts that the united states will support ukrainian pilots on fourth generation fighter aircraft, including f 16s. over the past few months, we and our allies have focused on providing ukraine with the systems, weapon and training that it needs to be able to conduct effective offensive operations this spring and summer. we have delivered what we promised. we have given ukraine wh
in northern italy. and, irish boxer katie taylor, bids to become only the second fighter in the modern era, to hold all the major belts, at two different weights. in london, joanna simpson s husband killed her in a vicious attack. he is now due for release after serving half his sentence. her mother desperately wants him to stay behind bars. good evening. vladimir putin cast a shadow over two major international summits today. in a significant shift of policy, at the g7 meeting of the world s most advanced economies injapan, america signalled 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 only massive russian military support, that allowed assad condemned by many as a war criminal
first, the g7, where seven of the world s most advanced economies are meeting injapan with america signalling it s willingness to back the supply of f 16 fighterjets, 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 only massive russian military support, that allowed assad, condemned by many as a war criminal, to cling onto power. the summit was also attented by the ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky, who is due tojoin the g7 group in hiroshima on sunday, where it s expected he ll address leaders and hold a meeting with us presidentjoe biden. details on that later in the programme, but first, the news of more military support for ukraine just a few hours ago, us national security advisor jake sullivan spoke about the us f16jets plan. jus
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. here
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