hello, i m sally bundock, welcome to the programme. ukraine s president zelensky is returning home from a meeting of g7 leaders injapan. he left the summit having secured further promises of financial and military support, including american made f 16 fighterjets. the commander of ukraine s ground forces says they re close to surrounding the eastern city of bakhmut. ukraine has disputed the russian claims to have taken full control of the city. russia has lost thousands of men in the assault on bakhmut many from the wagner mercenary group. our diplomtaic correspondent james landale reports from kyiv. for more than eight months, in what s now the longest battle of this war, ukrainian forces have defended bakhmut. the eastern city is now largely in ruins and largely in russian hands in particular in the hands of fighters like these from the wagner mercenary group, whose leader yevgeny prigozhin claimed to have full control here. from house to house, he said, we took the
The india meteorological department said several parts of delhi recorded maximum temperatures above 45 degrees celsius. it said the extreme conditions are likely to persist in isolated pockets over the next two days. the brazilian president has urged the sports authorities in spain and other european countries to curb the spread of fascism and racism in football grounds. he was speaking after the brazil international viniciusjunior was subjected to racist chants during real madrid s match at valencia. a british study suggests that elephants particularly enjoy the presence of visitors to zoos. the researchers found that public feedings and larger visitor numbers prompt a reduction in elephants repetitive behaviours. penguins, bears and cheetahs also reacted positively to visitors, but the impact on flightless birds and marsupials appeared