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.
as president putin begins drafting new troops in the fight in ukraine. some flights out of russia have sold out. also in the programme. the bank of england raises interest rates to their highest level for m years it warns the uk may already been in recession. and a fracking ban in england is lifted in a bid to increase energy production but critics say the move could harm the environment and trigger earthquakes. the us secretary of state has said russia s president, vladimir putin, can t get away with shredding international order over his invasion of ukraine. he was speaking at a special meeting of the united nations security council. here s what else he had to say. even the number of nations that maintain close ties with moscow have said publicly that they have serious questions and concerns about president putin s ongoing invasion. rather than change course, however, president putin has doubled down, choosing not to end the war but to expand it. that expansion he was
and defence chiefs are taking unexplained aerial phenomena seriously. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the evacuation of ukrainian troops from the azovstal steelworks in mariupol has continued, with a convoy of at least seven buses carrying soldiers escorted by pro russian forces. more than than 260 soldiers left, after a negotiated surrender. they ve been taken to areas held by russian backed rebels. meanwhile, western military sources say, vladimir putin is now directly involved in the day to day running of the war, taking decisions normally made by senior military figures. our correspondent, laura bicker, reports. it has been a brutal and bloody 83 days, but their battle is over for now. the wounded from azovstal are carried out of the vast steel plant filmed by the very force they ve been fighting. russia will be keen to air these images which, they say, show surrender but the ukrainians say this deal is about survival. tonight, as more fight
pilots to fly at 16. in fact it will take four months. that study has diminished f 16s it would take too long and ukrainians don t really need f 16 i think the world has changed a lot. the war is going to changed a lot. the war is going to change dramatically if ukraine is able to get f 16s in the coming months. it able to get f-16s in the coming months. , , ., months. it is interesting, that turnaround months. it is interesting, that turnaround that months. it is interesting, that turnaround that president - months. it is interesting, that l turnaround that president biden months. it is interesting, that - turnaround that president biden has made. he did say before that he didn t think that ukraine needed f-16 didn t think that ukraine needed f 16 fighter didn t think that ukraine needed f 16fighterjets. what has changed? this report that came out yesterday from yahoo news was in air force assessment study into ukrainian pilots to come to the united states and trained on these
by the kremlin and had been told that the death penalty by firing squad would be carried out. their surprise release came as part of a larger prisoner exchange between ukraine and russia. the smiles hiding the full extent of what they endured. emma vardy, bbc news, newark. rescuers are racing to say 35 surviving pilot whales, the bbc has spoken to the mother of one of the ukrainian fighters, her spoken to the mother of one of the ukrainianfighters, herson spoken to the mother of one of the ukrainian fighters, her son was part of the regiment and has been defending the steelworks and marry you but before he was captured. let s take a listen. t you but before he was captured. let s take a listen. let s take a listen. i was absolutely let s take a listen. i was absolutely surprised i let s take a listen. i was absolutely surprised by. let s take a listen. i was i absolutely surprised by this let s take a listen. i was - absolutely surprised by this event. of absolutely surprised by thi