welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. secretary of state antony blinken meeting face-to-face right now with chinese president xi jinping in beijing. the high stakes one-on-one is part of blinken s efforts to meet with china s top diplomat. an effort to lower the temperature amid rising tensions between the u.s. and china. cnn s kylie atwood in beijing this morning. just the fact that their meeting is a huge meeting, kylie, we learned 90 minutes ago their meeting was a go. what do we know about it? reporter: that s right, it s here in beijing, the secretary of state who is the first cabinet member to visit china from biden administration in 2 1/2 years. sitting down with president xi, we don t know much about the meeting because it s so ongoing. here s what we do know, there have been a number of hours that the secretary has engaged with chinese officials over the course of the last days in beijing. spending more than five ho
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in-person meeting with g7 leaders as the u.s. plans to announce more military aid to the country worth hundreds of millions of dollars. on again, off again as talks to extend the united states debt ceiling start and stop, the hope of a deal happening this weekend becomes dimmer. and syrian president bashar al assad welcomed at the arab league summit after a 12-year suspension. i ll talk to an expert on how he s being received. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy touched down in hiroshima, japan, just moments ago to take part in the g7 summit. it s the latest stop on his whirlwind diplomatic tour to boost support ahead of his country s expected counteroffensive against russian forces. cnn white house reporter kevin liptak joins me now live from hiroshima, japan. well, arguably the guest of honor has touched down. what kind of reception will he get? reporter: yeah, we did see him land here
did not apologize. during the meetings, ukraine in focus the g-7 statement says that the world leaders reaffirm their support for ukraine for as long as it takes. they pledge to starve russia of technology and equipment it needs for war as well as hold those responsible accountable for international war crimes. reports say the ukrainian president will make a surprise in person visit to the talks with the g-7 leaders here in hiroshima and ask for more weapons. possibly the weapons the ukraine wants will be to go on offensive. is the g-7 unified in military action or in military aid for ukraine against russia? all of these g-7 leaders have been supporting ukraine in various different ways. everyone has to do it their own way. these are sovereign decisions there has been terrific unity and resolve the president has every expectation that that unity and resolve is going to remain in place here at the g-7 and beyond. so the president reassuring other world leaders that the u
in bangladesh, hundreds of thousands of people were forced to take shelter. now on bbc news, more sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday this sunday night. coming up on tonight s programme: is the title race over? manchester city could be a game away from being champions after they win and arsenal lose. a record breaking day at wembley where chelsea beat manchester united to win the women s fa cup again. and partying like it s 2006 sale beat leicester to reach their first rugby premiership final in 17 years. welcome along, thank you for joining is on what could prove to be a pivotal day in the premier league title race. arsenal who for so long were top of the table may well have to make do with finishing second after being beaten 3 0 by brighton at the emirates. it was a goalless first half but shortly after the break, it was the visitors who broke the deadlock through enciso. and it got even betterfor brighton, as denis undav capitalised on a mistake to make it tw