this is bbc news. world leaders meet injapan for this is bbc news. world leaders meet injapanforthe g7 this is bbc news. world leaders meet injapan for the g7 summit covering trade, support ukraine and sanctions against russia high on the agenda. large parts of the region in northern italy remain on red alert after six months rainfall fell in the day and a half.— after six months rainfall fell in the day and a half. now, entire villaues the day and a half. now, entire villages are _ the day and a half. now, entire villages are still _ the day and a half. now, entire villages are still underwater - the day and a half. now, entire villages are still underwater at | the day and a half. now, entire i villages are still underwater at the moment. rescue operations are ongoing and they continued through the night. find ongoing and they continued through the niuht. �* ,, . , the night. and sting receives the e e the night. and sting receives the eye novello _ the night. and sting receives the eye novello songwriting - the night. and sting receives the i eye novello songwriting fellowship award, the body's highest honour.

glad you could join us. leaders of the g7 group have advanced economies are gathering injapan in the city of hiroshima. concerned about global security are high on the agenda. japan's prime minister fumio kishida has one of the world is at a crossroads because of russia's attack on ukraine —— has warned the world is at a crossroads. they also need to tackle the increasing instability of the inca, indo—pacific region. there are rising over nuclear capabilities and threat of action by china via taiwan. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is in hiroshima with this update. he then hiroshima one of the first things g7 leaders and their partners are going to do is be invited by the prime minister he may consider and his wife to the memorial, peace memorial cart where the atomic bomb dome sounds.

it isa it is a reminder of the devastation nuclear letters are capable of doing and this is a city that is lippy that devastation no—one wants to see it happening again. earlier prime minister fumio kishida gave an interview and he said today's ukraine could be tomorrow's east asia. the war in ukraine is happening thousands of miles away from here but the echo is making everyone here uneasy and it is something no—one here wants to see happen. shaimaa khalil reporting early i spoke to yuka cobbe ashley, an expert at university of london on china in international politics. actually visiting historical low. was very controversial... all the leaders of the g7 visiting the peace dome and actually try to make a stand. ., ., ., ., ., ~ , stand. tomorrow one of the key thin . s stand. tomorrow one of the key thins on stand. tomorrow one of the key things on the — stand. tomorrow one of the key things on the agenda _ stand. tomorrow one of the key things on the agenda is - stand. tomorrow one of the key things on the agenda is nuclear| things on the agenda is nuclear nonproliferation but i think with coming to a very interesting juncture where i need to emphasise

the idea of peace and it is something kishida really wants to put forward this kind of identity of him coming from hiroshima and his home town. the him coming from hiroshima and his home town-— home town. the consensus is that economic security _ home town. the consensus is that economic security is _ home town. the consensus is that economic security is just - home town. the consensus is that economic security is just as - economic security is just as important as national security. of course there's this delicate balance work and we still need to trade with china but they are trying to push back the gains china has made in terms of making several economies dependent on china so how is that balance being struck. language is going to be very important. absolutely. i think, going to be very important. absolutely. ithink, in going to be very important. absolutely. i think, in a sense, this idea of economic security really came in right after, kind of, the war in ukraine and also coming off of the lockdown for covid—i9 and this kind of inability to have access to key things and critical minerals. i think in a way energy

and food security has also come on the agenda we are actually witnessing countries decoupling from china or be risking as the eu has preferred to call it. it is a very interesting time in a sense that we're actually seeing very different kind of approaches even coming from the g7, very evident with omicron's visit earlier this year which he actually emphasised he wanted to have more than a different kind of approach to the united states and i think in a way the g7 is about really kind of reuniting the democratic countries of the g7 against russia and much remains to be seen whether or not they want to do this and balances economic needs at any time. do this and balances economic needs at any time-— at any time. while this is happening in ja an at any time. while this is happening in japan china _ at any time. while this is happening in japan china is _ at any time. while this is happening in japan china is having _ at any time. while this is happening in japan china is having its - at any time. while this is happening in japan china is having its own - injapan china is having its own meeting in xinjiang with central asian heads. meeting in xin'iang with central asian heads.— asian heads. yes, the central asian summit taking _ asian heads. yes, the central asian summit taking place _ asian heads. yes, the central asian summit taking place at _ asian heads. yes, the central asian summit taking place at the - asian heads. yes, the central asian summit taking place at the first - summit taking place at the first time is very interesting at the time is very interesting and as it started at the same time as the g7

so they are actually timely to the same time to really make this kind of gesture and a symbolic move to counter the loss of this kind of projection coming from hiroshima so we're actually seeing china really trying to assert its influence in central asian states very to what is happening in the war in ukraine. we also heard president xi actually called zelensky in the sunshine is actually moving towards this mediating role so we are seeing a very interesting turn with china in a sense where we are noticing a strong, powerful china but when it is actually trying to become a mediator in international relations and we of accessing the g7 is somewhere to counter this with what japan really tries to emphasise the glue that indo—pacific which has become this kind of pillarfor the indo—pacific... can step away from those events and

giving you some breaking news, live pictures of thousands of israeli nationalists taking part in a match the palestinian neighbourhoods in occupied eastjerusalem to commemorate its capture in the 19 commemorate its capture in the i9 1967 commemorate its capture in the 19 1967 war. controversial far right national security to join the parade proclaiming jerusalem and is ours forever and was mobbed by supporters, large numbers of police are deployed. palestinians along the routes and of course in the old city have shuttered their homes according to reports feeling harassment. the event has come in the past, sparked wider violence and israeli police say that they have detained a palestinian man as he bought a gun which they alleged to have been used in a militant attack. take a look at those live pictures coming from jerusalem. thousands of israeli nationalists marking their through

the muslim quarter ofjerusalem's the muslim quarter of jerusalem's old the muslim quarter ofjerusalem's old city —— matching there. this is an annual event that has raised fears of violence with palestinian factions. we will show you some pictures as well from the gaza border. now you can see here that there are lots of people gathered there are lots of people gathered there as well. gazans raising palestinian flags at the border area with israel in a rally against jerusalem day, so those are the life pictures coming through to our newsroom. —— live pictures. large parts of the region of emilia—romagna, in northern italy, remain on red alert as water levels in some areas continue to rise. at least nine people have died and thirteen—thousand have been evacuated. the rains have now eased, but after two days of heavy downpours, twenty—one rivers have burst their banks and about forty towns have been inundated. the flooding has led to the cancellation of this weekend's formula one race at imola. sofia bettiza is following

the situation on the ground. it's been a devastating 48 hours for the region of emilia romagna. the damage here is unimaginable according to local authorities, and that is because 21 rivers like the one you can see behind me broke their banks and inundated entire towns and villages like this one. people here told us that their whole town was taken over by mud and water and even though it has stopped raining now, they are still very scared and don't quite know what to do. now, entire villages are still under water at the moment. rescue operations are ongoing and continued through the night. the focus is to try to help children, the elderly and people with disabilities. on top of that, divers are being deployed to look for people who might be trapped by water.

but, of course, those rescue operations are proving to be extremely difficult because so many roads and routes are flooded and there are entire towns without electricity or phone signal. the italian prime minister held a crisis meeting and said the government is getting ready to approve emergency aid. people here told us that they are very disappointed with the government response. they showed us that they're trying to get rid of the water that has flooded their homes with pots and pans and buckets and anything they can find but there has been zero help from the government officials. now, authorities are warning people to be extremely careful because more rain is expected in the coming days, which means that this emergency is farfrom over.

sofia bettiza reporting. live now to gabrielle warr, a canadian mosaic artist who has lived in the city of ravenna in the emilia romagna region for over 25 years. in your25 in your 25 years there have you ever seen anything like this and he described was what the situation is in ravenna now. i described was what the situation is in ravenna now.— described was what the situation is in ravenna now. i have never, ever in ravenna now. i have never, ever in my entire _ in ravenna now. i have never, ever in my entire life — in ravenna now. i have never, ever in my entire life here _ in ravenna now. i have never, ever in my entire life here and _ in ravenna now. i have never, everj in my entire life here and according to friends here they've never seen anything like this in their lives or even their parents lights, i believe. it's absolutely the first time that anything like this has ever happened —— even their parents�* lights. the situation is fairly drastic. we are under regular constantly. we are receiving phone calls from the municipality warnings of possible evacuations in various different factions and villages in the area. a lot of people are trapped so friends and visiting tourists of all trapped here in the city. there's no way in or out at

this point, especially by train. trains are completely at a standstill here. there is no way in or out of the city. friends and local villages have water at their doorsteps or hire possibly in their houses. no electricity, as you guys have possibly mentioned. there is a lot of activity just have possibly mentioned. there is a lot of activityjust moving around the region at all. it is a pretty drastic situation. everybody is really a bit anxious about the situation. it is hard to concentrate on anything apart from this, to be honest. , ., ., , , on anything apart from this, to be honest. , ., , . ., on anything apart from this, to be honest. ~ ., honest. understandably so. what you about other villages _ honest. understandably so. what you about other villages in _ honest. understandably so. what you about other villages in the _ honest. understandably so. what you about other villages in the region? i about other villages in the region? what is the situation in the wider area? , ., ., ., what is the situation in the wider area? , . ., ., . , area? the situation, for example this morning. — area? the situation, for example this morning. a _ area? the situation, for example this morning, a local— area? the situation, for example this morning, a local village - area? the situation, for example this morning, a localvillage notl this morning, a local village not too far this —— not too far from here just this too far this —— not too far from herejust this morning too far this —— not too far from here just this morning the too far this —— not too far from herejust this morning the banks too far this —— not too far from here just this morning the banks of that river boat in that area so a

lot of people had to evacuate at about three o'clock in the morning i believe and there is a lot of people still trapped in their houses because most everybody was able to get out in times and there is a bit of confusion as to what people should do so there is a evacuation notices and also people get told to go to the higher levels and what they do the floods come with often no water and may be animals needing food. there are a lot of animals because it is a villages with farmland so there are a lot of animals that people are worried about trying to evacuate everybody including animals. this isjust a very complicated situation. there are a lot of requests for boats. i believe the mayor here of ravenna this morning has been again for

military help but we haven't heard anything so far about any help from the outside, unfortunately. precarious situations. could you just tell us how... i mean, we are glad to say, as far as we can sell come you are safe and dry, but how has this flooding impacted you personally? the has this flooding impacted you personally?— has this flooding impacted you ersonall ? , ., ., personally? the situation here in the city centre — personally? the situation here in the city centre of— personally? the situation here in the city centre of ravenna - personally? the situation here in the city centre of ravenna is - the city centre of ravenna is hopefully 0k and we have a very dry here and luckily it is not raining and we don't have any imminent problems. obviously, there are problems. obviously, there are problems in the rivers. personally, the impact is that we're kind of trapped. so i have plans to go to florence this weekend to visit friends visiting from canada. i am not sure that i will be able to get to florence currently because all of the train lines are blocked between bologna and florence so it is just a general feeling of being

bologna and florence so it is just a generalfeeling of being quite trapped in the city. work has sort of been impacted because i work in the tourist sector so tourists a hard time getting to the city. obviously, they're not making it to the city. the ones that are here having a heck of a time trying to navigate the situation because they don't speak italian and the services of all in italian covered lease i'm doing my best to help as many people as we can who were tourists who are here trying to navigate the situation. when accent is very difficult all of them. gabrielle, we do wish you all the best. thank you so much making time to talk to us. we hope to talk to you soon. essen; we hope to talk to you soon. every award there- _ we hope to talk to you soon. every award there. -- _ we hope to talk to you soon. every award there. -- gabrielle - we hope to talk to you soon. every award there. -- gabrielle ward. i award there. —— gabrielle ward. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

so, what happened to your dad? two and a half years ago injanuary 20 201i and a half years ago injanuary 20 2011 get went out for a dog walk and the dog went in the sea and gareth my dad went in after her and they both never came out. they both drowned. you have seen this on cctv because some people who lived locally gathered it. i some people who lived locally gathered it-— some people who lived locally gathered it. some people who lived locally cathered it. . ., ., . gathered it. i decided to watch it because it was _ gathered it. i decided to watch it because it was dealing _ gathered it. i decided to watch it because it was dealing with - gathered it. i decided to watch itj because it was dealing with facts and there was a lot of media talk at the time and knowing that he tried his very best to get out of the water, to me that was a small comfort and also to know it was so quick. comfort and also to know it was so auick. ~ , comfort and also to know it was so ruick.~ , , .,, comfort and also to know it was so auick. ~ , , ., comfort and also to know it was so ruick.~ , , ., , comfort and also to know it was so auick. , , ., quick. we see people, what is your advice to them? _ quick. we see people, what is your advice to them? my _ quick. we see people, what is your advice to them? my advice - quick. we see people, what is your advice to them? my advice would l quick. we see people, what is your. advice to them? my advice would be to resect advice to them? my advice would be to respect the _ advice to them? my advice would be to respect the water. _ advice to them? my advice would be to respect the water. if— advice to them? my advice would be to respect the water. if you - advice to them? my advice would be to respect the water. if you think- to respect the water. if you think you were a really good swimmerjust roll back a little bit. my dad obviously thought he was competence when many works. some of the dangers are hidden and you don't really see them and aren't obvious. and if you are unsure, don't go in. a nurse has

accused... here, the nurse lucy letby accused hospital bosses of a "conspiracy" against her to cover up shortcomings on the neo—natal ward where she is accused of killing seven babies. the 33—year—old is alleged to have carried out the murders and attempting to murder ten others between june 2015 and june 2016 at the countess of chester hospital. "blame" onto her "to cover up failings at the hospital". ms letby denies all charges against her. nick garnett, our north of england reporter, has more. this is a trial that started last october. by the time it completes in july october. by the time it completes in july it will have gone through all four seasons. today is the sixth day that yi lucy letby has been in the witness box. up till now she has been giving her defence of her position, the allegations against her and to date is changed the prosecution talking to her and going to the detail of what she is alleged to the detail of what she is alleged to have done and her answering those

questions. as she faces 22 counts. they relate to 17 different children. she is charged with the murder of seven and the attempted murder of seven and the attempted murder of seven and the attempted murder of ten. she is accused of attacking children with a variety of different means and she denies all the charges but today under cross—examination she said that there was a conspiracy of medics who were trying to blame herfor there was a conspiracy of medics who were trying to blame her for what happened. she named them, for doctors. three of them have been named and another can't be named for legal reasons. she said they all worked at the unit at the time of the deaths between 2015 and 2016. she says they might be giving it to try and cover up failings at the hospital itself. mrjohnson who is the chief prosecutor for the place asked what that conspiracy between the four walls and lucy letby says they have apportioned blame onto me. she was asked about two babies in the case who she was accused of

poisoning with insulin. she agreed that both babies had been given that insulin unlawfully and said that it hadn't been given to them by her. she says i don't think anyone on the unit would have done it by mistake and she went on to say that if the cause of death of another baby was established as a embolus which means ijy established as a embolus which means by the injection of air either into the stomach or into the bloodstream. it would have come from the person who connected the fluid lines into that baby and she said that wasn't me. she said that any nurse would know if how dangerous that would be if the air was injected. the accuser has said she was the only person he was present at the time of all of these charges. her defence case was that she was single, she lived nearby and she wasn't involved in any relationship which meant she could change shifts and be available to swap shifts very easily so she

works an awful lot at the time and cover the loss of shifts. miss b probably going to be in the witness box going into next as well. hick box going into next as well. nick gannett reporting. _ box going into next as well. nick gannett reporting. now let's take you back to some of those life pictures we showed you earlier where thousands of israeli nationalists are taking part in a march through palestinian neighbourhoods in occupied eastjerusalem to commemorate its capture in the 1967 war. a bit of background here. the controversial firelight national security is to join the parade for claiming jerusalem is ours forever. large numbers of police are deployed. palestinians along the routes in muslim quarters of the old city have shuttered their homes fearing harassment. let's talk to our correspondent tom bateman who is injerusalem. what more can you tell about what is happening? giee

in jerusalem. what more can you tell about what is happening?— about what is happening? give you a sense of where _ about what is happening? give you a sense of where we _ about what is happening? give you a sense of where we are, _ about what is happening? give you a sense of where we are, this - about what is happening? give you a sense of where we are, this is - sense of where we are, this is damascus gate here. it is one of the main entrances to the old city and three there is the muslim quarter, so it is full of palestinian shops and homes and businesses. the israeli flag match has been heading down the hill here and there are now thousands of marchers congregating here and what we have seen in the last ten minutes is an area just here where the press are an palestinian and international press suddenly came under attack by matches having sticks and stones and plastic bottles love towards us here. two people have suffered head injuries and been treated by paramedics and israeli police are moving in pretty slow to try and get the crowd back —— lobbed towards us. some of them were pushed back here but it was a sudden ignition of violence at this event and we then heard cheers projectiles were being throne, racist chants as well.

things seem to have calmed down a bit in the last ten minutes but this led very, very large crowd there and the atmosphere is still extremely volatile. ., ., . volatile. you said the violence exnloding _ volatile. you said the violence exploding quite _ volatile. you said the violence exploding quite suddenly - volatile. you said the violence exploding quite suddenly but| volatile. you said the violence i exploding quite suddenly but this eventin exploding quite suddenly but this event in itself is a usual occurrence? it event in itself is a usual occurrence?— event in itself is a usual occurrence? ., , , , , occurrence? it often is, yes. this event for — occurrence? it often is, yes. this event for israelis _ occurrence? it often is, yes. this event for israelis jerusalem i occurrence? it often is, yes. this event for israelis jerusalem day | event for israelis jerusalem day marks the capture of eastjerusalem in the war of 1967. loss events happen around the city. some of them happened completely peacefully heading to the western wall which is a holy site and people can that the flight dance there but this is the really controversial element that heads into occupied eastjerusalem, tends to be men and teenage boys... extremely provocative. largely because of the fact it moves its way through that palestinian area and

palestinians just have to shut their businesses. i was talking to one man he was saying we have no choice and we are under occupation and have to put up with this and the only way we can stay safe is to stay indoors in the area is then effectively cleared and we have the mark coming through and we have the mark coming through and it is often descended into violence as we have seen just here against the press. taste violence as we have seen 'ust here against the press.i violence as we have seen 'ust here against the press. we have seen them over 2000 police _ against the press. we have seen them over 2000 police deployed. _ against the press. we have seen them over 2000 police deployed. just i against the press. we have seen them over 2000 police deployed. just tell . over 2000 police deployed. just tell us about the efforts to keep situation contained.- us about the efforts to keep situation contained. ~ . ,., . situation contained. what the police t to do is situation contained. what the police try to do is effectively _ situation contained. what the police try to do is effectively ring - situation contained. what the police try to do is effectively ring fenced i try to do is effectively ring fenced this match. there are barriers all around this area where palestinians effectively can't access during the match. they do that about separation. crowned alleyway separating people and what we were

saying earlier on when we saw palestinians breaking into chance of death to arabs and other racist slogans are not of course was igniting a lot of tension, anger and frustrations —— palestinian say they saw people breaking into those chants. police say they won't accept any lawbreaking but what we have seen repeatedly over the years as palestinians certainly feel not enough is being done to stop what goes on and the atmosphere still pretty volatile here. we are also expecting far right policing minister it a bank averse to appear at some point which again will with publication of the plaintiff friction —— policing minister mcphee. and see this event happening in the context of serious tensions and paint the context of what those are. over the last year tensions

have really boils here in west jerusalem. we saw a spate of palestinian gun attacks against israelis and around the same time we saw israeli security forces carry out daily raids leading to the deaths of many palestinians and things have really picked up since then. in the last week there was a campaign by is israel several times to kill palestinian islamicjihad militants in the gaza strip and civilians were killed there as well. two people in israel were killed. we are seeing photos on the perimeter around as it is well and israeli forces are always heavily present there so that is another point of potential fiction and conflicts so there are many fronts that affect that this thing can spill over —— potential for action. the that this thing can spill over —— potentialfor action. the big concern is whether it's built out to a much broader and wider conflict

and certainly israeli leadership trying to keep things contained and police this. trying to keep things contained and olice this. ., ., trying to keep things contained and olice this. ., . police this. someone are saying even the ress police this. someone are saying even the press were _ police this. someone are saying even the press were being _ police this. someone are saying even the press were being attacked. i the press were being attacked. absolutely right. in the last ten to 15 minutes the position we were in here came under attack with stones and sticks being thrown at us. a bbc cameraman being hit as a cloud to launch their projectiles. we have seen two journalists being treated for headlines. there was one tiktok activist, palestinian he was here trying to get the police to do something. in the end, they arrested him and took him away but they did also attempt to push back the crowds as i said. ., ~ also attempt to push back the crowds as i said. ., ,, i. , . also attempt to push back the crowds as i said. ., ~ ,, , . ., as i said. thank you very much for keein: as i said. thank you very much for keeping us _ as i said. thank you very much for keeping us abreast _ as i said. thank you very much for keeping us abreast of— as i said. thank you very much for keeping us abreast of that. - as i said. thank you very much for keeping us abreast of that. tom l keeping us abreast of that. tom bateman injerusalem they're giving up bateman injerusalem they're giving up is that update. we will keep an

eye on that for you of course. we'll see when a short while. full uk focus on just a moment. we will take a quick look at what is going on in italy the full uk forecast in a minute. we will take a quick look at what is going on in italy where it looks like we'll see some further extreme rainfall across the north—west of the country where we could see up to 300 millimetres of rain over the mountains, likely to lead some further severe flooding. weather—wise in the uk, quite a quiet picture with a strap of cloud coming in, running into an area of high pressure. just a few spots of rain across northern ireland and into western scotland. some damp weather to come over the course of the afternoon across these areas. england and wales seeing hazy spells of sunshine but we will have a line of showers developing across parts of england stretching more or less

from the wash, down to the area, driven by conversions, winds bashing together and shovelling moisture together and making showers. ——convergence. they will not be thundery but some of them could be quite sharp. temperatures in the high teens, should feel quite pleasant and tonight that front continues to push southwards across scotland into northern england and north wales by the end of the night. temperatures round about eight celsius for most of us so, not too cold start of the day on friday. then some spots of rain across central and eastern england. some sharper showers around as well through the afternoon. scotland and northern ireland will have more in the way of sunshine so it should feel a bit warmer here. temperatures reaching around 18 in glasgow. still, high teens for england and wales so not feeling too bad. into the weekend, that nasty area of low pressure

looks like it is going to bring flooding to parts of italy. then we will start to draw in easterly winds around its periphery so it has a distant effect on our shores because we will be dragging some slightly milder air in across england and wales where there should be some warm sunshine. scotland and northern ireland cloudier with spots of rain. temperatures for most in the high teens to the low 20s and where the sunshine comes out it will feel pretty pleasant. the second half of the weekend with the most cloudy weather across western areas, some spots of rain, nothing significant, england and wales, largely dry and feeling pleasant with hazy sunshine as temperatures can reach the high teens to low 20s.

this is bbc news, the headlines. world leaders meet injapan ahead of the g7 summit — with global trade, support for ukraine and sanctions against russia high on the agenda. large parts of a region in northern italy, remain on red alert after six months�* rainfall fell in a day and a half. and sting receives the ivor novello songwriting fellowship award — the body's highest honour. let's get sport now, for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here is gavin.