welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. the headlines.. g7 leaders injapan are preparing to meet, with china's growing influence and the war in ukraine top of the agenda. with a war in europe and global tensions rising, live in hiroshima i will be bringing you all the latest from this g7 summit. all the

leaders have arrived at a short moment will be visiting a memorial to the victims of the worlds first ever atomic attack. we'll hear from a survivor from 1945, plus speak to experts about what the leaders could achieve. also on newsday. . .. the cost of the queen's funeral is revealed — we'll break down just how much the government spent on the historic event. it's seven in the morning here in singapore, and 8am in hiroshima, japan, where the country's prime minister hosts his counterparts from the us,

the uk, germany, italy, france and canada for the annual g7 summit. it's a packed agenda for the world leaders who'll be discussing the war in ukraine, the rising influence of china and the increasing tensions between china and the west over taiwan. the summit officially begins in the coming hours, but already deals have been struck. british prime minister rishi sunak was among the early arrivals, he's agreed a new defence and economic arrangement with japan. and right now, this is president macron�*s aircraft having just touched down there in a rainy hiroshima, as we watch those pictures and wait for him to leave the plane, we can bring in nick marsh. he is at the summit venue nice and early. thank so much for joining us, neck. some of the g7 leaders have been arriving —

high on the agenda: ukraine. good morning here, it'sjust gone eight in the morning and i'm in the national media centre. this place is going to start filling up over the next three hours with thousands of journalists from around the world. i think we are amongst the first to arrive here, happy to be talking to you about this. like i said, plenty on the agenda. ukraine, china, artificial intelligence, and of course the issue of denuclearisation. we are after all here and he but i would like to say thatjoining me now is the bbc�*s tokyo correspondent. thank you so much for speaking to us. we'll get onto all those issues and just a second but we have just had some news lines coming up. the summit has not even started yet. sanctions on russia? yes riaht yet. sanctions on russia? yes ri . ht a yet. sanctions on russia? yes right a full— yet. sanctions on russia? yes right a full rash _ yet. sanctions on russia? yes right a full rash of— yet. sanctions on russia? yes right a full rash of sanctions on russia _ right a full rash of sanctions on russia and this has come from — on russia and this has come from a — on russia and this has come from a us— on russia and this has come from a us official on an nba. 70 entities in russia and other

countries _ 70 entities in russia and other countries. did not identify them _ countries. did not identify them but some 300 new sanctions will be _ them but some 300 new sanctions will be imposed on individuals, entities, — will be imposed on individuals, entities, vessels, and aircraft _ entities, vessels, and aircraft. it's going to go wider. _ aircraft. it's going to go wider, actually. it's going to id wider, actually. it's going to 90 across_ wider, actually. it's going to go across europe, the middle east — go across europe, the middle east and _ go across europe, the middle east and asia. i think two main things— east and asia. i think two main things we — east and asia. i think two main things we really want to achieve. one is to put more pressure _ achieve. one is to put more pressure on russia, make it very— pressure on russia, make it very difficult for them to sustain— very difficult for them to sustain their military activities, the war in ukraine, sustaining. _ activities, the war in ukraine, sustaining, it's already very battered. but i think also the key word _ battered. but i think also the key word here is closing off if asian — key word here is closing off if asian loopholes. they are quite aware _ asian loopholes. they are quite aware within the us and g7 partners _ aware within the us and g7 partners that russia has been circumventing the sanctions. so what _ circumventing the sanctions. so what we — circumventing the sanctions. so what we heard very early today that all — what we heard very early today that all g7 are preparing for a fresh batch of sanctions, but i think— fresh batch of sanctions, but i think also they're going to make _ think also they're going to make sure that russia makes it very— make sure that russia makes it very difficult for russia to go around — very difficult for russia to go around them. we very difficult for russia to go around them.— very difficult for russia to go around them. we will have to see how their _ around them. we will have to see how their partners - around them. we will have to see how their partners go - around them. we will have to | see how their partners go with the joint statement as well. the summit has not yet gotten under way but the first act of the summit will be a visit to

that memorial, to the victims of the first ever devastating atomic attack. this is clearly atomic attack. this is clearly a highly symbolic place. absolutely. i think hiroshima and itself, the choice of hiroshima was quite symbolic. i was speaking to an expert who said took. _ was speaking to an expert who said look, holding these kinds of summits with the hefty security _ of summits with the hefty security that comes with them, is quite — security that comes with them, is quite a — security that comes with them, is quite a big headache for security— is quite a big headache for security officials, but the prime _ security officials, but the prime minister, who has family heeis _ prime minister, who has family heels from here, and he represents hiroshima still as a lawmaker insisted on holding the g7 — lawmaker insisted on holding the g7 here and i think that the g7 here and i think that the city— the g7 here and i think that the city itself carries that message. the first thing that the leaders are going to do with— the leaders are going to do with their partners is being invited _ with their partners is being invited to the peace memorial park— invited to the peace memorial park and _ invited to the peace memorial park and it stands there is a symbol, _ park and it stands there is a symbol, a _ park and it stands there is a symbol, a reminder of the kind of devastation that of that nuclear _ of devastation that of that nuclear weapons, and atomic bomb— nuclear weapons, and atomic bomb can _ nuclear weapons, and atomic bomb can have on the city and a country — bomb can have on the city and a country. and at that part, i met— country. and at that part, i met a _ country. and at that part, i met a survivor, world war ii survivor. _ met a survivor, world war ii survivor, and she lived through that— survivor, and she lived through that day— survivor, and she lived through that day of— survivor, and she lived through that day of what happened. she told me — that day of what happened. she told me more about it.

by one night, though, hiroshima disappeared. there was a flash. flash was blinding the right to flash. and everything i was seeing turned to white. no colour at all. and then soon after that, i was in the midst of the wind of me, like i was in a tornado or a typhoon. couldn't believe.. i was beaten, brought on the beaten on the road and became unconscious. i don't know how many minutes, but when i opened my eyes, everywhere was just dark. and gradually i could see my neighbourhood and everything was, you know, just broken. there were so many people. they start to die.

i think it was really interesting when i spoke to her she was— interesting when i spoke to her she was so adamant to tell that story, and — she was so adamant to tell that story, and so proud of her ability to— story, and so proud of her ability to repeat history, because i said are you afraid that— because i said are you afraid that this _ because i said are you afraid that this is going to happen agains— that this is going to happen again's she actually said that i'm again's she actually said that i'm quite _ again's she actually said that i'm quite disappointed that vladimir putin is not here because _ vladimir putin is not here because i wanted to confront him — because i wanted to confront him and _ because i wanted to confront him and say look at what has happened in hiroshima. do not repeat— happened in hiroshima. do not repeat this. do not make this mistake — repeat this. do not make this mistake again. and i think this is a theme, really, that's going _ is a theme, really, that's going to _ is a theme, really, that's going to be carried by the leadership here injapan and the g7 — leadership here injapan and the g7 leaders, that this is a very— the g7 leaders, that this is a very unstable in the pacific at the moment, whether it's china's_ the moment, whether it's china's aggression against taiwan, _ china's aggression against taiwan, whether it is the rate at which _ taiwan, whether it is the rate at which north korea is developing its nuclear programme, and i think all of this makes the g7 leaders quite uneasy— this makes the g7 leaders quite uneasy and i think the message from _ uneasy and i think the message from hiroshima is going to be that— from hiroshima is going to be that my— from hiroshima is going to be that my appointment. exactly. there's a real _ that my appointment. exactly. there's a real recognition - that my appointment. exactly. there's a real recognition that| there's a real recognition that peaceis there's a real recognition that peace is fragile and this reason and tensions with taiwan are going to dominate proceedings here. our tokyo correspondent, thank you so much forjoining us here on newsday. we will be keeping you

posted throughout this morning in terms of what happens and news lines that come out of the summit which is set to got under way injust a summit which is set to got under way in just a short while. under way in 'ust a short while. ., ~' ,, under way in 'ust a short while. . ,, ., ., ., while. thank you for that, from that g7 summit _ while. thank you for that, from that g7 summit venue - while. thank you for that, from that g7 summit venue in - that g7 summit venue in hiroshima. and right now, this is president macron's aircraft having just touched down there in a rainy hiroshima, we had some of the early arrivals including the prime minister, rishi sunak, who was actually in tokyo yesterday, striking deals with the defence as well as business deals they are before coming to hiroshima. a very busy day, and the weekend i had, for those global leaders who will be discussing all sorts of issues, including the war in ukraine and of course china's rise. we

haven't seen president mack on, but i want to now bring in james brown. he is a professor of political science at temple university and joins us live from tokyo. japan's military spending drive —— what's the thinking behind it? also, the war in ukraine, they played a part, didn't they? yes, for some timejapan has beenin yes, for some timejapan has been in a really oppressive security situation since the end of the second world war, feeling that its face, notjust by one threats but rather by three. there is north korea, china, and russia also. so this is been a concern for some time. but the invasion of ukraine really made this very realfor ukraine really made this very real for policymakers within japan, showing a permanent member of the security counsellor and nuclear armed state could invade one of its

neighbours. and so if this has happened in europe, japan's concern is that it could equally happen east asia. absolutely. as you said, a lot of geopolitical tensions there. of course with tension over taiwan, ., �* , ~ taiwan, that's right. i think one of the _ taiwan, that's right. i think one of the main _ taiwan, that's right. i think one of the main things - taiwan, that's right. i think one of the main things that taiwan, that's right. i think- one of the main things that the japanese host will be looking to emphasise is to present taiwan as a global security issue. the message will be japan has recognised the importance of the ukraine issue, not seeing it only has about european security, but about european security, but about international security. they want reciprocity when it comes to east asia. they want, in particular, the european members of the g7 summit to see the taiwan issue as being important to their own security and thereby helping out on that issue. ., ,,., g. , and thereby helping out on that issue. ., issue. professorjames brown from temple _ issue. professorjames brown from temple university, - issue. professorjames brown | from temple university, thank

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been killed in emilia— romagna and more than 10,000 people have been displaced. estimates for the cost of the damage are in the billions of dollars. let's now take a quick look at some stories from the uk. 20,000 train managers, caterers and station staff are to go on strike on the 2nd june after the rmt union announced further industrial action in the long—running dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. it means there will be three rail strikes within four days, with train drivers who are part of the aslef union walking out on may 31st and june the third, the day of the fa cup final. two teenagers —— aged 15 and i7 —— have been given life sentences for stabbing a boy as he walked home from school in huddersfield. 15—year—old khayrir mclean was attacked last september.

his mother, charlie mclean, described the killers as "cowards". police divers have started searching the port of barcelona for british former rugby player, levi davis, who's not been seen since leaving a pub in the city in october. spanish police say they're working on the theory that the former bath and worthing player fell into the sea. the 24—year—old had also appeared on celebrity x factor and celebs go dating. bt is to cut 55,000 jobs by 2030 — that's more than 40% of its current workforce. most will be staff who've been working on the fibre optic upgrade as that project ends. but around 10,000 will be lost to advances in technology and ai. let's bring you the live pictures from the airport in hiroshima once again, because we have now seen the french president, emmanuel macron, who hasjust arrived in hiroshima

to attend that g7 summit, the annual summit which is taking place in hiroshima which of course is the city which suffered the worlds first ever atomic bomb. you can see him in rainy hiroshima airport, where he is greeted by all the officials welcoming him to the city. and of course, he is off to that venue that nick was speaking to us from earlier to discuss a whole range of topics, including the war in ukraine and china's rise. and of course, president mack on has come under quite a bit of criticism lately after visiting china to meet with xi jinping, so we will see how those talks go ahead on the weekend. and of course, we heard from a survivor from that hiroshima bomb. my next guest has grown up bomb. my next guest has grown up with stories just like hers. dr akiko mikamo said she felt

a duty to preserve them forfuture generations. she wrote a book, 8:15, a true story of forgiveness and survivalfrom hiroshima, which was later turned into a film. take a look at this. my name is akiko kamal. i'm a child of hiroshima. both my parents are survivors of the bombing. my father taught me from his experience about resiliency and forgiveness. this is his story.

i'm joined now by dr akiko mikamo, executive producer and writer of the documentary, 8:15 hiroshima, come join us live. coincidentally, it is about 815 in hiroshima at the moment. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. in the next couple of hours, the g7 leaders are set to visit the peace memorial in hiroshima. what would you like them to take home from this visit? i would like all the leaders to look at actual the clothing and the life of the people who were under the mushroom clouds. it's not a theory orjust political agenda. its people. that's what i would like them to really feel, deep in their hearts.

according to a recent survey, many of the a—bomb survivors don't feel that there will be a meaningful progress, if you like, and the terms of discernment of nuclear weapons after this g7 some it. why do you think there is so much scepticism bear.— you think there is so much scepticism bear. because of the heightened _ scepticism bear. because of the heightened threats _ scepticism bear. because of the heightened threats in _ scepticism bear. because of the heightened threats in europe i heightened threats in europe and east asia. there are increased discussions about nuclear, some of them based on the deterrence theory rather than band, rather than looking straight for the actual abolition. so more and more, also japan is not finding the treaty. so those things are creating a lot of scepticism. as you say, there have been arguments that nuclear

deterrence has worked so far. what would you say to them who say why abandonment? the more we hanu say why abandonment? the more we hang on _ say why abandonment? the more we hang on to _ say why abandonment? the more we hang on to the _ say why abandonment? the more we hang on to the nuclear- we hang on to the nuclear deterrence, the more chance that there are, because not everybody has the same thought process. so some countries or leaders mightjust use it. so, deterrence is not the ideal. as long as the nuclear weapons exist, we are always at risk. . exist, we are always at risk. , briefly, before we let you go, what would be a good outcome in the final statement on the g7 summit? i the final statement on the g7 summit? ., ~' the final statement on the g7 summit? ., ,, ., , summit? i would like to see the statement _ summit? i would like to see the statement is — summit? i would like to see the statement is showing _ summit? i would like to see the statement is showing that - statement is showing that actual commitment and specific steps with the nuclear

disarmament toward clearly looking toward the band. that's what i would like to see.- what i would like to see. thank ou so what i would like to see. thank you so much — what i would like to see. thank you so much for— what i would like to see. thank you so much forjoining - what i would like to see. thank you so much forjoining us - what i would like to see. thank you so much forjoining us on l you so much forjoining us on the programme today.- you so much forjoining us on the programme today. thank you very much- _ it was described as a "near catastrophic car chase." but there have been conflicting accounts of the incident on tuesday evening in which prince harry and his wife meghan were followed from an awards ceremony by paparazzi. new york police said numerous photographers made the couple's journey challenging. but a taxi driver who briefly drove them suggested their spokesperson's account was exaggerated. nada tawfik�*s been piecing together their route, her report contains flash photography.

life in america hasn't kept them out of the spotlight. the night for the duke and duchess of sussex started on a pleasant note, with meghan receiving an award for her advocacy on behalf of women and girls. how the evening ended is now a matter of dispute that has sparked global coverage. after the ceremony at the ziegfeld ballroom. the pair and meghan's motherjumped into a black suv at about ten p:m.. they claim that a near catastrophic car chase ensued with highly aggressive paparazzi pursuing them for over two hours. we've tried to find out exactly what happened when the sussexes left here in midtown, piecing together the few glimpses of their journey that have emerged. but the differing accounts have painted a far more complicated picture. their black suv can just be made out in the security footage from a bike shop at approximately 10:02 in the evening on 55th street. the owner, rick, wasn't at his store at the time, but arrived the next morning to find intense interest in any footage he had. it kind of all happened really fast. i wasn't really understanding what was happening,

and then when they explained to me that it was harry and meghan right down the block, i kind of was like, go through my video, i'm sure, like, i have something. the pair arrived at the nypd�*s 19th precinct in manhattan at around 11pm after driving up and down busy streets to lose the paparazzi. from there, their security detail hailed down sonny singh's cab, but were blocked by a garbage truck. all of a sudden, paparazzi came out of nowhere and started flashing, taking pictures and, you know, and they didn't stop until the security got out and said, move, move, move. and then the garbage truck got out of the way and the paparazzi were following the car. and prince harry and his wife and the lady, they were nervous and they look scared. photographers involved have disputed the sussexes characterisation of events. in a statement from the agency backgrid usa, they said they had no intention of causing any distress or harm, but claimed that

prince harry's escort was the one driving in a manner that could be perceived as reckless. so far, the duke and duchess have remained silent today, as has the palace. meanwhile, the uk treasury has revealed that queen elizabeth's funeral cost taxpayers an estimated 162 million pounds, orjust over 200 million dollars. naomi choy smith has the figures. that sum of nearly £162 million covered the period from the queen's passing last september, all the way through the ten days of national mourning here in the uk,

through to the queen's lying in state and of course her funeral. and it's worth remembering just the monumental scale of these events. indeed, the largest state event to be held in the uk since the second world war. you'll remember, of course, the hundreds of thousands of people who queued to pay their respects to the queen at westminster hall. and the government says that these funds were used to ensure these events could be run smoothly and with dignity while ensuring the safety and security of the public. now, that's reflected in this number here, £73 million spent by the home office on police and security. it's thought to have been a massive scale security operation with around 5000 police officers deployed around london and around the uk to ensure the security of all of these events. now, the second largest tranche of money was spent by the department for culture, media and sport, about £57 million spent on billboards commemorating the legacy of queen elizabeth and other announcements of that nature. the third largest tranche of money was covered by the scottish government, about £19 million, covering the cost of events like the queen's lying at rest in edinburgh after her passing at balmoral. now, smaller sums were spent

by the devolved governments in northern ireland and in wales, as the king made his four—nation tour following the passing of his mother. now, the treasury says that the devolved governments have since been refunded for those costs incurred, and smaller departments were covering smaller sums of this money, about £2 million each by the ministry of defence, the department for transport and the foreign commonwealth and development office. you have been watching newsday. let's leave you with some pictures to tease your taste buds. this is one of hiroshima's signature dishes. it's called okonomiyak — and is a savoury pancake with cabbage, bean sprouts, noodles, sliced pork belly, and a fried egg, topped

with sauce and japanese mayo. prime minister fumio kishida is a big fan — after all, his family hails from hiroshima. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello there. here at home, our weather is quite quiet, but in italy, the flood situation will be ongoing. there's more cool, wet and windy weather developing in southern parts of europe. and this is the rainfall accumulation in the next few days. heavy rain for corsica and sardinia, the heaviest of the rain this time is more for the northwest of italy, and that could lead to some further flooding. away from that thickening cloud, we've had this band of cloud on that weather front producing just a little bit of rain. that's heading its way down into england and wales in some areas. clearer skies following to scotland and northern ireland. and first thing in the morning, temperatures could be as low as about five degrees. we will have more sunshine, though, on friday for scotland and northern ireland, although it may well cloud over a little more in the afternoon.

some areas of cloud for england and wales producing this rain and drizzle. it will tend to peter out, but as it brightens up we'll trigger a few showers all the way from yorkshire into the west midlands and the west country as well. but there will be some warm spells of sunshine around on friday, and in light winds those temperatures are going to be very similar to what we had on thursday. it could actually be a bit warmer in scotland, particularly across the east with more sunshine. now, this developing area of low pressure is storm nino and that's going to bring all that wet weather into central parts of the mediterranean. here at home, it's high pressure that's tending to dominate, although there is this strip of cloud coming in from the atlantic, and it looks like it could be quite cloudy for scotland and northern ireland, probably dry. most of that cloud is going to be quite high cloud. and away from here, england and wales seeing the lion's share of the sunshine. a bit of a breeze picking up perhaps in the far south east of england, but warm in the sunshine, temperatures hitting 20 or 21 celsius, particularly in the west, holding at 16 or 17 for scotland and northern ireland. and into the second half

of the weekend, we've still got a lot of cloud for scotland and northern ireland. a little or no rain around. it could well brighten up and warm up in the south east of scotland. but again, sunshine for england and wales, some fair weather cloud, and temperatures reaching 20 or 21 celsius, a little bit cooler perhaps around some of those north sea coasts. so, we've got some decent weather on the whole for this weekend, and not a great deal of change into next week. many places still dry with some sunshine, more cloud in the far north. and this is where we're more likely to have some rain at times.

disney scraps a multi—million dollar plan to build a corporate campus in florida following an ongoing spat with the governor. i am nick marshall, i'm here at the g7 summit in hiroshima on the agenda, the global economy, china, ukraine and artificial intelligence. welcome to asia business report. it is known as the happiest place on earth but there has been some trouble recently. first, it was the

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