this is bbc news, the headlines: two summits — dominated by the future of ukraine — president zelensky arrives in jeddah — to appeal for arab support. unfortunately, there are some in the world and here among you who turn a blind eye to the cages and the illegal annexations. syria's president assad is invited to that arab league gathering — we'll assess the significance of that — after a decade of brutal civil war. the clean up after devastating floods in northern italy continues, which left 14 people dead and forcing thousands from their homes.

we will be live on that story in just a moment. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. alun wyn jones, alun wynjones, the most capped international player for wales, alun wynjones, the most capped international player for wales, has retired from international rugby. he played 170 test matches for wales and the british and irish lions. he had been named in the squad for the world cup in the autumn. he was the captain of wales for a record 52 times. justin rose is having a fantastic second round at the us pga championship.

rose was in a share of the lead a short while ago — as others faltered in their opening rounds at oak hill. rose — level with bryson dechambeua in a share of the lead. dechambeau back out in three hours for his second round. jon rahm — the world number one — is struggling back on 6 over, after a poor first round. rory mcilroy begins his second round on 1 over. a night to reflect on with shame — that's the apology from dutch side az alkmaar to west ham and supporters caught up in the ugly scenes which marred their europa conference league semi—final. west ham players confronted a group of the dutch team's fans — who attacked an area where friends and family of the west ham players were sitting, in the dutch stadium. the club say they will work with police, to identify supporters involved. it took the edge off the hammers win — securing a place in their first european final since 1976. i was disappointed because i felt it took attention away from the team reaching the final but as a club there was nothing we could do.

but, like anybody, if you saw a family member in trouble, you would go and help out, so that was the situation. unfortunately, it has taken up a lot of news and time. brentford boss thomas frank has backed striker ivan toney — assuring him he still has a future at the club, following his ban from football for eight months for breaking betting rules. toney — who's brentford's top scorer this season — won't be able to play untiljanuary next year. the ban, which the fa will enforce, only applies in england, but it's understood the governing body will apply to extend it worldwide. his future is with brentford, that is the thing. the thing is instead of a problem i would call it a challenge. one thing is for sure, we will do everything we can to be there for him, support him, be aware of the mental health in it. of course, he has done some mistakes but we need to be there and want to be there for him and help him, wejust need to know

what we are allowed to do. history beckons for ireland's katie taylor — who could become the undisputed super—lightweight world champion tomorrow — when she takes on chantelle cameron in dublin. it'll be a momentous occasion for taylor — fighting in ireland for the first time since turning professional. undefeated taylor is stepping up to super—lightweight, to take on the also undefeated cameron, and is excited about bringing what she describes as a huge fight back to her homeland. one of the things i wanted to achieve when i turned pro six years ago was to fight here at home. this is a nation that loves their sport and their boxing and for a very small nation we are very good at it, as well, so it is amazing to bring big time boxing back to this nation. this isn't any fight. this is a very special fight, one of the biggest in boxing i believe. and that's all the sport for now.

there is more about the news of alun wyn jones retiring there is more about the news of alun wynjones retiring from international rugby on the website. back to our top stories. the leaders of the g7 completed their first day at the summit injapan, focusing on extending sanctions against russia and increasing support for ukraine. they said they would starve moscow resources needed for their war and they would make sure that ukraine had sufficient funds into next year. the g7 leaders called russia's plans for nuclear weapons in belarus reckless. further sanctions against russia are expected over the weekend. that is one summit going on

injapan, the other one is going on involving the arab league which has involved president zelensky visiting to say to the leaders there, that he was very open and clear in what he said, and he said some of you have turned a blind eye to the war in ukraine. he talked about the virus of aggression coming from moscow as president zelensky tries to get the arab world on board with that flurry of diplomacy which we have seen from him three european capitals and into london and today he is injeddah at the arab league —— through european capitals. we can speak to the managing director of the german marshall fund, an american think tank. thanks forjoining us. a lot

to talk about but let's talk about the sanctions the g7 are talking about, what did you talk about that —— what did you think about that? it is important that we have discussions about more sanctions and what would be a loss right now for the g7 and the democratic world and the g7 and the democratic world and the peace—loving world would be for russia to say, we have got all the cost and we have figured out how to deal with it, let's move forward, but instead what we are seeing at the g7 and with a lot of leadership from the uk, is a decision to increase sanctions and to continue increasing the cost and closing loopholes that would allow russia to still make a lot of money and produce weapons and it is important for russia and china as well to see there is ongoing pressure from the g7 countries on aggressors and those who do unspeakable things in the international system. it is

important that we are seeing a greater discussion about luxury items affected and rishi sunak talked about no longer being able to import russian diamonds and this is notjust about some import russian diamonds and this is not just about some of the big things, we heard about energy at the beginning, but this is looking at work russia derives wealth so it does not think they can win long term after doing something so shocking on the world stage —— this is looking at where russia derived wealth. in is looking at where russia derived wealth. , ., ., wealth. in terms of impact and pressure. _ wealth. in terms of impact and pressure, what _ wealth. in terms of impact and pressure, what is _ wealth. in terms of impact and pressure, what is your - wealth. in terms of impact and - pressure, what is your assessment on the impact from the sanctions we currently have and what we have also heard today? it is currently have and what we have also heard today?— heard today? it is very significant for all of the _ heard today? it is very significant for all of the measures _ heard today? it is very significant for all of the measures that - heard today? it is very significant for all of the measures that have | for all of the measures that have been taken so far and if you look at the oil price cap, russia is not able to sell oil on the world stage to most countries in the way that

others have they have been needing to innovate to take out their own reserves and to make sure their critical industries keep functioning which affects their ability to keep producing missiles and keep attacking ukraine. that is important. russia is also clever in how it tries to evade sanctions, using third countries and imports that we would not consider, in order to continue to prosper as much as it can. the response from the g7 is not just to say, we have but sanctions on the table year ago, we are done, but to in a chess match, counter the russian evasion, and so we are showing the strength of the g7 and a combined effort by this developed world to say that what russia is doing is not acceptable. what world to say that what russia is doing is not acceptable. what about president zelensky's _ doing is not acceptable. what about president zelensky's diplomatic - president zelensky's diplomatic push? he has been around the

european capitals and he is now talking to the arab world and he would like tojoin talking to the arab world and he would like to join the eu talking to the arab world and he would like tojoin the eu and nato and even the g7. in terms of your assessment and the effectiveness of that, what is your assessment? it is very important _ that, what is your assessment? it 3 very important for him to be in the arab world and to tell his own story and the story of the ukrainian people and what they have experienced in the last year and earlier. russia has a tremendous advantage with the narrative it has spun through its disinformation networks around the world, in particular across the middle east and north africa and latin america, there are countries which are very receptive to vladimir putin's stories about the importance of his war and the wrong that nato countries that ukraine and others have cast. for president zelensky to say he is notjust somebody in a bunker but is a head of state who

had survived and who can come and speak leader to leader and command respect much in the way that russia does, this is significant. we are looking forward to perhaps president zelenskyjoining the g7 in person, maybe not, but there is symbolism in him being out in public and being present and powerful on the international stage. aha, present and powerful on the international stage.- present and powerful on the international stage. a final thought about china because _ international stage. a final thought about china because we _ international stage. a final thought about china because we know - international stage. a final thought about china because we know over| international stage. a final thought i about china because we know over the weekend a lot of the attention will turn to that and how to cope with the growing stand—off between the us and china but the difficulty is that some of the other countries in the g7 who have gathered injapan, what likelihood of a unanimous strategy when it comes to coping with beijing? when it comes to coping with bei'ina ? , ., ., ., beijing? there is a lot of commonality _ beijing? there is a lot of commonality but - beijing? there is a lot of commonality but there l beijing? there is a lot of| commonality but there is beijing? there is a lot of- commonality but there is not unanimity. if we look at president

macron�*s trip to beijing a few weeks ago, there was controversy afterwards, that shows the difference between a less hawkish position from france and more so by others like the us. the common ground that we are going to see in the g7 on china is not going to probably go as far as what many in the us in washington or even in japan would like. there are questions about whether chinese economic coercion is called out explicitly and how far does pressure go on china. it is important to show that there is a lot of common ground but beijing will be looking to see how far that goes and whether it crosses the red line.— crosses the red line. christine, from washington, _ crosses the red line. christine, from washington, thanks - crosses the red line. christine, from washington, thanks for i crosses the red line. christine, - from washington, thanks forjoining us. a funeral is taking place for

jordan neely, the homeless man who was killed on a subway train in new york. the reverend al sharpton is delivering his eulogy at the funeral which is taking place in a church in harlem. . ., , which is taking place in a church in harlem. . . , ., , harlem. our children are seen as ob'ects harlem. our children are seen as objects and _ harlem. our children are seen as objects and rrot _ harlem. our children are seen as objects and not human, - harlem. our children are seen as objects and not human, and - harlem. our children are seen as objects and not human, and yes, j harlem. our children are seen as i objects and not human, and yes, we are angry, because you are choking us to death, rather than breathing and living and we will not stop until we change the station. we will not stop until we change this city. we will not stop until thejordans that need help when they scream, we are going to help them, not choke them. if there is nojustice, there is no peace. we are going to stand up. is no peace. we are going to stand u -. �* ~ ,, up. applause the reverend | up. applause | the reverend al up. applause _ the reverend al sharpton up- applause — the reverend al sharpton talking about the anger this case has

initiated. we can speak to our north american correspondence. the people watching these pictures and hearing some of that from al sharpton, remind us of the background of this case. , ., , ., ', ., case. this goes back to the 1st of may when _ case. this goes back to the 1st of may when jordan _ case. this goes back to the 1st of may when jordan neely - case. this goes back to the 1st of may when jordan neely was - case. this goes back to the 1st of may when jordan neely was a - may when jordan neely was a 30—year—old, michaeljackson impersonator, and police said he was suffering from a mental health episode when he got onto the subway that day. witnesses described him screaming about being hungry and needing food and that he was ready to die. passengers described feeling scared and frightened but his lawyers for the family have made very clear that he did not touch anybody or consult anybody. at that point daniel penny, a 24—year—old former marine got up behind jordan

neely and took him down into a chokehold and two other people helped keep him down. he held him like that for several minutes and his lawyers because he has now been charged with second—degree manslaughter, his lawyers said he did that as a good samaritan and that he did not know his actions would lead to the death ofjordan neely and that he was trying to help his fellow passengers. jordan neely was unresponsive after the chokehold and he died before they got him to hospital. we and he died before they got him to hosital. ~ . , . , and he died before they got him to hosital. ~ ., , . , ., hospital. we have pictures of him when he was _ hospital. we have pictures of him when he was younger _ hospital. we have pictures of him when he was younger on - hospital. we have pictures of him when he was younger on the - hospital. we have pictures of him i when he was younger on the screen. this case has made headlines around the world and i suppose that was part of the reference from al sharpton, saying we are tired and angry at being choked. yes. sharpton, saying we are tired and angry at being choked.— sharpton, saying we are tired and angry at being choked. yes, a lot of different things _ angry at being choked. yes, a lot of different things that _ angry at being choked. yes, a lot of different things that were _ angry at being choked. yes, a lot of different things that were touched l different things that were touched on here in his eulogy, he talked aboutjordan neely being choked most of his life, how the city agencies

had let him leave when they knew he needed help, sending him back into the streets, and al sharpton said the streets, and al sharpton said the choking needs to stop and we have got to stop criminalising mental health in the city and that more support needs to be given. he said on the train nobody asked jordan neely if he needed help and he read some scripture which said people needed to get their priorities and their values in order. he raised the question, if on the train it had been a white elvis presley impersonator and a black man who had come behind him, and put him down in a chokehold, if the police would have let that person go, because daniel penny was initially questioned and then allowed to go home until protesters demanded more action and he was eventually charged. reverend al sharpton bringing up the race element as well. he points out thatjordan neely had family and was going through a lot of trauma after losing

his mother at a young age and he took to the streets. and he could have turned to a different type of lifestyle that he wanted to be, like impersonating michaeljackson, in order to make people smile. for now, thanks forjoining _ order to make people smile. for now, thanks forjoining us. _ order to make people smile. for now, thanks forjoining us. if _ order to make people smile. for now, thanks forjoining us. if you _ order to make people smile. for now, thanks forjoining us. if you have - thanks forjoining us. if you have been watching the programme you will have seen us grow covering the heavy floods going on in northern italy over the last few days where1li people have died and 13,000 have now been evacuated from their homes stop the rescue effort and the clean—up is still going on in northern italy after six months of rainfall fell in just a day and a half and over 20 rivers have burst their banks and about a0 towns have been inundated. we can now speak to natalie who is in a small town in northern italy which has been so heavily affected. thanks forjoining us. can you

describe for us the kind of scenes that are happening around you? good evenina. that are happening around you? good evening- today. _ that are happening around you? good evening. today, let's _ that are happening around you? (13mm evening. today, let's say it is not heavily raining so people are trying to clean up as much as possible, in my region because we are in the hills, and in other parts of the region people are still on red alarm because the level of the river is still going up. we are in a couple of different situations in different areas of the region. we also expect bad weather tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and the risks where i live is for a landslide. we have landslides everywhere, some are small, some are very important, and they are also taking with them the roads and bridges, so the collections are very difficult and

many villages are completely isolated. it is dramatic for small villages in the population in the countryside, in the mountains. describe what has happened to the people who have been moved? people who have been — people who have been moved? people who have been moved _ people who have been moved? people who have been moved are _ people who have been moved? people who have been moved are welcome i people who have been moved? people who have been moved are welcome in| who have been moved are welcome in special centres, like the village hall, for example, and i have organised welcomes for them. most of them are going with their families in other places and we have tried to organise. there are not so many people in my region where i live who are going to live somewhere else because they can't be transferred and we do not have connections and roads. i have got to stay where they are. the problem is the lack of food —— they have got to stay where they are. also the lack of food for

animals because we have many horses... animals because we have many horses---_ animals because we have many horses---— animals because we have many horses... ~ . , ., ., horses... we are 'ust going to say aoodb e horses... we are 'ust going to say goodbye to _ horses... we are just going to say goodbye to our viewers _ horses... we are just going to say goodbye to our viewers around . horses... we are just going to say| goodbye to our viewers around the world on bbc news. i will come back to you now. sorry to interrupt, natalie. we continue to watch the pictures and you spoke about the amount of rivers that have burst their banks and you talked about the huge number of landslides. in terms of what we have had from government, a lot of pressure on the italian government to come up with a new plan that takes on board that italy is actually seeing much more of these extreme weather events. does it feel like there might be movement?— it feel like there might be movement? , ., , movement? there may be movement but it is too early _ movement? there may be movement but it is too early to — movement? there may be movement but it is too early to think _ movement? there may be movement but it is too early to think about _ movement? there may be movement but it is too early to think about it _ it is too early to think about it and for the moment we are still trying to save what we can and to be protected from the next events in

the next couple of days. 0bviously the next couple of days. obviously we will speak about that but i think for the moment the emergency situation is still going on and so we cannot really concentrate on something else. i have to say, they were quite quick in opening roads where it was still possible to open them and to remove the rocks. we can still hear noises of rocks falling down and landslides, it is like an earthquake here. every ten minutes you can hear something. so we are not yet out of danger. we just have to wait before speaking about who is going to help and who is going to pay and what we are going to do with new roads and new constructions. in my area it is too early for that. natalie, we have got to leave it there but you paint a graphic picture and we have seen some of the pictures as you have been speaking. as you say, you are onlyjust at the

start of coping with this, but thanks forjoining us. now to another significant story. semiconductors — or chips — are inside everything from phones to cars. the country that makes most of them is taiwan — but the shadow of china looms. concerns about beijing's military ambitions has forced various countries to come up with contingency plans — just in case the flow of computer chips suddenly runs dry. the uk is the latest to announce a new semiconductor strategy — promising to invest over a billion pounds over ten years. initially — they'll spend around £200 million from this year up to 2025. but other countries are spending a lot more. the united states and the european union have announced investment more in the region of $50 billion. let's speak to scott white — he's founder and executive director of pragmatic semiconductors. he joins us live from durham. thanks forjoining us. in terms of

the basic announcement, this billion pounds, in terms of the size of it, is that likely to be enough?- is that likely to be enough? there will be different _ is that likely to be enough? there will be different views _ is that likely to be enough? there will be different views on - is that likely to be enough? there will be different views on that. . is that likely to be enough? there will be different views on that. it | will be different views on that. it is on the headline number, a lot less than places like the us and the eu are spending but when you look at the strategy, what is important and interesting in the case of the uk, they are focusing on the strength of they are focusing on the strength of the uk rather than trying to do everything in the semiconductor ecosystem, so in the us they have a strong established semiconductor base including substantial manufacturing facilities so what they are trying to achieve is a lot of focus on expanding that manufacturing capability and de—risking the geopolitical exposure to manufacturing in the far east and in particular in taiwan. the uk does not have that base and it would not

really be practical to build a completely self—sufficient ecosystem here so the approach the government seems to have taken which most of the industry believes is sensible, is to focus on the areas where we have unique technology especially in areas beyond semiconductors, and those are areas where the uk has got unique world leading capabilities and we can build on those to do something really special. harps something really special. how difficult is _ something really special. how difficult is this _ something really special. how difficult is this to _ something really special. how difficult is this to go _ something really special. how difficult is this to go from scratch and if there was a threat to supply, how great a problem is that over a whole variety of sectors? the threat to su -l a whole variety of sectors? the threat to supply a significant _ whole variety of sectors? the threat to supply a significant and _ whole variety of sectors? the threat to supply a significant and it - whole variety of sectors? the threat to supply a significant and it has - to supply a significant and it has become apparent that semiconductors are injust about become apparent that semiconductors are in just about every industrial product and even the things we buy in the supermarket will have infrastructure underneath which is entirely dependent on semiconductor

devices. so that is a risk but when you look at what is the specific technologies beneath that, it is not generally the advanced nodes in semiconductors which is the critical elements and often it is much simpler components which just make things work and those are things which we can solve in other ways in the uk. the challenge around the advanced node silicon will need to be solved by international cooperation in the case of the uk because to spend the tens of billions of dollars notjust now but for many years into the future to build that capability, that would not be feasible.— build that capability, that would not be feasible. ., ., ., not be feasible. scott, we are going to leave it there _ not be feasible. scott, we are going to leave it there but _ not be feasible. scott, we are going to leave it there but thanks - not be feasible. scott, we are going to leave it there but thanks for - to leave it there but thanks for joining us. we are going to have more on that story here on the programme in the next 20 minutes or

so. now we have the weather forecast. hello. some parts of england and wales had some hefty downpours to contend with today. but over the weekend, actually, it's england and wales that will see the lion's share of the dry and sunny weather. and the sun is strong at this time of year. a little bit different for scotland and northern ireland here. there will be more in the way of cloud and a little bit of rain at times, probably not a huge amount. now, on the earlier satellite picture, you can see this area of cloud in the west of the uk that turned the sunshine quite hazy. this was mainly high level cloud, a few blobs of shower cloud across central and southern parts. some of those showers continuing to drift westwards actually through the evening into wales, south west, then dying away. but overnight we will see cloud and some splashes of rain getting in across northern ireland

and parts of scotland. temperatures generally between 6—11 degrees. it mayjust get a little bit chillier than that in some parts of eastern england tomorrow morning, across england and wales, a little bit of mist and low cloud, but that will clear quickly and then a lot of sunshine, just a touch of patchy cloud down towards the south. northern ireland and scotland will see more in the way of clouds, some splashes of rain, but probably not a huge amount. a little bit of sunshine perhaps in northeast scotland, that'll make it feel warm. highest temperatures further south, 19, maybe 20c for liverpool and for cardiff. but whatever the temperatures say on the thermometer, if you have sunshine overhead, and england and wales particularly will, many places will have high uv levels. so protect yourself if you're out for any length of time. during saturday night, this frontal system will pep up a little bit. the rain across northern ireland and scotland will turn heavier, but only briefly into sunday. that rain will tend to ease off once again. still a lot of clouds, still a bit of dampness here and there. whereas for england and wales, quite a lot of sunshine, just a bit of patchy cloud here and there. a feed of winds from the north sea making it feel a little bit cooler

for some eastern coasts. but further west, liverpool up to 20 degrees. it will be a slightly cooler day in northern scotland. now into next week, this area of high pressure will dominate sitting to the south west of us. broadly speaking, that will block the progress of any weather systems. there may be a little bit of rain at times in the north of the uk, particularly the north of scotland. but for most of us it is looking largely dry, patchy cloud and sunny spells. and while there won't be a heat wave, it'll feel pleasant in the sunshine.

live from london. this is bbc news. in the next 60 minutes — all the main uk stories — together with the latest breaking developments internationally. two summits — dominated by the future of ukraine — president zelesnky arrives in jeddah — to appeal for arab support. unfortunately, there are some in the world and here among you who turn a blind eye to those cages and the illegal annexations. syria's president assad — is invited to that arab league gathering — we'll assess the significance of that — after a decade of brutal civil war. meanwhile, g7 leaders injapan announce new sanctions against moscow. and john allan quits as chairman of the uk's biggest supermarket tesco, following allegations