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 of inappropriate behaviour made by four women. clashes break out following last night's match between west ham and az alkmaar — when fans of the dutch side tried to attack people in the guest area for west ham. welcome to bbc news. it is a day of two important summits — with the war in ukraine — being the common theme. at the g7 gathering injapan, world leaders met to discuss a new round of sanctions against russia. while at the arab league meeting in saudi arabia — president zelensky made a surprise visit, urging those attending, to support ukraine. he told the gathering injeddah — that on this, the asoth day of the war — the world needed to fight the �*virus of aggression�* from moscow — stressing kyiv would not give up any sovereign territory

to achieve peace. also making the headlines at that summit — president assad of syria — the first time he's been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war, that's blighted the country. here he is — the official handshake and welcome from the saudi crown prince. more on assad in a moment and more on the g7 — volodymyr zelensky. if there are people here at the summit who have a different view on the war on our land, calling it a conflict, i'm sure that we can all be united in saving people from the cages of russian prisons. unfortunately, there are some in the world and here among you who turn a blind eye to those cages and illegal annexations. and i'm here so that everyone can take an honest look, no matter how hard the russians try to influence.

there must still be independence. in his speech to the summit, syria's president assad said it was an "historic opportunity" to address crises across the region and he hoped for a �*new phase�* in arab coordination: due to the economy of the west, which has divided us, we have an opportunity to rearrange our affairs with lease intervention from the west and foreign forces in order to take our place in the new world effectively. apologies for the sound on my clip. but with assad�*s return to arab league many fear being reported back

to serie a. in this camp in the valley there�*s court that the syrian refugees, the man who claim him for that is being rehabilitated. it makes for precarious lies even less secure. around 1500 syrians have been forcibly repatriated from lebanon in recent weeks. these two fear they could be next. the couple met in the camp

you who turn a blind eye to those cages and the illegal annexations. in 2015 must�*ve fled his ambitions

to invade ukraine. here in beirut, syrian refugees and a side�*s victims face increasing hostility, blamed for their own economic collapse. this refugee families that they would be deported if they are identified and live in an area where curfew has been imposed on syrians. the children have been thrown out of school, the turmoil in their lives is all over their teenage daughters artwork. the father views the authoritarian arab leaders embrace of assad with contempt and fear. the assad of assad with contempt and fear. tue: assad regime of assad with contempt and fear. tte: assad regime is a dictatorshipjust as the other arab regimes. they are cooperating against the people. there is no sign ofjustice for the victims of the war to save his regime. assad used to speak only difference he was in moscow in

march. but his rehabilitation carries a lesson for ruthless authoritarian leaders. wait out the storm and you can outlast your enemies. live now to washington where we can join charles lister the director of the syria programme at the middle east institute. thank you so much forjoining us and when you see those images of president assad on the international stage at the arab league, what do you think? stage at the arab league, what do ou think? ., ., �* , you think? knowing full well what's ha enin: you think? knowing full well what's happening in _ you think? knowing full well what's happening in syria _ you think? knowing full well what's happening in syria in _ you think? knowing full well what's happening in syria in the _ you think? knowing full well what's happening in syria in the past - you think? knowing full well what's happening in syria in the past 12 . happening in syria in the past 12 years, it is shocking, it is disenchanting about the prevailing dynamic of the international community today and a decision taken by a majority but not all governments in middle east but frankly, the relative disinterest for western governments is equally

disappointing. 12 years of an enormous war crimes are being swept under the rug and in so it, it is actually placing the prospects of any form of a genuine settlement for syria, making it extremely unlikely in the long run whether we get invested in the process or not. find invested in the process or not. and i su ose invested in the process or not. and i suppose there's a thread here of i suppose there�*s a thread here of russia, looking in hearing from president zelensky but about the threat and what is happening there emanating from the kremlin by the common thread of russia is that president assad was on the brink of losing that war and they hesitated around chemical weapons and russia were the ones that filled the void. you are right and should not forget that many of the governments in the arab league and the leading were actually invited assad to join the summit today with the same governments were trying to topple assad just a few years ago. but the

about turning that we have seen is reflective of exactly what we just described which is a sequence of repeated perceived western disengagement, disinterest, mistakes, errors, risk aversion and the perception of those the region is that the west cannot be trusted any more to take care and to mediate or to succeed in achieving certain objectives in the region and they�*re making their own decisions now. likely it�*s even with the warden ukraine, it is been difficult to convince governments to side with ukraine. some have cited openly with russia and many have hedged their bets and that kind of dynamic and frustration and disenchantment with us in the west, the united states and europe is why we are seeing these big shifts in the region take place now. he

these big shifts in the region take lace now. , ., ~ place now. he is there, talking, uruuin place now. he is there, talking, urging pepple — place now. he is there, talking, urging people turned _ place now. he is there, talking, urging people turned a - place now. he is there, talking, urging people turned a blind - place now. he is there, talking, | urging people turned a blind eye over the last 12 months to see anything fundamentally changing with those governments that he is referencing. t those governments that he is referencing-— referencing. i think it's fascinating _ referencing. i think it's fascinating that - referencing. i think it's i fascinating that president referencing. i think it's _ fascinating that president zelensky was at the summit at all given the challenges that his government is faced in convincing middle eastern governments to back country as resistance against russian aggression. in a way, it�*s encouraging that he was there but had to of the package that preceded this interview said that vladimir putin�*s sense of confidence to invade ukraine was largely a result of the fact that he had succeeded in syria and we had done nothing to stop them from succeeding in rescuing the assad regime from the brink of defeat. so, someone like president zelensky is very well

aware that developments like this, assad�*s return to the arab league in normalisation, they are totally interconnected with his country struggle against russia. dictators learn lessons from other dictators. assad has mass murdered himself into survival and president zelensky will be very concerned that putin may be able to achieve the very same thing in ukraine. some president zelensky�*s message is that this cannot happen and that the arab league like all national bodies, has to stand for established international norms and support his government�*s pursuit of survival against russian aggression. thank you forjoining us on the programme. we had a couple of summits going on in parallel today. leaders of the g7 group of developed economies are holding their summit injapan where they�*ve agreed new sanctions against russia.

they said the measures would starve moscow of its technology. they also want to restrict trade in russian diamonds. let�*s speak to tom keatinge. he�*s director of the centre for financial crime and security studies and the rusi think—tank. he joins us live from london. we are grateful for your time here on the programme. the sanctions that have been talked about through the course of last hours, what do you make? , ., , , , ., ., , make? obviously they are the latest rounds of sanctions _ make? obviously they are the latest rounds of sanctions against - make? obviously they are the latest rounds of sanctions against russia l rounds of sanctions against russia since february of last year. they fill important gaps, gaps in for example targeting technology and supply chains. and continuing to try and restrict russia�*s revenue generation for its military. so another step, generation for its military. so anotherstep, but generation for its military. so another step, but as we have learned over the last 15 months, sanctions are a slow process. and there will be more steps, i am sure in the future. tt be more steps, i am sure in the future. , ., , ., be more steps, i am sure in the future. , ., , ,,

future. it is a slow process when it comes in stages. _ future. it is a slow process when it comes in stages. where _ future. it is a slow process when it comes in stages. where these - future. it is a slow process when it i comes in stages. where these areas, diamonds for one thing, were they not recognised 12 months ago when this war started? tt is not recognised 12 months ago when this war started?— this war started? it is important challenge- _ this war started? it is important challenge. the _ this war started? it is important challenge. the way _ this war started? it is important challenge. the way the - this war started? it is importantl challenge. the way the sanctions this war started? it is important - challenge. the way the sanctions are rolled out in certain areas where prototypes of financial solutions initially, freezing central bank assets, freezing russian banks out of the financial system to a great extent. and not as time has gone on we have learned where the gaps are. diamonds has been a thorny issue for quite some time. it is great that they are now battling with that it is a source of revenue but the most important section here is the one that reflect the fact that the g7 is monitoring what rush is doing and responding to the changes that rush is making in order to evade sanctions. after remain and this is a good side. t sanctions. after remain and this is a good side-— a good side. i will come to the im act a good side. i will come to the impact you _ a good side. i will come to the impact you think _ a good side. i will come to the impact you think the _ a good side. i will come to the impact you think the sanctions a good side. i will come to the - impact you think the sanctions are having on prudent and the regime but before that, how frustrating is it. we saw those leaders gathering there in japan. 0ne

we saw those leaders gathering there injapan. one of them india, there were others. because there�*s so much concern about some countries working around the french so india buying discounted oil when the international community is looking for unity to try to actually tighten the noose not losing it. that is an interesting _ the noose not losing it. that is an interesting overlap _ the noose not losing it. that 3 an interesting overlap between two summits that you are covering because it is a similar message to the arab summit that zelensky was delivering. you cream�*s allies when it comes to sanctions are mainly western, g—7 countries and we need to continuously work with countries like brazil and india to make them see that it is in their interest to place restrictions on russia. but at the same time as far as they are concerned this is your�*s problem or the west�*s problem and they are not really wanting to get involved. so i hope that the fact that brazil and india are at the g7 summit means that there is an acceptance there that they need to do something, they need to do more and if not fully

comply with sanctions on russia that at least help tighten the net. emit; at least help tighten the net. only at least help tighten the net. only a 45 seconds _ at least help tighten the net. only a 45 seconds last, _ at least help tighten the net. only a 45 seconds last, your— at least help tighten the net. only a 45 seconds last, your assessment than on the impact sanctions are really having on putin himself. sanctions are a slow game and if we thought they were going to slow the game, we are sadly mistaken. we need to keep ourfocus, keep game, we are sadly mistaken. we need to keep our focus, keep our foot down and we need to make sure we continue to roll out packages that respond to russian circumvention and evasion. ., ~ , ., ., , respond to russian circumvention and evasion. ., ~ ., , evasion. thank you for being so brief in the _ evasion. thank you for being so brief in the queue _ evasion. thank you for being so brief in the queue for— evasion. thank you for being so brief in the queue forjoining i evasion. thank you for being so brief in the queue forjoining usj brief in the queue forjoining us here on the programme. mr; brief in the queue forjoining us here on the programme. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. a couple of stories making headlines here in the uk because of vote counting has begun in northern ireland council elections and it is expected to take couple of days. all of the 462 seats are being contested, polls have suggested sinn fein may overtake the democratic unit is to become the biggest party

in local government for the first time. two men arrested over the attempted murder of a senior police officer in northern ireland earlier this year. age 28 and 70 following separate searches in the county. the detective was shot in february, had been putting footballs in a car with his young son after coaching the youth sports team when was targeted. nationwide has announced a 40% jump in profits for the 12 months to the chief executive says that strong performance in some customers would be receiving payments of £100 into their accounts. you are alive with bbc news. let�*s return to the breaking news of last hour or so here in the uk. it comes from greater manchester police who say a 37—year—old man has died after injuries sustained in a dog

attack. the man was found by officers in weekend with serious injuries on thursday evening. he was taken to hospital where he has died earlier today. taken to hospital where he has died earliertoday. police taken to hospital where he has died earlier today. police said armed officers were deployed to try to control the dock and said that they used every available tactic to subdue the animal before it was destroyed. the 24—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of being in charge of the dangerously out of control dog causing injury resulting in death. tesco chairmanjohn allan will step down from his role next month as the company said that allegations over his personal conduct "risk becoming a distraction" to the supermarket. mr allan has faced four allegations in the media in relation to his personal conduct, three of which he "vigorously denied", and one over which he "unreservedly apologised" for inappropriate comments made to a female member of staff.

with more on this here�*s our business correspondent marc ashdown. john allan, a very prominent business leader, he has been chair of tesco for eight years, he was due to stand down from tesco next year, but in a statement this afternoon the company confirmed he would now step aside at this year�*s agm in a few weeks�* time, so a year before he was expected to stand down, he has been under pressure in recent weeks after allegations emerged in the media of his conduct, four women made allegations of inappropriate and unprofessional behaviour, one was a senior member of tesco staff who said he touched her bottom at last year�*s agm, a similar claim was made by a member of cbi staff, the allegation dates back to 2019, tesco said they carried out a full review into these allegations and have not found any wrong doing

themselves but felt this was becoming a distraction, so this appears to be why they acted now. john allan strenuously denied these claims and apologise for another allegation made a comment about a female member of staff, he released a statement this afternoon saying he regretted having to stand down from the job following utterly baseless abnegation is against him, there is no evidence of any wrongdoing, i remain determined to prove my innocence. ——allegations. but searches the story —— returns of the story we were talking on earlier. it�*s amazing how something so small can be so incredibly important. 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 a billion pounds over ten years. initially — they�*ll spend around 200 million from this year up to 2025. chloe smith is secretary of state for science, innovation and technology. she denies accusations that the government isn�*t spending enough. this is not a small investment this is the right investment for the united kingdom and it is building on our strengths, and r&d in design and compound semiconductors and that�*s why i am here and southwell stay. it's why i am here and southwell stay. it�*s doing that to look at the next 20 year�*s worth of that industry on growth and guard against disruptions and how we protect our national security. live now to bristol — and we can speak to darrenjones — he�*s a labour mp and he�*s chair of business and trade thank you for being on the programme. the government has laid out the strategy what you think in

terms of the amount, first of all and the strategy itself? the first ruestion and the strategy itself? the first question on _ and the strategy itself? the first question on the _ and the strategy itself? the first question on the amount - and the strategy itself? the first question on the amount which . question on the amount which essentially is £200 million up until 2025, the bigger number is jammed tomorrow so the interesting question is, how did the government come up with £200 million. has it actually figured out what we need to do as a country to sustain the industry and to become crucial suppliers to the european and american supply chains, costed that and then come up with a figure? 0r, costed that and then come up with a figure? or, it has itjust plucked a figure? or, it has itjust plucked a figure out of thin air, £200 million, found that from somewhere and then put it into the ether. i think it is probably the latter and what that shows you is that the government it is done what it always does, where does a consultation, publishes a strategy, plucks a figure out of thin air but doesn�*t really get into the mix, does not really get into the mix, does not really tell you what the industrial policy is that needs to be delivered and to end. and doing the international trade work that shows

how that actually delivers for businesses. we how that actually delivers for businesses.— how that actually delivers for businesses. ~ ., ,, . ., , businesses. we heard the secretary of state outlined _ businesses. we heard the secretary of state outlined the _ businesses. we heard the secretary of state outlined the justification i of state outlined the justification and reasonings for that figure but let�*s move on and talk about the threat itself. give me your assessment of the threat, if suddenly there is a cut of supply in taiwan. , , .,, i. suddenly there is a cut of supply in taiwan, , .,, i, ,., taiwan. just as your point the secretary _ taiwan. just as your point the secretary of _ taiwan. just as your point the secretary of state _ taiwan. just as your point the secretary of state did - taiwan. just as your point the secretary of state did not i taiwan. just as your point the secretary of state did not tellj taiwan. just as your point the i secretary of state did not tell why she came out with the figure she said the areas on where he may be spent, a different answer, on the threat, of course it is hypothetical to give them what xi jinping has said about that it is a threat we have to prepare for and if semiconductors, especially the most advanced semiconductors we need to use for al in other things that are really important to our economy are blockaded or restricted, then that will have a fundamental impact on security, critical infrastructure and uk plc so it�*s right that we reach for or provide resilience and that supply chain but the uk cannot do it alone. we are too small. that�*s what i said earlier, you have to do the deals with the european union and the americans to make sure that we are integrated into spending

decisions that we are making together so that whether uk high strains, that is notjust for us but a dependency that the europeans and americans have on us that we can be fully integrated. d0 americans have on us that we can be fully integrated.— fully integrated. do you think we have the ability _ fully integrated. do you think we have the ability to _ fully integrated. do you think we have the ability to do _ fully integrated. do you think we have the ability to do this? i fully integrated. do you think we have the ability to do this? we i have the ability to do this? we can recognise the problem but do we have the ability to actually fill the gap? t the ability to actually fill the i a . ? ~' ., the ability to actually fill the i a . ? 4' ., ~, the ability to actually fill the .a'). ~ ., ., , the ability to actually fill the .a.7 ~ ., ., , . the ability to actually fill the ta . 7 ~ ., ., , . ., gap? i think we do. to be nice to the government, _ gap? i think we do. to be nice to the government, the _ gap? i think we do. to be nice to the government, the strategy i the government, the strategy identifies the areas in which we do have strengths in the uk. they are right in the assessment of us to my select committee highlighted that in our work as well. but the criticism i have is that having identified those strengths that have not adequately explains what they are actually going to do to make sure that work it is involved in real world. ., , that work it is involved in real world. . , , ., world. have we been slow as well, we've had — world. have we been slow as well, we've had the _ world. have we been slow as well, we've had the announcement i world. have we been slow as well, we've had the announcement fromj world. have we been slow as well, i we've had the announcement from the we�*ve had the announcement from the american some while ago exactly in this territory? t american some while ago exactly in this territory?— this territory? i think we have been waitin: for this territory? i think we have been waiting for semiconductor - this territory? i think we have been waiting for semiconductor strategy| waiting for semiconductor strategy for maybe two years now. my committee did a report on this last year and we have been waiting until now to get the response were normal it should be a response in three

months that i would say that�*s pretty slow, yeah. tit months that i would say that's pretty slow, yeah.— pretty slow, yeah. in terms of makin: pretty slow, yeah. in terms of making it _ pretty slow, yeah. in terms of making it happen _ pretty slow, yeah. in terms of making it happen it's - pretty slow, yeah. in terms of making it happen it's not i pretty slow, yeah. in terms of making it happen it's notjust| pretty slow, yeah. in terms of- making it happen it's notjust about making it happen it�*s notjust about money as a? what else has to be in place with mike 5; money as a? what else has to be in place with mike— place with mike a whole host of thins, place with mike a whole host of things. things _ place with mike a whole host of things, things around _ place with mike a whole host of things, things around skills i place with mike a whole host of| things, things around skills goal people who need to know how to make into these things, public infrastructure, these sites require a lot of energy and how to make sure energy systems can deliver but also the customers. you are not going to get investors built on a site to produce semiconductor chips at that site does not have customers to settle them onto and then former diplomacy —— foreign. we have not even really started the conversation with americans and europeans about how weak, britain, have to be a crucial partner to their industries as well as ours. if are not careful, given the 43 billion euros in the $50 billion are key partners will just race ahead of us and leave us behind. taste just race ahead of us and leave us behind. ~ ., ., ., behind. we have to leave it there, but as ray — behind. we have to leave it there, but as ray identified _ behind. we have to leave it there, but as ray identified this - behind. we have to leave it there, but as ray identified this is - behind. we have to leave it there, but as ray identified this is a i but as ray identified this is a subject in area at that so many governments in western capitals are having to address. thank you for

joining us here on bbc news. we will have to leave it there. we will have more of the headlines here injust a moment or two. don�*t go away. 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. west was actually through the evening into wales, south—west, england 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 six and 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 north—east scotland that�*ll make it feel warm. highest temperatures further south, 19, maybe 20 degrees 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. so the rain across northern ireland and scotland will turn heavier, but only briefly into sunday. actually 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 in the north sea making it feel a little bit cooler for some eastern coast, 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.

this is bbc news. our main headlines here. to summits dominated by the future of ukraine. president zelensky arrives injeddah to appeal for arab support. zelensky arrives in jeddah to appeal for arab support-— for arab support. unfortunately, there is some _ for arab support. unfortunately, there is some here _ for arab support. unfortunately, there is some here among i for arab support. unfortunately, there is some here among you l for arab support. unfortunately, i there is some here among you who have turned a blind eye to those illegal annexations. shat have turned a blind eye to those illegal annexations.— illegal annexations. at the arab lea . ue illegal annexations. at the arab league gathering, _ illegal annexations. at the arab league gathering, syrian i illegal annexations. at the arab i league gathering, syrian president assad who spoke on the historic opportunity to address issues in the middle east without foreign interference. meanwhile, g7 leaders interference. meanwhile, g7 leaders injapan announce new sanctions

against moscow.