live from london. this is bbc news. g7 leaders injapan announce new sanctions against russia. syria's president assad is invited to the arab league for the first time since the civil war. ed sheeran, adele and harry styles are among the uk's wealthiest people under the age of 35. two big meetings of world leaders going on. the arab league and the g7 group of powerful economies. both summits with a focus

on the war in ukraine. let's start with the g7 meeting injapan. here they are outside hiroshima. with japan the leaders of the us, canada, the uk, france, italy, germany as well as the eu. they've agreed new sanctions against russia measures they say will restrict the export of technology and equipment that would've been "critical to russia on the battlefield". now, while that's been happening, ukraine's president zelensky made a surprise to visit to that second big meeting the arab league summit in saudi arabia. zelensky asking leaders not to ignore the reality of what's happening in his country. next the arab league meeting was also attended by the syrian president bashar al assad. it's the first time he's been there for more than a decade. since he launched a brutal supression of pro democracy protesters in his own country. it lead to a civil war. hundreds of thousands of people are thought to have been killed. president assad was seen chatting injeddah with leaders.

here he is meeting egypt's president abdel fattah al sisi and also tunisia's president kais saied. more on the grid in a moment. —— arab league. earlier i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale who gave me his assessment of the potential impact of the new sanctions on russia. russia is already subject to the most widespread economic stations that the world has ever seen. since this concept of an economic section —— sanction came into effect. so the question of course is where else can the world look. more so i think the focus of the leaders injapan has two fold, one to try and broaden existing sanctions as much as possible to see if they can include more people, countries, companies to try and restrict as he said any kind of spread of technology that might

just help russia's war efforts. so notjust high—tech stuff like chips but anything else that might support russia's war effort. at the same time that also cracking down on sanction of asians. if you look at the trade figures for an awful lot of countries there neighbour russia particularly nearby you will see trade around the world with countries have increased measurably since the sanctions were imposed on russia because many countries are using these nations as a sort of back door way into russia and i think the sanctions that have been discussed and agreed injapan are trying to close some of those doors. the one sanction that has not really been discussed is the question of pharmaceuticals. there are a lot of pharmaceuticals. there are a lot of pharmaceutical still being sold to russia and that is something that has not been on the list today. as far as i can tell.— has not been on the list today. as far as i can tell. what do you make overall of president _

far as i can tell. what do you make overall of president zelensky - overall of president zelensky international travels recently. it is fascinating to see him go to their some say it is a risky thing to do because the arab league sublet is the diplomatic equivalent for a double back back party for president assad, a global pride that has been welcome back into the fold firm error nations for straightforward reasons, he survived and the arab nations are petrified about the amount of drugs, illegal drugs are pouring out of syria at the moment and thirdly, theyjust want to make sure that as and when syria is rebuilt, as the war begins to settle down there and stabilise that the arab countries have a slice of the economic action. so it is a risk for president zelensky to go there but i think the fact that he has gone is a signal ofjust how determined he is to try and win the argument for this work. his at the moment, amongst many arab countries he has a

sceptical audience with the just want this war to stop. they want the disruption to the global economy to stop. they think that there should be some kind of a cease—fire, some sort of political settlement. mr zelensky is saying no. if you support solitary and territorial integrity that you have to be on my side of this war. to quote him precisely, he said, the age of empires invading other countries is over. his argument that that should matter as much to arab countries as it does to ukraine and anyone else. so that is why he's there to try and make that case. then he will move onto the g7 injapan and there it is the familiar argument. to try it and showed the western alliance behind him remains resolute and resolved. thank you to james talking on the unity of the g7. we will take a quick look on the influence of other countries in the war in ukraine. live now to the director of contemporary south asian studies at oxford university,

kate sullivan de estrada. thank you for coming onto the programme. let's start with an example country, india. it plays quite an interesting role in all of this. talk us through it. i quite an interesting role in all of this. talk us through it.- this. talk us through it. i think robabl this. talk us through it. i think probably what _ this. talk us through it. i think probably what many _ this. talk us through it. i think probably what many of - this. talk us through it. i think probably what many of the - this. talk us through it. i think - probably what many of the g7 members will be hoping to shift the needle on india's position currently which of course, as we know has been resolutely not to condemn russia's actions overtly. and also not to take sides explicitly in the conflict. i think many countries are coming to respect that position and know that india is not likely to shift from it. what is the problem, however, is of course india's oil imports from russia have increased massively since the start of the conflict. going from i million barrels of oil per month to 63

million to last month alone. let's take that exact _ million to last month alone. let's take that exact example. - million to last month alone. let's take that exact example. does not not lead to an argument saying india is profiting in away from one country invading another. it doesn't sound like neutrality. that country invading another. it doesn't sound like neutrality.— sound like neutrality. that is exactly the _ sound like neutrality. that is exactly the argument - sound like neutrality. that is exactly the argument being l sound like neutrality. that is - exactly the argument being made. i think the counter response from indian officials has been, well, we have not participated in raising the sanctions against russia. those have had a negative fallout across the world economy, we have seen inflation, rising oil prices. why should we carry the cost of a war that we are not directly participating in. it's that has been the response until now. what has made it work completed is that india has started exporting oil front products. actually quite a large volume as well to europe. so there are concerns that some european countries are bypassing, and we

sanctions by essentially letting russian oil through the back door. i suppose people will say india, a democracy, why is it not citing more with the west and taking an opposing stance to russia and china. it you stance to russia and china. if you situate yourself _ stance to russia and china. if you situate yourself in _ stance to russia and china. if you situate yourself in new— stance to russia and china. if you situate yourself in new daily - stance to russia and china. if you situate yourself in new daily and l situate yourself in new daily and this to explain the position rather than justify it. this to explain the position rather thanjustify it. —— new this to explain the position rather than justify it. —— new delhi. thanjustify it. —— new delhi. you have a country that essentially wants to cast its own line in international affairs, take its own route. so this is a country that is not hoping to join route. so this is a country that is not hoping tojoin one route. so this is a country that is not hoping to join one side of the other of the conflict. that would add to polarisation of the conflict and also, in a way you are asking india to support an order that it has not necessarily always got along well with or found to its benefit. there are many ways in which... ba; there are many ways in which... by order you mean what the western

order. , . , order you mean what the western order. , ~ , . order. yes the western and international _ order. yes the western and international order - order. yes the western and international order much i order. yes the western and international order much ofj order. yes the western and - international order much of which india supports and has support of but of course that order was designed with the interests of the certain states in mine and i think india is not necessarily supporting all aspects and certainly not supporting a need to enforce and defend in the same way that say the united states and western liberal democracies are doing.— united states and western liberal democracies are doing. thank you very much — democracies are doing. thank you very much for— democracies are doing. thank you very much for coming _ democracies are doing. thank you very much for coming onto - democracies are doing. thank you very much for coming onto the - very much for coming onto the programme. we really appreciate your time and your expertise. an issue we don't send at all time looking at we tend to look at one site or the other. but really appreciate your thoughts. kate sullivan estrada. as we discussed, ukraine's president zelensky was at the arab league summit injeddah. also there was syria's president assad the first time he's been seen at this event since the war in syria that's killed hundreds of thousands of people.

with assad's reemergence thousands of syrian refugees living in lebanon fear being deported back to syria. the bbc�*s international editor, jeremy bowen, met them and sent this report. in yasmine camp in lebanon's bekaa valley there is horror that the man the syrian refugees blame for destroying their country is being rehabilitated. it makes precarious lives even less secure. around 1,500 syrians have been forcibly repatriated from lebanon in recent weeks. nasar and maraw fear they could be next. the couple met in the camp after they fled syria, in 2013. they want better chances for their 18—month—old daughter than they have had. marwar�*s education stopped when

the war began, when she was ten. now they believe president assad's return to the arab league might be an excuse for more deportations. translation: we are always afraid of the raids now, - that it will happen to us, i imagine they will come and take all the men and deport them. translation: after all the killing and destruction and the misery - in syria, it is not acceptable, after everything that he has done, they are hosting him. i don't understand it. for syrian refugees the outlook is as desperate as ever and the prospect of going home frankly is terrifying. now on the other side of those mountains, about and hour's drive from here is damascus and the view from the presidential palace is looking brighter than it has for years, because, president assad who broke his

country, to save his regime, has been invited back in to the fold, by his fellow arab leaders. bashar al—assad strode into the arab league summit injeddah, relishing the clearest recognition yesterday, yet that he has won his warfor syria, greeted by the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. a decade ago the saudis funded anti—assad militia, now mbs wants to remake the middle east and he needs syria on side. ukraine's president zelensky was there, accusing some arab leaders of turning a blind eye to the horrors of russia's invasion of ukraine. listening was president assad, russia's closest ally in the middle east. russian firepower level syrian cities in ruin, the kremlin�*s decisive intervention

in syria in 2015 must have fed vladimir putin's ambition as he planned to invade ukraine. here in beirut syrian refugees assad's victims face increasing hostility. blamed for lebanon's own economic collapse. this refugee family, scared they'll be deported if they're identified, live in an area where curfew has been imposed on syrians. their children have been thrown out of school, the turmoil in their lives is all over their teenage daughter's artwork. the father views the authoritarian arab leaders' embrace of basha al—assad with contempt and fear. translation: the assad regime is a dictatorship, l the same as the other arab regimes. they are helping each other, operating against the people. there is no sign ofjustice for the victims of the war

to save his regime. assad used to speak only to friends, 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. jeremy bowen, bbc news, beirut. earlier we spoke to syrian activist abdul kalfi al hamdo, hamdo, who is in idlib. to ask what he made of assad's presence at the summit. it's a very sad day for all syrians or for free people in the world, not only syrians to see assad getting back this place like in the arab league. seeing him, infact, makes us all, you know, very sad, makes a lot of memories, a lot of pictures, a lot of, you know, a lot of incidents

that we have seen during these 12 years of people dying under the rubble, of people dying in the chemical weapons, of people dyomg in fact, in the prisons. all these memories, in fact, come out to our mind. what we see is getting that position in in the arab league. is there any way clearly speaking to us now, you are voicing your opinion, but within syria, can you let your opinion be known? in fact, we are as syrians, we want to ask these countries, how comes that they make relationship with assad again? how can they normalise with such regime that they themselves called as a criminal for many times, called him as making committing war crimes.

now they are putting their hands in his hand. they are distorting their picture among their own people, among the whole world, among the free people, people all over the world. we are as syrians because we don't understand that the kind of interest that they might have after normalising with assad, the only thing that assad can give to these countries the drugs that destroy the countries that destroy their pictures in the whole world. so we want we want these countries to know and to understand that neither syrians nor their own people will forgive them what they have done today in calling assad for this for this meeting, because this assad, who killed more than a million people, who imprisoned hundreds of thousands of people who displaced more more than half of the population of the syrians outside or in our country are going tojump

in there, because now that we have going tojump in there, because now that we have seen assad again on the world stage today shaking hands with world leaders, does that mean now that effectively any chance of him being deposed is over now? in fact, we are... i mean, like, our cause is not over. we as syrians, of course, we will continue. however, in fact, put your hand or shake hand with assad. whoever wants to normalise with assad because is still alive. but this call of course, before affecting us and it will of course, it affects these these countries. today in the arab league, the only free voice that we hear there, it was for zelensky, i mean, who was speaking instead of syrians. and just you can see how satirical is that? our own voice the free voice is not the syrian one, it's ukrainian one. the voice came from europe to speak

about our own rights rather than, you know, the neighbouring countries or even that should be president of syria. thank you for him to speaking to me a little earlier. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's take a look at some of the stories making the headlines in the uk. the chairman of tesco will quit, john allan denies claims made against him but admitted comments of against him but admitted comments of a female member of staff when he worked at cbi business group. nationwide has announced a a0 %jump in profits for the 12 months to april. the uk's biggest building society saw underlying profits before tax of 2.2 billion pounds. the company's chief executive says the strong performance meant some customer accounts would be receiving payments of £100. the brother of tv presenter phillip schofield has beenjailed for 12 years for sexually abusing a boy.

timothy schofield was found guilty in april of 11 sexual offences involving a child between 2016 and 2019. following the verdict, the 54—year—old was sacked from his job as a civilian worker for avon and somerset police. phillip schofield said after the conviction: "as far as i am concerned, i no longer have a brother." you're live with bbc news. a man from london has beenjailed for helping to con people out of more than 100 million pounds. police say it was the uk's largest everfraud investigation. tejay fletcher was the mastermind behind a website which was essentially an online fraud shop a place where criminals could buy technology that allowed them to dupe people into parting with their cash, believing they were talking to their bank. police say more than 160 people have so far been arrested in connection with the scam. sean dilley reports. this was the moment tejay fletcher's criminal empire collapsed. under arrest for his leading role in scamming vulnerable victims round the world.

welcome to ispoof, the number one spoofing service. fraudsters were invited to use his site to trick people into handing over their bank details. the website offered its criminal users the ability to disguise numbers appearing to be a trusted organisation, such as a bank. they used the information they gathered, to empty their victims accounts. if you want to spoof your caller id then we are here to help. sounds fun, but for the victim, it was anything but. before it was shut down it was constantly growing, with 700 new users registering every week, and it was earning £8,000 a week. until officers caught up with him, fletcher lived a la verb lifestyle. he used his £2 million of illicit iranings to buy a lamborghini,

two range rovers and a rolex watch. prosecutors say they plant to recover the catch ——cash he never should have had. the judge said in sentencing fletcher he took account of charitable work he has done in the community and his mental health but there was little personal mitigation, there were thousands of victims not directly of fletcher's but of the fraudsters who used the website and for those victims that experience would have been harrowing. there were more than 200,000 victims in the uk, together they lost over 43 million. globally losses are estimated to be more than 100 million. cybersecurity experts hope that fletcher's case will raise awareness of common scams. the onus is on the public unfortunately, do not instafford trust caller id, the fact is we can't believe everything we see, and never hand over sensitive information, especially from a cold call. i always say to people don't be afraid to say goodbye and hang up on the caller.

sign up for free. his criminal site ran for two years and had nearly 60,000 subscribers at its peak. he is behind bars now but detectives say that fletcher is part of a much bigger problem. while he serves his time they say they will spend theirs looking for those responsible for the scams fletcher made possible. football now and there were i scenes after westhampton 1—0 when the dutch team last night. clips posted on social medias show that this order as az fans attacked the play where players friends and family were watching the semifinal. for more on this we can speak now to the actor and. talk us to what you saw. when i first arrived — and. talk us to what you saw. when i first arrived at _ and. talk us to what you saw. when i first arrived at the _ and. talk us to what you saw. when i first arrived at the ground _ and. talk us to what you saw. when i first arrived at the ground i _ and. talk us to what you saw. when i first arrived at the ground i was - first arrived at the ground i was told not to sit amongst the az fans

which is where my ticket was. so we were all put in the middle section where all of the west ham friends, families, sponsors were sitting and throughout the game we were all cheering and enjoying the game. i was actually sitting next to a lady who is one of the west ham player's friends. and it was all good and as soon pablo scored the winner, a section of west —— macro one fans move towards us and they managed to break through some fencing —— az and completely unstopped by any stuarts orany completely unstopped by any stuarts or any police. there were no police in the ground at this point. they just charge towards where we were sitting. and also it has to be said, where the az friends and family were

seated as well. so they were attacking two different areas. what attacking two different areas. what was that like? _ attacking two different areas. what was that like? howard _ attacking two different areas. what was that like? howard where you? attacking two different areas. what| was that like? howard where you? i was that like? howard where you? i was terrified they are looked to be 200 of them and i do not see any way that they were not going to get up stuck there was one particularly brave west ham supporter. and i am also hearing a dutch supporter who fought them off. different sections. is there any idea from where you work on what suddenly sparked it? what caused this to happen? it appeared to be the west ham winner going in and all of the fans celebrating. i did also hear a whisper that it was retaliation for a west ham fans using some az friends and family in the london stadium but i don't know if that's true or not. it seemed to be the pablo goal that triggered them. you

mentioned the policing and stewarding. in your opinion, was it up stewarding. in your opinion, was it up to it? stewarding. in your opinion, was it u- to it? ., ., stewarding. in your opinion, was it utoit? ., ., . up to it? no. there were no police on the ground _ up to it? no. there were no police on the ground at _ up to it? no. there were no police on the ground at all. _ up to it? no. there were no police on the ground at all. i _ up to it? no. there were no police on the ground at all. i have - up to it? no. there were no police on the ground at all. i have seen l on the ground at all. i have seen footage where they broke the fence down in the stuarts did nothing. it was a really good example of how not to stewart again and unfortunately the west ham players felt like they had to get involved. to stop these people from attacking their friends and family. it people from attacking their friends and famil . , �* ., , and family. it must've therefore put uuite a and family. it must've therefore put quite a dampener_ and family. it must've therefore put quite a dampener on _ and family. it must've therefore put quite a dampener on what - and family. it must've therefore put| quite a dampener on what otherwise would have been a good result. i think it could have been a lot worse if it was not for this particular west ham fan who stopped them all from getting up the stairs basically. he goes by the name of nosy apparently. but he almost single—handedly stop them from getting into our section and a dutch fan to stop them from getting into the az section as well. i’m fan to stop them from getting into the az section as well.— the az section as well. i'm afraid we are right _ the az section as well. i'm afraid we are right out _ the az section as well. i'm afraid we are right out of _ the az section as well. i'm afraid we are right out of time. - the az section as well. i'm afraid we are right out of time. right i the az section as well. i'm afraid | we are right out of time. right up

to a break thank you for coming onto the programme and will perk to get the response of the authorities there as well. that's it. this is there as well. that's it. this is the business. 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. 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, 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.

g7 leaders in japan g7 leaders injapan announce new sanctions against russia aiming to restrict material in its war against ukraine. syria president invited to the league and ed shearon, adele and harry styles are some of the wealthiest people under the age of 35. a bit more now on those sanctions against russia. let's take a look at the detail. in a joint statement, the call from moscow to

immediately and unconditionally