live from london, this is bbc news. g7 leaders meeting injapan are expected to issue a statement on a shared approach on china, on the second day of the summit. more than a dozen dead and thousands homeless after heavy rains and flooding in northern italy. el salvador�*s gang crackdown: how normal life is returning to neighbourhoods which spent years under gang control. hello, i'm lucy grey. welcome. a second day of talks is underway injapan, where leaders of the g7 group of countries are expected to issue a statement on a shared approach on china. much of the first day was taken

up by discussions on ukraine with president biden saying washington was prepared to give the go—ahead to train ukrainian pilots on f16 fighterjets. —— the go—ahead to train ukrainian pilots on f—16 fighterjets. the news was welcomed by ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, who called it "historic". he said the jets would greatly enhance ukraine's air force and that he counted on discussing the plan with mr biden at the summit on sunday. the us national security advisorjake sullivan has been speaking about the us f—16jets plan. just yesterday, as you all know, president biden informed his g7 counterparts that the united states will support ukrainian pilots on fourth—generation fighter aircraft, including f—16s. over the past few months, we and our allies have focused on providing ukraine with the systems, weapon and training that it needs to be able to conduct effective offensive operations this spring and summer. we have delivered what we promised. we have given ukraine

what it needs based on close consultations between our military and theirs and now, we have turned to discussions about improving the ukrainian air force as part of our long—term commitment to ukraine's self defence. so, as the training unfolds in the coming months, we will work with our allies to determine when planes will be delivered, who will be delivering them, and how many. mr sullivan also spoke about how weapons provided by the us are used in the conflict. all of the capabilities that the united states has provided to the ukraine come with the basic proposition that the united states is not enabling or supporting attacks on russian territory. that will go for the support for the provision for f—16s by any party as well and the ukrainians have consistantly indicated that they will follow through on that and they have followed through on that

with the provision of western equipment when we have given it to them. live now to the bbc�*s nick marsh in hiroshima. president zelensky must be delighted about this announcement but perhaps wondering about the timescale of it, nick?— of it, nick? yes, i think the fact it is — of it, nick? yes, i think the fact it is going _ of it, nick? yes, i think the fact it is going to _ of it, nick? yes, i think the fact it is going to take - of it, nick? yes, i think the fact it is going to take so i fact it is going to take so many months to train up ukrainian pilots, the to familiarise them with these new advanced f—16 aircraft shows that 0k, are not going to be able to be used in any upcoming offensives in the next few weeks but at the same time, you can read this as a long—term commitment to the security of ukraine. perhaps notjust in this war with russia but even possibly beyond that. it's really the most concrete development that we've seen come out of this g7 summit so far. that alongside with the fact that president zelensky is indeed arriving here in hiroshima in person to talk to

president biden, to prime minister kishida and, one would presume, all of the other g7 allies as well. it would be the first time he's in the same room as them since the beginning of the war. we know that one by one individually, these leaders have been going to kyiv, president zelensky has gone to washington, london recently, but the symbolism of preventing fraud presenting this united front here in hiroshima will also be a diplomatic victory to go alongside this military boost that he has just received in the form of these jets as well. he has been so busy in the last few days and weeks even, as you say, london, berlin, paris before this, and also at the arab league which i expect with a slightly tougher crowd? fix, a slightly tougher crowd? tougher crowd is one way of putting it, lucy, probably the least receptive audience he's ever addressed. least receptive audience he's everaddressed. let's least receptive audience he's ever addressed. let's not forget one of those in attendance in jeddah forget one of those in attendance injeddah in saudi arabia where zelensky was talking to arab leaders was

bashar al—asaad, the syrian president, who has been brought in from the cold, so to speak. he is probably putin's closest ally in the middle east and it's not an overstatement to say that russian sympathy in that part of the world is reasonably high, or at least support from ukraine isn't really there, at least not compared to the western countries and certainly, nothing compared to what we have here in the g7. but look, it shows you the scale of the task from the g7�*s perspective when it comes to rallying support for ukraine and mobilising opposition to russia's invasion, whether that is sanctioned, you know, financial penalties, trying to close loopholes that russia is using to evade these sanctions, it's all very well in good imposing them but is only a certain number of countries imposing them and implementing them as well as a whole different story.- them as well as a whole different story. what else can we meet _ different story. what else can we expect today? _ different story. what else can we expect today? we - different story. what else can we expect today? we are - we expect today? we are expecting sort of an agreed stance on china among other

things? stance on china among other thins? ~ �* , . ~ stance on china among other thins? �* , ., ~ things? we've been talking so much about — things? we've been talking so much about the _ things? we've been talking so much about the war _ things? we've been talking so much about the war in - things? we've been talking so| much about the war in ukraine and president zelensky�*s visit you forget today was supposed to be the day the g7 leaders spoke about china and they will speak about china and specifically this issue of so—called economic coercion, so the notion that china, the world's second biggest economy, weaponised rises its financial power to make countries to what it once or perhaps threaten countries it has disputes with. we've seen that happen with australia, there has been trade restrictions there with australia criticising china over covid. we've seen it in japan, south korea and g7 countries particularly the united states are really concerned about that, and the question is what do you do? the us wants to put heavy, heavy curbs on restrictions, all kinds of export controls. european countries, part of the g7, well, they are not so sure. a lot of their trade is still

linked to china and they cannot completely decouple, to use the jargon, break off trade completely so expect to hear another term at the end of the day and over the next few days and weeks, the risk, the idea of moving away from china, moving to supply chains away, not being so independent without completely breaking off from the world's second largest economy —— de—risk. so look for compromises in thejoint compromises in the joint statement compromises in thejoint statement and the language used when it comes to dealing with china from the g7.— when it comes to dealing with china from the g7. thanks very much, china from the g7. thanks very much. nick _ china from the g7. thanks very much, nick marsh _ china from the g7. thanks very much, nick marsh for- china from the g7. thanks very much, nick marsh for us - china from the g7. thanks very much, nick marsh for us in - much, nick marsh for us in hiroshima. president zelensky was at the arab injeddah. he accused some arab leaders of turning a blind eye to the conflict in ukraine. meanwhile, the syrian president bashar al—assad was welcomed back to the organisation more than 12 years after he was suspended because of his brutal repression of pro—democracy protests. in a speech at its summit in saudi arabia, mr assad called for more regional cooperation. our international editor jeremy bowen reports.

in yasmin camp in lebanon's bekaa valley, there is horror that the man the syrian refugees here blame for destroying their country is being rehabilitated. it makes precarious lives even less secure. around 1500 syrians have been forcibly repatriated from lebanon in recent weeks. nasser and marwa 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. marwa'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 an 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 yet that he has won his war for 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. it was a display of saudi ambition and of the connections between conflicts. 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. he was propelled to victory by the firepower of his russian allies which flattened syrian cities.

the kremlin�*s decisive intervention in syria in 2015 must have fed vladimir putin's ambition to destroy ukraine's independence. here in beirut, syrian refugees assad's victims face increasing hostility. blamed for lebanon's own economic collapse. this refugee family scared they will be deported if identified within an area where a curfew has been 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. —— embrace of bashar 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. —— cooperating against the people. fist -- cooperating against the

--eole. �* ., ., , people. at the united nations offices in beirut, _ people. at the united nations offices in beirut, they - people. at the united nations offices in beirut, they are - offices in beirut, they are hoping serie's readmission to the arab league comes the circuit—breaker that circuit—brea ker that allows diplomatic progress. circuit—breaker that allows diplomatic progress. == diplomatic progress. -- syria's- _ diplomatic progress. -- syria's- if— diplomatic progress. -- syria's. if what - diplomatic progress. -- syria's. if what is - diplomatic progress. » syria's. if what is happening now in the neighbourhood and readable help move towards a political solution that will lead to a lot of these questions being resolved, then it's a good thing.— it's a good thing. there's no sin of it's a good thing. there's no sign ofjustice _ it's a good thing. there's no sign ofjustice for— it's a good thing. there's no sign ofjustice for the - it's a good thing. there's 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. 14 people have died and thousands have been left homeless after heavy rains and flooding in parts of northern italy. the mayor of the city of ravenna has told the bbc that it's the worst disaster in a century. the formula i grand prix, due to take place at imola in the affected area,

has now had to be cancelled. in some places people are running out of food and drinking water, with aid unable to reach them. our correspondent sofia bettitza reports. an entire village underwater. people forced to move around using canoes. others taking refuge upstairs as the ground floors of their homes are submerged in floodwater. this is the devastating reality for dozens of towns in the region of emilia romagna after six months of rain fell in one day and a half. more than 15,000 people had to flee their homes. this woman says that the walls started to crumble. then, water came in through the windows and from the garage. her son lost everything he owns. translation: , ,. , .,

translation: they rescued us at ben bright. _ translation: they rescued us at ben bright, there _ translation: they rescued us at ben bright, there were _ translation: they rescued us at ben bright, there were six - translation: they rescued us at ben bright, there were six of- ben bright, there were six of them. they broke through our gate with a boat. three of them loaded our grandma on a dinghy. they were very kind. translation: ~ ., , ., ., translation: water started to net into translation: water started to get into my — translation: water started to get into my house, _ translation: water started to get into my house, i— translation: water started to get into my house, i had - translation: water started to get into my house, i had to - get into my house, i had to ——at one in the morning. i am disabled, i was lying on the sofa. i never thought the water would enter with such violence. for days, rescue workers have waded through mud and debris to try to save people. but it's proving to be difficult because so many roads flooded. you can see the damage everywhere you look here. when rivers like that their banks, they inundated entire towns and villages. some of them are still underwater. and even though it's stopped raining now, the emergency is not over and people here are still scared. the prime minister has allocated 30 million euros to tackle the emergency. but many

are urging the government to put in place a national plan to deal with floods caused by climate change. which are becoming more and more common in italy. this is a broken community and with more rain expected at the weekend, the whole region remains under a red alert weather warning. which means this emergency is farfrom over. sofia bettiza, bbc news. so, as we've been hearing, the formula 1 grand prix — which was due to take place in the region this weekend — has been cancelled and the giro d'italia cycle race has had to change routes because of the severe weather. live now to los angeles with brianna sacks, who's the extreme weather and disaster reporter for the washington post. thank you very much forjoining us. i wasjust thank you very much forjoining us. i was just going to have to get used to the fact that extreme weather events are going to keep disrupting major

sporting events? already been seeing that the last olympics, we had marathon runners collapsing, snow was basically all artificial invasion and i think sporting events are starting to think about climate change and the risk that puts athletes, pushing themselves to the brink. i'm in california, i'm also an ultra runner and we've had multiple races cancelled due to fires which make air quality worse, smoke in the air. the trails we run no longer exist. the heat waves is a whole other factor as well, and i think it's becoming more of a reality, who are not only have to train in these environments but when i going to the sporting events, are faced with these conditions.

imagine the snow in beijing. i suppose the winter olympics, into sporting events are the ones going to be keenly affected. there are going to be fewer venues that will be able to offer the snow that is really needed, aren't there? i think there was a study recently that only eight out of the 21 olympic winter venues that host them will be able to do that. i think at the end of the century. and i think i saw also the alpine skiing world cup is proposing schedule changes to push back the season, and also their finals because getting so warm. we're auoin to because getting so warm. we're going to have — because getting so warm. we're going to have them _ because getting so warm. we're going to have them cb - because getting so warm. we're going to have them cb all - because getting so warm. we're going to have them cb all fully l going to have them cb all fully synthetic, you think? i going to have them cb all fully synthetic, you think?— synthetic, you think? i don't know, synthetic, you think? i don't know. i'm — synthetic, you think? i don't know, i'm not _ synthetic, you think? i don't know, i'm not a _ synthetic, you think? i don't know, i'm not a ski - synthetic, you think? i don't know, i'm not a ski expert i synthetic, you think? i don't i know, i'm not a ski expert but i think it's looking that way. i think it's looking that way. i know that qatar is hosting their event in the northern hemisphere for the first time,

venues are already starting to play with that. it's probably going to become more of a reality as the climate continues to warm. the contingency _ continues to warm. the contingency planning i continues to warm. the contingency planning is| continues to warm. the contingency planning is going to have to be key, isn't it, for major events? we saw with italy, the formula one grand prix having to be cancelled. in somewhere like italy, you don't really associated with extreme weather events. there is going to have to be a lot of money and time spent on having alternative backup bases. labour and it's also heartbreaking because a lot of these small towns, those who are now in a massive disaster zone, they rely on these in their economy. the tourism, and a lot of money goes into planning them so having a whole other event like plan b, and also making infrastructure sustainable for climate change is a whole other ball game. thank you talking with us.

let's get some of the day's other news now. nebraska has become the latest american state to limit abortion rights. a bill has been passed banning abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy, with some exceptions. the bill also bans "gender—altering surgery" and restricts hormone therapy and puberty—blocking drugs for transgender people under 19. president biden is expected to cut short his asia—pacific visit after the g7 summit, to attend to the issue of the us debt ceiling at home returning to washington on sunday. a second meeting between white house and republican congressional negotiators aimed at avoiding default was held on friday but ended with no progress cited by either side. a us court has ordered an american airman accused of orchestrating one of the highest—profile us intelligence leaks in years to remain injail pending trial. prosecutors say jack teixeira poses an ongoing threat to national security as he might still have access to classified documents. the 21—year—old former air national guardsman

was arrested last month and charged under the espionage act. if you were watching yesterday you would have seen our report she rt from el salvador about the government's brutal crackdown on the street gangs there. in the second part of this report will grant looks at how normal life is returning to many neighbourhoods which spent years under gang control. la campanera is dotted with abandoned houses. when the 18th street gang ran the neighbourhood, scores of homes fell empty, their owners forced out. some became places used for rape, murder and torture. now, with most gang members jailed in a crackdown, the government's returning those homes to local people. schoolteacher audelia rosales received hers through a credit scheme, her neighbourhood shedding its violent past. translation: my children couldn't grow up playing i

in the street or in the parks or have their friends come over, for their security. we, as parents, wouldn't allow it. they grew up cooped up inside for their whole childhoods. undoubtedly, president nayib bukele's security policy is changing the face of el salvador. gang graffiti has been painted over, sometimes whitewashed, sometimes with colourful murals, but supporters say the changes are more than just cosmetic. a morning game of football between teenagers from next door neighbourhoods. there should be nothing out of the ordinary in that and yet, this game is verging on the unique. the players come from places that were run by rival gangs and they couldn't even move from one side to the other, much less hold a game of football. yet, with certain constitutional rights suspended, thousands have been detained without due legal process. the government insists non—gang members will be released soon.

translation: we don't want to arrest anyone i who offered the gangs support but did so because they were forced to and had no choice. we're not capturing innocent people. labour union leader dolores is sceptical. arrested following an anonymous tip—off, she spent seven months away from her children in hellish prison conditions. she describes her treatment as torture. translation: it was - a kidnapping by the state. if you have done something wrong, then you have to pay. but if you haven't, that is deprivation of liberty, and that's kidnapping. i committed no crime, so i shouldn't have been imprisoned. audelia used to stay inside at dusk. now, local kids in la campanera can play without fear of being caught in the crossfire of a turf war. but while ordinary life has returned to long—suffering neighbourhoods, some fear president bukele has permanently militarised el salvador to achieve it. will grant, bbc news san salvador.

the race to space is on. nasa has enlisted a second billionaire to get astronauts back on the moon. amazon'sjeff bezos has won a contract to build a spacecraft. the us space agency is already working with elon musk�*s spacex firm, who was awarded $3 billion to also land on the moon. jonathan amos reports. they are two of the richest individuals on the planet. one, elon musk, has made his fortune by transforming the car industry. the other, jeff bezos, by reinventing the way we buy things on line. but they both have the same passion for space. they are building rockets and spacecraft to get humanity of earth. nasa has already teamed with musk and his spacex company to develop a novel rocket system that will also be able to land on minutes. it is called starship and had its maiden light last month although didn't quite go to plan, blowing up afterfour minutes. now is the turn of

jeff bezos and his blue origin company. nasa wants them to build this, landing craft to put astronauts on moon. it's going to cost about $7 billion. nasa and blue origin will share the cost. , ., , , . the cost. these are public rivate the cost. these are public private partnerships. it'sl the cost. these are public i private partnerships. it's the new way that we go to the moon. it helps nations share the risk, the technical risk in the financial risk.— financial risk. the other flag u . financial risk. the other flag on now. _ financial risk. the other flag on now. you _ financial risk. the other flag up now. you can _ financial risk. the other flag up now, you can see - financial risk. the other flag up now, you can see the i financial risk. the other flag l up now, you can see the stars financial risk. the other flag i up now, you can see the stars & stripes. _ up now, you can see the stars & stri es. �* , :: up now, you can see the stars & stries. h :: , ., , up now, you can see the stars & stries. �*, ii, ., ,, . stripes. it's 50 years since men set — stripes. it's 50 years since men set foot _ stripes. it's 50 years since men set foot on _ stripes. it's 50 years since men set foot on the i stripes. it's 50 years since | men set foot on the moon. remarkable achievements. but apollo astronauts statist days on the surface. when astronauts go back, it will be four weeks at a time. go back, it will be four weeks at a time-— go back, it will be four weeks atatime.~ ., ., , , at a time. we want to establish at a time. we want to establish a presence _ at a time. we want to establish a presence on _ at a time. we want to establish a presence on the i at a time. we want to establish a presence on the moon i at a time. we want to establish a presence on the moon and i a presence on the moon and should ensure we have a consistent access to the moon. three, two, one. four. the return to the moon is going to

involve many participants, multiple new rockets and spacecraft and what elon musk and jeff bezos learn at the moon, they hope to take on to mars. jonathan amos, bbc news. the former women's tennis world number one, simona halep, has been charged with a second doping offence over irregularities in her biological data. the romanian has been suspended since october after earlier testing positive for a banned substance at the us open. she's one of the highest—profile tennis players to fail a drugs test. a reminder of the latest developments of the g7 summit, taking place in hiroshima. these are the latest is that we have of the summit have a very busy day of diplomacy that is under way injapan busy day of diplomacy that is underway injapan and busy day of diplomacy that is under way injapan and soon, they will bejoined under way injapan and soon, they will be joined by the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy will be meeting g7 leaders in person. the confirmation of his visit was the us backing the supply of f-16 the us backing the supply of

f—16 fighter the us backing the supply of f—16fighterjets to ukraine in the news that they will provide training as welcomed by mr zielinski who called it historic. —— a lot ms lansky. hello again. whenever we talk about showers, you can get vastly different weather from one place to the next. if we look at friday's weather in redding, we had hazy spells of sunshine coming through this cloud. it was quite a nice day. butjust down the road, 15 miles away in benson in oxfordshire, got a direct hit from a pretty big shower. it brought 19 millimetres of rain in the space of two hours — that's a third of a month of rain — and instead of it being a nice day, it was a day where you might�*ve needed to paddle to get back to your car. now, over the next few hours, it's essentially dry across england and wales, most places having clear skies. do have some thicker clouds starting to move in across scotland and northern ireland, the cloud thick enough for an occasional spit of rain

but nothing particularly significant. and here are your temperatures as you head into the first part of your weekend. now, the weekend across england and wales, lots of sunshine on the way and it is going to be mostly dry. for scotland and northern ireland, a bit more in the way of cloud but it'll still be bright. however, the cloud at times will be thick enough to give just a little bit of rain. now, any rain that we do see across these north—western areas isn't going to be that heavy because these weather fronts are weak. they're running into an area of high pressure which is tending to squish them. so, saturday morning, we start off perhaps with a nice sunrise for some across scotland, maybe north west england, north—west wales. the thickest cloud across scotland and northern ireland. an odd spit of rain, but not much. england and wales, dry with plenty of sunshine from the word go and we'll keep those sunny skies all day. it is going to feel warm in the sunshine with temperatures widely18—21. a little bit cooler around some of our north sea coasts,

given the developing onshore wind. and a reminder at this time of the year, the may sunshine is a strong sunshine and so, we'll have high levels of uv. so, if you're outside for any length of time, might be worth just thinking about slapping on a bit of sun cream. on into sunday's forecast, it's a similar kind of split to the weather, really, with the cloudier skies across scotland and northern ireland. still some bright weather getting through. again, there could bejust a few spits of rain falling from this weather front that's very weak. england and wales, dry, more sunshine and warm again — temperatures high teens to low 20s. in fact, this weekend, we could see the warmest day of the year so far — not that temperatures are that high. it says more, really, about the fact that the weather's not been that warm so far this year. but into next week, high pressure's in charge and for most, it will stay fine and dry.

this is bbc news. the headlines — g7 leaders meeting injapan are expected to issue a statement on a shared approach on china on the second day of their summit in hiroshima. the us national security advisorjake sullivan said the statement would reflect the desire for stable relations and not be hostile. meanwhile, european allies have welcomed the decision by the united states to allow ukrainian pilots to train on american—made f—16 fighterjets. 1a people have died and thousands have been left homeless after heavy rains and flooding in parts of northern italy. the mayor of the city of ravenna has told the bbc that it's the worst disaster in a century. the formula 1 grand prix, due to take place at imola in the affected area,

has now had to be cancelled.