in the high teens and temperatures in the high teens and temperatures in the high teens and low 20s. live from london, this is bbc news... ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky meets uk prime minister rishi sunak at the g7 summit injapan. meanwhile, g7 leaders have issued a statement on a shared approach to china, as well as tackling the challenges of ai, as the second day of talks wraps up. protests are held across iran in response to the execution of three men on friday, convicted in connection with the recent wave of mass anti—government demonstrations. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is in hiroshima tojoin g7 talks, after winning long—sought us

support for access to advanced fighterjets and training for ukraine. shortly after landing in hiroshima, president zelensky tweeted that he was expecting to have important meetings with partners and friends of ukraine. he said "peace will be closer" as a result of the summit. in the last hour, he met british prime minister rish sunak. the two leaders greeted each other with an embrace. asked if it was a good day, the ukrainian president smiled, nodded and said "thank you". they had already met on monday here in the uk, where it was announced that britain would send hundreds of air defence missiles and armed drones to ukraine. on the second days of talks injapan, the leaders of the g7 group of advanced nations have issued a statement on a shared approach to promote global economic resilience and to counter economic coercion. they said that any malign actor trying to, as they put it, "weaponise" economic dependence would fail. the g7 leaders added that their policy was not designed to harm china or thwart its economic progress.

the statement also warned against what it said was china's "militarisation" in the south china sea, and it urged beijing to pressure moscow to end its war in ukraine. live now to our correspondent shaimaa khalil in hiroshima. ukraine shaimaa khalil in hiroshima. really dominating yes and ukraine really dominating yesterday and now the president has arrived, it is looking to dominate again today. what is president zelensky hoping for? he had this big announcement aboutjets hoping for? he had this big announcement about jets yesterday. hoping for? he had this big announcement aboutjets yesterday. i announcement about jets yesterday. i think he is hoping for more conversations about those jets. he has arrived at the centre of the world stage, talking about more support for ukraine, ukraine has really been at the heart of this g7 summit. on day one, in no uncertain terms, the g7 leaders have announced their support for ukraine, condemnations of russian aggression and today, we got that line of what

this further support is going to look like and it is going to look like the f—16 gent —— jet fighters and training for ukrainian pilots in the coming months. no doubt, he comes here on solid ground in terms of the support he has been asking forfour of the support he has been asking for four months and is finally getting. but i think his physical appearance at the summit is quite significant. when the ukrainian national security official confirmed he was coming, he said our president's physical presence in japan is hugely important for him to push our interests and i think this is really if you will that next phase that president zelensky comes into these important meetings and makes the case for more support for ukraine but it is not it is a very important step but there is so much to hash out. time is going to be a significant thing. it is going to take time to train these pilots.

i don't think we are going to see these f—i6jets taking part i don't think we are going to see these f—i6 jets taking part in any kind of combat anytime soon because again we don't know about the delivery, who is going to deliver them, when they are going be delivered and how effective they are going to be, so all of this i'm sure is going to be part of the talks but he is also having interesting meetings with friends and people he is trying to bring onside. he met the indian prime minister and that must have been a very interesting conversation because of course he has very close ties with russia. india has outright said they are not going to stop buying russian oil. they are going to continue depending on russian energy and this is the exact opposite of what the g7 is trying to achieve. what president zelensky has said to the indian prime minister to try and change his stance, it would be interesting to see if he succeeds, and if he gets

more aid from india to ukraine as well. ~ ., ., ., . ., well. we have not got much more time but talus about — well. we have not got much more time but talus about the _ well. we have not got much more time but talus about the other _ well. we have not got much more time but talus about the other issues - but talus about the other issues they have been tackling today. they have been talking about economic coercion and the threats posed by ai. ., �* , , coercion and the threats posed by ai. ., �*, , , , ai. that's right. very quickly, they have been talking _ ai. that's right. very quickly, they have been talking about _ ai. that's right. very quickly, they have been talking about economic| have been talking about economic coercion, we have not mentioned beijing's inane but it is obvious it is who they mean —— in name. they are also talking about a lesser dependency on chinese money, the chinese economy. this is going to be difficult because if you look at all these countries, whether it is the g7 countries all the guests that japan has invited, china is a key trading partner, so how do you maintain that balance? how do you hold beijing's responsible, how do you make it accountable for these

actions? but also looking into the future, practically, do fair business with beijing. that is the balancing act they need to make and thatis balancing act they need to make and that is the challenge that comes out of this communique. ahead of his visit to hiroshima, president zelensky attended an arab league summit in saudi arabia. in his address, he accused some arab leaders of "turning a blind eye" to russia's invasion of ukraine. mr zelensky said some of them had failed to recognise what's happening in his country and urged the region to back ukraine against russian aggression. our correspondent sameer hashmi has been following zelensky�*s comments from jeddah, where the arab league summit is held. it was pretty insignificant, no two ways about it. it was a big surprise because until yesterday morning, when the summit was about to start, no one knew he was coming. it was just announced two hours before the summit started. until that time, the focus was on president assad, making his first appearance at the arab summit. but coming back to

president zelensky, it was a powerful, strong speech. he implored and said that many countries in the world, including some in this room, have turned a blind eye to russian aggression. he said that it was important to recognise that russia was aggressive against ukraine, and the world needs to take notice, including the arab world. most countries in this region have been taking a neutral stance. they still have close ties with moscow, they are happy and cooperating when it comes to oil production, and there have been no sanctions that have been imposed. so what president zelensky is hoping is that this trip will send a message to some of those arab countries do basically put some sort of pressure on russia. may be countries like saudi arabia, which have some leverage over moscow because of oil production, to bring this down to the negotiation table and work out a solution. saudi arabia has offered to mediate between the two

countries and i think that is what president zelensky is hoping, that there will be some support from this region. jakov milatovic will be sworn in as montenegro's new president later today. he's replacing milo djukanovic — the man who dominated the tiny adriatic country's politics for more than 30 years. live now to our balkans correspondent, guy de launey. this is a big change for the country, isn't it? this is a big change for the count , isn't it? ~ , , country, isn't it? absolutely huge chance country, isn't it? absolutely huge change because _ country, isn't it? absolutely huge change because there _ country, isn't it? absolutely huge change because there is - country, isn't it? absolutely huge change because there is one - country, isn't it? absolutely huge| change because there is one thing that you could count on in this region, the former yugoslavia, over the past 30 years, no matter where countries were breaking up, changing names, warring with each other, you could count on milo djukabovic being in charge in montenegro and that was

until a few minutes ago really. he has now been replaced as president by jakov milatovic and that really does bring down the curtain on one of the longest rains in politics in any european country, going back to 1991. milo djukabovic is out and jakov milatovic is in and although the presidency is a ceremonial role, the presidency is a ceremonial role, the symbolism of milo djukabovic losing the election to this much younger man with a new outlook in montenegro is absolutely huge and it will not be missed by anybody in montenegro at all. leta: will not be missed by anybody in montenegro at all.— will not be missed by anybody in montenegro at all. lets talk more about that outlook. _ montenegro at all. lets talk more about that outlook. the _ montenegro at all. lets talk more about that outlook. the name - montenegro at all. lets talk more about that outlook. the name of. montenegro at all. lets talk more l about that outlook. the name of his party says it all, europe now. we are going to see much more looking towards the eu. i think you promised during the election process that he would get membership within five years. would get membership within five ears. . , would get membership within five ears, ., , ., would get membership within five ears. ., , ., , would get membership within five ears. . _ ,. years. that is a very optimistic oint of years. that is a very optimistic point of view. _ years. that is a very optimistic point of view. but _ years. that is a very optimistic point of view. but he - years. that is a very optimistic point of view. but he has - years. that is a very optimistic - point of view. but he has repeated what he is aiming to do during this

speech at the inauguration and he says that the only way to achieve the reforms that montenegro needs to eliminate corruption, to bring up incomes in montenegro, is to follow the path of european integration and make the reforms the country needs to make in orderjoin the european union. he is definitely banging that drum and he has also said he will be a president that aims to unify the country. too often in the past he said there had been divisions which had been artificially created as a cover, a smoke screen, for people to acutely personal individual wealth. a little bit of shaming being cast on the previous regime byjakov milatovic. on the previous regime by jakov milatovic. ~ . , ~ ., , ., milatovic. what is he like as a erson? milatovic. what is he like as a person? it — milatovic. what is he like as a person? it looks _ milatovic. what is he like as a person? it looks very - milatovic. what is he like as a person? it looks very young. | milatovic. what is he like as a i person? it looks very young. he milatovic. what is he like as a - person? it looks very young. he is extremely — person? it looks very young. he is extremely young. _ person? it looks very young. he is extremely young, just _ person? it looks very young. he is extremely young, just 36 - person? it looks very young. he is extremely young, just 36 years . person? it looks very young. he: 3 extremely young, just 36 years old. disgraceful young, to be a head of state really! and he is very international. no envy on my part at all. he has a very international outlook and international experience

was not has been educated at oxford united —— oxford university in the uk and various other places in europe and the us. he has also worked for deutsche bank. he has experience in the private sector and the public sector and a very international outlook and this will be for a small country like montenegro very handy, you would think, to have somebody who knows what it is like in other countries, knows how to speak to people at high levels in industry and government. and the ngo sector. at is going to be usefulfor montenegro and the ngo sector. at is going to be useful for montenegro going forward and an asset for them to deploy. iii 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. 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 flood water. 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: divers rescued us at midnight. 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: water started to get into my house at around one in the morning. lam 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 and save people, but it is proving to be difficult, because so many roads are flooded. you can see the damage everywhere you look here. when rivers, like that one, broke their banks, they inundated entire towns and villages. some of them are still under water, 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. 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. our correspondent peter bowes has more. this measure has passed after weeks of heated debate, indeed angry protests, in and around the legislative chamber during the final hours of debate, leading up to the vote. and rather unusually, this bill has combined two issues, the issue of abortion, but also the issue of medical care for transgender teenagers. the end result on abortion,

it is banned after 12 weeks, as a result of this bill, which we expect the state governor to sign into law fairly soon. on the issue of medical assistance for transgender teenagers, transgender altering surgery has been banned and the use of so—called puberty blockers, drugs that paused puberty for people under the age of 19, restrictions have been put on the use of those drugs, but not a ban. and i think it is significant that these restrictions are not as harsh as certainly some other states, in terms of legislation around the country. but also, not as harsh as originally envisaged by republicans for this particular bill. for example, they wanted abortion to be banned afterjust six weeks. and it seems this has become a political reality, that they would have

to be some compromise. there was some opposition on the republican side to this. and of course, this comes just under a year after the us supreme court overturned a woman's constitutional right to have an abortion and ever since then, there have been abortion bans brought in in ia states around the country, there are still many cases going through the courts, cases that are challenging the efforts of state governments. as far as this particular legislation in nebraska is concerned, opponents say that it is unconstitutional and that it is cruel. supporters say it is essentially safeguarding the rights of the unborn baby. they also say to safeguarding those teenagers who may go ahead with irreversible medical procedures that some people say they may live to regret.

authorities in iran have executed three men sentenced to death in connection with the nationwide anti—government protests last year. the men were convicted over their alleged involvement in a shooting attack that killed three security personnel in isfahan in november. amnesty international says they were subjected to unfair trials and allegedly tortured. four other protesters have been hanged since december. so, you said these people, as you mentioned in the report, they were sentenced to death by revolutionary corps after being subjected to torture and based on confessions extracted under torture, so basically we are talking about extrajudicial killing. and, you know, the problem is that we are having a surge in the executions. only in may, in the last 20 days, more than 103 people have been executed,

so we have executions every day. execution of these protesters has received more attention. we hope that the international community will show a strong reaction and that these executions will have consequences for the iranian regime. otherwise, more than 100 other protesters can be...are in danger of being executed. 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 transferring the car industry. the other, jeff bezos, by reinventing the way we buy things online, but they both have the same passion, for space. musk and jeff bezos are building

rockets and spacecraft to get humanity off earth. nasa has already teamed with elon musk and his space x company to develop a novel rocket system that will also be able to land on planets. it is called starship and had its maiden flight last month, although it didn't quite go to plan, blowing up after four minutes. now it's the turn ofjeff bezos and his blue origin company. nasa wants them to build this, a landing craft, to put astronauts on the moon. it is going to cost about $7 billion. nasa and blue origin will share the cost. these are public—private partnerships. it's the new way that we go to the moon. it helps nasa share the risk, the technical risk, and the financial risk. they've got the flag up now, you can see the stars and stripes... it is 50 years since man set foot on the moon.

remarkable achievements, but apollo astronauts stayed just days on the surface. when astronauts go back, it will be four weeks at a time. we want to establish permanence on the moon and we want to ensure that we have consistent access to the moon. three, two, one, booster... the return to the moon is going to involve many participants, notably all records and spacecraft, and what elon musk and jeff bezos learn at the moon they hope to take on to mars. the american basketballer brittney griner has played her first competitive game since returning to the us after being held in russia over drug charges. it's her first appearance in a wnba game in nearly two years. vice president kamala harris was among the spectators in los angeles. the wnba star was arrested in february 2022 at moscow airport, accused of possessing a small quantity of cannabis oil and sentenced to nine years in prison. she was released ten months later in a high—profile prisoner swap

with the russian arms dealer viktor bout. it was nice to be back on court, in a real game and everything. the love from the fans when i came out was amazing. the players... i definitely feel it, and i felt it when i was over there, still. every single lady in this league, coach, that reached out, did anything, you know, i felt that. protesters are taking part in a mass paddle at 11 bathing spots across the uk today to demonstrate against the discharging of sewage into the sea. it comes after water companies in england apologised for repeated sewage spills, of which there were 300,000 last year. let's go live now to brighton beach to speak to izzy ross from marine conservation charity

surfers against sewage. what is it like on the south coast today? what is it like on the south coast toda ? ., ., what is it like on the south coast toda ? ., ._ ., what is it like on the south coast toda ? ., ., . , today? today we have some currents, as ou can today? today we have some currents, as you can see. _ today? today we have some currents, as you can see. i— today? today we have some currents, as you can see, i am _ today? today we have some currents, as you can see, i am drifting - today? today we have some currents, as you can see, i am drifting away - as you can see, i am drifting away from the crowds as i speak to you. but you can see in the background, everyone is revved up against ec which companies they want to see action and they are also having fun but they are here for an important message. we are sick of sewage. the water companies say they will be putting £10 billion into tackling spells and cutting the number of spills by 35%. what is your reaction to this? does it feel like finally your message is getting through? yes, their apology came to days before our national protest, we have thousands of people paddling out across the country. we think we are getting through to them but an apology is not enough. we need to

see action and that is why we are here today. see action and that is why we are here today-— here today. thank you so much 'oinin: here today. thank you so much joining us _ here today. thank you so much joining us from _ here today. thank you so much joining us from brighton. - here today. thank you so much joining us from brighton. it - here today. thank you so much joining us from brighton. it is l joining us from brighton. it is quite difficult for you as to hear each other but we got there and how many places around the country have we got a how many people are you expecting? we we got a how many people are you exectin: ? ~ ., we got a how many people are you exectinu? ., ' we got a how many people are you meeting?— expecting? we have 12 around the count , expecting? we have 12 around the country. 12 — expecting? we have 12 around the country, 12 protests. _ expecting? we have 12 around the country, 12 protests. every - expecting? we have 12 around the country, 12 protests. every water. country, 12 protests. every water company area has a protest today and we have a mixture of 100, 200, 600 in plymouth, altogether over a thousand people protesting against the see which companies and their water pollution. we the see which companies and their water pollution.— the see which companies and their water pollution. we have also heard from the government _ water pollution. we have also heard from the government wanting - from the government wanting companies to put consumers above profits. there is concern about the amount being paid out in dividends to shareholders from the water companies and then they are also saying that the bills may have to go up saying that the bills may have to go up to cover this 10 billion, but then the government also saying it is putting the pressure on them to

invest 56 billion over 25 years, so we have heard from the government and the water companies. yes. we have heard from the government and the water companies.— we have heard from the government and the water companies. yes, so we need that money _ and the water companies. yes, so we need that money not _ and the water companies. yes, so we need that money not to _ and the water companies. yes, so we need that money not to come - and the water companies. yes, so we need that money not to come from i need that money not to come from customer bills. we have already paid once for demand —— environmental protection, that is part of the statutory obligations the water companies hold. it is not our responsibility to pay again. they need to stop paying out dividends and start investing in infrastructure. i and start investing in infrastructure. ., �* ~' and start investing in infrastructure. ., �* ~ infrastructure. i don't think you are auoin infrastructure. i don't think you are going to — infrastructure. i don't think you are going to catch _ infrastructure. i don't think you are going to catch many - infrastructure. i don't think you are going to catch many waves| infrastructure. i don't think you - are going to catch many waves today. it looks very flat in ryton today. flat but windy. —— in brighton today. flat but windy. -- in brighton toda . . ~ flat but windy. -- in brighton toda . ., ~ ., ., , today. thank you for 'oining us. live from t today. thank you for 'oining us. live from brighton _ today. thank you forjoining us. live from brighton beach. - 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 said that she has not knowingly taken any banned substance. for millions of people across africa, football is an obsession. but while many aspire to be top players, one woman in the democratic republic of congo has gone in a different direction, as tim allman explains. rachel zihindula is only 2a years old but she has a certain air of self—confidence. she is a fan of the beautiful game but she never kicks a ball in anger. rachel is a referee — and she's notjust any referee. translation: i've been a referee since 2015. - i started the referee training here in goma. i went for local and national tests. i passed and now i'm an international referee. it has been a tough journey for rachel. her mother abandoned the family not long after herfather, her biggest cheerleader, died. but she has not let it hold her back, a fact that's been appreciated by everyone who knows her. translation: i saw

her meteoric rise. i when i heard that she was going to become a fifa referee, i thought it was well—deserved. everyone is proud. rachel hopes she'll be an inspiration to others, especially other women, who she says must fight to achieve their goals. as long as you follow the rules, of course. rachel will make sure of that. tim allman, bbc news. quite a defined splitting weather conditions this week across the uk. that shows up in the satellite imagery from space. a mass of clouds across italy. but as we push towards our shores, this strip of cloud will bring some grey skies compared to its any conditions for england and wales. some patchy fair weather cloud in the south. some hazy

sunshine but thickening again later bringing outbreaks of rain. that will limit uv levels. some strong sunshine overhead for england and this afternoon and the highest of the temperatures in the west, 21, 20 two celsius. scotland and northern ireland cool than yesterday. the rain turns heavier and more extensive in scotland and northern ireland tonight. it will set in place into the morning. that will keep temperatures in double figures. the clear skies in england and wales. a fresh start deal. some mist and fog patches, not as much as this morning. isolated chance of some sea fog in the north sea. scotland and northern ireland another cloudy day. a lot more sunshine to the north and

west. temperatures still in the lota mid—teens. getting into the low 20s but more widely across western areas away from the breeze in the east. next week, a ridge of high pressure trying to build its way in. but almostjust on the edge of it and that means we will see weak weather fronts toppling across the bringing showers to scotland and northern ireland on monday. many places fully dry. still plenty of sunshine and the warmest in the south—west where the warmest in the south—west where the breeze will be added lightest. the area of high pressure through much of this week. for many of us, the week ahead after what has been a rather dull and damp spring so far goes out on a fairly dry note with sunny spells and temperatures in the high teens and low 20s.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, has met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky on the sidelines of the g7 summit in hiroshima. mr zelensky says that the summit will bring peace 'closer�*. as day two of talks wrap up, g7 leaders have issued a statement on a shared approach to china. us national security advisor, jake sullivan, said it reflected the desire for stable relations with beijing but also provided tools to address concerns.