but 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 some sunny spells and temperatures in 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. russia hits back at a deal to supply ukraine with f—16fighterjets, saying it's fraught with "massive risks" for the west itself. in northern ireland, the republican political party sinn fein is on track to become the largest party in local government, as counting continues in the council elections. 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.

jakov milatovic is sworn in as montenegro�*s new president. hello, i'm mark lobel. 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. he's met british prime minister rishi sunak — the two leaders greeting each other with an embrace. mr sunak reiterated that the uk would continue to provide ukraine with the military assistance needed to win the war and secure a just peace. french president emmanuel macron called mr zelenskiy�*s visit to japan a "game changer," as the they also held talks on the sidelines of the g7 summit. and here is mr zelensky meeting indian prime minister narendra modi. india has so far refused to criticise russia directly

in the conflict due to its relationship with the country. well, on the second day 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. mr zelensky�*s arrival comes hard on the heels of us approval of a scheme to allow ukrainian pilots to train on american—made fi6 fighterjets. russia has warned that western countries would be running "colossal risks" if they supplied ukraine with the f—i6s. us national security adviser

jake sullivan has been speaking about the plan. just yesterday, as you all know, president biden informed his g7 counterparts that the united states will support a joint effort to train ukrainian pilots on fourth—generation fighter aircraft, including f—i6s. over the past few months, we and our allies and partners have really focused on providing ukrain with the systems, weapons and training 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.

live now to our diplomatic correspondentjames landale in kyiv. how has the us u—turn on these f—i6 jets gone down where you are? flat jets gone down where you are? iirrt surprisingly, it has been welcomed. asking for the f—i6s has been something that has been a very familiar chorus notjust on the shuttle diplomacy of president zelensky would also from other senior figures zelensky would also from other seniorfigures and zelensky would also from other senior figures and members of this government. wherever they are in the world, they always ask for more military support in the air. that is for a simple reason, the air above us is a contested space. we know that ukraine has a lot of air defences. but as we experienced ourselves last night, it is a battlefield. it is frequently filled with missiles and drones from russia that pose a real threat, almost on a

daily basis, to the people of ukraine. yes, the air defences managed to shoot down most of them but ukrainians are painfully aware it does not command authority in the skies, so it wants to be able to do that and that has to be a long—term, not in the short—term. even if it is going to take time for ukrainian pilots to be trained on these planes to be delivered and so i think what we are talking about is a long—term commitment, one that is designed for notjust a short—term not just a short—term counteroffensive, but a future defence commitment from the west in the long—term. defence commitment from the west in the long-term— the long-term. some reading into this that president _ the long-term. some reading into this that president zelensky - this that president zelensky focusing on a long—term commitment suggested he was pleased with what he had for a counteroffensive comedy tanks and armoured vehicles and long—range missiles, he feels satisfied enough to feel focused on the long—term. everyone looking for a settlement to the war that is affecting the world and the mood

music with the indian minister seemed positive day. i5 music with the indian minister seemed positive day.- seemed positive day. is that significant? _ seemed positive day. is that significant? if— seemed positive day. is that significant? if that _ seemed positive day. is that significant? if that is - seemed positive day. is that significant? if that is the - seemed positive day. is that. significant? if that is the case then, yes, it is interesting because... countries like india have sat very firmly on the fence. they have not condemned the russian invasion. they have not bought the analysis of ukraine and the west that this is somehow an existential crisis for the international system, that russia is allowed to get away with his invasion and that will weaken the idea that borders should be borders and sovereignty should be protected and country's territorial integrity should be defended. but if there is some kind of coming together between india and ukraine, i think together between india and ukraine, ithink ukraine together between india and ukraine, i think ukraine would see that as a positive move. simply because it is really interesting, summits like the g7, this is sort of president zelensky amongst friends. his real audience that he needs to win over

our countries like india, brazil, thatis our countries like india, brazil, that is also represented at the g7, countries who many of whose leaders he met yesterday, those of the arab league, who don't automatically share the western position. they broadly think this is a dangerous war that should be settled as soon is possible, notjust because it will save lives but also because it will save lives but also because it will better protect the global economy, that they are sufferings from. many countries in the arab world get their grain from ukraine. they are getting less as a result and having to pay more for it and it is having an effect on their economies. it is causing further inflation in the global economy that affects them. their message to president zelensky let's do a deal and have a ceasefire and reach a political settlement. the landscape right —— the argument president zelensky is making is no, we cannot live in a world to quote him, where empires can still invade other countries and the —— that is the

message he is bringing today. india have not condemned the russian invasion and has continued to buy cheap russian gas and oil. india is still buying a lot of russian defence hardware. its relations with russia are still pretty warm. you mentioned _ russia are still pretty warm. you mentioned that _ russia are still pretty warm. you mentioned that submit —— summit in japan, let's go live to the summit and our political editor. chris, you have been there with the prime minister. when he hugged president zelensky, he said, you made it. i kind of thought that was saying you made it to japan, but you made it since handing over the fighter pilot helmet, asking forjets, he has actually got that but in response, russia says massive risks are faced for the west. what did the audience make of that warning from russia?

such a symbolic moment, back in february and the british parliament, when president zelensky addressed parliamentarians and had bad fighter pilot helmet under his arm. even sceptics in that audience as far as the scale of western help for ukraine were concerned were blown away by the power of that argument at the time and as you say, here we are month later and a big stepping stone crossed towards that moment actually arriving. but yes, in that context, the response perhaps inevitable response, coming from moscow, that suggestion that this involvement of western aircraft and ukrainian pilots amounts to a significant potential escalation, that it could prove dangerous, quite striking that moscow is using that language publicly because it was exactly those concerns that had led to some reticence in the west up to this point to get to this point, in

other words the sanctioning by america with the training of pilots, with the prospect of ukrainian pilots in european owned fighter jets very soon, or at least in the coming months. as far as the atmosphere here is concerned, i can tell you that the arrival of president zelensky has grabbed the limelight of the summit. it has been the subject of plenty of speculation in the last 48 hours and now he is here, touring one delegation after another, you can be pretty certain he will dominate the agenda for the remaining 24—hour is of on from his perspective, that is hugely valuable, not because it is surprising that there is plenty in the g7 that support ukraine's because, we have known that for some time, but more that they are willing to sign up to something that amounts to sign up to something that amounts to doing more than has been offered so far and to doing more than has been offered so farand amounts to doing more than has been offered so far and amounts to something that is guaranteed to be long—term, it

cannot be short—term because of the time it takes to train the pilots and the time it will take after that to acquire thejets, and the time it will take after that to acquire the jets, so from his perspective, he has that longer term as he sees it improvement in support from members of the g7 and elsewhere and a chance to try and persuade as james was reflecting some of those leaders, whether they be from india or brazil or elsewhere, who had to now from a ukrainian perspective have not been as supportive as they might have hoped and some valuable face time as opposed to just a conversation on the phone or via video link to try and make their case. , w video link to try and make their case. , , , ., case. president zelensky stealing the limelight _ case. president zelensky stealing the limelight but _ case. president zelensky stealing the limelight but they _ case. president zelensky stealing the limelight but they were - case. president zelensky stealing the limelight but they were otherj the limelight but they were other issues discussed. the buzzword of the semi, trying to re—riskiu china and re—risking ai. it the semi, trying to re-riskiu china and re-risking ai.— and re-risking ai. it was not a formal whole _ and re-risking ai. it was not a formal whole item _

and re-risking ai. it was not a formal whole item on - and re-risking ai. it was not a formal whole item on the - and re-risking ai. it was not a i formal whole item on the agenda and re-risking ai. it was not a - formal whole item on the agenda but it was something that leaders were team to discuss. it is a huge challenge for leaders around the world and society more broadly, how does society wrestle with the power of artificial intelligence? a power that be both a can positive and a negative. british prime minister rishi sunak talking to us on the way here about the need to put guardrails again sleeping until —— potential dangers of artificial intelligence whilst recognising its huge potential and positives as well. china, as you say, there is no doubt that there is huge concern in this region of course about an increasingly muscular china, about what that might mean for taiwan, the independent collection of islands of the chinese coasts which china regards as part of its own —— part of its own territory. a repetition of its own territory. a repetition of the long—standing view of the g7

about a desire for china to not escalate as far as its outlook on taiwan is concerned but that remains our ongoing concern and it is a reminderfor audiences in europe that as you head a little further away from ukraine, the focus of geopolitics can extend naturally elsewhere, from a european perspective that ukraine war is something that is front and centre, a little less so as you get further away geographically and when you are in this kind of forum, a forum like the g7, you do get a real sense of that. it the g7, you do get a real sense of that. , , ., that. it is saturday night where you are, that. it is saturday night where you are. chris- — that. it is saturday night where you are, chris. thank— that. it is saturday night where you are, chris. thank you _ that. it is saturday night where you are, chris. thank you for _ that. it is saturday night where you are, chris. thank you for your - are, chris. thank you for your reporting from hiroshima. now, to northern ireland, where counting continues after thursday's local council elections. over half of the seats have already been filled, with sinn fein making strong gains. if its momentum is maintained, the party will replace the democratic unionists as the largest force in local government. that would be a first for an irish nationalist party.

live now to our ireland correspondent, emma vardy. what is the latest and why has sinn fein's message seemingly resonated so well? we fein's message seemingly resonated so well? ~ ., fein's message seemingly resonated so well? ~ . ., ., , so well? we are about three quarters ofthe so well? we are about three quarters of the way through _ so well? we are about three quarters of the way through the _ so well? we are about three quarters of the way through the counting. - so well? we are about three quarters of the way through the counting. the | of the way through the counting. the second day of counting here and yesterday morning. the picture was becoming pretty clear yesterday and sinn fein's position has been cemented hour by hour today. don't forget, their ultimate aim is to leave the uk and join up with the irish republic to create a united ireland but they don't put this front and centre of their campaign. they try to broaden their appeal and talk to people about issues that affect everybody but something that has benefited then this time around has benefited then this time around has been the situation not in local councils but at stormont, the devolved government where their rivals the dup, the unionist party, have been blocking a return to power sharing, they have been boycotting devolved government because of the opposition to the brexiteer arrangements. at that stalemate at

stormont has left northern ireland without a government for a year and has frustrated many opponents. many have been united behind sinn fein to strength —— send a strong message about their frustrations and that has benefited sinn fein, seeing them pick up seats. the dup vote has largely held up and they will see that as a sign of support for their tab stance and holding out on power—sharing and stormont. but also the unionist vote has been splintered and some going off to a harder line party. the dup vote has held up at conversely, there blocking of stormont has energised nationalists and senior twins for sinn fein that leaves them in a strong position. if sinn fein that leaves them in a strong position.— sinn fein that leaves them in a strong position. if the deadlock has ener: ised strong position. if the deadlock has energised voters, _ strong position. if the deadlock has energised voters, these _ strong position. if the deadlock has energised voters, these are - strong position. if the deadlock has energised voters, these are local . energised voters, these are local elections, so how will it affect the deadlock in practice? {iii elections, so how will it affect the deadlock in practice?— elections, so how will it affect the deadlock in practice? of course, you

could sa , deadlock in practice? of course, you could say. why _ deadlock in practice? of course, you could say, why don't _ deadlock in practice? of course, you could say, why don't people - deadlock in practice? of course, you could say, why don't people vote - deadlock in practice? of course, you could say, why don't people vote on | could say, why don't people vote on local issues, bin collections, regeneration of local areas, but we always know that elections can mean different things to voters and this has been the first big chance to send a message on the overall political picture since that past year of stalemate. what would it mean? of course, the dup were always going to have a big decision to make after these elections, we knew they were not going to make any quick decisions about going back into stormont while still in campaigning mode for local elections. now we have the other side of these, the question is what will they do next? they say they want to return to stormont as quickly is possible and there has been talk of that possibly happening in autumn but what they want first is more to be done by the westminster government, different legislation, something that gives them greater guarantees and delays concerns that they have about the brexiteer arrangements. it is all about the difficulties getting goods from great britain into northern ireland —— brexit. but also they

believe, this has undermined northern ireland boss of es position in the uk and they want more to be done by the westminster government to give them some guarantees on that and they say they will not be going into stormont until that is done. they don't seem to be this pathway where they can see it is possible. they say they will be working with the westminster government to do that and as i say, there has been talk of something happening around autumn. big questions for the dup going ahead. but there is lots of victory celebrations from sinn fein today and other —— and another strong result from them. today and other -- and another strong result from them. fascinating anal sis. 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. 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. now, it's time for a look at today's sport. the third round of the us pga championship is just getting underway, with the first players

teeing off at oak hill country club in rochester, upstate new york. the leaders will go out later and it's a three—way tie at the top. scottie scheffler is sharing top spot with, viktor hovland and corey connors at 5—under par. scheffler and connors, both had rounds of 68 on friday, while hovland went one better with a 67. scheffler is looking to add a second major to his collection, and he thinks he is in a good position to do it. ifind i find myself comfortable ifind myself comfortable in i find myself comfortable in these situations. these are the positions i want to be in. i want to be near the lead, i do not want to be on 30th position or going home. i am proud with how i did on the first two days and i am excited to be in a good position going into the weekend but i am just going to keep my head down and keep doing what i am doing. rory mcilroy had another mixed round, still stuggling to find his best form, but this birdie on the ninth, his first of three in the round, helped him finish on level par.

when i hold that part at the last and i love that the board and could not believe i am five back. i know if i can get in and play—offs the tea, that is the key to success of the weekend. if i can do that i will have a shot. harry kane has put tottenham ahead against brentford. it's just approaching half time and the latest is 1—0 to tottenham. the rest of the premier league games could go a long way to deciding a number of issues. everton need points, if they lost then nottingham forest could secure their safety by beating arsenal, which would also deceide the title race. a defeat would mean arsenal could not catch leaders manchester city who play on sunday. forest are only focusing on themselves though. if we are thinking about what—ifs and other things beyond being at our best on saturday, then we won't be

at our best and obviously that is something that can happen with the level of team arsenal are. the attitude and the atmosphere in training has been very good, very motivated. in tennis, the first of the two men's semifinals is underway at the rome masters. holger rune, the man who knocked out novak djokovic, against casper ruud. meanwhile ukraine's anhelina kalinina, will face wimbledon champion elena rubyakina in the women's final later after kalinina beat russia's, veronika kudermetova in three sets, and dedicated her victory to the people of ukraine. she didn't shake hands, with kudermetova at the net, because of russia's invasion of her country. miami heat lead boston celtics 2—0 in the nba's eastern conference finals. the best of seven series, now heads to florida for game three on sunday, and the celtics know they have it all to do after back to back home defeats.

they came and won two games. but, you know, we are not dead anything, we have a great opportunity. i still have the confidence, everyone has the utmost confidence, and we have to get ready for game three. it's boxer katie taylor's long awaited homecoming fight in ireland on saturday night, when she takes on chantelle cameron in dublin. it's the first major boxing event to be held, in the republic, for more than a decade. it will be the first time in boxing history that two undisputed champions have met, with taylor stepping up from lightweight to challenge cameron for her super lightweight titles. should taylor win, she would have the unique distinction of being the first undisputed female champion in two weight divisions. and that's all the sport for now. jakov milatovic has been sworn in as montenegro's new president. he's replacing milo djukanovic, the man who dominated politics

in the tiny adriatic country for more than 30 years. live now to our balkans correspondent, guy de launey. how significant a result is this for the country? it how significant a result is this for the country?— how significant a result is this for the country? it is absolutely huge because if you — the country? it is absolutely huge because if you think _ the country? it is absolutely huge because if you think about - the country? it is absolutely huge because if you think about it, - the country? it is absolutely huge i because if you think about it, going back to 1991, in the former yugoslavia, the only thing you could count on was that milo djukabovic was in charge in montenegro and this is going through the break—up of yugoslavia, the different wars that we had in the 1990s, the various different formulation is that you had with serbia and montenegro and finally montenegrin independence. milo djukabovic was in charge throughout all of that and his party also dominated in the parliament as well. and now for him to be dethroned byjakov well. and now for him to be dethroned by jakov milatovic, well. and now for him to be dethroned byjakov milatovic, the much younger challenger, that is a hugely significant moment because

the voters in montenegro said we want a change, we want the milo djukabovic era to be over. his party as well has been on the wane in parliamentary and local elections and elections that we have next month again for parliament, it looks very much like the dps will be second best in that. the party coming up is the party ofjakov milatovic. he is promising and his party is promising an accelerated road towards european union membership and they are going to achieve this by putting in place the kind of reforms that montenegrins need to see, reforms which bring greater rule of law, improve judiciary and a lot less corruption. it is a big promise butjakov milatovic says he is proud to be taking on the challenge.- milatovic says he is proud to be taking on the challenge. thank you ve much taking on the challenge. thank you very much for— taking on the challenge. thank you very much for that _ taking on the challenge. thank you very much for that update. - the supply of a drug to treat the symptoms of menopause is being restricted by the uk government because of shortages. pharmacists are being told to dispense only two months' worth of capsules of utrogestan, which is a form of progesterone. the order was issued by the department of health, which says it will ensure more women

can continue to access the medication they need. greater manchester police investigating a dog attack near wigan in which a 37—year—old man —jonathan hogg — died have made a second arrest and seized 15 dogs. items totalling a value of £37,500 believed to be the result of criminal proceeds have also been seized. earlier, a 24—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dangerously out of control dog. a masked man has attacked a statue on the front of the bbc�*s broadcasting house in central london with a hammer and chisel. there has been a campaign to remove the statue of prospero and ariel, because the sculptor, eric gill, wrote about sexually abusing two of his daughters in his diary. it's the second time the 1930s work at broadcasting house has been targeted.

you are watching bbc news and you are now up—to—date. please stay with us. we have differing fortunes across the home nations this weekend. have a look out of the window in west wales, porthmadog, beautifully sunny and warm in the sunshine. moving to scotland, much more layered cloud and that has brought rain, that rain tending to peter out for the most part. and we are starting to see a little more wet weather coming to the west. underneath the cloud, temperature 16 or 17. but in the sunshine across england and wales temperatures reaching 21 celsius. a little cooler around some north sea

coasts. this evening and overnight, getting wetter for a while in scotland and northern ireland before the year—end peters out. maybe some mist and fog and low cloud across eastern areas of england. temperatures could be as low as four celsius. this is sunday and high—pressure extending across the uk. a bit more of an eastern breeze. cloud coming in off the north sea. some sunshine around as well. not much rain falling by the afternoon in scotland and northern ireland. there could be some sunshine in the far north—west. it will not help the temperatures. it may well be cooler in scotland and northern ireland on sunday. still the warm sunshine for england and and temperatures reaching 21 celsius. next week, not too much changing. another weakening

weather front moves in from the atlantic and brings very little rain. following that, the art shower in western scotland and northern ireland. but a lot of dry weather and plenty of sunshine. a northerly breeze on monday. temperatures changing very little. that weather pattern continues into next week. again, high—pressure never too far away. it will be on the far north at least decent weather fronts now and again and a stronger breeze that will maybe bring some rain but on the whole, a lot of dry weather into next week and those temperatures are near average as well.

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�*. russia says western countries will be running "colossal risks" if they supply ukraine with f—16fighterjets. it follows the announcement the us will allow western allies to givejets to ukraine, as well as facilitating joint allied training programs for ukrainian troops. protests have been held overnight in several cities in iran in response to the execution of three men on friday, who were convicted in connection with the recent wave of mass anti—government demonstrations. the executions have been condemned internationally.