live from london, this is bbc news. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky meets uk prime minister rishi sunak at the g7 summit injapan. russia hits back at a deal to supply ukraine with f—16fighterjets, saying it's fraught with "massive risks" for the west. 1a people have died and thousands have been left homeless, after heavy rains and flooding in parts of northern italy. in northern ireland, the republican political party sinn fein is on track to become the largest party in local government. and is the rate of change in artificial intelligence too fast for schools in the uk? that's the warning from some headteachers.

hello, i'm mark lobel. ukraine's president zelensky has arrived injapan where he's meeting world leaders at the g7 summit. he's said that "peace will become closer", after the us agreed to train ukrainian pilots on american f—16 fighterjets, paving the way for european countries to supply the warplanes to kyiv. moscow said western countries will be running "colossal risks" if the jets are sent to ukraine. our political editor, chris mason, reports from hiroshima. the airport here has welcomed rather a few leaders in the last few days. and here came another one. after a tour of europe and a trip to the middle east, president zelensky arrived in japan today. long haul diplomacy amid a long, drawn out war and ongoing pleas for help. they met on monday in the uk

and they met again here. the president and the prime minister made it. ukraine's leader said enhanced cooperation would bring victory for him and claimed peace is closer and closer to peace. for months, ukraine has been asking for warplanes and in particular, these fighter jets, f—igs. america, which makes them, has now said its allies who have them can give them to ukraine. the uk doesn't have any of these planes, but is one of several countries, including the us, that will help the ukrainian air force. the united states will support a joint effort to train ukrainian pilots on fourth generation fighter aircraft, including f—igs. we have turned to discussions about improving the ukrainian air force as part of our long term commitment to ukraine's self defence. this is unquestionably a big win for ukraine, securing the first stage

of what it's long hoped for, the training of its pilots with the expectation that the planes themselves will follow. and president zelensky is the centre of attention here and that sends a pretty blunt message to moscow. but not everyone is a straightforward cheerleader for ukraine. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, has never condemned russia's invasion. the g7 leaders gathered for what's known as their family photo this afternoon. they'll have more talks with volodymyr zelensky throughout the weekend. chris mason, bbc news, in hiroshima. ukraine top of the agenda in the g7 meeting. we are having some breaking news. the complete capture of bakhmut.

the ukrainians are fighting the russians here. we should take this news with a pinch of salt because a couple of days ago, we heard the ukrainian military reported retreats around the city. this claim, the symbolic victory, which would be for either side, would be significant. at the moment, all they are saying is the head of the group is claiming to have captured the city completely. we will bring you more in a moment. our political editor chris mason in hiroshima. chris was there for that embrace between rishi sunak and president zelensky. back in february, mr zelensky gifted a pilot's helmet to the british parliament. our correspondent chris mason says the impact of that moment rippled through to today's events. such a symbolic moment. back in

february in the british parliament when volodymyr zelensky address parliamentarians and had that fighter pilot's helmet under his arm. even sceptics in that audience, as far as the scale of western support for ukraine was concerned, were blown away by the power at the time. here we are seven months later and a big stepping stone cross towards that moment arriving. but in that context, the response inevitable, coming from moscow, the suggestion that this involvement of western aircraft and ukrainian pilots amounts to a significant escalation, that it could prove dangerous. quite striking moscow is using the luggage publicly because it was those concerns that have led to some reticence in the west up to this point. in other words, the

sanctioning by america of the training of pilots on f—i6jets, with the prospects of ukrainian pilots on european owned jets very soon, orat pilots on european owned jets very soon, or at least in the coming months. as far as the atmosphere here is concerned, the arrival of moderate muslim skee has grabbed the limelight —— arrival of volodymyr zelensky. now he is here touring one delegation after another, you can be certain he would dominate the agenda for the remaining 24—hour is. from his perspective, that is usually valuable, not because it is surprising that plenty supports his course, we've known that for some time. but that they are willing to sign up to something that amounts to doing more than offered so far, and thatis doing more than offered so far, and that is guaranteed to be long—term. it can't be short—term because of

the time it takes to train the pilots and the time after that to acquire the chat. from his perspective, he has a long—term improvement in support from members of the g7 and elsewhere, and the chance to try and persuade some of those leaders, whether they be from india or brazil or elsewhere, who up to now how not been our support of of they might have hoped. and some valuable face time, as opposed to just a conversation, to try and make their case. president zelensky dominating the summit. earlier this week, the us announced it would allow allies to give fighterjets to ukraine, including fi6 fighterjets. mr zelensky has long campaigned for advanced jets and has described the decision as historic, but russia has already warned western countries that supplying jets to ukraine can carry �*colossal risks�*.

james landale has more. it has been welcomed, asking for f-i6 it has been welcomed, asking for f—i6 jets has become it has been welcomed, asking for f—i6jets has become a it has been welcomed, asking for f—i6 jets has become a familiar chorus heard notjust from the shuttle diplomacy of president zelensky, but also other senior figures, members of this government, where ever they are. they always ask for more military support in the air because the air above is as a contested space. we know that ukraine has a lot of ad offences, but as we experience here last night, it is a battlefield. the heirs are frequently filled with missiles and drones from russia that pose a real threat, on a daily basis to the people of ukraine. the air defences managed to shoot down most of them, but ukraine is painfully aware it does not command the

authority of the skies. it wants to do that, that has to be in the long—term, not the short—term. even though it will take time for ukrainian pilots to be trained, for these planes to be delivered, and so what we are talking about is a long—term commitment, one designed notjust for the long—term commitment, one designed not just for the short—term counteroffensive, but a future defence commitment from the west in the long—term. some breaking news, the long—term. some breaking news, the head of richard's wagner group has claimed full control of the city of bakhmut. he is making the speech

in fatigues. his forces will withdraw, he says for rest and retraining, in five days�* time. he said we took the whole city from house—to—house, and in the video you can hear distant explosions in the background, apparently, as he is making the claim that the group have full control of the ukrainian city of bakhmut. we will bring you more in a moment. let's return to the g7 meeting. the g7 members are grappling with the challenges posed by russia's invasion of ukraine during this summit injapan, as well as tensions with china. the leaders have issued a communique, setting out a common strategy towards future dealings with the world's second—largest economy. they said any malign actor trying to, as they put it, "weaponise" economic dependence would fail. but they insisted their policy was not designed to harm china or thwart its economic progress. the joint statement did warn against what it described as china's "militarisation" in the south china sea.

it also urged beijing to pressure moscow to end its war in ukraine. now, to northern ireland, where sinn fein is on course to be the largest party in local government in northern ireland for the first time. it has continued to make gains on the second day of counting in council elections. a62 seats are being contested. well a little ealier i spoke to our ireland correspondent emma vardy, i start by asking her why sinn fein�*s message seems to have resonated some well. we're about three quarters of the way through the counting, second day of counting here, and yesterday morning. the picture was becoming pretty clear yesterday though and sinn fein�*s positionjust being cemented hour by hour, today as well. don't forget, sinn fein, 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, talk to people about issues that affect everybody,

but something that has particularly benefited them this time around has been the situation not in local councils but up in stormont, the devolved government, where their rivals, the dup, the largest unionist party, have been blocking a return to power—sharing. they have been boycotting devolved government there because of the dup�*s opposition to the brexit arrangements, but that stalemate at stormont, that has left northern ireland without a government for a year, has, of course, frustrated many voters and many in nationalist communities have been energised to come out and vote. they have been uniting behind sinn fein to try to send a strong message about their frustrations at stormont. that has benefited sinn fein, seeing them pick up these seats. meanwhile, the dup�*s vote has largely held up. they will see that as a sign of support for their tough stance and their holding out on power—sharing at stormont. but also, the unionist vote has been somewhat splintered, some people breaking off, going to a harder line party, the tuv. so while the dup�*s vote has held up, conversely, their blocking

of stormont has also energised nationalists and seen these wins for sinn fein today, which leaves them in a very strong position. 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. in some places, people are running out of food and drinking water, with aid unable to reach them. we can speak now to stella levantesi, italian journalist and author of the climate lairs. she joins us from rome. thank you forjoining us. thank you thank you for “oining us. thank you very much. — thank you forjoining us. thank you very much. what _ thank you forjoining us. thank you very much. what have _ thank you forjoining us. thank you very much. what have you - thank you forjoining us. thank you i very much. what have you witnessed in the areas? the very much. what have you witnessed in the areas?— in the areas? the latest report talk about 23 overflowing _ in the areas? the latest report talk about 23 overflowing rivers, - about 23 overflowing rivers, landslides and 500 disrupted or

destroyed roads and 18,000 people without electricity. agriculture has been heavily impacted and affected. rescue efforts are still ongoing. political leaders and government have expressed their and i quote, closeness to the population, on twitter, and the government is working on improving an aid package for the region. however, some right—wing politicians have been making statements, attacking climate activists, and this has been echoed by some media outlets in italy. this is shown how _ by some media outlets in italy. this is shown how vulnerable italy is to flooding. the government is proposing to build dams, direct and water to the sea in new ways. you not think that is enough, does something need to be done about climate change?— something need to be done about climate chance? ~ , , climate change? absolutely something needs to be done. _

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impacts of these climate alterations and both adapting to these impacts. and act with climate policies that can directly impact the causes of the climate crisis. so stop fossil fuel production, projects and everything that favours climate alteration and climate impacts, which also intensifies both the frequency and violence of these extreme weather events. we are almost out — extreme weather events. we are almost out of — extreme weather events. we are almost out of time, _ extreme weather events. we are almost out of time, but - extreme weather events. we are almost out of time, but do - extreme weather events. we are almost out of time, but do you i extreme weather events. we are - almost out of time, but do you think what has happened in italy will make a difference to that overall push you hoping for? i a difference to that overall push you hoping for?— a difference to that overall push you hoping for? i would hope so, es. you hoping for? i would hope so, yes. unfortunately, _ you hoping for? i would hope so, yes. unfortunately, there - you hoping for? i would hope so, yes. unfortunately, there is - you hoping for? i would hope so, yes. unfortunately, there is big l yes. unfortunately, there is big inaction by the government and politicians in the sense in terms of climate policies. a lot of the media outlets aren't helping in terms of

disinformation and spreading it on climate science. but there has been a lot of pressure by the climate movement and climate activists and civil society and organisations, and a lot of the citizenship as well to push for climate action as soon as possible, because there is an urgent need for it. ., ~ , ., possible, because there is an urgent need for it. ., ~' , ., , . possible, because there is an urgent need for it— need for it. thank you very much for our need for it. thank you very much for your time- — need for it. thank you very much for your time. thank _ need for it. thank you very much for your time. thank you. _ in montenegro, jakov milatovic was sworn in as the country's new president, ending three decades of politics dominated by one man — milo djukanovic. mr milatovic's victory in last month's election was a watershed. his europe now party is on the rise, and it's currently leading the polls ahead ofjune's parliamentary elections. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. the third round of the us pga championship is underway at oak hill country club in upstate new york. the leaders will go out later

and it's a three—way tie at the top. scottie scheffler�*s 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's in a good position to do it. ifind i find myself comfortable ifind myself comfortable in i find myself comfortable in these situations, i want to be here, near the lead, not in 30th place. i come here to perform at my best, and i'm proud what i have done. i am excited to be in a good position, but i will keep my head down and keep doing what i'm doing. they're approaching full time in the day's early game in the english premier league, where brentford have come from a goal down to lead tottenham 3—1, with 5 minutes of normal time remaining. it isa

it is a busy day in the premier league. everton need points. if they lose, nottingham forest and secure their safety. lose, nottingham forest and secure theirsafety. defeat lose, nottingham forest and secure their safety. defeat would mean arsenal can't catch leaders mind city. nottingham forest are only focusing on themselves. if we are thinking about what is this and other things beyond being at our best, we won't. that other things beyond being at our best, we won't.— other things beyond being at our best, we won't. . , �* best, we won't. that isn't something that can happen _ best, we won't. that isn't something that can happen with _ best, we won't. that isn't something that can happen with the _ best, we won't. that isn't something that can happen with the level of- that can happen with the level of team arsenal. so the attitude and the atmosphere in training has been very good, very motivated. in spain, villarreal need a win to keep the pressure on the top four as they try to qualify for the champions legaue, into the second half at girona it's 1—1. getafe can move out of the bottom three if they win at relegated elche. champions barcelona play fourth place real sociedad in the late game. three games in italy's serie a, cremonese have to beat bologna if they're to have

any hope of avoiding relegation. that's currently 0—0 early in the first half. later ac milan will look to put the disappointment of losing their champions league semi final behind them, they play relegated sampdoria and need a win to keep their hopes of finishing in the top four alive. brittney griner has made her competitive return to basketball for the phoenix mercury. the american player spent ten months in russian custody for possessing cannabis oil, before the us government struck a deal with russia. before the game griner, the two—time olympic champion, was cheered by the crowd as she warmed up, despite being on the away team. us vice—president kamala harris attended the match and met the phoenix mercury players. griner scored 18 points but her side were beaten 911—71 by the los angeles sparks in their season opener. it was nice to be back on court, real game and everything. the love

from the fans was amazing when i came out. the players, you know, i definitely felt it. i felt it when i was over there still, every single coachin was over there still, every single coach in this league that reached out, did anything. it was nice, but performance wise, just wasn't good enough, couldn't help the team. in tennis, the first of the two men's semi—finals is taking place at the rome masters, holger rune — the man who knocked out novak djokovic — against casper ruud, it's one set all 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.

you can keep up with the tennis on the website. back to you, mark. 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 climbed scaffolding at the front of the bbc�*s broadcasting house in central london and hit a statue 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. headteachers in the uk are warning schools have been left confused by the fast rate of change in artificial intelligence,

also known as ai, and its impact on education. a group of teachers have written a letter to the times and are working with a body of experts to advise schools on which areas of ai are beneficial, and which are damaging. the group of teachers are led by sir anthony seldon who is headteacher of epsom college. hejoins me now. thank you forjoining us. thank you very much. this thank you for “oining us. thank you very much.— very much. as a parent of young kids, very much. as a parent of young kids. let's _ very much. as a parent of young kids, let's start _ very much. as a parent of young kids, let's start with _ very much. as a parent of young kids, let's start with the - very much. as a parent of young | kids, let's start with the dangers. what are the dangers of ai? that the difficul , what are the dangers of ai? that the difficulty. the — what are the dangers of ai? that the difficulty, the challenge _ what are the dangers of ai? that the difficulty, the challenge will - what are the dangers of ai? that the difficulty, the challenge will be - difficulty, the challenge will be taken out of education, that young people will simply ask generated ai systems what the answer is in maths, history, english, chemistry, and outcomes the answer. education is

about challenge, it is about doing difficult things and having the great glow of success of knowing you can master things bit by bit. it is about risks, what is authentically student work, the risks of deep fake ai, impersonation through the system, getting young people to do things which are morally wrong or physically dangerous for them. i don't think we should be concentrating on the downsides. i was going to ask you the upsides as well. irate was going to ask you the upsides as well. ~ ., was going to ask you the upsides as well. . . . ., . ., well. we have the chance for excitinr well. we have the chance for exciting developments - well. we have the chance for exciting developments in - well. we have the chance for- exciting developments in education than we have ever seen in human history. we can see the way students can have personalised education, tailored to their particular needs and learning styles. they can have

formative feedback, assessments, marking in real time which will help them develop. it will free up due to time so they can concentrate on relationships with young people. [30 relationships with young people. do you think the answer is this advisory panel you are setting of, because it won't help ours? what do you hope to achieve? filth. because it won't help ours? what do you hope to achieve?— because it won't help ours? what do you hope to achieve? oh, come on. it will have power. _ you hope to achieve? oh, come on. it will have power. nothing _ you hope to achieve? oh, come on. it will have power. nothing is _ you hope to achieve? oh, come on. it will have power. nothing is more - will have power. nothing is more powerful when schools come together. the movement of schools themselves, refusing to be dictated to by these very powerful education technology companies. we are in the interests of parents, the children above all, the least advantage young people, those with special needs, in disadvantaged areas. teachers, teaching assistants. this is a great

movement... t teaching assistants. this is a great movement- - -_ teaching assistants. this is a great movement... ., �* ., ., . movement... i don't mean to cut you off. have movement... i don't mean to cut you off- have you — movement... i don't mean to cut you off. have you ever _ movement... i don't mean to cut you off. have you ever used _ movement... i don't mean to cut you off. have you ever used ai _ movement. .. i don't mean to cut you off. have you ever used ai for- off. have you ever used ai for speech? off. have you ever used ai for s-eech? , , ., ., , off. have you ever used ai for s-eech? , ., , ~ speech? everything you hear is al generated. _ speech? everything you hear is al generated. of _ speech? everything you hear is al generated, of course. _ differing fortunes across the nations this weekend. look outside in west wales. beautifully sunny. lovely and warm. move to scotland, much more layered cloud. that has brought rain, tending to peter out. the cloud cover scotland and northern ireland, and we will see something wetter in the four north—west. underneath a cloud, temperatures at around 16 or 17, maybe warmer. i mentioned some rain coming

into the north—west and this evening and overnight, it gets a bit wetter for a while in scotland and northern ireland before the rain tends to peter out. could see a bit of mist, fog and low cloud again across eastern areas of england, and with clearer skies in england and wales, temperatures could be as low as four or 5 degrees. let's set the scene for sunday and we've got high pressure extending across the uk. that weather front bringing the rain overnight gets stuck in scotland and just peters out. a bit more of an east or north—easterly breeze could drag in some cloud from off the north sea, particularly into the south—east of england. there will be some sunshine around as well. still that cloud for much of scotland and northern ireland, not much rain falling, though by the afternoon and in the far north—west, there could actually be some sunshine. not necessarily going to help the temperatures, mind you. may well be a little bit cooler in scotland and northern ireland on sunday. still the warm sunshine for england and wales and those temperatures reaching 20 or 21 celsius. into next week, not too much changes really, you've still got the high pressure around on monday. another weakening weather front

moves in from the atlantic, bringing very little rain. following that, the odd shower perhaps for western scotland, perhaps northern ireland but on the whole, a lot of dry weather. plenty of sunshine for england and wales, maybe a slightly more northerly breeze on monday but those temperatures changing very little, 17 to 20 celsius. and that weather pattern continues into next week. again, high pressure is never too far away. it's going to be in the far north that we could see some weather front now and again and a stronger breeze that maybe will 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. in northern ireland, the republican political party sinn fein is on track to become the largest party in local government — amid calls for the return of local rule in stormont. protests have been held overnight in several cities in iran in response to the execution of three men on friday,