live from london. this is bbc news. ukrainian president volodomyr zelensky meets with world leaders on the final day of the g7 summit injapan. russia claims its troops have fully captured the ukrainian city of bakhmut. the saudi woman making space history — spending 10 days on board the international space station. hello, i'm nancy kacungira. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is injapan at the g7 summit — he's taken part

in the so—called a family photo with leaders of the world's most powerful democracies. it's part of a multi—day diplomatic tour to solidify support for an expected spring counter—offensive against russia. later, mr zelensky will address the leaders and also have a meeting president biden. earlier, the french president emmanuel macron said mr zelensky�*s presence at the g7 is a "way to build peace" and emphasized the need for a solution to the conflict based on international law. and new comments from german chancellor olaf scholz, who said training programs for ukrainian pilots on f16 fighterjets are a message to russia that it should not expect to succeed, even in a prolonged conflict. live now to the bbc�*s nick marsh in hiroshima. thank nick marsh in hiroshima. you forjoining us. with the thank you forjoining us. with the g7 summit under way

volodomyr zelensky is dominating conversations? hello from a very _ dominating conversations? hello from a very hot _ dominating conversations? hello from a very hot and _ dominating conversations? hello from a very hot and quite - dominating conversations? hello from a very hot and quite noisy a russian mark, we're coming into the final of this g7 summit, by now dominated by president volodomyr zelensky and his surprise visit to japan. we didn't know it was happening until the very last minute, we understand ukrainians were keen on pushing this in person visit, it's quite obvious why he is here to put his case forward for continued support from the g7 countries, for military aid, financial aid, tighter sanctions on russia, we expect him to give a press conference later on in the day, we don't know exactly when, interestingly, it wasn'tjust meeting g7 leaders the first time he has been with them all in the same place by the way since the beginning of war, he was meeting with leaders from other countries like india, the

prime minister there sat down and had a talk on an increasing realisation that may be what the g7 is doing it's there and the g7 is doing it's there and the commitment is solid but maybe it is not enough to change the course of the war, to really hurt the russian war machine, the economy and the world is a very big place, they have to broaden the scope of the international appeal. it is not like he will change anybody�*s mind but it is perhaps the beginning of a new beginning when he will meet leaders of other countries fa ce—to —fa ce leaders of other countries face—to—face notjust g7 face—to—face not just g7 allies. face-to-face not 'ust g7 allies. , ,., allies. there is something about meeting _ allies. there is something i about meeting face-to-face about meeting face—to—face which adds a sense of real urgency, has that been quite important for volodomyr zelensky forgetting moving on training of pilots, and flying fi7 training of pilots, and flying fi7 fighterjets he has been asking for a long time and we have that come out of this g7 meeting? i have that come out of this g7 meeting?— meeting? i suppose that's probably _ meeting? i suppose that's probably the _ meeting? i suppose that's probably the most - meeting? i suppose that'sl probably the most concrete development we have seen to come out of this g7 meeting.

the us giving the green light for ukrainian pilots to be trained in us made f—i6 advanced aircraft, something like you said volodomyr zelensky has been asking for four months and months, now it is down to european countries to actually have the aircraft and provide then we don't know he will do that yet and to provide the training. they won't be ready in time, the pilots might be trained in time to feature in any upcoming offensive in ukraine but it underlines a longer term commitment to the security of ukraine, even perhaps beyond this war. . ~ ukraine, even perhaps beyond this war. ., ~ , ., , . this war. thank you very much for following _ this war. thank you very much for following development - this war. thank you very much for following development in l for following development in hiroshima. russia claims its troops have fully captured the ukrainian city of bakhmut. kyiv denies that, but if true, it could mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the is—month war. russia has been trying to take bakhmut since last year in a grinding war of attrition. and in the last few hours, the russian news agency interfax has said president putin congratulated his troops for capturing the city.

earlier, ukraine had said its units were still fighting in the city. live now to washington where we'rejoined by elisabeth braw, a resident fellow at the american enterprise institute, a us—based think tank. good to see you, elizabeth. bakhmut has been an area of great contention in recent times, now we are hearing the russians are being congratulated for taking it. what is really going on here? the only thing that we know is that the leader of the wagoner group has been doing a great deal of the fighting against ukrainians and bakhmut, he says they have captured bakhmut, and president platoon has congratulated about them taking bakhmut but ukraine hasn't confirmed that as the case and we should remember the russians haven't exactly been very

truthful throughout this war, even just a couple of days before invading, they said were not going to invade so we have to be able bit careful in believing what they say about bakhmut but what we do know is there has been incredibly intense fighting and that the ukrainians were surrounded essentially, even before this news. so it is a very difficult situation for the ukrainians there. �* , situation for the ukrainians there. r situation for the ukrainians there. ., , there. as you say, caution must abound, explained _ there. as you say, caution must abound, explained to _ there. as you say, caution must abound, explained to us - there. as you say, caution must abound, explained to us the - abound, explained to us the significance of bakhmut and the significance of bakhmut and the significance of bakhmut and the significance of russia capturing bakhmut would be because we are at a point in the war where we are hearing about ukrainian counteroffensive, that will be launched, and we are seeing more support for ukraine, in terms of aid, military aid, weapons. just explain to us why bakhmut matters within this context? �* ., ., �*

context? before the war, i'm sure most — context? before the war, i'm sure most of— context? before the war, i'm sure most of us _ context? before the war, i'm sure most of us would - context? before the war, i'm sure most of us would not. context? before the war, i'm i sure most of us would not have thought of this town of around 70,000 being, having any significance whatsoever but it has become extremely significant place in ukraine because the russians needed a breakthrough of some sort, they needed to be able to show a victory, they chose to try to take bakhmut to essentially show progress with this war and they haven't had very much progress, and if they have managed to capture bakhmut, that means the best possible news, the best news they have had for a very long time whereas for ukraine if bakhmut has indeed fallen, it is a sense that ukraine has been making incremental progress in bakhmut over many months now, and this would be a symbolic loss, not so much a strategic loss, not so much a strategic loss but a symbolic loss. we should also remember in bakhmut

the wagoner group which is a mercenary group —— at odds with the regular army frequently criticising the regular army they have been doing most of they have been doing most of the fighting back, the russians have prevailed in bakhmut, it is also a victory for the wegner group which would not be good news for president putin in the long run, he is also potential rival the head of the wegner group. potential rival the head of the wegner grown-— potential rival the head of the wegner group. how much impact do ou wegner group. how much impact do you think _ wegner group. how much impact do you think bakhmut's - wegner group. how much impact j do you think bakhmut's meetings at the g7 and elsewhere will have on the war? it at the g7 and elsewhere will have on the war?— at the g7 and elsewhere will have on the war? it will have a ositive have on the war? it will have a positive effect _ have on the war? it will have a positive effect and _ have on the war? it will have a positive effect and if _ have on the war? it will have a positive effect and if it - have on the war? it will have a positive effect and if it is - positive effect and if it is the case that bakhmut has fallen the president will use that reality to push western leaders and perhaps other leaders and perhaps other leaders as well, including india, to push for more support. the western governments, represented at the

g7 summit in hiroshima and other western leaders of other western countries have speeding up western countries have speeding up pledges of weapons most recently in pledging ukraine will get f—i6 fighterjets but volodomyr zelensky is likely to say, look it is not fast enough, you need to deliver and promise more and deliver more because otherwise we will only have incremental progress and possibly even some bad news for ukraine, supported by the west wants to achieve it wants to achieve a significant breakthrough to help end this war. the british prime minister is being urged to launch an investigation into the home secretary, suella braverman, because of allegations she asked civil servants to help her avoid getting points on her licence when she was caught speeding. a government source told the bbc that when officials refused to get involved, she asked an adviser to try to organise a private speed awareness course.

simonjones reports. if you get caught speeding you may be offered a choice, a nine and three points of your license or the option of attending a speed awareness course in a group instead. suella braverman was caught driving too fast last summer when she was the attorney general. but according to a government source she later asked for service for advice on arranging a course because she wanted to know how a group session would work as she has a close protection team with her at all times be the civil service didn't get involved, suella braverman then asked a political advice to try to arrange a private but the provider said there were no i-to-i provider said there were no i—to—i sessions, the source refusing to say whether her motivation to do the course in private was to reduce the chance of being recognised by a member of the public. it was when she was reappointed to the topjob at when she was reappointed to the top job at the home office by rishi sunak she decided she was

too busy to do a course and instead paid the fine and took the points on her license. her team believes that is the end of the matter and denies there has been in breach of the ministerial code. but that is not how labour sees it on twitter the shadow home secretary yvette cooper wrote... she wants the prime minister's ethics advisor to investigate. a spokesman for the home secretary said... but the home secretary said... but the liberal democrats also are calling for an urgent investigation. simonjones, bbc investigation. simon jones, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news now. the two warring sides in sudan have agreed to a seven—day humanitarian ceasefire — that's according to the us state department. the truce will take effect in 48 hours. fighting between the sudanese

military and its rival, the rapid support forces, is entering its sixth week. more than a million people have been displaced in the conflict. south korean experts are beginning a visit to japan to assess its plan to discharge contaminated water from the wrecked fukushima nuclear plant into the pacific ocean. seoul has been strongly critical, but tokyo says it's unavoidable with space to store the water used to cool the damaged reactors running out. flights into and out of mexico city's international airport have had to be cancelled or diverted because of ash from the nearby popocatepetl volcano. the runways had to be cleared of the ash before flights could resume. the volcano is around 70 kilometres southeast of the capital. earlier this week, several towns closed schools due to volcanic ash. sinn fein have become the largest party in local government in northern ireland

for the first time. the results in the local council elections come at a time of political crisis in the devolved government at stormont where the dup have been blocking a return to power—sharing. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. it is becoming a familiar story on this island. the search for sinn fein on the election results day. this time last year the party became the largest party in the devolved government of stormont, today they did that in the local council elections overtaking the dup. it council elections overtaking the dup. ., , ., council elections overtaking the dup. ., ., the dup. it was a matter tellin: the dup. it was a matter telling people _ the dup. it was a matter telling people what - the dup. it was a matter telling people what we i the dup. it was a matter. telling people what we are the dup. it was a matter- telling people what we are for, electing hard—working counsellors for me it was about positive leadership and a restoration of the executive, making politics work and i'm glad that has resonated with the electorate may have come out of such strong numbers. the northern ireland democratic unionists have been refusing to return to power sharing at stormont because of their objections to the post brexit

trading arrangements, and while the selection was for local councils it was seen as people's first chance to send a message about the political crisis. while the dup vote held up crisis. while the dup vote held up the unionist vote of all has splintered over recent years, they paid a price.— they paid a price. there is no caettin they paid a price. there is no getting away _ they paid a price. there is no getting away from _ they paid a price. there is no getting away from the - they paid a price. there is no getting away from the fact i getting away from the fact unionists and needs to take a long, hard look at how do we manage elections, the splintering of the unionist movement, the turnout the differential and turn up between areas, these are issues we do need to address and i'm happy to sit down with my fellow unionists and examine these issues.— fellow unionists and examine these issues. the dup's refusal to re-enter _ these issues. the dup's refusal to re-enter power _ these issues. the dup's refusal to re-enter power sharing - these issues. the dup's refusal to re-enter power sharing at. to re—enter power sharing at stormont was used by sinn fein as a campaigning tool and appears to have worked, the sense that the sinn fein leader was prevented from becoming first minister by the dup boycott has seen sinn fein pick up boycott has seen sinn fein pick up key votes. the centre ground alliance party also made some

gains and have remained the third—largest party in local councils. sinn fein ultimately want to leave the uk and create a united ireland but but they don't want this front and centre. they have been trying to broaden their appeal and pick up younger voters strategy that has been proving successful. emma vardy, bbc news. the celebrated british novelist martin amis has died at the age of 73 — his wife said the cause was oesophageal cancer. martin amis was one of the defining writers of the 1980s and �*90s. he produced 15 novels and perfected a style that was satirical, witty and caustic. our arts correspondent david sillito looks back at his life. reads: in diston, everything hated everything else - and everything else in return hated everything back. martin amis reading from his 2012 novel lionel asbo: the state of england,

a pitch—black comedy about the darker side of britain. trademark amis. money, london fields, yellow dog — much of his best work was set in london, little signposts of the changing and, in his opinion, declining state of our nation. the son of another famous author, kingsley amis, the connection was at times both help and a hindrance but the quality of his writing soon established him as a literary star in his own right. a generation that include salman rushdie, who paid tribute to a "unique and instantly recognisable "literary voice". his willingness to take on the big topics and talk at length sometimes got him into trouble. but if september 11 had to happen... especially after his 9/11 book, the second plane. but while his subject matter was often dark, beautifully written black jokes, old age, he said, changed him. you begin to value life as much as you did when you were

a child and if this is second childhood, then it is a good fun. you have a kind of leave—taking poignancy about you. not anger and certainly not reactionary anger. i don't want to turn the clock back — that is the idlest kind of enquiry. i want to see what is there and see what comedy is there in it. a woman from saudi arabia will make history later when she blasts off from florida to spend 10 days on board the international space station. rayyanah barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, will become the first saudi woman to voyage into space and will be joined on the mission by fellow saudi ali al-qarni who's a fighter pilot. also on board is emirati astronaut sultan al—neyadi, who was the first arab national to go on a spacewalk last month. live now to houston in texas with leroy chiao,

a retired nasa astronaut. how significant is this day for saudi arabia? it isa it is a big day for saudi arabia. they had their first astronaut in 1985 when prince sultan flew above the space shuttle and it has been all these years until now, to more joining that rank so it is a big deal certainly for saudi arabia. �* �* a big deal certainly for saudi arabia. �* ~ ., , big deal certainly for saudi arabia. �* , arabia. and nasa has been quite bus since arabia. and nasa has been quite busy since it _ arabia. and nasa has been quite busy since it was _ arabia. and nasa has been quite busy since it was opened - arabia. and nasa has been quite busy since it was opened up - arabia. and nasa has been quite busy since it was opened up to i busy since it was opened up to commercial activity. we have seen jeff asus, elon commercial activity. we have seenjeff asus, elon musk, working with nasa to build a craft. is this a trend we will see more of?— craft. is this a trend we will see more of? , ., , see more of? over the years we have seen _ see more of? over the years we have seen more _ see more of? over the years we have seen more and _ see more of? over the years we have seen more and more - have seen more and more commercial entities work with nasa, most notably spacex and boeing have also been

developing their space aircraft. you mentionjeff asus and yesterday they were awarded and yesterday they were awarded a contract to build our land up for the moon. a contract to build our land up forthe moon. —— a contract to build our land up for the moon. —— bazos. a contract to build our land up forthe moon. —— bazos. i a contract to build our land up for the moon. —— bazos. ithink it is a positive thing. it will be an exciting future for everyone. it be an exciting future for everyone-— be an exciting future for eve one. . ., , everyone. it certainly looks like that- — everyone. it certainly looks like that. for— everyone. it certainly looks like that. for saudi - everyone. it certainly looks like that. for saudi arabia | like that. for saudi arabia what is behind their renewed interest in space travel? everybody in the middle east is interested in building the reign infrastructure and knowledge and —— there own infrastructure. and also for education. it has been a driver for space exploration, particularly human space

exploration. robotic missions are much less expensive and bring back all kinds of data but we identify when one of our own is out there doing the work. that is the renewed interest in the middle east having astronauts participate in human space flight exploration. in human space flight exloration. .,~ ., exploration. speaking of the ower exploration. speaking of the power representation, - exploration. speaking of the power representation, the i exploration. speaking of the i power representation, the first muslim female astronaut on board and that is significant? it is pretty huge. you would look at the regiment say, ok, it is a little bit surprising it is a little bit surprising it is a little bit surprising it is happening but we are all glad it is happening. maybe it is assigned some things are to change. is assigned some things are to chance. ., ., ., ~ ,, change. leroy chiao, thank you forjoining _ change. leroy chiao, thank you forjoining us— change. leroy chiao, thank you forjoining us today, _ change. leroy chiao, thank you forjoining us today, a - change. leroy chiao, thank you forjoining us today, a former. forjoining us today, a former nasa astronautjoining us from houston, in texas. headteachers at some of the uk's top schools say they're bewildered by the fast rate of change in artificial intelligence and are seeking guidance on how to best respond

to the technology. in a letter to the times newspaper, they have announced a body of experts to advise schools — so they can capitalise on al's benefits while minimising its risks. our technology editor, zoe kleinman reports. just six months ago, the ai chatbot chatgpt was released to the public and since then, it's been used hundreds of millions of times. it can give human—like written answers to questions and draws on a huge portion of the internet as a giant database of information — even though not all of it is accurate. it didn't take long for students to figure out that it could be good at homework and coursework. the latest version, gpt—ii is said to be able to pass the bar exam taken by trainee lawyers — and this worries educators, including the head of epsom college. he's part of a group of teachers from both state and private schools. they've written a letter to the times, expressing concerns. the difficulty, the challenge will be taken out of education, that young people will simply just ask chatgpt and other

generative ai systems what the answer is in maths, in history, in english, in chemistry and languages, and out comes the answer, and education is about challenge. there's a growing chorus of voices calling for caution around ai and its potential impact on all of us. the tech billionaire elon musk signed an open letter recently, suggesting that al development should all be paused until suitable safety measures were in place. and top ai pioneer geoffrey hinton retired from google, saying he now regretted his work. but there are benefits, too. ai chatbots can draw up lesson plans and help with marking, freeing up teachers to spend more time with their pupils. the head teachers are forming an advisory group to help schools manage both the opportunities and the threats presented by ai. they say the group will act in the interests of students and educators and it won't be pushed around by the tech giants. zoe kleinman, bbc news.

something a little different next. a parasurfing teenager in south africa dreams of getting surfing into the paralympics by 2028. emily brown reports. going with the waves, remand lost both his legs and arms to meningitis when he was just a few months old. it is now one of south africa �*s test parrot surface and once a chance to show his skills at the paralympics. i show his skills at the paralympics.- show his skills at the paralympics. show his skills at the paral mics. . ., , ., paralympics. i am able to balance — paralympics. i am able to balance on _ paralympics. i am able to balance on the _ paralympics. i am able to balance on the prostaticl paralympics. i am able to - balance on the prostatic lake. i used to be scared to falter since i discovered something like surfing,, itjust came easy to me. —— legs. it like surfing,, itjust came easy to me. -- legs. it was something _ easy to me. -- legs. it was something easy. _ easy to me. -- legs. it was something easy. surfing i easy to me. -- legs. it was i something easy. surfing came onto the olympic calendar at the last games in tokyo 2021 but it is yet to make its

paralympic debut. para— athletes hope it will happen at the essentialist game. he will compete in the first stage in cape town. he grew up in an area witha cape town. he grew up in an area with a reputation for drugs and crime and was introduced to the spot at a therapy session and outcompete at national level. —— sport. everything just opens up. unlock all the bad memories and all that stuff. the unlock all the bad memories and all that stuff.— all that stuff. the paralympic committee — all that stuff. the paralympic committee earlier _ all that stuff. the paralympic committee earlier this - all that stuff. the paralympic committee earlier this year l committee earlier this year announced para— surfing and para— climbing will be considered as additional spots on the programme on top of the 22 confirmed spots.— 22 confirmed spots. 2028 the paralympics _ 22 confirmed spots. 2028 the paralympics is _ 22 confirmed spots. 2028 the paralympics is coming - 22 confirmed spots. 2028 the paralympics is coming up - 22 confirmed spots. 2028 the| paralympics is coming up stop surfing is in the olympics and we want to make sure it is on our platform. aha,

we want to make sure it is on our platform-— we want to make sure it is on our platform. a final approval b the our platform. a final approval by the governing _ our platform. a final approval by the governing body - our platform. a final approval by the governing body is - by the governing body is expected to be made by the end of the year. raimondo hopes he can make a bigger splash. emily brown, bbc news, a group of us artists are raising millions of dollars to preserve the childhood home of the musical legend and civil rights activist nina simone. the modest wooden house is perched on a grassy hill in the small town of tryon, in rural north carolina. the artists bought it in 2017 and hope to turn it into a cultural site which will open next year. nina simone spent her childhood at the house and it's where she began playing the piano at the age of three. but this is an exciting time in historic preservation because our nation is beginning to understand that we have to preserve the full history, that we have to acknowledge and

celebrate the diversity of our nation. that is all from me. stay with us here on bbc news. much more to come. hello there. it's been a lovely start to the weekend, really — especially across england and wales, where we've had lots of sunshine, so blue skies over these bluebell woods in south wales in pontypridd. and on the satellite picture, you can see the extent of the sunshine. a bit more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, the weak weather front overhead here, but we've still managed some brighter spells — and, actually, for scotland, northern ireland, england and wales, we had temperatures reaching the low 20s in the warmest spots. the 21.5 there in porthmadog actually making it the warmest day of the year so far for wales. now, over the next few hours, we've got another weather front that's moving in, it's kind of pepping up, bringing a bit of heavy rain for a time to scotland and northern ireland

but as we get towards dawn, that will tend to start to fizzle away. clear skies for england and wales allowing temperatures to dip down to around 5—8 degrees celsius. it'll be quite a cool start to sunday morning for england and wales. sunday's charts. well, we've got a weak weather front moving into an area of high pressure. the high pressure will squish the weather front, so not much rain on it, really, as we head into sunday — just this stripe of cloud. so, a few spots around but generally, although quite cloudy, there'll be some bright weather coming through at times. england and wales again having the best of the weather with plenty of sunshine around. perhaps a bit of cloud developing through the afternoon across east anglia and the south—east. but those temperatures again, not bad for the time of year. quite close to average, really, with highs into the upper teens or low 20s. 21, maybe a 22 in the warmest spots. now, heading into next week, it's a similar kind of scenario — a very weak weather front trying to come around the top side of this area of high pressure, so again, you may see an odd spit of rain for scotland and northern ireland,

but not much. most of the day will be dry with some sunny spells coming through. again, it's england and wales that will have the best of the day's sunshine and we'll continue to see those temperatures in the warmest spots climb into the low 20s. now, deeper into next week, the jet stream takes this kind of pattern. kind of a ridge over the uk, so high pressure will be close by and these troughs around southern europe will ensure that we continue to see heavy, thundery showers across southern europe — which is quite unusual, really, for this time of the year. so, here's the forecast in a bit more detail. over the next several days, you can see the extent of the drier weather we'll have and temperatures again holding for the most part at around 18—21 celsius, so some fine weather next week.

this is bbc news, the headlines. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has joined world leaders on the final day of the g7 summit in hiroshima. it's part of a multi—day diplomatic tour to shore up support for an expected spring counter—offensive against russia. he's set to address leaders later and have a meeting president biden. kyiv has denied russia's claims that its troops have fully captured the ukrainian city of bakhmut. russia has been trying to take bakhmut since last year. in the last few hours, the russian news agency interfax has said president putin congratulated his troops for capturing the city.

the us state department says the two warring sides in sudan have agreed to a seven—day humanitarian ceasefire. the truce will take effect in 48 hours.