spheres to deal with, several spheres to deal with, energy, especially green energy, the railway, so important for us, where we would need japanese modern technologies, health care and so on. but i think all of that is ahead of us and all of that will have a positive outcome, i'm sure. thank you for the questions. unfortunately we are out of time for the press conference. thank you so much. goodbye. that was the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky. important information he said there, he said that ukrainian troops remain in bakhmut, and the city is not captured, that is in contradiction to russian reports earlier that they had captured the strategically important city of bakhmut in eastern ukraine. live to ukraine's capital, kyiv, to speak to our correspondent,

james waterhouse. thank you forjoining us. what do you make what the ukrainian president said there?- you make what the ukrainian president said there? well, it's clear that bakhmut, _ president said there? well, it's clear that bakhmut, this - president said there? well, it's. clear that bakhmut, this eastern city, has once again become a distraction as president zelensky continues to engage in this never ending diplomatic treadmill, he is on an extraordinary overseas trip where he has addressed the arab league summit, spoke of the nations that have previously sat on the fence when it comes to russia's invasion of ukraine, he is now meeting the g7 economies injapan where his priority in his mind is to secure the long—term further military and financial help, he does seem to be doing that, not least with america giving the green light for f—i6 fighterjets to be provided potentially by other allies, but the questioning this morning has mostly

been about this eastern city of bakhmut. on whether ukraine was still in control, he said right now bakhmut is in our hearts, effectively, he suggested there is nothing left. many took that as a sign that may be they have lost control, but his office was very keen to clarify that it was more of the destruction of the city not the surrendering of control. we have spoken to military sources in the east who say that ukrainian soldiers control a handful of buildings, really, on the south—western flank of the city, it is clear that mercenary fighters are mostly in control with the support of the regular russian army, and as you say the head of the notorious vagner group posed in the city yesterday with the russian flag, they are trying to put a rubber stamp of

this, vladimir putin himself has congratulated this mercenary group which has been doing the bulk of the fighting there in recent months and capturing the city, so here we are again in a cycle of claim and counterclaim over who controls the city, which is pretty much been reduced to rubble because of the intensity of the fighting there. find intensity of the fighting there. and ou intensity of the fighting there. and you mentioned this, you mentioned that bakhmut has become a bit of a distraction because the president of ukraine also speaking their about the weaponry he has received from the weaponry he has received from the us, which is incredibly important for the future. absolutely. at the moment what ukraine is hoping to do is launch a much anticipated, much hoped—for counteroffensive, and this is reminding me of last summer where russian forces were throwing everything at eastern cities, and after lots of heavy fighting over a few weeks, they would ultimately

lose control, but ukraine would then launch a counter offensive elsewhere. but it's clear that if ukraine is to have any chance of retaking significant amounts of territory, and there a big question marks over that, then it has to use this western military aid as well as its own troops in a concentrated, very strategic way, so that involves using longer range missiles, stockpiles are running low on russian supply lines and ammunition dumps, for example, involves using those supply tanks and a way to break through what i heavily fortified russian front lines, and potentially the long—term we could well see western f—i6 fighterjets which would be far superior to the russian models. so you can see the background strategy game going on here. president zelensky, when he

does these trips, when he stands in press conferences and appeals to other nations and speaks to the world's media, he is trying to sustain that lifeline on his military effort, so when you have in his eyes what would be a distraction around the city of bakhmut, because of the information war surrounding it, you sense he may well be frustrated that his messaging may get lost, but there is a reality here, that cities like bakhmut are seeing some of the most ferocious fighting we have seen in this conflict, what you have street to street fighting, where soldiers are engaging in each other when they are just metres apart, it has proved incredibly costly and on the russian side for example the west thinks up to 20,000 fighters have been killed or injured, that gives you the sense of scale. ukraine has also suffered losses but it seems they have been reluctant to let go of bakhmut because they have been drawing so many russian fighters and inflicting casualties themselves. qm.

many russian fighters and inflicting casualties themselves.— many russian fighters and inflicting casualties themselves. 0k, thank you ve much casualties themselves. ok, thank you very much for— casualties themselves. 0k, thank you very much for bringing _ casualties themselves. 0k, thank you very much for bringing us _ casualties themselves. 0k, thank you very much for bringing us up-to-date| very much for bringing us up—to—date there. let's go live to our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, in hiroshima. the us president said we will not break our resolve and ukraine. what did you make of what he had to say? i think he reiterated what the united states, he and other g7 leaders have been saying for the last three days, this unwavering united support of ukraine, and the united support of ukraine, and the united states has actually shown it in practical terms. in the last 2a hours, the us has secured or provided a hefty package of aid to ukraine. i'mjust provided a hefty package of aid to ukraine. i'm just looking at the us state department statement, actually, about the details of that package, and includes additional ammunition for artillery,

package, and includes additional ammunition forartillery, rocket ammunition for artillery, rocket systems, ammunition forartillery, rocket systems, artillery ammunition, anti—tank weapons, along systems, artillery ammunition, anti—tank weapons, a long list of heavy machinery going to ukraine, and interestingly, the end of that statement, russia could end this war today, until russia does that united states and our allies and partners will stand united with ukraine for as long as it takes. and i think that really is the message from president biden in that press conference, he said that he told president zelensky he would provide or give the green light for the f-i6s, or give the green light for the f—i6s, and the training of ukrainian pilots. president zelensky says this will make a big difference in the way that they launch their counter offensive, however, he did not give much detail about how that would happen because it will take time, but that also tells you this is a long—term commitment, they are in it for the long haul. one thing actually stood out to me, when president zelensky was speaking, we

mentioned at the city of bakhmut, james was giving the details about what was happening on the ground, but when president zelensky was at the peace memorial museum just behind us, he said that the pictures of a destroyed hiroshima after it was denis —— gives a taste of the atomic bomb reminded him of a devastated bakhmut, hiroshima was able to reconstruct and rebuild and he said our wish is to rebuild and reconstruct other ukrainian cities, and that tells you the state of where he is with the war, and as the war rages on thousands of miles away, you can draw parallels of what is happening here, so it's quite a significant moment, notjust significant moment, not just historically significant moment, notjust historically but it makes this place quite timely with what is going on in ukraine right now. interestingly, ou said in ukraine right now. interestingly, you said their— in ukraine right now. interestingly, you said their about _ in ukraine right now. interestingly, you said their about the _ in ukraine right now. interestingly, you said their about the ukrainian i you said their about the ukrainian president talking about what happened to hiroshima, and of course the g7 being held there is so

symbolic of what is the danger to the world, nuclear danger. absolutely. and again this is a city that knows first—hand what it's like to be devastated by the atomic bomb, just binary is the atomic bomb dome, it stands there is a simple for what happens when city is under nuclear weapons, and of course we are seeing that at a time of a ratcheting up of nuclear rhetoric by russia, so it is very symbolic for the summit to be held here, and i think that moment when president zelensky and the prime minister were in the peace memorial parks, laying reefs, that was significant, but for him as well, to make those parallels of where he is in hiroshima and what is happening in his country, that was quite poignant as well because you can talk about the military strategies, this will take a long

time, fighting is still raging, but it also tells you about the urgency and the importance of him being physically here, making that case for his country, asking for more support, notjust asking support from his allies and the g7 countries but also reaching out and speaking to countries that have remained on the fence about the war in ukraine. he sat next to the india prime minister, for example, a man that has never condemned russia's war against ukraine, in fact he has very close ties with moscow and vladimir putin and he said he would continue to buy russian oil, and a lot of it is well, so the president zelensky to sit and have difficult conversations like this shows he wants to widen his circle of alliances, that is what he has been doing here in hiroshima.— alliances, that is what he has been doing here in hiroshima. thank you ve much doing here in hiroshima. thank you very much for— doing here in hiroshima. thank you very much for that. _

doing here in hiroshima. thank you very much for that. we _ doing here in hiroshima. thank you very much for that. we have - doing here in hiroshima. thank you very much for that. we have been i very much for that. we have been hearing about ukraine at the g7. joining me now to discuss the concerns the g7 have over china's growing power is andrew small, a senior fellow on the indo—pacific programme at the german marshall fund think tank. thank you forjoining me. as i mentioned, we have heard all about ukraine, that is dominating things, but because the g7 is there to speak about the economies around the world, and economic problems, ijust wondered whether you believed that the g7�*s main goals for the summit were or been achieved? i the g7's main goals for the summit were or been achieved?— the g7's main goals for the summit were or been achieved? i think there was a big part _ were or been achieved? i think there was a big part of _ were or been achieved? i think there was a big part of the _ were or been achieved? i think there was a big part of the ukraine - were or been achieved? i think there was a big part of the ukraine agenda| was a big part of the ukraine agenda as you just noted bolstering support, for zelensky to get his message across to some of the most important developing world leaders that he has not dealt with, but from the japanese perspective there was a big security piece on the agenda, some of which was about ukraine and some of which was about ukraine and

some of which was about getting leaders to look at security in asia and europe in a more indivisible way, giving the right strategic way to taiwan, the south china sea, some of these issues as well, but there is also a large part of the agenda about getting leaders to become more serious about economic security questions. diversifying supply chains, pushing back of against economic coercion, some of these questions, restricting technologies to authoritarian powers, and i think is one of the economic side there has been this question of the west improving the offer of the g7 to the developing world, there has been a sense there a greater division opening up between the advanced economies in the global south since russian invasion, and the political and economic position there is intensifying, and so much of this is centred around rivalry with china, where we saw some of the strongest and sharpest language we have had at so far. ., ., .,

so far. you mentioned china there. when it comes _ so far. you mentioned china there. when it comes to _ so far. you mentioned china there. when it comes to technology, - so far. you mentioned china there. when it comes to technology, you | when it comes to technology, you mention the word technology, that is where china comes into this as well in terms of security, is that big aspect of this g7?— in terms of security, is that big aspect of this g7? one of the things that was striking _ aspect of this g7? one of the things that was striking about _ aspect of this g7? one of the things that was striking about this - aspect of this g7? one of the things that was striking about this g7, - aspect of this g7? one of the things that was striking about this g7, not | that was striking about this g7, not just the statement itself, we have had a couple of summits where you have relatively firm language on technology, economic relations with china, but then you have leaders coming out of the meeting and making a point of differentiating and position, saying, china is still a partner, what we saw with this one was a bit more of a consensus, but basically we will still have a large scale economic relationship with china but it needs to be de—risked, certain dependencies on china in areas such as raw materials which featured in the summit declaration need to be addressed, and as you have mentioned, access for china to advanced technologies with military

applications needs to be tightened, and i think that consensus was not as clear in the previous summits, and i think we got some of the sharpest sense that the overall framework now on china, on the economic side, is something that most of the g7 leaders now agree to. they will definitely have their eye on that in the future, thank you very much forjoining us in giving us your expertise. meanwhile, the fighting in ukraine continues apace with conflicting accounts of who's now in control of the eastern city of bakhmut. earlier, ukraine reported that its troops have partially surrounded the city. president zelensky said the city has been completely destroyed, but both sides are working hard to be seen to have the edge there. russia's president putin has congratulated the wagner mercenary group of capturing the city. but that's been rejected by ukraine. speaking in hirohshima earlier, ukraine's president zelensky sparked some confusion about whether the city was still under ukrainian control,

but his spokesman later clarified that he was saying the city had not been secured by russian forces. at a news conference in the past half hour, mr zelensky was asked for further clarification. there was some confusion about your comments _ there was some confusion about your comments on bakhmut, so can you clarify— comments on bakhmut, so can you clarify the — comments on bakhmut, so can you clarify the situation in bakhmut? is the battle — clarify the situation in bakhmut? is the battle for the city ongoing? and was the _ the battle for the city ongoing? and was the defence of bakhmut worth all the effort _ was the defence of bakhmut worth all the effort and all their lives that have _ the effort and all their lives that have been lost?— the effort and all their lives that have been lost? thank you for the cuestion. have been lost? thank you for the question- we _ have been lost? thank you for the question. we do _ have been lost? thank you for the question. we do not _ have been lost? thank you for the question. we do not have - have been lost? thank you for the question. we do not have simple. question. we do not have simple questions any more, as well as we don't have simple answers. because we have a very complicated neighbour who a criminaland we have a very complicated neighbour who a criminal and terrorist complicated enemy, but we are fighting, thanks to the courage of our people and warriors. and thanks to our cleverness or stop we are not

throwing people to die, for us the people is the treasure, this is the most important thing we have, and there are no misunderstandings. i clearly understand what is taking place in bakhmut and we will clearly understand why all of that is taking place. i cannot share with you the tactical views of our military or our warriors, tactical views of our military or ourwarriors, but tactical views of our military or our warriors, but as of today we can see that the country which at times is bigger than us cannot occupy. and thatis is bigger than us cannot occupy. and that is why we are acting how we are acting. valuing the lives of the people. the hardest is if bakhmut had some military tactical mistake, for example, and people could be surrounded, then all the military no what could happen. how we could create the situation for people not to be captured. now our people are

accomplishing a very important mission, they are now in bakhmut. i will not share where exactly, but witnesses say bakhmut is not occupied by the russian federation as of today, there are no two or three interpretations of those words. now to northern ireland, where sinn fein, which believes in a united ireland, has become the largest party in local government for the first time. it picked up 39 councillors in last week's elections. the democratic unionist party, which wants to keep northern ireland as part of britain, is the second largest party with 122 seats — the same as four years ago. however, there were net losses for the ulster unionist party and the nationalist social democratic and labour party. let's speak to our northern ireland reporter, lyndsey telford. how significant is this winfor sinn fein?

it has been a hugely significant weekend for sinn fein. last year in the assembly elections they became for the first time the largest party in stormont, now they are the largest party across local government, and that is after winning 144 seats, that is 39 more seats across councils in four years ago. in fact, they picked up new seats in ten of the ii councils, and if you look at the stats, what this means is that nearly one in every three votes cast went to sinn fein. you might think a in —— three votes cast went to sinn fein. you might thinka in —— big three votes cast went to sinn fein. you might think a in —— big when the sinn fein means a bruising for the dup but not quite, they have retained their 122 seats, and then of course not to forget the alliance party, the middle ground party in northern ireland, they are now the third—largest party local government, as they are in stormont, so these elections really reflect

the political make—up we have in stormont. the political make-up we have in stormont. ., ., ., ,, ., ., stormont. you mentioned at stormont, but of course — stormont. you mentioned at stormont, but of course it — stormont. you mentioned at stormont, but of course it is _ stormont. you mentioned at stormont, but of course it is paralysed _ stormont. you mentioned at stormont, but of course it is paralysed at - stormont. you mentioned at stormont, but of course it is paralysed at the - but of course it is paralysed at the moment. does this make any difference, will things get going there? ,, �*, , , , ., there? sinn fein's deputy leader came out yesterday, _ there? sinn fein's deputy leader came out yesterday, she - there? sinn fein's deputy leader came out yesterday, she was - came out yesterday, she was positively buoyant, she said this was before the council had even finished, she said it was a momentous day for sinn fein, she said this election was about positive leadership and crucially about restoring the executive and making politics work, and as you said, we currently have no sitting executive here in stormont because of the dup�*s boycott over the northern ireland protocol or rather the windsor framework. but as far as the windsor framework. but as far as the dup is concerned, this election and these results were not a defeat for the party, rather the dup sees these results as an endorsement. sir jeffrey donaldson was asked

yesterday if the dup will need to rethink its approach to the windsor framework, and its boycott, he said no, there was no need for everything, he said the dup still had a job to do, and thatjob is to get northern ireland, its place within the union properly restored, and he said then with the dup think about getting stormont back up and running. the onus is on the other parties to apply more pressure to the dup. were the dup buckle under that pressure? does not look likely soon at least. taste that pressure? does not look likely soon at least.— soon at least. we will watch with interest, thank _ soon at least. we will watch with interest, thank you _ soon at least. we will watch with interest, thank you very - soon at least. we will watch with interest, thank you very much i interest, thank you very much indeed. the british prime minister, rishi sunak has been asked about the uk home secretary suella braverman at a press conference at the g7 summit injapan. that's following claims

she requesterd a private speed awareness course to avoid points on her driving licence after she was caught speeding last summer. we can speak now to sir alistair graham, former chairman of the committee on standards in public life between 2003 and 2007. this is not the first scandal involving suella braverman, is she becoming a bit of a liability, do you think? it’s becoming a bit of a liability, do you think?— becoming a bit of a liability, do ou think? �*, . , ., , ., ., you think? it's a strange situation where what _ you think? it's a strange situation where what would _ you think? it's a strange situation where what would be _ you think? it's a strange situation where what would be the - you think? it's a strange situation where what would be the most i where what would be the most families a simple domestic matter, a speeding fine and how you deal with it, she seems to have sought to involve civil servants, to try to get some kind of special privileged

treatment, so she could as i read in the newspapers protector insurance premiums for her car. and this really is not acceptable. the ministerial code stresses of course that ministers have to protect the integrity of public life, but asking civil servants to try to arrange privileged treatment that the rest of us cannot possibly access seems to be not doing that. you of us cannot possibly access seems to be not doing that.— to be not doing that. you said rotect to be not doing that. you said protect the — to be not doing that. you said protect the integrity - to be not doing that. you said protect the integrity of - to be not doing that. you said protect the integrity of public| protect the integrity of public life, it's interesting, do you think she can be trusted and that public office now?— she can be trusted and that public office now? ~ ., , ., ., office now? well, that is not for me to decide. that _ office now? well, that is not for me to decide. that is _ office now? well, that is not for me to decide. that is a _ office now? well, that is not for me to decide. that is a matter- office now? well, that is not for me to decide. that is a matter for- office now? well, that is not for me to decide. that is a matter for the l to decide. that is a matter for the prime minister. but i think the least he should do is to ask his ministerial adviser on standards to

carry out an investigation in which he can come to a genuine conclusion as to whether she should remain in office. , ., ., office. does that leave the prime minister in _ office. does that leave the prime minister in an _ office. does that leave the prime minister in an awkward _ office. does that leave the prime minister in an awkward position l office. does that leave the prime - minister in an awkward position now? given the statement he made when he became prime minister outside 10 downing street, about wanting to safeguard the integrity of his government and having the highest standards, allowing these sorts of potential breaches of rules and misuse of civil servants, without doing anything, was all a bit to the sham statement.— doing anything, was all a bit to the sham statement. . ,, , ., , . sham statement. thank you very much, we will see what _ sham statement. thank you very much, we will see what happens _ sham statement. thank you very much, we will see what happens with - sham statement. thank you very much, we will see what happens with this. - we will see what happens with this. thank you very much forjoining us. 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 humanlike 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—4, is said to be able to pass the bar exam taken by trainee lawyers. 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. young people will simplyjust 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 is 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 developments 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 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.

you're watching bbc news, do stay with us. there is a lot of fine weather to come across the uk in the week ahead — our good old friend high pressure building up from the azores. some areas may catch a few showers but those will be in the minority. in the sunshine, many will end up feeling rather warmer, actually, particularly in contrast to recent days. here is the high pressure stretching up from the azores. you can see it wobbles about day on day, and those changes in wind direction will have subtle effects on how the weather plays out. low pressure to the north occasionally trailing its weather fronts south, giving the increased chance of a shower in one 01’ two areas. here's how we end sunday afternoon in terms of our temperatures. 20—21 across many parts of england and wales, 16 for scotland and northern ireland, where we've had the tail end of a weather front around here through sunday daytime, and it will continue to slowly slip

south overnight sunday. very little rain, though, in association with that. if anything, perhaps a greater chance of the odd punchier shower across east anglia thanks to something a little more unsettled out in the north sea. just 4 degrees for newcastle. clear skies, light winds underneath that ridge high pressure taking into monday. here's the high on monday. as you can see, just trying to continue pushing east, sending those showers further east into the north sea. could be the odd shower around early on, though, across parts of east anglia, and i think we'll keep a little more cloud for lincolnshire, east anglia and into the south—east through the day. the weather front makes its way south, weakening all the while, but what it mightjust do is enable a few showers to break out across northern england on monday afternoon, the odd punchier one maybe, most likely for high ground across the pennines. 20—21 in the sunshine again on monday, a little warmer across scotland and northern ireland because there will be more sunshine here. we are looking at a glorious week

ahead for the chelsea flower show, a lot of fine weather to come, just a bit of a dip in the temperatures on tuesday. that could be the case for many parts of england and wales. little bit of a change of wind direction, pulling in something a little cooler off the north sea, and the chance of a little more cloud around. instead of 20—21, we are looking at 18—19. scotland and northern ireland, 16—17. as the week plays out, high pressure stays with us so, aside from the risk of the odd shower across scotland and northern ireland courtesy of the tail end of some weather fronts, very little rain to speak of through the week ahead.

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