live from london, this is bbc news. ukraine's president zelensky says russia does not occupy the embattled city of bakhmut after the kremlin said it's taken full control of the city. bakhmut is not occupied by russian federation, as of today. there are no two or three interpretations of those words. president biden says putin "will not break our resolve" as the us announces a new package of military aid for ukraine. the a reaffirmed our shared and unwavering commitment to stand for the brave people of ukraine. —— dj seven. calls for the uk home secretary,

suella braverman, to be investigated following claims she asked civil servants to help her avoid a speeding fine. millions in greece head to the polls to vote in the country's uncertain general election. hello, i'm louisa pilbeam. a defiant ukrainian president volodymr zelensky has told the g7 summit in hiroshima that russia does not occupy the embattled city of bakhmut. it comes after conflicting reports of who is now in control of the eastern city. russian president putin has congratulated the wagner mercenary group of capturing the city. but that's been rejected by ukraine. earlier, volodymyr zelensky and the japanese prime minister, fumio kishida, laid wreaths at peace memorial park in hiroshima. both leaders paid tribute to victims of the world war ii atomic bomb attack which killed about 140,000 people. mr zelensky said photographs

of hiroshima destruction during the second world war reminded him of bakhmut and other destroyed ukrainian cities. here's mr zelensky addressing those conflicting reports on bakhmut at a news conference. there are no misunderstandings. i clearly understand what is taking place in bakhmut and we all clearly understand why all of that is taking place. i cannot share with you the tactical views of our military, of our warriors. but, as of today, we can see that the country, which dozens times is bigger than we are, cannot occupy us, cannot win in this war. and we understand that a bit more, and then we will be prevailing. and that is why we are acting how we are acting, valuing the lives of the people. the hardest is when if bakhmut had some military tactical mistake, for instance, and people could be

surrounded, then all the military know 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 it witnesses that bakhmut is not occupied by russian federation as of today. it comes as the us president, joe biden, announced a new package of military aid for ukraine, including ammunition, artillery and armoured vehicles. he's taken part in the so—called family photo with leaders of the world's most powerful democracies. ukraine has dominated the g7 summit. at a news conference in g7, president biden has again emphasised that the continuation of the war in ukraine lies solely in the hands of russia. russia started this war, and russia could end it today by withdrawing its troops from ukraine, internationally recognised borders and

ceasing its assault. until then, excuse me, the ability, ukraine's ability to defend itself is essential to being able to end this war permanently and through diplomacy. you know, and this morning, i once more shared and assured president zelensky, together with all g7 members and our allies and partners around the world, that we will not waver. putin will not break our resolve, as he thought he could. two years ago, almost three years ago. we're going to continue to provide economic, humanitarian and security assistance to ukraine so it can stand strong as long as it needs it. and, today, the united states announced our latest tranche of artillery, ammunition, anti—tank weapons and bridging equipment to help ukraine succeed in the battlefield. andrew small is a senior fellow on the indo—pacific programme at the german marshall fund think tank. i asked him if he thought the g7�*s main goals for this summit had been achieved.

there was a big part of the ukraine agenda, as you just noted, bolstering support, a chance, as you mentioned, for zelensky to get his message across to some of the most important developing world leaders that he hasn't dealt with. but i think, from the japanese perspective, there was a big security piece of the agenda, some of which was about ukraine, some of which was about trying to get leaders to look at security in asia and europe in a more indivisible way, giving the right strategic weight to taiwan, the south china sea, some of these issues as well. but i think there's also a large part of the agenda that was about getting leaders to become more serious about economic security questions, diversifying supply chains, pushing back against economic coercion, some of these questions restricting the flow of sensitive technologies to authoritarian powers. and i think, as well on the economic side, there's been this question of the west's need to improve the offer from the g7 to the developing world. i think there's been a sense that there's a greater division that's

been opening up between the advanced economies and the global south since the russian invasion. and that really political and economic competition there is intensifying. and so much of this is all centred around the rivalry with china, where i think we saw some of the strongest and sharpest language that we've had at a g7 so far. you mentioned china there. and when it comes to technology, you mentioned the word technology. that's where china comes into this as well. in terms of security, do you think that's a big aspect of this g7? well, i think one of the things that was striking about this g7, notjust the statement itself, we've had a couple of g7 summits where you have relatively firm language on technology, economic relations with china, but then you have the leaders coming out of the meeting and then making a point of differentiating their own positions, saying china is still a partner. we don't want decoupling. i think what we thought this one was something that was a bit more

of a consensus, that basically we will still have a large scale economic relationship with china, but that it needs to be de—risked that certain dependencies on china in areas such as critical raw materials which featured in the summit declaration, need to be addressed. and as you mentioned in the question, basically access for china to advance technologies with military applications needs to be tightened. and i think that consensus was not as clear in the previous summit. 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. let's go live to our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, in hiroshima. what struck you about what was said that the g7 today? the what struck you about what was said that the g7 today?— that the g7 today? the thing that struck me most _ that the g7 today? the thing that struck me most was _ that the g7 today? the thing that struck me most was the fact - that the g7 today? the thing that struck me most was the fact that| struck me most was the fact that this was happening at the same time, we were following president biden

and president zelensky giving these important statements of course after quite a full day for both leaders. a couple of things struck me, one is president zelensky obviously talking about the practicalities of the military support that is happening from the united states, whether it is the f—i6s, whether it is the heavy machinery that the us has announced today, updating everyone as much as he could on bakhmut, not giving much details but saying that russia does not really have full control of it, correcting himself in the statement he made earlier, but what struck me actually something more personal, because he said that when he went to the museum, the peace memorial museum, here that is not farfrom peace memorial museum, here that is not far from where i peace memorial museum, here that is not farfrom where i am, and he saw pictures of the devastation in hiroshima after it was hit by the atomic bomb all those years ago, it reminded him of the city of bakhmut

and how devastated it is right now, and how devastated it is right now, and we talked a lot during the summit about the symbolism of the city and how poignant this is and, on the last day of the g7 summit, you have president zelensky here in hiroshima while the war rages in his country, comparing the devastation of what hiroshima had experienced, the devastation that many cities are experiencing in ukraine, and he says his dream and hope is that cities in his dream and hope is that cities in his country would be able to rebuild hiroshima... like hiroshima did. also his confidence that he will receive these f—i6s, we don't know yet, we don't know how many, but it tells you something about the investment will the involvement of the g7 leaders and the us because it will take time for these ukrainian pilots to be trained, we don't know at the time of delivery of these f-i6s, at the time of delivery of these f—i6s, but it's a long—term

commitment which means they are in it for the long hole, which is what president biden said, he expressed unwavering support, he said ukraine's ability to defend itself is key to ending this conflict, and that they will be in it for the long haul, and that the resolve will not be broken by vladimir putin. thank ou ve be broken by vladimir putin. thank you very much _ be broken by vladimir putin. thank you very much for _ be broken by vladimir putin. thank you very much for keeping - be broken by vladimir putin. thank you very much for keeping us - you very much for keeping us up—to—date. live to ukraine's capital, kyiv, to speak to our correspondent, james waterhouse. what did you make of what president zelensky said about bakhmut? we spoke earlier about the fact that bakhmut is becoming a distraction, but is it a strategically important city? in but is it a strategically important ci ? . ., , , , ., �* city? in a military sense, i don't think it is _ city? in a military sense, i don't think it is in — city? in a military sense, i don't think it is in that _ city? in a military sense, i don't think it is in that there - city? in a military sense, i don't think it is in that there is - city? in a military sense, i don't think it is in that there is no - think it is in that there is no evidence to suggest that should russia finally seize control of a city that has been reduced to ruin, there are no signs suggesting that russia could then push on from there

and take other cities, where they continue to take more ukrainian territory. the reason for that is the sheer number of losses that russian fighters have sustained. ukraine also... clearly, for russia it has become so symbolically significant in its quest to try and claim some kind of trophy, and for ukraine i think it has also become symbolic as well in the sense that they are saying, enough is enough, you will not have it as much as you talk it up, but also it has clearly been drawing russian fighters into that particular battle, and the kyiv, we have spoken to military commanders in the east, it said that evenif commanders in the east, it said that even if we lose this city, it will be a hollow victory for moscow because of the sheer number of men they have lost, so i think you get an idea of the thinking behind it, but what we are seeing with president zelensky on his nonstop diplomatic tour currently is that

this is becoming a bit of a side issue, a bit of a distraction, but he is honestly grappling with the realities of this sustained invasion while looking to secure longer term guarantees and commitments from western allies. find guarantees and commitments from western allies.— western allies. and you mentioned lookin: for western allies. and you mentioned looking for more _ western allies. and you mentioned looking for more commitments - western allies. and you mentioned l looking for more commitments from the allies. weapons, that was something that was decided, can you tell us a bit more about what the us promised? tell us a bit more about what the us romised? ~ ., ., ., , , promised? what volodymyr zelensky has not ve promised? what volodymyr zelensky has got very good — promised? what volodymyr zelensky has got very good at _ promised? what volodymyr zelensky has got very good at is _ promised? what volodymyr zelensky has got very good at is continually i has got very good at is continually asking for more. if you cast your mind back to january 2022, before the full scale invasion, ukraine was getting frustrated with countries like germany and the us being initially reluctant to provide aid, they were receiving helmets. and in they were receiving helmets. and in the months since, they have secured longer range missiles and armoured vehicles, tanks, and it was thought for a while that fighterjets would

be a bridge too far because it's not simply supplying those, this is something that volodymyr zelensky has long wanted, but what the us has announced, the us will help train ukrainian fighter... announced, the us will help train ukrainianfighter... pilots announced, the us will help train ukrainian fighter... pilots in f—i6 fighterjets which ukraine sees as pivotal in the war, but we are a long way from seeing them deployed on the battlefield. {lila long way from seeing them deployed on the battlefield.— on the battlefield. 0k, thank you very much _ on the battlefield. 0k, thank you very much indeed. _ also at the g7 summit in hiroshima, the british prime minister has been asked about the uk home secretary, suella braverman. 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. now opposition parties are urging mr sunak to launch an ethics investigation. the bbc has been told that rishi sunak had no idea until the story broke on saturday night. this report from our political correspondent, charlotte rose.

the issue at play here isn't the speeding fine itself, but whether suella braverman used her position to try and avoid doing a speed awareness course with other members of the public. the government doesn't dispute that she approach to civil servants to try and book a one—to—one session, but was told they couldn't get involved. in the end, she paid the fine and took the points. her team believe that's the end of the matter and deny there has been any breach of the ministerial code. the prime minister was asked at the g7 summit earlier if he would launch an investigation. i don't know the full details of what has happened nor have i spoken to the home secretary, you can see first—hand what i've been doing over the last day or so. but i understand she has expressed regret for speeding, accepted the penalty and paid the fine. but speaking to the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg show, a former party chairman said he would welcome more information. it certainly brings into question, i think, the use of civil servants.

so i think there's definitely questions to be answered. let's see what is said, i guess it will be in the house of commons, an urgent question or a statement on monday, let's see what is said there. one of our viewers wants to know, they have e—mailed in today, - why do government ministers think. they are above the rules and can ask that kind of special treatment? i don't think ministers do think they are above the rules. some people have recently lost their licence and some people are getting fines. we have seen that across all walks of public life. 0pposition parties seem unwilling to let the issue drop. what is going on in this government? he should never have appointed her in the first place, he has been too weak to sack her for incompetence, and now he's so weak, he won't even call an inquiry. suella braverman will have to face mps when she answers home office questions in the commons tomorrow afternoon, and there will be questions too for the prime minister on his return from the g7. the bbc understands he was not previously aware of the matter.

charlotte rose, bbc news. now it's time for a look at today's sport with chetan. we will start with the final round of the _ we will start with the final round of the us— we will start with the final round of the us pga— we will start with the final round of the us pga championship. - two—time champion brooks koepka has a one—shot lead at the moment. he tees off in a little over six hours from now. he's six under par, but there's plenty who'll be trying to chase him down. koepka, who won this major in 2018 and 2019, had to contend with the torrential rain at oak hill, in upstate new york. viktor hovland and corey conners are just a shot behind, with fellow american bryson dechambeau on three under. it would mean a lot. i think it would mean a lot to anybody. to win would mean a lot to anybody. to win would be fantastic. i was just told that only tiger and jack 13, so that would be pretty special to be on a

list with them, so ijust had to go and play good. so this how it stands ahead of the fourth and final round. scottie scheffler, the world number two, also in the mix, four shots back on 2 under, alongside england'sjustin rose, with another two—time winner of the us pga, rory mciroy, who's on 1 under. manchester city get to lift the english premier league trophy later. it's their third title in a row in a season where they could yet win the champions league and the fa cup. city's players watched on as their nearest rivals arsenal lost at nottingham forest. a result that ensured they were champions. they'll be presented with the trophy at the eitihad stadium after their game against chelsea. you never get better than city, will you? you never get better than city, will ou? , ., , you never get better than city, will ou? , ., ., you? drop we can also win all three, the fa cup. — you? drop we can also win all three, the fa cup, champions _ you? drop we can also win all three, the fa cup, champions league - you? drop we can also win all three, the fa cup, champions league in i you? drop we can also win all three, | the fa cup, champions league in the premier— the fa cup, champions league in the premier league. it�*s the fa cup, champions league in the premier league-— premier league. it's absolutely unbelievable, _ premier league. it's absolutely unbelievable, 20 _ premier league. it's absolutely unbelievable, 20 years - premier league. it's absolutely unbelievable, 20 years ago - premier league. it's absolutelyj unbelievable, 20 years ago this week, — unbelievable, 20 years ago this week, before _ unbelievable, 20 years ago this week, before that _ unbelievable, 20 years ago this week, before that down - unbelievable, 20 years ago this week, before that down in-

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every game counts, obviously. american undisputed world lightweight champion devin haney retained his titles by beating vasiliy lomachenko on points. haney remains unbeaten, winning by unanimous decision in las vegas but the ukrainian fighter and his team were unhappy with the judges. this is the biggest rivalry in the middle of the day. for the other team, christmas came during the summer. and we will not let it go. i guarantee we will protest, i guarantee we will protest, i guarantee we will repeal that decision because somebody needs to end this injustice. there was a shock of sorts for katie taylor, who lost her unbeaten record in her hometown, with england's chantelle cameron producing a stunning win to retain her undisputed title in dublin. it's taylor's first professional loss. i guess i came up a bit short, very

close fight. but this is boxing. it is a tough challenge, i look forward to the rematch. and that's all the sport for now. greeks are voting under a new electoral system, with opinion polls suggesting no single party will win an overall majority. kyriakos mitsotakis, of the centre—right new democracy, has cast his vote in athens. he is hoping to stay in power in the face of the challenge from former prime minister alexis tsipras and his left—wing syriza party. mr tsipras has also cast his vote in the past hour. 0ur correspondent, nick beake, is in the greek capital. four years ago most people voted for

the centre—right new democracy party that went on to win the election. i just want to show you the backdrop at this particular polling station because as views go it's not a bad one! the acropolis, there it is, looming over the voters casting their ballot today. for many people their ballot today. for many people the symbol of ancient greece, the birthplace of democracy. today's voters will be making their way here to this school, and 17—year—olds are able to vote for the first time. what will be on their minds? probably on the minds of the young and the old, because a cost of living election is what people are saying this is, and we have seen this and other countries of the past few months or so, the fact that people are saying the money they have in their pocket does not go as far as it used to, the cost of products when they go to the supermarket, the cost has gone up, so that's something is important,

also specific to greece in this election has been the awful train crash that we saw at the end of february, 57 people were killed, most of them students, and critics of the government said that showed not only a defective rail network but also symbolised wider failings within the greek state. there has also been what people are called greece's watergate, wiretapping scandal, and the government has been trying to bat away criticism, but opinion poll showed that the ruling government will probably be the first party in the elections who will come top, but they have changed the system here, that means they will no longer get a bonus of 50 parliamentary seats, the outcome therefore according to the analysts will be either a coalition government being formed in the days to come or much more likely greeks will be back to the ballot box later in the summer. at least 12 people have died after a crush at a football stadium

in el salvador�*s capital. the incident occurred during a match between local team alianza and their opponents, fas, at san salvador�*s cuscatlan stadium, when many fans tried to enter the venue after the gates had been closed. israel's far—right national security minister, itamar ben gvir, has visited the al—aqsa mosque compound in occupied eastjerusalem. police said his visit to the site, which israelis call the temple mount, passed off without incident. jordan, which administers the complex, condemned his presence. he previosuly visited the site back injanuary, which was widely condemned by palestinians. after eight years away from the music scene, britpop band blur are back with a new album, and the cover has put the spotlight on a small town in inverclyde on scotland's west coast. a photograph taken nearly 20 years ago of gourock lido has been chosen as the artwork, much to the delight of local residents. 0ur reporter, aileen clarke,

has been to find out why the band have swapped parklife for pool life. blur blasting out of the tannoy at gourock pool as swimmers enjoyed the sun and the buzz about their pool being on the front of the band's next album. well, my phone's been going nonstop since news broke last night through different taggings and messages. it's been overwhelming. it's been great. and how satisfying is it for you personally that you're getting such recognition for this pool? it's a place that's close to my heart. this is where i grew up. this is where i swam as a child. but beyond delighted at the level of response. from breaststroke to britpop, they're lapping it up here. back in 1995, blair took the ferry from gourock over to play a gig in dunoon. now, all these years later, highlighting the town's pool a welcome surprise. so what do you think of your pool being on the front of the album cover? it's so cool. i think we should invite blur

to come for a midnight swim. do you think it might encourage more visitors to come and check it out? i think it would, yeah. it'd be quite nice for the local area because it's such - a nice setting here. when i was a child, i used to come here when it was a saltwater tidal pool. and luke, who i met up with poolside. ian gault, the local man, also known as the lone swimmer in the photograph. it was confirmed by the people who worked in the pool that it was me and indeed it is. you can tell because i'm not a good swimmer. and if you look at the actual photograph, you can see my arms are in the wrong position and my head's in the wrong position. and what do you think about now being on the front of an album cover? well, as i say, it's the closest i shall ever come to being a rock star. but also it's a nice thing. i'm quite pleased for the town, and maybe it will encourage more people to come down and start using the pool. and let's face it, if you were looking for a striking image for your album cover,

well, this is the pool with quite the view. stay with us here on bbc news. there's 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 away 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 in 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 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.

this is bbc news. the headlines... ukraine's president zelensky says russia does not occupy the embattled city of bakhmut, following a day of conflicting reports. zelensky has also told the g7 summit injapan that he won't enter into peace talks with russia until its army leaves ukrainian territory. us presidentjoe biden says vladimir putin "will not break our resolve" as the united states announces a new package of military aid for ukraine, including ammunition, artillery, armoured vehicles and training for soldiers. there are calls for the uk's home secretary suella braverman to be investigated, following claims she requesterd a private speed awareness course to avoid points on her driving licence, after she was caught speeding last summer.