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 had taken full control of the city. translation: 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 g7 reaffirmed our shared and unwavering... let me say it again, our shared and unwavering commitment to stand with the brave people of ukraine. calls for the uk home secretary suella braverman to be investigated — following claims she asked civil servants to help her

avoid a speeding fine. warring factions in sudan sign a seven—day ceasefire agreement, allowing humanitarian access and the withdrawal of forces from essential facilities. hello, i'm krupa padhy. good to have you with us. 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. and this follows confirmation from president biden that the united states — and partners — will help train ukrainian pilots to fly fourth generation fighters such as the f—16. president zelensky has long—called for such jets to better fight russia's full invasion of ukraine.

our asia pacific correspondent, laura bicker, sent this report from hiroshima. this president knows the cost of war. as he paid tribute to the victims of the hiroshima bombing, he needed no reminderfrom this sombre city of what can happen when a bitter conflict leads to the use of a nuclear weapon. he is building relationships with the us president and others to ensure this does not happen in ukraine. together with the entire g7, we have ukraine �*s back, and i promise we're not going anywhere. the calculated risk to fly so far from kyiv appears to have been worth it. translation: we really have been working alongside politically - with our partners to get the desired outcome of the strengthening of our skies, besides air defence we are gratefulfor that, we are really grateful to the united states of america

as the leaders in the support of this sphere and other partners of ours. further on, we have the several months for the training of our pilots and we will be working for these people to be as educated as possible, as trained and experienced as possible. and today washington confirmed that it has given the green light to training on much longed for combatjets. the united states together with our allies and partners is going to begin training ukrainian pilots in fourth generation fighter aircraft, including f—16s, to strengthen the ukraine's air force as part of a long—term commitment to ukraine's ability to defend itself. president biden has also guaranteed anti—tank weapons and more ammunition but what we don't know, what we don't have it any cast—iron guarantee about who will be providing these f—16s ought combat jets.

and that is crucial because it will take time to train them and president zelensky says, this is what could turn the tide of this war. one by one, face—to—face, mr zelensky has pushed for breakthroughs. the seating plan may have been deliberate, the indian prime minister, who has refused to condemn russia's invasion. moscow may hope that they can wait out the west, that interest or support might wane. the message coming from the world's riches democracies are they are in this for the long haul. let's go live to our correspondent shaimaa khalil, who's been following the g7 meeting in hiroshima. ukraine meeting in hiroshima. a very long way from japan, but ukraine a very long way from japan, but it's been top of the agenda and it has been a symbolic element of this gathering. i

it has been a symbolic element of this gathering-— this gathering. i don't think you can overstate _ this gathering. i don't think you can overstate the _ this gathering. i don't think you can overstate the symbolism i this gathering. i don't think you | can overstate the symbolism and significance of this location, and i think the moment that really hit home for me is when you saw president zelensky and the prime minister in the peace memorial park just behind me laying wreaths in that significant historical location, and it was almost eerily timely because most of the time when you refer to the atomic bomb dome or the peace memorial park, it refers to a time in history that many of us thought was behind us, that wouldn't happen again, and yet you have a president whose country has been ravaged by war standing in a city that knows all too well what it means to be devastated by an atomic bomb by nuclear weapons and i think that really brought it home, and he himself acknowledged the symbolism

of him being here, notjust to have the important meetings between allies and other countries but also he said looking at pictures of a devastated hiroshima after the atomic bomb reminded him of the city of back at ash bakhmut and he is at the centre of the world stage, but how important it is to make the case for his country and be present physically and personally and make those face—to—face alliances and meetings but also to reach out and i think it was really important and laura pointed out in her report that as we were sat next to the indian prime minister, a leader who has never condemned the war against ukraine by russia and actually has very close ties with moscow and says he will not stop buying russian oil, so even though he has to sit and speak to leaders who have strong alliances with his country's invaders, it shows that president

zelensky wants to widen his circle of alliance and secure global support for his cause and that is what he has been doing.- support for his cause and that is what he has been doing. thank you so much, 'ust what he has been doing. thank you so much, just reiterating _ what he has been doing. thank you so much, just reiterating the _ what he has been doing. thank you so much, just reiterating the fact - what he has been doing. thank you so much, just reiterating the fact that. much, just reiterating the fact that the support for —— from g7 leaders is there but certainly a lot of work and the indian prime minister still in need of support, says volodymyr zelensky. as we've been hearing, ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has rejected claims by russia that it has occupied bakhmut. here he is explaining why ukraine cannot share the details of his strategy in bakhmut. translation: 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 exactly

where exactly but it witnesses that bakhmut is not occupied by russian federation, as of today. joining me now from kyiv is colonel richard kemp, a retired british army officer and defence commentator. good to have you with us. first of all, can i get your immediate reaction to the comments from president zelensky that bakhmut is very much in ukraine's hands. i was very much in ukraine's hands. i was down in that— very much in ukraine's hands. i was down in that area _ very much in ukraine's hands. i was down in that area myself _ very much in ukraine's hands. i was down in that area myself a - very much in ukraine's hands. i was down in that area myself a day - very much in ukraine's hands. laws down in that area myself a day or very much in ukraine's hands. iii-033 down in that area myself a day or so ago and i spoke to many ukrainian commanders and soldiers who have been fighting in bakhmut and in some cases for many months. the reality is that the vast majority of the city, the city itself has been captured by the russians but the ukrainian forces are still fighting and in some cases they are taking ground back from the russians on the flanks, on the external parts of the city so i think while the russians,

as far as i can work out, appear to be in main control of the city, that doesn't mean to say that they are now in a position to launch a further operation from their and they are still being tied down by they are still being tied down by the ukrainian forces in the area. mixed narratives from various sides. can you help us better understand the importance of this area because as i understand it, bakhmut is not strategically important but symbolically it certainly is. it strategically important but symbolically it certainly is. it was symbolically _ symbolically it certainly is. it was symbolically important _ symbolically it certainly is. it was symbolically important for - symbolically it certainly is. it was symbolically important for the i symbolically important for the russians because they haven't scored any kind of significant victory for any kind of significant victory for a very long time now and they have been proclaiming bakhmut as a place they will capture for the best part of a year since they have been trying, and they will certainly be selling this as a strategic victory backin selling this as a strategic victory back in russia. as far as ukraine is concerned, of course the loss of any

ukrainian territory is a blow to the country, but i don't think it's a strategic blow, potentially it does open up the opportunity for russia to advance further to the west in donetsk province and maybe even approaching the other two major cities in donetsk but if they are not able to do that it means little has been achieved in bakhmut and as things appear at the moment, ukraine are actively bottling up the russians in that area so i wouldn't describe it as a strategic victory, although it is a loss for ukraine, but the other aspect of it to consider is while the russians have been fighting and pushing resources into bakhmut and are still pushing the resources in, it means they are not attacking other places and it means many russians have been killed in that fight and i think president

biden suggested today in an interview that hundred thousand have been killed and of course many ukrainians have been killed, but it has been a very hard fight for both sides and perhaps particularfor the russians so the other factor and maybe has bought time for ukraine to help build up its borders for a counteroffensive which is going on while the fight for bakhmut it has taken place. while the fight for bakhmut it has taken place-— while the fight for bakhmut it has taken lace. ., , ., , ., , taken place. lots of questions asked about when the _ taken place. lots of questions asked about when the spring _ taken place. lots of questions asked about when the spring offensive - taken place. lots of questions asked about when the spring offensive or l about when the spring offensive or evenif about when the spring offensive or even if it has started. thank you so much colonel richard kempjoining us on bbc news. 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 the prime

minister 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 approached 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. opposition 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. greeks are voting under a new electoral system — with opinion polls suggesting no single party will win an overall majority. one of the main contenders is this man: of the centre—right new democracy, who has already cast his vote in athens. he is hoping to stay in power, this is in the face of the challenge from former prime minister alexis tsipras and his left—wing syriza party. our correspondent nick beake is in the greek capital. this is a constituency in the heart of the capital where, four years ago, most people voted for the centre—right new democracy party. it went on to win the election and has been ruling greece ever since.

i 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 who are casting their ballots today. for many people, the symbol of ancient greece, the birthplace of democracy. today's voters will be making their way along here into what is a school and talking of schools and younger people, i7—year—olds, people who celebrate their 17th birthday this year, are able to vote, for the first time. what will be in their minds? well, it's probably what's in the minds of the young and the old because a cost of living election is what people are saying this is. we've seen this in other countries, haven't we, over the past few months or so. the fact that people are saying the money they have in their pocket doesn't go as far as it used to. the cost of products when they go to the supermarket, the cost has gone up. that's something which 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's also been what people have called greece's watergate, a wiretapping scandal and again the government has been trying to bat away criticism. but the opinion polls show that the ruling mitsotakis government will probably be the first party in the elections, will come top, but they've changed the system here so that means they will no longer get a bonus of 50 parliamentary seats. the outcome, therefore, according to 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. now it's time for a look at today's sport with chetan. hello from the bbc sport centre. the final round of the us pga championship has just got underway.

two—time champion brooks koepka has a one—shot lead at the moment, he tees off in a little overfive hours from now and is six under par, but there's plenty who'll be trying to chase him down. koepka won this major in 2018 and 2019, and had to contend with the torrential rain at oak hill, in upstate new york. viktor hovland and corey conners arejust a shot behind — with fellow american bryson dechambeau on 3—under. it would mean a lot. i think it would mean a lot to anybody. to win would be fantastic. i was just told that only tiger and jack has won three, so that would be pretty special to be on a list with them, so ijust had to go and play good. 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 are champions. they'll be presented with the trophy at the etihad stadium after their game against chelsea. you never get better than city, will you? best tea m best team in the land the world. hoefully we can also win all three, the fa cup, champions league in the premier league. it's absolutely unbelievable, 20 years ago this week, - before that down in the third division, all right, _ we have won the lottery on the way, but you have got to spend your money wisely.| it's unbelievable. two other games in the premier league on sunday. the most significant at the london stadium where a win over west ham would move leeds out of the relegation zone and leave

everton in the bottom three going into the final weekend of the season. latest score it's i—i, rodrigo scored for leeds before declan rice equalised for the hammers. fast approaching half—time. if brighton beat southampton later they'll be set for a top six finish. borussia dortmund can go top of the bundesliga if they win at augsburg later. it follows leaders bayern munich's defeat on saturday. rb leipzig came from a goal down to win three one and throw the title race wide open again. if dortmund win their two remaining games they will end bayern�*s ten year run of winning the title. in italy, a few days after reaching the champions league final, inter milan can go second if they beat the champions napoli. lazio can strengthen their hold on a top four place with a win at udinese. big game towards the bottom between lecce and spezia. into the piece.

mid—table torino and fiorentina is goaless in spain second from bottom rayo vallacano at home to espanyol. 1-1 at 1—1 at the moment. atletico madrid and real madrid have the chance of finishing second as barcelona have already won the title and both madrid sides are in action on sunday while severe —— the villa take on real betis later. finals after beating the los angeles lakers again. they lead their best—of—seven western conference finals series 3—0. and they know a win in game four on monday night — in la — will clinch a place in the finals. we've just got to get one at a time and focus on game numberfour and that's how you can think about it. obviously the game is over and done with and we had some opportunities but didn't come through, so let's get ready for monday and just its one—game in a series for us, so every game counts. andy murray has withdrawn from the forthcoming french open. the 36—year—old three—time grand slam winner says

he want to concentrate on the grass court season building up to wimbledon. murray has only played at roland garros once since 2017. and that's all the sport for now. in northern ireland, sinn fein have called on the dup to return to power sharing in northern ireland, after clinching a historic win in the local council elections. sinn fein is now the largest party in local government as well as the stormont assembly. its vice president michelle o'neill has claimed the result shows voters want northern ireland to get a government back. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, reports. sinn fein are celebrating a second historic win in 12 months. the party made breakthroughs across northern ireland, winning seats in areas it has never had councillors elected before. the party says the victory is an endorsement by voters that the blocking of the stormont assembly must end.

for me, it definitely was about positive leadership, it was about a restoration of the executive, it was about making politics work, and i'm very glad that that has resonated with the electorate and that they have come out in such strong numbers where we now are on course to have a very momentous election result. and then it is now obviously what we are going to do next, which is, in my opinion, we need to work, double down in terms of getting an executive restored. northern ireland is currently being run by civil servants while the dup are preventing a return to power—sharing as a protest over the brexit arrangements, which they believe undermined northern ireland's place in the uk. the dup avoided any losses, which they say shows there is support for their tough stance. obviously been at the expense of other nationalist parties, and that is something where i think for unionism perhaps it is a wake up and smell the coffee moment. so as people look at these results today, and they look at nationalism

coalescing around sinn fein and unionism being divided across three parties, i think that is not a sustainable model for the way forward. there has been talk of a possible return to power—sharing in the autumn, but the dup want legislation from the british government to address their concerns over brexit. sinn fein say voters should not be kept waiting any longer. emma vardy, bbc news. let's turn to the conflict in sudan. a temporary ceasefire has been agreed as fighting between the two warring factions has entered its sixth week. previous truce attempts between sudan's regular army and the para—military rapid support forces have tended to collapse within minutes of beginning. but the new deal will be enforced by a "ceasefire monitoring mechanism". the bbc�*sjewel kiriungi joins me now from nairobi. good to have you with us. first of all, there have been many attempts

at a ceasefire. what hopes are there for this one?— for this one? well with this particular— for this one? well with this particular ceasefire - for this one? well with this particular ceasefire it - for this one? well with this particular ceasefire it is - for this one? well with this i particular ceasefire it is being backed by the united states and saudi arabia and they say there will be an international mechanism that will make sure the parties on it. what we have seen is it is sceptical and so many previous attempts at reaching a truce has not yielded much and it's expected that with the coming days and i have been witnessing this that will come to an end. ., , ., , ., ., end. lots of question marks thousands _ end. lots of question marks thousands of _ end. lots of question marks thousands of people - end. lots of question marksj thousands of people making end. lots of question marks - thousands of people making their way to port sudan and egypt via land. it was evident that the humanitarian situation was serious. paint us a picture of what it is like on the

ground. picture of what it is like on the round. ., ., . , �* ground. the aid agencies we've soken ground. the aid agencies we've spoken to _ ground. the aid agencies we've spoken to have _ ground. the aid agencies we've spoken to have said _ ground. the aid agencies we've spoken to have said they - ground. the aid agencies we've spoken to have said they have l spoken to have said they have released and struggled to get humanitarian assistance to the areas and it's expected this particular ceasefire will allow humanitarian access and we will also see the withdrawal of armed forces from essential facilities like hospitals which have been trying to take care of some of the people who have been affected and there have been reports of mass looting as there are shortages of essential items such as food, money and cash and we are waiting to see whether this particular ceasefire will actually allow humanitarian access to some of the affected communities.— the affected communities. thank you so much. the affected communities. thank you so much- we — the affected communities. thank you so much. we wait _ the affected communities. thank you so much. we wait and _ the affected communities. thank you so much. we wait and see _ the affected communities. thank you so much. we wait and see it - the affected communities. thank you so much. we wait and see it unfolds. from our bbc africa team, thank you, and plenty more on this story over on bbc news online but for now you

are watching bbc news and thank you for your company. 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 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.