live from london, this is bbc news. ukraine's president zelensky rejects russia's claim that it is in control of the embattled city of bakhmut. bakhmut is not occupied by russian federation, as of today. there are no two or three interpretations of those words. president biden says the us is doing everything possible to help ukraine as he unveils a new aid package the united states, together with our allies and partners, is going to begin training ukrainian pilots in fourth—generation fighter aircraft, including f—165. early results suggest greece's ruling new democracy party is on track to win the country's election, but it won't secure an outright majority. the uk home secretary,

suella braverman, is under pressure after claims she asked civil servants to help her avoid a speeding fine. saudi arabia is set to make history as the country sends its first—ever female astronaut to the international space station. president zelensky has thanked g7 leaders for their enduring support of ukraine. speaking at the end of a summit injapan, mr zelensky said that russia's defeat would result in lasting world peace. he also insisted 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 for capturing the city. our asia pacific correspondent, laura bicker, sent this report from hiroshima. this president knows

the cost of war. mr zelensky paid tribute to the victims of the hiroshima bombing and needed no reminder from the sombre city of what can happen when a bitter conflict leads to the use of a nuclear weapon. together with the entire g7, we have ukraine's back, and i promise we're not going anywhere. his meetings with the us president and others are to ensure this does not happen in ukraine. putin will not break our resolve. in a policy shift, washington has confirmed it will allow ukrainian pilots to train in american—madejets. the united states, together with our allies and partners, is going to begin training ukrainian pilots and fourth—generation fighter aircraft, including f—16s, to strengthen 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 is any cast—iron guarantee about who will provide these f—16s or combatjets. 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. yet mr zelensky seems confident he will get his much longed forjets. we have been working for a long time with our partners to strengthen our skies. i can't tell you how many aircraft we will be able to get. i'm not able to tell you when this will take place. but we will speed it up because it's important. every day, we are losing lives. this japanese city is thousands of miles from ukraine.

but here its leader found prayers of support and solidarity. moscow may have hoped interest in this war would wane and the world would move on. but together in hiroshima, g7 leaders have resolved that they'll help kyiv for as long as it takes. laura bicker, bbc news, japan. so the united states has announced a new military support package for ukraine. but what does it comprise of? our reporter, david waddell, has been looking at the detail. it's 15 months on from the russian invasion of ukraine, what the kremlin�*s called its special military operation. ukraine wasn't expected to stand for more than a few days, but it has managed to hold back russian and russian—backed forces in the south and east of the country. this territory marked in red. now, ukraine has been persistently requesting material support from its allies in the west. and speaking at the g7 summit in hiroshima, president biden has offered a new package worth $375 million. that package includes ammunition, artillery, armoured vehicles and training.

there are not more details as to precisely what's in that package. at the time of the announcement, president zelensky didn't know any more detail either. but we do know this. it's a key headline that emerged yesterday, and it involves us—made f—16 aircraft. the us announced it would support the delivery of f—16fighterjets to ukraine by western allies, along with training for ukrainian pilots. this would be a step up from ukraine's soviet era mig 29s and su 27s which flied comparable missions. the f—16 radar can see further, allowing hostile aircraft to be engaged at longer ranges. here's president biden outlining the basic details of the new package. today, i'm announcing the next tranche of us security assistance to ukraine, a package that includes more ammunition, artillery, armoured vehicles to bolster ukraine's battlefield abilities. and the united states continues to help ukraine respond, recover and rebuild. president biden with president zelensky on the fringes

of the g7 summit in hiroshima. now, much earlier in the conflict, there was great nervousness about how much support western allies could give to ukraine for fear of provoking a much wider and potentially nuclear conflict there. now, that calculus seems to have changed and western allies, in particular the us, seem much keener to provide ukraine with the support it needs. the pledge of military aid comes as president zelensky insistss russia does not occupy the embattled city of bakhmut. that's despite russian claims to the contrary. so what's actually going on? colonel richard kemp, a retired british army commander, spoke to us from kyiv. i was down in the area myself a day or so ago. and i spoke to many ukrainian commanders and soldiers who have been fighting in bakhmut — in some cases, for many months. and the reality is, i think, that the vast majority of the city, the city itself, has been now captured by the russians. but the ukrainian forces are still fighting them. they're still, in some cases,

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 control of the city, that doesn't mean to say that they're now in a position, let's say, to launch a further operation from there. i think they're still being tied down by the ukrainian forces in the area. i think it was very symbolically important for the russians because they haven't scored any kind of significant victory for a very long time now. and they saw and they've been proclaiming bakhmut as being a place they're going to capture for the best part of a year, since they've been trying. and so they will certainly be 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. i think 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 of kramatorsk and sloviansk. but if they're not able to do that, then it means that little has been achieved in bakhmut for them. and as things appear at the moment, the ukrainians are still very actively bottling up the russians in that area. projections and initial results in the greek general election suggest prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis and his centre—right new democracy have done well and are set to be the largest party. but they may not win an outright majority. new democracy had been facing a challenge from former prime minister alexis tsipras and his left—wing syriza party. the main issues affecting voters have been the economy, job security and relations with neighbouring turkey. joining me now from new york is harris mylonas, associate professor

of political science at george washington university, and editor—in—chief, nationalities papers. let's talk about the initial results coming in, 30% of votes counted we are getting roughly 40% of votes for are getting roughly 40% of votes for a new democracy party versus 20% of 2010 —— 20% for the syriza party. is this the way it's going? 2010 -- 20% for the syriza party. is this the way it's going?— this the way it's going? there will be an electoral _ this the way it's going? there will be an electoral triumph _ this the way it's going? there will be an electoral triumph for - this the way it's going? there will be an electoral triumph for the i be an electoral triumph for the ruling party, new democracy. it was unexpected, based on the pose, but also based on the rhetoric of the various parties, the margin of victory could be as large as it appears to be, right now. and there are many consequences of that, as

you can understand, their existing prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis is unlikely to be interested in a coalition government i believe that such a percentage that he appears to be receiving. he is likely to say, the fact he cannot form a one—party government is the result of this electoral combo set of rules that syriza passed back in 2016, and he wants to take greece probably to the next election so that his party can form a one—party government, but that's my prediction. the other important development as a result of this really large margin of victory is that there may be some voices within syriza or outside syriza that will question the continuation of alexis tsipras's rule of the party,

or position in the party. i don't think that will end up happening, but i'm sure there will be a shock, or it has been a ship, amongst syriza members, and they are probably disappointed with how things played out. it’s probably disappointed with how things played out. it's interesting because a lot _ things played out. it's interesting because a lot of _ things played out. it's interesting because a lot of people _ things played out. it's interesting because a lot of people are - things played out. it's interesting | because a lot of people are saying this is a cost of living election, people are really struggling, aren't they? but on the other hand greece's economy is growing at the measures put in place, some seem to be working. there are a few of the reasons why people were predicting it may not be such a large support for the prime minister. we have about recent train crash, there was about recent train crash, there was a lot of criticism about that in terms of the implications it had regarding infrastructure and the government handling of things, and there was also the scandal around there was also the scandal around the phone tapping ofjournalists and opposition members, wasn't there?

yes. these were some of the reasons that led us to believe there would not be such a big difference, right? but at the same time other reasons why we did not think there would be such a big different is because syriza is traditionally stronger with a and they were going to be over 400,000 new voters entering theoretically a electoral contest, meaning as photos, but the turnout has not been that great, in fact, it is quite low, i think the turnout is less than 58%, so probably a lot of the people eligible for the first time, and may have averted the syriza if they were to go to vote, probably did not go to vote in such large numbers is syriza expected, and with respect to the scandals or alleged scandals and the tragic

incident that cost the lives of 57 greeks, all of that have different reasons to not affect just greeks, all of that have different reasons to not affectjust new democracy. there have been other parties governing, including syriza, so after a while that may have led no to greggs, let's say, accusing all the people who have governed several of the people who have governed in terms of the tragic accident, but when it comes to the wiretapping, i think a lot of the times the reaction was something like, this is amongst the elites, i feel, it is not really affecting me, going back to the initial point you made about inflation and living conditions. so depending on which side you're on, people did not think of that, i think of that is an issue, but i think from a majority of people's perspective, the

everyday voter fraud have this as almost like an internal elite infighting, almost, going on. great to net our infighting, almost, going on. great to get your thoughts, _ infighting, almost, going on. great to get your thoughts, thank you so much, harris, talking to us from george washington university. the prime minister of italy — giorgia meloni — has been visiting homes affected by the severe floods in the northeast of the country. she returned early from the g7 summit injapan to see for herself the effects of the heavy rainfall near ravenna. 14 people died in the extreme weather which saw six months worth of rainfall in just 36 hours. 36,000 people were displaced by the incessant rains in the emilia romagna region. 10,000 people have since been able to return to their homes. now to northern ireland, where sinn fein�*s vice president, michelle 0'neill, has called on the british and irish governments to deliver a plan to restore a powersharing government at stormont. it's after her party delivered a stunning success in the council elections, becoming the largest party in local government for the first time. a warning emma vardy�*s report

has flash photography. the political landscape of northern ireland is changing. unionism, the belief that northern ireland should remain part of the uk, is no longer the dominant force. as the democratic unionist party, for a second time in 12 months, has been overtaken by sinn fein. it was inevitable that it would be that way, because people, well, my idea, you vote for people who are going to do the job. ijust think it was coming, the dup haven't been standing around doing anything, so... that is what it is down to, a lack of government? lack of government, yeah. someone has to make really vital decisions relating - to the environment, employment, . childcare, women's refuge provision, the whole abortion issue. the scale of the jump in support for sinn fein is something

they themselves had not even predicted, but will it do anything to change the dynamic in the power—sharing crisis here in northern ireland, which has left everyone without a government for a year? the dup are preventing a return to power—sharing as a protest over the brexit arrangements. the irish sea border which they believe undermines northern ireland's place in the uk. the party wants new legislation from the british government to address their concerns before they will return to government. getting a border poll is still core business for sinn fein, it is just that they downgrade it slightly come election time. in effect, what you have now got in northern ireland is 40% of the population wanting a united ireland, 40% who don't want a united ireland, and 20% in the middle who can't make up their mind. when a devolved government is reformed here, sinn fein will for the first time hold the role of first minister. the dup will still have equal powers but the events of recent days have cemented a historic shift which shows no sign yet of being reversed.

emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. the british home secretary, suella braverman, is under pressure after being caught speeding in her car. the punishment for minor cases is usually a speed awareness course. it's reported that ms braverman requested a private course to avoid points on her driving licence. now opposition parties are urging mr sunak to launch an ethics investigation. this report from our political correspondent, ben wright. when a prime minister strides the world stage, it's always the questions about a rumpus back home that seem to irritate. injapan, rishi sunak was asked if he still had confidence in his home secretary. well, chris, i don't know the full details of what has happened, nor have i spoken to the home secretary. i think you can see first—hand what i have been doing over the last day or so. but i understand she has expressed regret for speeding, accepted the penalty and paid the fine. downing street later insisted that of course the prime minister had

full confidence in suella braverman. it's not the speeding offence itself that has put her in the spotlight, the issue is whether she acted properly in trying to arrange a one to one driving awareness course. the government doesn't dispute that ms braverman approached civil servants for advice, but she was told they couldn't get involved. seemingly keen to avoid taking part in the usual group course, ms braverman then asked a political aide to try and arrange a one—to—one session, but the company said no. labour wants an investigation. rishi sunak needs to put his money where his mouth is and show that he stands up for standards in public life and have an immediate investigation under the ministerial code. in the end, ms braverman decided to pay a fine and take the penalty points on her licence instead. her team insists the home secretary did everything right and deny there has been any breach of the ministerial rule book. but even this former tory party chairman has concerns. | it certainly brings into question, j

i think, the use of civil servants, so i think there is definitely questions to be answered. i shouldn't do it in the first place, but if you do get caught, - you just take the medicine. and let's see where we get to. suella braverman was keeping her head down today, but mps will have their own chance to quiz the home secretary about all this when she takes questions in the commons tomorrow. ben wright, bbc news. we can speak now to nick freeman, also known as mr loophole, he's a road traffic and criminal solicitors who has represented many high profile individuals. is there such a thing as a private speed awareness course? yes. is there such a thing as a private speed awareness course? yes. it is referred speed awareness course? yes. it is preferred for _ speed awareness course? yes. it is preferred for the _ speed awareness course? yes. it is preferred for the high-profile - preferred for the high—profile client to have a one—to—one because the presence of that client proves a huge distraction to a course which is designed to teach us to drive

more carefully, to familiarise us to drive more carefully, to familiarise espadrilles of the road and make us better drivers, so it suits everybody, the vips in the course providers themselves. so she has done nothing wrong in requesting a cause, she would probably have been better advised to get an to that for her, because that may leave open the suggestion as it has that she has breached the ministerial code, and overseen that will be looked into. but a one—to—one course is not a problem, indeed i've done it many times for many clients, and have actually been approached and asked if my client would be prepared to do a one—to—one because they don't want that level of destruction. you a one-to-one because they don't want that level of destruction.— that level of destruction. you will probably say _ that level of destruction. you will probably say she _ that level of destruction. you will probably say she should - that level of destruction. you will probably say she should have - that level of destruction. you will l probably say she should have come here, but how should she have called? because she had just done it herself? could any of us do it, could any of us just call up the

course leaders and say, can i have a private course?— private course? theoretically, yes, ou private course? theoretically, yes, you could. — private course? theoretically, yes, you could. i'm _ private course? theoretically, yes, you could, i'm not— private course? theoretically, yes, you could, i'm not sure _ private course? theoretically, yes, you could, i'm not sure it- private course? theoretically, yes, you could, i'm not sure it is- you could, i'm not sure it is within the domain of the civil servants to do it because they are public servants, this is a private matter. but, yes, you can do it yourself, but one of these things, if you have a connection and deal with this on a regular basis, as lawyers do, they are probably best placed to do it with some success. ultimately the call was made, it was refused, had been made by somebody else, it may well have been granted. mira; been made by somebody else, it may well have been granted.— well have been granted. why do you think it would _ well have been granted. why do you think it would not _ well have been granted. why do you think it would not have _ well have been granted. why do you think it would not have been? - think it would not have been? reportedly she also asked to do it with an mas and have the camera tender. ., , ,., ., , tender. the hope point of this course are _ tender. the hope point of this course are identifiable. - tender. the hope point of this course are identifiable. your. course are identifiable. your presence is there and your first name is there. so if you are doing a course like most other people, he would be instantly recognisable, no

doubt that would then it would be out in the media. if you doubt on one—to—one, obviously no one will probably know and i doubt the course providers would make it, so that would advantage. it's to the discretion of the course provider. understandably in this case the course providers have taken a few but she was attorney general at the time of the offence, she was home secretary at the time the request was made, they have taken a moralistic and thought she needs to have the full extent and if there will and political fallout by revealing her identity, so be it, one can understand that. but of course they do it in certain cases, so it's not a one size fits all. each case is dealt with in its own merits. . ~' , ., , each case is dealt with in its own merits. ., ,, , ., , . there have been reports

of fighting in sudan despite rival generals agreeing to a temporary ceasefire. 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 which starts on monday is enforced by a "ceasefire monitoring mechanism". all football matches have been called off in el salvador following the deaths of 12 people in a crush at the country's main stadium. at least 500 others were injured. the incident happened on saturday evening during a league match at san salvador�*s cuscatlan stadium. the authorities say many fans had been sold fake electronic tickets, which caused delays at the entrance. dozens of supporters who were late rushed towards the terraces after the match had already begun and were crushed against a closed gate. a woman from saudi arabia will make history later when she blasts off from florida to spend ten days on board the international space station. rayyanah barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, will become the first saudi woman to voyage into space. she will be joined on the mission

by fellow saudi ali al-qarni, who's a fighter pilot. sameer hashmi is injeddah in saudi arabia, and has been telling us more about her mission. rayyanah barnawi is a researcher, a cancer researcher, and she is going to become the first arab woman actually to go into space, which is why this whole trip is very historic, notjust for saudi arabia, but for the arab world. and then ali al-qarni has been a fighter pilot for a long time now. saudi arabia conducted a wide research before they finalised these two names. they have been working on this project for a while now because they want to make space as a critical plan of their programme to diversify their economy and modernise their economy as they try to move away from oil. so they had done a lot of interviews,

screened a lot of profiles before they finalises two names. and, yes, it is indeed a historic day for saudi arabia because it's going to be its first foray in a space mission in almost 40 years. they're not the first saudis to make this trip. in 1985, sultan al salman, prince sultan, the half brother of current crown prince mohammed bin salman and the son of the current a trip in the arabsat1 satellite in 1985. but, nevertheless, given that saudis are now trying to re—enter the space after such a long time, it's pretty significant for the country. 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. stay with us here on bbc news. for many increasing amounts of sunshine will equate to temperatures working their way up. the reason it will be fine, big area of high pressure centred across the azores, we often refer to it as the azores high, and ran ofa remake it we often refer to it as the azores high, and ran of a remake it will extend its way eastwards across the uk and then later on in the week it looks like if anything the centre of the high eventually pushes across the high eventually pushes across the uk. so a lot of fine weather, then showers across eastern england getting cold and on the base of the north sea, the north sea, a spot of

rain with this weather front dangling its way south into scotland, but nothing significant. clear skies, scotland, but nothing significant. clearskies, northern scotland, but nothing significant. clear skies, northern england and the midlands, like when sia, nose down tojust the midlands, like when sia, nose down to just three or 4 degrees, pretty chilly here for the time of year. monday, the high pushing its way eastwards sense —— showers over north sea coasts, we see another weather front rushing into the north sea coasts, we see another weatherfront rushing into the high, no success getting any significant rain out of it, but the cloud and drizzle across eastern scotland for a time early on on monday but by the afternoon it will look much better here, any early showers from east anglia clearing, a lot of sunshine, particularly later on in the day on monday, and our temperatures up to 22 degrees or 23 across england and wales, the high teas for southern scotland, further north and into northern ireland perhaps 16 degrees. the chelsea flower show gets under way on monday, a great —looking we care for anyone out particular

underside for the temperatures in the high teens to low 20s, you can see there temperatures vary day in day and that will be the case for many spots across the uk, will be the case for many spots across the uk, governed by the wind direction, now of the north it becomes cooler, so for tuesday the base of 15 in london, down on monday, a bit of cloud as well. 0ver london, down on monday, a bit of cloud as well. over a third week ahead as promised at the start a lot of fine weather to come. i now temperatures working their way out.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the g7 summit injapan has ended with a pledge of unwavering support for ukraine. president zelensky said victory over russia would deter other potential aggressors around the world. he also denied claims that the eastern city of bakhmut had fallen into russian hands. polls have closed in greece's parliamentary election. early results suggest the ruling centre—right new democracy party are on track to win — however it's unlikely they will earn an outright majority.

there are calls for the uk's home secretary suella braverman