live from london. this is bbc news... zelensky heads home from the g7 summit with new pledges of military support for ukraine. we need to unite and make russia the last aggressor. after the defeat of its invasion of ukraine, only peace will reign. the party of greece's prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, has claimed victory in sunday's elections — though it failed to win an outright majority. here the bbc understands the prime minister will speak to his ethics adviser about whether the home secretary broke the ministerial code over speeding. saudi arabia is set to make history — as the country sends its first ever female astronaut

to the international space station. hello i'm lucy grey. ukraine's president zelensky has thanked g7 leaders injapan for their enduring support of ukraine, at the end of a summit dominated by russia's invasion of his country. it comes after president biden confirmed that the us and its allies will help train ukrainian pilots to fly western fighter jets such as the f16. president zelensky has long called for the aircraft, to help in the fight against russia. our asia pacific correspondent laura bicker sent this report. 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 in 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. president zelensky has denied claims

that russia has taken control of the key city of bakhmut. fighting there has been raging for months. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, has sent this assessment from the capital, kyiv. ukraine hasn't wanted to give up bakhmut without a fight. this one, however, has become the most bloody. a place once known for its sparkling wine, now a symbol of russian relentlessness and ukrainian defiance. bakhmut has become mostly rubble, which russia now claims to completely control. "for 224 days, our guys stormed this city," says yevgeny prigozhin, the leader of the russian mercenary group wagner. the kremlin has congratulated him for a victory as symbolic as it is costly. up to 20,000 russian fighters have

been killed or injured here, according to the west. injapan, bakhmut became a diplomatic distraction for president zelensky, who once again denied it had fallen. translation: bakhmut is not occupied by russian federation as of today. - there are no two or three interpretations of those words. what is clear is that moscow occupies at least most of bakhmut. ukraine's military has suffered losses, too, but resisted calls for a tactical withdrawal. it has told the bbc if it does, it would just be what it called a pyrrhic victory for russia, where the winner sustains such high losses, it's the equivalent of a defeat. gun fires. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. the centre—right party of greece's incumbent prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, has claimed victory in sunday's elections. with more two thirds of the votes counted, his new democracy party has over 40% — twice that of its nearest rival, the leftist syriza party.

the new democracy party has governed greece for the past four years, and can boast that the country's economic growth last year was close to 6%. mr mitsotakis told the nation that only he could be trusted to steer the greek economy forward and consolidate recent growth. most greeks appear to have responded positively — and more than expected. i spoke to our europe correspondent nick beake to find out what president mitsotakis has been saying. he's has been saying. been speaking in the last two minutes talking about a political earthquake here tonight. they underestimated his appeal. a clear mandate to govern for another four years that he will be able to continue the job, as years that he will be able to continue thejob, as it years that he will be able to continue the job, as it were. years that he will be able to continue thejob, as it were. for years in power, and now he is really appealing to the nation to keep him in power. it's not quite as easy as that, as we have been hearing in the

last few minutes or so, but certainly he says he's got the credibility to go to the people, it would seem, in a few weeks' time for this second vote, and the system, as we have been hearing, changes yet again. with these bonus being awarded to a party, you would imagine tonight he would be pretty confident that he could secure an outright majority are certainly with that top up factor, a majority when the greeks go to the polls probably injuly, it the greeks go to the polls probably in july, it would the greeks go to the polls probably injuly, it would seem. so the greeks go to the polls probably in july, it would seem.— the greeks go to the polls probably in july, it would seem. so you think that he will— in july, it would seem. so you think that he will basically _ in july, it would seem. so you think that he will basically try _ in july, it would seem. so you think that he will basically try to - in july, it would seem. so you think that he will basically try to not - that he will basically try to not form a coalition and he will try to go for this second election to try to consolidate his support, do you? well, listening to the analysts here in greece tonight, they say if you look at it from the prime minister mitsotakis's point of view, he's got real momentum, 20 percentage difference between him and the other party that is coming second. and with that momentum, he can move

forward. what is the incentive for him to go into a coalition government where he will be constrained, of course, with all coalition politics. he will have to put in his cabinet and other key places where he would want to be within his team, so certainly that would be to thinking. coalitions, the talks will happen over the next few days or so, technically it's three days, first of all, the budget comes first to try to put something together and then another three days, then another three days, i'm not sure if we'll ever get to that or whether it might emerge quite quickly that prime minister mitsotakis believes, as he has claimed tonight in the speech in the last few minutes or so that he has got the credibility, the mandate, and as a result of what he describes as a political earthquake, he has got the vote of the greek people as a whole to continue forward and stressing the economy has he has been doing. he's appealed to reese saying he's the only guy, really, who can consolidate the growth in the economy and move it forward. years of pain with the eu bailout,

the reduction in spending, the years of high unemployment that are really they can be a thing of the past and he is demand for the future. here in the uk the bbc understands the prime minister will talk to his ethics adviser on monday — following claims the home secretary broke the ministerial code after being caught speeding. it's reported suella braverman asked civil servants to help her book a private driving awareness course — rather than a group session, before paying a fine and accepting points. mr sunak has declined to publicly back ms braverman. here's our political correspondent ben wright. in size about the questions about a rumpus back home that seemed to irritate. injapan, rishi sunak was askedif irritate. injapan, rishi sunak was asked if he still had confidence in his home secretary.— asked if he still had confidence in his home secretary. well, i don't know what _ his home secretary. well, i don't know what the _ his home secretary. well, i don't know what the full _ his home secretary. well, i don't know what the full details - his home secretary. well, i don't know what the full details of - his home secretary. well, i don't| know what the full details of what has happened, nor have i spoken to the home secretary. i thank you can

see first—hand what i have been doing over the last day or so, but i understand that she has expressed regret for speeding, except that the penalty and paid the fine stop at downing street later insisted that of course the prime minister had full confidence in suellen early next suella. it's not the speeding offence , ., �* , , offence itself that's better in the sotli . ht, offence itself that's better in the spotlight. the — offence itself that's better in the spotlight, the issue _ offence itself that's better in the spotlight, the issue is _ offence itself that's better in the spotlight, the issue is whether l offence itself that's better in the l spotlight, the issue is whether she acted properly in trying to arrange 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. i spoke to ben earlier who said it's important to stress that no investigation has been launched yet. labour have been calling for an investigation, they want the prime minister to ask his independent adviser administers interest to dig into this, to get to the bottom of what happened, to establish whether or not there may have been some breach of the ministerial rule book. what's going to happen tomorrow as

rishi sunak was simply talk to laurie magness, seek his advice on what he makes of their parts that have been around now for more than 24 have been around now for more than 2a hours. the prime ministers still in the airflying 2a hours. the prime ministers still in the air flying back from japan to the uk. i think some of the irritation that was quite evident at that press conference was because he hadn't got across the detail. he didn't know about the speeding offence before it was reported in a couple of sunday papers. he hadn't been told about it by the cabinet office or any officials before hand, so i think he was caught on the hop, rarely during that press conference just before he got on that plane. imagine now in that flight he is thinking about it, talking to his advisers and crucially will speak to his ministers tomorrow. just advisers and crucially will speak to his ministers tomorrow.— his ministers tomorrow. just to exlain his ministers tomorrow. just to explain in _ his ministers tomorrow. just to explain in terms _ his ministers tomorrow. just to explain in terms of _ his ministers tomorrow. just to explain in terms of this - his ministers tomorrow. just to explain in terms of this issue i his ministers tomorrow. just to | explain in terms of this issue of whether she broke the ministerial code, she basically was trying to get a private chorus, this speed awareness course that people do, she was trying to get a private car so she didn't have to do it with

members of the public. but it is the fact that she asked her civil servants to do it, that is what is an issue here, isn't it? that servants to do it, that is what is an issue here, isn't it?- an issue here, isn't it? that is riuht. an issue here, isn't it? that is right- there — an issue here, isn't it? that is right. there is _ an issue here, isn't it? that is right. there is quite _ an issue here, isn't it? that is right. there is quite a - an issue here, isn't it? that is right. there is quite a lot - an issue here, isn't it? that is. right. there is quite a lot about this that we still don't know the details. all government sources i've spoken to have said that once she was given the option of either having three points on her licence, paying a fine or doing a chorus, the home secretary had conversations with the civil service seeking their advice. now, what i don't know is whether she asked civil servants to book a one—to—one course on her behalf. what we do know is that she was saying, look, this has nothing to do with us at all. go and ask your political adviser to pursue this if you want to come and we know that her than political adviser did try to book a one speed awareness course for her. her motivation, still unclear when i spoke to a government source about this and that she was going through this rigmarole to avoid being recognised. they wouldn't engage on that.

the assumption has to be she didn't want to be in a chorus with other people either online or in person. as i said in my report, swell up's team insist that they be have not done anything wrong, but there is massive opposition ——as i said in my report, suella's team insist that they be have not done anything wrong, but there is massive opposition pressure to at least investigate this, and i think she may be a time and were concerned this evening then she make up and now she knows the prime minister will be talking to his adviser now it's time for a look at today's sport with karthy. well, manchester city became english premier league champions yesterday after rivals arsenal failed to win their game but city celebrated their third title in a row with victory over chelsea at etihad stadium this afternoon. the i—nil win was played out in a party atmosphere with the city players presented with their fifth premier league trophy in six years at the end of the game. city have two more league games to play before they have the chance to win a treble of trophies with an fa cup final and a champions league final

to come next month. the champions committee go. no matter what, we've got the best players in the world, we are the champions. nothing can beat it. a few times now i've seen this, but i never get sick of seeing it. love city. hope for some more. what can i say? fantastic. but we are getting used to it now, aren't we? i i will be honest, i thought it would be more difficult and part because when a team like arsenal play the way they are playing, so, you can do many, many good things. i thought it would be difficult. keep going, keep going, try to when they come here to

the etihad stadium, to be close, to catch them commit would be so close, and this is what happened. leeds united's premier league fate is hanging by a thread as europa conference league finalists west ham came from behind to secure a 3—1 victory at london stadium. leeds must beat spurs and hope other results go their way they need everton not to win their game against bournemouth or they need leicester city to fail to collect four points from their final two games in order for leeds to stay up. the leeds fans that remained in the stadium until the final whistle, didn't look particularly encouraged by their sides chances. we slipped up last week when we could have one against newcastle, and today, we have and showed the quality that was needed when we had the opportunity to get results today. so, next week has to be much, much better than those two games to beat tottenham. that's all we can deal, all the players need to do

is roll their sleeves up, apply themselves in the right way and try and beat tottenham and hope the other results goes in our favour. brighton beat southampton 3—1 to secure european football for the first time in the club's history. 18—year—old forward evan ferguson scored twice in the first half as brighton strengthened their grip on sixth place in the table and have now all—but qualified for next season's europa league because of their superior goal difference over seventh—placed aston villa. this victory over their south—coast rivals assures brighton of a europa conference league spot at the very least. it's incredible. one of the best days in my career. you know, i can change my idea, my philosophy, my confidence in myself, depending on the results, but i think we deserved to qualify in europe.

the three time grand slam champion, andy murray has withdrawn from the french open which starts next sunday. the 36 year old says he want to concentrate on the grass court season building up to wimbledon. murray has only played at roland garros once since 2017. the american rider brandon mcnulty won a stage of a grand tour for the first time in his career as he edged a three—man sprint to clinch stage 15 of the giro d'italia. the uae team emirates rider timed his burst to the line to perfection as he went past ireland's ben healy and marco frigo of italy to take the honours after more than five hours in the saddle. france's bruno armirye retained the pinkjersey heading into monday's rest day. and that's all the sport for now. more on the bbc website, but that is all for now. 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 power—sharing 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. emma vardy reports. 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. 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". 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. ia 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.

a woman from saudi arabia will make history later when she blasts off from florida to spend 10 days on board the international space station. rayyanah barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, will become the first saudi woman to voyage into space. sameer hashmi is injeddah in saudi arabia, and has been telling us more about her mission. she 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 she 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 there was a reason 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 a0 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 king, king salman had also made a trip in the arabsat one 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 woman from saudi arabia will make history later when she blasts off we all know that regular exercise and socialising with friends is important for our well—being — but as we get older, this can become much more difficult. 0ne care home in england has

now introduced virtual reality to its residents — allowing them to explore the world — and get their steps in, all from the comfort of their armchair. sarah lowden has been to see how it works. i wonder if you can recognise this place. this is in europe. keeping active and going on adventures help our bodies and our minds, but as we age, can become more of a challenge. this 0xford care home is using virtual reality to help residents overcome that. the headset they are wearing is a virtual reality headset, so it provides a complete 360 view of the world. we use really low—friction shoes, so that there is not a lot of effort to move them. it is really simple to do. the seated treadmill can be used by people who usually don't walk at all. the technology can take them to real places, where they can even meet up with friends. we need to live longer, better, notjust live longer. so we need to be active. and the way of doing that is to maintain physical activity but also social connection. this type of communication is really

important because it activates so many different parts of the brain. the 17—month trial run by 0xfordshire's innovation hub and an oxford tech start—up has seen a0 people test the kit. it feels different. going along the road with buildings on either side. you can see the moon. a miracle. all the way along, isn't it? but very, very interesting and useful. nice — i enjoyed it. i would say there is definitely a change in motivation. we had a couple of residents who would be resistant to the idea of going for a walk and after a few times of using the technology they feel more comfortable. congrats. i went 200 metres. it's hoped the positive experience here will encourage other care homes will make the virtual world of reality for their residents. that's all for me for now. if you want to get in touch, i am on

twitter, but do stay with us here on bbc news. goodbye. hello. we have a lot of fine weather to come for the uk in the week ahead. very little rain to speak of. and for many, increasing amounts of sunshine will equate to temperatures working their way up. the reason it is going to be fine, a big area of high pressure centred down here across the azores. we often refer to it as the azores high. and through the course of the week, it will extend its way eastwards across the uk, and then later on in the week, it looks like if anything, we will see the centre of the high eventually pushing across towards the uk. so, a lot of fine weather to come. 0vernight, perhaps a few showers across eastern england. some strays getting pulled

in on the breeze off the north sea. perhaps the odd spot of rain out of this old weather front dangling its way south into scotland. but nothing significant. clearer skies, northern england and the midlands — light winds here. we could see lows down to just three or four degrees. pretty chilly here for the time of year. monday — the high pushing its way eastwards sends those showers away from the northern coast. we see another weather front, the remnants of thereof, brushing into the high. no success getting any significant rain out of it, but there will, i think, be thicker cloud, perhaps some drizzle across eastern scotland for a time early on on monday. by the afternoon, though, it will be looking much brighter here. any early showers from east anglia clearing away. a lot of sunshine, particularly later on in the day on monday. and our temperatures up to 22 degrees, perhaps 23 degrees across england and wales. the high teens for southern scotland. further north and into northern ireland, perhaps 16 degrees. the chelsea flower show gets into a on monday. a great—looking week here for anyone out on the site. temperatures on the high teens. you can see those temperatures

vary a bit day on day, and that will be the case for many spots in the uk. all governed by exactly the wind direction. more off the north sea, you'll find things become cooler. more cloud feeding and, of course it becomes cooler. tuesday, a breeze off the north sea, 18 in london, down a little on monday. a little more cloud as well. but overall through the week ahead as promised at the start, lots of fine weather to come. very little in the way of significant rainfall. and our temperatures, as we see more in the way of sunshine, working their way up.

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. the greek prime minister is claiming victory in the country's parliamentary elections, hailing what he called a "political earthquake" with his party's win. however, polls suggest the conservative new democracy party will fall short of an outright victory. here in the uk, the bbc understands the prime minister will talk to his ethics adviser, following claims the home secretary broke the ministerial code after being caught speeding. it's reported suella braverman asked civil servants to help her book

a private driving awareness course.