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live from london. this is bbc news. president zelensky heads home from the g7 summit with new pledges of military support for ukraine. here the bbc understands the prime minister will speak to his ethics adviser about whether the home secretary broke the ministerial code over speeding. the party of greece's prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, has claimed victory in sunday's elections — though it failed to win an outright majority. hello, i'm lucy grey. president zelensky is returning home from the g7 summit injapan, having secured a pledge of "unwavering support"
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as well as more military equipment from ukraine's allies. speaking at the end of the meeting 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. russia's 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
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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
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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. here in the uk the bbc understands the prime minister will talk to his ethics adviser on monday — following claims the home secretary
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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 eventually paying a fine and accepting points. at a news conference at the g7 summit rishi sunak was asked if he had full confidence in ms braverman — this is what he said. i don't know 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. i understand that she has expressed regret for speeding, except that the penalty and paid the fine. our political correspondent ben wright told me it's important to stress that no investigation has been launched yet. labour and other opposition parties have been calling for an investigation. they want the prime minister to ask his independent pfizer ——they want the prime minister to ask his independent adviser and ministers interest to get
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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 is that rishi sunak will simply talk to sir lori magness, seek his advice on what he makes of the reports that have been around now for more than 2a hours. the prime minister is still in the air flying back from japan to the uk, and i think some of the irritation that was quite evident at that press conference was because he hadn't really 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 during that press conference just before he got on that plane. i imagine now on that flight he is thinking about it, talking to his advisers and crucially will speak to his adviser and ministers interests tomorrow. the greek prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis has hailed a political earthquake, with his conservative new democracy party heading for a clear win
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in parliamentary elections. but it's likely to fall just short of an outright majority. with more than two thirds of the ballot counted, the new democracy party has more than a0 percent of the votes, 20 points ahead of its nearest rival. our correspondent in athens, nick beake, explained how the prime minister has been reacting to tonight's results. he was talking about a political earthquake here in greece tonight. certainly, the pollsters underestimated his appeal to the nation. he said that he's got a clear mandate to govern for another four years, that he'll be able to continue the job, as it were. he's had four years in power, and now he's really appealing to the nation to keep him in power. it's not quite as easy as that, as we've 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've been hearing, changes yet again.
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so, with these bonus seats being awarded to the party that comes up top, you'd imagine tonight, he'd be pretty confident that he could secure an outright majority, or certainly with that top—up factor, a majority when greeks go to the polls probably injuly, it would seem. you're watching bbc news. ten people were taken to hospital after a double decker bus hit a railway bridge in glasgow. the roof of the bus was ripped off in the accident this morning. a number of other passengers were treated by paramedics at the scene. in northern ireland sinn fein�*s vice president michelle o'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
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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?
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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. police scotland are investigating an allegation of sexual assault made against a former snp council leader,
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jordan linden. mr linden, whose resignation led to the collapse of the party's administration in north lanarkshire, also left the party earlier this year. mr linden says he doesn't accept the allegations. there have beenjubilant celebrations with supporters on the pitch at the etihad stadium — as manchester city rounded off their home campaign with a win over chelsea. they clinched the premier league title on saturday when nearest rivals arsenal lost — and earlier the team were presented with the trophy, for the 5th time in 6 years. they had a sensational run of 11 consecutive wins in the final weeks of the season. these fans are pretty happy with the result. i get to watch the best football i've ever seen from any football team i've ever seen. for me, it's amazing. we've had some fantastic players in the past, but the play is on the pitch of the moment of the best i've ever seen.—
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