welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko oi. the headlines... zelensky heads home from the g7 summit with new pledges of military support for ukraine. the bbc understands the prime minister rishi sunak 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. five, four, three, two, one. engines, full power. and lift—off. falcon 9, go active. lift—off for the first saudi woman to voyage into space.

it's 7am in the morning in singapore, and 8am in hiroshima, japan, where president zelensky has thanked g7 leaders for their enduring support of ukraine. speaking at the end of a summit, mr zelensky said that russia's defeat would result in lasting world peace. it comes after conflicting reports of who is now in control of the eastern city of bakhmut. russian president putin has congratulated the wagner mercenary group for capturing the city, but ukraine denies it. our diplomatic correspondent james landale sent this report from kyiv.

today injapan, president zelensky honoured the dead of a war that took place eight decades ago. the devastation of hiroshima, bringing to mind another war, his war, one that's raging right now across ukraine. translation: photos of ruined | hiroshima remind me of bakhmut and such other towns. there is absolutely nothing alive there. all the buildings are destroyed. his task, their task, was to show the world that western leaders, at least these ones who make up the g7, were still united in support of ukraine. to signal moscow that talk of fatigue and distraction was overblown. to that end, president biden said the united states had ukraine's back and promised yet more military support. more ammunition, more training and more armoured vehicles. we will not waver. putin will not break our resolve, as he thought he could two years ago,

almost three years ago. we are going to continue to provide economic, humanitarian and security assistance to ukraine so it can stand strong as long as it needs to. he confirmed the us would help ukrainian pilots train on western f—16fighterjets like these, jets designed not only to give ukraine greater control of the skies but also, again, do demonstrate western resolve. translation: the training of pilots is a longer term i project that contains more of a message to russia. namely, that russia should not gamble that if it holds out long enough, support for ukraine will slacken. but all that diplomacy on the other side of the world will not matter unless it helps ukraine take the fight to russia and do more of, well, this kind of thing. because fighting continues along the front lines and the news from one city, at least, is conflicting. for more than eight months,

in what's now the longest battle of this war, ukrainian forces have defended bakhmut. the eastern city is now largely in ruins and largely in russian hands. in particular in the hands of fighters like these, from the wagner mercenary group, whose leader, yevgeny prigozhin, claimed to have full control here. "from house—to—house," he said, "we took the whole city" — something that ukrainian commanders and leaders denied. translation: bakhmut is not occupied by the russian - federation as of today. there are not two or three ways of interpreting those words. what's clear is that tens of thousands of russians have died here. many more have been diverted from other areas and ultimately that may be more important than who holds the ruins. james landale, bbc news, kyiv.

whilst ukraine has been a major focus at the g7 summit, china has also been on the agenda. president biden met the leaders of south korea and japan. he said the new strategy was not to decouple from beijing but instead to de—risk the relationship. we are not looking to decouple from china. that means taking steps to diversify our supply chains and we are not dependent on any one country for necessary products. it means resisting economic coercion together and countering harmful practices that hurt our workers. it means protecting the narrow set of advanced technologies critical for our national security. and those elements are all agreed on by the g7. professor mary gallagher is a chinese policy expert and director of the international institute at the university of michigan. i asked her if this strategy was an attempt to stabilise the us—china relationship.

i think clearly it's a firm statement, but it is a statement that signals to china that the united states is willing to talk. it's reducing some of the language around decoupling to de—risking, which is a word that actually came out of europe. so i think it shows a nice balance of critical criticism of china, but also sort of a welcoming entry point for some discussions to happen. there has been really very few meetings since the balloon in february. but what does this strategy will mean? like literally in practical terms, what kind of changes can we expect? well, i think there's another document that came out of hiroshima where they put together economic resilience and economic security. and that document is even more interesting than biden�*s statements or the communique that the leaders put together, because it's so detailed about what they intend to do regarding supply chains around data security, around high tech.

and i think what we'll see is the continuation of some of the things that we've seen already with export controls, but maybe better coordination across the united states, european and asian allies. and how do you expect beijing to respond? well, so far it's been quite negative. there were some statements earlier today that were critical of the hiroshima meeting. xijinping was meeting himself in central asia with some leaders there. but i think what we would expect and maybe this is why biden is so optimistic that there will be a thaw in the relationship. there should be some visits. they'll meet in singapore, i believe, soon. the commerce ministerfrom china is going to be in the united states this month. so i think we can be hopeful that some of these changes are going to lead to. i don't think the relationship is going to improve overnight, but at least we can

start talking to each other about the problems that we have. another somewhat new term that we've heard over the weekend from the g7 summit is economic coercion. can you just talk us through what this means? so economic coercion is something that the chinese government has done quite a lot of. as its market grew more important, as its consumers grew more important, sometimes coordinated directly from beijing, sometimes mobilizing people and consumers not to, for example, buy goods from nike or from h&m because of the stance that they took on on xinjiang and the human rights abuses there. it's happened to lithuania for things that it said regarding taiwan. it's happened to south korea, it's happened to the philippines. and it means that china uses its market advantage, its large consumer market, and also its cornering of some key materials to try to get what it wants from other countries. and ahead of the g7 summit, we had president macron of france visiting china and came under quite a bit of criticism

from the rest of the western nations. do you think the g7 countries share the the united front as they want it to? i think at hiroshima they did a fairly good job of it, i think. of course, it's the proof is really in what happens next. are they able to maintain this type of cooperation as they have to make very, very hard decisions about, say, the automotive industry? right. where germany is very invested in china is making a lot of money in china. but the dependency on the chinese market is a big concern, particularly as china is beginning to overtake western companies. chinese companies are overtaking western companies in electric vehicle manufacturing and exports. so it's going to be difficult because a lot of these countries still have very, very key economic interests within china.

that was professor mary gallagher speaking to me earlier. the bbc understands that prime minister rishi sunak will talk to his ethics adviser on monday about the home secretary's handling of a motoring offence. suella braverman consulted civil servants after getting a speeding ticket last summer. she then asked her political adviser whether they could arrange for her to do the speed awareness course on her own. our political correspondent ben wright reports. when a prime minister strides the world stage, it's always the questions about a rumpus back home that seem to irritate. at the end of the g7 summit injapan, rishi sunak seemed annoyed by this. do you have full confidence in suella braverman? - did you have any questions about the summit? others will, i think. 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 that 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's 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, i think, the use of civil servants, i so i think there is definitely questions to be answered. shouldn't do it in the first place, but if you do- get caught, you just take the medicine. i and let's see where we get to. suella braverman was keeping her head down today, hoping that attention on her handling of the speeding offence soon moves on. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. cj has autism and, after three heart attacks, has disabilities which means he often has to use a wheelchair. he discovered photography as a teenager and hasn't looked back. i enjoy the photography because i feel i can hide behind my camera a bit because it is kind of like a comfort blanket a child would have, sort of my safety net.

in his teens, he teamed up with professional photographer clive figes who mentored him. they clicked and clive realised cj had a gift. i learned to treat cj as a human being, a human being with gifts that i haven't got. to treat him like a decent person, to show interest in him, because in every direction we take, there's an awful lot of apathy. i spot things that people often overlook, you know, you wouldn't normally see. this relationship, spanning 13 years, has now seen cj recognised for his work by the royal photographic society. you're live with bbc news. to greece now, and the centre—right party of the incumbent prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, has claimed victory in sunday's elections. with almost all the votes counted, his new democracy party has over 40% — twice that of its nearest rival, the leftist syriza party. it is now likely that

the ruling party will go for a second round of elections in latejune to try and secure a majority in parliament, rather than form a coalition. our correspondent in athens, nick beake, explained how the prime minister has been reacting to the 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 thejob, 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. 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. listening to the analyst today, he has real momentum, there is a 20% differentiation between him and syriza, the party that is coming second. and without momentum, he can move forward. what is the incentive for him to be in a coalition government? he will be constrained and he will have to put in his cabinet and other key places people he wouldn't necessarily want to be in his team so that would be the thinking. i mean, coalitions, the talks will happen at the next few days or so. technically, it is three days of all, budget, and then another three days and then

another three days and then another three days and then another three days. i am not sure whether we will get to that, it might emerge quite quickly that the prime minister believes as he claims tonight in the speech in the last few minutes or so that he has got the quiet ability, the mandate, and as a result as what he describes as a political earthquake, that is got the vote of the greek people as whole to continue forward and stressing the economy, as he has been doing, he has appealed to greece and said he is the only guy who can consolidate the growth in the economy and also move it forward and that the years of pain with the eu bailouts, the reduction in spending, the years of high unemployment, that really they can be a thing of the past and he is the man for the future. and we have left us. five, four, three, two, one. engines, full power. and lift—off. falcon 9, go active.

copy one alpha. these are pictures from the kennedy space center in florida where the first saudi woman has voyaged into space. rayyanah barnawi, a breast cancer researcher blasted off along with fellow saudi fighter pilot ali al-qarni on what's being called a private chartered flight. they are due to spend around 8 days on the the international space station. live now to mishaal ashemimry, aerospace engineer and the special adviser to the saudi space commission & vice president for diversity. thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. firstly, i understand you were at the take off. tell us how you feel. thank you so much for having me, it was really exciting to witness this historic moment in real time at cape canaveral, at kennedy space center, and see the launch live. it was really

exciting, we had more than 60 people from saudi that were there, from different entities that we worked with, that they really excited to share this moment together, it was very emotional and it is a historic moment we are very happy to be part of. moment we are very happy to be art of. , , part of. indeed, it is hugely significant. _ part of. indeed, it is hugely significant, especially - part of. indeed, it is hugely significant, especially given she's the first ever notjust saudi but arab woman to go to space. what does this mean for saudi arabia's involvement in space? saudi arabia's involvement in sace? ~ , ,., , saudi arabia's involvement in sace? ~ , , ., space? absolutely this was a historic moment. _ space? absolutely this was a historic moment. we - space? absolutely this was a historic moment. we have i space? absolutely this was a l historic moment. we have the first saudi and arab and muslim woman to go to space. it is an exciting moment because it is an inspiration for the entire region. the space programme and a national programme was started in saudi is ambitious goal that will help us and enable us to achieve the vision 2030, and it is very important to us because the success of this mission will enhance saudi arabia's position in the space exploration community because our goal is to benefit all

humanity through science. this programme was designed to prepare and encourage and inspire saudi youth to participate and because they are going to be the scientist and astronauts of our future. and they will also have to collaborate with international entities to do so in order to push the envelope size and achievement that will benefit everyone. and obviously having the first female aboard the mission, the astronaut rayyanah barnawi, to represent the saudi use, will inspire all and she said she hopes the mission will inspire girls from various backgrounds who will not only have an opportunity that i have never had before but have great talent and internet in order to advance the human experience. some of our viewers might find it quite surprising that there was only 2018 that saudi arabia created the commission last year launch this programme to

send astronauts into space. mb? send astronauts into space. why now? so. _ send astronauts into space. why now? so. as _ send astronauts into space. why now? so. as you _ send astronauts into space. why now? so, as you have _ send astronauts into space. brainy now? so, as you have seen, send astronauts into space. tnv'iy now? so, as you have seen, that he has been in the news a lot because saudi has made a lot of progress in the past few years, we are very hungry for change, we are very hungry for change, we are very hungry for change, we are very hungry for achievement, we have aspirations to push the envelope and we want to contribute to the overall community, the space industry, and we want to expand in the space industry and diversify our economy in doing so, and one of it is to grow our human capital through programmes such as the human space flight programme and also to push the envelope of size that will benefit everybody. 0f envelope of size that will benefit everybody. of course, the is is a rare example of cooperation between russia and the west, do you ever talk about what is happening in ukraine, you know, russia, tensions with the west? i think this is a topic that everybody has addressed. and everybody

talks about it. but space, the beauty of space is it brings all countries together to achieve a common goal which is to advance science for the benefit of all humanity. thank ou so benefit of all humanity. thank you so much _ benefit of all humanity. thank you so much for— benefit of all humanity. thank you so much forjoining - benefit of all humanity. thank you so much forjoining us - benefit of all humanity. thank you so much forjoining us on | you so much forjoining us on this, as you said, historic day for saudi arabia.— this, as you said, historic day for saudi arabia. thank you so much for _ for saudi arabia. thank you so much for having _ for saudi arabia. thank you so much for having me. - now to northern ireland where sinn fein�*s vice president michelle o'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. 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. i thought 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... is that what it's 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 is still unresolved. - the scale of the jump in support for sinn fein is something they themselves hadn't 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'll return

to government. getting a border poll is still core business for sinn fein. it's just that they downgrade it slightly, come election time. in effect, what you've 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 first minister's role. 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. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... heavy fighting has continued in sudan despite rival generals agreeing to a temporary ceasefire. previous truce attempts between sudan's regular army and the paramilitary, rapid support forces, have tended to collapse

within minutes of beginning. ten people have been taken to hospital after a double—decker bus hit a railway bridge in glasgow, tearing the roof off the vehicle. a number of other passengers were treated by paramedics at the scene. there have been jubilant 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. earlier, man city were presented with the trophy, for the 5th time in six years. 0ur sports editor dan roan has this assessment on how this achievement will be viewed. there seems little doubt that we're watching one of the great sides in the history of english football, perhaps even the greatest. after all, only on two previous occasions since the war have clubs won five titles in six years. never before has a side won four consecutive titles,

yet few would bet against city doing exactly that next season. and of course, in the next three weeks they have the chance to complete what would be a remarkable treble if they can win the cup final and the champions league final and do something that no sides achieved for almost a quarter of a century. the chance to complete what would be a remarkable treble if they can win the cup final and the champions league final and do something that no sides achieved for almost a quarter of a century. so a great side and it has to be said, a great manager as well in pep guardiola, who deserves huge credit. and yet i think many will feel somewhat conflicted as well about manchester city's achievements. i think that's partly down to concern over the fact that the wealth of the club's abu dhabi owners in some part has created a domination that some fear has begun to make the league feel somewhat predictable, even though other big spending teams have failed in comparison. and then, of course, this was the season in which the premier league themselves hit city with an unprecedented catalogue of more than 100 charges of alleged financial rule breaking.

now, city deny wrongdoing, but i think for many, until that case is settled and it could take years to do so, they'll struggle to know exactly how to feel about these achievements, even if they're full of admiration for what is clearly a very special football team. that's all for now. hello. we have a lot of fine weather to come for the uk in the week ahead. it has been a weekend of mixed fortunes weather—wise. it has been pleasantly warm and sunday was the warmest day so far. under the cloud across aberdeenshire, we are to about 12 celsius where you see the sunshine, where you see the cloud makes all the difference this time of year. through the week ahead, things are looking dry, sunshine around but variable

amounts of clouds away get the clouds, and one field but equally warm but generally dry is the fame, high pressure building through the atlantic, a couple of other vans moving just around the top there will be a bit more cloud coming and going, particularly towards the north. monday, most places looking dry, more cloud and eastern england and northern england but a brighter day in scotland and northern ireland. most of us the chance of showers the pennines. these are the temperatures. heading through monday evening, a bit of cloud again across parts of eastern england, should be frost free as we start the day on tuesday butjust be temperatures down to about three or four degrees where we see some of the clearer spells. on tuesday, a cooler, fresher day, the coolest day of the week, a change in the winds, bringing the winds for a more northerly direction so cool across eastern areas where you've got a bit of cloud and the breeze from the north say. most of us, a dry day, temperatures varying between 11 to 19 degrees.

probably only day we won't reach 20 degrees this week. into wednesday, a cold front pushing north, so colder air in the far north of scotland, they could be the odd shower here. much of the uk having a fine day. cloud generates across southern and eastern england through the day. top temperature up to 20, 21 degrees, we could just squeeze 22 for the likes of north—east england. towards the end of the week, dry and settled, variable amounts of sunshine, stays trying to next weekend as well. bye— bye. —— stays dry into next weekend as well.

the g7 summit wraps up in hiroshima. the group said it would pare back exposure to the world's second biggest economy. plus, if you've ever wanted to own a watch belonging to the last emperor of china, here is your chance. welcome to asia business report. 0ur your chance. welcome to asia business report. our top story, leaders from some of the worlds richest countries have wrapped up richest countries have wrapped up their annual meeting in the japanese city of hiroshima. the g7 also welcomed a surprise

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