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. lift—off for the first saudi woman to voyage into space.

it's 8am in the morning in singapore, and 9am 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. we are looking to de—risk and diversify our relationship with 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 anarrow 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 minister from 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 orfrom 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 quad were scheduled to meet in sydney later this week but president biden had to pull out of that trip to focus on domestic affairs back home. they are building a counterweight to cry at —— china's. for more on the meeting, we can cross live to david brewster, a research fellow at australian national university. thank you for joining us on the programme. i guess defence spending has been in the spotlight with china boosting its budget. in your view, are quad countries even under more pressure than before? i under more pressure than before? ~ ., _, , before? i think quad countries have really — before? i think quad countries have really over _ before? i think quad countries have really over the _ before? i think quad countries have really over the last - before? i think quad countries have really over the last yearl have really over the last year or more got their act together. they are all increasing their

defence spending but more importantly they are working much more closely together right across the region on a whole range of issues to build resilience throughout countries across the specific. —— the pacific. in a lot of ways, i think that is much more important than the defence aspect. important than the defence asect. , �* ., ., aspect. president biden had to cut his trip _ aspect. president biden had to cut his trip short _ aspect. president biden had to cut his trip short and _ aspect. president biden had to cut his trip short and the - cut his trip short and the meeting of quad in hiroshima lasted about 30 minutes there. what does it say about us commitment?— what does it say about us commitment? look, i think it was obviously _ commitment? look, i think it was obviously disappointing l was obviously disappointing that president biden couldn't come to australia for the quad meeting, and that really points to the impact of the dysfunctionality of us domestic politics and its impact on the us presence in the world but the fact that the quad meeting was held alongside the g7 i think it's quite interesting because you could see it either

as the g7 plus quad or as quad plus plus plus, but in any event, i think it highlighted the support that what countries get from key european states, and their alignment of interests, in terms of supporting the international order. . , ., ~ order. the quad is working counterweight _ order. the quad is working counterweight to - order. the quad is working counterweight to china - order. the quad is working counterweight to china in i counterweight to china in regional military calculations. how has beijing been responding to this alliance?— to this alliance? look, bei'ing throu~h to this alliance? look, bei'ing through itsfi to this alliance? look, bei'ing through its rhetoric �* to this alliance? look, bei'ing through its rhetoric is i to this alliance? look, beijing through its rhetoric is never. through its rhetoric is never happy when other countries stand up to it, but i think in recent times we've been seeing beijing becoming a lot more realistic in terms of its relationships with countries in the region, including quad countries. so, we have seen the chinese pulling back from its

three—year campaign of economic coercion against australia, realising that that campaign didn't work and in fact it was damaging china far more than australia. so, ithink damaging china far more than australia. so, i think that despite whatever rhetoric we may hear from china about the quad, i think it is becoming a lot more realistic that it has to live with the quad is a key part of the pacific.— part of the pacific. david brewster. _ part of the pacific. david brewster, thank - part of the pacific. david brewster, thank you - part of the pacific. david brewster, thank you so l part of the pacific. david - brewster, thank you so much for joining us in dakar. 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. 0ur 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.

rishi sunak comments on china at the un summit have drawn a response from the beijing embassy in london. they said china poses —— the chinese embassy said the comments were malicious slander in this regard of the facts and called on british politicians to avoid further damaging uk china relations. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

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off. , . , . , ., off. these are pictures from the kennedy _ off. these are pictures from the kennedy space - off. these are pictures from the kennedy space center l off. 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. earlier, i spoke to mishaal ashemimry, aerospace engineer and the special adviser to the saudi space commission & vice president for diversity. 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 were really excited to share this moment together, it was very emotional and it is a historic moment that we are very happy to be 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? absolutely this was a 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 human space flight programme and the astronaut 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 hsf programme was designed to prepare and encourage and inspire saudi youth to participate 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 of science 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 as she she said, we 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 it was only 2018 that saudi arabia created the commission last year launch this programme to send astronauts into space. why now? so, as you have seen, saudi 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 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. of course, the iss 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. everybody has addressed and everybody talks about. 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. to greece now, and the centre—right party

of the incumbent prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, has claimed victory in sunday's elections. 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. 0ur correspondent in athens, nick beake, explained how the prime minister has been reacting to the results. he is 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 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 analysts today, he has real momentum, there is a 20% differentiation between him and syriza, the party that is coming second. and with that 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. 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.

the american secured victory over the world number two in the norwegian vector. he now has three pga championship titles. let's stay with sport, there have beenjubilant there have been jubilant celebrations there have beenjubilant celebrations with supporters on the page as manchester city rounded up their home champion campaign rather with a win over chelsea. they clashed a premier league title on saturday when nearest rivals arsenal lost. and the stands are pretty happy with the result. i and the stands are pretty happy with the result.— with the result. i get to watch the best football _ with the result. i get to watch the best football i _ with the result. i get to watch the best football i have - with the result. i get to watch the best football i have ever l the best football i have ever same week in week out so it is amazing, we have had fantastic players in the past but the players in the past but the players on the pitch at the moment are the best i have seen. �* , . moment are the best i have seen. , . , , moment are the best i have seen. , . ,, ., ., seen. best team, best manager, not much else — seen. best team, best manager, not much else you _ seen. best team, best manager, not much else you can _ seen. best team, best manager, not much else you can see. - seen. best team, best manager, not much else you can see. it - not much else you can see. it is not much else you can see. isjust so not much else you can see. it isjust so well—run. is just so well—run. everything, the whole lot, it is more than just the football team that play the football, it is everything around it.

congratulations to them. that is it for the show, thank you so much for watching newsday. hello. it's been a weekend of mixed fortunes weather—wise in fact, sunday was the warmest day of the year so far in the uk at 23.3 degrees in the sunshine at porthmadog. but under the cloud across aberdeenshire, we only got to about 12 celsius. so where you see the sunshine coming through, where you see the cloud makes all the difference. really this time of year and through the week ahead, things are looking mostly dry. yes, some warm sunshine around, but variable amounts of clouds. so where you do get the cloudier spells of weather, it won't feel particularly warm through this week, but generally dry as the theme high pressure building from the atlantic through this week. a couple of weather fronts just moving around the top of that

high pressure at times. so there'll be a bit more cloud coming and going, particularly towards the north now through monday. now through monday, most places looking dry from the word go. we've got a bit more cloud drifting across parts of eastern england. top temperatures between about 16 to 22 for most of us, but a little bit cold. and that across the north of scotland where we've got the breeze coming in from the west here now heading through monday evening, overnight into tuesday, a bit of cloud again across parts of eastern england should be frost free as we start the day on tuesday, but could just be temperatures down to about three or four degrees where we do see some of those clearer spells. so into tuesday, a slightly cooler, fresher day, probably the coolest day of the week, in fact, because just a bit of a change in those winds. just bring the winds in from a bit more of but actually most of us, again, having a dry, quiet day, generally light winds a little bit cloudier in the far northwest. so temperatures varying between about 11 there in lerwick to around about 19 degrees or so further south across england and wales, probably the only day that we won't reach 20 degrees

this week into wednesday, a cold front, chills pushing into the north. so introducing some colder air again across the far north of scotland. and a bit more cloud could be the odd light shower here. much of the uk again having a dry fine day. they'll be fairweather cloud bubbling up and you can see that cloud generating across parts of southern and eastern england through the day. top temperatures probably up to about 20, 2i degrees for most of us. we could just squeeze 22 there for the likes of northeast england towards the end of the week. then staying dry and settled for variable amounts of sunshine stays dry into next weekend too. bye— bye.

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. our top story, leaders from some of the worlds richest countries have wrapped up their annual meeting in the japanese city of hiroshima. the g7 also welcomed a surprise guest, ukrainian president

volodymyr zelensky. amongst the issues discussed, china and