laura bicker, bbc news, japan.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 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 indep

laura bicker, bbc news, hiroshima., ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has rejected claims by russia that it has occupied bakhmut. here he is, explaining why ukraine cannot share the details of his strategy in bakhmut. translation: the hardest is when, if bakhmut had some military - tactical mistake, for instance, and people could be surrounded. then all the military know what could happen. how we could create the situation for people not to be captured. now our people are accomplishing a very important mission. they are now in bakhmut. i will not share exactly where exactly but it witnesses that bakhmut is not occupied by russian federation, as of today. so who is right about bakhmut? colonel richard kemp is a retired british army commander and defence analyst who's in kyiv. down in the area myself. i spoke to many ukrainian commanders and soldiers who have been fighting in backport in some cases for many months. and the reality is, i think that the vast majority of the city, the city itself has been now captured

laura bicker, bbc news, japan. research center for nuclear weapons abolition, nagasaki university, and a senior member of asia pacific leaderhsip network about how the nuclear threat has to be at the centre of discussions during this weekend's g7. the message from hiroshima is very important in terms of never us nuclear weapons, important in terms of never us nuclearweapons, but important in terms of never us nuclear weapons, but also nuclear weapons came from the world, so ending the is the most important message. ending the is the most important messaue. �* , ., message. and there is a huge symbolism — message. and there is a huge symbolism of _ message. and there is a huge symbolism of this _ message. and there is a huge symbolism of this event - message. and there is a huge | symbolism of this event taking message. and there is a huge - symbolism of this event taking place in hiroshima, of course the centre of the atomic bomb that helped bring an end to the second world war. and we know a personal connection fr

laura bicker, bbc news, japan.ak, who you saw there at the summit, said vladimir putin must be shown that his "violence and coercion" towards ukraine will "not reap rewards". our political editor chris mason spoke to him and sent this report from hiroshima. a tranquil if rather damp setting for our interview with the prime minister — a traditionaljapanese tea house, carp in the pond outside. world leaders have gathered here to discuss the global economy, an increasingly muscular china, and the war in ukraine. we've taken the lead on announcing new sanctions on russia. i'm hopeful and confident that our partner countries will follow, as they have done when we've done this previously. that will make the sanctions more effective, ensure that russia pays a price for its illegal activity and, again, this is something we can be proud of in the uk, because we have taken a leadership role when it comes to supporting ukraine. but rishi sunak was less sure of his answers on a big issue back home. david cameron and theresa ma

laura bicker, bbc news, japan.s has announced a new military support package for ukraine. but what does it comprise of? our reporter, david waddell, has been looking at the detail. it's 15 months on from the russian invasion of ukraine, what the kremlin�*s called its special military operation. ukraine wasn't expected to stand for more than a few days, but it has managed to hold back russian and russian—backed forces in the south and east of the country. this territory marked in red. now, ukraine has been persistently requesting material support from its allies in the west. and speaking at the g7 summit in hiroshima, president biden has offered a new package worth $375 million. that package includes ammunition, artillery, armoured vehicles and training. there are not more details as to precisely what's in that package. at the time of the announcement, president zelensky didn't know any more detail either. but we do know this. it's a key headline that emerged yesterday, and it involves us—made f—16 aircraft. the us

laura bicker, bbc news, japan.y 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 i

laura bicker, bbc news, japan.e 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. (box gfx 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. when a prime minister strides the world stage, it's always the questions about a rumpus back home that seem to irritate. injapan, rishi sunak was asked if he still had confidence in his home secretary. well, chris, i don't know the full details of what has happened, nor have i spoken to the home secretary. i think you can see first—hand what i have been doing over the last day or so. but i understand she has expressed regret for speeding, accepted the penalty and paid the fine. downing street later insisted that of course the prime mi

our asia pacific correspondent, laura bicker, sent this report from hiroshima.ent knows the cost of war. as he paid tribute to the victims of the hiroshima bombing, he needed no reminderfrom this sombre city of what can happen when a bitter conflict leads to the use of a nuclear weapon. he is building relationships with the us president and others to ensure this does not happen in ukraine. together with the entire g7, we have ukraine's back, and i promise we're not going anywhere. the calculated risk to fly so far from kyiv appears to have been worth it. translation: we really have been working alongside politically - with our partners to get the desired outcome of the strengthening of our skies, besides air defence we are gratefulfor that, we are really grateful to the united states of america as the leaders in the support of this sphere and other partners of ours. further on, we have the several months for the training of our pilots and we will be working for these people to be as educated as possible, as trained and experienced as possible. and today washingt

our asia pacific correspondent, laura bicker, sent this report from hiroshima.s president knows the cost of war. as he paid tribute to the victims of the hiroshima bombing, he needed no reminderfrom this 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 are to ensure this does not happen in ukraine. in a policy shift washington has confirmed it will allow ukrainian pilots to train in american—madejets. will allow ukrainian pilots to train in american-made jets. in american-made 'ets. the united states together — in american-made jets. the united states together with _ in american-made jets. the united states together with our _ in american-made jets. the united states together with our allies - in american-made jets. the united states together with our allies and | states together with our allies and partners will begin training pilots and fourth generation fighter aircraft, including f—i6s, to strengthen ukraine's a

there is an amazing mind boggling stat that my colleague laura bicker shared, but in 1985, the totalhave come up. in their conversations this must have come up— in their conversations this must have come up. really fascinating, thank ou have come up. really fascinating, thank you for— have come up. really fascinating, thank you for taking _ have come up. really fascinating, thank you for taking us _ have come up. really fascinating, thank you for taking us through i thank you for taking us through that. votes in northern ireland's local elections are still being counted, with sinn fein making strong gains. the party is on course to replace the democratic unionist is the largest force in local government. our ireland correspondent chris page. he is at belfast city hall. just explain, we have some partial picture at this stage, do we, of just what's happened?- picture at this stage, do we, of just what's happened? yes, that's riaht, just what's happened? yes, that's right. charlie. _ just what's happened? yes, that's right, charlie. we _ just what's happened? yes, that's right, charlie