that was nick marsh in ja an, days. that was nick marsh in japan. nick. _ days.pan, nick, thank _ days. that was nick marsh in japan, nick, thank you - days. that was nick marsh in japan, nick, thank you a - days. that was nick marsh in japan, nick, thank you a lot. | live now to noah sneider, tokyo bureau ehief at the economist newspaper. he's been in hiroshima covering the summit. what were your expectations going into this summit? how does the outcome compare? thank you for having me. this summerforjapan�*s prime summer forjapan�*s prime minister was a summerforjapan�*s prime minister was a combination of his lifelong ambitions, hosting this summer in hiroshima and there were really three big agenda items to watch and one was support for ukraine and showing up, both assistance to ukrainians and sanctions against russia. second, was linking what was happening, what is happening, in ukraine to the situation here in asia, in the indo—pacific and in the words of the prime minister, this idea of you ukraine today could be east asia tomorrow and finally reaching a m

nick marsh reporting _ combat that. nick marsh reporting there, - combat that.rting there, thank . combat that. nick marsh l reporting there, thank you combat that. nick marsh - reporting there, thank you so much. we had that conversation with nick marsh little bit earlier, he's covering the summit for us. it we are seeing these pictures of the hiroshima peace memorial park and the japanese parameters to have an welcoming world leaders there just to give us an idea of what will happen after he has welcomed all of the leaders, we have seen a few arrive already, the canadian parameters to justin trudeau as well as the french president emmanuel macron. they will then visit the peace memorial park together, they will hold a working lunch, they will have a family photo session as well and they have indeed already been talking about as we just heard from nick there introducing a new package of sanctions from russia and indeed the european council president delivered a press conference before this got under way and said this summit will reaffirm support for ukraine so

live now to the bbc�*s nick marsh who is in hiroshima for the summit. s visit already appearing to be one of the stand—out moments at this summit? you _ at this summit? said you at this summit? said earlier, stolen the spotlight. you said earlier, stolen the spotlight-— you said earlier, stolen the s-uotliht. , , spotlight. on paper, yesterday were su osed spotlight. on paper, yesterday were summed to — spotlight. on paper, yesterday were summed to be _ spotlight. on paper, yesterday were supposed to be all— spotlight. on paper, yesterday were supposed to be all about _ spotlight. on paper, yesterday were supposed to be all about china - spotlight. on paper, yesterday were supposed to be all about china but l supposed to be all about china but then of course president zelensky arrived. the debate over whether he would wouldn't come pretty much dominated the last 48 hours. he came, he met g7 leaders. but i think what is interesting, and it is important to point out, it's not just the g7 who are here. they have said but they have said, they have done what

nick marsh _ you posted on that. indeed. nick marsh in _ you posted on that. indeed.rsh in hiroshima, i you posted on that. indeed. . nick marsh in hiroshima, thank you very much for that. we have breaking news out of the asia—pacific area. the us geological survey says a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck southeast of new caledonia's loyalty islands in the pacific ocean. that's in the pacific ocean. a tsunami warning has been issued in some areas of new caledonia, fiji, vanuatu and australia. the us pacific warning center says tsunami waves are possible within one—thousand kilometres of the epicentre. the us geological service said the quake was detected at a depth of about 38 kilometres. to the united states now. disney has scrapped a nearly $1 billion investment in florida, a decision it attributes to "changing business conditions" in the state. the state's governor, republican ron desantis, has been in an ongoing row with disney since the company criticised legislation he signed, restricting the discussion of sexuality and gender identity in primary schools. soon aft

nick marsh reporting there. it has been great talking to you. very much. just to remind you. the g7 group of advanced economies, as they are starting their summit advanced economies, as they are starting theirsummit in starting their summit in hiroshima starting theirsummit in hiroshima and they will be talking about a number of topics. brussow�*s invasion of ukraine and preventing conflict with china top of the agenda. —— russia. thank you for watching bbc news. i'm sumi somaskanda in washington. do stay with us. hello there. here at home, our weather is quite quiet but in italy, the flood situation will be ongoing. there's more cool, wet and windy weather developing in southern parts of europe and this is the rainfall accumulation in the next few days. heavy rain for corsica and sardinia. the heaviest of the rain this time is more for the north—west of italy, and that could lead to some further flooding. away from that thickening cloud, we've had this band of cloud on that weather front producing just a little bit of rain. that's heading its w

the bbc�*s nick marsh is in hiroshima for us and we can bring him in now. heard nick, we just heard about those fighterjets. the other big news today of course, we are hearing new sanctions are being introduced against russia. what we know about that's so against russia. what we know about that' h, against russia. what we know about that' ., , ., ., against russia. what we know about that' ., ., ., that's so it was a wrath of sanctions _ that's so it was a wrath of sanctions actually - that's so it was a wrath of. sanctions actually announced that's so it was a wrath of - sanctions actually announced even before the summit yesterday morning here in hiroshima, the united states imposing sanctions, around 300 of them actually. and the idea really is to starve the russian war effort, to quote officials. the idea is to try and limit rushers access to essential battlefield materials. there is also a joint statement from g7 leaders when it came to tightening restrictions on loopholes in terms of evading sanctions. it's very easy to impose them, of course, but we

live now to the bbc�*s nick marsh in hiroshima. be delighted about this announcement but perhaps wondering about the timescale of it, nick?— of it, nick? yes, i think the fact it is — of it, nick? yes, i think the fact it is going _ of it, nick? yes, i think the fact it is going to _ of it, nick? yes, i think the fact it is going to take - of it, nick? yes, i think the fact it is going to take so i fact it is going to take so many months to train up ukrainian pilots, the to familiarise them with these new advanced f—16 aircraft shows that 0k, are not going to be able to be used in any upcoming offensives in the next few weeks but at the same time, you can read this as a long—term commitment to the security of ukraine. perhaps notjust in this war with russia but even possibly beyond that. it's really the most concrete development that we've seen come out of this g7 summit so far. that alongside with the fact that president zelensky is indeed arriving here in hiroshima in person to talk to president biden, to prime minister kishida an

nick marsh is in hiroshima for us.ith hiroshima for us. the french president emmanuel with the french president emmanuel macron arriving this morning, all seven of them are now there. morning, all seven of them are now there-— now there. good morning from hiroshima- _ now there. good morning from hiroshima. it _ now there. good morning from hiroshima. it will— now there. good morning from hiroshima. it will kickoff - hiroshima. it will kickoff soon. we are in the international media centre, thousands ofjournalists international media centre, thousands of journalists from around the world will be filling this place, covering the meetings, this series of deliberations between the leaders of some of the world's richest countries but i don't want to waste any time here because i'm pleased to say that joining me now is the bbc tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil. we have already had some lines from us officials about sanctions on russia. fix, from us officials about sanctions on russia. a fresh batch of sanctions. - sanctions

nick marsh reporting. senior defence analyst at the rand corporation. thank you very much forjoining us. let's start with the two headliner topics of this g7 summit. politico reported us officials are planning for the growing possibility that russia and ukraine, the war, will turn into a frozen conflict. how do you think g7 leaders will approach this, to try to keep up approach this, to try to keep up momentum for the west�*s support for ukraine? up momentum for the west's support for ukraine? thanks, eah, support for ukraine? thanks, yeah. well. — support for ukraine? thanks, yeah. well. i— support for ukraine? thanks, yeah, well, i think— support for ukraine? thanks, yeah, well, i think that - support for ukraine? thanks, yeah, well, i think that the i support for ukraine? thanks, | yeah, well, i think that the g7 has been quite unanimous in its view that russia's invasion of ukraine was in violation of international law. you cannot have one sovereign country invading and destroying another. so, regardle

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nick marsh in contention with beijing. nick marsh in hiroshima, - contention with beijing.ma, thank you very much forjoining us. the leaders are meeting at a time of economic turmoil as well. post covid and suffering the consequences of the russian invasion of ukraine and the impact that had on energy prices and inflation. let's talk about the economic dimension. let's bring in simon macadam, senior global economist at capital economics here in london. there's only so much political leaders can do to tackle inflation. what, if anything, can be achieved at this meeting? your corresponded in hiroshima talked about the elephant not in the room being china of the g7 summit and that's a very, very important reason why that's the case even from an economic perspective, but the elephant not in the room from an economic perspective this weekend and the more immediate senseis weekend and the more immediate sense is the debt ceiling crisis in the us and of course as you say the inflation problem and inflation crisis thatis problem and inflation crisis that is a malaise that all advan

nick marsh reflecting on the relationship between hong kong and the uk, coming as hong kong and the uka emerge out of the post—pandemic era trying to attract investment and see their economies grow after a relatively long period of seeing subdued economic activity. paypalshares seeing subdued economic activity. paypal shares have dropped after it cut forecast of the profit. it says inflation and fears of recession are likely to hit the high margin parts of the business. analysts fear it also might be losing ground to rivals such as apple pay and strike. thanks forjoining us. stay with bbc news. showcasing their skills at the primary school in swansea. some of the younger children spend mornings in this area getting extra support so they are ready to join their classmates later on. , , , to join their classmates later on. , , ., , to join their classmates later on. , ., on. these boys and girls can go to their local— on. these boys and girls can go to their local school— on. these boys and girls can go to their local school and - on. these boys and girls can go to their local school and

let's bring in nick marsh.s is somewhat of the last addition i guess to an already very jampacked agenda that those leaders had to discuss. really jampacked — leaders had to discuss. really jampacked agenda _ leaders had to discuss. really jampacked agenda but - leaders had to discuss. really jampacked agenda but this i leaders had to discuss. really jampacked agenda but this is| leaders had to discuss. really i jampacked agenda but this is an important item. you are talking about the potential of a breakthrough there but the fact that president biden even has to go back to washington, cut short trips here in asia, to papua new guinea and over to australia, that is significant in and of itself in the first reason is that because the us economy, despite all the talk of chinese economic coercion, and the ramifications for sanctions on russia, the us economy could also pose a threat to stability in terms of the global economic order. we sent bank collapses there, we've been talking about potential defaults linked

let's bring in nick marsh.ss if they didn't have enough to talk about to begin with, this is the latest addition to what they have to discuss? . ., ., discuss? yeah, add it to the list. president _ discuss? yeah, add it to the list. president biden - discuss? yeah, add it to the list. president biden has - discuss? yeah, add it to the | list. president biden has got discuss? yeah, add it to the l list. president biden has got a lot on his plate and we know that he is going to be leaving straight after this g7 summit, flying back to washington to try and avoid a government shutdown over the us debt ceiling dispute. we have heard that there could be some kind of breakthrough there, the developments have been positive in the last couple of days but it does highlight a couple of things as pertains this meeting of world leaders here in hiroshima. the first is the fragility, may be, of the us economy. we have in talking about worries of ukraine, china's economic influence here in the region as well but governments he

nick marsh has been covering everything that's been taking place in hiroshima.e big news coming from this summit regarding russia. some tough new sanctions. talk of fighter jets. walk us through the details. >> the most recent development is that confirmation that the united states will allow ukrainian pilots to be trained in f-16 fighter jets. there has been some hesitation from washington up until now even how sensitive that advanced technology is. if one is shot down and russian territory obviously it's bad news. president biden confirmed it to g7 leaders yesterday in hiroshima. now it's down to european countries to provide that training and the physical jets. before that we were also hearing about a fresh wave of new sanctions. so basically even further restricting russia's ability to access materials that it can use on the battlefield. there is also a lot of talk about clamping down on sanctions evasions. making sure that russia doesn't use third party countries and loopholes to get around them. that is a lot more tricky. there was a lot of talk about tryi

iam nick i am nick marsh, live in hiroshima andi i am nick marsh, live in hiroshima and i will keep yout the summit officially under way. also coming up: disney's feud with flordia's governor ron desantis deepens, as the entertainment giant scraps plans to build a new corporate campus in the state. a sweeping crackdown on gang violence in el salvador has lowered crime, but it's believed thousands of innocent people are still stuck behind bars more than a year later.

for the latest, live now to nick marsh, who is for us there in hiroshima.o zelensky arrived today, on sunday he is due to meet president biden and address the g7 leaders, is ukraine dominating discussions at the g7? �* , ,., , ukraine dominating discussions at theg7? ~ y , the g7? absolutely, president zelensky pretty _ the g7? absolutely, president zelensky pretty much - the g7? absolutely, president zelensky pretty much stole i the g7? absolutely, president| zelensky pretty much stole the the g7? absolutely, president - zelensky pretty much stole the show yesterday in hiroshima, the agenda was supposed to be dominated by talk of china, but the kind of will he, won't he drama of his arrival took centre stage, the ukrainians were very much keen for this in—person visit, and you can understand why, the symbolism of the meeting, his closest seven allies, all here in the same place for the first time speaks for itself. it's important to remember that it's notjust the g7 countries who were here in hiroshima, plenty of other influential nations were invited, the

live now to the bbc�*s nick marsh in hiroshima. thank nick marsh in hiroshima. you forjoining us.k you forjoining us. with the g7 summit under way volodomyr zelensky is dominating conversations? hello from a very _ dominating conversations? hello from a very hot _ dominating conversations? hello from a very hot and _ dominating conversations? hello from a very hot and quite - dominating conversations? hello from a very hot and quite noisy a russian mark, we're coming into the final of this g7 summit, by now dominated by president volodomyr zelensky and his surprise visit to japan. we didn't know it was happening until the very last minute, we understand ukrainians were keen on pushing this in person visit, it's quite obvious why he is here to put his case forward for continued support from the g7 countries, for military aid, financial aid, tighter sanctions on russia, we expect him to give a press conference later on in the day, we don't know exactly when, interestingly, it wasn'tjust meeting g7 leaders the first time he has been with them all in the same place by the way since th

nick marsh has more. the g7 is a political organisation but this years summit was dominated by economics that it was at the very heart of any news that the leaders discussed this weekend, ukraine and china. i will start with ukraine. before the summit even kicked off on friday the us introduced a raft of measures targeting russia, 300 sanctions aimed at restricting moscow's ability to source battlefield materials. the uk then followed suit, having introduced an import ban on russian diamonds, copper, aluminium, nickel and then the g7 leaders jointly agreed on a statement that said they would continue to impose sanctions, tighten them, and specify the need to crack down on sanctions and evasions, the use of third—party countries as a loophole for russia to get around these restrictions. they also acknowledge the fact, separately to the joint statement that there would be a need to utilise the so—called outreach countries in the global south countries like india for example, because the sanctions put in pla

our asia business correspondent nick marsh with more. financial services, and financial technologies. now the economic links between the home of europe's financial capital and asia's financial capital, of course, they run deep. there are some parallels more recently as well. both places, frankly speaking, have had a bit of a wobble recently. london, because of brexit and the uncertainly they are, hong kong because of the political turmoil, the protests. and then more recently, the covid—i9 restrictions. hong kong financial officials were in london this month doing similar meetings with uk ministers. but of course, it is the political backdrop to all of this that makes it so contentious. rewind three or four years during the protests of 2019, britain was a vocal supporter of the demonstrators. it was highly critical of china, its crackdown. and the national security law. thenjump forward, here in 2023, and it's back in hong kong, asking for investments. so a reflection of economic reality perhaps, and certainly a reflection of the uk gove

as the bbc�*s nick marsh in hiroshima explains.7 kicked off and the two biggest issues on the agenda are a war in ukraine and the economic containment of china. on that first subject the us got off to a quick start before the summit had even begun. they announced a fresh batch of sanctions targeting russia and its ability to source battlefield materials. they are also trying to tighten the ability of russia to use third country loopholes to evade those sanctions. britain as well has announced a ban on the importation of russian diamonds, of copper, nickel, aluminium as well that comes from russia. these are the actions of individual countries. the real challenge will be when there is a joint statement produced that comes to an agreement between all g7 members and how it wants to target russia in punishment for its invasion of ukraine. don't forget each individual country has its own economic and domestic priorities. the european countries, well, they have more exposure to russian trade so they can't go for the all—out export ban, f

our asia business correspondent nick marsh with more. johnson's in hong kong to do business.ttract investments in the uk. there's a focus primarily on financial services and financial technologies. now, the economic links between the home of europe's financial capital and asia's financial capital will, of course, they run deep. but there are some parallels more recently as well. both places, frankly speaking, have had a bit of a wobble recently. london, because of brexit and the uncertainty there, hong kong because of the political turmoil, the protests, and then more recently, the covid—i9 restrictions. so from an economic standpoint, this visit makes sense. hong kong finance officials were in london last month, doing similar meetings with uk ministers. but of course, it's the political backdrop to all of this that makes it so contentious. rewind three or four years. during the protests in 2019, britain was a vocal supporter of the demonstrators. it was highly critical of china, its crackdown, the national security law then jump forwards here in 2023, and it's back in hong k

nick marsh is in hiroshima. good to see you, nick. many topics are on the agenda.ect to the war in ukraine will probably dominate. what are the expectations with regard to that topic? nick: good morning from hiroshima. things are set to get underway here in a few hours. the war in ukraine it is very high on the agenda. president zelenskyy is expected to address the summit at some point over the next few days. we do not know whether online or in person. we will wait to see. i suppose from the g7's point of view the question is how can they hurt russia economically, and therefore, militarily? the russian economy is taking a big hit -- has taken a big hit over t last year or so but the war effort is still going so expect talk of sanctions and tightening, perhaps, closing loophos. the prospect of an all out trade band to russia, what the u.s. is trying to propose, do not expect any agreement there. european economies are still far too exposed to russian trade. in terms of temporary -- tempering expectations with economic realities we will see what compromise is reached

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nick marsh reports. its historical responsibilities to the people of hong kong. he said britain would continue to call china out and be robust when it came to violations of freedoms in the city. but ultimately that is not why he is there. he is there to do business. he wants to attract investment in the uk, particularly in the areas of financial services, financial technologies, and the same goes for vice versa, by the way. hong kong finance officials were in london last month trying to do the same thing. but really itjust shows how much i've changed in the past three orfour years. during the 2019 protests in hong kong, britain was very vocal in its support of the demonstrators. it was critical of the crackdown, of the national security law. there was even talk of sanctions being put in place. but in the end it really was just talk, and since then that tension has kind of fizzled out. the uk government position has softened considerably. it was only a couple of weeks ago that the foreign secretary james

live now to the bbc�*s nick marsh who is in hiroshima for the summit.urprise visit in person by ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, all eyes have been on that attendance, haven't they?— have been on that attendance, haven't they? yes, i think what ou haven't they? yes, i think what you were _ haven't they? yes, i think what you were just — haven't they? yes, i think what you were just saying _ haven't they? yes, i think what you were just saying that - haven't they? yes, i think what you were just saying that about these suppose that gains by the russians in bakhmut only underlined the urgency. we understand it was actually the ukrainians pushing quite hard for him to be here in person. he is clearly very keen to meet his g7 allies and pleading the case for more assistance for his country, military assistance on the battlefield, financial assistance, tightening sanctions on russia. it looks like he is going to get all of that. he's got a bit of a victory yesterday when the us confirmed they would allow ukrainian pilots to be trained in f-i6 ukrainia

the summit, tonight, the japanese government has confirmed he will arrive on sunday. 0ur reporter nick marsht coming? everyone seemed to have a different source. huge conspiracy concerns when it comes to these high—profile visits so it's understandable that kiel, washington, tokyo, would be so tightlipped until now, but have had confirmation that he is coming here to japan, he will be coming from jeddah where he has been addressing arab leaders in saudi arabia, safe to say that that would be the least receptive audience he has ever had. since he has tried to build diplomatic ties with the rest of the world after his country was invaded last year. now he is u-oin to be now he is --oin to be comin- now he is u-oin to be comin- to now he is going to be coming to japan, a much more receptive audience. we heard from jake sullivan earlier saying he did not have a chance to talk to the ukrainians to see how the meeting went but he will have president biden will have a chance to talk to zelensky when he gets here. the symbolism of this kind of visit is quite clear. it's the first time zelensky will

rainy hiroshima, as we watch those pictures and wait for him to leave the plane, we can bring in nick marsh is at the summit venue nice and early. thank so much for joining us, neck. some of the g7 leaders have been arriving — high on the agenda: ukraine. good morning here, it'sjust gone eight in the morning and i'm in the national media centre. this place is going to start filling up over the next three hours with thousands of journalists from around the world. i think we are amongst the first to arrive here, happy to be talking to you about this. like i said, plenty on the agenda. ukraine, china, artificial intelligence, and of course the issue of denuclearisation. we are after all here and he but i would like to say thatjoining me now is the bbc�*s tokyo correspondent. thank you so much for speaking to us. we'll get onto all those issues and just a second but we have just had some news lines coming up. the summit has not even started yet. sanctions on russia? yes riaht yet. sanctions on russia? yes ri . ht a yet. sanctions on russia? yes right a full— yet. sanctions on russia? yes right

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the bbc�*s nick marsh is in hiroshima for us and we can bring him in now.ima, following the g7 summit, he has said that president zielinski's attendant has been confirmed, what can we see from the ukrainian president and his meetings with the g7 leaders? we president and his meetings with the g7 leaders?— the g7 leaders? we don't know exactly when — the g7 leaders? we don't know exactly when he _ the g7 leaders? we don't know exactly when he is _ the g7 leaders? we don't know exactly when he is going - the g7 leaders? we don't know exactly when he is going to - exactly when he is going to arrive by the news in of itself that he is coming here and will be in attendance in person is of course usually done hugely significant. we have had information in the past hour coming from the japanese foreign ministry, in terms of the background of his visits are the prime minister casino ofjapan impairs invited of japan impairs invited president ofjapan impairs invited president zielinski to address the summit back in march but that was virtually and it seems like it wa

live now to the bbc�*s nick marsh who is in hiroshima for the summit. good to see you once again.t is the latest you can tell us? i what is the latest you can tell us? , , , ., , what is the latest you can tell us? , ., , us? i suppose those apparent development _ us? i suppose those apparent development in _ us? i suppose those apparent development in bakhmut, - development in bakhmut, unconfirmed offcourse, but what the russians seem to be saying underscores the urgency of this visit from president zelensky. we did not know if he would be attending in person until the last minute but ukrainians were very keen for this to happen and he wants to come here and continued to plead his case for support for ukraine from his allies in that she seven, that means military, financial support and further restrictions against russia. ——in the g7. there are plenty of other countries invited. you just mention narendra modi, a big buyer of russian oil and is a recognition among g7 countries that it is not enough and you need the buy in of other countries as well and so far there is not been a l

live now to nick marsh in hiroshima, where the g7 summit is taking place. it is great to see you. announcements of this jets coalition was a announcements of thisjets coalition was a big announcement. tell us about some of the other takeaways. yes, welcome to day two of this g7 summit in hiroshima. yesterday the leaders spent the day together. they had dinner, they reaffirmed their commitment to ukraine and then doubled down on sanctions on russia. today, the focus is expected to be china dominated, but there is plenty more on the agenda beside that. so look, why don't we discussed this a little bit further, two heads are better than one after all, schama hillel, bbc�*s tokyo correspondent, thanks again for joining me. we will talk about today, but there was one big relevant involving f—16 fighter jets. flo relevant involving f-16 fighter “ets. fl . relevant involving f-16 fighter 'ets. fl . ~ , jets. flo and i think it is the bi est jets. flo and i think it is the biggest translation - jets. flo and i think it is the biggest translation of - jets. flo and i think it is the bigges

the bbc�*s nick marsh is in hiroshima for us and we can bring him in now. t of news coming out of the g7 so far. much of the initial talks have been members recommitting to the defence of ukraine and some big news involving fighterjets ukraine and some big news involving fighter jets and sanctions as well today. involving fighterjets and sanctions as well today. yeah that's right- _ sanctions as well today. yeah that's right. it's _ sanctions as well today. yeah that's right. it's one - sanctions as well today. yeah that's right. it's one day - that's right. it's one day down, two to go with this g7 summit here in hiroshima. big focus yesterday as you say, carl, on ukraine. g7 leaders reaffirming their commitment to the contrary, tightening sanctions on russia. there is plenty more to talk about today, and i'm really pleased today, and i'm really pleased to say that to talk through this with me, our tokyo correspondent acr. good morning- _ correspondent acr. good morning. good _ correspondent acr. good morning. good morning, | correspondent acr. good - morni

i wanted to bring in nick marsh, our asia business correspondent, who has been covering the summit from to barbara that we have now heard that confirmation from the japanese government that the ukrainian president zelensky will attend in person. tell us more about that. , ., ., , that. yes, the rumour mill was in full swing — that. yes, the rumour mill was in full swing yesterday - that. yes, the rumour mill was in full swing yesterday here - that. yes, the rumour mill was in full swing yesterday here in | in full swing yesterday here in hiroshima, is it coming, is he not _ hiroshima, is it coming, is he not coming? everyone seemed to have _ not coming? everyone seemed to have a _ not coming? everyone seemed to have a different source. huge security— have a different source. huge security concerns, really, when you think— security concerns, really, when you think about it, when it comes_ you think about it, when it comes to _ you think about it, when it comes to the sort of high—profile visits, so it is understanding —— understandable that understanding — — understandable that kyiv, — u