u. s. s. had germany, i believe is more than just cuba, venezuela, and you can weather posing problems for us at germany. even though a good number of the nations of latin america attended the summit of exclusion of biden's. they still announced and declared in the summer they were not happy with what was taken place. and it's a warning. it's a warning from argentina, from other leaders who said, you cannot continue this. the fact that the u. s. was hosting the summit of the americas did not give it the right to decide who belongs mexico. with love is over, though it is saying, now we speak as a latin american nation as a latin american nation. on behalf of all of latin america and the caribbean, and why locus over as the most significant figure refused to attend the summit of the americas. that will probably have some repercussion, but i think was happening in latin america. and even in the rest of the 3rd world in the country, they're saying we don't want to be bullied anymore. and we will act in concert with each other to coordinate more together economically, politically and reject us had

u. s. firstly joe biden. and other u. s. officials. the western press had been asking when leaders of european countries would come to visit. so finally, the leaders of france, germany and italy made pilgrimage this week, right before of course, johnson went back. yet again. they marked all the usual us with me. all the usual. surely, let halston have been put me through a prompt has been alongside ukraine since day ones. we stand with the ukrainians without ambiguity. ukraine must resist and made more questionable promises it. wallach greener. italy wants ukraine to be a candidate for the european union right after the holiday next meeting promises you candidate status for ukraine. don't mean that it's done, deal are going to be done. but we also told them, frankly, this process will take time. there will be conditions, there will be a roadmap which will be made by the commission to be fulfilled. and therefore you will not become a member of european union to morrow. the renewal law, european leaders continue to pledge war weapons free gray. they'll have to get in line behind the other deliveries and hit a snag into conversion from thomas to reality much to the off

germany would increase military spending, something that the u. s. had for a long time wanted, or the fact that germany is also sending weapons to ukraine. something that the u. s. t drive from the beginning. so elements where the u. s. certainly sees germany going in the direction it would like to. so i do expect these elements to be discussed during the bilateral meeting that they will also be addressed. obviously in the press conference after will know very, very soon. thomas sir? sparrow. thank you so much sir. and of course sir, we'll keep an eye and an ear on that. and then press meeting because yes, the big question was, what is at stake? this year's g 7 in germany and our chief political editor, michela griffin. i spoke to denise noah. he's the co head of the i think, 7 and to president of global solutions. and those initiatives bring it together, leading think tanks to develop policy recommendations for g 7 lead us lesson in mrs . noah ukraine is the over arching issue here. can any kind of breakthrough be achieved at this kind of gathering? i think this is a particularly important gathering, particularly because of russia's invasion of the ukraine. th

s. if the conservatives can lose here, they can lose anywhere. jona whole al jazeera devon, the u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin is in germany for a g 7 meeting on global food security. i had of the meeting. lincoln met with german vice chancellor, robert havoc for mrs. o. discussing the impact of the warn ukraine climate change on the cove at 19 pandemic. germany's foreign minister and alina babel has accused russia of using hunger as a weapon of war. the governor of ukraine's eastern low hands creegan says his forces will have to leave the embattled city of savannah. don yeske. russian troops have now taken control of the most strategic city. governor ca, they says, remaining positions have been smashed to pieces, and staying doesn't make sense. another local official said, the ne, by district of harris has been fully occupied by russian forces. the war in ukraine was high on the agenda of this week's bricks. meeting the host chinese president gigi pen criticize what he described as the abuse of international sanctions. also the 1st major diplomatic appearance of the russian president vladimir putin since he invasion. katrina, you reports from beijing smiling to camera. the leaders of the british nations met virtually on thursday, affirming a block which some have described as an alternative to the g 7, representing china, brazil, south africa, india and russia. the nation's count for more than 40 percent of the world's population and nearly a quarter of global g d p. the response to russia's invasion of ukraine was front and center with host chinese president. she didn't ping orbiting the gathering by criticizing us lead sanctions. lamear. okay, that we urged a world to reject the cold war mentality and a block confrontation, oppose unilateral sanctions and abuse of sanctions, and reject the smoke circles built around, had germany, them. he had a bricks, business for him. he accused nieto of antagonizing russia and said sanctions had turned the global economy into a weapon. so the comments were echoed by vladimir putin who made his 1st major diplomatic appearance since russia's invasion of ukraine is a new brand new one. the only bass are honest and the mutually beneficial cooperation. can we find a solution to the crisis situation in wal economy, glove, because of ill conceived egotistical actions are particularly countries. putin said russia had recently increased trade with bricks, partners, none of whom have supported sanctions against moscow. china and india, a key importance of russian energy, indian lead and rend remotely. however, steered clear of mentioning sanctions as a u. s. ally, u deli, is refusing to pick aside. we do not believe that dell for, for our, such as the bricks should become a black forms out for b, kind of a geopolitical conditions. ah, as i said, i'll be see the value of the brick summit speaking bears at this time precisely in enabling us to soar down, if not fully prevent. oh, what seems to be a kind of a incipient modernization in geo politics. so i know best one, the one side and china and rush out on the other side. in a joint declaration, the lead is called for more dialogue between russia and ukraine. and pledge to deep in cooperation and fighting cove in 19 counter terrorism and economic recovery. china has proposed a free trade block among the 5 countries, and the group is discussing whether it would meet new mendez, katrina, you al jazeera, making. the u. s. senate has passed, one of the strongest gun control bells in decades. the legislation had support from both sides of the political island comes just a month after school sho