Back in december, the optimism of the Ukrainian Forces was fading. There were fears it would be a bad winter and the russians were targeting Generating Stations and heating plants. But ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power. And anyway, the winter wasnt that bad. Now some Military Experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might simply collapse over the next few months. Who knows . President xi jinping of china has presented himself as a deal maker in the war, but his proposals have so far been pretty vague and, perhaps not surprisingly, much more favourable to his friend Vladimir Putin than to ukraine. Theres less noise about a chinese invasion of taiwan, but many taiwanese leaders think itll happen by 2029. In the us, since december, ex President Trump has been accused of various crimes and been sued successfully for one of them. Yet his popularity with the Republican Party has soared, while his main rival, ron desantis, has faded. Now trump
as champions on saturday without even kicking a ball after nottingham forest s win against arsenal. and that result allowed manager pep guardiola to make nine changes from the side that thrashed real madrid to reach the champions league final. 0ur sports correspondent nesta mcgregor has more. well, we all know when it comes to manchester city, the players and the fans know what that winning feeling is. remarkable when you consider in early april there were eight points behind arsenal. fair enough. arsenal have faltered towards the end of the season, but manchester city have gone on an amazing run 15 games unbeaten, including 12 wins. today they rested the likes of erling haaland, kevin de bruyne, jack grealish and john stones. you know, real, real quality players that have shown the depth of their squad. this trophy, though, is only the first in pep guardiola s masterplan. first week ofjune they re in the fa cup against manchester united. then a week later, the big one in ist
thanks forjoining us. it s been an eventful weekend at the g7 summit injapan. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky returns home after securing a pledge of unwavering support as well as more military equipment from his allies. at the summit, dominated by talks of russia s invasion, us presidentjoe biden confirmed that the us and its allies will help train ukrainian pilots to fly western fighterjets, like the f 16, which zelensky had long asked for. biden also promised to support ukraine with more ammunition and armoured vehicles, partly as a demonstration of western resolve. we will not waver. putin will not break our resolve as he thought he could two years ago, almost three years ago. we re going to continue to provide economic, humanitarian and security assistance to ukraine so it can stand strong as long as it needs it. meanwhile, president zelensky thanked world leaders for their enduring support at the end of the summit and said russia s defeat would result in la
back in december, the optimism of the ukrainian forces was fading. there were fears it would be a bad winter and the russians were targeting generating stations and heating plants. but ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power. and anyway, the winter wasn t that bad. now some military experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might simply collapse over the next few months. who knows? president xi jinping of china has presented himself as a deal maker in the war, but his proposals have so far been pretty vague and, perhaps not surprisingly, much more favourable to his friend vladimir putin than to ukraine. there s less noise about a chinese invasion of taiwan, but many taiwanese leaders think it ll happen by 2029. in the us, since december, ex president trump has been accused of various crimes and been sued successfully for one of them. yet his popularity with the republican party has soared, while his main rival, ron desantis, has faded
hello, i m carl nasman, thanks forjoining us. we start injapan, where a weekend of diplomacy and solidarity among some of the world s most powerful political leaders has come to a close. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky departed the g7 summit injapan with a pledge of unwavering support as well as more military equipment from his allies. on sunday, president zelensky and japanese prime minister fumio kishida each laid a wreath at the hiroshima peace memorial park. it was a moment of deep symbolism two leaders of countries that both know the very real and very painful scars of war. russia s invasion of ukraine dominated talks at the g7 summit. us presidentjoe biden confirmed that the us and its allies will help train ukrainian pilots to fly western fighterjets like the f 16, which president zelensky had long called for. biden also promised to support ukraine with more ammunition and armoured vehicles, partly as a demonstration of western resolve. we will not waver