contest it is taking shape. new and familiar presidential faces jump into the 24 contest. selling themselves as the next and best alternative to donald trump. speaking of, incriminating new evidence this weekend in the classified documents case, not just one of trump s also tonight, legislating inaction. president biden rex up another big win in washington by delivering on a key campaign promise. it is pride month, the love story that triggered a movement for equality in chicago, and beyond. this is american voices. we begin this hour in iowa. a crucial stop for gop presidential candidates, as they work to find footing in a republican party defined by trumpism. this afternoon, a republican 2024 hopefuls stumped in des moines, at a fund-raiser hosted by joni ernst, noticeably absent, front runner donald trump. chief rival, for now, florida governor, ron desantis. he was there, desantis used the moment to lean into trumpism. while also trying to convince voters he is the best
and surprise, as welsh rugby s alun wynjones the most capped player in the world announces he s retiring from the international game, just four months before the world cup. coming up on bbc news, to shock welsh rugby pep guardiola says he will be watching the match saying without playing instead focusing on doing the job themselves against chelsea on sunday. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. ourfirst story tonight is about a man from london who has been jailed for helping to con people out of more than £100 million. police say it was the uk s largest everfraud investigation. tejay fletcher was the mastermind behind a website which was essentially an online fraud shop a place where criminals could buy technology that allowed them to dupe people into parting with their cash often by handing over their bank details. police say more than 160 people have so far been arrested in connection with the scam. 0ur correspondent sean dilley reports. this was the
in northern italy. and, irish boxer katie taylor, bids to become only the second fighter in the modern era, to hold all the major belts, at two different weights. in london, joanna simpson s husband killed her in a vicious attack. he is now due for release after serving half his sentence. her mother desperately wants him to stay behind bars. good evening. vladimir putin cast a shadow over two major international summits today. in a significant shift of policy, at the g7 meeting of the world s most advanced economies injapan, america signalled it s willingness to back the supply of f 16fighterjets, and the training of ukrainian pilots, in the war with russia. meanwhile moscow s closest ally in the middle east. syria s bashar al assad, received a warm welcome at a summit of arab leaders in saudi arabia, after years of international isolation. during syria s bloody civil war, it was only massive russian military support, that allowed assad condemned by many as a war criminal
on the war in ukraine. let s start with the g7 meeting injapan. here they are outside hiroshima. with japan the leaders of the us, canada, the uk, france, italy, germany as well as the eu. they ve agreed new sanctions against russia measures they say will restrict the export of technology and equipment that would ve been critical to russia on the battlefield . now, while that s been happening, ukraine s president zelensky made a surprise to visit to that second big meeting the arab league summit in saudi arabia. zelensky asking leaders not to ignore the reality of what s happening in his country. next the arab league meeting was also attended by the syrian president bashar al assad. it s the first time he s been there for more than a decade. since he launched a brutal supression of pro democracy protesters in his own country. it lead to a civil war. hundreds of thousands of people are thought to have been killed. president assad was seen chatting injeddah with leaders. here
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