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hello, im sally bundock, welcome to the programme. ukraine�*s president zelensky is returning home from a meeting of g7 leaders injapan. he left the summit having secured further promises of financial and military support, including american—made f—16 fighterjets. the commander of ukraines ground forces says theyre close to surrounding the eastern city of bakhmut. ukraine has disputed the russian claims to have taken full control of the city. russia has lost thousands of men in t...

hello, im carl nasman, thanks forjoining us. we start injapan, where a weekend of diplomacy and solidarity among some of the worlds most powerful political leaders has come to a close. ukraines 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 ...

good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. dj tim westwood is facing allegations from a woman who said they had sex several times, starting when she was iii. she says mr westwood was in his 30s at the time and describes him as a "predator". the woman is one of several to come forward after an investigation by bbc news and the guardian, with claims of misconduct and abuse dating from 1990 to 2020. mr westwood did not respond to a request for comment. this report from our correspondent chi...

in japanese politics. and our other main story this lunchtime: durham police confirmed they are not fining keir starmer and angela rayner over allegations they broke lockdown rules last year. the race is on to replace borisjohnson as conservative leader and britains next prime minister — the first contenders throw their hats in the ring. another big rise in the number of people with covid in the uk — infections are up 18%. and i am at wimbledon where britains cameron norrie will pl...

look in on people who might be vulnerable, an elderly neighbour or someone with very young children. this is the heatwave we have had, the second one this summer, if you like. we only had the last 13 weeks ago. climate change experts have been telling us yet again that we should be expecting more of these events as the climate changes, as the planet warms up. certainly, so far, the people we have been speaking to on the beach, as far as they are concerned, they are very much enjoying i...

told by a retired us federaljudge that attempts to block the certification of the 2020 election results constituted a treacherous plan to steal american democracy. hi there, welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejoe mayes, uk government reporterfor bloomberg, and the broadcaster penny smith. hello, both of you, once more. thanks for staying with us. lets have another look at the front pages as we have them. the i newspaper leads on the ri...

there are reports of house—to—house fighting in the city. as the israeli bombardment of gaza continues, the united nations says half the population of the territory are starving and nine out of ten can t eat every day. it comes as the world health organization holds a special session on the health situation in the occupied palestinian territories — we will hear from our correspondent on that later this hour. but first, our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. t...

in the jabalia refugee camp, which remains surrounded by israeli tanks. people there say theyve been without food and clean water for several days. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, has the latest from jerusalem. it is clear from what were seeing in the north and the south that there are intense battles going on. hamas and other palestinian factions continued to put up stiff resistance in other areas, effecting casualties on israeli forces. each day there is news of two or thre...

israel has ordered residents to leave the centre of gaza s main southern city, khan younis, as fighting there intensifies. there s been heavy bombardment of the territory overnight; the head of the israeli army has called for the military campaign in gaza to be stepped up. israeli tanks are reported to be slowly advancing towards the centre of khan younis and there are reports of house—to—house fighting in the city. the head of the world health organisation has said the war in gaza...

the flow of aid. this comes as new images appear to show dozens of palestinian men, stripped to their underwear, with their hands tied behind their back, being held by israel defence forces. its not clear if they have surrendered or if they have been taken by the military. israel has not said who the men are, but it has confirmed that israeli forces are making arrests in gaza. from jerusalem, heres our international editor, jeremy bowen. a warning you may find some of the images upsett...