welcome to the programme. ukraine has been a common theme at two major leaders summits. we will cover it all here tonight on the context. on the first day of their annual meeting injapan, g7 leaders agreed new sanctions against russia. meanwhile in saudi arabia, president zelensky made a surprise visit to the arab league gathering, urging those attending, to support ukraine. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria it s the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war, that s blighted the country. and later in the programme we have a special report from the new york times which has uncovered shocking evidence of the greek coastguard abandoning asylum seekers in the sea. but first let s focus in on the g7 summit injapan. the leaders have agreed new sanctions against russia. they said the measures would starve moscow of their technology, industrial equipment, and services that supported its war against ukraine.
as they attempt to tackle the climate crisis. russia admits it attacked the port of odessa a day after an agreement to resume grain exports but its foreign minister denies they are to blame for causing a world food crisis and marvels s much anticipated black panther sequel wakanda forever is unveiled at comic con in san diego. pope francis has arrived in canada. and he is on a mission to say sorry. a pilgrimage of penance is how he has labelled this trip, which will include a full apology on behalf of the catholic church for the abuse inflicted on indigenous children at mostly church run residential schools. it s believed more than 150,000 children were taken from their families in a practice that lasted more than a century, and only came to an end in the 1990s. but indigenous groups themselves have expressed dissatisfaction over the arrangements of the pontiff s visit. mark lobel reports. preparing to confront his flock s terrible past in canada but not everyone appear
of the young thai footballers rescued from a cave our correspondent revisits the people who saved them. when i first walked up here four years ago and saw the row of bicycles up against these railings, belonging to boys the same age as my own sons, i remember the heavy feeling i had then, how unlikely it was they would ever come out alive. hello and welcome to the programme. pope francis will visit a former residential school in canada later on monday, where he is expected to make a historic personal apology to indigenous survivors of abuse. it s believed more than 150 thousand children were taken from their families and mistreated in catholic run institutions. but the detail and extent of the pontiff s apology is proving controversial as mark lobel reports. preparing to confront his flock s terrible past in canada but not everyone appears as pleased as canada s governor general, seen here welcoming the pontiff with the pope s agenda this week. that is part of the probl