saudi arabia is set to make history as the country sends its first ever female astronaut to the international space station. hello and welcome to bbc news. good to have you with us. a defiant ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky, has told the g7 summit in hiroshima that russia does not occupy the embattled city of bakhmut. it comes after conflicting reports of who is now in control of the eastern city. russian president putin has congratulated the wagner mercenary group of capturing the city. but that s been rejected by ukraine. and this follows confirmation from president biden that the united states and partners will help train ukrainian pilots to fly fourth generation fighters such as the f 16. president zelensky has long called for such jets to better fight russia s full invasion of ukraine. our asia pacific correspondent laura bicker sent this report from hiroshima. this president knows the cost of war. as he paid tribute to the victims of the hiroshima bombing, he nee
we start with an emphatic win for manchester city who ve beaten the 1a time winners real madrid 4 nil to reach the final of the european champions league against inter milan. 5 1 on aggregate. it s the one trophy pep guardiola is yet to win at city, in a season where they re chasing a treble. twice beaten at this stage by real, this was finally city s night, our sports editor dan roan was watching at the etihad stadium: this will spill as a battle between the two best sides in the world. but in truth, there was only really one team ended. it did seem tantalizingly poised, this champions league semifinal second leg after the 1-0 semifinal second leg after the 1 0 drawl in madrid by manchester city were way too strong for the champions, the winners of this competition real madrid running up to 4 05- real madrid running up to 4 05 one on aggregate and it means that manages pap guardiola slide deemed emphatic compelling revenge against the side that knocked them out of this
hello, i m mark lobel. ukraine s president zelensky has arrived injapan, where he s meeting world leaders at the g7 summit. he s said that peace will become closer , after the us agreed to train ukrainian pilots on american f 16 fighterjets, paving the way for european countries to supply the warplanes to kyiv. moscow said western countries will be running colossal risks if the jets are sent to ukraine. our political editor, chris mason, reports from hiroshima. the airport here has welcomed rather a few leaders in the last few days. and here came another one. after a tour of europe and a trip to the middle east, president zelensky arrived in japan today. long haul diplomacy amid a long, drawn out war and ongoing pleas for help. they met on monday in the uk and they met again here. the president and the prime minister made it. ukraine s leader said enhanced cooperation would bring victory for him and claimed peace is closer and closer to peace. for months, ukraine has been
sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan. we start with what is a defining week for manchester city. they could be english premier league champions at the weekend but before that, they have the chance to reach the champions league final on wednesday. real madrid come to manchester with the tie all sqaure at 1 all from the first leg. it s the only major trophy manager pep guardiola s yet to win at city: my legacy is already exceptional already. we have been here many times already, we are not stupid to know how important it is to our games, edit one of the most important maybe one of the most important games, we cannot deny that. manchester city and real madrid will know their opponents in the final before they kick off because the first semi final second leg is later on tuesday between the two milan sides. trailing inter 2 0 from the first game ac milan are boosted by the return of rafael leao who is back in traning and expected to start in
republican political party, sinn fein, is on track to become the largest party in local government that calls for the return of local rule in stormont. now on bbc news it s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night, i m chetan pathak. coming up the programme. all eyes on nottingham can forest beat arsenal to move closer to premier league survival, and send the title to manchester city. spurs are beaten by brentford and they re not the only team who s european hopes are dented on the penultimate weekend. can england s callum tarren keep his momentum? we ll be in new york as the leaders and the chasing pack prepare to tee off on day three of the pga championship also coming up on sportsday before 7. wigan show their warrior spirit coming from behind to knock leeds out of the challenge cup. and katie taylor prepares to make history on her homecoming night as big time boxing returns to ireland: i m just excited to be here, really excited to have a chance