but let s start with the war in ukraine. on thursday leaders agreed use the interest from frozen russian assets to raise $50 billion for kyiv s war effort, plus humanitarian assistance and reconstruction efforts. the g7 countries which include the us, canada, britain, france, germany, japan and italy are sitting on about $300 billion in seized russian assets. meanwhile, speaking in moscow, president vladimir putin on friday laid out his terms for a ceasefire. mr putin demanded ukraine withdraw from four regions of ukraine that are partially occupied by russia and abandon efforts tojoin nato. both ukraine and the west dismissed the proposal. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale is following reaction and the latest from the g7 in italy. the war in ukraine has been fought on the reference. you have the fighting on the ground, the industrial arms race to generate as much ammunition as possible, and then you ve got the global diplomatic battle for international opinion.
IPOH: The water deal with the Penang government cannot be conducted this year as there are various processes to get through first, says Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad.