behaviour by four women. welcome to bbc news. it is a day of two important summits, with the war in ukraine being the common theme. at the g7 gathering injapan, world leaders met to discuss a new round of sanctions against russia while, at the arab league meeting in saudi arabia, president zelensky made a surprise visit, urging those attending to support ukraine. he told the gathering injeddah that, on this, the asoth day of the war, the world needed to fight the virus of aggression from moscow, stressing kyiv would not give up any sovereign territory to achieve peace. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war that s blighted the country. here he is the official handshake and welcome from the saudi crown prince. more on assad in a moment and more on the g7. first, though, let s hear from volodymir zelenski. if there are people here at the summit who have a different
The world map is filled with red dots, marking places where armed conflicts of various sizes are taking place. In addition to these, there are also "orange' zones where tensions are escalating, and direct confrontation seems imminent. From Ukraine to Gaza, from Pakistan to Taiwan, weapons speak, and dialogue seems impossible.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday he had asked the head of NATO to convene a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council to discuss security in the Black Sea, particularly the operation of a corridor for Ukrainian grain exports.
wake of russia s invasion of ukraine. they can speak informally about common challenges, and because president zelensky is here and the geographical location, the summit has been overshadowed by ukraine. maybe some leaders might be making their own pledges, but it is more about coordination and talking. we know what president zelensky wants, he s been on a tour of the capitals in europe, he s extracted promises of further funding. but once again here, he has been asking for those western fighter jets, here, he has been asking for those western fighterjets, but more than that, he wants security guarantees from the west, and he said again today, his country is ready to join nato. he wants them to join the eu as well. i think that has been the