off. just ahead our countries stand together and we stand stronger. and i believe the whole world is s safer when we do. we haven t degreed to anything yet, but i see the path. they should have held them accountable for the war crimes that they committed and most importantly for the war crimes he is still committing. probably my last year on the professional tour. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, may 19th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 5:00 a.m. in japan where the g7 superintendent summit will soon be welcoming volodymyr zelenskyy. he is expected to attend according to cnn sources. the war in ukraine is already making headlines in japan. a source tells cnn the u.s. will not stand in the way of allies who want to send f-16 fighter jets to kyiv and uk and european union is taking aim at moscow s funding for the war with new restrictions on russia diamond sales. salma abdelaziz is in london and kevin liptak also. kevi
the four-time indicted twice impeached former president donald trump takes the stand as a defendant in new york civil trial accusing him, his family, and other trump organization of fraud. one month on since the horrific attacks on israel, war rages, you unofficial says the death toll in gaza now live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. thank you for joining us wherever you are around the world. we begin with a courtroom almost four hours of testimony, donald trump was argumentative, and at times rambling, the judge and state prosecutors. he really iterated indirect claims he also said it was interference. he also made history during the civil fraud case, you first former u.s. president to take to the witness stand to explain his own actions. the trial is a civil case, which means trump will not face jail time unlike his for criminal indictments. but this new york case strikes at the very heart of trump s business empire, and could and with a ban
sanctioned by the uk. and it includes companies accompanied of theft of ukrainian grain and companies connected to the nuclear company and its support of putin s military efforts. but he will want to see more of those sanctions. some of the countries in the g7 including the host nation japan continue to receive imports from russia and he wants an end to that. kevin, obviously the fact that the xwcg7 leaders are meet in hiroshima, it has this historical significance to the location which won t be lost on president zelenskyy and rest of the leaders as they fear russia escalation. reporter: and there was a stirring moment that we saw earlier today, leaders laying a wreath in the hiroshima peace memorial. and they toured the museum near the site where at topic blast occurred. and i was there when president
we aren t in communist times, this is the eu, where everybody should live freely. organisers of the pride parade say it s the largest ever held in hungary, and they hope it will send a strong message to prime minister viktor orban. there was fear that many lgbt people are now planning to leave the country if there is no change or no change in government next year. many of hungary s eu partners are furious over the new law and the block has begun legal action, warning it will use all power is available to force hungry to appeal or change the law. courtney bembridge, bbc news. this is bbc news. the headlines: day two of the tokyo olympics is underway with surfing and skateboarding making their debuts. on day one the host nation japan picked up its first medals, winning gold
this is bbc news. the headlines: day two of the olympics in tokyo is getting underway on day one of the games the host nationjapan picked up its first medals winning gold and silver injudo. thousands of people in the western united states, are spending the weekend in evacuation centers, as wildfires continue to burn across the region. more than 80 large wildfires in 13 us states have burnt around 1.3 million acres in recent weeks. thousands of people have marched through the streets of the hungarian capital budapest, to mark the largest gay pride gathering in the country s history. it comes after viktor orban s right wing government pushed through a law banning the portrayal or promotion of homosexual or transgender content to people under 18.