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the last known sighting of abdul ezedi at a tesco shop in north london, his right eye scarred by what could be the same chemical he s accused of using in an horrific attack. the street in clapham in south london, where a corrosive substance was thrown at a woman and her two young children on wednesday evening. this cctv footage appears to show the distressing sequence of events. a man is seen taking a child from the back of the car, before fleeing the scene as he s chased. police believe the victim was known to the attacker. we take violence against women and girls very seriously, and this was someone who, it is a vulnerable position she was in and it would have been horrific and frightening, so we will do our utmost, and we will, i am totally confident, capture the male. as the hunt for him continues, questions over abdul ezedi s past. convicted of a sex offence in 2018, he was later granted asylum here in the uk after two failed attempts. what happened here hasn t just shoc ....
it s wednesday 31st may. rail passengers are facing disruption this morning, as more than 12,000 train drivers walk out in a row over pay and working conditions. it s the start of several days of industrial action on the rail network, which will affect people travelling to this weekend s epsom derby and the fa cup final. here s our transport correspondent, katy austin. once again, train services have come to a stop in many parts of the country. this music bar in london thinks punters staying away during rail strikes has already cost it about three quarters of a million pounds. it s another blow on top of the pandemic and cost of living pressures. nothing has hit us harder than the train strikes. the train strikes are crippling to the business, and we re in a time when we re already seeing so many businesses on a knife edge and up against the wall. we need a period of stability. today s action by train drivers in the aslef union is the first of three strike days this week. aro ....
leaders of the world s wealthiest democracies sent a message to russia and china during the second day of the g7 summit. ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy is among the non-member leaders invited to the summit. he is boosting support for his country in the war with russia. zelenskyy is expected to address some leaders tomorrow, but today he held sit-downs with some leaders. providing military aid to ukraine was one of the items for the g7 leaders, but the leaders of japan, germany, italy, united kingdom and the u.s. issued statements on china to help end the war in ukraine and establish sustainable economic relations. ongoing negotiations over the debt ceiling have been a subject of interest at the gathering. during a meeting with australia s prime minister, president biden was asked about the talks and said negotiations are progressing as he expected. we have team coverage. jasmine wright is live in washington. nic robertson is standing by in ukraine. let s star ....
most popular pastimes but it needs a makeover. it s been on a container ship for a month. it s then been driven from a port on a lorry to a distribution point. it s then gone on a van to a shop and it s been used in the seafor a matter of hours before it s ended up as waste. and they are lancaster bombers that launched the famous dambusters raid exactly 80 years ago. and coming up on bbc news: more injury frustration forjofra archer, who s ruled out by england for the summer, butjonny bairstow returns to the test squad to face ireland. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a top british businessman, whose foreign companies were at the centre of a global international money laundering investigation, has been revealed as a major donor to the conservative party by the bbc. javad marandi, who has an 0be for business and philanthropy, has donated more than £750,000 to the party. some of his companies were alleged to be involved in a scheme to move money from on ....
thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, made a dramatic appearance in japan where he s holding crucial meetings with world leaders at the g7 summit. zelenskyy is pleading his case for continued support in the war with russia. ukraine depends heavily on support and weapons from the g7 leaders who released a statement saying this we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. president biden is expected to have a face-to-face with zelenskyy tomorrow, and in a significant win for ukraine, the u.s. has signaled it will now allow allies to send f-16 fighter jets to ukraine and support training its pilots. that s a major about-face for the biden administration. russia and ukraine are not the only thing on the agenda at the summit. western leaders are tackling ways to confront china s increasing military power and how to approach the growing impact of artificial intelligence. mark stewart is in hir ....