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are against russia, not against ourselves. systematically, the principle we have tried to put in place is painful against russia in order to curb the war machine, not to be painful on ourselves.- to be painful on ourselves. those are the latest _ to be painful on ourselves. those are the latest sanctions _ to be painful on ourselves. those. are the latest sanctions announced by the uk on diamonds and other minerals that could form the centre of a new package of sanctions. we are expecting details more on that. the official talks get under way later. earlier, leaders visited the itsukushima shrine just outside the city. it's one of the most famous tourist spots injapan, known for this — the "floating" torii gate. posing for the official photo, the leaders of the us, uk, canada, france, germany, italy and japan.
developments, this time injapan. now to japan, where the g7 leaders of the world's leading industrialised nations have begun their summit with a demand that russia withdraws from ukraine, and a promise of new sanctions targeting its economy. in a joint statement, the g7 call for russia to "immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw equipment from the entire internationally recognised territory of ukraine". they also announce sanctions designed to "starve russia of g7 technology, industrial equipment and services that support its war machine" including restrictions on exports of items "critical to russia on the battlefield". one key industry is diamonds. russian diamonds were worth $4 billion in exports in 2021. the uk has announced plans to impose a unilateral ban on russian diamonds, following on the footsteps of action by the us last year.
is to just relax into it, i guess. so at the end of my all—too—brief time injapan, i am struck by the sheer diversity of the country in terms of culture, landscape and people. yeah, you are smart! you're good! laughs as soon as i got off the regular tourist trail, i encountered quirky, humorous, adaptable individuals who love to live life to the max. and, ultimately, i am left with a deep sense of serenity and tradition that is, i would venture to say, uniquelyjapanese. that was. ..unlike anything.
i guess. so at the end of my all—too—brief time injapan, i am struck by the sheer diversity of the country in terms of culture, landscape and people. yeah, you are smart! you're good! laughs as soon as i got off the regular tourist trail, i encountered quirky, humorous, adaptable individuals who love to live life to the max. and, ultimately, i am left with a deep sense of serenity and tradition that is, i would venture to say, uniquelyjapanese. that was. ..unlike anything.
it's hot. i'm sweating underneath here. and it's — it's a very strange experience, but i think the thing is to just relax into it, i guess. so, at the end of my all—too—brief time injapan, i'm struck by the sheer diversity of the country in terms of culture, landscape and people. yeah, you are smart! you're good! laughs. as soon as i got off the regular tourist trail, i encountered quirky, humorous, adaptable individuals who love to live life to the max. cheering. and ultimately, i am left with a deep sense of serenity and tradition that is, i would venture to say, uniquely japanese.
it's hot, i'm sweating underneath here. and it is a very strange experience, but i think the thing is to just relax into it, i guess. so at the end of my all—too—brief time injapan, i am struck by the sheer diversity of the country in terms of culture, landscape and people. yeah, you are smart! you're good! laughs. as soon as i got off the regular tourist trail, i encountered quirky, humorous, adaptable individuals who love to live life to the max. and ultimately, i am left with a deep sense of serenity and tradition that is, i would venture to say, uniquely japanese. that was... unlike anything.
transparency. with so many thousands of athletes due to arrive, that is going to cause real anxiety and they are hoping that kind of transparency will help that. the other thing of course, the athletes are arriving only five days before the event and they have to leave two days afterwards, so that minimises their time injapan. to give an example, you mentioned i am here in quarantine, for the media, we have to have test, three negative tests before leaving and it has been rigorous since arriving and we are in bubbles, we are very restricted. i have had a covid test every day since i have been here. they are trying to control things very tightly and with a high degree of transparency. it is notjust when you arrive here injapan, an example of how things can go wrong, as the australian athletics team. they were delayed with their arrival because they had an unconfirmed test in their squad. that meant they had to stay in quarantine back in australia
what the ioc are saying is, they want full transparency. with thousands of athletes due to arrive, this is going to cause real anxiety and they hope that transparency will help that. the other thing, of course, the athletes are arriving only five days before their event and then they have to leave two days afterwards so it minimises their time injapan. to give you an example, for the media as well, we had to have three negative tests before leaving and it has been very rigorous. we are in bubbles and movements are restricted and i have had a covid test every day since i have been here. they are trying to control things very tightly and with a high degree of transparency. one other thing to note, it is not just when you arrive injapan. an example of how things can go wrong is the australian athletics team, they were delayed on their arrival because they had an unconfirmed test in their squad.
movements are restricted and i have had a covid test every day since i have been here. they are trying to control things very tightly and with a high degree of transparency. 0ne a high degree of transparency. one other thing to note, it is notjust when you arrive injapan. an example of how things can go wrong is the australian athletics team, they were delayed on their arrival because they had an unconfirmed test in their squad. they had an unconfirmed test in theirsquad. it they had an unconfirmed test in their squad. it meant they had to stay in quarantine in australia until the person was tested negative and then they were able to travel. it gives you an idea of the complexity of all of this and how difficult it could prove to be. qm. difficult it could prove to be. ok, lu , it difficult it could prove to be. ok, lucy. it is _ difficult it could prove to be. ok, lucy. it is an _ difficult it could prove to be. ok, lucy, it is an olympics like no other and so it seems to be so. thank you very much, lucy in tokyo. afghan peace talks continue for a second day today in the gulf state of qatar as the violence intensifies across afghanistan. the afghan state minister for peace, sayed sadat mansour naderi,