welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm mariko oi. the headlines: g7 leaders injapan are preparing to meet, with china's growing influence and the war in ukraine top of the agenda. i'm nick marsh live in hiroshima. all the leaders have arrived now. and soon there will be visiting the memorial for the victims of the atomic attack. we'll hear from a survivor from 1945

plus speak to experts about what the leaders could achieve. and the cost of the queen's funeral is revealed — we'll break down just how much the government spent on the historic event. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hi, there. it's 8:00 in the morning here in singapore, and 9am in hiroshima, japan, where the country's prime minister fumio kishida hosts his counterparts from the us, the uk, germany, italy, france and canada for the annual g7 summit. it's a packed agenda for the world leaders who'll be discussing the war in ukraine, the rising influence of china and the increasing tensions between china and the west over taiwan. the summit officially begins in the coming hours, but already deals have been struck. british prime minister rishi sunak was among the early arrivals, he's agreed a new defence and economic arrangement with japan.

nick marsh is in hiroshima for us. with hiroshima for us. the french president emmanuel with the french president emmanuel macron arriving this morning, all seven of them are now there. morning, all seven of them are now there-— now there. good morning from hiroshima- _ now there. good morning from hiroshima. it _ now there. good morning from hiroshima. it will— now there. good morning from hiroshima. it will kickoff - hiroshima. it will kickoff soon. we are in the international media centre, thousands ofjournalists international media centre, thousands of journalists from around the world will be filling this place, covering the meetings, this series of deliberations between the leaders of some of the world's richest countries but i don't want to waste any time here because i'm pleased to say that joining me now is the bbc tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil. we have already had some lines from us officials about sanctions on russia. fix, from us officials about sanctions on russia. a fresh batch of sanctions. - sanctions on russia. a fresh

batch of sanctions. we - sanctions on russia. a fresh batch of sanctions. we are l batch of sanctions. we are getting details now. we know this fresh batch of sanctions will include about seven entities in russia and other countries will be banned from receiving any us exports. the us official speaking on condition of anonymity but he essentially said the g7 partners, the g7 countries will make it harder for russia to sustain its war machine as he put it. we know about 300 new sanctions will be imposed on individuals, entities, vessels and aircraft and they will range across europe and the middle east and asia and i think they are trying to do two things. first, targeting and putting more pressure on russia to make it difficult to sustain its already pressured military, to make it difficult for them to make it difficult for them to acquire goods that are necessary for battlefield capabilities but i think the other thing they want to do is prevent russia from circumventing these measures. there have been loopholes. they are much more aware of it now.

we will get details. we also heard from rishi sunak. they are prohibiting some exports of russian materials as well and i think this is the sustained message we are going to see time and time again. it's really interesting because the war in ukraine happening thousands of miles away is being watched really closely here in the indo pacific, especially injapan, with the sustained attacks on kyiv for example. prime minister kishida said today's ukraine could be tomorrow's east asia and i think this is a scenario people are watching closely here because i think uneasy parallels are being made about russia's activities in europe and what a belligerent china could do on east asia.- and what a belligerent china could do on east asia. what is happening _ could do on east asia. what is happening in _ could do on east asia. what is happening in ukraine, - could do on east asia. what is happening in ukraine, in - happening in ukraine, in discussions, highlighting how fragile the piece can be as well. thank you so much for talking to me, i know you will be busy today. hope to speak to you soon. for now, we will have

to leave it there. there is plenty to be talking about and i'm sure we will be speaking later in the programme. absolutely, nick, who will be joining us through the programme so i hope you can stay for that as well. china's rising power is an issue for many. emmanuel macron said europe must resist pressure to become america's followers and this coming after his visit to china where he met with xijinping. so his visit to china where he met with xi jinping. so what can we expect at the g7 summit? let's bring in bates gill from the asia society who joins a slide. thank you forjoining us. as i mentioned, emmanuel macron came under a bit of russia after that visit to china. do you expect some kind of tensions between those g7 leaders today?

tensions already existed over the question of how to deal with china going forward. it is further made more complicated by the fact that china has been sending some very, very high level invoice to europe over the past couple of weeks. this is well in the context of eu level decision—making and major new meetings to take place in the coming weeks. to decide upon china policy from the eu perspective. so it's a very complicated picture and yes, it's going to be a major part of the conversation at the g7 gathering and there will be some differences amongst those leaders, as they try to grapple with their obvious concerns on the security side in relation to china's growing power versus continuing relationships and dependencies among some of those g7 members on economic

relations with china. figs those g7 members on economic relations with china.— relations with china. as you said, relations with china. as you said. very _ relations with china. as you said, very complex - relations with china. as you - said, very complex relationship there but they do to take a stand against economic coercion, as they describe it. in china is again the target. can they really reduce dependency on china, especially given their trade ties and how long is that going to take? mil long is that going to take? all ofthe long is that going to take? fill of the leaders, including those of the leaders, including those of the leaders, including those of the united states, been pretty clear that this notion of decoupling or completely separating economic relationships from china is really impossible. in the term that has become i think more accurate in what we want to think about is de— risking. this is a term the eu leadership is used and i suspect will be increasingly used by all of these leaders when they think through economic relations with china. not coming off economic relations entirely but looking a lot more carefully about what specifically ought to be restricted, especially

high—technology trade and investment with china because cooperation in those areas could probably would lead to increased military power in china's part. figs increased military power in china's part-— china's part. as nick and shaimaa _ china's part. as nick and shaimaa were _ china's part. as nick and shaimaa were talking - china's part. as nick and - shaimaa were talking about, japan has seen what happened in ukraine and how this could possibly happen in asia, especially with tensions with taiwan. do you think mr kishida can convince his allies and counterparts? i can convince his allies and counterparts?— can convince his allies and counterparts? i don't think much is — counterparts? i don't think much is needed. _ counterparts? i don't think much is needed. a - counterparts? i don't think much is needed. a lot - counterparts? i don't think much is needed. a lot of. much is needed. a lot of european and other g7 leaders barely recognised china poses a growing threat to taiwan and i think they are in lockstep agreement that any resolution of issues across the taiwan straight needs to be done peacefully. i don't think mr kishida's framing of this challenge is likely to end up appearing in any public

statement on the part of the g7, being seen as too sensitive, but i would expect there would be some implicit references to the g7 leaders expectation and hope and demand that tensions in the region be resolved peacefully and that will itself be a signal to china but it would be undertaking enormous risk and enormous disadvantages to our future, were they to use force to resolve their differences across the taiwan straight. bates gill from the asia society, thank you so much for joining us on newsday today. and beyond geopolitics, the global economy will also be on the agenda at hiroshima as well. for one, the ongoing issue of the debt stealing in the united states and globally, there are also fears of what some have called china's economic coercion. let's bring backin economic coercion. let's bring back in asia business correspondence nick marsh for more. talk as to how the

leaders are talking about china's economic threat. == china's economic threat. -- talk us- _ china's economic threat. -- talk us. you _ china's economic threat. -- talk us. you just _ china's economic threat. » talk us. you just heard about the us sanctions on russia from shaimaa there but equally important on the agenda is china. 0bviously, important on the agenda is china. obviously, the perceived militaristic threat in the region but also this notion of economic coercion. ijust region but also this notion of economic coercion. i just want to talk a little bit more about this withjohn byrne to talk a little bit more about this with john byrne from to talk a little bit more about this withjohn byrne from the asian development bank institute. would you mind just explaining what this idea of economic coercion is and what g7 countries are worried about and what they can do about it? ——john beirne. china is a very —— john beirne. china is a very important _ —— john beirne. china is a very important part of the global suppiy— important part of the global supply chain and what we've learned _ supply chain and what we've learned in the past couple of years — learned in the past couple of years is— learned in the past couple of years is that there are significant vulnerabilities in the global supply chain and one of the _ the global supply chain and one of the things the g7 will be aiming _ of the things the g7 will be aiming to do is enhance the resilience of global supply chains _ resilience of global supply chains and issue of economic

coercion— chains and issue of economic coercion by china is a mechanism which is going to be addressed to improving resilience in global supply chains _ resilience in global supply chains and that will actually reduce _ chains and that will actually reduce the effectiveness of that — reduce the effectiveness of that type of mechanism by involving more economies in the suppty_ involving more economies in the supply chain. involving more economies in the sopply chain-— supply chain. china is quite unhappy — supply chain. china is quite unhappy about _ supply chain. china is quite unhappy about this - supply chain. china is quite unhappy about this notion l supply chain. china is quite . unhappy about this notion that it weapon rises its huge powerhouse economy in disputes with other countries and whether, i don't know, it's desirable or even possible or european countries, especially, to de— risk, to diversify the supply chain. is this a reasonable ambition? i think these types _ reasonable ambition? i think these types of _ reasonable ambition? i think these types of policies, - reasonable ambition? i think these types of policies, it's l these types of policies, it's questionable whether they have an impact because there is evidence _ an impact because there is evidence to suggest that it actuallyjust shifts supply actually just shifts supply elsewhere actuallyjust shifts supply elsewhere in what is important, as a result _ elsewhere in what is important, as a result of that, it is to involve _ as a result of that, it is to involve more economies in the supply— involve more economies in the supply chain. as i say, as we

saw— supply chain. as i say, as we saw recently, price pressure is amplified _ saw recently, price pressure is amplified by restricting supply chain. — amplified by restricting supply chain, one way to address that is to— chain, one way to address that is to involve more developing countries _ is to involve more developing countries in the supply chain and — countries in the supply chain and what _ countries in the supply chain and what we see at the moment in the _ and what we see at the moment in the summit here injapan is developing economies have not been _ developing economies have not been involved in discussions and — been involved in discussions and it's— been involved in discussions and it's crucial in a way forward _ and it's crucial in a way forward-— and it's crucial in a way forward. , ., ., forward. of the global south on everyone's _ forward. of the global south on everyone's lips. _ forward. of the global south on everyone's lips. another - everyone's lips. another question about us because president biden is here at the g7 summit but is going to have to cut short commitments after this trip, he's not going to papua new guinea, he will not be meeting quad leaders in australia as initially planned. he needs to —— to washington and address this issue of the debt ceiling. ——he needs to —— to washington. we've heard indications there might be in the last couple of days but how big of a worry is the fragility of the us common ——us economy,

especially in this region? there are lots of uncertainties in relation to the outlook for the us economy and global inflation and as a result of that, a monetary policy is likely to progress over the course of 2023. the issue of the debt ceiling is clearly a risk, it's a risk to the global economy, notjust the us. it will have dramatic catastrophic effects on the global economy in terms of the growth outlook which is already fragile. i think what we can clearly state is the fact that president biden is here injapan, signifying that there is some positive movement on the debt ceiling negotiations. ithink the dollar movement in the last couple of days also signifies that. us stock markets are up in the past few days. as you say, president biden must go back. i think that it's a very important issue to really finalise and carry on positive negotiations on debt ceiling discussions, so that is why that must take precedence in this instance.—

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our top story. the japanese prime minister is hosting his counterparts from the g7 this year's summit taking place in the city of hiroshima. it was devastated by an atomic bomb almost 80 years ago. that bring back nick marsh who is in hiroshima for us. one of the first activities those leaders will be doing is to visit the piece memorial?— will be doing is to visit the piece memorial? yes, highly s mbolic piece memorial? yes, highly symbolic start _ piece memorial? yes, highly symbolic start to _ piece memorial? yes, highly symbolic start to the - piece memorial? yes, highly| symbolic start to the summit. president biden, let's not forget, only the second sitting us president to pay such a visit to the memorial in hiroshima after president 0bama before him. it's hard to overstate the symbolic significance of holding a solid in a city like this. devastated, of course, by the world's first—ever atomic bomb attack in august 1945. its

presence really is everywhere you go. we went to the memorial yesterday and it really brings home how something which happened several decades ago is still reverberating in this city. in fact, still reverberating in this city. infact, my still reverberating in this city. in fact, my colleague shaimaa khalil yesterday walking around the city managed to interview a survivor of the attack. she is 85 years old, keiko 0gura, and this is what she had to say. keiko ogura, and this is what she had to say.— keiko ogura, and this is what she had to say. one night, my hiroshima _ she had to say. one night, my hiroshima disappeared. - she had to say. one night, my hiroshima disappeared. there| hiroshima disappeared. there was a — hiroshima disappeared. there was a flash. the flash was blinding. _ was a flash. the flash was blinding, bright flash, and everything i was seeing turned to white — everything i was seeing turned to white. no colour at all. and soon _ to white. no colour at all. and soon after _ to white. no colour at all. and soon after that, i was in a tornado _ soon after that, i was in a tornado or a typhoon, i couldn't— tornado or a typhoon, i couldn't believe, i was beaten

on the — couldn't believe, i was beaten on the road and i became unconscious and i don't know how— unconscious and i don't know how many— unconscious and i don't know how many minutes but when i opened — how many minutes but when i opened my eyes, everywhere was 'ust opened my eyes, everywhere was just dark— opened my eyes, everywhere was just dark and gradually, i could _ just dark and gradually, i could see my neighbourhood and everything was, you know, just broken — everything was, you know, just broken. there were so many people _ broken. there were so many people. they started to die. that — people. they started to die. that was— people. they started to die. that was keiko 0gura, one of the first remaining survivors of the atomic attack from 1945. it's interesting just walking around the city yesterday, mariko. normally you would expect large, big, boisterous protest fora expect large, big, boisterous protest for a variety of reasons that these kind of g7 summit but yesterday, all we really saw workpiece campaigners and, crucially, campaigners and, crucially, campaigners for denuclearisation. this is a huge issue here still injapan. it's going to be on the agenda here at the g7 summit in the coming days and ijust want

here at the g7 summit in the coming days and i just want to bring in daniel here. he is from the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. daniel, thank you forjoining us. we have some big nuclear powers in attendance at this g7 summit. what hopes do you have it comes to this idea of denuclearisation? what progress, from your point of view, do you think can be made? to come to hiroshima, especially in the current context when butter is engaged in a brutal invasion of ukraine under the cover of declare blackmail, the g7 readers really need to come up with concrete and credible on clear disarmament, something that represents the new standard which is the un treaty of the prohibition of nuclear weapons —— russia. survivor such as keiko 0gura and others have been calling for actions and they want to see elimination of it in their lifetime and see the states engage practically with the provisional nuclear weapons. with the provisional nuclear weapons-— with the provisional nuclear weaons. , ., , weapons. daniel, these military tensions that _ weapons. daniel, these military tensions that we _ weapons. daniel, these military tensions that we see _

weapons. daniel, these military tensions that we see rising, - tensions that we see rising, whether the south china sea or with regards to taiwan, does it worry you when it comes to the credibility or, let's say the urgency, of engagement of g7 powers in the west and also here in asia when it comes to nuclear disarmament? certainly. i think nuclear disarmament? certainly. i think the _ nuclear disarmament? certainly. i think the actions _ nuclear disarmament? certainly. i think the actions from - nuclear disarmament? certainly. i think the actions from the - i think the actions from the dprk and china as well both increasing and modernising their arsenals but we need to remember all my nuclear weapons states are engaged in what has been called the new nuclear—weapons arms race to the g7 leaders who present a united front when it comes to these countries, what they can really do we set the standard and set the agenda for nuclear disarmament for decades to come. for them to come out with the same old non—proliferation statements from before, and this kind of vague notion of a world without nuclear weapons, is a failure of leadership. what they need to do is ascribe to a concrete and a credible and an actionable plan on nuclear disarmament, one that

reflects the un prohibition on nuclear weapons. i reflects the un prohibition on nuclear weapons.— reflects the un prohibition on nuclear weapons. i 'ust want to ask ou nuclear weapons. i 'ust want to ask you on h nuclear weapons. i 'ust want to ask you on your— nuclear weapons. i just want to ask you on your experience - nuclear weapons. i just want to ask you on your experience in l ask you on your experience in hiroshima, is clearly busy here for everyone that you've dedicated and are dedicating your professional life to nuclear disarmament but personally, how does it feel to be here? �* , , be here? it's extremely poignant- _ be here? it's extremely poignant. this - be here? it's extremely poignant. this is - be here? it's extremely poignant. this is the i be here? it's extremely - poignant. this is the second time i've been to hiroshima, meeting with survivors, visiting the piece memorial, not only here but also in nagasaki as well. —— peace memorial. the survivors of the attack are really the leaders of the movement, no—one can speak more powerfully and poignantly to the importance of eliminating nuclear weapons than them. the average age of the group as they are known, he puckish, are 85, they want to see happen in their life time and it's up to us as the next generation of leaders on nuclear disarmament to push it through and listen to them as we expect them to do as well.

—— hibakusha. daniel, thank you so much. thank you forjoining us here on newsday. this is one of many big issues on the table, mariko. who knows how much progress will be made on this topic but we will have to just wait and see what may come out amongst many other things that g7 leaders are discussing this weekend. indeed, a very busy day ahead for you and a busy day ahead for you and a busy weekend, rather, for nick. thank you so much for now for joining us. let's go to the uk. meanwhile, the uk treasury has revealed that queen elizabeth's funeral cost taxpayers an estimated £162 million orjust over $200 million dollars. naomi choy smith has the figures. that sum of nearly £162

million covered the period from the queen's passing last september, all the way through the ten days of national mourning here in the uk, through to the queen's lying in state, and of course, her funeral. and it's worth remembering just the monumental scale of these events. indeed, the largest state event to be held in the uk since the second world war. you'll remember, of course, the hundreds of thousands of people who queued to pay their respects to the queen at westminster hall. and the government says that these funds were used to ensure these events could be run smoothly and with dignity while ensuring the safety and security of the public. now, that's reflected in this number here — £73 million spent by the home office on police and security. it's thought to have been a massive—scale security operation with around 5000 police officers deployed around london and around the uk to ensure the security of all of these events. now, the second largest tranche of money was spent by the department for culture, media and sport — about £57 million spent on billboards commemorating the legacy of queen elizabeth and other announcements of that nature.

the third largest tranche of money was covered by the scottish government — about £19 million — covering the cost of events like the queen's lying at rest in edinburgh after her passing at balmoral. now, smaller sums were spent by the devolved governments in northern ireland and in wales as the king made his four nation tour following the passing of his mother. now, the treasury says that the devolved governments have since been refunded for those costs incurred and smaller departments were covering smaller sums of this money — about £2 million each by the ministry of defence, the department for transport and the foreign commonwealth and development office. let's end with more live pictures from hiroshima. we can show you french president emmanuel macron having a meeting with the japanese prime

minister fumio kishida. that's taking place right now in hiroshima. thank you so much for watching the programme. hello there. here at home, our weather is quite quiet but in italy, the flood situation will be ongoing. there's more cool, wet and windy weather developing in southern parts of europe and this is the rainfall accumulation in the next few days. heavy rain for corsica and sardinia. the heaviest of the rain this time is more for the north—west of italy, and that could lead to some further flooding. away from that thickening cloud, we've had this band of cloud on that weather front producing just a little bit of rain. that's heading its way down into england and wales in some areas. clearer skies following to scotland and northern ireland. and first thing in the morning, temperatures could be as low as about five degrees. we will have more sunshine, though, on friday for scotland and northern ireland, although it may well cloud over a little more in the afternoon.

some areas of cloud for england and wales producing this rain and drizzle. it will tend to peter out but as it brightens up, we'll trigger a few showers all the way from yorkshire into the west midlands and the west country as well. but there will be some warm spells of sunshine around on friday and in light winds, those temperatures are going to be very similar to what we had on thursday. it could actually be a bit warmer in scotland, particularly across the east with more sunshine. now, this developing area of low pressure is storm nino and that's going to bring all that wet weather into central parts of the mediterranean. here at home, it's high pressure that's tending to dominate, although there is this strip of cloud coming in from the atlantic and it looks like it could be quite cloudy for scotland and northern ireland. probably dry. most of that cloud is going to be quite high cloud. and away from here, england and wales seeing the lion's share of the sunshine. a bit of a breeze picking up perhaps in the far south—east of england but warm in the sunshine — temperatures hitting 20 or 21 celsius, particularly in the west, holding at 16 or 17 for scotland and northern

ireland. and into the second half of the weekend, we've still got a lot of cloud for scotland and northern ireland. a little or no rain around. it could well brighten up and warm up in the south—east of scotland but again, sunshine for england and wales, some fair weather cloud and temperatures reaching 20 or 21 celsius. a little bit cooler perhaps around some of those north sea coasts. so, we've got some decent weather on the whole for this weekend and not a great deal of change into next week. many places still dry with some sunshine, more cloud in the far north, and this is where we're more likely to have some rain at times.

iam nick i am nick marsh live at the g7 summit in hiroshima. 0n the agenda this weekend, the global economy, ukraine, china and artificial intelligence. disney scraps a multi—million plan to build a corporate campus in florida amid an ongoing spat with the state's governor. welcome to asia business report with me, mariko 0i. it's 830 in the morning here in singapore and 9:30am in hiroshima japan.

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