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G7 leaders gather for talks in Italy where they are hoping to seal a deal on providing $50 billion for Ukraine using frozen Russian assets, to help Kyiv with defence, budgetary support and help for reconstruction after more than two years of war with Russia. IMAGES
G7 leaders pose for a group photograph on the first day of an Italy summit, where they are hoping to to seal a deal on providing $50 billion for Ukraine using frozen Russian assets. US President Joe Biden and leaders from Italy, Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan and the EU will be joined by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the luxury Borgo Egnazia resort in Puglia. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accuses China of "fuelling" Russia's invasion of Ukraine through the transfers of dual use materials and weapons components from Chinese businesses to Russia for use in Moscow's military expansion. "If China purports on the one hand to want good relations with Europe and other countries, it can't on the other hand be fuelling what is the biggest threat to European security since the end of the Cold War," Blinken tells a press conference after a meeting of G7 foreign ministers on the Italian island of Capri where he had urged urged his European counterparts to increase pressure on Beijing. SOUNDBITE
EU leaders meet in Brussels to discuss several issues, including the conflict in Ukraine and its impact on Europe more widely. Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, is also present at the meeting. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky poses for photographs with G7 leaders in Hiroshima Sunday. Zelensky is expected to deliver a speech seeking backing for his defence against Moscow's invasion. IMAGES
G7 leaders including US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida participate in a family photo before their working lunch meeting on economic security at the Grand Prince Hotel in Hiroshima. IMAGES
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