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The Group of Seven (G7) will hold a summit in Hiroshima, Japan on the 19th of this month to discuss some of the issues taking place on the international stage, the most important of which is Russia’s war on Ukraine and the so-called “economic coercion” that China may implement. , in addition to military tensions in East Asia.

The summit, which will be held amid rising tensions in East Asia, will also be attended by U.S. President Joe Biden. Some Japanese officials have warned that China may repeat the Ukrainian scenario on the Taiwan issue.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida greeted the leaders of the other six major economic powers in the Group of Seven in Hiroshima, the city devastated by an atomic bomb in 1945, for a summit expected to last until Sunday. Today the city still has a Peace Monument.

The G7 leaders are scheduled to kick off the summit with a visit to the Peace Museum in central Hiroshima, which commemorates the U.S. atomic bombing of the city at the end of World War II.

The leaders of the United States, Japan, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Canada will seek to build a united front once morest China and Russia and try to reach consensus on other strategic issues.

Russia’s 15-month-old war with Ukraine will be the main agenda of the summit, along with “discussions on the battlefield situation,” according to US national security adviser Jack Sullivan.

The United States and its allies have stepped up to provide arms to Ukraine, and Ukrainian President Zelensky will also participate in the summit via video link.

Discussions will focus on tightening sanctions once morest Russia – which have so far caused the Russian economy to shrink in the first quarter of 2023, Sullivan said.

He also noted that G7 leaders will discuss how to prevent circumvention of the sanctions that has allowed Russian President Vladimir Putin to continue funding his war effort in Ukraine.

The G7 has strongly condemned Putin’s repeated threats to use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war, which some observers believe was aimed at undermining European and American resolve.

These risks will be highlighted once more when G7 leaders visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. The park was built on the site of the atomic bomb attack on August 6, 1945 to commemorate the 140,000 victims who died in the bombing.

Fumio Kishida’s family is from Hiroshima, and he himself was first elected in the city. He hopes to use the opportunity to urge the leaders of the other six countries – especially the United States, Britain and France, which have thousands of nuclear warheads – to commit to transparency and limits on their nuclear arsenals.

Several military leaders and diplomatic officials called on the nuclear powers on the 17th of this month to put aside their differences and discuss measures to control nuclear weapons.

But hopes of making progress on this front at this G7 summit remain elusive given rising tensions with Russia, North Korea, China and other nuclear powers.

“Economic coercion”

The G7 will also focus much of its discussion on China, especially how to deal with what they call “economic blackmail” that China may carry out by diversifying production and supply networks, while the Chinese government has said Willingness to impose restrictions on trade.

According to Sullivan, G7 leaders are expected to denounce such “economic coercion” and seek to overcome transatlantic differences on China.

However, European countries – notably France and Germany – insist that tackling the dangers of “economic coercion” does not mean cutting ties with one of the world’s largest markets.

The Elysee Palace in France emphasized before the summit that it has no “hostility” towards China and called for a “positive message” of cooperation, “on condition that we participate in the negotiations together.”

Japan has also invited eight other countries to Hiroshima, including emerging economic powerhouses such as India and Brazil, in a move to include leaders who have taken cautious stances on issues such as Russia’s war in Ukraine and rising Chinese military influence.

According to official figures released on Thursday, the Queen’s funeral and the celebrations that accompanied it cost British taxpayers £161.7 million.

The national mourning and funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in the UK last September cost British taxpayers £161.7 million (€186 million), according to Treasury figures released on Thursday.

Following the Queen’s death at the age of 96 at her Scottish castle of Balmoral on September 8, her coffin was transported to Edinburgh, before being placed on public display in Westminster Hall, the oldest chamber in the British Parliament, for five days. Hundreds of thousands of people marched to pay their respects.

The state funeral was then held on September 19 at Westminster Abbey in London, in front of 2,000 guests including hundreds of foreign dignitaries and leaders, then in Windsor, where the Queen rests alongside her husband Prince Philip.

Thousands of police deployed
According to a written statement to Parliament by Chief Treasury Secretary John Glen, the total cost is estimated at £161.743 million.

“The priority of the government was that these events unfold smoothly”, “while ensuring the safety of the public”, he underlined.

The most important bill goes to the Ministry of the Interior, with 73.68 million pounds (nearly 85 million euros). Thousands of police had been deployed across the UK during the 10 days of national mourning.

The Ministry of Culture and Media comes next, with 57.42 million pounds sterling (66.2 million euros), ahead of the Scottish government (18.75 million pounds, or 21.6 million euros) .

No official figures have yet been released for King Charles’ coronation which was held on May 6, but anti-monarchy group Republic has estimated it will cost at least £100m (€115m). Funding supported for the most part by British taxpayers, in the grip of a sharp crisis in the cost of living while inflation exceeds 10%.

(AFP, Bogota, 17th) Several people are still missing following a small plane crashed in Colombia more than two weeks ago. Searchers found four surviving indigenous children, including an 11-month-old baby, in the dense Amazon jungle, Colombian President Petra said today.

Gustavo Petro tweeted that the finding of four missing children following a “hard search” by the military was “a welcome event for the whole country”.

However, the military has not yet confirmed that the four missing children have been found.

Authorities dispatched more than 100 soldiers and sniffer dogs to search for the underage victims of the crash on the 1st; the accident killed three adults, including the pilot and the child’s mother.

In addition to an 11-month-old baby, the other three are 13, 9 and 4 years old. Rescuers believe the children had been wandering the jungle in the southern province of Caqueta since the crash.

Petra did not provide further details on where they were rescued or how they managed to survive alone in the jungle.

The armed forces said earlier that they had intensified a search operation following rescuers discovered “a temporary shelter of sticks and branches” and believed victims were still alive.

According to photos released by the military, scissors, shoes and hair ties might be seen falling among the branches on the jungle floor.

Searchers found a baby bottle and half-eaten fruit before finding a makeshift shelter made of jungle vegetation.

The small plane carrying seven people was originally scheduled to fly to San Jose del Guaviare (San Jose del Guaviare), one of the main cities in the Colombian Amazon rainforest, but unfortunately crashed on the way. The remains of the pilot and two adults were found, one of which was the mother of four surviving children. (Translator: Liu Wenyu / Verified manuscript: Chen Zhengyi)

Radstadt got off to a strong start in the Bundesliga season. The Pongauer team beat runner-up Mauthausen 5:4 in their home game on Thursday. The Pongauer won all three games that went into the third set. In the last and decisive individual sat down Gerald Kamitz once morest Dominik Aigner with 3:6, 6;3, 10:8 through. “The mood was great, of course,” says Radstadt’s captain, who was cheered on by around 200 spectators. “We didn’t expect this win once morest what is probably the strongest team. A great start.”

Anif narrowly lost once more

In the parallel group, Anif also lost 4:5 in Schwaz. After three lost doubles fought back, but Jakob Aichhorn and Richard Stoiberer each lost in straight sets. “With Richard, however, the result was only apparently clear. Bitter is also the one-double that we lost in the match tie-break,” said Anif’s veteran Gerald Mandl following the severe setback in the fight for a play-off spot.

STC remains on an upward course

Second division team STC didn’t miss a beat once more. Only the two top players lost in the 7:2 home win once morest Mistelbach Emes Benedikt and Patrick Nystroem. “There were a few tight games. We’ve already laid a good foundation,” said Nico Reissig, who won both singles and doubles.