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Now playing Next Japan Ukraine war high on agenda as G7 leaders land in Hiroshima for meeting World leaders landed Thursday for a Group of Seven meeting in Hiroshima, the site of the world’s first atomic bomb attack, with Russia’s war in Ukraine expected to be high on the agenda. 18/05/2023
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Now playing Next Japan Ukraine war and nuclear disarmament to top agenda at G7 summit Leaders from the Group of Seven nations and selected guests will meet for the summit in the Japanese port city that was decimated by a US-detonated atomic bomb in 1945 18/05/2023
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Now playing Next Europe News Loopholes in EU's customs union help Russia evade sanctions: Gentiloni Cracking down on circumvention of sanctions has become the number one priority for the European Union. 17/05/2023
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