Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 16:00 GMT, May 20, 2023.

Putin has said that the West is trying to drive a wedge between different ethnic and national groups in Russia and break the country up into dozens of different states.

Hundreds of people have protested in Hiroshima where the US-led Group of Seven leaders met to stiffen sanctions on Russia, provide further support for Ukraine and discuss growing tensions with China. 

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 09:00 GMT, May 19 , 2023

South Koreans opposed to the US pressure looming at the G7 on South Korea to cooperate with Japan.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has hailed a two-day summit with leaders of the Central Asian countries as ushering in a "new era" of relations.  

Iran urges the G7 to end their complicity in illegal US sanctions instead of making “baseless” charges against the Islamic Republic.

Russia has warned that it would terminate a UN-brokered grain deal if the Group of Seven (G7) countries moved to ban exports to the country.

North Korea raps G7 over the bloc's inference for calling on Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapons.

G7 foreign ministers have promised to take tougher measures against Russia's stance in Ukraine and China's policy in the East and South China Seas.