league final in paris and the murder of a popular punjabi singer just a day after his security cover was reduced sparks anger in india. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 2am in brussels where the european union has imposed more sanctions against russia over its invasion of ukraine. the bloc has agreed to ban more than two thirds of russian oil imports at a summit in brussels, where hungary, heavily dependent on russian oil, resisted a full oil embargo. european commission president, ursula von der leyen said the agreement was very significant. it isa it is a big step forward, what we did today, because, indeed, we did today, because, indeed, we have now gotten rid of: this was already very difficult and now we have, basically, the political agreement. how to phase out oil in a clear timeframe and we started tonight and we will report tomorrow to discuss the big energy package repower eu that the
mona lisa with cream cake, a man is held after attempting to deface the world famous portrait in the louvre museum in paris. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. by the end of the year, the eu will be blocking 90% of its oil imports from russia. that is the message coming from the eu member states as they imposed further sanctions against vladimir putin s government over its invasion of ukraine. the bloc agreed to ban more than two thirds of russian oil imports straight away at a summit in brussels, where hungary heavily dependent on russian oil resisted a full oil embargo. european commission president, ursula von der leyen said the agreement was very significant for reasons of climate as well as dealing with moscow. it isa it is a big step forward, what we did today, because indeed we now have gotten rid of cole and this was already very difficult. now we have basically the political agreement, how to phase out oil in a clear timeframe and we
use every economic measure that they can, find unanimous support for to do that. all of this is taking place as russian forces intensify their attack on the eastern dunbar s region. donbas region. their renewed assault comes as president biden ruled out sending advanced long range rocket systems to ukraine to help it fight the russian invasion. 0ur correspondentjeremy bowen and cameraman fred scott have been in the donbas where the russians are trying to encircle the city of severodonetsk. they sent this report from bakhmut, a front line town about 60 kilometres away that could become one of russia s next objectives in the region. life was never easy in donbas, at least it was familiar. now, the war is getting closer to their care home, and it s time to go. these women have no
as president biden ruled out sending advanced long range rocket systems to ukraine to help it fight the russian invasion. 0ur correspondentjeremy bowen and cameraman fred scott have been in the donbas where the russians are trying to encircle the city of severodonetsk. they sent this report from bakhmut, a front line town about 60 kilometres away, that could become one of russia s next objectives in the region. life was never easy in donbas, at least it was familiar. now, the war is getting closer to their care home, and it s time to go. these women have no families to support them. one of the ukrainian volunteers said, the russian soldiers are worse than animals, we can t leave these women behind.
efficient grapevines. word will get around. word will get around from soldiers coming back from ukraine, including wounded soldiers of what is really happening there. images from the town of bucha show widespread destruction and bodies lying in the street, some with their hands and feet bound. russia says images of civilian killings are fake . 0ur correspondentjeremy bowen sent us this report from kyiv, which you may find upsetting. the last bleak kick of winter froze any euphoria left from ukraine s successful defence of kyiv. the war is switching to the east, both sides will learn lessons. the russians left their armour vulnerable to drone artillery and fast moving infantry with anti tank weapons. you can see the results scattered across the roads and villages around the capital. this was a russian supply column on the main highway that runs west from kyiv. the lorries were carrying ammunition, artillery shells are scattered across the road. russia will find logistics less challengi