following on the footsteps of action by the us last year. downing street said, so far, more than 60% of president putin s war chest has been immobilised , worth about £275 billon or $342 billion dollars. the european council president charles michel is under pressure to try to persuade the 27 eu members to follow suit. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, whom you saw there at the summit, said vladimir putin must be shown that his violence and coercion towards ukraine do not reap rewards . he gave an interview to our political editor, chris mason, who started with a question on ukraine. a tranquil if rather damp setting for our interview with the prime minister a traditionaljapanese tea house, carp in the pond outside. world leaders have gathered here to discuss the global economy, an increasingly muscular china and the war in ukraine. we ve taken the lead on announcing new sanctions on russia.
immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops and military equipment from the internationally recognised territory of ukraine. the non sanctions designed to starve them of technology and industrial equipment and services to support its war machine, including restrictions on exports of items critical to russia on the battlefield. when industry is diamonds, exports and $4 billion in the uk announced plans to have a unilateral ban on russian diamonds following a similar move by the us last year. downing street comes in more than 60% of putin s war chest is been immobilized and around to any £5 billion for $342 billion. the two prime ministers as they want to ensure russia pays a price for the war in ukraine and our political correspondence in this report from
one key industry is diamonds. russian diamonds were worth 4bn dollars in exports in 2021. the uk has announced plans to impose a unilateral ban on russian diamonds, following on the footsteps of action by the us last year. downing street said so far, more than 60% of president putin s war chest has been immobilised . war chest has been immobilised . worth about £275 billon. or $342 billion. european council president charles michel is under pressure to try to persuade the 27 eu members to follow suit. earlier i spoke with melinda haring from the atlantic council s eurasia centre and mai, a senior campaigner at the organisation global witness, which monitors russian energy closely. mai began by telling me oil was russia s most important export and more should be done to stop its sale. it is much more valuable
burden becomes more severe. the cost of the debt burden has massed the problem. when president obama took office the debt doubled. doubled under president bush too, not like it is a republican or democrat issue. and when president obama took office debt service was 3 $40 billion. you double the debt, interest rates have gone down, $342 billion, $2 billion more, interest rates have gone down, you mask repercussions you had to deal with and more of the same. and the first year president obama s as president that we took in federal coffers and $3.9 trillion in fiscal year 2008 almost doubled, 3 $50
and good morning to you. boy, the temperatures, top story again. wow. sizzling heat, and most of the country right now is dealing with triple digits or at least feeling like triple digits. as we ve been saying, not just uncomfortable, dangerous and deadly. welcome. friday, july 22nd. let s get right to it. intensely hot against across a huge portion of the country. it started in the midwest, it s come heeft. washington, the high, 103 today but it s going to feel like 115 with the humidity. triple digit temperatures are expected across the mid-atlantic, up and down the east coast and into the ohio valley and as many as 2,000 related deaths now reported. utilities around the country are bracing, asking you to conserve energy as people crank the ac. in new york, the power company said that store owners who leave their doors open could be fined. wow. trying to stay cool. match fn you re a polar bear in this heat? animals in the detroit zoo were treated to popsicles with