hello there. today, eu trade ministers meet with a renewed focus on securing new trade deals. russia s invasion of ukraine make partnerships crucial. the war has exposed supply chains, leading to calls for the eu to look elsewhere for its goods. it wants to spread the risk to diversify into everything from gas to sunflower oil. joining me now is anahita thoms, head of international trade at the law firm baker mckenzie. thank you so much forjoining me. what s the jackpot for the eu in terms of trade? i think there will be a big focus on the backlog, there will be a lot of discussions around the wto reform, but also, low hanging fruit, i think the focus will be on july, new zealand and mexico to try to seal deals there. let s take july, try to seal deals there. let s takejuly, for example. there take july, for example. there are takejuly, for example. there are big hopes we can seal the deal chile. they have lithium in the car industry in germany as well and the european uni
Through the first line of russian defences. Our security correspondent Frank Gardner has been working with the bbc verify team to determine whether ukraine is making any significant process. Ukraines big Counter Offensive in the south is making progress, but how far have their troops really got and can they break through russias defences to turn the tide of this war . Lets just remind ourselves. The Dark Red Area is the area occupied by Russian Forces. The purple area is ground that the ukrainians have recaptured. The russian defences consist of two major lines, each composed of several interlocking obstacles trenches, anti tank devices, minefields, all covered by artillery. The ukrainians have had to spend most of the last three months picking their way through minefields like this one. You can see the hidden mines circled in red here. And theyre doing this on foot, sometimes at night, often underfire, hence the slow progress to date. Theyre also having to find their way through obsta
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