when he loses the very important revenue from oil and gas sales to europe. he s talking about intensifying sales to other customers, particularly those in asia. ultimately, of course, it will hit russia hard but vladimir putin knows it s going to take some time to really see europe making an actualfinal decision on what it s going to do and really turn its back on russian oil and gas. germany opposes an overnight ban on russian oil, saying it would spark a recession. but berlin backs the eu s plan for a phased in embargo, saying the country could now survive the economic hit. 0ur berlin correspondent damien mcguinness reports from schwedt, a town on the german polish border, that is still dependent on russian oil. since soviet days, russian oil has
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putin as he intensifies his military offensive in ukraine. new measures will include. new measures will include a ban on russia accessing uk accountancy, management consultancy, and pr services. lets head to kyiv and ben brown. hello from the capital of kyiv and the latest reports we are getting from the southern city of mary apple is that russian forces are trying to storm the steelworks where ukrainian fighters making a pretty desperate last stand. there have been bombarded in that steelworks for weeks and weeks but according to the mayor of mariupol, he created innovations have lost all contact with those remaining 2000 troops they have got in that steelworks and they have got in that steelworks and the mayor says that the russians are trying an assault on that steelworks. they are using artillery
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we start in germany where after 16 years the era of chancellor angela merkel is finally coming to an end. she is set to be replaced by former finance minister olaf scholz. he has become germany s chancellor in waiting, after the social democrat party struck a three way coalition deal with the greens and the free democrats. they have pledged to transform europe s biggest economy with a decade of investment in renewable energy. but they have many big challenges ahead as damien mcguinness reports from berlin. the end of an era in germany. after 16 years of conservative led government under angela merkel, germany s new leaders are younger and more radical, and they want to modernise the country.