we start with the war in ukraine. we ll look at what s happening on the ground in a moment. first to sanctions. eu leaders have finally agreed on a partial embargo of russian oil imports. it will affect oil that arrives by sea. that s around two thirds of imports. this is the second day of the summit. we know that the eu has been trying to work out a way to ban russian oil imports for months. we ll get into why it s been so complicated in a minute. first, this is the president of the european commission. we decided then to have a ban now on de facto 90% russian oil imports of russian oil imports to the european union by the end of the year. and this comes at a time when we see that russia has disrupted supplies to, by now, five member states finland, bulgaria and poland but now to a company in the netherlands and a company in denmark. that message was echoed by the ukrainian foreign ministry. they said. let s look at the bigger picture. russia currently supplies about 27%
relief has touched down and it s on the way for the millions of parents struggling to feed their children. just under two hours, ago the first shipment of baby formula arriving in indianapolis from europe. 78,000 pounds of baby formula being taken off that u.s. military plane and put on two fedex trucks for distribution across the country amid a shortage. agriculture secretary tom vilsack shaking the hands of the u.s. military members who helped transport that much needed formula. the first of several deliveries to come, in fact. the secretary told reporters just how quickly parents could start to see formula back on the shelves. i ve been told by the fda commissioner that in a matter of a week or so, we should begin to see some supply. but of the course of the next several weeks, we should see an ever increasing supply. so i would say certainly with the next 30 days we re going to begin seeing the situation. we re going to go right to nbc s meghan officials at that air
we ll tell you where that legislation stands right now. a key component of russia s propaganda machine is at risk as bloggers embedded with russian troops are fed up with the repeated failures and are now voicing concern. good morning. welcome to with the morn mornin it is monday, may 16th. we start with the very latest on that deadly shooting in buffalo over the weekend. the white house says the president and the first lady will visit the city tomorrow to, quote, grieve with the community. speak at the national peace officers memorial service in washington yesterday, president biden addressed what the department of justice is investigating as an act of racially motivated domestic extremism. a lone gunman, armed with weapons of war and hate-filled soul, shot and killed ten innocent people in cold blood. we must all work together to address the hate that remains a stain on the soul of america. our hearts are heavy once again, but our resolve must never, ever waiver. w
By an israeli airstrike. The Israeli Military has denied responsibility, saying the blast was caused by a failed rocket launched by the gaza based Militant Group Palestinian Islamic jihad. Us President Joe Biden is currently travelling to israel, but a planned Summit Injordan with arab leaders has now been cancelled. Biden s visit is designed to further demonstrate americas support for israel. The white house is saying the us is optimistic about getting humanitarian aid into gaza. On our website we have a live page that is constantly updating with the latest developments but now lets focus on the top Business Stories. Here in europe in a few hours we will be getting a clearer picture on where inflation is headed. For the uk and eurozone the latest data is out today and its hoped the cost of living crisis will continue to ease. In the uk the rate of inflation slowed to 6. 7 in the year to august. For the eurozone the latest estimate has inflation hovering around 4. 3 . For Central Banks
Also tonight counting the cost of growing Global Instabilty on the economy. The Chancellorjeremy Hunt warns of higher petrol and Energy Prices because of war in ukraine and israel. Was carriejohnson in charge during covid . The inquiry into the pandemic hears a senior Civil Servant was worried about her influence. And blasting off in search of gold nasas Six Year Mission to an asteroid Called Psyche that may be made of more than just rock. And coming up on bbc news, owen farrell returns to start at fly half for englands world cup quarterfinal against fiji. That means no place for george ford, who did so much to help them get there. Good evening from jerusalem, as the clock ticks down on israels order that more than a Million People living in Northern Gaza should leave their homes and move to the south within 2a hours. The Israeli Defence forces have been massing on the border, ahead of an expected Ground Offensive into gaza in response to last weekends attacks by members of hamas, a gr