millions of households are urged to turn off their lights and appliances to tackle an energy crisis. and in central africa, we ve a special report on the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands releasing damaging carbon dioxide. welcome to bbc news. we begin in russia. one of president vladimir putin s closest advisers, the foreign minister sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine and he s repeated the official line from the kremlin that there is no war, but it s a special military operation . mr lavrov has been at the heart of power in russia for over 20 years and represented the country on the international stage for nearly two decades. earlier, he spoke to our russia editor steve rosenberg. hello, thank you. hello. it was the first time sergei lavrov had agreed to meet since moscow launched its offensive in ukraine. russia s government has created a parallel reality. invasion? what invasion? translation: we didn t invade ukraine. - we declare
and in central africa, the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands and the release of damaging carbon dioxide. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in russia. one of president vladimir putin s closest advisers, the foreign minister sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine and he s repeated the official line from the kremlin that there is no war, but it s a special military operation . mr lavrov has been at the heart of power in russia for over 20 years and represented the country on the international stage for nearly two decades. earlier today, he spoke to our russia editor steve rosenberg. it was the first time sergei lavrov had agreed to meet since moscow launched its offensive in ukraine. russia s government has created a parallel reality. invasion, what invasion? translation: we didn t invade ukraine. - we declared a special mi
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
portrait in the louvre museum in paris. 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 have now 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 started tonight and we will report tomorrow to discuss the big energy package that the commission tabled which is the basis to be able, over time, t
charging fewer suspects. what would you say to the police? please, get off your arse and help people in need. i m in need of help. i need some help. gunfire can ukraine s troops hold back the russian advance in the east? we report from a front line town. a new measure of the price of basic ingredients shows essential food prices rising in one case by up to 50% in a year. and, as stonehenge is lit with pictures of the queen for herjubilee, we look at the image of britishness the queen projects around the world. and coming up on the bbc news channel, it s official chelsea s £4.25 billion sale to the consortium led by la dodgers part owner todd boehly has been completed. hello, good evening. european football s governing body uefa has tonight announced an independent investigation into what went on at the champions league final in paris at the weekend. the french government, after emergency talks earlier today with police and football officials, blamed industrial scale ti