and stonehenge is lit with pictures of queen elizabeth for herjubilee, we look at the image of britishness that she projects around the world. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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 now have got rid of coal and this was already very difficult. now we have basically the political agreement, how to face out oil in a clear timefram
more of his own mps call for him to resign. russia insists what it calls the liberation of eastern ukraine s donbas region is its unconditional priority , as eu leaders try to agree a ban on russian oil. the french government has blamed what it called industrial scale ticket fraud for the chaos at this weekend s champions league final. at this weekend s it comes after french ministers held emergency talks this morning with police and european football officials. there s been widespread condemnation of the tactics of french police, who used tear gas and pepper spray on thousands of liverpool fans as they queued for hours to get into the stadium in paris. our sports correspondent nesta mcgregor reports. pandemonium in paris. fall back! some of the images which marked the biggest night in european club football. french police using tear gas and pepper spray as liverpool fans waited to enter the stadium. even with a 35 minute delay to kick off, there were plenty of empty
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
uefa and the parisian police have so many questions to answer. the united nations says a record 1 billion methamphetamine pills were seized in east and southeast asia last year. and as stonehenge is lit with pictures of queen elizabeth for herjubilee, we look at the image of britishness the queen projects around the world. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore and 1am in ukraine, where russian forces have intensified their attack on the eastern donbas region. their renewed assault comes as president biden ruled out sending advanced long range rocket systems to ukraine to help it fight the russian invasion. meanwhile, the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, has urged european union leaders meeting in brussels to resolve their disagreements and impose wider sanctions on russia. our correspondentjeremy bowen and cameraman fred scott have been in the donbas, where the russians are trying to encircle the city
punjabi singer, just a day after his security cover was reduced, sparks anger in india. and as stonehenge is lit with pictures of queen elizabeth for her jubilee, we look at the image of britishness the queen projects around the world. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. we start with some breaking news and more sanctions against russia. in the last hour, the european union has agreed to ban more than two thirds of russian oil imports. eu council president charles michel said this would cut a huge source of financing for moscow s war machine. in a tweet. the decisions came after a summit in brussels, where hungary heavily dependent on russian oil resisted a full oil embargo. for more on this story, i mjoined now by our reporter mark lobel. just talk us through this at this point. it s not a full band, how significant is it? that s right, this is the news in the last hour from brussels. as you had sedate heads of states are putting over a