any more red lines when they talk about how the field candidates. anything goes when you talk about these republicans. nonetheless, jarred majeski doesn t have access to i m sure democrats in ohio celebrating. we ll see how that turns. out alex, it s good to see my. friend thank you so. much we re gonna talk about democracy tonight because the r of history is long, but it bends towards justice, and it s good to remember that quote tonight because there have been many days in recent memory that it has not felt like we are bending towards justice. joe biden wins an election, donald trump and republicans just can t claim he didn t. trump incites an insurrection at the capitol, five weeks later, he s acquitted by republican senators. in may, it is reported that the wife of the longest serving supreme court justice is encouraging republicans to overthrow the election. and nothing happens. next month, clarence thomas votes to take away constitutional right, the right-wing pro
false election claims like the former president. arizona voters have picked david farnsworth over rusty bowers in the gop primary for senate. bowers, you may remember, delivered emotional testimony to the january 6th committee in june. farnsworth had said of the 2020 election this is a real conspiracy headed up by the devil himself. that s a quote from the gop candidate there now. but it was the vote to protect abortion rights in kansas that could be a major recursor, a sign at least for november. voters there rejected an amendment that could have led to an abortion ban in that state. let s begin in michigan, though. political correspondent sara murray in grand rapids. looking broadly at last night s results, potentially a major impact on what we see in november. you ve got election deniers winning the republican nomination in a lot of states. in kansas another sign. reporter: oh absolutely. when you look at michigan, it was a great night for election deniers. we saw john g
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
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