you going to ban oil imports. flurry of announcements expecting as you say the one from the us and we are widely expecting a ban on russian oil imports to the us. they don t have much skin in the game, to be fair. they are not very reliant on russian oil imports and they have a massive producer of oil themselves. for my money, the biggest announcement today has been from the eu. they ve got the most to lose being the most energy reliant on russia and they mapped out plans to cut their dependence on russian gas imports by two thirds by the end of this year getting a third of that from places like qatar, algeria, the us, turning down thermostats across europe by1 degrees and getting more from accelerating renewable projects, the uk also going to say that it projects, the uk also going to say thatitis projects, the uk also going to say that it is banning oil imports but time to be confirmed. it is not an overnight thing. time to be confirmed. it is not an overniaht thin. x , ., ., overn
people he s staying in kyiv and he is not afraid he s due to address the british parliament by video link in the next hour. the premier league has suspended its broadcast deal with russia with immediate effect after its invasion of ukraine. welcome to bbc news. we start with breaking news from washington news that the us has banned imports of russian oil. the move hasjust been announced by president biden at the white house more pressure on moscow after the invasion of ukraine. meanwhile, the european commission has announced plans to reduce demand for russian gas by two thirds before the end of the year. we ll have the latest on the ground from ukraine in a moment first though let s hearjoe biden making that announcement.
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of question, questions, but there is a lot more that needs to be made clear and i will hold off until we get more on that. i appreciate it. joe biden making comments on ukraine, taking no questions, as you saw, ending the statement saying ukraine will never be a victory for putin. he said the russian president continues on his murderous path, and then at the start of that announcement, banning us imports of russian oil, saying he had made that decision in close consultation with allies. he went on to say that putin s war is hurting american families at the gas pump. he said towards the beginning of that, the cost to the us, i spoke clearly at the beginning of this campaign that defending freedom is going to cost. republicans and democrats understand that and are behind the action that is being taken today. of course, the action in coordination with other allies, a reference to what the uk has announced in the last hour, and four earlier in the day the european
we have expecting that announcement in the next few moments. ukrainian officials say a humanitarian corridor for civilians to leave the north eastern city of sumy is largely holding. however people are still having huge difficulties using those humanitarian corridors. the others have rightly failed. largely failed. i m joined now by our chief international correspondent lyse doucet live from kyiv. bitterly cold day, day 13 of the russian invasion where russian forces continue to advance and attack and encircle cities from north, south, east, also stalling in many places including on the edge of the capital kyiv and is now in this stage in the war whether there is a growing focus on the humanitarian crisis that did plans by the day. this was the fourth day in a row where buses and trucks try to bring