since then, the us, uk, eu, along with countries including australia, canada and japan have imposed more than the 16,500 sanctions on russia. and just last week, the us and uk imposed a tough new raft of measures. their main target has been russia s money, freezing foreign currency reserves and bank deposits. they have also banned exports of technology for making weapons, banned flights and restricted wealthy business people linked with the kremlin. russia s oil industry has also been another major target. despite the export controls, russia seems to have continued to be able to fund its war machine in ukraine. the economy has largely withstood the shock and is expected to grow by about 1 2% this year according to the international monetary fund. that s partly because it is still selling oil to countries like india and china. and because moscow has been able to import sanctioned goods by buying them through countries like georgia, belarus and kazakhstan, there are reports tha
legend, willy mays, considered by many to be the game s greatest all around player. and also ahead donald trump s latest gaff with the city of milwaukee where the republican national convention will be held in less than a month. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 19th. it is indeed juneteenth. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. today americans nationwide are marking juneteenth also known as emancipation day. the emancipation proclamation freeing enslaved people in the confederate states was signed in 1863 but it did immediately end slavery in places that remained under confederate control. but it wasn t until june 19, 1865, two full years later, that union troops arrived in galveston, texas, and told more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state that they were now free. the news was met with large celebrations, and in remembrance black communities across the country hold events, parties, and parades. the holida
2022, the west further tighten the screws. since then, the us uk- eu, the screws. since then, the us uk eu, along with countries including australia, canada and japan have imposed more than the 16,500 sanctions on russia. and just last week, the us and uk imposed a tough new raft of measures. their main target has been russia s money, freezing foreign currency reserves and bank deposits. they have also banned exports of technology for making weapons, band flights and restricted wealthy business people linked with the kremlin. russia s oil industry has also been another major target. despite the export controls, russia seems to have continued to be able to fund its war machine in ukraine. the economy has largely withstood the shock and is expected to grow by about 1 2% this year according to the international monetary fund. that s partly because it is still selling oil to countries like india and china. and because moscow has been able to impart sanctioned goods by buying t
we actually had surprised him out of the mediaeval history section, but we are lucky he is here now. the funny thing is, we have been sat in front of the computing section, so i don t know how good yourjavascript per programming is. we will catch up with one newsnight is doing on what is happening in the general election campaign today. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s adam in birmingham. hello it s victoria in birmingham. and it s nick in birmingham. this is where you started out as a journalist. i love birmingham, i worked here in my firstjob as a report on radio, commercial radio, as you know, had no staff, i was the only reporter and comparative bbc local radio, there loads of reporters, so we were so hungry. i had sharp elbows, that s where i developed my sharp elbows. what was your favourite story from that period? it was all quite serious stuff, it was the tail end, this is showing my age, the west midlands serious crime squad and the corruption involved in that birm