next. is the counterargument to that, though, vladimir putin had his way with grossny. he had his way when he invaded crimea, and the world did nothing. no one has stood up to a bully. he used banned chemical weapons of mass destruction to try and kill a british citizen on british soil, and the world did nothing. and he continues to get away with it. when does the world stand up and tell him it s enough, it s time to stop? of course, it s an exaggeration that nothing has happened. i mean the sanctions regime that s been imposed is the toughest of any that s ever been imposed against a nation in wartime, and it s also the case that just in the first six days of the conflict, western powers transferred something on the
announced an end to itsjoint ventures with gazprom. russia has more than doubled its interest rate to 20% in an attempt to prevent a futher fall in the value of the rouble, that s taken a big hit over the last week. our economics editor, faisal islam, has more on the economic impact of the sanctions. on british forecourts tonight, the putin premium for petrol. the record average price of over £1.50 per litre arising from the spike in the price of crude oil, a by product of the russian invasion. the economic impact seen today across russia, though, was very much intended western financial sanctions leading to a slump in the russian currency and fears about the stability of major banks. the uk and japanjoining in efforts from the us and eu to prohibit trade with russia s equivalent of the bank of england. this normally never happens and was designed to prevent russia from using its war chest of reserves to protect its currency. we are defending democracy and freedom, and the most impo
hours of the morning. down on british soil in the early hours of the morning. thank you. we are ust hours of the morning. thank you. we are just seeing hours of the morning. thank you. we are just seeing pictures hours of the morning. thank you. we are just seeing pictures of hours of the morning. thank you. we are just seeing pictures of them - are just seeing pictures of them having arrived back in this country and as simon was saying, it was a long road to bring them back and now of course they are going to be spending much needed time with their families as they readjust, because they went from being ordinary families with, i was talking yesterday to nazanin s sister in law who said they had very little knowledge of the wider geopolitical picture and of course they have been fully emerged into navigating it and richard ratcliffe has been absolutely central to fighting for the return of his wife. he went on hunger strike for two periods of time and her daughter was only 18
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that is the thing, what they do is they flag their ships through cypress, avoided having to tell anybody about this, and even though they know they have broken the law, what they have done is paid people off in such a way to try and buy their silence. it is unacceptable. so when i m going to do about it is package of measures which will both closed every possible loophole, that exist, and force them to use we are not having people working on british ports, flying regular routes between here in france, or here and holland, or anywhere else, and failing to pay them in a minimum wage. it is unacceptable. just to be clear, then he said earlier, you cannot believe he is still in his role. so you are calling for him to leave them? you think he should go right now? yes. okay. that is well noted there.