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we start with the war in ukraine. we ll look at what s happening on the ground in a moment. first to sanctions. eu leaders have finally agreed on a partial embargo of russian oil imports. it will affect oil that arrives by sea. that s around two thirds of imports. this is the second day of the summit. we know that the eu has been trying to work out a way to ban russian oil imports for months. we ll get into why it s been so complicated in a minute. first, this is the president of the european commission. we decided then to have a ban now on de facto 90% russian oil imports of russian oil imports to the european union by the end of the year. and this comes at a time when we see that russia has disrupted supplies to, by now, five member states finland, bulgaria and poland but now to a company in the netherlands and a company in denmark. that message was echoed by the ukrainian foreign ministry. they said. let s look at the bigger picture. russia currently supplies abo ....
there s always talk about it being so unpolitical but ijust don t see how it is. tonight with the context, lord bilimoria president of the confederation of british industry and founder of cobra beer and ron christie former senior advisor to president george w bush. welcome to the programme. after weeks of dicussions, eu leaders have agreed on a partial embargo of russian oil imports. the plan is expected to affect up to 90% of russian oil imports by the end of the year. it will only affect oil that arrives by sea that s around two thirds of imports. but not pipeline oil, following strong opposition from hungary. first, this is the eu s foreign policy chief. we were in versaille bursae a few weeks ago, not many observers would ve thought it would ve been possible for us only in a few weeks to take such a concrete and historic decision. we have decided to sanction russia by banning russian oil, this is extremely important and we will succeed in the following month ....
law abiding citizens. moscow s advance in eastern ukraine is continuing, russian backed forces are getting more ground close to a strategic town in northeastern donbas. and are close to encircling several important cities. this governor has warned that ukrainian forces may have to retreat to avoid being captured. that is it for me. my headlines at the top of the hour. my headlines at the top of the hour. now on bbc news, the media show. hello and welcome to the media show. we are going to talk about partygate in this week s edition because sue gray s report or investigation into what happened in downing street during various lockdowns is now out. the prime minister has been responding, the media, of course, is covering it. and we are going to be exploring the role the media has played in this story from its beginning in early december, all the way through to this week of the report coming out. but before we get to that, we are also going to speak to anneka rice because ....
Its a piece for success strategy that make a difference. Baking bread on g. W. This is you dont use line from berlin down to the wire the e. U. Says this prepared to offer britain more time for braggs it but the extension fall short of what british Prime Minister to rescind may was asking brussels for and the e. U. Is offer comes with Strings Attached the British Parliament must approve the Divorce Agreement by next week so is the country hurtling towards a new deal exit. Great
to have you along everyone well we begin with a story thats dominating the political agenda here in europe and that is drags it british Prime Minister theresa may is in brussels on a mission to delay the u. K. s departure from t ....
They ve been hit in terms of higher costs. they are trying to press that on to consumers, so if you look at last month s data, it shows all consumer spending on airfares rose 33% compared to a year ago. so it s a for the airlines and the passengers and is not clear when this will resolve. this will resolve. michelle, thank ou ve this will resolve. michelle, thank you very much this will resolve. michelle, thank you very much for this will resolve. michelle, thank you very much for that. - this will resolve. michelle, thank you very much for that. i - this will resolve. michelle, thank you very much for that. i want i this will resolve. michelle, thank you very much for that. i want to j you very much for that. i want to bring you some breaking news in the uk. the labour leader and his deputy angela rayner have received police questionnaires as part of the investigation into the so called beer gate event. we can speak to david wallace lockhart. what happened? we know the durham con ....