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 about 27%
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visits the white house to speak about the growth in anti asian hate crimes in america. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to bbc news and to our viewers in the uk and around the world. and to our viewers in the uk it s 6am in the morning here in singapore and 1am in ukraine, where it s reported that a russian air strike has hit a chemical plant in the embattled city of severodonetsk, releasing a cloud of dangerous gas. residents have been told to stay in bomb shelters to avoid the fumes. the ukrainians say russian forces now control most of severodonetsk, the main focus of the russian offensive in the donbas region. the local governor said the city wasn t surrounded, but continuous shelling was making it impossible to bring in supplies or evacuate the remaining civilians. and russian troops are pushing deeper into the region. this is the city of slovyansk, where three people have been killed in a russian missile strike. ukrain
visits the white house to speak about the growth in anti asian hate crimes in america. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning here in singapore and 2am in ukraine, where it s reported that a russian air strike has hit a chemical plant in the embattled city of severodonetsk, releasing a cloud of dangerous gas. residents have been told to stay in bomb shelters to avoid the fumes. the ukrainians say russian forces now control most of severodonetsk, the main focus of the russian offensive in the donbas region. the local governor said the city wasn t surrounded, but continuous shelling was making it impossible to bring in supplies or evacuate the remaining civilians. and russian troops are pushing deeper into the region. this is the city of slovyansk, where three people have been killed in a russian missile strike. meanwhile, ukraine keeps calling for more weapons from the west. this is the former defence minister speaking to the
temperatures going into tuesday morning. on tuesday, eastern areas see outbreaks of rain pushing south, elsewhere you may see some sunny spells, showers will develop again, a few heavy ones, tending to fade away from the west during the day, brazier on tuesday, windy on wednesday with rain moving east. now, how do you do this thing? it s been a while! hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kevin schofield, political editor of huffpost uk, and john stevens, deputy political editor of the daily mail. they have not forgotten, so we will be all right. tomorrow s front pages, then, starting with the cost of the crisis here. cost of living crisis. a rise in shoplifting due to the cost of living crisis that s according to the metro s front page. the i also leads on cost of living, saying that help is on hold as the prime minister focuses on partygate and the sue gray report. speeding up the approval for gene edited crops