let s start with oil, because at the weekend, the secretary general of the organization of petroleum exporting countries, haitham al ghais, said he expects global oil demand to exceed pre pandemic levels this year. so what does this mean for the oil industry? joining me now is russ mould, investment director at aj bell. does this mean we are going to hit $100 per barrel again in 2023? , ., , hit $100 per barrel again in 2023? ., , ., hit $100 per barrel again in 2023? a, a a, 2023? gosh, that s a tricky question 2023? gosh, that s a tricky question for 2023? gosh, that s a tricky question for this 2023? gosh, that s a tricky question for this time - 2023? gosh, that s a tricky question for this time of i 2023? gosh, that s a tricky | question for this time of day. you can certainly construct a case where you can see oil going back up, perhaps not to the height of last year, but we have china reopening, the davos crowd and the imf seeming less worried about global econo
would still be unleashing deadly devastation six months after it began in february. vladimir putin sure didn t. he planned a three-day invasion to take the capital city of kyiv and depose that countries duly elected president. the russian president also plan on preventing the expansion of nato instead the alliance has never been stronger. it s a to admit to new members. finland and sweden. nordic nations that have hissed a history of being unlined and would share an 800 mile land border with russia. putin s war of choice is also stated multiple humanitarian crises. the most visceral of which is the flood of people who are trying to escape the deadly violence. the united nations high commissioner for refugees has recorded more than 6.6 million ukrainian refugees across europe. more than 3.8 million have registered for some sort of temporary protected status to remain in the countries that they have led to. another major humanitarian crisis is on hunger. due to ukraine s role
projected results from french parliamentary elections show that president emmanuel macron s centrist alliance is set to lose its majority. a coalition led by the far left leader, jean luc melenchon, is predicted to come second, but marine le pen s far right party has also done well. the two were in jubilant mood as they addressed their supporters, shortly after the first projections were announced. translation: the level of attention is still far too high, which means that a large part of the population does not know where to turn, so much so that the three blocks are at similar levels. it is not put us in first or in second place. it is a failure of macronism, the moral failure of those who gave lessons to everyone. translation: this group will be by far the biggest in history of our political party. i would like to give my gratitude to all our voters who have put their trust in us. you have my promise that we will defend in parliament the ideas on immigration, security, une