league final in paris and the murder of a popular punjabi singer just a day after his security cover was reduced sparks anger in india. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 2am in brussels where the european union has imposed more sanctions against russia over its invasion of ukraine. the bloc has agreed to ban more than two thirds of russian oil imports at a summit in brussels, where hungary, heavily dependent on russian oil, resisted a full oil embargo. european commission president, ursula von der leyen said the agreement was very significant. it isa it is a big step forward, what we did today, because, indeed, we did today, because, indeed, we have now gotten rid of: this was already very difficult and now we have, basically, the political agreement. how to phase out oil in a clear timeframe and we started tonight and we will report tomorrow to discuss the big energy package repower eu that the
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the region is very unhappy. and the region is very unhappy. and the reason beijing is unhappy is probably because, as you said, of biden s recent comment that makes beijing worried that the us is changing its decades long policy on taiwan. policy was one of strategic ambiguity where the us actually agrees to provide taiwan weapons to defend itself does not actually commit to intervening militarily to defend taiwan. but biden s stumble in tokyo last week indicated that he was willing to send troops to taiwan to help it defend itself. it is not the first time he has made such a comment. so this is may beijing worried that the us is changing its policy in taiwan and it is also suspicious that the us may be trying to create an asian style. in the region to encompass taiwan. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: a man is arrested after he threw cake at the world famous mona lisa portrait at