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%
Were going to bring safety back to our streets. Were going to bring success back to our schools. Were going to bring prosperity back to every neighbourhood in every borough of the greatest city in our land. Were going to reduce taxes. Were going to bring businesses and big taxpayers back to new york. A recent poll suggests that trump is beating biden in five battleground states in part due to black and latino voters drifting away from the democratic party. Young voters and non white voters appear to be losing faith in mr biden and the democrats as they grow frustrated with issues like inflation and the white houses support for israel. During President Biden s recent Commencement Address at morehouse university, a historically black college, several graduates turned their backs on the president during the ceremony in protest of his handling of the war in gaza. Lets get more on this from the panel. Kurt, those scenes at morehouse and that Commencement Speech were quite surprising. Did th
sanctions on oil. we ve been talking about them sanctions on oil. we ve been talking about them and gone through them. what s about them and gone through them. what s been the reaction there? i think what s been the reaction there? i think they re deeply unimpressed. president think they re deeply unimpressed. president zelensky s office described this as too little, too late described this as too little, too late he described this as too little, too late. he has long called for severe sanctions late. he has long called for severe sanctions from as far back as january. sanctions from as far back as january, when russia was building its troops january, when russia was building its troops on the border. they were saying its troops on the border. they were saying we its troops on the border. they were saying we need to put russia off now saying we need to put russia off now the saying we need to put russia off now. the west said sanctions only work now. the west
enough action has been taken rather than too many restrictions being in place than too many restrictions being in place that than too many restrictions being in place. that doesn t mean that everyone place. that doesn t mean that everyone is on board. around two thirds everyone is on board. around two thirds of everyone is on board. around two thirds of people support the principle of vaccine passport, but that still principle of vaccine passport, but that still leaves a minority, a sizeabie that still leaves a minority, a sizeable number of people when you add them sizeable number of people when you add them all up, who can be very vocai add them all up, who can be very vocal in add them all up, who can be very vocal in their opposition. similarly, boosterjabs and jabs for 12 to 15 year olds are supported by nearly 12 to 15 year olds are supported by nearly two 12 to 15 year olds are supported by nearly two thirds of people, but it s by nearly two thirds of people