welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: european union leaders agree further sanctions against russia over its invasion of ukraine, but stop short of imposing a total ban on russian oil. the battle for donbas. we report from the frontline as russian forces close in on ukraine's eastern region. this might all simply bejust in case. a contingency plan. but if the russians do blast their way through they are going to need it. european football's governing body announces a full independent investigation into the chaos that marred the champions

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 commission tabled which is the commission tabled which is the basis to be able, over time, to completely diversify away from russian fossil fuels. that is our goal and, there for, we now have a very clear role to map on —— road to map on the table. for more on this story i'm joined now by our reporter, mark lobel. wait to get you on the programme. listening to what

ursula was saying there. it looks now like the eu has a definitive roadmap towards reducing the dependence on russian oil. it reducing the dependence on russian oil.— russian oil. it looks like it is heading _ russian oil. it looks like it is heading that _ russian oil. it looks like it is heading that way. - russian oil. it looks like it is heading that way. the | is heading that way. the proposal coming out of a sixth sanction package on moscow and in the last two hours in brussels, news emerged that they would reach and almost 90% ban on russian oil coming into the eu. it was called a remarkable achievement by the eu council president who said it will go a long way toward stopping the financing of what he called russia's war machine because researchers estimate that 30 billion euros so far has been spent on oil by the eu since the beginning of this invasion and they rely on one quarter of their crude oil imports from russia. president zelensky had addressed the meeting earlier and said that the eu leaders should put away their differences. hungary, it

seems, has held out so they do not have the full band that they were seeking on this. and countries like hungary that are heavily reliant on russian oil want the solutions first, wants other supplies they would be using before they start talking about sanctions. so we're left an extra 10% that will be in place, abandoned 10% not in place, abandoned 10% not in place by the end of year, ursula address that and said they will be looking at getting back 10% ban eventually, too. it is notjust oil, is it? there have been other sanctions put in place on russian entities.— put in place on russian entities. ,, ., , put in place on russian entities. ., , ~ entities. russia's largest bank will be banned _ entities. russia's largest bank will be banned from _ entities. russia's largest bank will be banned from the - entities. russia's largest bank will be banned from the swiftl will be banned from the swift payment system and also three russian state broadcasters will have been added to the list of broadcasters not allowed to broadcasters not allowed to broadcast within the eu. there is also a ban on ensuring already ensuring russian ships. the message from the eu is that they want russia to stop the war in ukraine and they will

use every economic measure that they can, find unanimous support for to do that. all of this is taking place as russian forces intensify their attack on the eastern dunbar�*s region. —— donbas region. their renewed assault comes as president biden ruled out sending advanced long range rocket systems to ukraine to help it fight the russian invasion. 0ur correspondentjeremy bowen and cameraman fred scott have been in the donbas where the russians are trying to encircle the city of severodonetsk. they sent this report from bakhmut, a front line town about 60 kilometres away — that could become one of russia's next objectives in the region. life was never easy in donbas, at least it was familiar. now, the war is getting closer to their care home, and it's time to go. these women have no

families to support them. one of the ukrainian volunteers said, "the russian soldiers are worse than animals, we can't leave these women behind." they're taking them west out of donbas, away from the russian advance. a russian strike did this close by in bakhmut. most of the residents had evacuated by the time it was hit last week. the man who lived in this flat left the day before. civilians here fear the russians will take all of donbas, including their town. roman and marina want to stay, but it's getting lonely, with the destructive power of the russian army on their doorstep. translation: so far, we made the decision| that if it gets too bad, i don't know. we want to stay here, we want peace, we want our child

to go to school here normally. we will rebuild the city. sonia, their daughter, turned eight this month. her school closed when the russians invaded. 0nline lessons are part of a wall of normality her parents are trying to build around her. it's looking very fragile. just down the road is a glimpse of the future they dread. the russians are around five miles away. they're hitting bakhmut regularly, but not constantly yet. doggedly, civilians clutch at routine, as their old lives disappear. the town waits on big decisions. for the few civilians left about leaving or staying,

how to survive, but also for the ukrainian army. some powerful american—made howitzers have just arrived, but not enough to stop the russian advance to sievierodonetsk. ukraine's generals must decide how many more troops to sacrifice in what could be a losing battle for this part of donbas. a fighting retreat to more defensible positions looks likely if the russian offensive doesn't stall. new trench networks, well back from the existing front line, are ready. kramatorsk, one of the donbas towns that must be on the russian target list, is about 15 minutes' drive that way. the rest of the ukraine is there. this might all simply bejust in case, a contingency plan, but if the russians do

blast their way through, they're going to need it. maxsym's unit was ordered to retreat closer to bakhmut after weeks of heavy fightling. he's one of thousands of ukrainian volunteers. back in kyiv, just after the invasion, he signed up with his friend dymitro. i'm studying economy. and i am studying biology. the two students fought in the victory in kyiv. dymitro is still there. ukrainians have to put aside the deliverance they felt then. in donbas, maxsym, 19 years old, is in an attritional struggle. we are defending this area's chemical factory.

i think that there is no way to... ..make a deal with putin. putin understands only the language of bullets, blood, war crimes. air—raid sirens were sounding as they prepared to bury a 21—year—old ukrainian soldier. since the invasion, this war has had terrible consequences, and notjust in ukraine. this man and thousands more ukrainians and russians are dead. the killing here has brought the big nuclear armed powers closer to confrontation than since the height of the cold war. millions of refugees — a wider war is a clear risk. more destruction, hunger, poverty and more funerals are a certainty. war is the bringer of grief and change. jeremy bowen, bbc news, donbas.

let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the un nuclear watchdog says iran's stockpile of enriched uranium has continued to grow substantially and tehran has done little to answer questions about traces of uranium found at three undeclared sites. iaea says the amount of uranium enriched iran has is many times beyond the limit imposed by the international nuclear deal agreed in 2015. the canadian government has introduced tough new legislation to crack down on the sale, transfer, and importation of handguns. rifle magazines will also be limited to no more than five rounds. the prime minister, justin trudeau, said there was no reason anyone needed guns in their everyday lives except for hunting

or sports shooting. the authorities in nepal have located the bodies of all but one of 22 people on board a plane that crashed in the himalayas on sunday. two germans, four indians and 16 nepalis were on the flight which normally lasts just 20 minutes. an investigation into the cause of the crash has been launched. the first hurricane of the season in the eastern pacific made a beeline for beach resorts on the south west coast of mexico. hurricane �*agatha' is packing winds in excess of 75 kilometres an hour and gaining strength. shelters have been set up in popular local surfing towns and hotels are offering extra accommodation to tourists in the area. european football's governing body — uefa — has announced an independent investigation into what went on at the champions league final in paris at the weekend. the french government blamed industrial scale ticket fraud for the chaos at the stade de france.

there's been widespread condemnation of the police tactics — officers used teargas and pepper spray on thousands of liverpool fans as they queued for hours to get into the stadium. 0ur paris correspondent lucy williamson has the latest. the news about uefa's investigation comes after a day when the french government expressed regret for some aspects of organisation around saturday's final. but on television tonight, the french interior minister focused again on what he sees as the core problem — fake tickets among british fans — and he said at all future sporting events in france, spectators would need to show digital tickets only to gain access. nevertheless, there's a sense here tonight that france will need to build back confidence among sports fans ahead of its hosting of the rugby world cup next year and the olympics in 202a. taiwan says china flew 30 military air crafts into the south—west corner

of taiwan's self—declared air defence zone. it's the largest number of aircraft flown in a single day since january this year and comes about a week after president biden vowed to intervene militarily if china attacked taiwan. more from our taiwan reporter, cindy sui. this is the latest in a series of military actions near taiwan. it is international airspace but very close to taiwan and is seen as a provocation by both taiwan and the us. it is the latest in what has been going on since 2020, september 2020 when the taiwanese defence ministry began telling the public about these chinese aircraft entering these chinese aircraft entering the area. on monday there were 30 air planes, much more usual, including not only fighterjet but antisubmarine warplanes and nuclear capable bombers. this kind of activity in this area is widely seen as a sign that

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

the louvre in paris. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning, in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 74. outspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times world champion. he was a good fighter. he fought all the way to the . end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles' lp sgt pepper's lonely hearts

club band, a record described as the album of the century. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: european union leaders have agreed to ban more than two—thirds of russian oil imports in a compromise deal to put more pressure on vladimir putin over the war in ukraine. ukrainian soldiers are facing a fierce battle in the east of the country, as russian forces close in on the key city of severedonetsk. to australia now, and new prime minister anthony albanese will be able to govern with a majority, after his labor party picked up the much—needed 76th seat in the lower house. as labor waits to see if it can claim any further victories,

the losing coalition parties are picking up the pieces, with an entirely new leadership team. for more on the latest on australian politics, let's speak to the australian political correspondent for sbs news, pablo vinales. great to have you on the programme. i understand that you were in the campaign press back with anthony albanese, and saw him ride to victory. what you make of the fact that he finally has this majority and is now set to continue governing? still a bit wary from six weeks on the road, but travelling with minister anthony albanese, he was quietly confident towards the end that could form a slim majority, even when it was apparent on election night that there was no way that the coalition could win. and certainly, anthony albanese was

close to a majority. labour was quietly confident, overnight they reached the magic number of 76. there are still two seats too close to call. labour is ahead in one, so could potentially reach 77. anthony albanese has really tried to rein back expectations when it comes to labor's ability to form government, certainly during the campaign. he would constantly remind the press back it has only been three times since world war ii that labour has formed government from opposition, but certainly now reaching that magic number, interestingly, he will also today unveiled his frontbench. fantastic stuff, but it did strike me recently when i was in australia covering the elections at the role of the independent candidate, known as the teal wave in australia, how important have they been in the

mix of all this?— mix of all this? they are the next big story _ mix of all this? they are the next big story from - mix of all this? they are the next big story from this - mix of all this? they are the i next big story from this whole election. a lot of hype going into this. these are predominantly professional women progressive voters who put their hands up in affluent, progressive electorates that were blue—ribbon seat, liberal heartland, and nobody, i don't think even the teals themselves, thought they would win this many seats, unseating a number of real stores of the liberal party, namelyjosh frydenberg, former treasurer, unseated by one of the teal independents. it has caused some uprising in the liberal party about how it speaks to its moderate voters as well. gas, speaking about the liberal party, i want to get your thoughts on the new person in charge of the party, pushing scott morrison out. what does

that say about mr morrison's legacy, and what we know about peter dutton who is now in charge? yes, peter dutton is a former defence minister, home affairs minister, also confesses for the former liberal leadership back when former prime minister malcolm turnbull was ousted from that role. he is a bit of a polarising figure in australian politics. he is from the right of the liberal party, known to be quite hardline. and certainly when he ascended to leadership yesterday, a lot of the comments he has said in the past really came back to him. one that he has since expressed regret about is walking out of the apology to the stolen generation back in 2007, so he has a history of comments that are seen as quite polarising. it has been seen by some and at the liberal party, it is a bit of a curious choice to put peter dutton as a leader, given that he is somebody who represents the right of the party, and looking at the

results, of the electorates, they lost so many votes in the moderate — progressive parts of the country. moderate - progressive parts of the country-— the country. pablo vinales, thank you _ the country. pablo vinales, thank you so _ the country. pablo vinales, thank you so much - the country. pablo vinales, thank you so much for- the country. pablo vinales, l thank you so much forjoining us on the programme with your thoughts. let's turn to india now. the rapper drake has led tributes to the indian singer and rapper sidhu moose wala who's been shot dead near his home in the north indian state of punjab. mr moose wala had a huge global following. this report from rajini vaidyanathan contains flashing images from the start. described as one of india's most forceful music exports, sidhu moose wala's music racked up more than 5—billion views. known for his trademark punjabi vocals, mixed with rap, hip—hop and drill beats. creative but controversial. seen here with bestselling uk rapper stefflon don. some of his songs, like this, glorified gun culture. sidhu moose wala had been

charged with indian police for sharing violent contact on social media, and it was a shooting that claimed his life on sunday. cctv shows two cars trailing his black suv. officials say at least 30 shots were fired by the gunmen. police initially said it could be gang—related, but they're still investigating. a career that was just getting started. a budding politician who'd also acted in films. so, sidhu moose wala has been called a pioneer, an icon, a legend already, and he was only 28. what this means is that this person has been able to create this mind—blowing legacy which goes beyond music. his artistry was truly inspiring and i think that what he was able to do, which is what we love about him, and what people love about him, is provoke. he was able to provoke lyrically and he was able

sidhu moose wala's final release was called the last ride. the lyrics of the song were chillingly prophetic. the funeral will happen in youth. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. a man dressed as an elderly woman has attacked the mona lisa in paris. the voice that spoke for everyone there, as the mona lisa, one of the world's most famous painting is cleaned off by security with tourists and art lovers watching on in shock. thankfully, the portrait is protected by bullet—proof glass after somebody showered at an acid in the 1950s, but how did leonardo the veggie's painting become covered in cream? this footage was recorded shortly after. he told us what happened.

we went to, i think it is called the louvre comics is my pronunciation. we would going to see the painting, we were gelling there, then we saw lots of gossips from the crowd. i just looked up and i saw — we later found out it was a man dressed as an old lady and a wheelchair, coming out of his wheelchair, coming out of his wheelchair and then from that kind of proceeded to hit on that what we now know as bullet—proof glass, and smashing cake and smearing cake all over the painting. this man seen exported our biosecurity clamp to behind the attack which is being cited as attack which is being cited as a stunt to raise awareness of climate change. he said, like, we need to save the planet, think about the planet. _ the planet, think about the planet, the artists are killing the planet. applause. meanwhile, back at the scene of the crime, relief and applause as the mona lisa smile is back to its former glory once again.

that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello there. the week has started with plenty of heavy showers. the big question mark is around how many of those heavy showers will remain by the end of week for the platinumjubilee. we will talk more about that at the moment, but we start with a look back at the recent satellite picture and shower clouds rotating on top of the uk underneath an area of low pressure which stays with us through tuesday so there will be for the showers. this frontal system being the risk of more persistent rain in northern ireland. what a chilly start of the morning and there will be some spells and sunshine around, but some showers from the word go and those were developed quite widely into the afternoon and some will be heavy, some will be thundery and parts of wales in the south—west could try out a little bit towards the end of the day with more than we have sunshine — 17 degrees for cardiff

and from plymouth, cooler for the north and newcastle, ii for aberdeen and this band of cloud will bring some ran across northern ireland into the evening. that then moving across to the irish sea across the isle of man, and south—west scotland as well as england and parts of wales as we head into wednesday morning. elsewhere, some clear spells in one or two showers and wednesday, again, getting off to a relatively chilly start in some places. no prizes for guessing — wednesday is another sunshine and showers day, but the showers increasingly will become focused across central and eastern towards the west, not as many showers, more in the way of sunshine. and with more sunshine generally, temperatures will be a little bit higher. 17, 18, maybe 19 degrees. then, getting into the start of the long weekend, for thursday on the face of it, things to look too bad, plenty of sunshine and showers in this of cloud in the frontal system does threaten

to introduce some rain into northern ireland to the afternoon. where we do get sunshine, it will be warmer, temperatures between 18—21 degrees. some headaches then are on the forecast for the weekend. this tries to take charge, but this frontal system pushing up to the north—west. the question is, how many shows alysia? the chances certainly there. that said, it should often be dry and we see some sunshine it will feel fairly warm.

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