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welcome to bbc news, i'm david eades. our top stories: 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. justin trudeau proposes new laws to crack down on on the sale, transfer and importation of handguns in canada.
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mona lisa with cream cake, a man is held after attempting to deface the world famous portrait in the louvre museum in paris. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. by the end of the year, the eu will be blocking 90% of its oil imports from russia. that is the message coming from the eu member states as they imposed further sanctions against vladimir putin's government — over its invasion of ukraine. the bloc agreed to ban more than two—thirds of russian oil imports straight away 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
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the agreement was very significant for reasons of climate as well as dealing with moscow. it isa it is a big step forward, what we did today, because indeed we now have gotten rid of cole and this was already very difficult. 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 that 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 therefore we have now a very clear roadmap on the table. . �* , now a very clear roadmap on the table. . v , . now a very clear roadmap on the table. . �*, , ., ., table. that's ursula von der le en table. that's ursula von der leyen speaking _ table. that's ursula von der leyen speaking just - table. that's ursula von der leyen speaking just an - table. that's ursula von deri leyen speaking just an hour table. that's ursula von der- leyen speaking just an hour or so ago and fact. well, for more on that story i'm joined now
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by our reporter, mark lobel. mark, she is certainly talking that up, how much of the moment do you think this is?— do you think this is? there is no doubt _ do you think this is? there is no doubt the _ do you think this is? there is no doubt the first _ do you think this is? there is no doubt the first dealing - no doubt the first dealing amongst eu leaders in brussels would be one of relief that they passed what had to be unanimous agreement as part of this package of sanctions on russia. it is a big deal, it is 90% of all the imports of oil from russia into the eu banned by the end of the year, it is what the president of the eu council called a remarkable achievement because it is going to take a real slice out of that financing the war effort for russia as he put it, russia's war machine he said would be suffering as a result of what was a lot of money. so father eu has been 30 billion euros since the beginning of the invasion on oil imports, they rely on about quarter of they rely on about quarter of the crude import coming from russia but it is short of a full deal and just before they had agreed, president zelensky actually addressed them, saying they had to stop using terminal
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quarrels from taking place citing pressure was put on hungary but they couldn't get that extra 10%._ hungary but they couldn't get that extra 10%. where does that leave that extra 1096. where does that leave hungary — that extra 1096. where does that leave hungary because - that extra 1096. where does that leave hungary because they - that extra 1096. where does that l leave hungary because they have exemptions of thought. are they amended, when will they finish? will they ever get to a 100% band? it will they ever get to a 10096 band? , ., , will they ever get to a 10096 band? , . , , band? it is really interesting, there has _ band? it is really interesting, there has been _ band? it is really interesting, there has been no _ band? it is really interesting, there has been no public- there has been no public falling out, when the eu leaders were questioned about this, they said hungary's stance was fair, they also had to protect the power supply but when you think of it, the pipeline which comes from russia into the eu, supplies from the northern end of germany and poland, germany and poland have said that they are happy to hand over their supply by the end of the year whereas the southern supply which goes to hungary and slovakia will still keep running until other supplies can be made. in answer to your question, it might take, they said between 45 and 60 days to do some infrastructure changes in or order to use the andrea
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pipeline into croatia. they said the refineries need updating, we also know the president who has been re—elected in hungary as an ally of president's even he has said that this invasion must not, essentially saw a lot of people will be suspicious that. and very briefly you mentioned it is the sixth package of sanctions, oil is the issue that if one looks at but that was not all that is in it. yes, russia's _ was not all that is in it. yes, russia's biggest _ was not all that is in it. yes, russia's biggest bank- was not all that is in it. yes, russia's biggest bank has i was not all that is in it. yes, i russia's biggest bank has been banned from using the swift payment system, three russian broadcasters put on the band list, there is also a ban on ensuring russian ships or the ensuring russian ships or the ensuring russian ships or the ensuring russian ships, so all of these measures which needed unanimous support being brought on russia to try and stop them, to stop them in their tracks as they continue this war in ukraine. they continue this war in ukraine-— they continue this war in ukraine. . ., , ukraine. the sanctions noose ti . htens ukraine. the sanctions noose tightens that _ ukraine. the sanctions noose tightens that much _ ukraine. the sanctions noose tightens that much further, l tightens that much further, mark, thank you very much indeed. russian forces have intensified their attack on the eastern donbas region. their renewed assault comes
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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."
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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
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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 severodonetsk.
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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 fighting.
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he's one of thousands of ukrainian volunteers. the aircraft. 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.
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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. john herbst is a former us ambassador to ukraine
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and is currently director of the eurasia center at the atlantic council. hejoins us now from virginia. thanks very much indeed for your time. there is a general sense of destruction clearly in the dundas region and retreat for ukrainian forces, despite as we heard there, the arrival of us howitzers coming into play. how much difference would it make, do you think, for longer range missiles to be made available by the biden administration which, clearly he has decided he is not going to do. if he has decided he is not going to do. ,, ., , .,, to do. if the united states was resolute in _ to do. if the united states was resolute in supporting - to do. if the united states was| resolute in supporting ukraine, biden has done a good dealfor ukraine but he has done it incrementally and timidly. if he was resolute in supporting ukraine, sending all the weapons ukraine has been asking forfour month, then our experts understand the situation they believe ukraine
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needs stop russian offensive in eastern ukraine which right now is enjoying some incremental success would be stopped in its tracks. 50 success would be stopped in its tracks. , ., ., ., ., tracks. so you would have no issue, tracks. so you would have no issue. john — tracks. so you would have no issue, john of _ tracks. so you would have no issue, john of providing - tracks. so you would have no issue, john of providing the l issue, john of providing the sales which could be fired well into russia?— into russia? correct all the weighted — into russia? correct all the weighted think _ into russia? correct all the weighted think the - into russia? correct all the i weighted think the ukrainians would use those muscles for that purpose. what they would use those muscles forward be to offset the vast russian superiority at the present time in tanks, artillery, long—distance muscles and planes, and they can therefore strike russian supplies as they enter ukraine, they could strike russian artillery that anywhere in ukraine and these would be things that it makes perfect sense for us to provide because putin's aggression against ukraine is also a sign of an aggressive foreign policy thatis of an aggressive foreign policy that is going to come for nato allies if putin succeeds in ukraine. allies if putin succeeds in ukraine-— allies if putin succeeds in ukraine. ., . ukraine. can i ask you then what do — ukraine. can i ask you then what do you _ ukraine. can i ask you then what do you think - ukraine. can i ask you then what do you think russia i ukraine. can i ask you then | what do you think russia will make of that biden decision?
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because there seems to be a clearer approach towards the best region at the moment from russian forces. used the word incremental two or three times there, perhaps that will be a fair word to use in of their approach to dealing with the don beth. do you think they will feel they are getting it right this time?— right this time? yes, the united states _ right this time? yes, the united states and - right this time? yes, the united states and nato l right this time? yes, the i united states and nato and right this time? yes, the - united states and nato and the eu are far more powerful than russia in every aspect with the exception of nuclear weapons where the us and russia are peer powers. putin's it is that western leadership is weak, western leadership is weak, western leadership is weak, western leadership can be bluffed and biden's statement that came a day or two after russians threatened us and threatened nato looks like classic weakness so it emboldens putin to be more aggressive. so it is a very serious strategic mistake. thank you very much indeed. mr; thank you very much indeed. m pleasure. let's get some of the day's other news. the un nuclear watchdog says
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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. the 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 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 i6 nepalis were on the flight, which normally lasts just 20 minutes. an investigation into the cause of the crash has been launched. presidentjair bolsonaro has sent his condolences to the families of 91 people who died in torrential rains in northeastern brazil, as rescue workers continued to search for 26 people that are still missing. the city of recife has been worst affected, after days of downpours triggered flooding and landslides that swept
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away almost everything in their path. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: an investigation into gun laws in canada. 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 i end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs
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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 bbc news. the latest 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.
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a tabernacle dating back to the 1890's has been stolen from the altar at a catholic church in new york city. police investigating the crime say the burglar cut through a metal protective casing and made off with holy eucharist believed to be worth over two million dollars. the angels either side of the tabernacle were decapitated and destroyed. the brooklyn diocese calls it �*a crime of disrespect and hate' and says the gold relic is irreplaceable due to its historical and artistic value. a man disguised as an elderly woman has attacked possibly the world's most famous painting, the mona lisa, at the louvre museum in paris. the man tried to smash the portrait�*s protective screen, before smearing the glass with cake. stephanie prentice reports. no way! the voice that spoke for everyone there, as the mona lisa, one of the world's most famous painting, is cleaned off
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by security with tourists and art lovers watching and filming in shock. thankfully, the portrait is protected by bullet—proof glass after somebody showered it in acid in the 19505, but how did leonardo da vinci's renaissance painting become covered in cream? american visitor luke sumbry recorded this footage shortly after landing in paris for a sports match. he told us what happened. we went to, i think it is called the louvre, excuse my- "louvre". excuse my pronunciation. we went to go see the painting, we were chilling there for about five minutes, and then we hear da whole bunch of gasps and "oh" and "ah" from the crowd. ijust looked up and i saw — we later found out it was a man dressed as an old lady in a wheelchair, running out of this wheelchair, and then from there kind of proceeded to hit on that — what we now know as bullet—proof glass — and then smash a cake and smear
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a cake all over the painting. this man, seen escorted out by security, claimed to be behind the 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 artists are killing the planet." applause. meanwhile, back at the scene of the crime, relief and applause as the mona lisa's smile is back to its full glory once again. stephanie prentice, bbc news. in india, tributes have been laughed for the rapper, cindy moose wala. this report laughed for the rapper, cindy moose wala. this report does contain flashing images from the start.
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his music racked up more than 5 billion years. 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,
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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. 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. the canadian government is introducing to restrict the access to handguns, rival guns will also be limited to no more than five rounds. the prime minister said there was no reason for anyone needing guns in their everyday lives, except for hunting or sports shooting. he said the government have a duty to act against rising
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guidelines. i am joined duty to act against rising guidelines. iamjoined by duty to act against rising guidelines. i am joined by the canadian minister public safety who introduced legislation early in the day. thank you very much indeed for your time. how far is this going in terms of your overall aim in the gun control? in short, this is the most sweeping legislation that we have introduced in gun policy in a generation. it provides for a nationalfreeze on handguns in a way that will have a decisive and immediate impact to reduce the alumni trend around gun violence. it also takes on organised crime including some of the provision she mentioned in your introductory comments. we are going to make sure we raise maximum penalties against serious offenders who use guns as part of their criminal endeavours. we are also going to tackle gender—based violence in connection with gun violence
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by attributing what we call a red flag protocols, which will allow anyone to go to court to seize guns and revoke licences where the individual who is the possessor of the licensed poses a threat to anyone or to themselves, and when you combine these measures with the other things we have done, like banning ar—is which we did two years ago right across the country, as well as a $250 million building safer communities fund to address crime at its root causes, this is a sweeping, competitive strategy. is a sweeping, competitive strate: . is a sweeping, competitive strategy-— is a sweeping, competitive strate: . ., ., �* strategy. right, and i don't want to make _ strategy. right, and i don't want to make a _ strategy. right, and i don't want to make a direct - strategy. right, and i don't- want to make a direct equation between what happens in canada and what happens a little bit further south, of course, and what happens a little bit furthersouth, of course, but many of the most heinous crimes we have seen recently have involved mass killings with military style assault weapons. is that an area you can ever go in canada as well because can you wipe out anything that might lead to mass killings was to mark we are certainly doing
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everything we can within our legislative power to do so, including banning ar—15 assault style rivals — and azovstal rifles dutch which we did two years ago, and as an extension of the policy will introduce a mandatory buyback programme to get those out of our communities.- get those out of our communities. , ., ., , .,. communities. they have no place in any civilised _ communities. they have no place in any civilised society. _ in any civilised society. and you can just hand them over? the buyback? what we plan to do is consult with industry leaders to come up with their compensation systems, we will publish more detail about that. they will also be an option for those who have previously, lawfully possessed that type of assault rifle to decommission or deactivate them, as to render them inoperable. 0k, marco mendicino, unfortunately had to leave it there because we have come to there because we have come to the end of the bulletin. i very much appreciate you talking us through the legislation you have laid out there. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much for having me. �* . thank you very much for having me. ~ . , ., , ., me. and that rings as to the end of the — me. and that rings as to the
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end of the bulletin. - me. and that rings as to the end of the bulletin. a - end of the bulletin. a reminder, if you go on the website you can get more on the latest news on the eu's letters moved to ban up to 90% of imports of russian oil, as they increase sanctions. hello there. clemant 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. 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. quite a chilly start of the morning and there will be some spells and sunshine around, but some showers from the word go. and those will develop quite widely into the afternoon and some will be heavy, some will be thundery. parts of wales in the south—west could dry out a little bit
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towards the end of the day. sunshine — 17 degrees for cardiff and plymouth. cooler for the north and 12 in newcastle. ii for aberdeen. and this band of cloud will bring some rain across northern ireland through the evening. that then moving to the irish sea, across the isle of manm and south—west scotland, as well north—west england and parts of wales, as we head into wednesday morning. elsewhere, some clear spells and one or two showers on 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 focus across central and eastern parts of the uk. 0ut 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 — i7, 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, one or two rpgue showers. this cloud in the frontal system does threaten
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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 that are on the forecast for the weekend. this frontal system pushing up to the north—west. this up to the north—west. broad low asaib ahl south could this broad low asaib ahl south could throw some into southern england by the world as we had to saturday and into sunday. the big question mark is about how many showers we will see. the chance is certainly there. that said, it should often be dry and where we see some sunshine, it will feel fairly warm.
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this is bbc news, the headlines: the eu has agreed to ban more than two—thirds of russian oil imports, after leaders spent weeks trying to resolve their differences over the plan. the european council president, charles michel, said the move would cut a huge source of financing for moscow's war against ukraine. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, says the situation in the eastern donbas region remains extremely difficult, as russian forces continue their offensive there. he said the russian army had gathered its maximum combat power to put more and more pressure on the defenders. the canadian government has proposed new legislation to crack down on the sale, transfer and importation of handguns. the prime minister,
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justin trudeau, said there was no reason anyone needed guns in their everyday

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