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this is bbc news, i'm victoria fritz with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. european union leaders agree on a sanctions plan to block more than two—thirds of russian oil imports. european football's governing body announces a full independent investigation into the chaos that marred the champions league final in paris. prisoner of war, we hear one ukrainian soldier's story of his treatment, at the hands of his russian captors. some nurses would taunt me by leaving food down in front of me and saying try to eat that,
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you lowlife ukrainian. mona lisa with cream cake, a man is held after attempting to deface the world famous portrait in the louvre museum in paris. hello and welcome to the programme. 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 impose 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, immediately, at a summit in brussels, where hungary, heavily dependent on russian oil, resisted a full oil embargo. the european commission president, ursula von der leyen said the agreement was very significant, for reasons of climate, as well as dealing with moscow.
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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. well for more on that story i'm joined now by our reporter, mark lobel. weeks haggling over this,
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much sceptism that it would be achieved, how did von der leyen arrive at this coup? there was a lot of negotiating going on but finally they had this unanimous agreement as part of a sixth package of sanctions and it is the standout part of the agreement really that most of the oil coming from russia to the eu will be banned by the end of the year and it is what the eu council president called a remarkable achievement, he said it is going to go along way to cutting off financing of russia's or efforts. if you put it into perspective, 33 billion euros has been spent on that oil since the beginning of this conflict, it supplies around a quarter of the eu's crude oil and they needed perhaps one of the reasons in answer to your question is that president zelensky addressed the crowd before they came to this agreement basically saying they needed to get over there internal quarrels and they did,
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really. all the seaboard oil is going to be banned, everything arriving by sea and there is this pipeline that comes through and most of the oil from that will be banned but hungary saying that they really couldn't handle it at the moment, there was too much of a risk of the lights going out essentially in the country. brussels and budapest at loggerheads over this. is hungary now appeased, and if so, at what price? this is a really tricky one for the eu. they were asked about this and they said this was fair, they had to worry about the safety of eu citizens as well, but the problem for them is that they couldn't put a timeline on when the hungarians will stop taking russian oil through this pipeline. they have suggested that there is a pipeline to croatia but it would take 45—60 days to get the infrastructure in that, they would to update hungary's refineries stopping there would
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also have two bring in some new investment. the president of hungary is a nalliah president putin's as well so there are some raised about that but they do want the eu —— the president of hungary is an ally. the compromise means other measures can also take effect. through some of those measures as well. ., ,, , as well. one of russia's largest _ as well. one of russia's largest tanks _ as well. one of russia's largest tanks or - as well. one of russia's| largest tanks or russia's largest tanks or russia's largest bank indeed will be banned from using the swift payment system and we are also going to see other sanctions on individuals, travel bands as well and also some of the russian casters that were broadcasting into the eu, more of them will be adding to the banned list and they can't broadcast there, and russian services for example insurance on russian ships will be banned or re—ensuring russian ships. let's get some of the day's other news. presidentjair bolsonaro has
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sent his condolences to the families of 91 people who died in torrential rains, in northeastern brazil. the city of recife has been worst affected, after days of downpours triggered flooding and landslides, that swept away almost everything in their path. the canadian government has introduced tough new legislation to crack down on the sale, transfer, and importation of handguns. the prime minister, justin trudeau, said there was no reason anyone needed guns in their everyday lives. hurricane agatha, the first named storm of the year in the east pacific ocean, made landfall monday on the southern mexico coast. the storm also made history in the process. when the storm made landfall at category two strength, it became the strongest may hurricane to ever make landfall in the eastern pacific basin. a study has found that drinking a moderate amount of coffee each day is associated with a lower risk of death. scientists found that those who drank coffee had a lower risk of mortality over
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a seven—year period than those who did not, even if they put sugar in it. egypt has revealed the latest trove of ancient artefacts unearthed near the great pyramids, south of cairo. one of the statuettes is of imhowtep, who is said to have revolutionised architecture almost 5,000 years ago. european football's governing body, uefa, has commissioned an independent inquiry, into the chaotic scenes that delayed saturday's champions league final in paris. the match kicked off more than half an hour late, after police targeted liverpool fans trying to get into the stadium, with tear gas and pepper spray. james reynolds reports. how did the entry to the stadium to send to chaos? why did the french police use teargas and pepper against liverpool fans? in a press
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conference yesterday, france's sports minister continued to blame ticketless liverpool fans and fake tickets for the issues. this is disputed by fans and the club chairman has demanded an apology. uefa will now carry out its own review to examine what it describes as the decision—making, responsibility and behaviour of all parties
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involved. liverpool fans caught up involved. liverpool fans caught up in saturday's trouble have reacted cautiously.— up in saturday's trouble have reacted cautiously. there has to be a little _ reacted cautiously. there has to be a little bit _ reacted cautiously. there has to be a little bit of— reacted cautiously. there has to be a little bit of a, - reacted cautiously. there has to be a little bit of a, well- to be a little bit of a, well we've got this wrong from uefa and from the french authorities so far in terms of what they've claimed. 0f so far in terms of what they've claimed. of there needs to be an independent report on what they have claimed so far is inaccurate so i am pleased there will be an independent report if indeed it is truly independent.— report if indeed it is truly indeendent. �* ., . independent. but within france there are questions _ independent. but within france there are questions about - independent. but within france there are questions about the l there are questions about the government's actions and explanations to be the country's independent les commissioners union has told the bbc that supporters were not the main problem and pointed to a need for more officers on the ground. 0ne ambassador said it was embarrassing for france. mas ambassador said it was embarrassing for france. was a serious problem _ embarrassing for france. was a serious problem of _ embarrassing for france. was a i serious problem of organisation but in fact the one who is responsible for organisation first is the uefa and so there was a lack of organisation on
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the part of the french also and the part of the french also and the behaviour of the french police. the behaviour of the french olice. ., ~ , police. the interior minister sa s police. the interior minister says that — police. the interior minister says that in _ police. the interior minister says that in future - police. the interior minister says that in future tickets i police. the interior minister| says that in future tickets to major events will be digital. the authorities in france will be under great pressure to get their procedures write ahead of next year when the same venue will host the opening match of the ends of the union world cup and all eyes will once again be on the french capital a year later when the world heads to paris for the summer 0lympic paris for the summer olympic games. 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. professor abbas milani, is director of the iranian studies programme at stanford university. has the world taken its eye
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off the ball here? i think first of all the world has, the world is now preoccupied with ukraine and it seems nothing else matters but i think historically over the last 20 years the world has taken its eyes off the ball and allowed iran to systematically lie, essentially, and systematically walk right to the edge of what is legal and only admit to their activities when they were found out. find when they were found out. and so in your— when they were found out. and so in your view, _ when they were found out. and so in your view, how close is iran to developing a fully fledged nuclear weapon? i am not an expert _ fledged nuclear weapon? i am not an expert but _ fledged nuclear weapon? i am not an expert but the - fledged nuclear weapon? i —n not an expert but the experts are trust and talk to, for example a professor at stanford, who knows much about iran's nuclear programme thinks everyone is a few months away.
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they certainly have the capacity for enrichment. they certainly have the capacity to make missiles and there is a lot of indication that they have also researched how to whip a nice there uranium so a critical decision they have to make for the next step. the world is a — make for the next step. the world is a very _ make for the next step. the world is a very different place to 2015 when the nuclear pact collapsed and rush of course now threatening to flex its nuclear muscles in the war in ukraine. what would an iranian nuclear capability mean to the world order, do you think? i think it would change the landscape in the middle east. i think saudi arabia clearly very quickly would go after, i think. egypt has indicated they will do the same. i think we will do the same. i think we will have a nuclear arms race in the middle east which is a notoriously dangerous place, where weapons do exist because
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there has been a tendency for countries to use whatever weapon they have at head goes all. the only exception being israel who had a nuclear weapon and has yet. i5 israel who had a nuclear weapon and has yet-— and has yet. is there any chance — and has yet. is there any chance of— and has yet. is there any chance of iran _ and has yet. is there any chance of iran going - and has yet. is there any| chance of iran going back and has yet. is there any i chance of iran going back to the negotiating table here? i think iran is back at the negotiating table but they want to have everything and they want to make no concessions they want to make all the changes on the ground and essentially make the west to give more concessions but that is not going to happen with the biden administration, i don't think is in a position to make these kinds of concessions. the world is in a different place. russia really doesn't want iran to sign a nuclear deal. so all of these seem to me to
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communicate the dream of reviving the nuclear deal is a false dream.— reviving the nuclear deal is a false dream. professor abbas milani, thank— false dream. professor abbas milani, thank you _ false dream. professor abbas milani, thank you so - false dream. professor abbas milani, thank you so much . false dream. professor abbasj milani, thank you so much for your time and for your insight there and there is i was plenty more available on the website on this story. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll have the latest from the french open tennis for you. 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.
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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 bbc news, the latest headlines: european union leaders have agreed on a sanctions plan to block more than two—thirds of russian oil imports. european football's governing body, uefa, has commissioned an independent inquiry into the chaotic scenes that delayed saturday's champions league final in paris.
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the war in ukraine has seen not just soldiers captured but civilians, too. for those who survive, many find themselves as bargaining chips for prisoner of war exchanges orforced by the russians to accept their occupation. one soldier told our correspondent his story. metal scaffolding, holding together his broken pelvis. he also broke his jaw and lost vision in one eye. he is onlyjust taking his first steps. two months ago he was defending mariupol watching for the enemy. i mariupol watching for the enem . , ., ., mariupol watching for the enem. , ., ., enemy. i turned my head and saw a tank aimed _ enemy. i turned my head and saw a tank aimed at _ enemy. i turned my head and saw a tank aimed at me. _ enemy. i turned my head and saw a tank aimed at me. i _ enemy. i turned my head and saw a tank aimed at me. i saw -
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enemy. i turned my head and saw a tank aimed at me. i saw a - a tank aimed at me. i saw a bright flash, ifelt a tank aimed at me. i saw a bright flash, i felt the building collapsing. he survived. _ building collapsing. he survived, but - building collapsing. he survived, but was captured. no—one knew whether he was dead or alive until this video was posted online by his captors. he was taken to hospital in russian occupied territory. they held a dagger on my leg, up my they held a dagger on my leg, up my throat, and into my ear and said, it would be nice to cut off your ear, they did it to nearly everyone. i couldn't feed myself because myjaw was broken and i couldn't set up, some nurses would taunt me by leaving food down in front of me and saying, try and eat that you lowlife ukrainian. i was lying there without any painkillers or anything. so only my faith and the understanding that i had to survive helped me to carry on.
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while he suffered, his church in bold tarver prayed. he has been involved here since he was a boy. i been involved here since he was a bo . ~ ., , a boy. i knew there were only two ways _ a boy. i knew there were only two ways out _ a boy. i knew there were only two ways out of _ a boy. i knew there were only two ways out of mariupol. - a boy. i knew there were only i two ways out of mariupol. death or captivity. all that remained was to pray. the war has bought a lot of suffering, a lot of families are waiting for their sons to return. we pray, and we suffer. �* ' , ., , suffer. after 17 days, he was released _ suffer. after 17 days, he was released in _ suffer. after 17 days, he was released in a _ suffer. after 17 days, he was released in a prisoner- released in a prisoner exchange.— exchange. the driver approached, - exchange. the driver approached, patted i exchange. the driver. approached, patted us exchange. the driver - approached, patted us and exchange. the driver _ approached, patted us and said, calm down, guys, you are in ukraine, then i cried and the tears streamed down my face, i was very happy, i still could not believe that i was in ukraine, that i was exchanged that i was in a place where you
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can breathe ready. in that i was in a place where you can breathe ready.— can breathe ready. in war capture — can breathe ready. in war capture is _ can breathe ready. in war capture is an _ can breathe ready. in war| capture is an occupational hazard for soldier, but this war has seen citizens taken by the soldiers as they try to do two things, use them as currency for a prisoner exchange that seems to have worked in some cases but try to crush the resistance, their fight, and that hasn't been so successful.— successful. oh! i want to go back and — successful. oh! i want to go back and continue _ successful. oh! i want to go back and continue fighting l successful. oh! i want to go i back and continue fighting for ukraine. to help bring us victory over russia. james waterhouse, _ victory over russia. james waterhouse, bbc- victory over russia. james waterhouse, bbc news, l victory over russia. james - waterhouse, bbc news, involve tarver. we will be able to cross live to james waterhouse and kept in approximately an hourfor and kept in approximately an hour for viewers and kept in approximately an hourfor viewers here, around hour for viewers here, around the hourfor viewers here, around the world, and he will also be available on bbc breakfast for viewers watching currently on bbc one. let's catch up with
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all the latest sports news. hello, i'm mimi fawaz and this is your sports news. to the french open tennis, where marin cilic was in incredible form as he beat world number two daniil medvedev in straight sets and reach the quarter—finals for a third time. the 2014 us open champion was in brilliant form as he was in charge throughout the match and got the job done in an hour and 45 minutes. medvedev came into the match having won all three previous meetings against the 33—year—old croatian, butjust had no response to his opponent on the philippe chatrier court, which was their first contest on clay. cilic will play the seventh seed andrey rublev for a place in the semi—finals. when you are working hard and then you are really persistent, really consistent with your training, good things come, so it's incredible feeling to be playing like this again in such a pleasure to be here in front of the full house. thank you so much, missy poku.
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top seed iga swiatek fought back from a set down to beat zheng qinwen in the women's draw to book her place in the quarter—finals. zheng saved five set points and fought back from 5—2 down on the way to winning a first set tiebreaker. but a leg injury would hamper the chinese throughout the match and swiatek took full advantage, going on to claim the win in three sets. swiatek, who was champion two years ago, will meet jessica pegula in the last eight. there's a big match to look forward to later today at roland garos, with a heavyweight tie in the quarter—finals between world number one and defending champion novak djokovic and 13—time french open champion rafa nadal. tuesday will be the 10th time long—time rivals nadal and djokovic will have faced off on the clay courts in paris when they take on court philippe—chatrier in a few hours' time. djokovic defeated nadal in the semi—finals of the french open last year. tuesday's encounter will be the first time two men with 20 or more grand slams won by each will square off in a match.
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to the african champions league final, where zouheir el moutaraji scored both goals for moroccan side wydad casablanca as they won the title with a 2—0 victory over egypt's al ahly. it's the third time that wydad have been crowned african champions after taking the title in 1992 and 2017. it also stopped ahly winning it for the third straight time. the final was controversially hosted at wydad's ground in casablanca as fans were allowed in to watch the finalfor the first time since 2019 due to the global pandemic. deal complete, english premier league side chelsea have officially confirmed the sale of the club from roman abramovich to the investment group led by la dodger part—owner todd boehly. the deal is thought to be worth up to 5.4 billion pounds and was formally announced on saturday. the confirmation brings to an end the months of uncertainty that had threatened the existence of the club and freeing them from sanctions that were imposed due to
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abramovich's alleged ties to russian president vladimir putin. and finally, if you work in sport, you've always got to be ready to step up — and that's exactly what the organist for the st louis cardinals was able to do recently. while dwayne hilton was minding his business, working at the busch stadium, he was forced into action quickly, managing to cleanly catch a foul ball, and rightly earning a well deserved ovation from the crowd. maybe he has put himself into contention to be picked for the next match. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, mimi fawaz, and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. 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
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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 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 1950s, 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
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"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 beat on that — what we now know as bullet—proof glass — and then smash a cake and smear 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. don't forget if you do want to keep up—to—date with all the stories we're covering go to our website. stories we're covering go to ourwebsite. lots stories we're covering go to our website. lots of background and analysis to all the stories
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we have been covering today. confined it on our website or download the bbc news app. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @vfritz 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. shower clouds rotating on top of the uk, underneath an area of low pressure, which stays with us through tuesday, so there will be further 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 towards the end of the day. sunshine — 17 degrees for cardiff and plymouth. cooler for the north
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and 12 in newcastle. 11 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 man, 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 focused across central and eastern parts of the uk. out 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 don't look too bad, plenty of sunshine, one or two rogue showers. this 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.
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temperatures between 18—21 degrees. some headaches then on the forecast for the weekend. this frontal system pushing up to the north—west. this broad low to the 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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