this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. europe plans to cap the price of russian oil, reducing the revenues that helps moscow fund its war in ukraine. ukraine says several of its embassies across europe have been sent parcels containing blood and animal body parts. conspiracy theorist alex jones files for bankruptcy, after being ordered to pay more than a billion dollars, for falsely claiming a school shooting was a hoax. and — prince william meets president biden in boston, on day three of a royal visit that's been overshadowed by events elsewhere.

the sale of russian oil has fuelled president putin's invasion of ukraine. by some estimates russia has earned seventy one billion dollars selling oil to european union clients since february. but those revenues are expected to drop after the eu agreed to cap the price of russian oil exported by sea to sixty dollars a barrel. the scheme is being co—ordinated with the united states, canada, japan and australia. the agreement comes just days before an eu ban on russian oil imports by sea comes into effect. the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, explained more about the plan.

a global price cap on seaborne oil from russia. this price cap has three objectives, first, it strengthens the effect of our sanction and second, it will further diminish russia's revenues and fervently, at the same time, it will stabilise global energy markets —— thirdly. charles lichfield is the deputy director of the atlantic council's geoeconomics centre and joins me now. the price cap it's been long in the making and the way g7 partners plus a few more countries which have joined and intended to work is for the shipping and insurance providers that are based inside those countries distort providing those

services for exports of russian oil if russian oil is been put above a certain cap. america, uk and eu actors hold a lot of this in shipping and so, still over russia. and in practice, the cap is not very far below what they are selling it. already selling at a discount and this about $60 will only allowed to grow slightly. i think the governments will be happy and oil and gas exports next year they did this year and is one of the reasons why. but i think they are also very pragmatic if they're forcing a much bigger discount between the present oils which is the standard way of tracking what russia is selling in

global prices, if they force a bigger toe to between them, then it will be too many to break the cap and what they can achieve and what one measure in place and to contribute to that being bigger but not as large as others. it is taking the eu so long to agree on the cap because some did that cap to be much lower. meanwhile, the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has told the bbc that ukraine must not be forced to accept a peace deal with russia and warned the war could continue for a long time. the archbishop has been to the site of a mass grave in the city of bucha, from where our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports.

there are sites in boucher that are now places of quiet pilgrimage for those who come to witness what russia's war is doing to ukraine. this was a mass grave for 116 civilians. ijust wanted to print it on my mind. the archbishop of canterbury wanted to remember the scene because vladimir putin still denies all the evidence that russia is responsible. you've got to tell the truth. however painful, there can never be a way forward built on lies. but he's got to stop lying. putin. and putin. there were atrocities committed here. the proof is on display inside the church. oh, my goodness. images of the destruction and of the dead who were strewn in the streets of buka, discovered after russian troops

were forced to retreat. oh, yeah. with their hands. hands tied behind their backs and the bullet holes. yeah. after taking in all this, the archbishop�*s message was clear. starting a war. voluntarily by choice is an act of great evil. it was not compelled. it was a matter of choice. and that is, that's the disaster. are you clear that this is vladimir putin's decision, that he's responsible for this war and for the suffering that has followed? i am clear that president putin chose to start the war. and release the evil that comes from starting an unprovoked war. yes.

ukrainians now call this the bridge of hope. but the crosses are for those killed fleeing russian occupation. itjust makes it very, very real indeed what these people suffer. indeed what these people suffered. justin welby told us it's immoral to force a peace on ukraine. he calls this war a struggle for freedom that he's convinced the west has a duty to support. sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv. several of ukraine's embassies and consulates across europe have been sent parcels containing animals' eyes, including its diplomatic mission in the spanish capital. letter bombs have also arrived at targets connected to support of ukraine, including the american embasy in madrid which is now cordonned off. blood soaked packages were also addressed to ukrainian diplomatic missions in hungary, the netherlands, poland, croatia, italy, austria and the czech republic. kyiv says these incidents are a well—planned campaign of terror and intimidation. guy hedgecoe gave us

the latest from madrid. well, all we know is what we've been told by the ukrainian government, which has said that they contained animal eyes, they were blood soaked, the contents of the package with blood soaked. of the package were blood soaked. it had a characteristic liquid and a corresponding smell was how the ukrainian authorities put it. and they said that these packages had been sent to eight of its embassies around europe. however, there were other ukrainian embassies around the world, including the united states and also the vatican, which have seen similar incidents. for example, the ukrainian embassy and the vatican, we're told, has been vandalized.

now, we don't know much more about these packages. at the moment, the ukrainian government has said it's studying very carefully what this all means. it has tightened security in its embassies once again, because, as you said, in in madrid over the last few days, there were incidents, one of which involves the ukrainian embassy here. so it had already tightened security, but it's doing that again in all its embassies around the world. let's get some of the day's other news. 0nline safety campaigners say hate speech on twitter has soared since elon musk�*s takeover. researchers found slurs against black people, gay men and anti semitic posts increased dramatically once he bought the company. in november, elon musk, said hateful posts were being viewed less under his stewardship of twitter. a special meeting to discuss south africa's president has been adjourned shortly after it began. cyril ramaphosa's future has been in doubt since a report released two

days ago suggested he kept millions of dollars at his private farm and failed to report when it was stolen. the president has denied he broke the law. the case against a former political adviser in australia accused of raping a colleague inside the parliament building has been dropped, because of concerns for the alleged victim's mental health. bruce lehrmann denied sexually assaulting brittany higgins. she's expressed disappointment that the prosecution isn't going ahead. the prince of wales has met us presidentjoe biden on the final day of his trip to boston, before the awarding of the earthshot prize. here they are meeting a little earlier. the visit coincides with the release of a trailer for the forthcoming netflix documentary about the duke and duchess of sussex, which suggests they will be making more personal — and potentially damaging —

claims about their treatment by some members of the royal household. nada tawfik told us more. this was always going to be the most important day on the princeton princesses of well schedules. if we haven't got a new surprises, they've been able to stay quite focused on that and we are prince william here at the library in meeting with president biden, they greeted each other on the patio overlooking the water and it's quite cold here in boston so president biden remarks that he did not have on a winter coat but they had about 30 minutes together, we'll said to be a warm, friendly substance of discussion for prince williams was able to talk about his birth shot price of the president talked about some the finalists what he achieve the goal

of it and he also thanked president biden for going to the late queen's funeral and appreciate the warmth from the american people. it is a key moment for prince william and stepping out with him showing that he is a leader in the global stage and meeting with us president and they have started the shop right ceremony and this is considered is super bowl moment, the oscars of environmental awards and he will be joined by catherine who arrived in the green dress, boston has turned green for the awards and then finally get to announce those finalists. somalia is in the grip of its worst drought for a0 years. the uk's development minister, andrew mitchell, has been on a visit to the east african country and promised 14 million pounds in humanitarian aid and new security. he says large numbers of people are in danger of dying from the drought in somalia if the international community does not respond soon. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, was travelling with andrew mitchell and sent this

report from the town of dollow in western of somalia. this is what drought is bringing to somalia. growing camps of people forced to leave their homes in search of food after four rainy seasons failed. we have come to dollow in the west amid tight security, to protect us from islamist militants who control much of the country. here, on a rare visit, is a british minister, seeing for himself how uk money has helped girls from the camps get some education, and what more needs to be done. the challenges here are immense, quite apart from the disorder of conflict, it is the challenges caused by the drought, the fact that these people have moved away from where they used to live into these temporary camps. hamdi mohammed is one of those girls. 18 years old and very determined.

translation: sometimes i go to sleep hungry and sometimes i cannot buy - the books i need for school but i motivate myself. i tell myself that some day things will not be like this and in the future i will be an important person and help my people. there are already more than 130,000 internal refugees here, with hundreds more arriving every day, a scene replicated in towns across the country. this is not a normal. drought that we know. this is a real climate change crisis. - so what needs to be done? we have to make sure| that we are saving life. that we are averting the worst to come, in terms of famine. we have to make sure that - the children who are malnourished, who are 1.8 million, _

are rescued and they are not dying. andrew mitchell is promising more money for security and humanitarian needs, but it is less than britain has given in the past. we have got to do two things here. we have got to beat back the terrorists, and we are, and the government of somalia has shown considerable gains in recent weeks on that, and we have got to address the effects of this drought both in the long term through climate change work and in the short—term, now, going to the aid of desperate people and saving lives. can the british government really make an impact in places like this, when its budget forforeign aid remains cut? it is probably not money that is the key issue here, it is coordination and making sure that everyone else steps up to the plate alongside britain to deliver for people here who, as i say, are in danger of dying in very large numbers if the international community does not react properly. a british minister coming here can make a difference. he can promise a bit more money. he can focus the attention of a world distracted by other crises. but can he stop the fighting?

can he slow the climate change that many believe is at the root of this problem? james landale, bbc news, in western somalia. stay with us on news, still to come: conspiracy theorist alex jones files for bankruptcy, after being ordered to pay more than a billion dollars for falsely claiming that a school shooting was a hoax. it's quite clear that the worst victims of this disaster are the poor people living in the slums which have sprung up around the factory. i feel so helpless that the children are dying in front of me and i can't do anything. charles manson is the mystical leader of the hippie cult suspected of killing sharon tate and at least

six other people in los angeles. at 11 o'clock this morning, - just half a metre of rock separated britain from continental europe. it took the drilljust a few moments to cut through the final obstacle, . then philippe cossette, a miner from calais, i was shaking hands and exchanging flags with his opposite _ number from dover. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. the european union has agreed to impose a price cap on russian oil, in an attempt to starve moscow of funds for its war against ukraine. in the us, the conspiracy theorist alex jones has

filed for bankruptcy. it comes less than 2 months after courts ordered the far right podcast host to pay close to $1.5 billion in damages to the families whose children died in a school mass shooting. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal is in washington. yes, this is a man who has made a career out of promoting really paranoid allegations against the us government. he is very right—wing media commentator who came out of the obscurity of public access tv here in america to become this man who really indulges in these conspiracy theories. one of the theories that he has been promoting for a long, long time is to do with the sandy hook elementary school shooting that happened back in 2012, it is the worst mass school shooting in american history. 26 people were killed, mainly kids. he wrongfully claimed

that it was all a government set up, this was a hoax and that this was designed to try and curtail american people's rights to own guns and that the families of the victims were actors and therefore he just denied the existence of these children. and the families said that what he did, his behaviour led to years of harassment and death threats by conspiracy theorists, they took him to court to sue him and they won. now he is meant to give the money but he has filed for bankruptcy in which he has basically said that his debt completely outdoes the actual assets that he has so he can't pay them. however, it is worth adding that before the trials happen this summer alexjones had in a deposition sad, yes the shootings did happen but he had also been filing for bankruptcy beforehand. so what has happened today has not been a complete shock to the families but of course it is another blow for them. switzerland have become

the final team to qualify for the last sixteen of the world cup in qatar. they beat serbia three—two to secure their place in the next round. it was a game which swung back and forwards with both teams showing plenty of attacking intent and purpose. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil was at the game between serbia and switzerland. she sent us this report. both switzerland and serbia knew what was at stake here, the place in the last 16 in the delivery of remarkable football. the best first half i've ever seen. for goals in the first half in switzerland came back and within a few minutes of the second half, they deliver that winning goal beating serbia and it was quite tense by the end, notjust on the pitch but in the stands, there was an announcement warning that spectators not using the discriminatory remarks but we also saw fan being escorted out of the

area for throwing up a gesture. let me explain, this is serbia versus switzerland for the cost of one albanian angle and that is because backin albanian angle and that is because back in 2018 and both teams met in russia in the world cup, switzerland beat serbia 2—1, the two players who score those two goals celebrated using that same gesture, the double eagle albanian gesture in this was a nod to their ethnic albanian roots and the families come from kosovo in kosovo has a majority ethnic albanian population and emotions are still quite wrong regarding the violence that many have been subjected to at the hands of serbia backin subjected to at the hands of serbia back in the 1990s and so, very volatile issue there. both players refined in the set up this world cup that this is not going to happen again and we are not thinking about the football. fast—forward to this tournament four years later another layer of tension. they said that

they're investigating serbia because an anti—kosovo flag was allegedly hungin an anti—kosovo flag was allegedly hung in the serbian dressing room when they met brazil. it shows the mystical part of serbia that a map of serbia with kosovo in their colours. the cause of the minister for youth sport and culture described this as xenophobic, hateful and disgraceful fief is now investing it in the first not really commented on that. even before kick—off, you get to the match and they know that only one team can get through to the last 16 they're fighting it out to the end. and switzerland delivered that victory and now, they are through to the final 16. the actor will smith hit the headlines earlier this year for all the wrong reasons after he slapped comedian chris rock

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hello. well, i think most of us will need our thick coats, hats and gloves as well this weekend. it's the wind more than anything that's going to make it feel particularly chilly and also the lack of sunshine. it will be quite cloudy at times. this is the satellite picture. and weather fronts are stalling in the atlantic. they're not making much progress towards the east. the weather fronts that normally bring the mild weather and the rain. and the reason for that is this area of high pressure, very intense area of high pressure that's established

itself over russia. and basically it's pushing all the air from east towards the west and it keeps the weather fronts at bay. so there will be one very close to the northwest of the uk, to the hebrides there i think through the course of the night and into tomorrow. but for many of us it is that easterly breeze. 0ccasional showers, variable amounts of cloud and not particularly cold, at least not on the thermometer. it's the breeze that stops the temperatures from falling to low. stops the temperatures and i don't think there'll be much mist or fog around either. maybe local mist or fog. so, variable amounts of cloud for many of us tomorrow, occasional showers and i think some cloudier, more damp weather here in the northwest. and also it will be a little bit milder in the western isles, ten degrees. for most of us around,

say six or seven degrees celsius. now, let's have a look at saturday night into sunday. you can see that easterly wind pushes out these weather fronts out into the atlantic. they actually fizzle away as we go through the course of sunday. so apart from some showers which form over the north sea and get pushed in. no weather fronts abouts, but very cloudy, i think in the south of england and wales on sunday are really low grey skies. it'll feel quite raw in that easterly winds. so sure, the temperatures may reach briefly around five or six degrees celsius, but as you can imagine, the wind chill will make it feel quite a bit colder, say a couple of degrees above freezing. how about next week? it is going to turn colder still, maybe cold enough for some wintry showers in northern parts of the uk. nothing spectacularly cold. four or five degrees celsius happens this time of the year, of course, but we are going to lose the easterly and the cold air this time is actually will be plummeting from the from the north. so from the more arctic regions. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines. russia's attacks on power and water networks in ukraine could violate basic human rights, say a team from the world body ukraine says that several of its embassies and consulates in europe have been sent parcels containing animals' eyes, including its diplomatic mission in madrid. it comes days after letter bombs were sent to ukrainian—linked targets in spain. the prince of wales has met us presidentjoe biden on the final day the uk's development minister says he fears the war in ukraine has diverted aid and attention away from somalia's worst drought in forty years.

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