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i'm lewis vaughanjones with the latest bbc news. moscow has warned the european union and the g7 against adopting a price cap on russian oil, saying it would endanger energy security. the $60—a—barrel cap was approved yesterday. washington says the move will restrict revenues for russia's war in ukraine. louisa pilbeam reports. the latest russian missile strike in kharkiv. more destruction and suffering, in a war that is showing no sign of ending. but a move by the g7, the world's seven largest advanced economies, australia and the european union, to cap the price of russian oil, is hoped to bring an end
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to this war closer. they've agreed to restrict the price of russian oil at $60 a barrel, hoping to wound russia with another financial sanction. this price cap has three objectives. first, it strengthens the effect of our sanction. second, it will further diminish russia's revenues. and thirdly, at the same time, it will stabilise global energy markets. the limit will come in on monday, after the eu persuaded poland to back the plan after warsaw initially considered it too high. and some market experts believe it's more of a symbol of rebellion against the kremlin than a realistic financial weapon. they want one measure in place to suddenly contribute to that discount being bigger, but not as large as some wanted, and the fact it's taken the eu so long to agree on a cap is because some countries which tend
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to be hawkish on russia wanted that cap to be much lower. other experts say sanctions like this are hurting russia, but president vladimir putin is still making huge amounts of money through oil. the kremlin denounced the scheme, saying it would not supply those countries which enforced a price cap. before the war, more than half of russia's oil exports went to europe, but russia has found new markets in india and china, and new money to fund its war. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. lucia van geuns is an energy adviser at the hague centre for strategic studies, which provides advice on geopolitical, defence and security issues to governments. she gave us her analysis of the price cap. first, obviously, we already had six months�* time to actually see how this eu boycott will actually take place and how it will affect, that will take effect on monday.
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on top of that, now there is this oil cap, which was very much promoted by the g7 and specifically the united states. so $60 as it's now, it's been put, you know, it remains to be seen whether it really hurts moscow very much, because effectively, there is already a price cap on russian maritime oil, given that, for instance, turkey, but also the middle east and of course, india and china already pay their oil, russian oil with the discount. i see. and some countries were asking or lobbying or suggesting an even lower cap, $30, for example. and we've just heard from president zelensky of ukraine, describing this as not serious, saying it's quite comfortable for moscow. what do you make of that? yeah, well, to a certain extent, i agree with that. i mean, moscow or russia pays around 35, $30—40, if you like, to actually technically,
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if you like, produce the oil and transport it until the harbour. and then eventually that makes some money on top of that, given the actual world oil price and it already is paying or actually it's selling their oil with a discount. so the discount is around $65 now for, say, india. so all in all, this is not that much lower. and what about these, could you just talk us through out of these idea of shadow tankers that moscow has been employing? yeah, well, apparently, i mean, a lot of older tankers or tankers in general, either large or small, they have been bought by russia to eventually use that in order to sell their oil, you know, to to customers who eventually would not take part of that oil cap idea, which the eu and the g7 wants that oil to be distributed. so all in all, they are actually creating, if you like, a shadow,
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tanker fleet, such that that oil can still find the market and still find customers. the father of a four—year—old girl with a strep a infection, currently on a ventilator in hospital, is urging other parents to act quickly, if they think their child might be affected. dean burns says his family has been "living an absolute nightmare" since his daugher cameela, was admitted to liverpool's alder hey children's hospital earlier this week. the strep a infection, which often causes scarlet fever, is normally mild, but there have been more cases than usual recently, with six children in england and wales dying from the bacteria. here's yunus mulla. cameela, from bolton, has been described by her father as a "special little girl", but the four—year—old is in intensive care and on a ventilator at liverpool's alder hey children's hospital. it was thought at first she had a sickness bug then her chest started hurting.
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a day later, she was rushed to hospital and needed life—saving intervention. her family have been told she had a serious strep a infection. we've been here since monday. just trying and willing and praying her to make a full recovery. to stay with us. how has strep a affected her? just devastated her. she's just such a beautiful little girl. yeah, just a special little girl. infectiona caused by group a bacteria are usually mild, with symptoms like sore throat and skin infections. it can also cause scarlet fever. health officials say they are seeing more scarlet fever and in the week to 20th of november, there were 851 cases recorded in england. the average for the same week of preceding years is 186.
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very rarely, strep a can cause invasive group a strep, or igas, which can be deadly. five children have died in england of invasive group a strep since september and another in wales. the uk health security agency has said there is no evidence a new strain is circulating, and the rises are most likely because of high amounts of circulating bacteria and social mixing. any doubts, if they don't look right or anything, just scoop them up and take them, get them checked out rapid. these infections are rare, but if parents have concerns, they are being urged to contact nhs iii or their gp. yunus mulla, bbc news, liverpool. almost a fifth of unaccompanied albanian child migrants who have come into the care of kent county council this year have gone missing. the local authority took in 197 albanian children up to the 31st of october, 39 of whom have gone missing. charities fear they could become
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the victims of trafficking. earlier, i spoke to edlira gjoni, a lecturer in communication studies at tirana university in albania; and patricia durr, ceo of the charity ecpat which campaigns to protect children from exploitation. i think any child going missing is of huge concern, especially when they are in the care of authorities who are responsible for their welfare and safeguarding. but uk has been very concerned about the numbers of trafficked and separated children going missing for some time now for many years. and so, sad to say, the numbers are shocking, but they're not surprising. and i don't think that this is an issue specifically about albanian children either. this can affect children of all nationalities.
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0k, edlira, talk us through what do you think some of the reasons are, some of the explanations for what's going on? well, thank you, lewis, indeed. they are not 39 missing minors in albania. if there were, we would know and the media would have gone big about it. but we've just learned today from the bbc that these 39 kids have gone missing in the uk and our explanations are a few. first of all, we don't we usually do not consider them missing because mostly the kids that come to the uk, unaccompanied minors that come to the uk, they are instructed to claim asylum and to go to these centres only if they are detected by the british authorities. if not, they directly go into the system and they either go with their relatives or they go into the care of those people who have enabled them to come to the uk. so these are the two explanations and families here in albania would have made a big fuss if there were 39 families who are missing their unaccompanied minors in the uk. so what we think here
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is that a they have gone into their relatives who are already living in the uk legally, most probably, or unfortunately the second case, which i'm mostly worried about, is that these minors in brackets, who might not even be minors, they might well have just said that they are below 18, but they might be even above 18 years of age. what happens with them is that the traffickers who tackle and see that the system is very slow and also you can escape it. they retract them from these centres and they take them into the small, maybe small factories of cannabis and they make them work for them until these minors pay for the journey. 0k. well, i would just patricia, just on exactly that point about what could be happened, the level of exploitation, what are the concerns are around how these people could be these young people could be
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being forced to work? so, i think ijust want to make clear. child trafficking is child abuse. and we are rightly concerned about what might be happening to these children. but these are children, they have been assessed as being under 18. they may have been groomed to say all sorts of things. but these children, these 39 children, as i understand it, were in the care of the local authority and therefore are children. and yes, of course, the concern is what's happened to them. if they're missing, then we don't know. the authorities don't know. and they could be being exploited in all sorts of ways, criminally exploited, as has been outlined, and labour exploitation in all sorts of industries, as well as sexual exploitation. so it is a huge child protection concern for us. and i think the message really is that one of the biggest factors in risks of trafficking for children is that they are unaccompanied and separated from theirfamilies, and therefore we need to put in better protection
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for those children. and sorry, just to jump in there, because we are out of time, eldira, is that something that you would support? definitely. it's very unfortunate that what is happening with the organised crime, which really is like the name says, they are so organised that they come to albania to really look at the vulnerable families and those who cannot make a living and they do take their underage kids out of school and bring them to the uk with the promise of a better life. but unfortunately these children do end up in and there are organised crime areas and so yeah, there is concern there and i would support better protection, especially if they are assessed and the authorities are convinced that they are underaged, then yes, they do need protection. the government is to review why many small businesess across the uk are owed billions of pounds in unpaid invoices. some firms face bankruptcy, because they're not getting paid. with more, here's our business correspondent, marc ashdown.
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at the tom foolery cafe in shoreham by sea, they do make a mean cappuccino, but the past few years have been nojoking matter for husband and wife team bob and vanessa, as they struggle with the difficulties facing many small businesses. numerous, numerous challenges! darling? i think one of the key challenges that we've been facing is recruitment along the south coast. we keep a weekly spreadsheet, don't we, of costs? so we're sort of up to date with it. and that is the challenge. we are all being squeezed, both the suppliers from their end, and us who sort of serve the public. yeah. to mark small business saturday, the government is launching a review into late payments. ministers estimate small firms are owed £23 billion in outstanding invoices. they want to make sure bigger players aren't ripping them off. |the number one thing people talk| about is wanting more customers, needing more turnover, - more people buying their stuff. but also, of course, when you're selling stuff, you want to get -
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the money in for that stuff. and businesses that have to wait | for payment are really suffering | and that can really be life - threatening for many businesses. your own costs are going up? labour wants full transparency, with a list published naming slow payers. a new survey found two thirds of the uk's five million small businesses think they'll struggle next year with rising costs, especially energy bills. the message we're getting back, loud and clear, is that small businesses are fed up with the government that's crashed the economy. and it's notjust the last 12 weeks that's caused huge problems, it's the last 12 years. and we need to listen to that. we need a positive plan to turn the economy around. during the pandemic, when we could go out, we tended to shop local. so, high streets like this got a real boost. already, though, that's starting to change. as the cost of living is rising, it seems we're turning back to bigger names, bigger brands who, of course, are better placed to cut costs and offer us a bargain. can i get you anything at all? but it's the little
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touches, the personality, attention to detail, that really makes a difference. as another husband—and—wife team, simon and sophie, here in brighton know all too well. you can't have a more personal experience or a more intimate experience than you get when you buy locally and when you support a local business. the people who are running the business, making those decisions, are the people that you meet every day. these businesses are described as the beating heart of our communities. they're hoping by this time next year, they might have a bit more to celebrate. marc ashdown, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... ukraine's president zelensky says the price cap his western allies are trying to impose on russian oil shipments is not low enough to have a serious impact here in the uk, health officials warn parents to look out for symptoms of a condition caused by strep a. six children have died recently in england and wales after contracting the infection. 39 unaccompanied albanian children who have come into the care
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of kent county council this year have gone missing, raising fears raising fears of human trafficking. five winners of the environmental award the earthshot prize have been announced at a star—studded ceremony in boston. the annual awards were created by prince william to fund projects helping to save the planet and the event marks the culmination of the prince and princess of wales�* trip to america. 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt, has more on the winners and his report contains, some flash photography. cheering. the prince and princess of wales were greeted with cheers in a chilly boston last night. they'd rolled out the green carpet and invited a host of celebrities. actors, singers and david beckham. but this was really all about the environment. it's my hope that the earthshot legacy will continue to grow, helping our communities
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and our planet to thrive. he says earthshot scours the world for the most innovative ideas to help repair and restore the natural world. and we had ourfirst uk—based winner, a company that turns seaweed into this... a biodegradable alternative to plastic that has already lined a million fast food containers and can even be formed into edible liquid bubbles. cheers! |we were really inspired by the way| nature makes these elegant shapes and uses all these natural. materials, and how we could translate that into packaging. there was a low—cost and portable greenhouse, designed by an indian firm, that dramatically reduces water and pesticide use by the poorest farmers, as well as boosting their harvests. and the kenyan company led by women that has designed a cheap, efficient and cleaner alternative to traditional cooking stoves.
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each of the five winners get £1 million and support to grow their businesses, helping them share the benefits their ideas can bring. this firm in oman has developed technology to store carbon dioxide in rocks. the award ceremony coincided with the release of this trailer for harry and meghan�*s new documentary series. no—one sees what's happening behind closed doors. it made an uncomfortable backdrop for the awards. but the waleses kept their attention studiously on the future, and how these new earthshot prize—winners can improve it. justin rowlatt, bbc news. let's go to lucy hockings now at the world cup in qatar. welcome to doha, we're finally out of the group stages and into the knockout phase of the competition. so now, it's a matter
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of all or nothing for the teams. the second half of the big match between argentina and australia kicked offjust a few moments ago. lionel messi, who tonight made the 1,000th start of his career hasn't disappointed. we have a second goal from alvarez, a mistake from australian keeper mat ryan who is also their captain. steering the ball past mat ryan, he found the back of the net, his first ever strike in a world cup knockout game. the 35—year—old has played every minute of argentina's games at these finals, but despite his stunning performances, fan's fear this could be his final world cup.
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well, someone who has followed his career and that of his team is bbc correspondent, marwa helmy, shejoins me now. it was a lovely goal from messi. of course, it is like the first all—out goal for messi after, the first world cup for him and it was so important for him and today actually with the whole family, his family in the stadium and actually a lot of people are a fan for the argentina team. a lot of fans from the whole world are coming to see argentina he is like an icon, just like maradona, all the people want to see him. maradona has eight goals in the world cup but messi has nine now. it has surprise and just how popular he
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is. his fame and popularity amongst so many communities is massive. messi has a huge fan base from countries all over the world because he is doing a lot of things in football that we never seem to see. people are calling him the playstation, it is not even real what he is doing. he has the gift since he was a little kid. he was a key player in barcelona and until a lot of people were thought to be a fan of the barcelona team when he was there doing a lot of miracles there was a team actually what a lot of things he have done to the spanish football league and actually... i spanish football league and actually- - -— spanish football league and actuall ., ., actually... i have heard some members _ actually... i have heard some members of _ actually... i have heard some members of the _ actually... i have heard some members of the team -
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actually... i have heard some members of the team say - actually... i have heard some i members of the team say some actually... i have heard some - members of the team say some things it's quite difficult to play with him. he is such a genius and thinks so far ahead, anticipating what he is going to do is difficult and he gets frustrated with the rest of the team. do you think they rely too much on him?— team. do you think they rely too much on him? actually before, the coach of argentina, _ much on him? actually before, the coach of argentina, before - much on him? actually before, the coach of argentina, before they - much on him? actually before, the l coach of argentina, before they were giving the ball to messi he will score. right now, it is more like a team more than ever before, but they still count on messi because messi is messi, he can score in every time and everywhere no matter what the circumstances. we have seen australia dominate and not letting any of the argentina team players go but messi is the only player who can go there and start opening goal for argentina as... it is go there and start opening goal for argentina as. . ._ argentina as... it is a mental thin. argentina as... it is a mental thing- so _ argentina as... it is a mental thing. so good _ argentina as... it is a mental thing. so good for— argentina as... it is a mental thing. so good for the - argentina as... it is a mental. thing. so good for the mentality argentina as... it is a mental- thing. so good for the mentality of the team. a really quick word on this match. the australians are
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playing well. this match. the australians are playing well-— this match. the australians are playing well. they are defending ve well playing well. they are defending very well actually. _ playing well. they are defending very well actually. until- playing well. they are defending very well actually. until now - playing well. they are defending | very well actually. until now they are doing very well with messi's first goal and thenjulian alvarez is doing a lot of work and they are also counting on him. a lot of question marks on and held maria, he is not playing today, but we can see a lot of this argentina and waiting for the team to be, this world cup, the fans just love messi because what he is doing. we the fansjust love messi because what he is doing.— what he is doing. we do have a television _ what he is doing. we do have a television here _ what he is doing. we do have a television here and _ what he is doing. we do have a television here and we - what he is doing. we do have a television here and we hear- what he is doing. we do have a| television here and we hear the what he is doing. we do have a - television here and we hear the row from the crowd i think it was because messi just touched the ball again. it feels like every time he touches the ball the crowd goes crazy. 2—0 to argentina. we saw the netherlands taking on the usa as the first game in the last 16. we have
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got so much more action coming up, england taking to the field on sunday against senegal and also france against poland. to get back to the match earlier the dutch won 3-1, the to the match earlier the dutch won 3—1, the americans missed a golden chance to take the lead two minutes in. it was the dutch who struck first. a beautiful goalfrom memphis depayjust for the ten minute walk and on the stroke of half—time, daley blind put the netherlands up, the netherlands had forfurther damage. it was denzel dumfries who sealed the win for the netherlands in the 76th minute. the dutch continue their record of avoiding defeat in their last 23 matches, scoring an opening goal in the world cup. that is a great start. that dates back to 1978. let's look ahead to england's, the expectations around england. gareth southgate says his team is ready for extra time and penalties against the african champion senegal.
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so far, so good for england. no team earned more points in the group stage. 0ne earned more points in the group stage. one of only a handful of sites to emerge unbeaten but they know the defeat from here on in means going the manager aware his side has no room for error against senegal tomorrow. we've been very impressed. we know that they're african champions, very proud, great, competitive spirit, a lot of belief in the team. um, some excellent individual players who can cause problems. england have impressive strength and depth. and there's foden! and one of those who vindicated his selection against wales says the manager now faces a dilemma. everyone's scored and everyone's proved the point. so it's going to be a headache
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for gareth to pick the team for the next game. you can't afford to make mistakes or start again badly now because you're going to be sent home. meanwhile, england trained here today with all 25 players present. for years, england feared knockout matches like this. but having reached the semi—finals and final of their last two major tournaments, gareth southgate's side has proven it has what it takes to handle such pressure. however, this world cup has shown that no side is safe from a shock result. senegal stand in the way of england and a place in the quarter—finals, but their preparations have been disrupted. inspirational head coach aliou cisse missing today's news conference with sickness. translation: he's been ill for the last two days. yesterday, he asked us to do the training for him. we are sure that tomorrow evening, when the match starts, he will be the one in charge of the team. senegal have already made their presence felt here in doha this week, and while their side may be regarded as underdogs, theirfans believe an upset is on the cards.
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senegal 3—0 england. wow. that's very confident. yes. it will be a big mistake if england can not take seriously— senegal team, it will be a big mistake for england. - 20 years ago, senegal celebrated their greatest world cup success, reaching the last eight. england's task here — to prevent a repeat. here at the world cup, many fans' thoughts are with the brazilian great pele. a leading brazilian newspaper says the football legend is being given end—of—life care in hospital in sao paulo. the hospital has declined to comment on the report. pele, who's 82, had surgery for bowel cancer in september. he was readmitted to hospital earlier this week. brazilian fans at the world cup in qatar have been displaying giant banners wishing him well. pele won three world cups with brazil and is widely regarded as the greatest footballer
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of all time. so far argentina are 2—0 up against australia. we can have a look at the goals. lionel messi opened the scoring for argentina, in what is his 1,000th appearance. that is actually messi's first goal in the knockout stages of a world cup. while for the second goal, julian alvarez capitalised on a terrible mistake by australia's goalkeeper matthew ryan to put his side two goals up. mat ryan will be devastated. alvarez scoring there. the sixth player to score in each of his first world cup starts for argentina and the first since hernan crespo into thousand six.
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thanks very much for that. we will continue to have all the latest news from qatar. time for the weather. hello, there. it's been a pretty cold day across the country, particularly england and wales, where we had a strong easterly wind that made it feel even more bitter, but as we head into part two of the weekend, very little change. it stays cold. we may see a bit more sunshine across northern ireland and scotland as this weather front starts to push back westwards away from the uk, as this huge area of high pressure continues to dominate the scene across much of the european continent. we hold on to the easterly breeze as we head through tonight. that will feed in more showers to eastern scotland, eastern england, particularly north—east england. they could have a wintry flavour to them over the higher ground. there are some clearer spells developing western scotland, northern ireland, perhaps western fringes of england and wales, so here likely see a touch of frost, temperatures falling below freezing. where any showers pass into these very cold areas, there could be a risk of ice first thing on sunday. sunday a similar sort of day,
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but a brighter one, like i mentioned, for much of scotland, northern ireland. still some showers pushing into eastern scotland, eastern england. again, a wintry flavour over the high ground. there will be variable amounts of cloud, a little bit of brightness here and there, probably the best of it, again, across western areas. another chilly day to come with temperatures of five to seven celsius. factor in the wind, though, for england and wales and it will feel colder than that. as we head into monday, subtle changes. the wind direction changes to a more north—easterly and the isobars open out a bit, so i don't think the winds will be as much of a feature to start the new week as what we've had over the weekend. it's still feeding quite a bit of cloud, maybe a few showers along the north sea coast. probably the best of the sunshine in towards scotland, northern ireland, again some western fringes. the temperatures could be up a degree or so on monday at seven to maybe nine degrees, but things turning a bit colder across the far north of scotland. that's because we've got a new setup developing as we head deep into next week. high pressure over greenland, low pressure over scandinavia. that will bring a northerly wind and that will start to drag arctic air southwards certainly later on tuesday through wednesday,
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