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can the eu agree on a ban on russian oil? it's not looking hopeful. eu leaders meet again to see what might be done. resistance, notably from hungary, has held up the eu's troubled sixth lot of sanctions. 0ther landlocked countries, such as slovakia and the czech republic, have also asked for more time, due to their dependence on russian oil. bulgaria, already cut off from russian gas by gazprom, has likewise asked for opt—outs. but prime minister viktor 0rban�*s hungarian government, which has compared an oil ban to dropping a nuclear bomb on its economy, is seen as the ultimate...

welcome to the programme. the war in eastern ukraine is turning into something of a stalemate. the pentagon says neither the russians nor the ukrainians have the troop numbers or firepower to win the battle of donbas, and instead, the conflict has settled into an attritional pattern of advance, counteroffensive and, in some places, russian withdrawals. there have been some morale—boosting wins for the ukrainians around the northern city of kharkiv. they have taken back a number of towns to the north and east of the city, which at least has given kharkiv some relief from the russian...

Plenty more from the situation in the middle east, but we will pause and get an update on the sport. Defending champions england have suffered a shock defeat at the cricket world cup, losing in delhi to afghanistan who in turn have registered the most significant one day win in their history. Afghanistan batted first and after an opening stand of 108, eventually made 284 a total that proved too much for the holders. England lost wickets regularly throughout the chase. And were bowled out for 215. 69 runs short, leaving them with two defeats out of their three games so far. From one world cup t...

Hello and welcome to bbc news. Im Maryam Moshiri live in malmo outside the arena where the Eurovision Grand Final will be taking place. Some Breaking News now, and the dutch Artistjoost Klein has been disqualified from the Eurovision Song Contest. This all happened after the contestant, joost klein, the dutch contestant, joost klein, the dutch contestant was disqualified from the competition after what the ebu, the organisers describe as an incident just before one of the rehearsals yesterday. Confusion was around this area yesterday when people were told he wouldnt be performing and yet no on...

Move to real madrid. Psgs lost to dortmund this week in the Champions League semi finals. The team face toulouse in ligue un, at the parcs des princes on sunday, which will be mbappe� s final home game. It could be a defining weekend in the English Premier League for teams sweating on survival down at the bottom. Sheffield united are already relegated. So now its nottingham forest, luton and burnley in the spotlight. Forest are three points clear of third from bottom luton, so are favourites to stay up. They would have been safe if their appeal against a four point deduction for breaking fin...