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we start with the war in ukraine. we'll look at what's happening on the ground in a moment. first to sanctions. eu leaders have finally agreed on a partial embargo of russian oil imports. it will affect oil that arrives by sea. that's around two—thirds of imports. this is the second day of the summit. we know that the eu has been trying to work out a way to ban russian oil imports for months. we'll get into why it's been so complicated in a minute. first, this is the president of the european commission. we decided then to have a ban now on de facto 90% russian oil imports of russi...

Hello and welcome to The Programme. Israeli fury as the Un General Assembly votes for full palestinian membership, effectively recognising a state of palestine. Its a symbolic vote, but it could have major ramifications for un relations with israel. Also tonight. We will look at the situation in ukraine, as russian soldiers look to make inroads in the east of the country. Good news for the uk the economy grew by 0. 6 in the first three months of the year, beating expectations and taking the country out of recession. And we will bring you the latest from new york, as Donald Trumps criminal tria...

To face his former club. The rearranged Scottish Premiership game between rangers and dundee was called off earlier at dens park, due to a waterlogged pitch with second placed rangers accusing the home side of negligence and unprofessionalism. The surface was deemed 0k earlier, but heavy rainfall later in dundee meant the pitch was unplayable after a second inspection. The games been rearranged again for a week today, with rangersjust a point behind celtic, following sundays thrilling 3 3 derby draw at ibrox. And this is philippe clements sides game in hand over their city rivals. Liverpool Ma...

poised as he is, to fastrack aid into gaza should the temporary truce come. and we will speak to the director of medicins sans frontieres, a charity in mourning tonight for two of its doctors, killed in a strike today on the al awda hospital, in northern gaza. good evening. a deal to release hostages taken from israel by hamas could be closer than ever tonight, with the israeli war cabinet meeting these last few hours to sign off on the final terms agreed in qatar. according to the white house that deal would secure the release of 50 women and child hostages, in return for a li—sâ€...

thick cloud and a mild westerly breeze across the uk, heavier rain in parts of the western isles and look at the temperatures, possibly up look at the temperatures, possibly up to 14 degrees in some places feeling relatively mild midweek. thursday into friday, a cold front sweeps southwards across the uk, opening up the gates to stronger and colder winds from the north, and these white blobs are wintry showers sweeping across the scottish hills but elsewhere, a case of crisp sunshine so a crisp end to the week with a cold air and temperatures around low single figures, maybe eight or...