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And we have talked with you a lot about the Energy Impact of the war in ukraine on Western Europe but china also buys some russian energy, has that come up . Russia wants to sell more of its energy. Because russia is trying to pivot from the west to the east, it sees the market in the east, the Energy Market is very attractive. It wants to sell as much gas and oil as it can. The problem that russia has is it is not easy to quickly reorient its energy infrastructure. All of the pipelines that have been built over decades have basically been built going west. So it will take a lot of money and a...

and we have talked with you a lot about the energy impact of the war in ukraine on western europe but china also buys some russian energy, has that come up? russia wants to sell more of its energy. because russia is trying to pivot from the west to the east, it sees the market in the east, the energy market is very attractive. it wants to sell as much gas and oil as it can. the problem that russia has is it is not easy to quickly reorient its energy infrastructure. all of the pipelines that have been built over decades have basically been built going west. so it will take a lot of mo...

as he meets president xijinping for the first time since the invasion. and one of the all—time tennis greats, roger federer, announces his retirement. welcome to the programme. with shaun ley in westminster and me, ros atkins, in the bbc news room. tens of thousands of people are waiting for their turn to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii at westminster hall where she is lying in state. these are live pictures from westminster, where the queue is currently stretching over some five km. some people have waited for more than eight hours to get here, inside westminster hall, wh...

Described it as an "electoral autocracy in which elections are regularly held but without respecting basic democratic norms". it said this had happened through deliberate and systematic efforts by the right—wing government in budapest. let's hear from our correspondent nick thorpe on this. well, as far as viktor 0rban's fidesz government is concerned, it's the latest criticism, as they see it, the latest unfair criticism of their rule. they've been in powerfor 12 years. they're proud of their own... ..all the changes they've made to the hungarian constitution, to the hungarian justice system...

After pushing the russians out of the northeast, ukrainians hope to do same elsewhere. much will depend on what this man decides to do. president putin today arrived in uzbekistan for talks with regional leaders. at the top of the agenda, a meeting with president xi of china. for the kremlin, the visit is designed to show that russia isn't isolated and the western sanctions haven't worked, but with his army and the economy in trouble, the world is waiting to see his next move. hugo bachega, bbc news, kyiv. next to hungary, where two significant stories are emerging. first the news that the eur...