G7: UK expands Russia sanctions
6/16/202646 min
Leaders meet in France with Iran and Ukraine high on agenda; and a BBC investigation finds that Russia was behind a series of arson attacks targeting the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, we hear from a Labour politician on how the UK should now respond.
Also in the programme: The grisly trade of cat-meat in Vietnam; and acclaimed British artist Anish Kapoor unveils major new exhibition at London's Hayward Gallery.
(Image: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Evian. Credit: Isabel Infantes/PA Wire)
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First 90 secondsJames Menendez· Host0:00
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James Menendez· Host1:05
[upbeat jingle] [upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service. We're coming to you live from London. I'm James Menendez, and we're going to begin today in the lakeside resort of Evian-les-Bains in France, where leaders from the G7 group of industrialized nations are meeting, not to take the famous waters, but to