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US President Joe Biden says during a joint press conference at the White House with French President Emmanuel Macron, that the US and France would not let up on support for Ukraine's war against Russia and pledges to "stand togther against this brutality". SOUNDBITE
The European Commission lays out new hurdles facing Russian travellers seeking EU entry visas, in the latest punitive measures taken in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
The EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, announces that EU foreign ministers have agreed to suspend a 2007 visa facilitation deal with Russia, but the bloc stopped short of a wider visa ban as requested by some member states. SOUNDBITE
Images of the European court of Justice where Russian channel RT France challenges EU ban on broadcasting. IMAGES
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will impose a gradual Russian oil ban, as Brussels unveils new sanctions to punish Russia for invading Ukraine. "We will make sure that we phase out Russian oil in an orderly fashion," says von der Leyen in speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. SOUNDBITE
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss calls on the entire G7 to ban Russia oil imports, saying the world's leading economies should "go further and faster" in punishing Moscow and President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine. "We must double down on our sanctions," the top British diplomat says at the US State Department alongside Secretary of State Antony Blinken. SOUNDBITE
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