Russia's two largest oil companies hit by US sanctions
The US has announced new sanctions targeting Russia's two largest oil companies in an effort to get Moscow to negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine.The announcement came one day after US President Donald Trump said a planned meeting with his Russian...
October 23, 202547m 28s
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The US has announced new sanctions targeting Russia's two largest oil companies in an effort to get Moscow to negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine.The announcement came one day after US President Donald Trump said a planned meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Budapest would be shelved indefinitely. Could this put pressure on Vladimir Putin to end his war with Ukraine?Also in the programme: A former British paratrooper has been found not guilty of murdering two people in shootings at a civil rights match in Northern Ireland which became known as "Bloody Sunday" in 1972; and the youngest-ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Malala Yousafszai, tells us what it was like having a security detail with her at university.(Photo shows US president Donald Trump at the White House in Washington DC on 17 October 2025. Credit: Aaron Schwartz/EPA)