Russian invasion China's role
Biden sees China's plan for peace: "Applause from Putin"
China's twelve-point proposal for peace in Ukraine is seen by US President Joe Biden.
- The program gets applause from Putin, so how can it be good, he asks himself in an interview with ABC News.
He goes on to say that the proposal benefits no one but Russia and China and completely dismisses China as a suitable peace broker.
- It is simply not reasonable, says Biden.
Information has recently emerged that China is considering selling weapons to Russia. If China were to carry out the deal, the country would be subject to sanctions, says Biden.
A pumping station along the oil pipeline in Germany SVEN KAESTNER / AP
The energy crisis in Europe
Russia has shut down oil pipelines to Poland
Russia has shut down the Druzhba oil pipeline to Poland. This is stated by the oil refinery PKN Orlen's CEO Daniel Obajtek on Twitter.
"Russia has stopped oil deliveries to Poland, which we were fully prepared for. Only 10 percent of the raw material came from Russia and we will replace it with oil from elsewhere," he writes.
Oil from the Druzhba pipeline is delivered to Poland, Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia and has been exempted from the sanctions aimed at Russia, writes Reuters.
Liz Truss, Keir Starmer, Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Theresa May on a day of remembrance for fallen British soldiers. Chris Jackson/AP
Britain's future
Analysis: Johnson's plans pose a big risk for Sunak
The imminent agreement between the EU and Great Britain is a major risk for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, writes the Financial Times in an analysis.
The Northern Ireland protocol contains gray and boring details about controls on goods but is in fact political explosives. It has consequences for the peace on the island, the British relations with the USA and not least Sunak's job.
- I wouldn't have touched that. It is madness, says an anonymous ex-minister to the newspaper.
Not least, a new agreement gives Boris Johnson a chance to be resurrected from political death. His diligent EU opposition and Brexit work have won him many friends among hard-line Brexiteers. Several Tory insiders The Times spoke to described it as Johnson just waiting for a failure from Sunak.
"Seven months after his resignation, Johnson still casts great shadows over the Conservative Party," writes CNN's Luke McGee.
Picture from the G20 meeting. In the middle, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Aijaz Rahi / AP
The Russian invasion. The outside world's response
Deep disagreement in the G20 about what the Ukraine war should be called
The meeting between the finance ministers of the G20 countries in India has led to a rift on the question of what the Russian invasion of Ukraine should be called, reports Reuters.
The US-led G7 group is pushing to condemn the Russian invasion and war in Ukraine in the communiqué usually issued after G20 meetings. They have been rebuffed by Russia, China and host India, which refuses to call it a "war".
India has over the past year increased oil purchases from Russia and has refrained from condemning the invasion.
Saturday's demonstration in Berlin. Photo: Markus Schreiber/AP
Large protests in Germany against arms support
On Saturday, around 10,000 people gathered in the German capital Berlin for demonstrations, the second day in a row.
They demonstrated for immediate peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and against Germany's arms support to Ukraine, Ekot reports.
Left-wing
politician Sarah Wagenknecht, one of those who organized the protests,
believes that Germany's arms support is escalating the war, writes Reuters.
The protests have received criticism from the government, including from German Finance Minister Christian Lindner.
"Those who do not stand with Ukraine are on the wrong side of history," tweeted Lindne
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