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Emergency oil reserves are running low and government budgets are stretched, the IMF has warned as it published its World Economic Outlook and lifted its UK growth forecast for this year.
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said the UK does not support Donald Trump's agreement to buy millions of tonnes of diesel from Russia, arguing allies should instead increase pressure on Moscow to end the war.
Historian and Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash argues that Putin's hybrid campaign against Europe is designed to break support for Kyiv, and that the answer is more backing for Ukraine — not a contest of "a thousand hybrid pinpricks".
US President Donald Trump has secured an agreement with Vladimir Putin for Russian diesel to be released to American and global markets, as analysts warn the measures already taken may not be enough to bring fuel costs down before November's midterm elections.
Donald Trump's decision to import Russian fuel is a dramatic reversal of his position, coming just weeks after he signed legislation authorising sanctions on nations buying Russian oil and gas, as he seeks to ease fuel prices before the US midterms.
US President Donald Trump says Vladimir Putin has agreed to release Russian diesel onto the world market, starting with 300,000 tonnes. Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky says the move rewards Moscow and will prolong the war.
