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Russia cuts off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria

Poland and Bulgaria insist they will be able to cope without Russian gas after they were cut off for failing to pay in Russian roubles.

Russia suspends natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria - they say they prepared for such a situation despite a heavy reliance on Russian gas.

We hear about conditions in Mariupol from those who have managed to escape the city after weeks of living under siege - and speak to the former prime minister of Finland for his analysis of the Ukraine crisis.

And the difficulties faced by the Biden administration in the US in its bid to end a Trump-era immigration programme that requires asylum seekers to await approval in Mexico.

50 minutes

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  • Wed 27 Apr 2022 06:06GMT