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The EU says it will block most Russian oil imports by the end of 2022 to punish Russia. The deal blocks delivery of Russian oil by sea, but leaves open a pipeline to countries resisting action, including Hungary. Chris Weafer is chief executive of the business consultancy Macro Advisory in Moscow, and tells us what the likely impact will be in Russia. Also in the programme, Israel has signed a free trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates, which is its first major such deal with an Arab country. Dorian Barak is co-founder of the UAE-Israel Business Council, and gives us his reaction to the news. The 大象传媒's Devina Gupta reports on power shortages in India, where a massive heatwave has led to a surge in demand for electricity. We have a special report from the 大象传媒's Ed Butler on how criminals are exploiting the global online advertising market to rip off advertisers. Plus, in a bid to prevent the creeping anglicisation of the French language, officials and businesses in France are being told to stop using words in the gaming world, like eSports, that have been borrowed from English. We get the perspective of Andrew Gallix, a translator and author who teaches English at the Sorbonne in Paris.

Today's edition is presented by Mike Johnson, and produced by Sarah Hawkins, Gabriele Shaw and Elizabeth Hotson.