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Europe agrees gas-saving deal

EU nations have agreed on a voluntary deal to save 15% of their gas usage to protect against further cuts in supplies from Russia - but will it work?

EU nations have agreed on a voluntary deal to save 15% of their gas usage to protect against further cuts in supplies from Russia - but will it work? We hear from Politico Europe's Suzanne Lynch on the scope of the deal.

Amid daily power cuts, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised to open up power generation to new private players, clear the state-owned company Eskom's debt, and make its energy greener. Chief economist at the Efficient Group in Pretoria, Dawie Roodt, explains how events came to this.

And with the England playing Sweden in the semi-finals of the women's Euro 2022, we ask, Simon Jenkins, chief strategy officer for advertising agency VCCP Media, where the opportunities for both advertisers and the women's game may lie.

(Picture: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - JULY 26: The EU Extraordinary Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council in Brussels, Belgium on July 26, 2022. Credit: Getty Images)

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Tue 26 Jul 2022 14:32GMT

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