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G7 summit: What "important decisions" are being made?

The G7 set to agree on a $50bn loan for Ukraine - funded by seized Russian assets.

The G7 is a group of the world's most powerful and economically advanced democracies, and G7 leaders have now arrived for a summit in Italy. Top of the agenda is a plan to use fifty billion dollars in interest from frozen Russian assets as a loan for Ukraine.

And Russia penalised by new Western sanctions - this time aimed at the Moscow stock exchange. But will any of it really hurt the Russian economy?

Roger Hearing also finds out why Spanish restaurant workers under pressure because everybody eats so late.

(Picture: Italy hosts G7 summit in Puglia. Picture credit: Reuters)

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  • Thu 13 Jun 2024 14:32GMT