Europe could face several winters of gas shortages as cuts to Russian supplies send European wholesale gas prices to a record high, according to Shell chief executive officer Ben van Beurden.

The Group of Seven (G7) countries are set to raise $600 billion in funding for advancement projects in the developing world in a move designed to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

The European Parliament has approved European Union candidate status for Ukraine and two other states, long after the countries’ bids to become members of the EU.

Ukraine’s President Zelensky said the battle was “probably one of the most difficult throughout this war.”

The European Union leaders on Monday struck a deal to ban the majority of Russian oil imports over Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, which is now into its fourth month.

French European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune reaffirms that financial sanctions could be taken against Poland if dialog with the country over the primacy of European laws does not work out.

Tensions are rife between the West and Belarus after Minsk diverted the flight path of a Lithuania bound Ryanair passenger plane, forcing it to land, resulting in the apprehension of opposition blogger Raman Pratasevich.