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The US imposes sanctions on Russia

The US has imposed sanctions on senior Russian officials over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny

The US measures, which target Russia's top spy and six others, are being co-ordinated with similar moves by the European Union and we get details from Barbara Plett-Usher, the 成人快手's State Department Correspondent. Plus, we hear Reddit鈥檚 chief executive Steve Huffman talk about recent controversies involving the social media network. And The International Energy Agency says global CO2 levels are rising after a fall in 2020. Timothy Goodson is one of the report's lead authors and explains why we're seeing this trend, after reductions caused by the pandemic last year. Also in the programme, The Women in Work index produced by PWC indicates that women's jobs have been disproportionately hit by events of the past year. Larice Stielow is one of the report's authors, and shares a concern that progress made in improving female representation across workplaces is in danger of being reversed. Plus, a Nike vice president has resigned after ties to her son's limited edition trainer resale business were revealed. We hear about the lucrative market from Tahsin Sabir, who is a collector.

(Picture: Alexei Navalny by Mikhail Svetlov for Getty Images)

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Tue 2 Mar 2021 22:32GMT

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