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Sep 2022
49m 41s

Russia to keep crucial gas pipeline to E...

Bbc World Service
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The Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom has indefinitely closed its Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline to Europe. It says an oil leak on a turbine is to blame, claiming sanctions are holding up regular maintenance work. But the EU says this is just a pretext. Our Brussels Correspondent Jessica Parker gives us the latest. A further 315,000 jobs were added in ... Show More
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