Summary
As oil and gas prices soar, can European countries wean themselves off Russian energy supplies? Boris Johnson has been meeting the Canadian and Dutch prime ministers to talk about more sanctions against Russia and what to do about many European nations’ dependence on Russian hydrocarbons. Adam, Laura and the BBC’s Simon Jack discuss the difficult politics and economics facing western leaders.
Also… A new scientific study has found that even a mild infection of Covid could cause your brain to shrink. The BBC’s Rebecca Morelle explains what might be happening.
This edition of Newscast was made by Tim Walklate with John Murphy and Natasha Fernandes. The studio manager was Jonathan Greer. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, the last thing I watched on my phone before bed on Sunday night before the start |
| 0:08.9 | of the work week was super cute and super moving because it was a really young girl in a |
| 0:15.6 | bombshell to somewhere in Ukraine and I don't speak Ukrainian but I could tell exactly |
| 0:21.1 | what was going on behind the camera. |
| 0:23.3 | Her mum was urging her to have a bit of a sing song for everyone and she was looking |
| 0:27.9 | all bashful little girl and she didn't want to do it and then she started singing. |
| 0:32.4 | She had this amazing little mini soprano voice and she sang Let It Go From Frozen in |
| 0:39.2 | Ukrainian. |
| 0:57.5 | And what an emotional punch that little clip packs. |
| 1:03.5 | And then on our sister podcast Ukraine cast Victoria Darbyshire has been speaking to |
| 1:08.0 | the father of a three year old girl. |
| 1:10.2 | He's called Hussein and they were talking about some father daughter stuff. |
| 1:14.7 | She is too young to understand what is happening but obviously she understands there's something |
| 1:18.8 | is abnormal. |
| 1:19.8 | She is not allowed to go out. |
| 1:21.8 | We are keeping her busy with the cartoons, the food for example that she used to eat. |
| 1:27.3 | She does not have that sort of choices anymore and you see that depression on her face and |
| 1:32.0 | as a father when I see that this is when I tell myself like look I need to leave here. |
| 1:39.1 | I mean if this becomes a new normal I'm just ruining her childhood. |
| 1:44.2 | I mean this was my choice to stay and if I am affecting a child like that I'm eventually |
| 1:50.0 | responsible for this and for me to normalize this I need to take that calculated risk and |
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