US Puts Fresh Sanctions on Russia

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The US has imposed sanctions on seven Russian oligarchs and 17 senior government officials, accusing them of "malign activity around the globe". We speak to Brian O'Toole from the Atlantic Council in Washington about the reasoning behind it. The BBC's Sammi Awami reports from Tanzania, where a twenty-four kilometre wall has been built to protect the country's unique gemstones from theft. Voters in Hungary go to the polls this weekend - will Prime Minister Viktor Orban be returned to office after bringing in tough immigration controls? The BBC's Nick Thorpe has been to find out what voters are thinking. And we look back at the work of Japanese film-director Isao Takahata, who died at the age of 82. Laura Orsini of Forbes Magazine tells us about his impact on the anime industry. (Photo: US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Credit: Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images)