Daily News June 17th 2022 9am Friday

Our TV crew reports from the front-line of the Sievierodonetsk chemical plant in the Lugansk Republic, where foreign mercenaries find themselves trapped alongside thousands of Ukrainian soldiers. Big oil companies blamed by the US President for inaction push back against his call to ramp up production saying that he himself had previously encouraged a shift from fossil fuels. Our goods - our rules: That's the message from Gazprom's CEO at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, who says the Western-dominated economic system is undergoing drastic changes, and the US dollar is weakening.