The Russian president says the economic group is crucial to the formation of a multipolar world The BRICS nations have overtaken G7 states in terms of the purchasing power parity (PPP) of their populations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday in an interview with China Media Group.

The country should continue to implement its ‘energy sobriety’ program to avoid shortages, Agnès Pannier-Runacher says France’s consumption of electricity and gas has decreased by 12% since last October, when an energy conservation program was launched in the country, Energy Transition Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher said in an interview with the TV channel France 2.

The internal probe comes as the broadcaster faces domestic backlash for allegedly not showing enough support for Israel Britain’s state-funded broadcaster BBC has launched an investigation into six reporters and a freelance contributor working for its Arabic service over allegedly exhibiting anti-Israel bias and cheering attacks by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.