Negotiations aimed at providing safe passage for agricultural produce via the Black Sea are set to start this week Grain exports from Ukraine are plunging ahead of this week’s talks in Istanbul on extending the Black Sea grain deal, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.

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The bloc wants to introduce new sanctions against Belarus, which serves as an import route, the newspaper says The EU is preparing to roll out new restrictions against Belarus, including on luxury cars, in a bid to prevent Russia from bypassing Western sanctions imposed over the Ukraine conflict, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.