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.

The Russian president contrasted Washington and Beijing’s approaches to deal-making Russia no longer trusts the US on anything, while China has been reliably delivering on its promises, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.

The ban is due to food contamination fears after the release of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant The Russian government on Monday introduced a temporary ban on imports of seafood from Japan, after Tokyo released treated radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.