US President Joe Biden said on Friday that the United States, the European Union, and the Group of Seven (G7) nations had decided to revoke Russia’s “most favored nation” trade status over its Ukraine offensive. He announced that Washington would also be introducing a ban on imports of alcohol, diamonds, and seafood from the country.

Pyongyang is thought to have resumed testing after denuclearization talks stalled with the US The South Korean military announced on Friday that it had detected activity at North Korean nuclear test site Punggye-ri, which has been inactive since 2018, when some tunnels were demolished.

The military bloc’s secretary general said earlier he expected Ankara to impose punitive measures on Moscow Turkey is not going to impose sanctions on Russia, but will instead work to maintain dialogue with the Kremlin, Turkey’s TRT Haber TV channel reported on Friday, citing Ibrahim Kalin, a spokesperson for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.