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Venezuelan workers, including active and retired public administration workers, rally in Caracas to demand an increase and the dollarisation of their wages, pulverised by rampant inflation, on International Labour Day. IMAGES
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen warns that "Russia is blackmailing" EU member states and "using energy as a weapon." Russian President Vladimir Putin has played hot and cold in recent days with his threats to cut off gas deliveries to the bloc of 27 members, but Brussels is asking EU countries to prepare for the worst. SOUNDBITE
The European Commission urges EU countries to reduce their demand for natural gas by 15 percent over the coming winter months to overcome Russia's energy supply "blackmail". SOUNDBITE
The EU proposes new rules that would make it harder for Russian oligarchs to evade sanctions and open the way to confiscating their assets to help pay to rebuild Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
Ukraine rejects any "guarantee" sought by Russia to ease tensions on the border, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tells AFP. "I insist that it’s Russia who has to guarantee that it will not continue its agression against any country," adds Kuleba. SOUNDBITE
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