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World Business Report: First broadcast 20/02/2023 15:32 GMT : President Biden makes surprise visit to Ukraine

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President Biden makes surprise visit to Ukraine

First broadcast 20/02/2023 15:32 GMT 

First broadcast 20/02/2023 15:32 GMT : President Biden makes surprise visit to Ukraine

BBC World Service - World Business Report, President Biden makes surprise visit to Ukraine

The US president promises new Russian sanctions on first Ukraine visit since the invasion

On his first visit to Ukraine since the Russian invasion, the US president made a new pledge to ramp up sanctions.

The US president made a new pledge to ramp up sanctions, on his first visit to the country since the invasion. We hear from Estonia's foreign minister about how sanctions can be used to rebuild Ukraine.

With just days to go until the Nigerian election, we speak to a group of young people about why more and more of them are leaving the country to pursue work opportunities elsewhere.

And Scottish craft brewer BrewDog likes to claim it's beer is for everyone, and now it'll test that theory as it expands into China.

(Picture: U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy after they both delivered statements at Mariinsky Palace on an unannounced visit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. Credit: Evan Vucci/Pool via REUTERS)

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