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Zelensky vows energy sector overhaul after $100m corruption scandal

The scandal comes as Russia targets Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

President Zelensky has announced an overhaul of the energy system, just days after a major corruption scandal involving his minister of energy. We hear from a Ukrainian MP.

Also in today’s programme: Italian pasta prices could more than double under a proposed US tariff of up to 107 per cent — one of the highest tariffs imposed by a U.S. administration on any goods anywhere in the world. We are joined by Italian-American chef and restaurateur Salvo Lo Castro, who previously cooked for two Popes at the Vatican. And the Pope welcomes Hollywood stars to the Vatican and confesses his love for cinema.

Presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Karin von Hippel, defence and security analyst, and Timothy Garton Ash, British historian and author. He is Professor of European Studies at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford.

(Photo:Ukraine's President Zelenskiy visits a front line in Zaporizhzhia region. 17 November/ Reuters)

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