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  • An employee works on a oil tanker near the Ruhr Oel petroleum refineries of BP Gelsenkirchen GmbH in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany on March 8, 2022. - After the EU states decided on an import ban of Russian coal, an import ban of oil from Russia to the European Union could follow.
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    Restrictions designed to limit Russian oil exports take effect today, but there are questions as to how much actual effect they will have. Also, we look at what the wage rise reflected in Friday’s jobs report tells us. Chris Farrell talks to us about what separates Medicare and Medicare Advantage.

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  • Estonia's Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Riina Sikkut answers journalists' questions before an extraordinary European Union energy ministers meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on November 24, 2022. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)

    From the BBC World Service: Oil prices rise as an E.U. embargo on seaborne Russian oil comes into effect, along with a price cap. Estonian minister Riina Sikkut tells us it’s not low enough – but it’s a start. Elsewhere, China begins to relax its zero-COVID policy. And, we find out how Kenyan farmers are adapting to climate change.

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