Charlotte Gallagher

Ensimmäisenä mennään taaksepäin. Yksittäinen asia on se, että koko Ukrainojen tähtäimellä Venäjä on edelleen laittanut kruudioilta Ukrainaan ja Slovakiaan. Ja se oli tehty ajan jälkeen, kun Ukraina on laittanut russin airstriittia laittamiseen laittamiseen.

So the oil is no longer pumping. Hungary is pretty dependent on this oil, and so it's been kicking up a fuss. It's now, as you say, threatening to hold up that vital EU loan that Ukraine really needs. It's also this issue bleeding into the elections that are taking place in Hungary next month. Viktor Orban, the prime minister, is trailing in the polls and has made hostility to Ukraine, and in particular this issue

A key issue that he hopes will win him votes. At the same time in recent days some Ukrainian bank workers have been detained and the cash they were transporting through Hungary has been seized by the Hungarian authorities. So there's quite a point of friction between both countries.

The thing is the Europeans want this issue resolved. They've been putting pressure on the Ukraine to say, look, just reopen the pipeline as quickly as you can, de-escalate this row, and the loan will get through, and it'll stop playing into Ukrainian politics. President Zelensky, however, is saying, no, look, this is a point of principle.

The rest of Europe is saying to the Americans, look, stop lifting sanctions on Russia. This is exactly the same thing. The Europeans are saying, we want more Russian oil to flow to European countries. And Ukraine is saying, well, in principle that's wrong. So there's a set, too, between the EU and the Ukrainians over this as a result. And this all comes as, essentially, a stalemate continues on the battlefield.

Kyllä ja ei. Suurin piirtein pysymys on se, että pysymys jatkuu, eikä kukaan pysy ympäristöön. Sitä kertaa, että Ukraina kuitenkin tuntuu hieman, kuin olisi päällä, koska he uskovat, että he ovat nähneet russin vahvistuksen. He myös uskovat, että he tekevät teritoriaalisuuksia Zaporizhiaan, sydämen alueella.

Ja samaan aikaan suomalaiset analysteitit sanovat, että ruskaiset nyt tulevat paikalle, jossa he ovat todella haastattelut, jotta he voivat vaihtaa sotilaita, jotka ovat jääneet tai kuolevat. Ja he sanovat, että ruskaiset on haastattelut, jotta he voivat vaihtaa sotilaita. Ja he sanovat, että ruskaiset on haastattelut, jotta he voi vaihtaa sotilaita.

James Landale. Thousands of people in Mexico have gathered to attempt a new Guinness World Record for the largest ever football lesson. It's part of the lead-up to this summer's World Cup, which Mexico is hosting alongside the United States and Canada. Stephanie Prentiss reports.

Stephanie Puentis. In New York City in the 1980s a group of male friends sat in a bar and realised they didn't do any of the activities that were highlighted in a glamorous sports magazine. Their interests were far more mundane. You might say unusual, you might also say boring. They liked collecting old sweet wrappers and photographing bins on pavements.

He founded a dull men's club to discuss these activities. Now, almost 40 years later, a group of male friends in the UK have revived the idea. The BBC's Sharoma Silva went along to meet them.

It's a pub in central London, England and one of the oldest in the city. But I'm actually here to join a meeting with a group calling themselves the Dull Men's Club. And to greet me is the club's founder, Grover Click. Yes, hello Sharona, nice to meet you. This Dull Men's Club doesn't sound necessarily the most enticing group of people to be amongst. Am I going to be the most interesting person there? Well, we'll soon see, that's for sure.

I was first introduced to Tim Webb, known for his obsession with potholes. What I've got here is a selection of tape measures, which are absolutely vital for the role I carry out. Which is to log potholes and also decorate and highlight them. I only choose the best of the worst, and I split them into two categories.

Ne olisivat pohjoja, joita olen kuullut aiemmin, jotta nähdään, kuinka paljon ne ovat kasvaneet tai kehittyneet. Ja myös minä olisin kuullut uusia tai edellisiä pohjoja, jotta nähdään, kuinka erityisesti ne ovat. Jotkut voivat olla yhdessä, jotkut voivat olla täysin erilaisia. Ja hänen työnsä ei menetetty, koska vuonna 2023 Dull Men's Club antoi Timille Anorak of the Year-arvoa.

What made you want to join the Dull Men's Club? It was actually my mother that suggested it to me. And I'm surrounded by a lot of people that see the world as I do. Also seated at our pub table is Amanda Hone, the club's first female member. I just started noticing brown tourist signs, signs that pointed you to museums and lighthouses. I see one and then I can't help but follow it. But what of the gender difference?

There's a lot to be said for women who have same kind of noticing, but they either mask or they're quiet about it because they don't want to be seen as dull. And this actually throws it open. So women are actually just as dull as men? A hundred percent, yeah, if not duller. Being inducted into the Dull Men's Club as the first female member, I mean, it's peaking in life, right? So it seems to me that the philosophy here is to celebrate the ordinary.

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Hei taas, Berta. No hei taas, Lähipoksi. Mitäs tilasit verkosta tällä kertaa? No voi kuule, kengät tilasin. Arvas minkä väriset? Uskallanko veikata, että kenties punaiset? Voi kun sä oot ihanaa. Sä tunnet mut paremmin kuin mun poikaystävä. No, tässähän ihan punastuu. Postnord. Tuomme maailman luoksesi. Automaattiin, lähikauppaan tai naapurustosi Lähipoksiin.

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Charlotte Gallagher, and in the early hours of Thursday, the 19th of February, these are our main stories.

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