'Bans Russian LNG...': EU's Ursula von der Leyen unveils new sanctions plan against Russia

The European Commission has proposed a 19th package of sanctions against Russia to member states, the commission's president Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday (September 19). "We want Russia to leave the battlefield and come to the negotiation table, and this is the way to give peace a real chance," von der Leyen said. US President Donald Trump is pressing Europe to play a more robust role in helping end Russia's war in Ukraine, demanding it shoulder a great burden of the cost shoring up Ukraine's military and do more to deprive Moscow of the energy revenues bankrolling its war economy.