Sanctions

Ministers still have to decide which goods, services and sensitive Jerusalem parcels the final rules will reach.

BBC said the government is to set out restrictions on buying goods made in West Bank settlements, with Ed Miliband expected in the Commons today. Guardian reporting points to goods and some services, but the legal vehicle is still unresolved.

Executive Order 14420 reaches equipment already inside the U.S. bulk-power system, from transformers to software and remote access. Energy can order isolation, disconnection, replacement or removal after making the required findings.

Two Ukrainian sea drones sank the Russian-flagged Yanina in international Black Sea waters; all 17 crew survived. The ship’s state ownership is clear, but its cargo, individual sanctions status and precise wreck position are not.