welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. ukraine produces enough grain every year to feed 400 million people. along with russia, it exports one third of the world s entire wheat harvest or, at least, it should. but russia s blockade of ukrainian ports means millions of tonnes of grain are going nowhere, prompting the head of the un s world food programme to call it a declaration of war on global food security that could push tens of millions of people into severe food shortages. it echoes concerns raised by the ukrainian government, and wider accusations that the kremlin is deliberately targeting food supplies. our economics editor faisal islam reports. across the world, food and energy crises are hitting households, increasing social instability and hunger, and leading to whole country is going bust. sri lanka at first, but more are feared to be heading in the same direction. from southeast asia to the middle east, and it s also affecting the uk, t
now it s time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. what a difference a day makes. today, we ve lost all that sunshine we had yesterday, instead we have that rain around, let s have a look at the radar of the last few hours. the screen heads up the last few hours. the screen heads up the western side of scotland, is an off somewhat. we have seen rain pushing and across more southern england, continuing to work its way into the midlands and across east anglia. not that heavy, but cooler thanit anglia. not that heavy, but cooler than it was yesterday. these are the temperatures, a few showers dotted around elsewhere. we were expecting the rain to move northwards overnight tonight, but then we are going to fine another cluster of thunderstorms actually milling and across more southern parts of england, if you re hoping to see the super blood moon, it is really across northern scotland you will have the clearest skies. a warm, muqqy have the clearest skies. a warm, muggy not
address to the country since anti government protests erupted last month. his brother, the prime minister, resigned on monday. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from washington, i m stephen sackur. when vladimir putin made that momentous decision to invade ukraine, maybe he calculated that the us was too weak, too polarised to offer anything more than ritual condemnation. if so, he was wrong. american weapons are now flowing into ukraine. unprecedented sanctions have been imposed on moscow. my guest today is the senior democrat senator mark warner. is this ukraine war the wake up call america needed? senator mark warner, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. is there an attitude in this city, washington, dc, that you politicians are now prepared to do whatever it takes to ensure ukraine s victory in the war with vladimir putin? well, my sense, stephen, is that this is not only an attitude that s reflected by politicians, by the american public, qu
democrat senator mark warner. is this ukraine war the wake up call america needed? senator mark warner, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. is there an attitude in this city, washington, dc, that you politicians are now prepared to do whatever it takes to ensure ukraine s victory in the war with vladimir putin? well, my sense, stephen, is that this is not only an attitude that s reflected by politicians, by the american public, quite honestly, i think it is the british government, the british public. what has taken place over the last few months is, you know, the west, nato have come back together, an organisation that candidly a year ago at the end of the trump presidency was totally broken. i think a lot of that was due to the fact that the american intelligence community, along with the british had been very forward leaning up to the beginning of the conflict about vladimir putin s intentions and made the case that he was going to not only invade ukraine, but invade
$40 billion in aid for ukraine. most republicans joined democrats in supporting the deal. the funds will be used to provide military support to ukraine and humanitarian assistance to the civilians affected by the russian invasion. now on bbc news, stephen sackur is in washington, with hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from washington, i m stephen sackur. when vladimir putin made that momentous decision to invade ukraine, maybe he calculated that the us was too weak, too polarised to offer anything more than ritual condemnation. if so, he was wrong. american weapons are now flowing into ukraine. unprecedented sanctions have been imposed on moscow. my guest today is the senior democrat senator mark warner. is this ukraine war the wake up call america needed? senator mark warner, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. is there an attitude in this city, washington, dc, that you politicians are now prepared to do whatever it takes to ensure ukraine s victory in the war with vladimir