indo pacific region. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, the team re visits the cambodian temple complex of angkor wat, to see how the area s hoping to recover, now that borders have reopened. this week on the travel show waiting for the backpackers return. we have beautiful temples and a lot of beautiful places around cambodia. so it is something that they should come and have a look in their lifetime. ..following my nose in amsterdam. oh, it s very it s lovely! yeah! ..it smells likejust a really good air freshener! ..and we go inside the world s largest crystal cave. hello and welcome to amsterdam, the famous city of canals. a little later, i ll be sniffing my way around town to find out about new efforts to create a catalogue of historic odours, and not all of them pleasant. but first. we re starting in cambodia, at the vast and ancient buddhist temple complex of angkor wat. it s the world s largest religious site, normally attracting around 2.5 million peop
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. 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 countries 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, too. with russia s war in ukraine making these supply shocks much worse, the economic stakes are very high here, and across the world, accor
this is bbc news. our top stories a warning from the un russia s blockade of ukraine could push tens of millions into severe hunger. democracies versus autocracies the leaders of australia, us, japan and india reaffirm their common intrests in the indo pacific region, aiming to counter china s influence. rescue workers in iran search for dozens of people still trapped in the rubble of a collapsed high rise building. and new calls for british prime minister borisjohnson to resign as more photos emerge of lockdown gatherings at downing street.