And the incredibly complicated system that gets it into our bellies or doesn t. And it turns out, that system grows all kinds of problems. Invisible gases, that can cook the planet and burn a lot more than dinner. Business models that lay waste to wild spaces, fill dumped with wasted food, and take shortcuts that can shorten your life. So, as the world reopens, will we go back to the same, old buffet of unintended consequences? or can information and innovation bring balance, both, to our diets and our world? this is eating planet earth: the future of your food. What would be your last supper? steak and lobster surf and turf. Filet mignon steak. Fried chicken. You got one meal left. Yeah. What would be your last meal? whoo, man, i make a vegan nacho [ bleep ] crazy. Reporter: what was your first feast coming out of a global pandemic? burger. Hotdogs. Reporter: for those fortunate enough to choose, a favorite food is an emotional choice. While i have been lucky enough to fill my belly a
restaurant in france. the incoming biden administration in the united states says it will maintain covid travel restrictions banning visitors from most of europe and brazil. mr biden s spokeswoman, jen psaki, made the announcement on twitter, shortly after the trump administration ordered the measures to be lifted from next week. she said now was not the time to be easing travel measures, as new variants of the virus emerged. let s speak now to our north america correspondent david willis. if somebody were thinking, planning a business trip to the united states from europe or brazil, should they shouldn t they? how things stand? the? they? how things stand? they shouldn t. they? how things stand? they shouldn t, not they? how things stand? they shouldn t, not at they? how things stand? they shouldn t, not at the - they? how things stand? they shouldn t, not at the moment| shouldn t, not at the moment and perhaps quite for quite some time. all of this begs the question,
let s start with starbucks, because the world s largest coffee chain has announced a sharp drop in sales for the first quarter. before global lockdowns were put in place, getting a coffee on the way to work used to be a ritual months. between october and december last year, starbucks global sales fell by 5%, which is larger than the 3.5% drop many analysts were predicting. however, one country bucking the trend was china, which is one of starbucks biggest markets. sales their rose by 5% during the first quarter period. joining me now from new york is hitha herzog, who s a retail analyst at h squared research.the most recent estimate for the sector puts the decline in value at 24% over the last year. this % drop in global sales, when hundreds of millions of people have been housebound in national lockdowns. why are sales of coffees not lower? it s a really good question and part of the reason why is because no one is walking into the source. you saw traffic drop into starbucks
also mentioned his late critic, alexei navalny, by name. for vladimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confident than ever. translation: whoever might want to intimidate us, - whoever might want to suppress us, ourwilland our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. then, mr putin s first public comments on the death ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny. translation: you may be surprised, but a few days i before mr navalny died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to exchange him for certain people in prison in the west. you can believe it or not. i said, i agree, even before he had finished talking. but what happened happened. election results on russian tv, not a hold your breath moment. the winner, by a mile and a half, vladimir putin. what an incredible level of support and unity around the figure of putin, he says. and a powerful signal to the west. but in this race, vladimir putin