aimed at countering china s growing influence in the region. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the united nations world food programme has described russia s blockade of ukrainian ports as 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 crisis 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, too. with russia s war in ukraine making the supply shocks much worse, the economic stakes are very high here and across the world, accor
we ve been apart from each other for a good while until now. scatter family and friends. create new memories. let s make a special time of every moment we have. get ready. it s about to be a fun time. where everybody s in the same room. it s gonna be a great christmas day. ready, it s about to be a fun time. oh, yeah. [ applause ] bravo. beautifully done. that was jakailin carr singing great christmas as part of the all american christmas concert series. thank you so much for being beinghere this morning. thank you so much. she will performing oh, holy night coming up. rachel: can t wait for that. we never miss a reason for a concert series. christmas certainly qualifies. rachel: oh, holy night qualifies for sure. i love oh, holy night. rachel: me too. moving to some other topics this morning, starting with this. you may have seen this late yesterday, but the president of the university of pennsylvania has resigned, as has the board, the ch
maria: good morning, everyone, i m maria bartiromo. today, president biden responds to the house oversight committee allegations of bribery. can you explain to americans why you interacted with so many of your son and brother s foreign business associates? i m not going to comment, i did not, and it s just a bunch of lies. reporter: you didn t interact with they re lies. i did not. they re lies. maria: the ed and the impact with florida congressman and oversight committee member byron donalds coming up. plus, the national security threat of not holding china accountable for anything. the covid cover-up, surveillance balloon, a propaganda war, so much somewhere. key senator rand paul on the covid cover-up and whether another one is on its way over. plus, record apprehensions at the southern border. senate romer marshall on the battle over policy change at the u.s. border versus money to protect ukraine and its border. then, anti-semitism surging across the country wi
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