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
the quad as they re called are discussing how best to address china s growing power in the indo pacific region. they are also considering joint responses to russia over the war in ukraine. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. vladimir putin s ukraine invasion has presented nato with its greatest challenge in a generation. at nato hq, they claim support for ukraine has unified and reinvigorated the alliance to the point where sweden and finland urgently want tojoin. in kyiv, the message is different. nato, they say, has done little or nothing to help. my guest is nato secretary general jens stoltenberg. are internal divisions undermining nato s ukraine response? secretary general jens stoltenberg, at nato headquarters in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me, stephen. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. i ve got to begin with the stinging comments just a couple of days ago from ukraine s foreign minister, dmytro
trying to reach the us. the current dire economic circumstances meet this exodus is more acute than it had been for many years. the russian defence ministry says its forces are in complete control of the vast steelworks in the port of mariupol, following the surrender of the ukrainian soldiers defending it. fighters from the azov regiment were holed up inside the plant for weeks, while the city suffered constant bombardment. meanwhile, the president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky has said that the donbas region in the east of the country has been completely destroyed. he said it was like hell . jeremy bowen has the latest. explosions. the russians are shelling severodonetsk, as they try to encircle it. more than 100,000 people lived in the city before the invasion. now, it s one of russia s biggest targets. this is russia using the methods it perfected in syria and chechnya. heavy bombardment to try to break the will of its opponents. ukrainian rescue crews can still operate
and for the second time, asian nations were represented at the nato summit. the leaders ofjapan, south korea, australia and new zealand all participated in the gathering. with me now is ambassadorj peter pham, distinguished fellow with the atlantic council s africa centre. and mirna galic, senior policy analyst, china and east asia at the united states institute of peace. thank you so much forjoining us for what been an interesting week. we want to start with you, we had a garage. the four leaders of the asia pacific were at the summit, japan, australia and new zealand. when hoping to achieve? idat australia and new zealand. when hoping to achieve? hoping to achieve? not it interesting hoping to achieve? not it interesting because - hoping to achieve? not it l interesting because they ve hoping to achieve? not it - interesting because they ve had relations with nato for a number of years back to the 2000 that list and originally some impetus for these countries wanted relations with
he failed in that goal, as the president said this week. he continues, however, to rain death and destruction upon ukraine so i don t think we need to listen to lectures from vladimir putin about what will increase the security of ukraine. we know what will increase the security of ukraine and that s making sure they have what they need to defend themselves in the short term and deter russian aggression in the long term. matt miller from the us state department. now, nato itself may have involved only around 30 specific nations but this gathering was watched by nations around the globe because what happens in vilnius doesn t necessarily stay in vilnius. the impact of the summit on the war in ukraine will be watched by leaders in africa. many nations there have remained steadfastly neutral in the conflict. and for the second time, asian nations were represented at the nato summit the leaders ofjapan, south korea, australia and new zealand all participated in the gathering. earlier, i