just kind of created this havoc, what we re dealing with right now. like i said, last year, february, i think, yeah, last year, we had an ice crisis, and it actually messed up our water pipes where it s making it extremely fragile. this year, we had a lot of rain, which kind of did the same thing, and so this is something that s been occurring for years, but sometimes it takes these catastrophes to make sure that this disaster comes to light, and so we hate it for our residents, but also, our businesses that are dealing with some of the same things. a lot of our restaurants closed as well, and so a lot of residents are suffering right now in jackson. i was going to ask you about that. of course, restaurants have to be closed. i mean, if you can t flush toilets,i assume restaurants can t be open. how many businesses are closed today? there s a lot of them that are closed, going virtual themselves, dealing with some of the same things that happened during covid, but there are people
government need to do to make that work? ~ . , . , , work? i think a price cap freeze is a universal work? i think a price cap freeze is a universal support work? i think a price cap freeze is a universal support and work? i think a price cap freeze is a universal support and it - work? i think a price cap freeze is a universal support and it would l a universal support and it would help income earners across the income spectrum. but what it also does is give you time to build in a more targeted approach. you really need a combination of both, you need that initial short spurt of support for everybody and then a more targeted approach when you can look at having more targeted approach to discounting tariffs, through having basic energy allowances for the minimum or low incomes, fundamentally you also need to be increasing the level of insulation and low carbon heating in our homes because fundamentally we are addicted to gas in this country and the price crisis is primarily cause
in ukraine, the food crisis. we ve seen a stark warning from the un today about global food insecurity. remember, ukraine is one of the world s biggest exporters of grain, chiefly transported by sea. so with russia blockading the ports, that grain has no way of getting out. and we know these port cities are also being shelled. for instance, this satellite image shows one agriculatural storage facility in the port city of mykolaiv, and this shows the facility after bombardment. you can see it s been completely destroyed. president zelensky has addressed this. have a listen. translation: it is not just a price crisis. - we cannot explore our wheat, corn, seed oil and other goods, which used to play a stabilising role on the global food market. it means that unfortunately a real shortage of food may occur in dozens and dozens of countries. millions of people may starve if the russian blockade
could become frankly terrible. politicians are already discussing the possible consequences, a price crisis, and famine in africa and asia. this is a direct consequence of russian aggression. our correspondentjoe inwood is in the city of lviv and has more on that speech. last night, in his address, president zelensky talked about the consequences that this war in ukraine could be having elsewhere in the world. now, why is that? simple answer, food. ukraine is a producer of wheat and other grains for export, but they can t get them out at the moment because the black sea is being blockaded by russian ships. odesa, in particular. that is the route that these grains come out from, and they are all stuck in silos. it was something that the leader of the european council charles michel saw for himself yesterday, these huge silos full of goods ready for export but not able to get anywhere. and already i think we are seeing the ramifications of this around the world, whether it is in sri lank
fire brigade is still trying to put out fires and the electricity wires over here have been ripped away. russia has been targeting the strategically important southern port city of odesa, it used to take ukrainian products to the world. president zelensky appealed again to end the war so the ports can be opened. translation: without our exorts, opened. translation: without our exports. dozens opened. translation: without our exports, dozens of opened. translation: without our exports, dozens of countries - opened. translation: without our exports, dozens of countries in - exports, dozens of countries in different parts of the world are already on the brink of food shortages and over time the situation could become, frankly, terrible. politicians are already discussing the possible consequences of a price crisis and famine in africa and asia, this is a direct consequence of russian aggression. missile strikes do not only destroy infrastructure, take shape lives. the force of the blas