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
russia s crisis is made worse by russia s blocking ukraine from exporting its millions of tonnes exporting its millions of tonnes of grain, and also as long tonnes of grain, and also as long as tonnes of grain, and also as long as russia continues the war, long as russia continues the war. the long as russia continues the war, the united states will work war, the united states will work with our partners to help be work with our partners to help he the work with our partners to help be the global response. translation: the quad group has made an important place for itself on the global stage in a very short time today. the scope of the quad. has increased, and also it is more influential. just giving you the back of the head of prime minister modi there at the quad summit taking place in tokyo. there at the quad summit taking place in tokyo. rescue workers in iran say that dozens of people are still trapped in the rubble of a ten storey building that collapsed in the ci