being driven by consumer panic buying and it has imposed a temporary ban on sugar exports, and those pictures might not be the last time we see scenes like that in russian supermarkets. like that in russian su ermarkets. , , supermarkets. very interesting, thank ou supermarkets. very interesting, thank you so supermarkets. very interesting, thank you so much, supermarkets. very interesting, thank you so much, mark, - supermarkets. very interesting, thank you so much, mark, for i thank you so much, mark, for filling us in on all of the latest development. stay with us on bbc news, still to come. we meet the deaf actor troy kotsur, tipped for oscar success this weekend as he returns to the deaf school inspired by his hollywood career. applause i m so proud of both of you. let there be no more wars or bloodshed between arabs and israelis.
of that besieged city. he is saying that he s going to speak to president putin imminently about that. the ukrainians have been asking for food aid in those besieged cities encircled by russian troops. the uk will be providing $2.6 million worth of food aid, water, tinned goods, and the african development bank saying africa needs around $1 billion of food to help wheat exports there, because of a lack of food exporting from ukraine that they normally rely on, to stop a food crisis there. let me show you these pictures. it is also affecting russia. this is a scramble for sugarfilmed in russian supermarkets, widely circulated on social media. it is driven by government attempts to regulate prices, skyrocketing demand and a crash in the value of the russian currency. it is true russia imports a relatively small amount of sugar but russian authorities say it is being driven by consumer panic buying and it has imposed a temporary ban on sugar exports,