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
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, according to one of britain s top bankers. many of the conversation
tens of thousands more youngsters will end up in care. it s crucial that when families hit crisis and they ve got difficulties, that there is low stigma, really intensive help on offer. major disruption for rail passengers in scotland with an emergency timetable from today that cuts services by a third. and the chelsea flower show celebrates the queen s 70 years on the throne. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel. the football association say they will be investigating after a pitch invasion at manchester city saw the aston villa goalkeeper robin olsen assaulted by supporters. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. at the first war crimes trial since the invasion of ukraine, a 21 year old russian soldier has been jailed for life. sergeant vadim shishimarin had claimed he was only following orders when he shot dead a 62 year old unarmed civilian. but the court, in the ukrainian capital kyiv, found him guilty of murder. ukraine s go
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