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
to return home to china. meng wanzhou has been fighting extradition from canada to the us for nearly three years. german political parties are holding their final rallies ahead of sunday s elections in which a successor to angela merkel will be chosen. the chancellor herself urged voters to choose her conservative alliance to keep germany stable . president biden has been meeting the leaders of india, australia and japan at the white house. what s known as the quad group is seen as part of a continuing american effort to counter china s growing influence. the latest eruptions of a volcano on la palma have prompted more people to be evacuated from their homes. a huge column of black ash loomed over the spanish island and loud explosions could be heard.
at one point an australian rainbow lorikeet pecked at her, though neither chancellor nor bird was hurt in the encounter. i don t know my parents from my laura keats. brave bird. very few politicians up there to peck at angela merkel s policies. stephanie was telling us earlier as she could end up as the second chancellor. let s get some of the day s other news. the separatist former head of catalonia s regional government, carles puigdemont, has been released from detention in italy while an extradition request from spain is considered. he was detained in sardinia on thursday. spain wants him to return to stand trial on charges of sedition, linked to a failed attempt at catalan independence in 2017. the leaders of the so called quad the us, australia, india and japan have been meeting at the white house. the group, which first formed after the devastating 2004 tsunami, discussed their role in safeguarding a stable, democratic indo pacific.