picked the right side by now and dropped their neutrality. it was an interesting guest list at the g7 india, vietnam, indonesia. also, we would have expected south africa there. these are countries that have been sitting on the fence. but i think it s very, very important that they make the right choice. look, at the end of the day, what russia is also doing is weaponising food in this war. none of these countries are immune from that. in fact, when ijust left odesa the other day, i saw no ships whatsoever in the port, none on the horizon. russia is restricting the flow of ukrainian grain and that s going to reverberate across the world, including in these countries that are sitting on the fence. so they should drop their neutrality, go help ukraine to win this war, and then there won t be this food crisis that was being manufactured by russia. i want to ask you, because you mentioned you ve been back and forth to odesa and this beefed up air
he also met with the leaders of countries like india and brazil that have remained more neutral. if this conflict drags on, will those countries eventually have to pick a side? well, i think they should have picked the right side by now and dropped their neutrality. it was an interesting guest list at the g7 india, vietnam, indonesia. also, we would have expected south africa there. these are countries that have been sitting on the fence. but i think it s very, very important that they make the right choice. look, at the end of the day, what russia is also doing is weaponising food in this war. none of these countries are immune from that. in fact, when ijust left odesa the other day, i saw no ships whatsoever in the port, none on the horizon. russia is restricting the flow of ukrainian grain and that s going to reverberate across the world, including in these countries that are sitting on the fence. so they should drop their neutrality, go help ukraine to win this war, and then ther
The budget session of Parliament ended on an acrimonious note on Thursday with the opposition and BJP levelling charges at each other as the past four weeks saw both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha facing continuous disruptions over contesting demands.
his party chairman. a new development tonight on the broader theme of the weaponising of wealth, theme of the weaponising of wealth, the potential for awkwardness if you are a senior politician and you happen to be incredibly rich. after ducking the question at lunchtime, downing street now say rishi sunak himself has not ever faced a penalty from the tax authority. studio: many thanks, our political editor chris mason, with the latest thoughts at westminster. the coming weeks and months are likely to see dozens of court appearances by metropolitan police officers facing criminal charges, according to the commissioner sir mark rowley. he said the public should prepare for more painful stories, as the force faces issues including violence against women and girls, in the form of domestic abuse and sex offences. sir mark was speaking in the wake of the case of pc david carrick, who admitted dozens of rape and sexual offences against earlier this month. our home editor mark easton is here.
we heard from the officials there in kharkiv saying that electricity has now been restored. i think what we re seeing here is that russia continues with this campaign targeting this country s electricity infrastructure and officials have been accusing russia of weaponising winter with these attacks. temperatures have plummeted, they have been below zero in many parts of the country, and this is obviously a country where temperatures can drop to 15, 20 celsius. yesterday, we have interviewed some people here in kyiv after those attacks and i think there is growing anger with these attacks. i think, people say that civilians have become the target in this conflict. but one person told me that look, yes, we don t have electricity, but perhaps this is the price to be paid to keep the russians away.