affronts to everything we stand for is russia s invasion of ukraine and hughton s blockade of the ports that would otherwise be shipping food to the world s paris people. vladimir putin. at this moment, nearly 25 million tonnes of corn and wheat is piled up in silos across ukraine, held hostage by russia. britain supports the united nations plan to get that food out and we will invest over £370 million in global food security this year including £130 million for the world food programme. we want to work alongside our commonwealth friends to understand your needs, your priorities, and to deliverjoint solutions to a crisis that president putin has deliberately engineered. for now, it only remains for me to thank every commonwealth member for having given the united kingdom the chance to serve as during office and as i pass on this responsibility to the president, a close friend and partner, i know that he shares my boundless optimism about the future of the commonwealth at
it is not to borisjohnson or to any tory prime minister. and in the us, 100 million people facing heat warnings with extreme fires in arizona, and torrential flooding at yellowstone national park tonight with the context, former senior adviser to george w bush ron christie and the former labour minister and member of parliament caroline flint. the uk government has confirmed that six asylum seekers will be leaving in just over an hour s time to rwanda originally over 100 had been due to fly but legal appeals have steadily brought that number down. the six men will be flown the 4000 miles or 6500 km to rwanda where they will have to make their asylum claims. they may be granted permanent refugee status to stay in rwanda. the government says it brought in the rwanda policy to tackle the trafficking gangs that are bringing ever larger numbers of people across the english channel. so far this year more than 10,000 people have made the dangerous crossing. last november 27 peo
biden administration on the defensive. plus, we re live at the cnn weather center. how climate change is destroying homes with extreme weather across the u.s. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says more than 1,000 towns and villages have been retaken so far from russian forces. he says the russian military is paying heavy price for its aggression. translator: russia has lost almost 27,000 soldiers, many of them young conscripts. russia has lost more than 3,000 tanks, armored combat vehicles, a large number of conventional military vehicles, helicopters, drones and all of its prospects as a state. ukraine also says russian troops continue to retreat from around the city of kharkiv in the north. further south, ukraine claims it successfully blocked a russian advance at a key river in the donbas. ukraine says it destroyed more than 70 armored vehicles including tanks and multiple failed