in the uk. reporter: it british public have already shown their willingness to help. will that extend to opening their homes to those most in need. becky johnson, sky news. and as the war in ukraine heads in to its third weekend, global companies continue to cut their ties with russia. the latest, the cigarette maker british american tobacco, which said that they would leave the country due to worries about the safety of their employees. charlotte has more in the newsroom for us. good morning again. they say because of the safety of employees. must be a big risk given the size of the russian market. it is. is this a key growth market for cigarettes. so there won t be a decision that british american tobacco have not taken lightly. they said that they would halt sales and it appears that they
just off the coast here. that would suggest and it is speculation that the russians could mount an assault from the beaches here. and that would be disastrous for odesa. because it has a stretch of coastline, its port, it is vulnerable to that kind of attack. it is possible that russian forces could advance from the east from mykolaiv on to odesa. so it could get attacked from all ends here. and people i ve been speaking to, you know, they are so brave trying to put up a fight against what is a super power, but nevertheless one man, an elderly man i spoke to yesterday, said the russians won t get in, we ll send them back. so they have spirit. they certainly do. and those that are staying are staying to fight. let s attack to lisa holland about those who have managed to leave the country. we were hearing from the u.n. yesterday, in excess of 2.5 million people have left the country so far and a bulk of
i think it s one of the many things that have to be resolved and wish that this possibility would have been anticipated an some thinking has been done and it s being done on fly. the question of asylum, many won t get in, taking a look at the center of immigration review justice department, we have the numbers, 22% of asylum cases decided this year were approved and 41% are denied. they are coming for asylum, many of them, when you look at those numbers, many may not get it. they not get it, something in 120,000 people in the first quarter of this year, wall street journal is reporting, 120,000 people come in the first quarter u many of them illegally, some of them arriving at border stations to cross to attempt to cross legally, a lot of those people are seeking asylum, we don t know how many, a lot of them seeking asylum,
in yemen comes through that airport and adjacent coastal port. the people of yemen really need it. in fact, two-thirds of the 27 million people in yemen rely on that food and humanitarian aid that comes through that airport. groups are concerned if the fighting becomes protracted, that food won t get in. we are very fearful that any kind of blockage of the free flow of humanitarian food, also commercial stocks of particularly food and fuel could have a major impact on people who are already highly vulnerable. the worst humanitarian crisis in the world right now is in yemen, 8 and a half million people, that s roughly the population of new york city are on the verge of starvation there, jon. jon: ryan in london, thanks.
trucks were on the way here. they ve got to get in. the roads have to remain clear, otherwise the team and support that s needed that s got to come from the north in places like ta tone in a will not get in. everybody needs to freeze in place. have a to have an absolute shutdown of the interstates other than first responders as well as major state highways, people need to stay in place. otherwise the help won t get in. meaning if people are in shelters now, even if they re uncomfortable and god knows they are and we know situation can be overcrowded and hard to get peace and quiet, or if they re at home and the house is soggy, you re saying everybody stay put for the foreseeable future. unless it s a life or death situation you need to stay in place so we did get 9 help in. otherwise the road the are going to become congested. we need to get fuel in here to refuel all the gas stations from here to jacksonville. the otherwise people want to get