how are we meant to live? food prices have gone up — everything has gone up. i'm definitely trying to drive less because, yeah, it just costs so much to fill up my car now compared to what it did a year ago. food prices at these levels have in the past destabilised many poorer countries, some of which are dependent directly on ukraine's farms for their food, as the president of the world bank told the bbc. what it is is a catastrophe for russia, for ukraine and for their neighbours and the rest of the world will need to adjust very rapidly in order to go forward. the economic shock waves of this conflict hitting well beyond the black sea. faisal islam, bbc news. the government has said that visas given to people fleeing ukraine and joining relatives in the uk will last for three years, rather than one as originally announced. the scheme was also extended earlier this week to cover more family members,