at the capitol building in washington injanuary last year, when supporters of donald trump tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power to president biden. the congressional committee has spent almost a year investigating the attack. now on bbc news, counting the cost. millions of people around the world are facing increasingly difficult decisions amid rising food and energy costs. the world bank has warned the war in ukraine is set to cause the largest commodity shocks since the 1970s, with the price of wheat, cotton and natural gas affected, set against a backdrop of global supply disruptions because of covid lockdowns, and the effects of climate change on crop yields, many people are facing a fall in living standards and it is pushing many to the edge of crisis. our correspondents around the world have been looking at the challenges faced by many different countries and we start here in brazil, one of the world's largest agricultural exporters, now struggling to feed its people. to you and me, this looks like the land of plenty. brazil is an agricultural powerhouse. it's farmers reaping the rewards of an insatiable china, and the demand is not letting up. thiago was brought up on the land, his whole life dedicated to agriculture and his young daughters want to follow in their dad's footsteps, but it is complicated. these fields might feed the world but people like thiago are going without. translation: 9094. of what is i produced has to be processed. we grow crops for industry and then it comes back to the kitchen table, so, yes, we have beans, we have food, but it is hard to take what is in the ground and consume it like that. the reality is that for brazilians, it is getting harder and harder to buy food. our money is not worth anything. the cost of food has gone up and salaries have not kept pace. thiago�*s boss, anna, is the fourth generation of herfamily to farm this land. she says much has changed since her great—grandfather started the business. "he'd know when it would rain "and they could plant accordingly," she tells me. but now, with more extreme weather events, anna no longer has that luxury of planning like her forefathers. she says she has learned to manage climate change but the real difficulties have come in the past two years. translation: when the covid pandemic started, _ we began to have problems with shortages of raw materials. and that pushed up prices. we did not know how much it would cost to produce or how much the product would sell for, and then the war in ukraine, those difficulties just increased, especially with fertilisers. we started worrying if we'd get enough for future crops. this is where anna stores her fertiliser, by far her biggest expense at the moment. last year, each of these bags cost £500. this year, when she plants her soya crop in october, this whole warehouse will be full of fertiliser, and of those prices have doubled. 85% of brazil's fertilisers come from abroad, and russia is an important partner. as long as the war continues, worries about getting enough fertilisers for future crops will remain. while that uncertainty translates into higher costs forfarmers like anna, it has a knock—on effect for everyone. after a long day in the fields, thiago heads home for a bite to eat and a catch—up with his young family. both girls love life on the farm. ten—year—old gabriela already has her heart set on studying agriculture in the us. his wife, mariani, bakes bread but meat does not feature much on the menu these days, that is too expensive so they have had to adapt. but that is a world away from the lives of this family who live in the nearby city of araraquara. even buying the basics is impossible. the mother—of—four relies on handouts and discounted food. there is no money for detergent. a foul smell permeates through the house, testament to the challenges of keeping the place clean. hunger is ravaging brazil. one in four people are not getting enough food and she is one of them. "my boss was about throw out these beans and bacon," she tells me, but she rescued the potjust in time. with the price of cooking oil souring, she and her dad have come up with another survival skill, turning used oil into soap. they say necessity is the mother of invention and brazilians have a special word for it, thejeitinho brasileiro — or the brazilian way. when life is hard, jeitinhos makes the difference between starvation and survival. brazil is one of the countries that the european metal industry is looking more and more to to source material, as the sector struggles with shortages following the invasion of ukraine by russia. we travel now to southern europe, where steel plants are also facing high energy costs, as too are the thousands of workers whose livelihoods depend on the steel mills and foundries of italy's industrial north. 0ur correspondent, jessica parker travelled to brescia, in the region of lombardy. steel runs through the vein of this community but it is an industry under strain. with the war in ukraine and covid lockdowns in china, global trade has been disrupted. here, they feel the impact of crisis erupting many miles away. paolo tries to stay positive but he's on reduced hours as factories grappling with volatile energy costs. the father—of—two started work aged 15, now his life savings are gone. translation: 0ur finances are zero. that is to say that they are under. we are in the red, but with the hope of trying to break even eventually. during your a0 years in the industry, is this the worst you have known it? translation: this is the worst moment i have seen, _ because no—one can predict what will happen, whether it is steel, or other constructions or car production. but brescia's metalwork still binds people together. mirella and lucas met at this foundry. she says there was a spark between them. now living together, two steady wages are up against rising food, petrol and energy prices. translation: with regard to electricity, _ we have recently suffered like everyone. 0ur bill has doubled, even though we are never at home because we leave in the morning at 7:00 and we arrive home at 5:00 in the evening. translation: we are tightening our belts a little more. _ instead of saving a lot, you'll save less. if this is like, you have to accept it. —— if this is life, you have to accept it. 0rders at this cast—iron foundry continue to flow, but a crucial source of raw materials was the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol. now shortages have ignited higher costs. over at one of italy's largest steel mill, there are mountains of scrap metal. some 7000 tons are melted down here in a day, a production line that burns through electricity. these are freshly made bars of solid steel and you can really feel the heat. they make around 100 of these an hour here. it is a hugely energy intensive process, which means, it hugely expensive. since last autumn, i am told, energy prices have rocketed. sometimes we have to shut down in some hours because it is too expensive. we have tried to adapt to the situation. of course, the main consequence is that our price of the finished product is rising a lot. and this is a problem for our clients, of course, because they still need to buy our product. so are you worried for the future? of course, we are worried. brescia's industrial history is written all over its landscape. this was once a bustling steel mill but tens of thousands ofjobs in the region still rely on a sector that just in the last 15 years has weathered the financial crash and coronavirus. workers here, like many can only keep an anxious eye on shocks they may feel but can't control. jollof rice, rice cooked in a spicy, smokey tomato stew is one of the most popular one—pot dishes in west africa, loved by people across the region, but in ghana, where rice, water and fuel prices are rising, people are being hit hard so household staples like jollof rice are becoming more expensive to make. nomsa maseko went to meet a caterer at a local market in accra, to find out more. mark impraim owns a catering business. i met up with him at the market, shopping for ingredients for one of his most popular dishes, jollof rice. so how have the increase in prices affected you? this used to be 20 cedis but we are here today in the markets they tell me the price has gone to a0 cedis. and you bought it for 20 cedis last week, seven days ago? exactly. and now it's double the price. exactly. has she explained why? she went to the market to buy and then the box, the box like that, formally it was around 1200 but she is telling today, it was 2,500. that means it's difficult for you to put together a budget. exactly. it's markets like this one where consumers used to come to buy basic food items because they were much cheaper but now, things have changed because food prices have more than doubled everywhere in just the last few weeks. how are you? please, i would need oil, 25 litres. how much? 420. what have you found yourself having to stop buying because of the prices? i used to buy oil in bulk but now, i'm really struggling to buy one. what about the spices? i see you have other things here. maybe 12, 13 cedis, 18 cedis now, you understand? everything. the last time i got a jar like this — it's one of the spices i use in preparing myjollof. it must be very difficult. very, very, very difficult. rice, which is fast becoming a staple, is mainly imported from asia but local wholesalers have been forced to cancel orders during recent months due to the depreciation of the local currency against the us dollar. in the first quarter of this year, the cedi devalued by 19% compared tojust under 10% in 2018. in early april, ghana's inflation shot up to its highest level since 2019, and one of the driving forces of that has been the cost of buying fuel and that in turn has made transport even more expensive. the amount that we used to buy it for, is too much for us, so we are appealing to the government to reduce for us so that it can help us. you know, when fuel prices go up, it affects everything. sales, movement. not only is he having to endure steep food prices, but the rising cost of essentials has also been seen in the price of drinking water, which has increased twice in four months. something water producers said was unavoidable. the increment is everywhere and it is actually slowing business for me. water used to be around 1a cedis for a pack, and then with relative pricing, it's now selling around 17,18,19 cedis, so definitely i can't actually bear the cost. it has to move to the consumer. you go to the market every day, there's a little increase. mark is one of many ghanaians who worry about their business and livelihood if prices keep going up and up. as we heard from nomsa maseko, rice is increasingly expensive to import from countries like thailand. that is because fertilizer prices have made it harder and more costly for farmers to produce. fertiliser prices more than doubled last year, and those prices are increasing even faster with the war in ukraine. jonathan head went to meet some farmers in thailand who are feeling the pinch. in fields sparkling with new monsoon rain, rice farmer bunchuay somsuk and her neighbours scatter the fertiliser which should ensure her a good yield. thai rice is renowned for its quality, and much of the crop here in suphanbui, north of bangkok, is exported, mainly to the middle east and africa. these rich, alluvial soils make the central plains of thailand one of the world's most productive rice growing areas. these fields can grow three crops a year, quite literally feeding the world, but to do that, they need a lot of fertiliser, and at current astronomical prices, the business of rice farming here is barely viable. bunchuay showed me the notebook in which she keeps track of her debts. she still owes the equivalent of around £400 from last year and with global rice prices quite low and fertiliser still rising, she is even less likely to cover her costs after this yea r�*s harvests. everything that you've spent... we followed bunchuay to where she buys her chemicals. these have been an essential part of the so—called �*green revolution�* which has brought spectacular improvements in food production to this region, but they do come at a cost, both to the environment and especially now, to the farmers' meagre budgets. translation: it is really expensive. last april, we saw 16% nitrogen formula, at 550 baht, but this year we are selling it at three times that price. and costs may go even higher. thailand imports more than 90% of the ingredients for its fertiliser but the government has actually been keeping the price down below world levels, something manufacturers say can't go on much longer. 0ur government asked us to co—operate and help the farmers. of course, we can stand for that for a certain period of time. they give us a ceiling price which is set up seven, eight years ago. so are your members making a loss at the moment on all the fertiliser they are selling? some members that follow the law — shall i put it that way? they are losing money? losing money. there are rice farmers, though, who make themselves less vulnerable to the soaring cost of fertiliser. udong khamwongsa lives in one of thailand's least fertile regions in the north—east. making a living here is even harder than in the central plains. but udon hasjoined a german—funded project which helps farmers to reduce the use of fertiliser while still getting roughly the same crop yields. the instructor, montri, is telling her and her neighbour, songkran, how the war in ukraine is driving up prices. he also reminds them what combination of chemicals is most suitable for their soil and how best to apply it. with this knowledge, she has already cut her fertiliser bills by close to half. translation: our beliefs about fertiliser used - to be passed on to us. if you saw other farmers using a certain formula, we would just follow them. i didn't know that their soils and mine were different, that we could not use the same formula. i used to believe that the more fertiliser i added, the more produce i would get, and the more beautiful and greener the rice would be. thailand's farmers have got into the habit of using far more fertiliser than they really need. but they do still need plenty to produce the surpluses that make up a large portion of the world's rice exports. if they are to keep on growing this vital crop, either fertiliser prices must come down, or rice will have to go up, and that's a worrying prospect for the many countries that depend on this staple. many of us are having to make tough choices as we find ways to cope with the fall in living standards, but for some people in new zealand, the cost of living has become so prohibitive, they are moving to nearby australia. shaimaa khalil has been finding out what is pushing locals to take such a drastic step. i mean, the pay is not keeping up with the cost of living. i don't know how i'm going to be able to continue to work in this field and survive. can we aim it back at that one, he looks a bit sad. he definitely needs some more water. hannah loves her early childhood teaching job. she says the magic moments of the kids learning new things bring herjoy and pride. and yet she feels undervalued. with a low—wage and rising prices, it's been hard to make ends meet. i don't know that necessarily this role is something i can continue for the rest of my life, at least not unless there are going to be pay increases — thank you — um, which is sad. just all of the kind of essential items that you need to live are incredibly expensive. inflation is the highest it's been in 30 years, partly because of the increase in the price of petrol. and while the new zealand government has tried to introduce such short—term measures, like subsidising fuel prices and cutting the cost of public transport in half, there is not much they can do about food. fruit and vegetables have risen 18% in the past year. it's bad news for hannah, who is a vegan. it's insane to see how much it's gone up. cauliflowers, broccoli, these really basic vegetables that should be accessible to people are no longer the case. new zealand's capital wellington has been ranked one of the world's least affordable cities for buying a house. the picture is also grim for renters, with a rise of 12% in the past year. to keep costs down, hannah shares a house with others. they say with the current prices, none of them could ever contemplate owning a home. i have an infection but i can't afford to go to the doctor's right now. i'm in the process of selling my computer because i'd rather not have a computer and have something to... food. ..yeah, food. at least three of this small group are thinking about leaving new zealand. every year, tens of thousands of new zealanders move abroad, and many choose australia. it's a country where they have the right to live and to work and lately, the rising cost of living in new zealand has been a major push. take chris and his family. they've have recently left wellington to start a new life here in brisbane. chris is a builder. he and his wife, harmony, decided to move here a few months ago. despite owning their own home and both earning fairly good salaries back in wellington, they were still struggling. we've noticed australians saying, you know, "the cost of living is going up," and we are looking at them and going, "that was the cost five years ago for us." leaving new zealand and being away from the rest of her family was a difficult decision for harmony. when are you going to go back home? i'm not going home. yeah, new zealand is home. you don't get a choice. if you want to live, you had to move or new zealand has to change. and i want a future for my children and that's not in new zealand... sorry. hannah says she wants to put down roots in new zealand but with her current financial situation, she just can't see how that will happen. as countries around the world content with the economic impacts of the pandemic and the war in ukraine, governments and financial institutions will be faced with big decisions but with such uncertainty and flux, the concern is that more and more of us will be struggling to make ends meet in the coming months. hello there. we're going to see a mixture of sunshine and showers over the next few days. coupled with some stronger winds as well. the reason for all that is this large area of low pressure and it's actually an ex tropical storm and that is going to get steered to the north—west of scotland and bring the strongest winds into scotland in the next few days. now, during thursday, we have cloud pushing across the uk. didn't bring an awful lot of rain, mind you. and following on from that cloud, we saw clearer skies turning to move in from the west and those clearer skies are pushing into many parts of the country overnight. so, if you're heading out first thing in the morning, these are the temperatures, typically 12 to 15 degrees. not a good day for hay fever sufferers on friday because we've got very high grass pollen levels quite widely across england and wales. we could start the day with some cloudy damp weather to clear away first thing from the south east of england. 0therwise, plenty of sunshine for england and wales, some patchy cloud, one or two showers in the west, but many places dry, the bulk of the showers coming in to scotland and northern ireland, they could be heavy, possibly thundery and the winds will be stronger here, as well. more sheltered eastern parts of scotland should see temperatures at 20 degrees and widely over 20 celsius across england and wales. promising start to the second test match at trent bridge, it looks dry on friday, dry to the weekend and into monday, as well. may turn a little bit cooler, still got those fairly brisk westerly winds. there is our area of low pressure as we head into the weekend, it's getting steered between iceland and scotland and is still going to bring some windy weather, perhaps a little more widely on saturday. strongest winds continue to be in scotland, gales in the far north of the country, showers or longer spells of rain here. also, some showers for northern ireland, maybe one or two more for england or wales, still many places will have a dry day and temperatures probably still reaching 22, maybe even 23 degrees in the south east of england. during the second half of the weekend, that area of low pressure starts to pull away from our shores. higher pressure in the south, the winds won't be as strong on sunday. and we are likely to have fewer showers on sunday, lighter showers as well, most of the showers will be in western scotland. again, decent spells of sunshine for england and wales and temperatures ranging from around 15 degrees in glasgow to a high of 21 celsius in london. hello. this is bbc news. i'm simon pusey. our top stories: pointing the finger of blame. the committee investigating the attack on the us capitol condemns donald trump and the republicans. i say this to my republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: there will come a day when donald trump is gone but your dishonour will remain. previously unseen footage was shown and there was testimony from those who tried to defend the building. they were bleeding, they were throwing up, they were, you know, they had, i mean, isaw friends with blood all over their faces. friends with blood all over theirfaces. i was friends with blood all over their faces. i was slipping friends with blood all over theirfaces. i was slipping in people's blood. two british and one moroccan man fighting with the ukrainian