welcome to the programme. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has been in kyiv today hoping to shore up a deal struck that was between ukraine and russia in the summer to allow for the export of grain from both countries. the agreement, which was brokered in turkey and is overseen by the un, must be renewed by 18 march, but there s concern, moscow will refuse to renew it. the deal also aimed to facilitate the export of russian food and fertilisers. moscow says those shipments are still being disrupted by us and european sanctions. exports of ukrainian, as well as russian food and fertiliser are essential to global food security and food prices. i want to underscore the critical importance of the rollover of the black sea grain initiative on 18 march, and are working to create the conditions to enable the greatest possible news of export infrastructures through the black sea, in line with the objectives of the initiative. this really matters. ukraine is one of the to
hello there. let s start with news that has broken in the last hour the formerjapanese prime minister, shinzo abe, has been taken to hospital after apparently being shot while delivering a speech in the city of nara in western japan. he s said to be unconscious. local media reports say a sound like a gunshot was heard at the time. a male suspect has been detained. there is a press conference that will happen very shortly and when we get any new lines on this story, will bring them to you immediately. local reports say shinzo abe, former prime minister ofjapan, prime minister of japan, longest serving prime minister ofjapan, longest serving prime minister ofjapan, has been shot as in a state of cardiac and respiratory arrest. uk business groups fear the country could face weeks or months of political paralysis amid a deepening cost of living crisis, if boris johnson remains as britain s caretaker prime minister while a successor is found. the confederation of british industr
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A new report issued in May 2024 by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), an independent thinktank, is the latest installment to cast concerns over the EU-U.S. Data Privacy.
A former Taiwan government official once in charge of cross-strait policy said on Friday that China should consider the consequences before it suspends the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) as doing so would impact peace across the Taiwan Strait.