aimed at countering china s growing influence in the region. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome. the united nations world food programme has described russia s blockade of ukrainian ports as a declaration of war on global food security that could push tens of millions of people into severe food shortages. it echoes concerns raised by the ukrainian government, and wider accusations that the kremlin is deliberately targeting food supplies. our economics editor, faisal islam, reports. across the world, food and energy crisis are hitting households, increasing social instability and hunger and leading to whole country is going bust. sri lanka at first, but more are feared to be heading in the same direction. with russia s war in ukraine making the supply shocks much worse, the economic stakes are very high here and across part of the problem is that the natural response that should bring down energy orfood prices producing more
not the last aid package for ukraine has been overwhelmingly approved by the u.s. congress. a rare and notable achievement given the deep political divisions between democrat and republican lawmakers. on thursday, the $40 billion aid package for both military and humanitarian assistance passed the senate, but not without opposition. 11 republicans voted against the bill in defiance of republican mitch mcconnell. anyone concerned about the cost of supporting a ukrainian victory should consider the much larger cost should ukraine lose. president biden is now heading to south korea and is expected to sign the bill into law once he arrives. but wait there s more. just as the senate approved that $40 billion, the biden administration announced another security package worth $100 million and the flood of money to ukraine comes at a critical moment. ukraine s top military commander claims his troops have broken the russian siege s at kharkiv and miykolaiv and says ukrainia for
crises on his first visit to the region as president. putin s invasion, china s rise, and threats of a north korean missile threat casting a shadow over his trip. here in the united states, the baby formula shortage throws the white house into crisis mode. the supply crunch is worsening tonight, raising serious questions over when parents will finally see relief. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, president biden confronting multiple challenges on the world stage, as he makes his first presidential trip to asia. cnn s melissa bell is tracking the latest battlefield developments from kyiv, our chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins is traveling with the president in south korea. and cnn s barbara starr is watching the north korean missile threat from the pentagon. first, let s go to melissa and the ukrainian capital for us. melissa, it appears russia is about
Tonight are three, 60 just moments ago, the judge in the former president s new york Hush Money Trial expands the gag order on him in the wake of repeated online attacks by trump on his daughter, also tonight, all were learning about the attempt to breach the fbi office and lambda, who Authorities Say was behind it and whether this may have been someones attempt to political violence. And later my conversation with diet and folding along with author Column Macaron and stinging about diane son, jim fully a journalist, kidnapped and murdered by isis. His remarkable legacy what it was like to speak facetoface with one of the men who murdered her son good evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin with Breaking News the judge has expanded the gag order that he imposed on the former president last week. The move follows repeated online attacks against the judge and his daughter, including by name, like this one we blacked it out here because she has no role in the case and its not a public fi
Credit report. Thank you so much, ed. Thanks for joining us. The news continues now on cnn its wednesday, april 3rd, right now on cnn this morning buildings collapsed, people trapped taiwan, rocked by the most powerful earthquake to hit the island in 25 years. Powerful storms, triggering dangerous floods and tearing off rooftops in the heartland here in america and donald trump back on the trail predicting the end of elections in america. If he loses to joe biden again all right 5 00 a. M. Here in washington live. Look at capitol hill on this misty wednesday morning good morning, everyone on kasie hunt, its wonderful to have you with us. We begin with Breaking News taiwan rocked by a deadly 7. 4 magnitude earthquake. Its the most powerful earthquake to hit the Island Nation in 25 years. Heres what we know right now, Rescue Efforts are underway more than two dozen buildings have collapsed, and people are trapped. The epicenter of the quake located just south of the tourist city of huali