with the start of wimbledon, we take a look at how sponsors are trying to ace the event. let s start with more on the important meeting taking place in the bavarian mountains today, where g7 leaders are gathered for their latest summit. the conflict in ukraine and the effects the russian invasion is having on the global economy is top of the agenda. leaders will consider imposing a price cap on russian crude, which is an idea strongly supported by the white house. russian oil and gas sales could hit $285 billion this year, which is 20% higher than last year s figure. as well as discussing energy food inflation and security is causing a headache for g7 leaders. with around 20 million tonnes of grain stuck inside ukraine, unrest has erupted in countries from indonesia to iran, and hunger now is predicted to affect 867 million people this year. to discuss this i m joined by professor olivier de schutter co chair of the international panel of experts on sustainable food syste
condemns his health officials as a huge wave of covid cases sweeps through the country. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 7pm in new york state where president biden has travelled to buffalo, to meet the families of ten people killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at the weekend. mr biden called white supremacy a poison which is running through the us. the bbc s nada tawfik was there as the president spoke and she sent us this report. america has a long and troubled history with racism and guns. the city of buffalo is the latest deadly chapter. joe biden, the latest president to console a community in mourning. in an all too familiar ritual, mr biden and the first lady paid their respects to the victims who were massacred here as they were shopping for groceries. after meeting with family members of the victims, he gave a forceful speech, calling the attack domestic terrorism and urging americans to reje
United states, joe biden, genocide joe. Angry antiisrael protestors relentless antiisrael protestors and theyre getting bolder. Yesterday they stormed a Senate Building raging against israels war with hamas. Democrat lawmakers are feeling the political pressure just like the president. Turning our strongest ally in the middle east away. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. Capitol hill Police Arrested 50 protestors. It forced the Senate Cafeteria to shut down. They chanted the senate cant eat until gaza eats. They also interrupted defense secretary lloyd austins testimony on the Pentagon Budget going on yesterday morning and during that hearing he smacked down one of the protestors most incendiary claims about israel. I want to address what the protestors raised earlier. Is israel committing genocide in gaza . Senator cotton, we dont have any evidence of genocide created. Thats a no. Israel is not creating genocide in gaza. We dont have evidence of that. Harris senator
The russians in the other direction the airports of packed with people wanting to go home. And for the very latest now lets bring in john less critic of our gore who is joining us with the latest from jakarta and we just like to know what are the authorities saying about the situation especially in long books right now. Well there theyre definitely monitoring the casualties the death toll is ninety eight so far but the head of the Disaster Management agency has said there are certainly be more where there are twenty four hours out and there are Twenty Thousand people in temporary shelters which is a huge number and there are not yet any foreigners among the dead but as these as as authorities have said the numbers are still being processed so its very much developing an active Situation Emergency for thousands of people and the First Responders are very hard pressed and its
a challenging situation for them right for those rescue teams for those Relief Agencies which you know many of th
messaue some kind of solution? the main message from some kind of solution? the main message from the some kind of solution? the main message from the g7 some kind of solution? the main message from the g7 will- some kind of solution? the main message from the g7 will be - some kind of solution? the main message from the g7 will be to l message from the g7 will be to keep trade open, we have 3a countries today that have imposed export restrictions to protect their population from high prices, they make sure they will not have to, to buy more on global markets that are increasingly volatile and indeed expensive, but that message is insufficient, what we need as we need to encourage countries to reduce their dependency on the long term on food imports to produce more for themselves and to produce in ways that consume much less energy. there are techniques that allow for this, what the crisis shows is that we need to detach food markets from energy markets, and it shows the need to