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May 2022
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Ukraine and the global food emergency

Financial Times
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Russia’s blockade of the port of Odesa is preventing Ukraine from exporting vital supplies of grain to a hungry world. A failure to resolve the problem will lead to food price rises and starvation, resulting in more migration and global unrest, according to David Beasley, head of the UN World Food Programme. He talks to Gideon about what needs to be done to avert catastrophe.

Clips: NewsNation, ABC news, CNN


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Military briefing: Ukraine seeks way to break Russia’s Black Sea blockade

Pakistan seeks to renegotiate IMF loan as food prices surge

‘Millions’ at risk of death as Ukraine war hits food supplies, Egypt warns

World’s poorest nations to receive aid amid soaring food prices


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