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for people struggling to cope. the government has said its providing a package of measures to help with rising costs. thats it from me. which will be here at the top of the hour. —— rich will be here. now on bbc news, its time for unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc�*s headquarters in central london for unspun world, the programme where bbc experts give straight answers to the big questions of the moment. are we actually making any progr...

hello, and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc�*s headquarters in central london for unspun world, the programme where bbc experts give straight answers to the big questions of the moment. are we actually making any progress whatever in combating climate change? well, hot air? there is also the possibility that we could use our ingenuity and our unique abilities as human beings, as homo sapiens, to get out of this. whats russia got up its sleeve for the parts of eastern ukraine that...

Of us needs feeding, at a time when ukraine, one of the biggest producers of grain and fertiliser, has been largely knocked out of the market by the russian invasion. can we actually sustain a population of 8 billion? i spoke to the bbc�*s population correspondent, steph hegarty. so, ukraine was a huge wheat supplier. but it only supplied 7% of the wheat for sale on the global market. why is it having such an outsized effect? and thats because our global food systems were in this really precar...

And i think thats exciting and optimistic. try and get your head round this. every second there are currently a5 births and 2.0 deaths in the world. a net population rise of 2.3 per second. that means, in the few minutes since this programme began, more than 1,000 more human beings have been added to the worlds total. very soon now we will hit 8 billion, and every single one of us needs feeding, at a time when ukraine, one of the biggest producers of grain and fertiliser, has been largely knocke...