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The indian government is under pressure from other members of the quad grouping, which includes the united states, australia and japan, to take a stronger stand against russia and its invasion of ukraine. riot police have been deployed near the sri lankan presidents house in the capital, colombo, after a large protest against deepening economic crises in the country. angry protesters have pulled down police barriers. this comes on a day the government began imposing angry protesters have pulled ...

As sugar just arrived doesnt even make it onto the shelf before shoppers grab it. inflation hit more than 14% in russia and economists and expect it to reach 50% by the end of the year. >> the sanctions hit everybody wanted to cash from the bank. as fast as possible. and then currency and before the prices increase. >> according to official government statistics in russia, certain groups have seen huge price increases compared to last year, sugar is 37% more expensive. the prices for bananas and...

Airport workers subsequently tested positive. two days later, thousands of tourists visiting the central chinese city crowded together to watch live shows. its believed some of those attending had been infected traveling through nanjing and cases surfaced in major cities and have since spread to others. as of tuesday, the virus has been detected in 16 provinces across china. this is the biggest test and puts into question the effectiveness of chinese made vaccines against variants like delta. th...

Fast as possible or buy the goods before the prices had increased. >> reporter: according to official government statistics in russia, certain goods have seen huge price increases. compared to last year, sugar is 37% more expensive. the prices for bananas and tomatoes are up by around 50% and rises, albeit smaller, across a whole range of household staples. what you see here, empty shelves, is largely the result of panic buying, and some supermarkets have placed limits on how much customers can ...

Of the pandemic? >> reporter: it has everything to do with the highly contagious nature of the delta variant and also according to the council for relations, the fact that china needs more effective vaccines. the delta outbreak is growing and causing alarms with panic buying in wuhan. of course that was the city where the coronavirus first emerged and the delta variant has been detected there. first emerged onigrant workers infected. and they announced 71 new locally transmitted cases, the highe...

We saw it ourselves here in lieu le -- in lviv where a fuel station was attacked. it is part of russias ongoing effort to knock out some of the crucial supplies that ukraine needs in order to continue maintaining its defense. frederica? >> thank you so much. as this war now enters its fifth week, what is the reaction from people in russia? >> well, for many ordinary russians, where theyre really feeling it is with the sanctions. weve seen panic buying at the supermarkets. there are shortages o...

Primaries recently in new york and virginia. and cnn projects trump endorsed mike carey will rwin the republican special primary in the 15th district in ohio. and in wuhan, they confirmed their first covid includes iter in over a year spawned by the delta variant. panic buying has left local supermarket shelves empty. the city is testing all 11 million residents. in the middle of a historic drought, california state regulators are imposing unprecedented water restrictions on thousands of far...

But i cannot say that the crisis of the sanctions are hitting very hard. we see there is a lot of panic—buying, that is for sure. there are a lot of fights, literalfights in shops and supermarkets for sugar. people are buying huge supplies of sugar. their life has always been hard, and theyjust keep struggling. it does not sound that there is any great pressure on vladimir putin to say stop the war because we are suffering. people have not got to that stage at all yet. bill. suffering. people ...

—— so, what do the vast majority of russians hear about the war? im joined by a journalist from the bbc russian service. at the moment we see that it is not easy, but i cannot say that the crisis of the sanctions are hitting very hard. we see there is a lot of panic buying, that is for sure. there are a lot of fights, literalfights in shops and supermarkets for sugar. people are buying huge supplies of sugar. their life has always been hard, and theyjust keep struggling.

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