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welcome to the programme. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has been in kyiv today hoping to shore up a deal struck that was between ukraine and russia in the summer to allow for the export of grain from both countries. the agreement, which was brokered in turkey and is overseen by the un, must be renewed by 18 march, but there s concern, moscow will refuse to renew it. the deal also aimed to facilitate the export of russian food and fertilisers. moscow says those shipments are still being disrupted by us and european sanctions. exports of ukrainian, as well as russian food and fertiliser are essential to global food security and food prices. i want to underscore the critical importance of the rollover of the black sea grain initiative on 18 march, and are working to create the conditions to enable the greatest possible news of export infrastructures through the black sea, in line with the objectives of the initiative. this really matters. ukraine is one of ....
the channel to england so far this year. that s according to uk government figures. lucy williamson has been speaking to people in albania, france and the uk. for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. the journey starts in towns like laknas, now marked by absence. the shuttered houses and empty streets signs of an exodus this year. most were drawn by uk wages ten times higher than here. and each departure makes business in laknas even harder. as the price of crossing to the uk has dropped the suburbs around tirana are being drained of people. locals in this neighborhood say 70% of the community has already left, and many of those living here now are thinking ofjoining them. there are many places like laknas in albania now. majlinda s son crossed to the uk from dunkirk last month. translation: he was a seasonall worker working four months a year for minimal salary in a kitchen. he had more expectati ....
That s actually happening and stopping the goods getting to their final destination. the stopping the goods getting to their final destination. final destination. the flip to this is t in: final destination. the flip to this is trying to final destination. the flip to this is trying to deny final destination. the flip to this is trying to deny war final destination. the flip to this is trying to deny war funds - final destination. the flip to this is trying to deny war funds from | is trying to deny war funds from the kremlin, and a lot of it does come from the food and agriculture sector. i was looking at the revenue from fertiliser exports year on year, it soared to 70% to october, netting $17.7 billion from fertiliser alone which shows you how valuable this is to the kremlin, but they have the leverage. absolutely, and i think rebecca they have the leverage. absolutely, and i think rebecca really and i think rebecca really underscored and i think rebecca really undersco ....
To get a balance between supply and demand. i to get a balance between supply and demand. ., . ., ., demand. i noticed that grain shipments. demand. i noticed that grain shipments, broadly - demand. i noticed that grain l shipments, broadly speaking, demand. i noticed that grain - shipments, broadly speaking, have returned to prewar levels, and the price of wheat was falling, but looking today it s starting to climb again. is that factoring in the factor here? again. is that factoring in the factor here? , ., ., ., factor here? there is no alternative for that region factor here? there is no alternative for that region to factor here? there is no alternative for that region to supply factor here? there is no alternative for that region to supply the - for that region to supply the market. therefore, we are waiting for the renewal, and definitively the grains market is starting to become more volatile. 65’s the grains market is starting to become more volatile.- the grains ma ....