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For a while yet if in the future at all, pointing to an unstable global Food Supply Pressurised by the war in ukraine. Now the price of food in the uk rose by nearly 17. 5 in the year tojune, which was actually a fall from a high of just over 19 in the year to march, following an overall drop in the wholesale price of food which you can see here peaking when russia invaded ukraine last year. It has been trending downwards. But prices are still much higher than before the war and have started creeping up again. Lets discuss this with Kona Haque Head of reserach at commodities house ed and f man holdings. Good to have you on the programme. Do you agree with the Chief Economist at the Bank Of England that actually high food prices are here to stay . I think ....
is to travel to israel, egypt and the west bank to urge israel and the palestinians to de escalate tensions. that s after israeli forces killed seven palestinian fighters and two palestinian civilians during a raid. the raid happened here in a refugee camp in the flashpoint town ofjenin. an elderly woman is reportedly among the dead. this is an eyewitness. we heard gunshots that we fled into the cloud and we stayed under siege there for three hours. the army beseeched us in the club and we heard the sounds of the classes after about an hour, military destroyed cars on both sides on the road bulldozers. a new wave of violence hit the region last spring this is the deadliest single israeli raid intojenin since then. this is the aftermath you can see the extent of the damage. the israeli defense forces say they wanted to arrest members of the armed group, islamichhad. they ve accused the group of planning and executing multiple major terrorist attacks on israeli ....
his mission for puerto rico as the island faces a long recovery from another deadly hurricane. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone it s a threat that shadowed a generation of americans during the cold war a nuclear standoff with russia and now president biden giving voice to growing new fears and a dangerous new era once more framed by the threat of nuclear conflict. president biden saying, we face the prospect of armageddon comparing it to the cuban missile crisis his dark comments referring to threats by russia s vladimir putin to introduce tactical nuclear weapons or chemical and biological weapons on the battlefield in russia s war with ukraine. president biden saying he takes putin s threats seriously saying, putin is not joking while there s no indication thus far that russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons, the president s blunt comments are sending a chill from washington to the streets of moscow where our keir s ....