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aimed at countering china's growing influence in the region. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the united nations world food programme has described russia's blockade of ukrainian ports as a "declaration of war on global food security" that could push tens of millions of people into severe food shortages. it echoes concerns raised by the ukrainian government and wider accusations that the kremlin is deliberately targeting food supplies. our economics editor faisal islam reports. across the world, food and energy ...

this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's six in the morning in singapore and one o'clock in the morning in ukraine, where a court has sentenced a russian tank commander to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian. vadim shishimarin was the first person to stand trial for war crimes since russia's invasion three months ago. he had admitted shooting the 62—year—old civilian, but said he'd been acting on orders and he will appeal against his sentence. our correspondentjames waterhouse was in court. this wasn'tjust a trial, it was ukraine's day in court, with all eyes — and camer...

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