BBCNEWS Outside Source July 7, 2024
railways. we start with the war in ukraine, and russia is denying that its invasion has caused a global food crisis, despite the fact that we've seen soaring wheat prices driven by the collapse of ukrainian exports. its foreign minister, sergey lavrov, is in the turkish capital, ankara, for talks with his turkish counterpart — mevlut cavusoglu. on the agenda — creating a potential sea corridor for ukrainian agricultural exports. throughout the war, russia has been blockading black sea ports, including odesa. 20 million tonnes of grain is now stuck there — grain many countries a...