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suppfies supplies at one third of know, with supplies at one third of we and grains coming from the area, a blockade is really serious for the ability of poorer nations to actually feed themselves. it's hard enough when prices are so high here. but i think the us is right to say that we need to find a way, because russia is effectively declaring a kind of war on countries outside ukraine, by stopping the export of essential foodstuffs. dan. ukraine, by stopping the export of essential foodstuffs.— essentialfoodstuffs. dan, can we take a slightly — essentialfoodstuffs. dan, can we take a slightly wider _ essentialfoodstuffs. dan, can we take a slightly wider view - essentialfoodstuffs. dan, can we take a slightly wider viewjust - essentialfoodstuffs. dan, can we take a slightly wider viewjust for| take a slightly wider viewjust for a moment on the level of coverage? because we are on day ad or whatever it is of —— 80, and so many diplomats involved, attention turns elsewhere with something else, and
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things slipped down the priority list. that doesn't appear to be happening with the conflict in ukraine. what's your take so far of the fact that stories like this are still making the front pages? it’s still making the front pages? it's actuall still making the front pages? it�*s actually right. still making the front pages? it's actually right. sorry, _ still making the front pages? it's actually right. sorry, go - still making the front pages? it's actually right. sorry, go on, - still making the front pages? it's| actually right. sorry, go on, dan. still making the front pages? it's i actually right. sorry, go on, dan. i have to say _ actually right. sorry, go on, dan. i have to say that _ actually right. sorry, go on, dan. i have to say that the _ actually right. sorry, go on, dan. i have to say that the intensity - have to say that the intensity of the coverage has dropped off a bit, and i_ the coverage has dropped off a bit, and i think— the coverage has dropped off a bit, and i think the stories were routinely— and i think the stories were routinely smashing and dominating papers _ routinely smashing and dominating papers for— routinely smashing and dominating papers for the first 46 weeks. but we are _ papers for the first 46 weeks. but we are nearly at the three—month stage _ we are nearly at the three—month stage - _ we are nearly at the three—month stage — clearly partygate is the dominant— stage — clearly partygate is the dominant story tonight, and it would be on _ dominant story tonight, and it would be on any— dominant story tonight, and it would be on any other day, but in general i think_ be on any other day, but in general i think you — be on any other day, but in general i think you are seeing ukraine stories— i think you are seeing ukraine stories sometimes making the lead of newspapers, but may be second or third on_ newspapers, but may be second or third on the — newspapers, but may be second or third on the front perhaps. perhaps that's— third on the front perhaps. perhaps that's the _ third on the front perhaps. perhaps that's the way russia wants it, which — that's the way russia wants it, which is to— that's the way russia wants it, which is to have a less extreme, almost _ which is to have a less extreme, almost normalised conflict, a lower intensity— almost normalised conflict, a lower intensity conflict that somehow
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continues and makes things difficult for ukraine, but isn't making the world _ for ukraine, but isn't making the world so— for ukraine, but isn't making the world so angry. so i think we are seeing _ world so angry. so i think we are seeing some of the beginnings of that, _ seeing some of the beginnings of that, i_ seeing some of the beginnings of that, i think it depends because this is— that, i think it depends because this is such a major event, the first of— this is such a major event, the first of this scale in europe since 1945 _ first of this scale in europe since 1945. western attention is strong, but it— 1945. western attention is strong, but it isrr't— 1945. western attention is strong, but it isn't what it was. i think we are iri— but it isn't what it was. i think we are in for— but it isn't what it was. i think we are in for a — but it isn't what it was. i think we are in for a longer war, but it isn't what it was. i think we are in fora longerwar, then but it isn't what it was. i think we are in for a longer war, then there is a risk— are in for a longer war, then there is a risk of— are in for a longer war, then there is a risk of the kind of fatigue that— is a risk of the kind of fatigue that you talked about, which could be problematic in terms of aid efforts, — be problematic in terms of aid efforts, attention, and solving problems like we talked about, the food blockade.— food blockade. sorry, quickly come in on that- — food blockade. sorry, quickly come in on that- i — food blockade. sorry, quickly come in on that. ithink— food blockade. sorry, quickly come in on that. i think it _ food blockade. sorry, quickly come in on that. i think it is _ food blockade. sorry, quickly come in on that. i think it is very - food blockade. sorry, quickly come in on that. i think it is very vital- in on that. i think it is very vital that we highlight _ in on that. i think it is very vital that we highlight what - in on that. i think it is very vital that we highlight what is - in on that. i think it is very vital that we highlight what is going | in on that. i think it is very vital. that we highlight what is going on here. because ukraine is fighting on the front line for western democracies, and there is a huge spill—over effect to the rest of the world with what's happening. it's
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notjust ukraine that is under attack, it is a way of life and the ability for us to feed ourselves. there may be grain that may not be able to be harvested or stores, and that will have knock on effects. vitally, the press keep highlighting the dangers of what russia is doing and how aggressive it is being to us, notjust to ukraine. we’ll and how aggressive it is being to us, notjust to ukraine. us, not “ust to ukraine. we'll come back to us, notjust to ukraine. we'll come back to the — us, notjust to ukraine. we'll come back to the front _ us, notjust to ukraine. we'll come back to the front page _ us, notjust to ukraine. we'll come back to the front page of _ back to the front page of the guardian next, the story on the right—hand side of it, a picture. it's a health story, "pollutant worsening obesity epidemic." this chemical in _ worsening obesity epidemic." this chemical in the _ worsening obesity epidemic." this chemical in the environment is making — chemical in the environment is making the global obesity epidemic worse. _ making the global obesity epidemic worse, and of course obesity has been _ worse, and of course obesity has been a _ worse, and of course obesity has been a growing problem in the uk and western— been a growing problem in the uk and western countries for some decades
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now _ western countries for some decades now and _ western countries for some decades now and i_ western countries for some decades now. and i think there's a sort of growing — now. and i think there's a sort of growing belief that this needs to be taken _ growing belief that this needs to be taken more seriously, as the story in the _ taken more seriously, as the story in the newspaper says, there is a concern — in the newspaper says, there is a concern that the current clinical management of obese patients is inadequate. it's not understood how chemicals _ inadequate. it's not understood how chemicals that could be passed down through— chemicals that could be passed down through generations and having a generational effect, that pollutants of various _ generational effect, that pollutants of various kinds have been added to plastics _ of various kinds have been added to plastics or— of various kinds have been added to plastics or pesticides, or flame retardants, forcing long—term problems for people. so the point is this is— problems for people. so the point is this is a _ problems for people. so the point is this is a poorly understood area, one that — this is a poorly understood area, one that merits more research as it's clearly— one that merits more research as it's clearly having long—term problem _ it's clearly having long-term roblem. , , ., it's clearly having long-term problem-— it's clearly having long-term roblem. , ., ., , problem. this is a new one on me, is it new for you — problem. this is a new one on me, is it new for you to? _ problem. this is a new one on me, is it new for you to? i _ problem. this is a new one on me, is it new for you to? i must _ problem. this is a new one on me, is it new for you to? i must admit - problem. this is a new one on me, is it new for you to? i must admit i've l it new for you to? i must admit i've never heard of— it new for you to? i must admit i've never heard of these _ it new for you to? i must admit i've never heard of these obese - it new for you to? i must admit i've never heard of these obese toxins l never heard of these obese toxins which can hurt the way you control your own body weight. but it does
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make sense, we've had an enormous expansion, if you'll excuse the term, of obesity problems. and as we all know, there are difficulties in medicine, trying to control it, because lots of been suggested and tried, but the obesity problem is getting worse. so if there are chemical pollutants causing it and we can control those, that would actually be very good news for the national health.— national health. indeed. let's end with a good _ national health. indeed. let's end with a good news _ national health. indeed. let's end with a good news story, _ national health. indeed. let's end| with a good news story, especially for two people in particular. the front page of the metro, "a very lucky £184 million dip." this is obviously the euro millions winners who decided they'll go public. what who decided they'll go public. what a treat who decided they'll go public. what a great piece _ who decided they'll go public. what a great piece of _ who decided they'll go public. what a great piece of news! _ who decided they'll go public. what a great piece of news! i'm sure everybody _ a great piece of news! i'm sure everybody will wish they bought a lottery _ everybody will wish they bought a lottery ticket or had the winning
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lottery— lottery ticket or had the winning lottery ticket. it's unusual to go public, — lottery ticket. it's unusual to go public, i'm _ lottery ticket. it's unusual to go public, i'm not sure i'd want to do it. public, i'm not sure i'd want to do it lots— public, i'm not sure i'd want to do it lots of— public, i'm not sure i'd want to do it. lots of people might be asking for money, — it. lots of people might be asking for money, but maybe you'd want to -ive for money, but maybe you'd want to give it away — for money, but maybe you'd want to give it away. if i was in this extraordinary fortunate position, i wouldn't _ extraordinary fortunate position, i wouldn't feel i'd need all 184 million _ wouldn't feel i'd need all 184 million. ~ ., ., wouldn't feel i'd need all 184 million. ~ ., , . million. would you go public if you want to? i'm _ million. would you go public if you want to? i'm not _ million. would you go public if you want to? i'm not sure _ million. would you go public if you want to? i'm not sure if— million. would you go public if you want to? i'm not sure if i - million. would you go public if you want to? i'm not sure if i would, i want to? i'm not sure if i would, but i certainly — want to? i'm not sure if i would, but i certainly agree _ want to? i'm not sure if i would, but i certainly agree to - want to? i'm not sure if i would, but i certainly agree to give it i want to? i'm not sure if i would, but i certainly agree to give ital but i certainly agree to give it a hell of a lot away because there's only so much of it you can spend in your lifetime. and if you do go public, you'll get so many people coming, trying to get money, and you'll suddenly discover you had all sorts of best friends you never knew about. i’m sorts of best friends you never knew about. �* , f sorts of best friends you never knew about. �* , j , about. i'm sure they're preparing for that right _ about. i'm sure they're preparing for that right now. _ about. i'm sure they're preparing for that right now. for— about. i'm sure they're preparing for that right now. for the - about. i'm sure they're preparing i for that right now. for the moment, we will leave it there, thank you very much to you both are coming on and talking us to the front pages of tamara's newspapers. thank you both. that's it for the papers this hour.
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lady ros altmann and dan sabbah will be back again at 11.30pm. goodbye for now. good evening, this is your update from the bbc sport centre. everton guaranteed their premier league status, with a dramatic 3—2 victory over crystal palace, coming back from 2—0 down. dominic calvert—lewin came off the bench to head home for the toffees five minutes from time, sparking delirious scenes at goodison. frank lampard's side had looked in desperate trouble after goals from jean—philippe matata and jordan ayew had given palace a comfortable half—time lead. facing an excrutiating final day shoot out, second—half strikes from michael keane and richarlison drew everton level before calvert—lewin ensured another season in the top flight. element coming in here three and
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half months ago with my staff, amazing staff, i've got really positive people that work so hard, and trying to affect things and then getting a reaction from the players and the fans, feeling a bit of unity when it looked like there was a split. and this club's special, and i'm very proud to be the manager of everton on this night. so, that result means it's one of burnley or leeds, who'll be relegated on the final day of the season. burnley were held to a 1—1 draw at aston villa. it all looked rosy when ashley barnes converted a first—half penalty. emi buendia got villa back in the game, though, and villa pushed for a winner in the second half, burnley keeper nick pope making several saves. 1—1 it finished — burnley move out of the relegation zone, with leeds now occupying that final spot. we can't hide that it's in our hands, _ we can't hide that it's in our hands, but _ we can't hide that it's in our hands, but we know there's still 90 plus minutes of hard work and emotion, and everything that will go through— emotion, and everything that will go through on— emotion, and everything that will go through on that day. but it'sjust
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about— through on that day. but it'sjust about resting up and making sure we're _ about resting up and making sure we're ready to go sunday. and chelsea have all but secured third place, after a 1—1 draw with leicester at stamford bridge. james maddison put the visitors one—up before marcos alonso levelled for chelsea. thomas tuchel�*s side are three points above spurs, but with a far better goal difference. port vale have booked their place in the league 2 play—off final after beating swindon town 6—5 in a tense penalty shoot—out. it took sudden death to find a winner, but ellis iandolo's miss gives port vale their first visit to wembley in 26 years, where they will face mansfield town for to league 1. a fan has been jailed after running onto the pitch and headbutting sheffield united's captain, billy sharp, at the end of their play—off defeat at nottingham forest's city ground on tuesday night. sharp was knocked to the ground and required four stitches for a cut on his lip. forest season ticket holder robert biggs, who's 30, pleaded guilty to assault and occasioning actual bodily harm, and was jailed for 24 weeks. wales have called up the uncapped
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nathan broadhead for next month's world cup play—off final. the sunderland striker has scored 13 goals in 26 games on loan from everton this season. of course, gareth bale is the first name in the squad, despite his limited appearances for real madrid. it was his two goals against austria that gave rob page's side a place in the final, where they'll face scotland or ukraine. leicester goalkeeper danny ward and bournemouth striker kieffer moore also return from injury. for the first time at a men's world cup, there will be female referees officiating. france's stephanie frappart, rwanda's salima mukansanga, and japan's yoshimi yamashita have been selected to take charge of games in qatar. there also three female assistant referees on the list of officials released by fifa today and premier league referees michael oliver and anthony taylor have also been chosen to officiate at the tournament which begins in november. st helens ensured they will go into the challenge cup final break top of the super league,
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with a 12—10 victory over a warrington side that made them sweat. the home side got off the mark early with a try from gareth widdop, but the visitors had too much quality for the hosts to handle, as tries from alex walmsley and tommy makinson put warrington's chances of victory just out of reach. st helens now have a four—point lead over second place catalans dragons, whilst warrington remain in eighth. and formula one has hit barcelona. it's the spanish grand prix on sunday — and, ahead of his home race, fernando alonso has been speaking to the bbc. the alpine driver says that lewis hamilton still has time to come good this season, even though the seven—time champion's mercedes has been a long way off the pace set by ferrari and red bull. well, this is the nature of the sport, you know, sometimes you have a better car, sometimes you have not such a good car and you still need to fight and make some progress. and this year, we see that the driver is very important in formula 1, but not crucial. he's driving as good as he
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has been the last eight years, and he was dying to micah dominating the sport and breaking all the records, 100 something pole positions, and now he's one second behind in australia. now he's one second behind in australia-— australia. how do you see the current battle _ australia. how do you see the current battle? _ australia. how do you see the current battle? we _ australia. how do you see the current battle? we had - australia. how do you see the current battle? we had a - australia. how do you see the - current battle? we had a fantastic camping trip _ current battle? we had a fantastic camping trip last _ current battle? we had a fantastic camping trip last year, _ current battle? we had a fantastic camping trip last year, and - camping trip last year, and this year, i think it's looking that way again, you know, with max and charles being very close and driving super well, charles being very close and driving superwell, it'll charles being very close and driving super well, it'll be interesting. finally, england fast bowler jofra archer is going to miss the entire season with a stress fracture in his lower back. archer hasn't played cricket since lastjuly, after two elbow operations. this new injury could also see him miss the t20 world cup in australia, that starts in october. it's a blow to england, who are also without six other pace bowlers because of injury. also, don't forget, the latest from the pga championship — on the bbc sport website.
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but that's all the sport from us for now, we'll see you soon. hello there. thursday saw lots of sunshine developing across the uk, and after a quiet night, we are going to see the weather changing again on friday. it's going to be cooler and breezy, and there is going to be some rain around as well. if we look towards the southeast of england, we're going to find it turning wetter quickly in the morning, and that steadier rain pushes into east anglia. some thunderstorms just across the channel, as it gets wet in the southeast, we see some sharp showers breaking out elsewhere, some wet weather clears northern ireland pushes into western scotland and the northwest of england in the afternoon as it turns a bit drier towards the southeast. here, temperatures 19 celsius, only 14 celsius in the central belt of scotland. now, heading into the weekend, we've got a run of west—south—westerly winds, higher pressure in the south of the uk. these weather fronts approaching northern areas on saturday, so a lot of cloud for northern ireland, some patchy rain here. maybe we will see a brighter start in scotland that showers in the west being replaced by thicker cloud and some rain.
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welcome to newsday, i'm mariko oi live from singapore. and i'm karishma vaswani coming to you live from sydney australia. it's the day before australians decide who will be their next prime minister — incubent scott morisson or his rival labour leader anthony albanese. australia's economy grew strongly throughout the pandemic — but many are concerned that the rising costs of living and climate change are making it unlivable. also in the programme — joe biden is on his way to south korea on his first asian trip as us president. he will also be visiting japan in an effort to bolster ties with the region. the international committee of the red cross says it has registered thousands of ukrainian prisoners of war from the azovstal plant in mariupol this week.
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