the west is accusing russia of weapon ising food of deliberately starving millions of people around the world by blockading ukrainian ports, keeping millions of tons of food and fertilizers off world markets. russia of course blames western sanctions. so today on the day, if the west can crippled russia's economy, why shouldn't russia try to starve us? i'm fil galeon berlin, and this is the day. ah, dresser has launched a green one stocking globin food prices. there is the last food, the security last has a security, last income. i mean, we see already food insecurity at very high levels. cost you use a while, the keys to last in peace and the security. this is really crisis

davis forced to get worse also on the day germany has detected its 1st case of monkey pox, clusters are springing up around the world. and scientists are baffled by the spread of this rad virus. the use says it's monitoring the outbreak closely. the monkey pox virus is considered to have moderate transmit civility. among humans, the likelihood of further spread the virus through close contact. for example, through sexual activities is considered to be high. the likelihood of transmission between individuals without close contact is considered to be well come to that day. well, finance ministers from a group of 7 leading economists meeting here in germany. i've been grappling with the economic effects of russia's war and ukraine. german finance minister christiane lyndon who's been hosting the talk said the g 7 has agreed to provide

ukraine with a liquidity, lifeline of almost $20000000000.00 to insure it has enough money to defend itself against russia's invasion. and the i m. f predicts, ukraine's economy will shrink by more than a 3rd this year and next yesterday. and we stand with you cream, you cream is realizing it is right to self defense. it more than that, if you defending our shared values on the financing and the financial situation was especially the supply of liquid funds, must not be allowed to restrict the possibility of military action. janese soviets was at some, i'm franken and $27.00 ministers of war and that the war is causing global economic disruptions impacting energy supply of food production and export, as well as the functioning of supply chains around the world. are ukraine accuses russia of deliberately targeting food supply infrastructure? russian missiles took out a grain warehouse in easton, ukraine on thursday. official say the storage facility,

the southeast of zappa's asia, is not completely unusable. ukrainian president of laudermill zalinski, a cas accused russia of using food as a weapon with global consequences. ukraine's one of the world's most important supplies of grain and sunflower, oil brushes. blockade of black sea ports has halted shipments. the colors of ukraine countries, endless golden wheat fields, are reflected in its flag that rushes invasion means some of ukraine's rich farmland. now, looks like this. ukraine has accused russia have deliberately targeting its agriculture sector, tearing up fields, planting land, mines and destroying equipment and warehouses in safer parts of the country, farmers have been tasked planting extra crops in a bit to make up the losses elsewhere. but the threat to food security goes far

beyond ukraine. the country is one of the world's biggest exporters of food products like wheat corn and some flower oil. but russia has blocks you cranes, key ports leaving it, unable to ship vital food supplies in level around oil without our agricultural exports. dozens of countries in different parts of the well to already on the brink of food shortages. and over time, the situation could become, frankly speaking, terrible. politicians are already discussing the possible consequences of the sharp rise in prices with famine in african countries asian countries. russia has blamed the situation on western sanctions. but some experts suggest russia is manipulates in grain markets using wheat as a bargaining chip to its own advantage. as the world's number one wheat exporter there are warnings, russia could withhold its own wheat exports for political gain. according to the

world food program, around 4 and a half 1000000 tons of grain is stuck in silos at ukrainian ports. it's particularly disastrous for countries already suffering from food shortages. yemen for example, gets more than half of its wheat from ukraine and russia this. so we're, the ukraine we're has, that is, is overlapping. the impact is overlapping with a crisis that has already been unfolding of our countries. the e. u is now racing to work out alternative routes across the land to secure supply chains. meanwhile, the u. n. is leading negotiations to get shipping routes reopened, and get vital food supplies to whether desperately need it. let's look at this with michael kim h, his professor of history of the catholic university of america and

a fellow of the german marshall fund. he served as an expert on russia and ukraine for president obama state department. welcome to d, w. m s. looking at what's going on there. is this a pattern that you said you could do? you see russia deliberately creating a food shortages around the world as part of this war? i'm not sure if it's a deliberate creation of a food shortage. it's certainly a consequence of the war. and i don't think that russia will lift its naval embargo of ukraine for many reasons. what it will try to do is to exploit this crisis to make the fall of western and transgender nato expansion and such. it will try to use it for propaganda purposes. everyone's propaganda game though, may, because, you know, the, the west is the imposing sanctions on russia regarding it as a legitimate tactic to try and bring down it's a banking system up. and of course, if we can do that, why shouldn't russia try to do the same with whatever tools it has at its disposal?

i don't think that western policy is to bring down rushes banking system. the goal of the senses policy is to limit the development of russia's war machine. so it's, it's, it's, it's targeted and i don't think that, you know, sort of sabotaging the world's food supply as a proportional response to that. so these are 2 separate tracks. i would say, but yes, all of this is a feature of widening tension between russia and the west. and that's going to be a very long term phenomenon with many, many negative consequences. so let's think about that idea of each side are blaming the other side of the western poses, are sanctions on russian fuel and the banking system and russia. and it's, it's apologists and it's friends. i say, well, this is the west side, so we'll hear from china's permanent representative to the united nations. shang june young tindy shuffle you so weaponized in economic interdependence will only

create artificial difficulties and amplify local risks. we call for the lifting of unilateral sanctions and restrictions on food production and exports as soon as possible, so as to stabilize on smooth food production and supply. i call came it's due by that the west removes it. sanction zone, russia lex, the grain out of ukrainian ports, the problem goes away. seems to go that thinking it doesn't really make any sense from western point of view. the sanctions are there because of the war and the violations of ukrainian sovereignty. and i think it's for that reason that the sanctions after after stay or something can be worked out about the grain. that would be excellent, but it wouldn't be through our sanctions relief that just knock it out. it's not going to happen on the western side and it shouldn't because it's not connected to the stated names of the sanctions policy. ok, so both sides say it's your fault and we're not moving. i'm. i wonder if you could just expand on an idea that was,

that was touched on in our report that russia could also withhold its own wheat from the market for political gain. because on the face of it, this seems like the last thing that a cash strapped severely sanctioned country with limited access to international market would do. it's very true. it doesn't seem like there's any reputation again in russia. in doing that, they would just seem a less reliable supplier of grain to those parts of the world that consume rush and grain. so it would be an odd policy unless the russian calculation is that this stability, that the global grain shortage is going to cause at the instability is so useful to russia. that it would do it for that sake. but that seems like a very, a very unusual policy putting it mildly well, this is been unusual. conflict happening because on the one side, okay, we have what we understand. we have the bombs and the bullets flying, but on the other we have all these other weapons being used, whether it be the food or fuel and the rest of this were in the space so called

a hybrid warfare. have you seen it like before? no, i think that this is a very perplexing war, and it's, you know, very local and regional up to a point me, in the battlefields are all on the territory of ukraine. but it's certainly a war that's global in scope and meaning, and you know, from that you can extract one significant point, which is that the western response to the ukraine has been much more critical of russia than the global response. so that's certainly something that russia is going to try to turn to advantage, and that may be where some of this grand politics comes into play. and it's interesting that the battle lines, as it were in terms of who's for and against russia, aren't clear. you look at countries like india, already turkey, which has interest on both sides of this. that's correct. also brazil, south africa, and most importantly, china. i don't think any of these countries really strongly supports the war.

things that the war is a good idea. but at the same time, they don't strongly oppose it, they're not a part of the sanctions regime. and they are trying to operate in their individual ways to, to benefit at times from being either in between or closer to the russian side. so it's a very important part of the picture. and what are the things that is perplex? lots of observers has been the lack of what would appear to be a cyber response. because russia has been accused of exploiting tactics and cyberspace for years disrupting elections in referendums, in foreign countries that we don't appear to have seen so much of this in this current hall war. why do you think that is? well, not yet. don't, don't forget that it's early days for this war. it's about 2 and a half months old. so we'll see what the future brings in this regard. i think that there is one clear explanation which is that russia has undermined a lot of the political support that it had before the war. so it doesn't have as

much to work with now. in terms of, you know, information, meddling, political meddling and such, but where i would anticipate cyber attacks in the future would be on critical infrastructure in places like poland, the baltic, republics, or perhaps germany or the united states. i don't think that that's a science fiction at all. it's a, it's a probable outcome of the war continues to escalate and a very, very material way that this is sort of spread out. we've seen russia switch off gas supplies to poland and bulgaria and finland is due. is next on the list from saturday. at why do you think russia has picked of those particular dogs will finland we know, but why? so why? why start with bulgaria and poland when they're a bigger fan of fish like germany or hungary? well, poland has been, you know, really front and center with this crisis. it's taken in a very large number of refugees in poland. is the country from which weapons are

flying into ukraine? so i think it's just a target for russian animosity. and then in other countries, it's degrees of vulnerability and degrees of leverage. germany may be vulnerable, but it still has lots of leverage. 4 areas in a different situation. good talking to you. thank you so much for joining us, michael mitchell, from the catholic university of america on the german marshall fund. thank you for having me. a jonas chance of us as guitar will play a central role in these countries. plans to cut its dependence on russian gas. all of sholtes made the remarks of the hosting, the emir of tom tom. im bill hammer out. tommy talks here in berlin. it has the world's leading producer of liquefied natural gas and hopes to start sending the fuel to germany. a by 2024, chancellor shoals said germany would develop its infrastructure to import an energy by ship. and while germany proposed to do without russian gas fit,

lynn has had this thrust upon it. russian gas, a giant gas problems cutting off supplies just days after finland applied to join nato. moscow says it's because he'll think he's refused to pay in rubles. but gas only accounts for 5 percent of freeman's energy needs, and officials say, there'll be no disruption to consumers as hell. think he's already signed a replacement deal with a u. s. company. so let's explore this aside of this war with doctor benjamin a schmidt is a post doctoral research fellow at the harvard smithsonian center astrophysics. he's also served as european energy security advisor to the state department to welcome back to d w. so russia says it's cutting a felon doth, because hell, think he isn't paying for his gas in rubles, which of course was a condition that moscow imposed in response to western banking sanctions. but presumably we should read this as a punishment for finland seeking data membership. yeah, absolutely,

i mean i think that we can, we can see here this is just the latest move are in a long running kremlin instigated gas crisis that it has built up in europe since mid 2021 also undermined the wes response on to russia's a later re invasion of ukraine, and we've seen these cynical statements where gas prom apologists and the vendors. people like dmitri pascall, people like former german chancellor, gerhard schroeder, they continue to perform implausible logical gymnastics to try to explain away this company's behavior as quote, just commercial. and they really, you know, represent kind of this extraordinary conductors weight decade, long symphony of absurdity aiming to drawn out anything that doesn't harmonize with variations on the crime one's really farcical. refrain that quote, russia has always been a reliable energy supplier to europe identified on twitter just last week, a thread with over 25 different interruptions in other non market actions. and of

course, finland's energy cut offs last week, electricity in upcoming gas cutoffs. you know this, this is right in that wheelhouse. all right, so germany is now looking to katara for 8 some for it says alan j supplies. but 11 does what sort of bug and you can strike when the market knows that you are desperate. we'll hear from germany's economy minister, a robot hobbit and then we'll come back to you. it's obvious that we need natural gas if you want to get rid of russian nation natural gas. this is the situation, but we won't be hijacked. and if someone is using the situation to ask, asking for too high prices are 2 long term contracts, then we were fined up hotness. benjamin smith that i've done is this deal with guitar is, can germany dictate terms or walk away?

well, they certainly can walk away. i mean the, the big thing to remember about ellen g is that unlike oil, it's less fundable, but it is going in that direction. right? so it is, it is something that you can go to a global market and try to replace the volume that i think the most heartening act that i've been since, you know, in germany's well publicized vitamin vendor. this. suppose the era of kremlin deterrence, which we now haven't seen fully yet, but maybe things are going in the right direction. we saw the minister, hobbit boldly predict on may 5th. you know, a good chance to do what it normally impossible in germany and said to build a l n d terminal at home often within about 10 months and connected to the german gas supply. and he also came out just last week and called kremlin kremlin energy practices is a weapon of ation of energy or using energy as a weapon. this is something that was unthinkable from the merkel government and certainly unthinkable from former german chancellor. gerhard schroeder. so, i mean, it's really encouraging that the physical infrastructure for imports is being moved

along quickly in germany at the same time. this sort of deal with guitar. you know, this will take time to work out, but i think that it can be part of the solution of for, for diversification in germany. and i'm really hopeful the fact that, you know, we've seen the talk going on, you know, this will take time, but it really needed because, you know, you have to get these got gas storage is up. there are many who would query whether this is a deal that should be done a toll. there's a heretic irony about turning away from one dictator, waging a war on your doorstep to another miles away in touch with an equally questionable a human rights record. yeah, no doubt about that. i mean this is, this is kind of the, the, you know, the curse that we have with hydrocarbons, the petro dictator and authoritarian nations that are built on hydrocarbon fails. and that's why we're seeing the same sort of issues play out with the saudis,

with the tories, with, you know, the venezuelan government, the russian government, etc. right? this just goes on and on. and this is all the more reason that we need to work to reduce our energy to energy dependence on, in particular, authoritarian nations and in tried to diversify energy complies to the greatest extent possible. right. and so presumably then in this circumstance, bell is not in a position to impose conditions, ethically, or otherwise. it's not clear. i mean, it's, it's, you know, it's a little bit different from the long term contract that berlin and in previous government tried to build. and remember, as the rest of the european union from 2015 after russia initially based them, ukraine was working to actively diversify away from over dependence on russia. natural gas in particular, but energy in general. germany took the other approach if it followed this flawed politic policy where it was trying to actually entrench its energy relationship

through the now defunct north spring to pipeline. and these are the sort of things that germany is actively moving away from and getting onto the global market is, is really, you know, a big, big step. it's something that other countries like poland in bulgaria and others, which i heard you talking about earlier. they've already taken those that germany really need to take a page out of their energy security playbook to become more resilient to kremlin pressure as ever good talking to thanks so much for joining us. dr. benjamin smith from harvard dismiss sony incentive astrophysics. thanks so much. ah, and germany's detected it's 1st case of the rare monkey pox virus, the armed forces medical service said the case had been found in a patient in munich. now this or as a growing number of european countries and others around the world report outbreaks, us doctors are investigating whether the case in the state of massachusetts is related to those in europe. monkey parks as

a rare viral infection usually found in small mammals in west and central africa. the spread of the virus is usually caused by people traveling to those areas. but for the 1st time, the disease appears to be spreading among people who have not traveled to africa. germany, belgium, italy, and sweden have become the latest countries to confirm cases. following britain, portugal, spain, and the united states. there is something very unusual in terms of the speed in which it spread and also the long incubation time. 12 days, sometimes potentially 21 days. i mean, sir, you could silently incubate in many people before we realised it in australia. one man who had recently returned from britain is also infected. a 2nd case was awaiting confirmation. the individual who's been diagnosed in victoria i came from london are so flu on. the 14th landed in abu dhabi and then was on an ebay

darby, melbourne slice landing in the early morning of the 16th. i had some symptoms prior to being on the flight, but hes attended for medical care almost immediately. monkey pox, similar to human smallpox, though milder. most people recover from it in a few weeks. symptoms include fever and headache, feeling tired and swollen glance. the virus is usually transferred through closed bodily contact, a bodily fluids. their world health organization says the general public should be aware of unusual skin rashes and acknowledged that there were still many unknowns. also in terms of transmission. one of the theories of health officials is that the disease is now being sexually transmitted, but further investigation is needed. ah, female to be presented in afghanistan are no longer allowed to show their faces on

screen. they now have to cover them with a mask or veil. the new dic tad adds to a growing list of taliban restrictions on women. this includes covering themselves in public, from head to toe being allowed to travel, only with mail guardians, restrictions on work and a ban on education for teenage girls. a popular tv presenter shows herself getting ready for show. the same day she rode. a woman being a raised on orders from the virtue and vice ministry. but on the hold on the back, this was yelder ali, back in september 2021 on me right now, showing her face on air has become a crime on her protest, a strong widespread support on twitter, some se, yelder ali is a hero. others ask her to stay strong, but there are also comments like this. seeing westerners have brainwashed, muslim women an opinion shared by the taliban, which less than 2 weeks ago,

ordered women to where they're all covering, had to told booker in public. despite vows to respect women, when it came to power in august, it also asked them to stay home. schools for girls remain closed. long distance travel for women is no longer possible without a close male relative. the tale bounce, growing. repression has confirmed the fears of the international community. what we're seeing is i as an expanding sort of restrictions on our, on women. and it's quite systematic are, as it's certainly not looking good as, as one as one of on women characterized a to me. she said that she had a sense that there was a taliban, a war on women. and i did the this, i think is it something to, to really take stock or is that women and are honest and feel under siege yet many

remain resilient. these women say they will not lead to booker hide their identity . they are determined to defend their rights for as long as they can well, the day is almost done, but the conversation continues online. you'll find this on twitter either at d. w usually to follow me at the end of the day. good weekend. ah ah ah .

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