sridhar: that is where we go on a completely separate track.bout the archegos probe , but we also know morgan stanley is the only major wall street institution that has said it is facing a probe into its block trading practices. it even said it faces potential civil liability with some of those claims making claims against them. there's no indication we have right now that the justice department is even taking the claim seriously enough to go knocking on morgan stanley stores. but the numbers paint quite a stark picture. lisa: is it fair to dovetail this particular probe to a wider issue where you are seeing whatsapp communication, cell phone apps, all of these individual types of services being probed by the banks themselves, trying to keep track of what their employers are doing at home so they can better deal with regulators? how connected is some of that? sridhar: there's no doubt we are living in the regime of the everything crackdown. clearly the prosecutors, there's a change in mindset. they are going in on a number of fronts. they are a

we can speak now to sridhar dharmapuri, who's from the un's other food agency — the food and agriculturalbangkok. thank you so much forjoining us this morning. about six months ago, i spoke to one of your colleagues who is telling us that food inflation in asia wasn't as bad as elsewhere, what is the situation in asia right now?— right now? even before the current situation _ right now? even before the current situation and - right now? even before the current situation and come| current situation and come about, over the past two years, the food price index had been steadily rising because of conflict, climate change, land degradation, low productivity and of course obeyed. now, the cost of a healthy diet, which is what agencies would recommend is approaching $4 a day per person in asia, and the cost of an energy restart is approaching a dollar per day in asia. more affordable in the current time, especially for —— unaffordable right now, for people who earn less than $2 a day. so as prices rise, particularly in food deficit countries, it's the poorest who are affected the most, and as o

professor devi sridhar, welcome to bbc news. i was really taken by the numbers. that is a huge difference. , , ., , difference. it is, so the estimates from the who — difference. it is, so the estimates from the who actually _ difference. it is, so the estimates from the who actually look - difference. it is, so the estimates from the who actually look at - difference. it is, so the estimates i from the who actually look at what were deaths in the pre—pandemic times and based on that what we would expect in 2020 and 2021 and actually, how many deaths had happened that are due directly to covid—19 orfrom happened that are due directly to covid—19 or from other causes where people could not get care because covid was taking up health care resources. covid was taking up health care resources-— covid was taking up health care resources. ., , ., ~ resources. there are some stark differences _ resources. there are some stark differences as — resources. there are some stark differences as well, _ resources. there are some stark differences as well, in _ resources. there

here's professor sridhar again on why counting all of these deaths, is important.been prevented? how do we do better next time? even at this moment, the pandemic isn't over in all parts of the world. how do we actually try to save lives from this day forward and to avoid this major tall? i know comparisons have been made off into the flu, but in an average year, flu deaths are around 300—600,000 globally, so we can see covid—19 is a much more serious event, and really, the largest pandemic since1918. some countries stand out in the report. the estimate for excess deaths in russia is three—and—a—half times its official count. whilst in india, the who believes deaths were ten times what was recorded. delhi disputes this. india's government press office back in janary tweeted about various accounts of independent modelling, decribing them as "fallacious and ill—informed. not based on facts and mischievous in nature." the who says its methodology is sound. and scientists generally agree india's official count of 480,000 deaths is far short of the true figure. here's a