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World hunger rising as UN warns of 'looming catastrophe'

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The UN World Food Programme Director Patrick Beasley has warned that ‘50 million people in 45 countries are now just one step from famine.’ He also called on an urgent lifting of the blockade on 25 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain trapped by a Russian blockade.

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The episode covers Russian war crimes in Pokrovsk and continued attacks on Ukrainian cities, including missile strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv. While Moscow continues to reject a ceasefire with Ukraine, has President Trump finally shifted his approach to Russia?

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