The UK must lead a united front ready to tame the alarming global food crisis

The UK must lead a united front ready to tame the alarming global food crisis

On Monday, the Russian ambassador walked out of a UN meeting after Charles Michel, the European Council president, accused Moscow of using food supplies as “a stealth missile against developing countries”. Michel was referring to the situation in Ukraine’s port of Odessa, where tons of wheat have been left to rot in containers because of the Russian military blockade, fuelling a global food crisis.

CIty AM/June 9, 2022