The russian forces fired missiles at the port of odessa, claiming they had been after military targets. The attack came as a surprise to everybody, especially the united nations which had spent weeks and not months negotiating with Russia. For now, anyway, it seems ukraine is pressing ahead, planning to get ships on the move. But saturday's strikes don't bode well for the solution to a global grain crisis.
Missile strikes on the port of Odessa have
dimmed hopes for a UN-brokered deal to get Ukraine’s grain on the move. We ask what chances it may still have. Tunisia's
constitutional referendum looks destined to formalise a march back to the autocratic rule it shook off during the Arab Spring. And how Formula 1 is looking to
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