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Fresh damage is seen at grain silos in Beirut's port, hit by a deadly explosion in August 2022, following a massive overnight fire and a partial collapse -- the third such incident this month. IMAGES
Russia cracks down on Turkish food imports, in the first public move to curb trade with Ankara following the downing of a Russian fighter jet. Joel Flynn reports.
Two days before the end of the Paris International Agricultural Show, a convoy of twenty tractors led by activists from the farmers union the Coordination rurale is parked in front of the Palace of Versailles. "We're continuing the movement because we're not being heard (...), we've got band-aids and little envelopes of cash, but that's not going to move things forward," laments Nicolas Bonguay, president of the CR in the Doubs region of eastern France. (COMPLETES VID34KC4MQ_EN) IMAGES
Hundreds of Gazans rush towards aid trucks carrying flour and canned food in Gaza City. Ten trucks have crossed into the Gaza Strip transporting aid from several countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt as well as the World Food Programme. But as fighting enters its fourth month, the World Health Organization has warned that its ability to provide aid and support hospitals was "shrinking". IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, holds a press conference during which he warns that the developing world "will pay the price" if Russia does not extend its grain deal. IMAGES
Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announces the extension of the Black Sea grain deal that allowed the export of Ukrainian grain to resume following Russia's invasion. "This agreement" he says, "is of vital importance in terms of global food supply". Ukraine's infrastructure minister, Oleksandr Kubrakov, tweeted that the deal has been extended for 120 days. COMPLETES EN_33BK8BL SOUNDBITE