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Will Ukraine grain exports resume?

Ukraine says the first vessels carrying grain could leave its Black Sea ports "within days" after a landmark UN-brokered deal was signed on Friday.

Ukraine鈥檚 president, Volodymyr Zelensky, says he's confident that the export of grain from the country's Black Sea ports will resume this week, easing the global food crisis. One wheat and maize farmer in Ukraine tells us why he鈥檚 not optimistic plans will go ahead.

Russia is to further reduce gas deliveries through its Nordstream One pipeline to Germany to just a fifth of capacity from Wednesday. Jeff Sonnenfeld is a Yale University professor in the United States who has been tracking the Russian economy since the country invaded Ukraine. We hear his analysis of the situation.

The National Football League is one of the most watched sporting events in the US and now the NFL has launched their own subscription service to ensure that remains the case. NFL journalist Melissa Jacobs explains the move from Oakland, California.

(Picture: Farmers harvest a wheat field in the Ukrainian Kharkiv region on July 19, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. Picture Credit: Getty Images).

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