Putin promises free grain for Africa

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told a summit of African leaders in St Petersburg that Russia will send thousands of tonnes of free grain within months. Secure food supplies have been a major worry since the invasion of Ukraine. The European Central Bank has raised interest rates to a record level last seen in two-thousand-and-one. The key rate was increased by a quarter of a percentage point. And, this Sunday’s Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix at the historic Spa-Francorchamps circuit could be the last.