00:00And we meet against the backdrop of the Hormuz crisis, a strait of water through which 90 ships a day
00:08used to pass.
00:10But for the last three months, it's been more like five.
00:14Heating oil for Asia, stuck in the strait.
00:18Fertilisers for Africa, stuck in the strait.
00:2120,000 seafarers, 800 ships, just stuck in the strait.
00:26The price effects felt on the other side of the world, the global economy is being held hostage, and the
00:33global south is paying the biggest price.
00:37It's affecting the planting season too.
00:39The agricultural clock is ticking, and damage is already being done that will affect crop yields and food prices well
00:48into next year.
00:49As the World Food Programme has warned, some 45 million people in the global south are at risk of being
00:56pushed into acute hunger this year.
00:59The world risks sleepwalking into a global food crisis.
01:04And we cannot risk tens of millions of people going hungry, because Iran has hijacked an international shipping lane.
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