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Putin promises free grain for Africa

President Putin has told a summit of African leaders in St Petersburg that Russia will send thousands of tonnes of free grain within months.

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鈥檚 Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix at the historic Spa-Francorchamps circuit could be the last.

(Picture: Russian President Vladimir Putin attending the plenary session of the second Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg. Image source: Getty Images)

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