Turkey's Erdogan performs balancing act as Russia-Ukraine mediator
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Turkey is one of the many countries calling for calm in Ukraine. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his government will relentlessly try to find a long-lasting ceasefire and Turkey has already hosted the first high-level peace talks between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers. But Ankara is walking something of a tightrope because it's traditionally a friend of Ukraine and has been supplying drones to Kyiv. Yet it also depends on Russia for gas. Our Turkey correspondent Jasper Mortimer tells us more.
Meanwhile, with two of the world's biggest wheat exporters at war, countries like Egypt, Lebanon and Yemen are left grappling with soaring food prices and fewer grain shipments.
And 18 months after Beirut's devastating port blast, we've been to meet some of those still fighting for justice and battling to keep certain physical reminders of the tragedy standing tall. Our correspondents Zeina Antonios and Sally Farhat report from the Lebanese capital.
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