The date is August 5, 2022.
There is wheat in a field. The UN Secretary-General traveled to Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday to sign a grain export agreement with the Turkish president. The goal of the grain export agreement is to ensure full global access to Ukrainian and Russian food products.
The picture alliance has a photographer named Bernd Wstneck.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food said in a statement that Ukrainian farmers have produced 18 million tons of grain and other agricultural products.
Roughly 42% of Ukrainian farmland has been Harvested according to the ministry.
The person isAmanda Macias.
The day ended at 3:57 PM.
US military personnel stand by a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during Saudi Arabia's first World Defense Show, north of the capital Riyadh.
Agence France-Presse has a photo of Fayez Nureldine.
According to three sources briefed on the matter, the next security assistance package for Ukraine is expected to be $1 billion, one of the largest so far.
The package is expected to be announced as early as Monday and will bring the total aid the United States has given to the country to almost $9 billion.
The officials said that President Joe Biden hadn't signed the next package. Weapons packages can change before they are signed.
If signed in its current form, it would be valued at $1 billion and include as many as 50 M113 armored medical transports.
The story was reported by the Associated Press.
The time is 3:28 PM.
A basketball player from the U.S., who was charged with illegal possession of cannabis, looks on inside a defendants' cage before a court hearing.
The story is titled "Evgenia Novozhenina."
The president said he was hopeful that the administration would win the release of the basketball player.
Biden told reporters at the White House that he was hopeful.
A Russian court sentenced a woman to nine years in prison after finding her guilty of drug charges.
The court imposed a fine of 1 million ruble.
She was arrested in February at a Russian airport on accusations that she was trying to smuggle cannabis oil into the country.
The person isAmanda Macias.
The date is August 5, 2022.
A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of the conflict between Russia and the Ukranian government.
Alexander Ermo
The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said it was aware of reports that Russian shelling hit a nuclear power plant.
The International Atomic Energy Agency wants to know more about the situation there.
Europe's largest nuclear power plant is located in Ukranian.
The person isAmanda Macias.
On Fri., August 5, 2022, at 2:55 PM.
A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of the conflict between Russia and the Ukranian government.
Alexander Ermo
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been hit by Russian shelling.
Near one of the power units where the nuclear reactor is located, three hits were recorded. The nitrogen-oxygen station and the combined auxiliary building were damaged by the Russian forces.
There are dangers of hydrogen leaking and sputtering. There is a risk of fire. The four nuclear power stations in the country are being operated by a Ukrainian state enterprise.
The person isAmanda Macias.
On Fri., August 5th, 2:16 PM.
There are three more ships that will set out from Ukrainian ports.
The Anadolu Agency has a picture of Metin Atkas.
export capacity is expected to reach up to 5 million tons a month, according to the U.N.
Around the world, crops from Ukraine are sold. The U.N. wrote in a fact sheet that some of the food exported under the Black Sea Grain Initiative will be used for food security.
Three ships left the ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk, according to the infrastructure minister. He said that the vessels carried 57,000 tons of corn.
The person isAmanda Macias.
On Fri., August 5, 2022.
In the Ukrainian city of Odesa, Jose Andres' organization packs more than 9000 meal kits a day.
The World Central Kitchen is a humanitarian organization dedicated to feeding vulnerable communities.
40,000 kits a day are delivered by the World Central Kitchen in Ukranian.
The World Central Kitchen was brought to Ukranian to address the food crisis caused by Russia's war.
The person isAmanda Macias.
On Fri., Aug 5, it was 11:01 AM.
The Secretary of State spoke about US policy towards China at an event hosted by the Asia Society Policy Institute.
Agence France-Presse has a photo of JimWatson.
The State Department said that the Secretary of State and the Russian Foreign Minister had not yet spoken.
A State Department official said that the top U.S. diplomat didn't have any plans to speak with his Russian counterpart.
The official said that the last time they spoke directly was last week.
The official said there was no serious response from the Russians.
The person isAmanda Macias.
On Fri., August 5, 2022, 10:43 AM
The president of Russia and the president of Turkey are in the same city.
They are going to talk about the construction of a nuclear power plant in southern Turkey.
The Russian president thanked the Turkish president for his help.
The presidents of Turkey and Russia will meet in Russia in August of 2022.
The Turkish presidential press office.
"Deliveries have already begun, I want to thank you both for this and for the fact that at the same time an accompanying decision was made on uninterrupted supplies of Russian food andfertilizer to world markets."
Putin told Erdogan that he wants to sign a deal with Ankara.
Putin said he hoped they would be able to sign a Memorandum on the Development of their Trade and Economic Ties.
The person is Karen Gilchrist.
On Fri., August 5, 2022, 7:59 AM.
The tenth annual review of the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty will be held at the UN headquarters in New York City.
The images are of Spencer Platt.
The U.S. will pursue Russia's offer to discuss a prisoner swap, according to the Secretary of State.
At the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Cambodia, Blinken said that they were ready to engage in a swap. He said they would be pursuing that.
On Friday, Moscow said it was ready to discuss prisoner swaps with the US through an existing diplomatic channel.
The person is Karen Gilchrist.
On Fri., August 5, 2022.
There is a Russian government plane at the airport.
The images are from the same source.
The country's foreign ministry said that 14 diplomats from Bulgaria were persona non grata.
The size of Moscow's representation was capped after Bulgaria expelled 70 Russian diplomats over espionage concerns.
Russia's foreign ministry said that the move by Bulgaria was proof of the degradation of the collective West which is ready to sacrifice the interests of partners in order to harm Russia.
The person is Karen Gilchrist.
On Fri., August 5, 2022.
The presidents of Turkey and Russia will meet in Russia in August of 2022.
The Turkish presidential press office.
A senior aide to Turkey's president said that the war in Ukraine will not end if Moscow is ignored.
Turkey's role in brokering a deal to export grain from Ukraine was praised by the communications director.
Some of our friends don't want the war to end Some people are trying to undermine Turkey's efforts without specifying who.
The war in Ukraine can't be ended by ignoring Russia. Peace and diplomacy need to prevail.
The President of Russia is going to meet with the President of Turkey.
The person is Karen Gilchrist.
On Fri., August 5th, 2022, 6:08 AM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave a statement during a joint press conference with hisLithuanian counterpart.
The images are of Sergei Supinsky.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denounced the allegations that Ukraine endangers civilians.
The human rights group said in a report that it had documented a pattern of Ukrainian forces violating the laws of war when they operate in populated areas.
Zelenskyy said thatAmnesty was trying to shift the responsibility from the attacker to the victim.
The person is Karen Gilchrist.
The sun rises at 5:48 AM on Fri., August 5.
According to Tass, the village of Pisky has been taken over by pro-Russian forces.
Gaelle Girbes is a news person.
Russian and pro-Russian forces claim to have taken control of the village of Pisky.
There was fighting in the city of Bakhmut.
According to the Ukrainian military, Russian forces had mounted at least two assaults on Pisky.
The person is Karen Gilchrist.
The sun rises at 5:06 AM on Fri., August 5th.
A basketball player from the US, who was arrested at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, waits for the verdict in a defendants' cage.
Agence France-Presse
Moscow said it was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with the U.S.
The Russian court sentenced the basketball player to nine years in prison after finding her guilty of drug charges.
The foreign minister said that the presidents of Russia and the U.S. had agreed on a diplomatic channel that should be used.
During his visit to Cambodia, the Russian foreign minister said that they are ready to discuss the topic, but within the framework of the channel that was agreed upon by the two presidents.
The US was warned not to use phone diplomacy in the case of Griner.
The person is Karen Gilchrist.
It was 4:44 AM on Fri., August 5th.
The East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers meeting will take place in Phnom Penh on August 5, 2022.
The Afp has a picture of Tangchhin Sothy.
A State Department official told reporters that there were no plans for the Secretary of State to speak with the Russian Foreign Minister in Cambodia.
The two men did not make eye contact even though they were sitting near each other.
The U.S. official said that the Russian government had not responded to the proposal for the release of the two men.
In Cambodia, where he will be until Friday, he will address Russia's war in Ukraine, one of his objectives, according to the US Department of State.
On Fri., Aug 5, 2022.
There are three more ships that will set out from Ukrainian ports.
The Anadolu Agency has a picture of Metin Atkas.
The UN coordination committee confirmed that three more ships left the Black Sea ports.
The vessels left for the United Kingdom, Ireland and Turkey.
The shipments form part of an internationally brokered deal to help with the food crisis. The second shipment is following the first one on Monday.
The Ukrainian Black Sea port of Chornomorsk was expected to receive a Turkish bulk carrier for the first time since Russia invaded.
The pact should be extended to other goods, according to the Ukrainian government.
The person is Karen Gilchrist.