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 British singer says there was ‘no sign of the horror that was to come to Ukraine’ while shooting ‘2step’ n March, Ed Sheeran performed at a $16 million fund-raising Concert for Ukraine. Now, as he prepares to release new music, the British singer has revealed that the video for his latest single, 2step, was filmed in Kyiv before the Russian invasion began. “We filmed the 2step video last year in Kyiv and although it was my first time there, I quickly loved the people and the place,” Sheeran said on Instagram, sharing a 21-second preview of the video, which features rapper Lil Baby. Sheeran said that he planned to donate proceeds from the YouTube streams to a Ukrainian charity. “There was no sign of the horror that was to come to Ukraine and my heart goes out to everyone there. The video comes out on Friday this week and proceeds from the YouTube streams will go to the DEC’s Ukraine appeal.” The Concert for Ukraine benefit is available in full on the ITV YouTube channel. The ...

Fears of low stocks in Middle East, with 20 million tonnes of grain trapped in warehouses by invasion Millions of tonnes of Ukraine wheat desperately needed in the Middle East are going to waste in warehouses caught up in the fighting around Kyiv, The National can report. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made it a key national priority that a seeding programme will start in the coming days to ensure grain is growing despite the Russian invasion . Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, said the consequence of President Vladimir Putin’s “aggression” would extend far beyond Ukraine, which was the “granary of the world” providing half of the World Food Programme’s wheat. “As humanitarian needs are already at an all-time high, the Kremlin-made war threatens food security across the world,” she tweeted on Tuesday. Global stocks are 31 per cent below the five-year average due to a poor harvest and the pandemic. Prices that were already very high have now increased a fu...