Russia warns US and its allies against arming Ukraine

Russia has warned the US and Nato against supplying arms to Ukraine saying doing so could lead to "unpredictable consequences."

The head of the United Nations World Food Programme says he’s not getting a response from Moscow about how to reach people starving to death in besieged Ukrainian areas.

Also in the programme: Somalia launches its first all-female newsroom.

Joining Celia Hatton to discuss these and other topical issues of the day are Rokhaya Diallo, a French journalist, author, filmmaker and an activist for minority rights and racial and religious equality and also Colleen Graffy, a former United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and now an associate professor of law at Pepperdine University, Caruso Law School in the US.

(Picture: NATO member country leaders pose for a family photo before a summit to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on March 24, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay)