"Barbie" makes history at the box office

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🗓️ 24 July 2023

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The movie "Barbie" brought in at least a whopping $155 million in its opening weekend, making it one of the biggest movies of 2023, according to early Sunday projections from Comscore. Does this signal America’s return to the movies? Plus, Russia’s port attacks in Ukraine deepen worries over world hunger. Alabama lawmakers defy the Supreme Court on voting rights. And, the latest on UPS workers' fight for better pay. Guests: Axios' Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath and Sara Fischer. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Emily Peck, Alexandra Botti, Fonda Mwangi and Ben O'Brien. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go deeper: What Russia's withdrawal from the grain deal means for the world "Barbie" makes history with $155 million blockbuster weekend debut UPS Contract Talks Go Down to the Wire as a Possible Strike Looms Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning, welcome to Axios Today.
0:06.6	It's Monday, July 24.
0:08.4	I'm Emily Peck and for Nila Boudou.
0:11.0	Today on the show, Barbie makes history at the box office.
0:14.4	Plus, Alabama lawmakers push back on voting rights.
0:18.0	But first, how Russia's latest attacks in Ukraine are destabilizing the world's food supply?
0:23.8	That's our one big thing.
0:30.0	It's been a week since Russia pulled out of the Black Sea grain deal,
0:33.0	which ensured the safe export of over 32 million metric tons of wheat,
0:37.3	corn, and other food products from Ukrainian ports to 45 countries.
0:41.7	Since then, Russia has been bombing Ukraine's port cities,
0:44.6	treating grain ships as military targets.
0:47.2	For many of those 362 million people,
0:49.5	it's a matter of threat to their future and the future of their children and their families.
0:54.0	Some will go hungry, some will starve, many may die.
0:58.0	That's UN Relief Chair Martin Griffiths,
1:00.0	briefing the Security Council on Friday.
1:02.5	Axios' Lauren Whitney Gottbreath is here with the big picture.
1:06.0	So, LW, it's my understanding that the grain deal was a success
1:10.5	in that it kept the price of wheat down and staved off what it looked like
1:14.5	a huge crisis at least at the start of the war.
1:17.0	So, I mean, why did Russia pull out?
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