Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

Today in London I'm your host Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

In many places newborns are screened for a handful of genetic diseases, but elsewhere

talk has turned to whole genome studies.

That opens up plenty of treatment options that also raises thorny questions, not least about

privacy.

And the red light district called Pat Pong in Bangkok has a lurid history, but a new

museum looks further than that.

Before it was CD it was a thriving business quarter as well as a hangout for CIA operatives.

First up though.

When European leaders assembled for a summit in Brussels yesterday, what was on the agenda

was a big problem that could become huge, blockades and export bans of grains.

Ursula Von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, struck a sharp tone about the

issue.

The only reason why we're struggling now with a food crisis she said is because of

this brutal unjustified war against Ukraine.

The crimping of Russia's output in the blockade of Ukraine's grain stocks are the biggest

cause of a sudden dramatic food price rise.

But it's not the only reason.

In Yemen's capital Sanaa, a tailor says that the increase in the cost of wheat is crazy.

As in Bobway's capital, Harare, a resident says meals are going missed.

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