World hunger levels ‘at a new high’, UN chief says, as 22 million tonnes of grain are stuck in Ukraine

World hunger levels ‘at a new high’, UN chief says, as 22 million tonnes of grain are stuck in Ukraine

The secretary-general of the United Nations has warned that hunger levels around the world "are at a new high".

Antonio Guterres was speaking at a meeting of world leaders called to discuss the escalating food security crisis.

He said the number of people facing severe food insecurity had doubled in just two years from 135 million before the coronavirus pandemic to 276 million today.