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The Black Sea (BSEA) grain deal brokered by the UN and Turkey that allows Russia and Ukraine to export cargo, is unlikely to be expanded or to include reduced inspection times, said a UN aid chief today.

Martin Griffiths, under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told Reuters Kyiv’s call for an expansion of the deal was unlikely.

He said: “I think it would be great if it could be expanded, the ...