What’s behind the UK’s spike in inflation?

From the BBC World Service: The inflation rate in the United Kingdom has jumped to 3%, its highest level in 10 months. Rising food prices are partly to blame. Then, EU ambassadors agreed to a new round of sanctions on Russia, including a ban on some aluminum imports. And later, while Germany is the largest economy in Europe, it’s struggling. We see how the country’s mittelstands — small and midsized family-owned businesses — are faring.