another u turn? the british prime minister insists she won t cut public spending, to pay for her multibillion pound package of tax cuts. and the us leads western countries in promising more weapons for ukraine, including air defence systems. we will do everything we can as fast as we can to help the ukrainian forces get the capability they need to protect the ukrainian people. and scientists in australia teach lab grown brain cells to play an iconic video game. we find out how and why. live from our studio in singapore. hello and welcome to the programme. ajury in the us has ordered the conspiracy theorist alexjones to pay $965 million in damages to the families of victims of the sandy hook massacre. mrjones falsely claimed for years that the mass shooting had been staged by the government to try to introduce tighter gun controls. the school principal was among the 26 people killed in the attack in 2012. a little earlier our correspondent, gary o donoghue told me why alexjone
and the us leads western countries in promising more weapons for ukraine, including air defence systems. we re going to do everything we can, as fast as we can, to help the ukrainian forces get the capability they need to protect the ukrainian people. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. i want to bring you some news that s just come through in the last hour from the us, where a usjury in connecticut has ruled that the conspiracy theorist alexjones must payjust shy of $1 billion in damages to the families of those killed in the 2012 sandy hook mass shooting. mrjones falsely claimed for years that the mass shooting had been staged by the government to try to introduce tighter gun controls. the school principal was among the 26 people killed in the attacked in 2012. a little earlier, our correspondent gary 0 donoghue told me why alexjones has been held accountable. really, from when it actually happened, alexjones, on his info wars channels, reachi
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through the reaction from jones. have we heard from the of those who died? of those who died? there was some reaction of those who died? there was some reaction outside - of those who died? there was some reaction outside the - of those who died? there was i some reaction outside the court afterwards. as the jury members and their decisions were being read out in court and the amounts of money draw dropping amounts of money draw dropping amounts of money draw dropping amounts of money, the families in the gallery were crying a little, they were touching one another, there were fist bumps and then afterwards one father of a six year old, emily parker, who was killed in the massacre, robbie parker stood outside court and said that justice had taken a long time but it was worth it. and then lawyers in fact said it is all about, in a sense, telling america that you cannot spread these kinds of malicious lies without there being consequences because, of course, what conspiracy theorists
has a positive effect and not a negative effect. if you see the per capita gdp in the last 14 years is going up while at the same trend you see the living planet index is going down so it is really about a nonsustainable model and we need to foster systemic change. as he was saying it is notjust for government orfor as he was saying it is notjust for government or for business. it is the entire system. businesses need to have food systems or food value chains that are not destroying or converting habitat or causing deforestation. as individuals we need to make choices in our diets in the way we consume, in reducing food waste. almost 30% of the food is lost or wasted. that is a lot. that is a lot. just to say, is there any that is a lot. just to say, is there any hope that is a lot. just to say, is there any hope out - that is a lot. just to say, is there any hope out there, l there any hope out there,