A question about whether or not there would be any improvement on retirement benefits that were offered in healthcare but perhaps, biggest issue of all was automation. When i was at the picket line earlier this week at the port of newark, one of the busiest on the east coast, there were lots of signs. People say automation doesn t feed families. There was a lot of anger and concern that essentially that advanced technology would replace them and theirjobs. And that is what they saw this fight primarily being about. So the question is, will they be any progress between now and january 15? i have reached out to the union but haven t heard back as to kind of whether there has been any movement on this key issue. The strike carried out for two three days, is there any way of knowing how much damage that caused? at this point, some of the damage would be things like perishable items. I was going to talk them next week because he estimated he run out by about monday or tuesday. Luckily, the
Were offered in healthcare but perhaps, biggest issue of all was automation. When i was at the picket line earlier this week at the port of newark, one of the busiest on the east coast, there were lots of signs. People say automation doesn t feed families. There was a lot of anger and concern that essentially that advanced technology would replace them and theirjobs. And that is what they saw this fight primarily being about. So the question is, will they be any progress between now and january 15? i have reached out to the union but haven t heard back as to kind of whether there has been any movement on this key issue. The strike carried out for two three days, is there any way of knowing how much damage that caused? at this point, some of the damage would be things like perishable items. I was going to talk them next week because he estimated he run out by about monday or tuesday. Luckily, the cause of the strikers lasted two days and people had the chance to anticipated, the damage
where we are hearing a briefing on the very latest on those allegations made against president biden. there was a report published into to present biden s handling of classified documents. as part of that report, special council question president biden s memory, accusing him of forgetting key dates. of course that has raised questions about his fitness and suitability to run in this year s presidential elections. that is the scene at the white house. we will stay right across that. if there are any further details are emerging out of that. all we know so far is that the white house are calling the remarks in that report gratuitous and inappropriate. we also know the vice president, kamala harris, describes it as a purely political attack and as politically motivated. police say they believe the london chemical attack suspect, abdul ezeddi, is probably dead but that his body hasn t been found. the last known cctv footage of azedi shows him leaning over chelsea bridge, on th
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exports via the black sea for another two months. the existing deal was arranged last july to tackle a global food crisis caused by russia s invasion of ukraine one of the world s top grain exporters. it was due to expire today, thursday. arnaud petit, executive director of the international grains council says the extension is vital for many countries food security. you re right, it is very important to have this extension, particularly for north african, sub saharan african countries, which would import much more grains that we have seen in the past season, so really it s good news for them that they can already plan some buying contract with producers in ukraine and also in russia. and important, as you say, about russia because there maybe is a tendency to think that russia is just blocking those exports from ukraine, but this is also good news for russia, isn t it? indeed, both ukraine and russia exported 70 million tonnes of wheat during the current season and we ex