of insulting scotland, after the labour leader praised margaret thatcher in a newspaper article. sir keir said she, along with tony blair and clement attlee, had brought about meaningful change in britain. mr yousaf said many communities in scotland still bore the scars of what he called mrs thatcher s disastrous policies. the home office says more than 500 migrants crossed the channel in 11 small boats yesterday. the french authorities rescued a further 190 people after they got into difficulty at sea. the home office says the numbers making the crossing this year, though, are down by around a third compared with last year. the government of peru has announced it s increasing the number of tourists allowed at the isth century inca citadel machu picchu, its most famous historical site. the move is aimed at helping tourism rebound, after the decline suffered during the coronavirus pandemic. now on bbc news, tecthlore: japan. around the world, people are looking to tech for c
around the world, people are looking to technology for clever solutions to tackle the challenges of climate change. i have come back to japan to visit some of the new world first projects that could pave the way to a sustainable future, both here and beyond. i am tracking down the inventors turning to the sea to meet our energy needs. visiting the countryside to see robots helping an older generation of rice producers. and vertical farming taken to a whole new level. i want to eat this! this is tecthlore japan. it s known for its megacities, butjapan is, above all, an island nation. hemmed in by the ocean on all sides, land is at a premium. that means when it comes to green energy, there is less room for the cheapest power source of all solar. actually, the biggest change we are seeing right now is the rapidly decreasing costs for solar. it would be more expensive to operate fossil fuels than solar in the near future. as i start my sustainable tech journey throuthapan, i am