Welcome to wednesday, it is meet the press daily, and i m chuck todd on a busy afternoon as always here in washington. We re going to begin today with an urgent and immediate threat facing this country, it s the economy and it s national security. I m of course talking about russian cyber attacks. The white house says it is engaging directly with the russian government after a cyberattack on the world s largest meat supplier shut down nine meat plants in the united states. Jen psaki told reporters she expects president biden to address the issue when he meets with putin in two weeks. The company which was targeted jbs told white house that a ransom demand likely came from cyber criminals based in russia, raising the question of just how much involvement the russian government has had in these things. The company s plants are starting to come back online but the disruption has raised potential concerns of shortages and price hikes. It would send uncomfortable signals to the united state
good morning. for many, cloudy and wet start to the day but that will give way to sunny spells through the afternoon. however, more rain coming in from the south west and it will be mild. all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday 19th march. our main story. a group compensation claim has been launched for those affected by the pollution of the river wye, which lawyers say could add up to hundreds of millions of pounds. last year, the government s nature watchdog, natural england, said the river s health was declining with many putting the blame on the rapid expansion of industrial chicken farms in the area, and the spreading of their manure on fields. now, lawyers want to hear from those affected but the food producer being targeted says it isn t supported by evidence. 0ur environment correspondent jonah fisher has the details. this is england s favourite river, and now it s like something like charlie and the chocolate factory. pete used to love taking his cor
comments he has made so far and they come as a you backed report says that famine is imminent. is imminent in northern gaza, as the war between israel and hamas continues. the un is warning that 1 million people, that s half of the territory s population, are now facing starvation. the european union s foreign policy chief, josep borrell, accused israel of using starvation as a weapon of war, a claim israel rejects. here s what us secretary of state antony blinken said a short time ago. according to the most respected measure of these things, 100% of the population in gaza is at severe levels of acute food insecurity. that s the first time an entire population has been so classified. we also see again, according to, in this case, the united nations, 100% the totality of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance. blinken s comments follow us presidentjoe biden s first call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in over a month on monday. mr biden told mr
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customers what does it mean for their customers and this was originally a uk lifestyle brand, so what does it mean for the employees in the uk? figs mean for the employees in the uk? sis you mean for the employees in the uk? is you say it is a turn for a company that started specialising in menswear in the 19805 and now has grown nearly 50 stores and nearly a thousand employees. they sell online and operate within department stores. under conditions like this it would be reasonable to expect that a sale could result in job losses even into the hundreds and they did not indicate what that could look like but we heard from the chief strategy and transition officer for authentic and he said hopefully some consolidation at the brand and it will still be available online and in store spot for employees and stakeholders, he said we wish there could have been a better outcome but for employees. authentic brands group is the owner of ted baker, since 2022, but the acquisition hap