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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Manufacturers and sellers of sustainable goods have a growing pool of potential customers, according to new research. A study by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), commissioned by WWF, indicates a 71% rise in the popularity of searches for sustainable goods over the past five years, with continuing growth during the pandemic. The trend is creating new market opportunities for companies, particularly in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, fashion and food sectors.
The report, which analyzes data from 2016 through 2020 and covers 80% of the world’s population, shows a surge in consumer clicks on sustainable and planet-friendly products in high-income countries as well as in developing and emerging economies. This trend shows that people all over the world are increasingly aware of the environmental crisis facing the planet and that it is affecting their shopping behavior in what WWF is calling an “eco-wakening.”