of labour and a demand that farmers produce more at less cost to the environment. my guest today is minette batters. she farms right here, she s also president of the national farmers union. as a society, are we asking our farmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to be on yourfarm. and the sun is shining and, in some ways, you would think the sun would be shining on farmers. food prices are spiralling higher. you would think that would be good news forfarmers. is it? it s quite extraordinary. i don t think, in my lifetime, i have ever faced into anything like the cost inflation that we are facing with our inputs now. so, we re seeing triple digit inflation on fertiliser, we ve seen diesel costs up by 57%, feed costs up by nearly 60%. these are huge price pressures. you have chosen to alight upon the price pressures, i chose to start about talking about the prices you are receiving because we know that co
in an extraordinary move, republican legislators who control the house of representatives in the state have voted to expel two democratic members for disorderly conduct after they took part in a protest for stricter gun laws in the chamber last week. justin jones and justin pearson have been ousted but a third democrat seen in the middle of these pictures, gloria johnson narrowly survived the vote which requires a two thirds majority. the three led a protest in the state capitol in the wake of a deadly school shooting in nashville that left six people dead, including three young children. moments ago, i just spoke to one of those expelled lawmakers, justin jones. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news and first and foremost, where exactly are you? we know there have been massive protests in the house in nashville so what is happening around you? yes, thank you so much for having me on. i m actually here in my office, starting to pack up, because the state legislatu
at the start of a three day summit. the leaders are delivering opening remarks at the great hall of the people during the first event of a packed schedule today. the french president said it would focus on economic ties and stability. macron is expected to press chinese officials, including li qiang and president xi to do more for peace in ukraine. we will bring you more on the talks as they take place later. this summit comes as tensions between china and the west are running high. and as taiwanese president tsai ing wen is in california meeting with us speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. here she is meeting lawmakers despite objections by china. mccarthy stressed the need to speed up arms deliveries to taiwan. china, which has long considered taiwan as part of its country, denounced the meeting, accusing the us of seeking taiwanese independence. it comes on the heels of other high profile summits, including then speaker of the house nancy pelosi s trip to taiwan last year.
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