also on the show, could technology help africa grasp its agricultural potential? i will be speaking to the big boss of a company helping to spread two spread farming across that vast continent. wherever you are joining across that vast continent. wherever you arejoining me from around the world, a big hello and warm to the showstopping russia s invasion of ukraine has devastated the population, leaving tens of thousands feared dead and millions displaced, destroying lives and uprooting the very fabric of that country. and at the heart of the ukrainian economy is agriculture, and in particular, growing crops, a nation known as the breadbasket of europe, disrupting that production that production is having a dramatic effect on the global food supply, having a dramatic effect on the globalfood supply, sending global food supply, sending prices globalfood supply, sending prices through the roof. the result is some of the world s poorest countries are now paying more money for les
hello there. as you have heard, last minute talks to avoid strike action on the uk s rail network have failed. now, millions of people will face travel misery as the biggest rail strike in 30 years brings services to a standstill in england, scotland and wales. the first strike started this morning and more are planned on most major lines on thursday and saturday. the rmt union says its members oppose stagnating pay and want justice. but industry bodies have warned against a strike action, saying it would shatter hopes of recovery for many businesses . joining me now is dr roger barker, director of policy at the institute of directors. thank you forjoining me today. is it fair to say that businesses will go under this week as a result of the strike? that may well be the case. this is gonna have a big impact on business. that impact will be quite uneven. some of us will be able to go back to working, taking off where we left off during covid. other sectors won t be able to do
for an independent panel to investigate allegations of sexual abuse and corruption in the organisation. he attacks me in the elevator, he comes after me all of a sudden, i pleaded with him to stop, let me go and so, but he was being very insistent and he was being very insistent and he was pulling me on. pulling my arm. the russian nobel peace laureate dmitry muratov auctions his medalfor more than $100 million, to raise funding for children displaced by the war in ukraine. one, two, three, four. and how one of the world s most famous djs, fatboy slim, is using music to help people improve their mental health problems. asa dj, as a dj, what i try and do is help people escape and sometimes it s good to escape your life or stress for a couple of hours. hello and welcome to the programme. commuters across the uk are finding alternative routes to work today as the biggest real strike for 30 years gets under way. after 40,000 members of the rmt union are walking out this week.
have been allowed to celebrate at the side, so they are the moment, watching the sunrise on at the longest day of the year. join me for yoga. tuesday promises a long day ahead, quite literally the longest of the year, it is the summer solstice. longest of the year, it is the summersolstice. for longest of the year, it is the summer solstice. for shetland we re looking at close to a whopping 19 hours of daylight. i can t promise 19 hours of sunshine here however because thatis sunshine here however because that is a weather front closing in on northern scotland, and that will mean more cloud around, maybe even rain it through tuesday although it should brighton across scotland later in the day. quite grey initially with some a drizzly rain. by the afternoon i anticipate skies brightening, especially in the east but we could see isolated showers breaking out. for the clearest skies and best of sunshine, england and wales other places
hello. tuesday promises a long day ahead, quite literally the longest day of the year. it is the summer solstice, and for shetland, we re looking at close to a whopping 19 hours of daylight. i can t promise you 19 hours of sunshine here, however, because there is a weather front closing in on northern scotland, and that will mean more cloud around, maybe even some rain through tuesday, although it should brighten across scotland later in the day. quite grey initially, with some drizzly rain, but by the afternoon, skies should brighten, especially in the east, and we could see some isolated showers breaking out. for the clearest of the skies and the best of the sunshine, england and wales will be the place to be, and here, the top temperatures returning to the mid 20s.