this is bbc news. the headlines: the first picture of king charles since his cancer diagnosis. the king and queen camilla seen here leaving clarence house. he has now started his treatment. prince harry has arrived back in the uk from california to see his father. in other news, a us appeals court has ruled that donald trump doesn t have immunity from charges that he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat. and we are here from michael] fox, who opens up about his parkinson s diagnosis ahead of a new documentary about his life. time for a look at the business news now with ben thompson. in the last few hours, the european commission has proposed new ambitous climate targets. it wants the eu to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 90% compared to 1990 levels by the year 2040. the eu s climate commissioner called for a fair transition that will allow eu businesses to thrive, and emphasises the urgency with which countries needed to act. we have just lived through the hotte
thanks forjoining us. it s been an eventful weekend at the g7 summit injapan. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky returns home after securing a pledge of unwavering support as well as more military equipment from his allies. at the summit, dominated by talks of russia s invasion, us presidentjoe biden confirmed that the us and its allies will help train ukrainian pilots to fly western fighterjets, like the f 16, which zelensky had long asked for. biden also promised to support ukraine with more ammunition and armoured vehicles, partly as a demonstration of western resolve. we will not waver. putin will not break our resolve as he thought he could two years ago, almost three years ago. we re going to continue to provide economic, humanitarian and security assistance to ukraine so it can stand strong as long as it needs it. meanwhile, president zelensky thanked world leaders for their enduring support at the end of the summit and said russia s defeat would result in la
20 years ago tonight, baghdad was under attack, as the american led invasion got under way. we ll be looking at the tragic legacy. iraq sank into a nightmare. no one knows exactly how many iraqis were killed, it s in the hundreds of thousands. and workers have agreed a deal with network rail, but pay disputes with the train companies are still not resolved. and coming up on the bbc news channel. fulham s aleksandar mitrovic is charged with violent and improper conduct following his red card in the fa cup quarterfinal defeat at manchester united. good evening. the catastrophic impact of climate change and fears for the future of the planet have been laid out in a major new report which the united nations has described as a survival guide for humanity . climate experts say there is a closing window of opportunity to build a sustainable future, but they say that will involve rapid cuts to the use of fossil fuels, and maximising the use of clean energy and technology. the repo
now, for the business news, i m victoria valentine. we start in the us where there is more evidence that, after tens of thousands ofjob cuts, big tech is pulling out of its post pandemic slump. amazon is the latest to reveal it s making much more money than wall street was expecting. sales hit more than $127 billion in the first three months of the year, and the online retail giant says that figure will be higher in the current quarter. it comes after alphabet, the owner of google and youtube, and meta, which owns facebook and instagram, both surprised investors with better than expected results. samira hussain reports from new york. this over the last year and is on has been aggressively cutting costs to help with profitability. it has already laid off 18,000 people and is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. currently about to eliminate another 9000jobs. it currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs. it would appear that some of those measures are already pay
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