we start here in the uk, where as you have been hearing the pressure on prime minister liz truss is building after another day of political chaos. the exit of a key cabinet member, home secretary suella braverman, who delivered a blistering attack on her former boss in her resignation letter. then a huge row in the house of commons over a vote on fracking, seen as a test of loyalty to the prime minister. it saw the pound fall sharply on wednesday, wiping out all the gains made this week after liz truss replaced her chancellor and abandoned the tax cutting plans that had rattled the markets. our political editor chris mason was following events. conservative mps are openmouthed in horror at what they are witnessing, government six week old histjunked the majority of its programme and removed a chancellor in a day of complete chaos, at lunchtime a senior adviser to the prime minister suspended over allegations of briefing against conservative mps, after prime minister s questi
england put out west the cloud will thicken quickly. a few patches of rain across england and wales but not amounting to too much, whereas for northern ireland and scotland it turns wet and windy through the afternoon. all the while the south westerly winds bring mild air, south westerly winds bring mild air, so temperature is about 11 14. it gets very windy tomorrow night with gales and maybe even severe gales across the far north west of the country as a band of rain sweeps through followed by the showers. friday, blustery day in scotland with the showers rattling through on the strong winds. further southwards, a brighter, sunnier kind of day for most of you. and in the sunshine with the wind is coming up from the south west is, mild with temperatures widely into double figures across england and wales, eight and nine in scotland and northern ireland. this band of rain from that area of low pressure that i showed you a moment ago that is currently no canada brings a band o
those crucial new details about the justice department s investigation of the january 6th attack. the washington post with this headline that s getting a ton of attention this morning, the justice department now investigating trump s actions in its criminal probe. the story even revealing intimate details from that highly secretive federal grand jury, saying, quote, prosecutors have asked hours of detailed questions about meetings trump led in december 2020 and january 2021, his pressure campaign on pence to overturn the election and what instructions trump gave his lawyers and advisers about fake electors and sending electors back to the states. that s according to four people familiar with the matter. nbc news, by the way, confirms from an administration official the doj is investigating trump s actions as part of its january 6th probe but clarifies that that does not necessarily mean it is open to criminal investigation into the former president himself. so let s get rig
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but do you not feel the urgency of now? people struggling and suffering today i m just thinking about food food and the agri tech sector, which you ve been big in for some time. the world food programme says, this year, a year of unprecedented hunger, 828 million people go to bed across this planet hungry every night . do you have technological solutions relevant to those people today? yeah, absolutely. so, most calories on earth come from rice, wheat, corn and soybeans. that s the vast majority. about 80% of calories come from those four crops. those crops, the technology capabilities in producing those crops digital software that helps farmers make better decisions, precision agriculture equipment that allows them to get more yield per acre by doing smarter things in the field, new genetics of the seed,