correspondent there. there have been dramatic scenes in the past two hours with those tractors blocking the roads and tyres being burned. give us a bit more detail about what the farmers are protesting about and what they want to see changed. yes. what they want to see changed. yes, mornin: what they want to see changed. yes, morning samantha, what they want to see changed. ye: morning samantha, this is in the heart of brussels and you have behind us that distinctive mural that has been there a few year, the future is europe, you can see the immediate future is this huge trafficjam, because take a look, these rah tractors that have been brought into the heart of the capital city today. you can see they back all the way down as far as the eye can see and if you come along here, you can probably hear in the background some the firecrackers that are going off. this white stuff on the floor has come from the water cannon that to that the police have been firing this morning. no
farmers have been demonstrating in brussels. tires have been set on fire. police have been using water cannons. huge demonstrations and huge protests in brussels today. the reason is a meeting of agricultural ministers inside the buildings nearby. that is the particular focus but the protest is out in force as they have been notjust in brussels but in countries right across europe. some of the reasons, let s take a look at them. that leads to do with the green deal, measures to bring in and reforms to subsidies, free trade deals, farmers opposed some of those which brings in cheaper imports. a general increase in costs making earning a decent living much more challenging. so there are a number of different factors for the protests. some are country specific and some are more broadly to do with the bureaucracy and the way it is organised. we have been keeping an eye on these live pictures for the last couple of hours. there has been plenty of activity on the streets and our co
are cheap imports from outside the eu, excessively restrictive environmental rules, and falling incomes. farmers are using their tractors to block the roads of the belgian capital. they also appear to have piled up tires near the eu building which are now on fire. this comes as agricultural ministers from across the european union are meeting in brussels today this is right in the heart of brussels. you can see the immediate future is this huge trafficjam because take a look at all these tractors that have been brought into the heart of the capital city today. they back all the way down as far as the eye can see and if you come along here you can probably hear on the background some of the firecrackers that are going off. this white stuff on the floor has come from the water cannon that the police have been firing this morning, not at the farmers themselves but at the fires that have been started because of some tyres were set alight earlier on today. you can see a few fi
hundreds of tractors have been placed on the streets. as eu agriculture ministers meet to discuss the ongoing concerns by farmers who are angry right across europe by what they say as unfair competition from outside the eu. we will keep an eye on those pictures and any developments coming from those. more now on gaza where the israeli military has reportedly put forward a plan to evacuate civilians from parts of the territory which have been affected by the conflict. no details have been made public and it s not clear if any palestinian groups have been consulted. it comes as charity groups are reporting difficulties in delivering aid to many parts of gaza and as talks continue to try to arrange a temporary ceasefire. in the last hour, the un secretary general antonio guterres has said that and israeli military assault on rafah, where many people have sought refuge, would be the final nail in the coffin for the un s aid programmes. let s speak to fawaz gerges, profess