against soaring costs, environmental rules and the buying power of supermarkets. rishi sunak has been addressing the national farmers union annual conference in birmingham he s the first prime minister to do so in 15 years. here s our environment correspondentjonah fisher. cow moos in the fields and on the farms, all is not well. we re the end of the line in this farm. our kids don t want to take it on because there s no money in it. liz webster has 350 cows and says a combination of factors, including brexit, rising costs and unpredictable weather, has left many farmers like herself at their wits end. are you still making a profit? is it still profitable to be a farmer? no, it s not! so why are you doing it? i don t know! because it s a way of life. sometime in the next 12 months, there s going to be a general election. and what farmers are hoping is that their concerns about, among other things, food security, prices and the environment will be key topics which politicia
her. and a body has been found in the river thames, thought to be the man who committed a chemical attack in south london. now we have the business report. we start with farming because the uk prime minister has promised more help for british farmers as agricultural protests spread across europe against soaring costs, environmental rules and the buying power of supermarkets. rishi sunak has been addressing the national farmers union annual conference in birmingham he s the first prime minister to do so in 15 years. here s our environment correspondentjonah fisher. cow moos in the fields and on the farms, all is not well. we re the end of the line in this farm. our kids don t want to take it on because there s no money in it. liz webster has 350 cows and says a combination of factors, including brexit, rising costs and unpredictable weather, has left many farmers like herself at their wits end. are you still making a profit? is it still profitable to be a farmer? no, it s
pope francis leads mourners for his predeccessor benedict xvi at an open air funeral mass at the vatican. upset for emma raducanu after she retires from her second round match at the asb classic in auckland with an ankle injury. and coming up this hour hear more from the girl group flo, who are the winners of the bbc s sound of 2023 award. sir keir starmer has promised that a labour government would devolve more power out of westminster by giving local authorities more say in areas such as transport and housing. the labour leader said in a new year speech that taking back control borrowing from the brexit slogan would be central to his party s agenda if it won the next election. it s not unreasonable for us to recognise the desire of communities to stand on their own feet. it s what take back control meant. the control people want is control over their lives and their communities. so we will embrace the take back control message, but we ll turn it from a slogan in
continues across the continent. music. and finland s prime ministerfaces a backlash after a leaked video shows her dancing and singing at a party with celebrity friends. she says she did nothing illegal. we start with the war in ukraine. the leaders of ukraine, turkey and the un have been holding talks in the ukrainian city of lviv. one the agenda the situation at a nuclear power plant in the south of the country. it s here in the city of zaporizhia. and it s occupied by russian forces. kyiv has called for the plant to be demilitarised this is the ukrainian president. the nuclear security is a clear priority for everyone in the world, so russians should immediately and unconditionally withdraw its forces from the territory of the nuclear power plant, as well as stop any provocations and showings. it is unacceptable that russia is intentionally bringing us on the verge of a catastrophe in a global scale. the nuclear black man on the part of russia is a decisive argument