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
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
huge relieve in kyiv that the deal has passed and that hungary is on board and the response has stressed the fact this is a united european response, and the symbolism of that is important to ukraine as well as the fact it means that the funding is now approved. ukraine has been stressing all along that this is not just about supporting this country, it is about the broader cause of european security, that ukraine is fighting for europe as well against the russian attempts to change the world order by force. but war cost a lot of money and it is notjust about getting missiles and ammunition and shells and tanks from the west, it is about hard cash, because the government needs to keep doing what a normal government in a normal country would do, paying state sector salaries and paying pensions and it is about even just keeping on the heating, the price is high and ukraine needs help with the money because everything else, all of their other income is going to the war effort di
the 58 year old will become the first person in the us to be executed using nitrogen gas, a method which the united nations has called cruel and inhumane . it will be the state s second attempt to execute smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher s wife, in a hired killing. tom bateman reports. they have a 12 hour window basically from six o clock local time in alabama until six o clock in the morning to carry out this untested and experimental as it has been described by its many detractors method and that will involve kennett smith being led into the execution chamber, having an airtight mask strapped to his face and then pure nitrogen pumped from a pressure ride tank and him being effectively asked to breathe it in. they have of course been many experts suggesting that one of the problems here is this has never been done before. essentially we heard from what of your contributors there, soby contributors there, soby contributors there, soby contrib
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