now on bbc news, it s time for click. this week, the plant with a secret in its seeds, a plane that can fly itself, and dinner is served and it is. ..an acquired taste. in the middle of the otherworldly landscape of iceland, something strange is going on. 130,000 barley plants are slowly making their way from one end of this greenhouse to the other. and what s even stranger is what this barley is going to be used for. it is in the food chain but it s not food for us and it s not food for animals. no, this is something much, much weirder than that. this grass is a host. it s been genetically modified to carry a special protein called a growth factor in its seeds. once the plants reach the end of theirjourney, these seeds are harvested, milled and purified and the resulting growth factor protein can be used to help produce something very unexpected meat, in a lab, without the animals. i think we will reach the point where it s not, like, nice to have. i think it s we have to
ring as britain s anthonyjoshua loses his heavyweight title. hello and welcome. very good to have you with us. getting in germany where the last day of campaigning has come to an end before elections on sunday in which voters will be choosing who will replace angela merkel as chancellor. it s a role she is held for 16 years. her cdu party is facing a tight race against the social democrats. the race for the chancellory has reached the final stage. cheering. in line skaters sprinting through berlin today as those vying for germany s top job intensified their efforts to succeed angela merkel. whistles blow. translation: you don t know who would do a betterjob - than angela merkel. they all say they d do it better but it s hard to believe that, no matter which party. i don t think that it s a really good time for germany but now, i think it is getting worse. ein grosses thema. forweeks, it looked as though this man would be the next german chancellor. olaf scholz, social democra
a very good sunday morning to you. keir starmer has had to ease back on his plans to change the voting rules for future leadership elections. the remaining proposals are still likely to spark a confrontation with the left wing of his party. from brighton, where labour is holding its annual conference, iain watson reports. and a warning, his report contains flashing images. it wasn t an ideal start to his party conference. keir starmer wanted to attack the conservatives. this government is letting people down so badly! ..but under attack from some in his own party, he was forced to ditch plans to reduce the role of the rank and file in future leadership elections, and further rows could overshadow more positive policies aimed at the wider public. the focus was supposed to be workers rights, not his members rights. the deputy leader gave a crowd pleasing speech, including a promise to ban zero hours contracts. some things are not negotiable, so labour in power will give all w
the la palma volcano covers the island s airport in ash making it unsafe for planes to take off and land. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we begin with events in china and canada where what appears to be an exchange of detainees has taken place. the trans pacific flights involved the huawei executive, meng wanzhou, and two canadian nationals, michael spavor and michael kovrig. ms meng was detained in canada, at the request of the us, which wanted her to stand trial for financial impropriety allegedly carried out by huawei. beijing was furious and shortly after, the canadian nationals were arrested in china and accused of spying charges they both denied. but when the us authorities effectively dropped the case against ms meng, the two canadian nationals were released even though china had always denied any link between the proceedings. this is the moment, a couple of hours ago, when meng wanzhou stepped off the plane back onto chin