Unions are warning therell be thousands of job losses and the leader of the welsh conservatives, andrew davies, told gb news it will be disastrous for the country. Well, lets not forget people need food to survive and live on their everyday so their everyday existence, so were not talking about an industry that isnt industry here that isnt required to feed the nation. Required to feed the nation. We dont have farmers, and if we dont have farmers, we food. By the we dont have food. And by the governments figures, if governments own figures, if this ahead and this scheme goes ahead and changed, 5500 farmers will lose their livelihoods. 125,000 their livelihoods. 125,000 cattle will be lost in wales, 800,000 sheep and £200 million worth of Economic Activity will be lost. So it will be a devastating income impact on rural communities. The length and breadth of wales mps facing threats to their safety will get extra security as part of a new £31 million government package. £31 million go
Actually make Illegal Drugs become rather attractive . All of become rather attractive . All of that in a moment. But first, lets get the news with polly middlehurst. Middlehurst. Nigel, thank you and good evening to you. Well, we start this evening with the sad news that the bodies of at least three suspected migrants have been pulled from the English Channel afternoon, major channel this afternoon, a major search and rescue operation was launched following incident, search and rescue operation was lau|uked following incident, search and rescue operation was lau|uk and llowing incident, search and rescue operation was lau|uk and french| incident, search and rescue operation was lau|uk and french authoritiesnt, the uk and french authorities are now working together on that. It. Its believed people smuggling pushed a number smuggling gangs pushed a number of boats into water of boats into the water throughout despite the throughout the day, despite the bad weather, people smuggling gang
Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Besieged by tourists, venice starts charging day trippers to visit. Is this the way forward for overwhelmed cities . In fact, we are going to start in europe. The french president , emmanuel macron, has painted a rather bleak picture of the European Union today. Despite the big strides he believes the eu made towards closer integration post covid and in response to the war in ukraine, it needs to be much more aggressive, he said, in defending its own interests. The wake up, he said, has been too slow and there is mortal danger, as he put it, if the union becomes a vassal of the United States and fails to stand up for itself on trade. Translation we must be lucid to the fact that our europe today is mortal. She can die. Echoing his past calls for europe to plot a third way between the us and china, the french president called for a scaling up stronger, more integrated European Defences, a more sustainable economic model
Sacrifice their forefathers made. Not me. Im no hero, but they, like they were the raf boys who died and people like that. They dont realise that they dont know much about it. They dont even know who hitler was. Half of them. And in this sport this morning, ive got to tell you, arsenal didnt look like chokers or bottlers last night as they go back to the top by spanking chelsea. Five nil Leicester City on the verge of heading back to the premier league by also winning five nil against southampton and Ronnie Osullivan says hes not the greatest snooker player ever , greatest snooker player ever, but he goes for a record breaking eighth world title from today. Hello, its a bit chilly out today but at least for many of us it is going to be largely dry and there will be some decent spnng and there will be some decent spring sunshine too. Ill have the details in the full forecast i the biggest defence boost in ten years. The Prime Minister has vowed to increase defence spending to 2. 5 of th
Dateline london looks back at a turbulent 2017 in europe, america and the middle east. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. North korea has described the latest United Nations sanctions as an act of war and tantamount to a complete economic blockade. The Un Security Council imposed the measures drafted by the us on friday in response to pyongyangs Ballistic Missile tests. North korea has vowed to strengthen its Nuclear Deterrent to frustrate america. Sophie long sent this report from the south korean capital seoul. North Korean State Television broadcast the first reaction to the sanctions. It described the Un Resolution as an act of war that violates peace and stability on the korean peninsula. Please raise their hand. Pyongyang promised to punish those that voted for the us drafted resolution. That includes china, north koreas main ally and trading partner. Beijing urged restraint on all sides. Its previously called for an end to joint us south Korean Military drills, like this one,