of the dambusters raid tonight there will be a special fly past over the lancaster bomber s former bases. and coming up on bbc news. my legacy is already exceptional! pep guardiola s words on the eve of manchester city s champions league semi final against real madrid as they try to win the trophy for the first time. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. as food prices rise at their fastest rate in 45 years, the prime minister today gathered farmers, supermarket bosses and food industry representatives in downing street with a pledge to help make it easier to source our own food in the uk. the cost of food has soared in the past year, with some items like meat and vegetables more than doubling in price. supermarkets have also had to contend with a shortage of supplies. today, the government urged retailers to pass on any savings to customers who are struggling. our economics correspondent dharshini david looks at why prices are staying so high. brunch with the
rolled off the production line. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start the programme for you in the middle east where the us. secretary of state antony blinken been holding discussions to resolve the escalating crisis there. he has told israel it will endanger its long term security if it abandons efforts to resolve the conflict with the palestinians. mr blinken who was speaking after talks with israeli prime minister, bejamin netanyahu said his immediate priority was to restore calm. the visit comes in the midst of a spate of violence between israelis and palestinians. the bbc s middle east correspondent, tom bateman, has more. in tom bateman, has more. jerusalem at the wreckai spreading injerusalem at the wreckage is spreading and another generation grows up in its wake. israel s new far right police minister is vowing to step up home demolitions of palestini
today, the government urged retailers to pass on any savings to customers who are struggling. our economics correspondent dharshini david looks at why prices are staying so high. brunch with the prime minister in the sun. all smiles, but farmers, manufacturers and retailers where there to discuss the challenges of supplying our food. there to discuss the challenges of supplying ourfood. soaring costs have been the key headache for production and prices. just ask the man in charge of our biggest dairy cooperative. man in charge of our biggest dairy c00perative- man in charge of our biggest dairy cooerative. , ,, . , cooperative. cost pressures on farms have come from cooperative. cost pressures on farms have come from all cooperative. cost pressures on farms have come from all the cooperative. cost pressures on farms have come from all the global - have come from all the global factors of conflict and the disruption coming out of covid and so on. actually, farmers have had to pay
mr zahawi whose tax liabilities have come under increased scrutiny was sacked at the weekend. the opposition labour party has called on the prime minister to clarify exactly when he became aware that mr zahawi had paid a penalty to the tax authorities in the uk. mr sunak addressed the issue of nadhim zahawi at a q and a session in county durham. it relates to things that happen well before i was prime minister. i can chase exit pass without what you can chase exit pass without what you can hold me accountable for is what you do about it, such as i knew about the situation was to appoint somebody independently, look at it and acted pretty decisively. it s three years since the uk officially left the european union at the end of january 2020 though it remained in the single market until the end of that year. so what impact has brexit had on trade, investment and jobs in the uk in that time? and what does the future look like? 0ur economics correspondent, dharshini david looks at th