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All of these pigs will have to be culled. all of them? yes. and how many are there? just under 2,000. the backlog of pigs has been building up at this farm in east yorkshire. and, with large numbers of piglets soon needing to move in, there just isn't enough space. we've never faced this. the pig industry goes through peaks and troughs, but we've never faced the prospect of killing healthy animals. culling has already started on some farms, with the national farmers union warning 150,000 more pigs will need to be destroyed in the next ten days. the problems stem from worker shortages at meat p...

Then i found out i was pregnant, and she is my saviour. i'm a mum, i'm a mummy, i'm a mother. i got the home, a house. iwork. i've got mummy, i'm a mother. i got the home, a house. i work. i've got a part—timejob. and i'm happy, and i'm in a better place. aliyah and kendra talking to our reporter, amanda kirton. pig farmers say they could have to carry out a cull of tens of thousands of pigs if the government doesn't take urgent action to ease a labour shortage. they say a lack of workers is creating backlogs at meat processing plants around the uk. the national pig association says farms ar...

Are clear and provide guidance necessary to businesses when we put these out. i can't give you a timeline. osha is working on them. obviously we'll hopefully know more in the coming weeks. >> reporter: tyson foods not waiting. meat processing plants were especially hit hard by covid during the height of the pandemic. in august tyson announced a vaccine mandate and now it says 91% of its u.s. employees have at least one dose of the vaccine. west virginia, which at one point led the country with a highest vaccination rate now has the lowest. the governor pleaded with people to get vaccinated but...

Hospitals and aides in assisted living homes in the pandemic. they're the ones at meat processing plants taking jobs that americans won't. so i think it's really important to recognize that this isn't just the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do for america. >> indeed. this is, as you said, it's a win-win, enhancing our culture with people who sided with us in a war against the taliban and did everything they could to help us win, which was really an unwinnable situation for us, but more for them. so they deserve to be here and hopefully they will all be here very soon. thank you so ...

Households without power. germany is reeling from these floods which have devastated notjust this region but the rest of the country and people right here having to wait and hope for those of their loved ones. thank you to jenny thank you tojenny and anna. an increasing number of businesses are warning it's becoming impossible to operate properly, because so many staff are being told to self—isolate by the nhs test and trace app. more than half a million people were sent an alert last week across england and wales. the rmt union has warned of another surge next week because of confusion abou...