all government people are going to have the department of agriculture the national office of the voters and so whether he goes well i want to read a very interesting florist hoping for the battle. of the santos reporting from his own city in the philippines many thanks indeed. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump has disputed puerto rico's new official death toll from last september's hurricanes trump tweeted that democrats inflated the number to make him look bad last month authorities there raise the toll from sixty five to nearly three thousand based on a computer analysis of the death rate after the storms. an eighteen year old man has been killed by falling debris amid a series of gas explosions in the he was state of massachusetts dozens of blazes broke out in several towns north of boston injuring at least ten other people hundreds were evacuated from their homes investigators suspect an over a pressurized pipeline was to blame. thousands of city mayors business leaders and climate activists that gathered in san francisco t

the environment secretary, who had been hoping to announce his agriculture bill today. the national audit office was in the department earlier this year and challenging us to do more in a number ofhave responded to that challenge. we have rocha —— recognise work needs to be done and have accelerated our preparations for any outcome to ensure that food exports and our territorial waters can be maintained. for nearly 50 years, farmers have received controversial eu subsidies based on the amount of land that they farm. but under new legislation these subsidies will be replaced with payments for a so—called public goods such as improving air, water and soil conditions, reducing the risk of flooding on the land, providing a natural habitat for wildlife and better access to the countryside. as the uk leads the common agricultural policy, the current system of direct payments will be phased out gradually until 2027. you can'tjust say we will let the market run it because ultimately we live in volatile times. we farm outside the mercy of the weather. this past year has been a very challenging year. we have seen drought, we have seen floods, we have seen snow. all of it has impacted on b