that was katya adler reporting.d security is also a huge concern. extremes of weather, including droughts and floods, can put supplies of food at risk. but as well as the threat, there may also be opportunities, as ourjournalist reports from benin in west africa. this market is the largest in west africa. shops here are filled with imported goods from europe, russia and asia. in 2019, benin registered $2.9 billion us of imported products, according to the world trade organisation. the country especially heavily depends on imports of rice and animal products. both fish and meat come from china, the netherlands and sometimes senegal. it would be difficult to get a year long supply here with local products. localfish, for example, come seasonally and is not enough to satisfy the population. but benin has the potential to ensure food self—sufficiency. the country has 70,500 square kilometres of arable land, according to the un�*s food and agriculture organisation. this project was set up in 1985, not long after the deva

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katya adler, bbc news, brussels.ies. addressing the italian host of the summit, including 36 former presidents say that letting hundreds of millions of doses go to waste would be unethical when tens of thousands of people are still dying daily of covid. japan goes to the polls on sunday, less than two months after prime minister fumio kishida was elected leader of the ruling liberal democratic party. the party is expected to lose seats, but not lose power. in fact, the ldp has failed to retain power in only two elections since 1955. so, what explains the enduring success of a party that regularly gets the votes ofjust a quarter of japan's registered voters? from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes reports. for all but six of the last 65 years, japan has been led by the same political party, the ldp. this weekend's election looks certain to be won by them again. yet the ldp is not especially popular. it's been led by a succession of rather un—charismatic men, so what explains its tremendous success? partly it starts here in

katya adler, bbc news, brussels., due to fears of flooding, and the environment agency is also warning people in cumbria, of the continuing risk of flooding, possibly well into the weekend. 0ur correspondent fiona trott reports from cockermouth in cumbria. wrestling with the water. they'd been pumping it out for hours, back into the river where it came from, fast flowing, and dangerous. the water breached the flat about 4:00am this morning. we've taken the carpet out, one of them we've thrown away over there. gillianjackson isn't ensured. that's because like many people here, she's been flooded before. and she's tired of it. i think the government need to look seriously at climate change, and try and work out ways that we can help people, support people and stop this kind of damage from happening in the future. today, the immediate support came from community volunteers like helen... we're doing alerts and making sure everyone is ok and trying to reassure people. ..going from door—to—door, making sure people were saf

our europe editor katya adler is in berlin., the uk government says this latest offer is not enough, what happens next? first, we have to let the two sides get together, get their competing versions of the future of the protocol together and see if they can find common ground. today they were in london and at the end of the week they will be meeting in brussels. the eu says the raft of measures are proposed today go a long way to allaying uk concerns about the protocol. but a very big stumbling block remains, what will be the role of the european court of justice? the two sides cannot decide on that. if ultimately, this new round of talks dissolves quickly, david frost says he is ready to trigger article 16 of the protocol and that would suspend parts of the protocol to protect peace in northern ireland, he says. the eu says that kind of action could threaten the stability of northern ireland. even before this new round of talks, you have countries like germany who have asked the european commission to prepare a range of possib

the eu will set out its proposals tomorrow. 0ur europe editor katya adler is in berlin. expect in terms of a response. i tell you what we will not expect, and that is that we really are on the edge of a looming trade war between the eu and the uk, the focus in european capitals just is on soaring gas prices, for example. here in berlin it is about forming a government after the elections. but that said, there really are definite tensions over the protocol which were alluded to today by lord frost. the eu tomorrow is going to set up what it says are practical solutions to concrete problems. it is going to look, for example, at reducing the number of checks on goods between great britain and northern ireland, making sure that medicines and move smoothly between great britain and northern ireland and the eu will pledge to engage more actively and more frequently and with the administration in northern ireland and with businesses there as well. what it will not do is to address the demand made by lord frost today to get rid of the european court of justice's oversight role i

i the eu will set out its proposal tomorrow. 0ur europe editor katya adler is in berlin.e eu capitals that what we have here is a looming, imminent, overnight trade war between the eu and the uk. there are other priorities, i am told. here in berlin they are trying to put a government together after the election and everybody is worried about soaring gas prices but there are definite tensions and strains over the northern ireland protocol. both sides, the eu and uk admit it is not working properly on the ground in northern ireland, so lord frost has his wishes for changes on the eu says tomorrow it will come up with concrete solutions to practical problems on how to reduce checks on goods and how to ensure that medicines arrive smoothly from europe into northern ireland and they have promised to talk more to they have promised to talk more to the administration in northern ireland and business and civil society as well to try to improve relations. what the eu will not engage in, i am told, is on the request by lord frost to remove the oversight by the european court of ju

that was katya adler reporting. including droughts and floods, can put supplies of food at risk. but as well as the threat, there may also be opportunities, as lila site reports from bennion in west africa. —— benin. this market is the largest in west africa. shops here are filled with imported goods from europe, russia and asia. in 2019, two registered $2.9 billion us of imported products, according to the world trade organisation. the country especially heavily depends on imports of rice and animal products. both fish and meat come from china, the netherlands and sometimes senegal. it would be difficult to get long supply here with local products. local fish, for example, come seasonally and is not enough to satisfy the population. but benin has the potential to ensure food self—sufficiency. the country has 70,500 square kilometres of arable land, according to the un's food and agriculture organisation. this project was set “p organisation. this project was set up in 1985, not long after the devastating famine in