but yasmin, the national farmers' union is saying if it is done too quickly and these subsidies are removedendered unviable. s, and if it is a good long—term plan, good luck to them, but one of the things one has to remember is that the level of borrowing now as a result of what has been happening with the pandemic, it is i watering numbers. and how are they when you find the money that they are so casually, actually, giving to restaurants and pubs and now farms when, actually, they could not actually find the money to pay for those children that marcus rashford wanted to... we are in economic crisis and the bank of england has said, post brexit, most —— more damage will be gone don't act on to the economy than by covid. you mentioned the cash for restau ra nts a nd you mentioned the cash for restaurants and pubs. the daily telegraph is looking at that, saying they will be more of that to quell revolt, because in tier 3, pubs can only and restaurants can only do ta keaways. only and restaurants can only do takeaways. yes, and that's what's happening at the moment, isn't it, even under lockd

earlier, my colleaguejoanna gosling spoke to the president of the national farmers' union, minette battersourages local communities to get involved with farming. they gave their reaaction to the changes. it is only going to benefit us, really. we have been educating people and trying to push this way of farming forward for the last four yea rs of farming forward for the last four years and we can only see the benefits for the environment and a local surroundings, as well. we have been trying to educate people on a more sustainable way of farming for the last four years and move away from the kind of commercial way of farming using heavy machinery, ploughs, pesticides and herbicides, and go backwards to go forwards, really, without using any of the nasty stuff involved in some of the commercialfarming. nasty stuff involved in some of the commercial farming. minette, nasty stuff involved in some of the commercialfarming. minette, tom is a model example of what the government wants to promote with this new system, but you believe there are former will go out of business because they don't wor

the national farmers' union says it's still waiting for details of how the scheme will work in practiceng on dartmoor for thousands of years. but soon it could look less like this and more like this. farmers like mark will get subsidies for what they do to manage the countryside like copper sink, rather than the amount of land they use. it makes sense, and where land isn't particularly productive from a farming point of view, why not leave it to nature, let it get untidy. nature doesn't like things tidy, so leaving it a bit rough and ready will bring in wildlife. brexit means out goes the common agricultural policy, and in comes the environmental land management system which could mean mark's farm will have fewer animals in future, but more trees, meadows and wetlands. take this pond mark has created on his farm to hold water, to reduce flooding and encourage local wildlife. now, under the to reduce flooding and encourage localwildlife. now, underthe eu scheme, he would have lost money because he cannot form this bit any more, but under the new scheme, he will be rewarded for doing thin

the national farmers' union says it's still waiting for details of how the scheme will work in practiceke mark will get subsidies for what they do to manage the countryside like copper sink, rather than the amount of land they use. it makes sense, and where land isn't particularly productive from a farming point of view, why not leave it to nature, let it get untidy. nature doesn't like things tidy, so leaving it a bit rough and ready will bring in wildlife. brexit means out goes the common agricultural policy, and in comes the environmental land management system which could mean mark's farm will have fewer animals in future, but more trees, meadows and wetlands. take this pond mark has created on his farm to hold water, to reduce flooding and encourage local wildlife. now, under the eu scheme, he would have lost money because he cannot form this bit any more, but under the new scheme, he will be rewarded for doing things like there will be incentives he will be rewarded for doing things like this. there will be incentives for farming sustainably, grants to help space for nature there

the national farmers' union says many of its members will suffer as a result.s working? let's discuss this with gp, dr nighat arif. how are you? i am good. it has been a busy week. that weekend was actually 0k where i was. it is nice to be back every week, by the looks of it. work to make of the latest findings that the infection rate is falling by 30%? the study shows there is a 30% reduction and that is mostly there is a 30% reduction and that is m ostly fro m there is a 30% reduction and that is mostly from when we went into lockdown. the figures before, the getting about one and 100 infected patients in our community and that has now dropped to one and 80. it shows how brilliantly we have been doing. the r rate has gone down to zero point 88. there are lots of other conditions in the winter. —— 0.88. we need to make sure we do not have the higher rates of covid—19 in our communities. with the tier system, it is important. testing has got so much better. 0n system, it is important. testing has got so much better. on saturday we had a patient. there was a tel

with me is president of the national farmers' union, minette batters. farming forward for the last four yea rs. we of farming forward for the last four years. we can only see the benefits of moving forward for the environment under local surroundings. we have been trying to educate people on a more sustainable way of farming for the last four yea rs way of farming for the last four years ina way of farming for the last four years in a move away from the commercial way of farming using heavy machinery and pesticides and herbicides. tom is a model example of exactly what the government wants to promote with this new system, but you believe there are farmers that go out of business because they don't work in the same way. what are your fears don't work in the same way. what are yourfears on don't work in the same way. what are your fears on that front?” don't work in the same way. what are your fears on that front? i don't think tom is actually meaning to or referring to those who are most impacted by all of this. if you look at the farm business income fi

union and the united nations are calling for restraint. india's government has agreed to meet with leaders of farmers' unions following days of demonstrations. thousands have been rallying near the capital, new delhi to protest against a bill that they say could devastate crop prices. some have been blocking roads and highways. farmers say they don't plan to leave until the law is scrapped. and evacuations are underway in southern indonesia. after a volcano erupted for the 2nd time in several days. from the eruption on lombard island rose 4 kilometers into the sky. authorities are warning people to stay away . those were the headlines about with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera . next, it's blood and tears to stay with us. france once had a vast empire coughing over 11000000 square kilometers up the world. by, the 1930 s., it comprised over 100000000 people. but after the 2nd world war, national independence movements grew and pressure mounted on france in asia, africa, and the americas to let go of many of its colonies. pressure that it resisted often violently. uprisings in algeria, the middle east and madagascar was subdued w

nations joined forces three centuries ago. but now their union, the united kingdom, is under strain. a short distance from the border, we meet a farmerottish independence. i'm terrified. i genuinely fear that, from a scottish perspective, it will be the end of agriculture. why? there will be trade deals eventually, but that short—term is the difference in people's cash flows and the difference between survival or not. are you not worried about the prospect of a borderjust down the road? yeah, i think it would be naive to think that there aren't going to be challenges and that if we were independent, it's not the land of milk and honey on day one. but brexit is a two—way street. in angus, famed for beef and berries, this young entrepreneur and his family think it makes preserving the union with england more important than ever. what do you think would have happened if scotland had become independent six years ago? i think there would just be a massive crash in the economy. we don't have the power that the uk has, because it has the bank of england, the pound. i just think there is enough uncertainty at the moment. the country doesn't