and rural affairs and rural affairs also, it says, monitoring the situation.is is kind of escalating. what does it mean for people watching? i what does it mean for people watchin: ? ~ what does it mean for people watching?— what does it mean for people watchin: ? ~ , , watching? i think the first thing is otentiall watching? i think the first thing is potentially in _ watching? i think the first thing is potentially in the _ watching? i think the first thing is potentially in the next _ watching? i think the first thing is potentially in the next few - watching? i think the first thing is potentially in the next few weeks| watching? i think the first thing is l potentially in the next few weeks or even days could be some shortages, we are told, of meat products. the british meat processors association earlier on saying they believe this is a crisis now and the shelves could run empty pretty soon. also in terms of energy bills, you may well have already seen your terrace go up if you are an invariable contract. the energy cap is there in place, the government

think this is a cross government effort now as well, the department for the environment, food and rural affairsoring the situation that it seems like is escalating this. what does all this mean for families who are watching today? the first thing is the impact on your energy bills. meat products, the british meat processors association saying earlier on this is a crisis now on the shelves could run empty soon. also in terms of energy bills. you may have already seen your tariff go up may have already seen your tariff go up if you are on a variable contract. the energy cap is there in place, the government is keen to stress, so that people are not paying too much, but that cap is due to rise as well because of the impact of the wholesale gas price situation, but the other thing ministers are keen to stress is that this is a price issue, so it is not a question of the lights going out or anything like that. they are very confident there will not be any supply issues over the winter, but certainly this price issue is having an impact. the rising energy prices are affecting steel production in this

are also meetings going on between officials from the department of food, environment, food and rural affairsdustry bosses and they say a number of options are being considered, including the possibility of importing co2 from overseas. possibility of importing c02 from overseas. . ~' possibility of importing c02 from overseas. ., ~ , ., , . overseas. thank you very much, peter. a relative of ten afghan civilians killed in an american drone strike in kabul last month says he's glad that the us has accepted its mistake. the brother of the aid worker says he wants compensation and resettlement for the family in a safe country. seven of the dead were children. he's been talking with our middle east editorjeremy bowen — and a warning, his report does contain details some viewers may find distressing. this is all that remains of the toyota corolla that the americans tracked for hours, as they convinced themselves — entirely incorrectly — that it was packed with explosives. five of the seven dead children were playing in the car when it was hit. its owner, zemari ahmadi, who they believed, wrongly,

i like to think of you not only agriculture secretary but in some sense of rural affairs. that is of the egg department does in many ways. thank you for that, thank you for hosting this terrific conversation. now i like to turn matters back to tony. >> thanks very much nick. thank you secretary for really being with us today, great conversation with a lot of issues on the table we look forward to following up with in the subsequent panel conversation but thanks to both of you. now they could turn to the panel and explore some issues the secretary elucidated during his conversation and begin by introducing who is confirmed as the assistant secretary of economic development at the department of commerce on august 13. assistant secretary has served in leadership positions for three presidents, president biden, obama and clinton. in the obama she served as the minority business development agency, becoming the first hispanic woman to lead that agency. she came to her current position after serving as ceo of usa, really appreciate you being with us. thanks for being here. >> th

i would like to think you as not only agriculture secretary but in some sense the secretary of rural affairs and that's what it ag department is in many ways so thank you for that. thanks to the brookings institution for hosting this terrific conversation, and now i would like to turn matters over back to tony. >> thanks very much, nic, thank you, secretary, for really being with us today. great, rich conversation, put a lot of issues on the table that would look forward to following up with in the subsequent panel conversation, but thanks to the both of you. so now i would like to turn to our panel and see if we can explore some of the issues that the secretary of the sedated during his conversation with nick come and begin by -- elucidated -- introducing alejandra castillo who was confirmed as the assistant secretary economic development of the department of commerce on august 13, and assistant secretary sto hazard to leadership positions now for three presidents, president biden, obama and clinton and in the obama administration she served as a national director of the commerce department

our correspondent andrew plant is outside the department for environment, food and rural affairs thiss ago, and then this time last week officials from defra came to her farm in south gloucestershire and took geronimo away. the whole thing, though, has sparked a debate about exactly how accurate the bovine tuberculosis testing programme is. it is designed of course to keep cattle and cattle farms safe, keep them trading, but still, more than 40,000 carers every single year on average are put down after positive tests. and the helen mcdonald, these initial results really aren't the end of the process. they are not conclusive proof that geronimo was bovine tuberculosis free. they will now have to take cells from the animal, send them to a lab, and try to culture those in a dish under a microscope, and that is as long a process as it sounds. we are told it can take anything from eight weeks up to three or four months. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. for most of us, the hot, sunny weather is going to continue throughout the day today. however, for s

rural wyoming. i was impressed by the strong versatile women starting with the 80-year-old mayor who pretty much ran local affairs from government to business. that is not even counting the actual cowgirls. i found out my friends were carrying on a long tradition of competence and >> mindedness. it began in the old west era of the 1840s into the early 20th century. when more than half of america were settled. historians failed to notice however was that women, busy building homes and communities from scratch not only joined but at crucial moments led the massive human rights revolution that enfranchised half of the nation. indeed, by the time the 19th amendment was finally ratified in 1920, northwestern women had already voted for years, sometimes for decades before their sisters in a single state back east the suffrage movement in three generation are critical to both if it simply been achievement. according to the myth strong silent they were equal to the process moreover stereo tibial who supported men in various ways their experimental is hard working, and more. the women and some native american hispanic wom

rural wyoming. i was impressed by the strong, versatile women starting with the 80-year-old mayor who pretty much ran local affairs from government to business, and that's not even counting the actual cowgirls. was there something in the water? i did some research and found that my friends were carrying on a long tradition of independent, competent and civic-mindedness. it began in the old west era of the 1840s into the early 19th -- into the early 20 century when more than half of america was settled. but historians failed to notice, however, that women busy building homes and communities from scratch not only joined, but at a crucial moment led the massive human rights revolution that enfranchised half the nation. indeed, by the time the 19th amendment was finally ratified in 1920, most western women had already votedded for years, sometimes for decades before their sisters in a single state back east. the colonization of the west and the suffrage movement were overlapping epochs, and three generations of women were critical to both. yet their double-barreled achievements have simply been neglected. according to