#farmers

#farmers

Neither the move from the far right nor hard left are expected to garner enough votes to be a serious threat, but they show Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu still faces strong opposition from within the parliament that toppled his two predecessors. France has been mired in political crisis since Macron in 2024 called snap polls which he hoped would consolidate his majority but instead ended up in a deeply divided lower house.

ABC News's Martha Raddatz asked Bessent Sunday about the plight of farmers facing Chinese boycotts on American soybeans due to President Donald Trump's tariffs. American farmers have really suffered, Raddatz said Sunday. Do you see a real light at the end of the tunnel there, they may allow soybeans again? Martha, in case you don't know it, I'm actually a soybean farmer, so I have felt this pain too, Bessent answered.

Numerous villagers who spoke to DW told of family members being abducted and killed. Their livelihoods, which primarily consist of farming sorghum, millet, and livestock, and then trading their produce in nearby market towns, have been severely disrupted.

"We're suspending the mobilisation (...) Tractors are returning to their farms, even though we had planned to still be there this Tuesday and Wednesday," he said.

The region is in the grips of disaster, according to the NSW drought indicator, part of a large area lit up in orange on the map. Surrounding regions are also drying out, expected to slip into drought by mid-winter.

As the numbers of reactors increase, Minister Heydon's science-based eradication strategy is sparking outrage among farmers, accused of being authoritarian in approach.