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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Thursday 9th June 2022
5. New Zealand has unveiled a plan to tax sheep and cattle burps in a bid to tackle one of the country's biggest sources of greenhouse gases.
It would make it the first nation to charge farmers for the methane emissions from the animals they keep.
4. National rail strikes will have a devastating impact on the theatre, live music and hospitality industries recovering from the Covid pandemic, trade bodies have warned.
Thousands of workers are set to walk out on 21, 23 and 25 June after talks over pay and redundancies failed.
3. Britain's housing market showed signs of a slowdown in May as fast-rising inflation and higher interest rates tightened the financial squeeze for many households.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said its new buyers gauge fell to -7 from +8 in April, the first time it turned negative in nine months.
2. A food crisis kicked off by the Ukraine war could last for years without intervention, the head of the World Trade Organization has said.
African countries could be hit especially hard by wheat and fertilizer shortages, the WTO director general has said.
1. Boris Johnson will promise to boost home ownership later - as he attempts to repair relations with Tory MPs who revolted against his leadership.
In a speech in Lancashire, the PM is expected to say he wants to extend the right to buy to people who rent from housing associations and also suggest allowing housing benefit to count towards a mortgage.