you would have anticipated. these two countries were allies until this week. in fact, they were laying plans to hold joint naval exercises. on tuesday, iran said it attacked the bases of a group within pakistani balochistan. last night, pakistan responded in kind with precision strikes inside iran. it s hard to see any direct connection to what s happening in gaza but it perhaps reflects just how febrile the wider region has become. here s our analysis editor, ros atkins. ever since the israel gaza war started, there s been a fear the conflict could spread, and that s happening. across the middle east, we re seeing air strikes, bombings, assassinations and border raids. the most high profile escalation involves houthi rebels in yemen attacking shipping in the red sea, they say, in solidarity with palestinians. in response, the us and the uk have attacked houthi positions, most recently with us strikes on wednesday night. and a day before america began attacking the houthis,
so the us energy secretary tells me how the world can tackle an energy crisis that is threatening to knock the global economy of track. also on the show, india, one of the world s fastest growing economies. so can home grown airline, vistara, can it cash in on soaring demand for flight, despite high oil prices? i m going to check in with its big boss. wherever you werejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, as the war in ukraine rages, one of the most noticeable impacts for the rest of the world continues to be the soaring costs of our energy. as europe approaches the cold winter months, which typically causes demand for oil and gas to surge, millions, millions of households and businesses are worried about just how they are going to afford to pay their bills politicians in europe and across the rest of the world i trying to take action to limit the economic damage, but also come up with long term solutions. two numb
early in the day. heavy rain affecting the south west of england. through the day, the rain becomes lighter and more patchy in many places become drier. we have a lot of dry weather across other parts of the uk, hunting ascension, just a few showers in the north west of scotland. certainly fewer and lighter than today. it will feel pleasant in the sunshine with temperatures 17 18. now on bbc news the media show. hello and welcome to the media show. as i am sure you have seen, these are tomorrow s times for the uk economy and this is a story as complex as it is important and there are ways to get the journalism right around the story but there are also ways of getting it wrong. we will look at bats. we will also hear from a man behind a whole raft of things. this man from the sunday times tells us how he lands his stories and then we will also hear the story of others leaving the abc. we will hear the story according to their agent. let s start with the situation with the uk e
play, champions league, so, yeah. we have to be in the top four, so next year we re back in the champions league and of course we have the fa cup, so there are still many things to pay for. let s bring you up to date with the other results on tuesday. we ve mentioned it, but the surprise package of the group stages, fc copenhagenjoining bayern munich in the last 16 courtesy of that win at home against galatasaray. in group c, napoli go through with real madrid worth noting that napoli s second goal was scored by the newly crowned african footballer of the year, victor osimhen. in group a, lens will be heading to the europa league after they beat sevilla 2 1 and courtesy of the 1 1 draw between arsenal and psv eindhoven in the netherlands. arsenal manager mikel arteta happy with his side s return to europe s premier competition. very positive overall, six or seven years without being in the competition with a team that hasn t got a lot of experience, i think we have compet
were very productive. i thank you for the bipartisan support. as we approach christmas on behalf of all our ukraine families separated by war and all sons and daughters on the front, ukraine s greatest wish is to reach a victorious end. it s mr zelensky s third visit to washington since the war began and second in just the past few months. the aid he s seeking could turn the tide against russia as the war ticks closer to its second year, with no sign of resolution. congress has approved more than $111 billion in total since the war began. but the biden administration says that money is running out. mr biden told reporters after his meeting with zelensky, that it would be a, christmas gift to russia s vladimir putin if congress fails to pass fresh aid. putin is banking on the united states failing to deliver for ukraine. we must, must, must prove him wrong. i will not walk away from ukraine. neither will the american people. president biden also said russia state media is ce