fights to prevent its collapse. ministers are drawing up contingency plans while the supplier looks to secure extra funding amid debts running into billions of pounds. celia hatton has more. the future of the uk s biggest water company is far from watertight. but the government is reassuring thames water s 15 million customers they won t lose access to water as work continues behind the scenes to try to rescue it from collapse. thames water is £14 billion in debt and in crisis mode after the surprise resignation of its ceo on tuesday. no clear reason has been given for sarah bentley s departure. ministers are considering a plan to bring the utility giant temporarily under public ownership if it can t sort out its debts. we need to make sure that thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work that the government is trying to do on resolving sewage. certainly, up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down, but there s a lot of infrastru
as he lies in state at the vatican a hearse carrying pele s coffin makes the journey from sao paulo to santos where the brazilian football legend will lie in state ahead of his funeral on tuesday. and a warning from the international monetary fund, it says a third of the world will be in recession this year. for most of the world economy this is going to be a tough year. tougher than hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says russia attacked kyiv with waves of explosive drones overnight, targeting critical infrastructure. the military said air defence forces shot down all 39 iranian made drones. but the mayor of kyiv, vitaly klitschko, said energy facilities were damaged, disrupting power and heating supplies. let s speak to our correspondent, hugo bachega, who s in kyiv. what is the latest on those overnight attacks? the what is the latest on those overnight attacks? what is the latest on those overniaht attacks? . ., ,., overnight attacks? the mayor said one person over
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