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
on the state s northern coast. hello and welcome to the programme. a young us air national guardsman is being questioned after being arrested by fbi officers investigating the leaking of classified documents. jack teixeira, who s 21, is expected to appear in court in boston later. the leaked material first appeared on an online chat forum and has exposed details of ukraine s war plans and the extent of the us s spying on its allies. david willis has the latest from washington. dressed in shorts and a t shirt with news helicopters hovering overhead, the suspect in the latest us intelligence drama was taken into custody outside the family home south of boston. ., , the family home south of boston. ., g , . boston. today, the justice department boston. today, the justice department arrested - boston. today, the justice department arrested jack| department arrested jack douglas teixeira in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorised removal, retention and transmi
the presidents of brazil and china are due to hold talks in beijing shortly. luiz inacio lula da silva and xijinping are expected to sign trade deals. they will also discuss the war in ukraine. our correspondentjoao da silva has the latest from singapore. well, we don t know the exact contents of the agenda, but, as you mentioned there, there is at least a couple of issues that are likely to make it into the talks. first, of course, it is trade and investment. the brazilian side has said they expect to sign more than 20 bilateral agreements. it signals their desire to strengthen economic relations with china. president lula who was returned to power only a few months ago knows he needs brazil s largest trading partner if he is to deliver on his promises to fight poverty and to really boost brazil s stagnant economy. and china, it is also interested in consolidating trade ties with brazil. beijing is facing growing tensions with the us which is its largest trading partner, and
gel manicures are one of the most popular beauty treatments, but dermatologists say they re causing some people to develop life changing allergies. the reaction happens when chemicals from the polish come into contact with the skin and can mean sufferers are unable to have certain medical treatments in the future. niki cardwell reports. when laura davies s nails started lifting off herfingers, she posted the footage on tiktok. it s really horrible looking back now. it s like blood vessels bursting underneath the nails. i was embarrassed, really embarrassed about them. some of them i had had to trim them right down to half the length. it had a really negative impact on, like, how i felt, i thought people would look at me and think i was dirty. the damage to laura s nails and fingers was caused by an allergy to the gel nail polish that she had been using at home. the british association of dermatologists first warned that gels were causing allergies in 2018. doctor deirdre bu
live from london, this is bbc news. jack teixeira the us airman accused of leaking classified pentagon documents appears in federal court. talk to our correspondence live in a moment or two. here in the uk, a mother and father are convicted of the savage and brutal christmas day murder of their baby son. and could certain types of nail gel be causing life changing allergies? we ll speak to one woman who says it happened to her. welcome back to bbc news. let s return to the breaking news from boston surrounding jack teixeira. because the us intelligence officer has just appeared in federal court. he has been charged with the unauthorised removal and retention of classified documents and materials. thejudge of classified documents and materials. the judge and justice department listening to the various requests that have been made. he is going to be detained pending trial, as you would expect. those are the live pictures. jessica parker is monitoring everything. tell us a