us and eu officials are meeting today to discuss energy cooperation. the focus? according to the us, joint efforts to blunt russia s attempts to weaponize energy, bolstering energy supplies for the coming winters. this comes as eu member states consider extending restrictions, or even outright banning, russian natural gas imports. the bloc has also imposed a $60 a barrel cap on purchases of russian crude oil, something that the us has supported. joining me now is olga khakova, deputy director for european energy security at the atlantic council s global energy center. on the committee that looked into their trade relationships. has russia been able to weather the international sanctions issued against its energy exports? i think overall, the price caps have been a win, a lot of analysts actually were hesitant to implement or support but anything and the overall goal was achieved. key pressure on energy supplies on the market while minimising how much money russia is making
againstjudicial reforms despite the government s decision to pause the legislation. authorities in the united states have been assessing the damage caused by severe storms and tornadoes. at least 26 people are now known to have died as the storms ripped through the south and the midwest leaving a trail devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed in chicago. our reporter shelley phelps has more. two tornadoes left a trail of destruction in arkansas. this was the small town of wynne where at least four people were killed. homes and businesses lie flattened. the local high school torn apart, devastated teachers and students came to see the extent of the damage for themselves. yeah, i taught here for 25 years. this is my classroom and when i walked out yesterday i didn t realise that would be the last time i would be teaching in this classroom. it s just. god protected this town, and he
madhur. and for bonfire celebrations, it looks like it will be quite cloudy. and clearer and drier weather for scotland and one or two showers for western scotland and perhaps western counties of northern ireland but for most it is a reasonable night. temperatures holding on double figures, colder into scotland. tomorrow, the zone of heavy rain working across england. i suspect the vinyl be more extensive and it will be persistent and heavy. by and it will be persistent and heavy. by that feature, there will be breaks in the cloud and some sunshine between the showers. some of them, though, are likely to be heavy showers with a rumble or two of thunder and it will turn quite windy with the threat of gales across the north west later in the day. mad again, though. 12 14. into next week low pressure stays firmly in charge. rain moving through on monday into monday night. followed by showers from tuesday onwards so it is an unsettled looking weather picture, often quite windy bu
as ukraine s forces gear up for battle. and we meet the british teenagers, getting a chance to explore antarctica, thanks to their work in the community. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. thousands of people have been taking part in candlelit vigils in south korea, to remember the 156 people killed in a crush on halloween. the victims, mostly young people, were among around 100,000 people who had flocked to the popular itaewon nightlife district in the capital seoul. 0ur correspondent nick marsh is there and sent this report. it has been organised by one of the groups who are anti government and are affiliated to the opposition party. it is more of a protest than a vigil. the people i have been speaking here want the resignation of the south korean president. they say that he and his government are responsible for the tragic loss of life on saturday night. clearly, we know that there have been police failings were not enough officers were dep
as prime minister. tom tugenhadt was eliminated in the latest round of voting. of the remaing four, former chancellor rishi sunak tops the polls followed by penny mourdant. hello, welcome to our second and last look of the night hello, welcome to our second and last look of the night of hello, welcome to our second and last look of the night of what hello, welcome to our second and last look of the night of what the papers will be bringing us on tuesday morning. still with me, baroness ros altman and james rampton, features writer at the independent. welcome back to both of you. i m hoping you had something long and cool in the interim. the high temperatures dominate the front pages. the i leads with a stark map showing the high temperatures reached in britain today and the headline earth sends a warning. the telegraph is concerned that emergency services may not be able to cope if the hot weather continues for a second day tomorrow. the online independent newspaper repor