and how the rock band coldplay is offering its support to protesters in iran. it s official the left of centre politician, luis inacio lula da silva, commonly known as lula , has won brazil s presidential election snatching victory by a tiny margin from the rightwing incumbent, jair bolsonaro, who had an early lead as the first votes came in. the final tally was just 50.8% to lula. crowds of mr lula s supporters started celebrating in the streets. this represents an amazing comeback for the former president, who three years ago, was serving a prison sentence for corruption his conviction was later overturned. but the contest reflected how deeply polarised brazil is. mr lula spoke after the win was announced. translation: i have faith in god that with the help l of the people we will find a way out so this country may live again democratically, harmoniously, and we can even re establish peace between families. today, we are telling the world that brazil is back, that br
We will have more on all of those stories. First, though, lets head to the bbc sport centre, round up the sport. Good afternoon. The england and both report have announced a new regulator sport and complete lead change the game. It is in response to a report earlier this or that outlined racism, sexism and elitism in cricket. Here is dan roan. The game has undergone a period of soul searching over the last free months, and nowhere has that process been more relevant or painful than inherent headingley, the county was engulfed in a racism scandal two years ago. It was heavily criticised for the way that it handled the allegations of its former player azeem rafiq, and it was fine hundred of thousands of pounds and docked 48 points in the County Championship by the ecb earlier this year, but this this scandal spreads well be on one county, because three months ago, the independent commission for equity in cricket produced a damning report that found that the game across england and wales
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reflected in the prices they pay. and so, in essence, the price cap is a maximum that companies can charge to make sure that they re not charging unfair prices over and above that. now, what we re announcing today is a £150 drop in that cap. now, right now, that applies to most households, and of course for everyone, that will be a welcome relief. and this is a step in the right direction, but we all need to recognise that although that cap has come down, this is still much higher than prices pre 2021, when the gas crisis hit. and that is simply because we have a much tighter international market. the price of gas and the price of electricity are still much higher than they used to be. and unfortunately, that is reflected in our bills. we can speak to ben gallizzi, an expert on energy use at the price comparison service uswitch. thank you very much for being with us. could you explain this figure for us in relation to last year s figure? for us in relation to last year s fiuure? , , ,