ambassador is arrested on the same day the uk announces new sanctions against the military regime. more calls for the government to step in as the cap on energy prices is set to triple, compared to a year ago. and we ll hear from a french politican who says britain is threatening france s coastal waters, by dumping raw sewage into the sea. we start in ukraine, where there are growing fears of a nuclear accident at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant which is held by russian forces. in the past few hours the nuclear plant has been temporarily disconnected from ukraine s electricity grid for the first time ever, because of a fire. the zaporizhzhia plant is the biggest in europe. it sits on the south bank of the dnieper river in the country s east, on the front line of the war. russian forces took the site just after the invasion of ukraine began. since then, it s been under moscow s control but run by a team of ukrainian staff. there are reports up to 9,000 ukrainians work
his comments come ahead of tonight s penultimate conservative hustings with rishi sunak and liz truss facing tory votes in norwich. gcse results are out today for pupils in england, wales and northern ireland the pass rate is down on last year but higher than it was before the pandemic. good afternoon. pressure is growing on the government to help households and businesses cope with soaring energy costs. a think tank has called for a universal 30% cut in bills and businesses want covid style emergency grants to help companies that are struggling. the upper limit of what suppliers can charge per unit of energy in england, scotland and wales the energy price cap is set to be announced tomorrow. less than a year ago, a typical annual home energy bill was about £1,200, it s now about £2,000 and it s forecast tomorrow to reach £3,500 per year, payable from this october. there are further increases expected in january. back in may, the government promised a £15 billion support
and we will find you. i passed english! joy and relief for some but on gcse results day, there are major regional differences in how pupils performed. drought and sustained record temperatures in china threaten rivers and crops putting several provinces on a national red alert. and a day of tumbling wickets at old trafford sees england end in a strong position against south africa. and coming up on the bbc news channel: novak djokovic is out of the us open as his covid 19 vaccination status sees him miss a second grand slam this year. good evening. people across britain will be waking up tomorrow to what are likely to be very steep increases in energy bills which will be charged from october. the announcement sets the upper limit of what suppliers can charge per unit of energy in england, scotland and wales, known as the energy price cap. pressure has been building on the government for action to help households and businesses cope with calls from a think tank for a uni