good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. energy bills for businesses are to be cut by about half their predicted level, in a package of measures unveiled by the government. the wholesale cost of gas and electricity is to be capped for non domestic customers from first octoberfor six months in an attempt to stop companies from going bust. hospitals, schools and places like community halls and churches will also receive the support. industry groups welcomed the package though warned that further support may be needed after the winter. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. meet emma simpson has more. a pub owner, trying to s his meet a pub owner, trying to serve his customers and wondering how to keep the lights on. sean was facing a £170,000 increase in energy costs. he is relieved the government has given him a big helping hand. we are very pleased given him a big helping hand. we are very pleased to given him a big helping hand. we are very plea
use all the means russia has, and that his words are not a bluff translation: | repeat, | we are talking of a partial mobilisation only. only people in the military reserve will be drafted. the priority will be on people who served in the armed forces, who have military specialisation and experience. and ongoing crisis in maternity care. the royal college of midwives were in warns that new research shows that many units in england do not meet safety standards. the bbc obtains new material relating to the death of footballer emiliano sala, with the pilot of the plane which crashed calling it dodgy before it took off. welcome to bbc news. businesses could have their energy bills cut by a third under new government plans. we re expecting more details this morning, but the measures are believed to include a cap on wholesale energy costs for businesses which currently don t have an energy price cap. it is thought the limit will be 21.1p per kilo watt hour for electricity, compa
hello, a very warm welcome to the programme. it is good to have you with us. kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. it took 15 rounds of voting for mr mccarthy to win the powerful role, even though his party has a majority in the chamber. no government business can be carried out unless a speaker is in place, as our washington correspondent gary o donoghue explains. it took them four days and 15 separate ballots before they finally got there. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. cheering not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that was easy, huh? after multiple concessions and days of arm twisting, and at times tempers almost boiling over, kevin mccarthy finally persuaded enough on the r
of representatives. cheering. not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that was easy, huh? after multiple concessions and days of arm twisting, and at times tempers almost boiling over, kevin mccarthy finally persuaded enough on the right of his party to back him, with a little help from a friend. i do want to especially thank president trump. i don t think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning. somebody wrote the doubt of whether he was there and he was all in. it was donald trump s supporters who were all in with the storming of the capitol two years ago to the day and that will overshadow kevin mccarthy s speakership. he will probably be the weakest speaker in the modern history of the country and he will be held hostage to these 2021 radical republicans. the divisions may be resolved for the moment, but the next two years will be a rocky ride for the new speaker, as he resides over