a powerful explosion has rocked a shopping centre and caused a fire in armenia s capital, yerevan, leaving one dead and 20 injuried. prosecutions for breaching covid restrictions have been dropped for six people who attended a vigil in london for sarah everard last year. a warm welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. 70 charities and community organisations in the uk have written to the two conservative party candidates vying to be its next leader and the next prime minster, urging them to show compassion and leadership in dealing with the cost of living crisis. tomorrow, labour is expected to call on the government to freeze the energy price cap this autumn to help people deal with the rising cost of living. here s our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart. with energy bills expected to continue rising, 70 charities have written to the two candidates to be the next prime minister, calling for £1,200 of government support to help low income families make
emergency over energy bills, labour will call for the price cap to be frozen. and erin kennedy coxes britain to a rowing gold in munich just three months after being told she has breast cancer. good evening. it will be a year tomorrow since the taliban swept back into the afghan capital, kabul, marking their takeover of the country and sparking scenes like these at the airport thousands trying to leave in fear at what could lie ahead. one year on life for women and girls is very different with harsh rules, including restrictions on education and employment. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who was in kabul last august, has returned there for this special report. it s a man s world. afghanistan is a conservative country. but the rules are now set by the ultraconservative taliban. spaces which had opened up for women have now been slammed shut. we met three generations of women whose lives speak loudly about their world. many are afraid. they don t wan
this is bbc news with the latest headlines. a group of charities and community organisations has called the rises in energy bills a national emergency, as labour is to call for the energy price cap to be frozen in october. but the energy minister say their plan won t work. i think we have to be a little bit careful in some of these labour s seemingly magical solution to just wish it all away, that will have consequences. the author sir salman rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is able to talk after being stabbed at an event in new york state. prosecutions for breaching covid restrictions have been dropped for six people who attended a vigil in london for sarah everard last year.
£3500 later this year, and to more than 4000 injanuary. the labour leader sir keir starmer is expected tomorrow to call for 0ctober s energy price cap price to be scrapped, a position already suggested by the snp and lib dems. the current energy minister insists this is not a realistic proposal. we would this is not a realistic proposal. - would have to find a way to compensate people by effectively trying to abolish that price rise and that would inevitably lead to higher taxes so i think we have to be a little bit careful with some of these, like labour s seemingly magical solution to just wish it all the way. that will have consequences.- the way. that will have consequences. the way. that will have conseuuences. , , consequences. the treasury is correlating consequences. the treasury is correlating cost consequences. the treasury is correlating cost of consequences. the treasury is correlating cost of living - consequences. the treasury is correlating cost of living policy o
the maximum that can be charged for a unit of energy. last october, a typical family could expect to pay about £1200 per year for electricity and gas. this 0ctober, it will be closer to £2000. forecasts now suggest the figure could go up to £3500 later this year, and to more than 4000 injanuary. the labour leader sir keir starmer is expected tomorrow to call for 0ctober s energy price cap price to be scrapped, a position already suggested by the snp and lib dems. the current energy minister insists this is not a realistic proposal. we would have to find a way to compensate people by effectively trying to abolish that price rise, and that would inevitably lead to higher taxes so i think we have to be a little bit careful with some of these, like labour s seemingly magical solution to just wish it all the way. that will have consequences.