at a time this winter, if gas supplies run extremely low. liz truss attends a summit with more than 44 european countries in prague as she seeks to reassert the uk s role in europe. interest rates on a typical five yearfixed rate mortgage reaches 6% for the first time in 12 years. nurses across the uk are balloted for strike action by the royal college of nursing for the first time in its 106 year history. and coming up: every guide dog has its day we return to the charity who have been inundated with volunteers following bbcjournalist sean dilley s account about the difficulties he s faced replacing his trusted companion. sport now. and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s laura. good afternoon everyone. arsenal are in europa league action later when
to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up in the programme: there is rising concern about rising energy prices, but is bbc news contributing to the public s anxiety over the issue? and the bbc faces criticism again on the thorny issue of impartiality. broadcasters and journalists have often seen august as the time to recharge their batteries on holiday, safe in the knowledge that nothing much will happen. that wasn t the case this summer when the news agenda was busy and questions continued to be raised about the bbc s role in reporting it. at the top of many bulletins were the cost of living in general and energy bills, in particular. the typical gas and electricity bill willjump to £3,519 per yearfrom october, and almost £60 more if you re on a prepayment metre. this figure isn t the maximum you can be charged.
pope francis says he can no longer keep up his busy international travel schedule and has acknowledged he could retire. the announcement came on his return flight from a week long trip to canada where he met indigenous people to apologise for the catholic church s role in the residential schools scandal. let s have a listen. translation: i don t believe i can | travel at the same pace as before| and i believe that at my age and with this limitation, i have to save some energy to be able to serve the church. i think about the possibility of stepping aside. with all honesty, it s not a catastrophe, you can change your pope, it s not a problem. our religion editor, aleem maqbool, was on that plane with pope francis. we have just returned to terminal five in rome after a week long trip to canada with the pope. this is where diplomatic
set out the way through this. let me tell you the plan. a plan to help people with the cost of living and a plan for growth. so, first, our plan to help with the cost of living. it is the bank of england s role to control inflation, and they are rightly independent. over the quarter century, since we took monetary policy out of the hands of politicians, inflation has averaged precisely 2%. and i know the governor and his team are completely focused on getting inflation back to target. our role in government is to help cut costs for families. i cannot pretend that this will be easy. as i told the house of commons yesterday, there is no measure that any government could take, no law we could pass that could make these global forces disappear overnight.
stakeholders are clearly going to want the next leader of pakistan to be much more moderate and mild and the way that they talk about the west, the way they talk about pakistan s role in the global stage and imran khan is not doing that right now, so we re not really out of this political chaotic moment that he himself has kind of started and fuelled, so there is a lot more to happen in the next few days, and i will be watching all of those dynamics closely. the constituency that you mention, the powerful army and intelligence services, many said were responsible for his rise in the first place, is that actually the reason why he has fallen from power? did he fall out with them? i has fallen from power? did he fall out with them? fall out with them? i think the military has fall out with them? i think the military has always fall out with them? i think the military has always been - fall out with them? i think the military has always been a - fall out with them? i think the | mil