we start with the soaring cost of living because there s a warning home energy bills here in the uk could rise even higher than previously feared this winter. wholesale gas prices have jumped back to near record highs after a further squeeze on europe s gas supplies by russia. our global trade correspondent dharshini david has the details. this is being claimed as the first truly global energy crisis, the result of moscow weaponising fossil fuels in europe has been the key target. this is the wholesale price paid for gas there. 4a8% higher than a year ago because traditionally it got to 40% of its gas from russia. that latest rise reflects a focus on this, this is nord stream one, the pipeline carrying bird of europe s russian gas supply all the way to germany, that flow has now dropped to just a fifth of normal levels, russia blames that on the impact of sanctions on vital equipment, opponents say it s an attempt to blackmail by turning down those taps. those concerns have a
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because the owner of facebook, instagram and whatsapp has reported its first ever fall in revenue. like its rivals, social media giant meta is feeling the pinch as advertisers tighten their belts and consumer spending is squeezed by inflation. and it is forecasting tougher times in the coming months. mike proulx is research director at forrester in boston, massachusetts. let s assume for the moment that it continues to lose revenue what might it do? buy or invent its way out? that is the big open question. advertisers amid economic uncertainty are becoming skittish and they have to make choices way to apply their media budget. facebook and instagram used to be the place to be for brains but that is no longer a sure bet. brands.
city where when television, when netflix puts on a an utter attack on washington in the form of the show house of cards, people in washington are so out of touch that they think it s cool. they think it s funny. that s a great point, i completely agree. they think it s funny. it s a shot at us. the city is completely out to lunch, and almost literally out to lunch, or the steakhouse, in the case of eric cantor. tell me why you said steakhouse, that s a great number. it s because according to spending reports, i think he spent at least $120,000, $130,000 at events at steakhouse, which is more than dave brat spent on his media budget. the point is at the steakhouse, give me the picture for the voters, lobby is crowding around you, guys eating big steaks with bibs on, unless it s lobster night.
personality and be able to reach voters, have more like ability. and they re finding lots of different ways of doing that. doesn t it still just come down to money? romney is so far ahead. steven schwartz man, the biggest private equity fund manager in the world, therefore, fundamentally romney has if it came down to money, then we wouldn t be talking about newt gingrich. and gingrich is not running a traditional campaign. he doesn t advisers, media budget. and romney could benefit the longer. but organization matters. look at how the president is organizing. his first ads are about getting people involved state to state because he ll have a billion dollars to spend, but items how they organize, how they use social media and all the rest. there was a great article about how they linked their structure to races in north carolina. obama has a different look at this election.