The International Energy agency has revealed that lng now makes up 35 of europes energy supplies, not far off the 40 contribution that russia made before it was sanctioned over ukraine. Joining me now is ben mcwilliams, whos an Affiliate Fellow at bruegel. Thank you very much for being with us today. What are your concerns about where gas prices could go if these workers do indeed strike . This is certainly a concern, but to be clear up front, nothing comparable to last year. The position we are in is that, as you mentioned, as russian Pipeline Supplies have been cut over the last 12 months, the eu and uk have become more dependent on liquefied national gas. Natural gas. Australia typically supplies asia. If it were cut to asian consumers, we would see asian consumers turning around and looking to qatar and competing with european buyers there, which would in turn have some Knock On Effect on prices. As it had last week, 40 increase from around 30 to 36 euros just nothing like close to
record set by chatgpt, signing up more than 100 million users in under five days. that was just last wednesday that threads went live on apple and android app stores and 100 countries. mark zuckerberg said he couldn t believe the milestone had been reached so fast but if it feels like lots of people are already on it, well that is partly because it is connect to instagram. meta isn t creating an app from scratch, it is benefiting from its 2 billion instagram followers and that s giving it a massive shot in the arm. analysts are calling this the first serious threat to the elon musk owned twitter. according to similar web, twitter s web traffic was down 11% from the year prior, that s in the days immediately after threads launched. it s worth remembering threads is not the first attempt to challenge the microblogging app but others such as mastodon, bluesky and truth social remain small. history shows that creating a social media platform is hard but when it works, it really w
set by chatgpt, signing up more than 100 million users in under five days. that was just last wednesday that threads went live on apple and android app stores and 100 countries. mark zuckerberg said he couldn t believe the milestone had been reached so fast but if it feels like lots of people are already on it, well that is partly because it is connect to instagram. group three isn t creating an app from scratch, it is benefiting from its 2 billion instagram followers and that s giving it a massive shot in the arm. analysts are calling this the first serious threat to the elon musk owned twitter. according to similar web, twitter s web traffic was down 11% from the year prior, that s in the days immediately after threads launched. it s worth remembering threads is not the first attempt to challenge the microblogging app but others such as mastodon, blue sky and truth social remain small. history shows that creating a social media platforms hard but when it works, it really wo
he has pledged to improve pupil s speaking skills and said he wants half a million more children to reach their early learning targets by 2030. the speech on labour s education policy was interrupted by green protestors. our political editor chris mason reports. the smiles are big, the dreams are bigger at this primary school in rochester in kent. how does society match boundless aspiration with providing the opportunities to ensure they come true? what would you like to be when you grow up? i would like to be a rugby player. i would like to be a graphic designer and make movies. tell me what you would like to be when you grow up. a scientist. what do you like playing with the car? it s not playing, it s working. good point! in gillingham, keir starmer said he wanted to tear down barriers to home. down barriers to hope. more children must reach early learning targets, he said, snobbery must go. alongside his albeit broad vision for the economy, the health service, energy an
From the council and the Tenant Management Organisation that ran the block are likely to be interviewed under caution. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. It has been a bumper week of earnings fall the tech names, but is on shares fall after earnings miss their mark. Is on shares. Amazon. And as the us company on track to meet president trumps Ambitious Goals . Second quarter gdp figures are released today. Hello, and welcome to Asia Business report. Im sharanjit leyl. It has been a big week of earnings from tech companies, household names, with services that are very much part of a everyday lives. We have seen fantastic Quarterly Results from googles parent company, alphabet, as well as facebook. But the latest, twitter, has bucked the trend. Its Quarterly Report card showed the companys Quarterly Report card showed the compa nys revenue was Quarterly Report card showed the companys revenue was down about 5 and advertising revenue fell by about 8 . Now,