false claims after moscow said uk forces helped with a drone attack on russian fleets near the crimean port of sevastopol. there s major disruption to rail services across scotland due to a 24 hour walkout by scotrail workers. more than 2,000 rmt members are on strike. coming up at 5.40pm, we ll bring you the latest technology news in click. i m maryam moshiri. the household energy supplier 0ctopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, which was one of the largest energy companies to collapse last year because of soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping the company afloat since it went into administraton. the agreement means 0ctopus will take onboard bulb s one and a half million customers. our business reporter ramzan kamali has the details. bulb is the biggest - green energy company. it was the biggest energy company to go bust. last november, bulb found itself in administration. it was only kept going by the govern
russia says it is suspending its participation in an internationally brokered deal to allow grain exports from ukraine. the announcement was in response to what the russian army called a massive ukrainian drone attack on russian ships in occupied crimea. ukraine has called that a false pretext for blocking the grain corridor. earlier, the un secretary general urged all parties to renew the deal on ukrainian grain exports, which was due to expire next month. before the deal was in place, blockages led to food supply issues globally. joining us from dnipro in central ukraine is our correspondent james waterhouse. james, what have the russians been saying? james, what have the russians been sa inc? ~ , james, what have the russians been sa in: ? ~ , ., ., james, what have the russians been sa in? ~ ,., ., ., saying? well, there is a lot going on here, saying? well, there is a lot going on here. but saying? well, there is a lot going on here, but they saying? well, there is
to reassure customers. no one s going to see prices going up as a result of this agreement. people should just sit tight. for now the service will carry on exactly as it does, provided by the same people. since the war in ukraine energy bills are much higher, despite the government s energy price guarantee. that s due to end next april, so even though there s been some certainty provided with this deal for consumers what they pay in the future remains unclear. ramzan kamali, bbc news. ramzan is here with me now. the government and octopus. to transitioning period will last around six months. by april, all customers from bulb will be on the octopus systems. the advice for customers at the moment is that they
are now finally at the point with a 1.5 million bulb customer still there know that they will be with a supplier that is still in business and i will give people a bit more stability. and i will give people a bit more stabili . ~ . . ., stability. what will it mean for the consumers stability. what will it mean for the consumers price-wise? stability. what will it mean for the consumers price-wise? it - stability. what will it mean for the l consumers price-wise? it shouldn t make any difference consumers price-wise? it shouldn t make any difference to consumers price-wise? it shouldn t make any difference to prices. - consumers price-wise? it shouldn t make any difference to prices. at i make any difference to prices. at least for this winter the energy price guarantee that the government has in place, so pretty much all of us unless you are on a fixed which is in many of us, run that fixed rate. they will be pretty much on the same rates, may be a slight variation, when they