three narratives at play during this hearing. fbi director wray talked about the good things the fbi are doing. democrats talked about donald trump and republicans talked about what they perceive as weaponization of government. i m curious are you protecting the bidens. absolutely not. hold on you won t answer whether that s a shakedown. he pledged to stay above the frey. fbi dricket christopher wray could not escape the politics. i come from a fairly rural district is weaponization of the fbi and the doj coming after conservative citizens who just simply want to have a voice in the process? the idea that i m biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to me given my own personal background. wray is a republican. democrats accused the republicans of having an ulterior motive. it is an elaborate show designed with only two purposes in mind to protect donald trump from the consequences of his actions and to return him to the white house in the next election
good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. energy bills for businesses are to be cut by about half their predicted level, in a package of measures unveiled by the government. the wholesale cost of gas and electricity is to be capped for non domestic customers from first octoberfor six months in an attempt to stop companies from going bust. hospitals, schools and places like community halls and churches will also receive the support. industry groups welcomed the package though warned that further support may be needed after the winter. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. meet emma simpson has more. a pub owner, trying to s his meet a pub owner, trying to serve his customers and wondering how to keep the lights on. sean was facing a £170,000 increase in energy costs. he is relieved the government has given him a big helping hand. we are very pleased given him a big helping hand. we are very pleased to given him a big helping hand. we are very plea
at the un by president biden. a brutal, needless war, a war chosen by one man, to be blunt. let me speak plainly. a permanent member of the united nations security council invaded its neighbour. an ongoing crisis in maternity care. the royal college of midwives warns that new research shows many units in england don t always meet safety standards. a £200,000 reward has been offered in the search for the gunman who killed nine year old 0livia pratt korbel in liverpool. police have identified two guns used in the shooting, including a .38 revolver which killed 0livia. and the 20 time grand slam champion roger federer tells the bbc he wants to stay involved with tennis, after he retires this week. i love this game and i want to stay involved in some shape or form. and i won tjust be a ghost or a stranger and not be around any more. hello and a very good evening. energy bills for businesses are to be cut by about half their predicted level, in a package of measures unveiled by t
welcome to the programme. we start with the war in ukraine, because, for the second time in a week, there have been explosions in crimea. it s not yet clear who is responsible for them. there were explosions at a russian military base there. a separate fire also broke out at a power substation, and a railway was damaged. crimea has a russian appointed local governor. he spoke after the explosion happened. translation: as of now, the information we have i is that two people were injured. one man was hit by a shrapnel fragment, the other wounded person was buried under a wall. i ve ordered 5km to be closed off. evacuation of all civilians within this 5km zone is under way. earlier this week, there was this other explosion this was on tuesday at an airfield. it s reported that destroyed at least seven russian aircraft. let s remind ourselves why crimea is important. russia illegally invaded it in 2014 and has occupied it since. since russia s invasion of ukraine this year, its