his comments come ahead of tonight s penultimate conservative hustings with rishi sunak and liz truss facing tory votes in norwich. gcse results are out today for pupils in england, wales and northern ireland the pass rate is down on last year but higher than it was before the pandemic. good afternoon. pressure is growing on the government to help households and businesses cope with soaring energy costs. a think tank has called for a universal 30% cut in bills and businesses want covid style emergency grants to help companies that are struggling. the upper limit of what suppliers can charge per unit of energy in england, scotland and wales the energy price cap is set to be announced tomorrow. less than a year ago, a typical annual home energy bill was about £1,200, it s now about £2,000 and it s forecast tomorrow to reach £3,500 per year, payable from this october. there are further increases expected in january. back in may, the government promised a £15 billion support
Debate about scotland still. Time now for the are. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im olly foster, these are your headlines this evening. Manchester united, well be at old trafford shortly for their Champions League match against galatasary. Getting back on the horse max whitlock makes his major championship return. Well head to antwerp and the world gymnastics championships. Quarterfinal place is still in the balance. We will check in with ireland and scotland ahead of that crunch final poll match at the rugby world cup. Also coming up on sportsday. Saudi iranian relations are strained once again, as a statue causes an asian Champions League match to be called off. And well hear from the Bbc Green Sport athlete of the year, pat cummins tells us how hes tackling crickets Carbon Footprint. Its one of those things where no one will be perfect, but i think everyone can do a Little Something different in their life that might make a big difference. Good evening to you. In the last couple
Katzir. 47 years old, he was seized from nir oz in the early hours of October The 7th in Southern Israel. During that assault, his father was murdered, while his mother was abducted then later released. The israeli army said the body of elad katzir was retrieved from the khan younis area of southern gaza. It once a day more to do bring the hostages home but also change the way it is fighting the war. President joe biden of the United States, one of israels strongest allies from the beginning of the war has in the past few days significantly toughened his language. In what was widely described as a very tense Telephone Conversation on thursday, israels rai mr Benjamin Netanyahu, he warned if israel didnt change the way that they were fighting the war, america would have to change its s policy. The us and many other countries around the world are asking israel to do much more to get aid into gaza, protect civilians, and bring about a ceasefire which could bring the hostages home. Is this
Israel six months ago, his body returned from gaza today. The Israeli Military says he was murdered in captivity by the islamicjihad group. And that his body was found in khan younis overnight. During the attack on a kibbutz in october, elads father was killed and his mother was abducted but freed in a deal in november. In a facebook post, his sister blamed the Israeli Government for his death. In gaza, a desperate wait for food amid warnings of famine. Aid deliveries have been, at best, sporadic, but when help does arrive, people rush to get it. Translation when we were displaced at the beginning, we used to eat rotten bread because of the high prices of food here. This is the only place where i can get food for my children. The attack on a convoy that killed seven aid workers this week has put even more pressure on israel. From the us came a warning it should do more to boost humanitarian assistance and protect civilians and aid workers or risk losing american support. The World Food
Run to 20 games. First half, the performance was not the first half, the performance was not good at all. It was a bad performance, with a not very good attitude in the second half. In the second half, the attitude was very good. The players gave everything they could give. Because of that intensity of the game, we improved, we increased a lot. Pressure after pressure after pressure. The goal finally arrived, at least you dont have the feeling of defeat. It was a difficult game, i think we control did well at 1 0 up. I think we had chances that Counter Attack in the second half, the last ball was the good one. I was really confident, because the team were defending perfectly. Iwas confident, because the team were defending perfectly. I was really disappointed that you dont get the win by the penalty. Its the right decision, but its really hard to take. In whats been a turbulent week for sunderland manager david moyes his side lost 2 0 at leicester city. The foxes made it six consecutiv