secretary and long term trump staffer and tom peck political sketch writer at the independent. hello welcome to the programme. the european commission will set out next week emergency measures to reform the structure of the european electricity market. the exact makeup of that intervention is still to be decided. but a growing number of eu member states are calling for electricity prices to be decoupled from the price of gas which has soared as a result of russia s war in ukraine. the commission president, ursula von der leyen, said prices which havejumped ten fold in the last year have exposed the limitations of how the market is currently managed. it is no more fit for purpose, and that is why we, the commission, are now working on an emergency intervention and a structural reform of the electricity market. it is the czech republic that has summoned eu s energy ministers to this meeting next week, they currently hold the rotating presidency of the eu council. and just befor
temperatures. plus escalating tensions between israel and gaza militants. the most violent in over a year. we ll go live to southern israel for the latest. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with lynda kinkade. we begin in washington, d.c. where a marathon voting session is currently under way in the u.s. senate. democrats are hoping to push through a sweeping healthcare climate and tax bill that tackles some of the key policy objectives. first, they have to clear one more procedural hurdle, what is known as a vote-a-rama, a series of back-to-back amendment votes with no time limit. the bill is ultimately expected to pass, then head to the u.s. house for a vote. cnn s jessica dean reports. reporter: senate democrats are pushing through midway through this complex budget process that will allow them to pass legislation focused on climate, healthcare and some tax provisions with just the senate democrats voting. they will not need senate republicans. but
police shooting of a black man shot 60. times and i will talk to congresswoman judy chu about her arrest at the u.s. capitol protesting for abortion rights. all of that, coming up. we want to begin with that breaking news out of uvalde, texas the embattled school police chief pete arredondo, says he will resolve his resigned his seat on the city. councillor that from the uvalde news. he has been under scrutiny of the incident commander that day that 19 children and two days were two teachers were shot and killed at robb elementary. let s bring in investigative reporter tony welcome in tony. i know it s not your paper but you ve been following this story closely from the beginning. what is your initial reaction to? this will corny, good to be. with u.s. certainly this is something that the representatives out of all you have been talking about for a long time to get my, pete arredondo was elected to this position prior to that tragic shooting across elementary school on ma
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Seen the creation of another 141 billionaires. Ill tell you what industries they work in, and im going to ask how we keep ambition alive. Whilst perhaps reining in the super rich and Cook Prue Leith says that the junk Food Industry is winning the obesity war in britain. Shes accused the government of being too weak to end the obesity obesity crisis. Is she right . All of that and a lot right . All of that and a lot more in the next hour. First, though, the very latest news headunes though, the very latest News Headlines with sofia. Bev, thank you. From the gb newsroom at 6 00. Your top story this hour. A new poll suggests this hour. A new poll suggests labour could sweep to victory with more than 400 seats at the next election, leaving the tories with just 155. Yougov is predicting a landslide for sir keir starmer, with the conservatives projected to win even less seats than a previous poll conducted in january. And poll conducted in january. And another change of leader may be off the