those named have until 5pm to respond ahead of its long awaited publication. energy company, eon, is warning that unless the government intervenes the number of its customers in fuel poverty could reach 40% by the autumn. it s a very, very significant impact and that s why we ve called upon the government to take more action. we do need more intervention in october and it has to be very substantial. the ukrainian government says it won t agree to a ceasefire with russia, that involves giving up territory in an apparent hardening of its position. a government medical adviser tells the bbc that cases of monkeypox are rising in the uk on a daily basis. professor of experimental medicine paul hunter explains why it s significant. the issue is that it is spreading between people in the uk, which we haven t seen in the west before to any great extent. and the last round of premier league games starts in half an hour s time. manchester city play aston villa, liverpool play wolves.
united states have found a tunnel linking mexico to a warehouse in san diego in california. it s equipped with a rail track, electricity and a ventilation system. six people have been arrested. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. for the last decade, the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, hasn t known freedom. first he was holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london. for the last three years, he s been in belmarsh prison outside london. his lawyer is making a last ditch attempt to stop the uk government extraditing him to the us to face espionage charges. my guest is stella moris, the lawyer who worked on his defence team, became his wife, and is the mother of two of his children. why hasjulian assange become such a polarising figure? stella moris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you in the studio. over the next few days, the british home secretary, priti patel, is going to make a very big decision on w
became his wife, and is the mother of two of his children. why hasjulian assange become such a polarising figure? stella moris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you in the studio. over the next few days, the british home secretary, priti patel, is going to make a very big decision on whether to extradite your husband, julian assange, to the united states. does this feel to you like his last chance? well, indeed, priti patel has my husband s life in her hands. we have some avenues of appeal still to go. but ultimately, over the last few years, over the last 12 years, in fact, what has happened is a flagrant abuse of the legal system in order to persecute publisher, for publishing the truth about the us and its conduct of war in iraq and afghanistan, conducting torture in guantanamo bay, and so on. this is a political persecution, it s a political case. in purely legal terms, i know that you have at least you in personal terms, but the leg
in the us this year. an investigation is under way to see if any clues left by the attacker were missed. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. for the last decade, the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, hasn t known freedom. first he was holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london. for the last three years, he s beenin belmarsh prison outside london. his lawyer is making a last ditch attempt to stop the uk government extraditing him to the us to face espionage charges. my guest is stella moris, the lawyer who worked on his defence team, became his wife, and is the mother of two of his children. why hasjulian assange become such a polarising figure? stella moris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you in the studio. over the next few days, the british home secretary, priti patel, is going to make a very big decision on whether to extradite your husband, julian assange, to the united states. does this feel to
condemns his health officials as a huge wave of covid cases sweeps through the country. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 7pm in new york state where president biden has travelled to buffalo, to meet the families of ten people killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at the weekend. mr biden called white supremacy a poison which is running through the us. the bbc s nada tawfik was there as the president spoke and she sent us this report. america has a long and troubled history with racism and guns. the city of buffalo is the latest deadly chapter. joe biden, the latest president to console a community in mourning. in an all too familiar ritual, mr biden and the first lady paid their respects to the victims who were massacred here as they were shopping for groceries. after meeting with family members of the victims, he gave a forceful speech, calling the attack domestic terrorism and urging americans to reje