have a few on that, or do you want to move on? to move on? a view of that? i find the contest to move on? a view of that? i find the contest depressing, - to move on? a view of that? i. find the contest depressing, there s something profoundly wrong with 160,000 people choosing our next prime 160,000 people choosing our next prime minister. and it leadership contenders are playing to the base, therefore contenders are playing to the base, therefore when there are genuine big issues therefore when there are genuine big issues the therefore when there are genuine big issues the government should be confronting. issues the government should be confronting. . . issues the government should be confrontinu. ., ., .,~ confronting. gordon brown did take over for tony confronting. gordon brown did take over for tony blair? confronting. gordon brown did take over for tony blair? this confronting. gordon brown did take over for tony blair? this applies, - over
but a huge breakthrough on the president s agenda with news that democrat senatorjoe manchin will finally support a bill that injects billion into key climate policy. and in ukraine the counter offensive is on with progress to report around the city of kherson but will the supply of weapons from the west come quickly enough to sustain the momentum? tonight with the context, the republican strategist rina shah and chief political commentator for the i paul waugh. hello, welcome to the programme. it has been a while. four months in fact, sincejoe biden and xi xinping spoke, on the phone. today the two leaders talked for two hours 17 minutes. a long time. but let s be honest, there s plenty to talk about. the war in ukraine, china s behaviour in the south china sea, trade embargoes, nuclear proliferation, taiwan. and specifically the planned visit of the house speaker nancy pelosi, who is heading there next month. that has infuriated beijing. ms pelosi would be the highest
belfast. it stays warm for all areas through the weekend. but northern areas will see more cloud at times thanks to low pressure and there will be outbreaks of rain, some quite heavy, very little of it getting into the south east. so it does remain dry here, sophie. thank you. and that s bbc news at six from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. england s lionnesses return to base as european championship finalists can they go one step further on? head coach sarina wiegman s transformation of the team is earning high praise all around. i v e i ve not seen anything like it in all my time in sport and i think, you know, she is quite remarkable leader and a very special person and were extremely lucky to have her. elsewhere, the commonwealth games gets under way in birmingham tomorrow, but
Southern england, sunny spells developing but still some heavy showers later in the day. I will have all the details throughout the programme. Its monday the 1st of april. Our main story. Energy prices in england, wales and scotland have fallen to their lowest level for two years today, as the regulator ofgems new quarterly price cap Comes Into Force. A household using a typical amount of energy will see their bills fall to £1,690 the lowest its been for two years. Charities say customers still owe billions of pounds to suppliers in unpaid bills. With more, heres our cost of living correspondent, kevin peachey. Spring has arrived in the gardens of this east Kent Community centre, promising warmer months ahead. I love the daffodils. But locals are still feeling the chilling Impact Winter Bills had on their finances and lifestyle. Its been quite a harsh winter and i havent been able to afford to have the Central Heating on. So its been rather challenging. And so ive been using hot water