editor faisal islam. this is clearly a mess but the expectation in financial circles is that shareholders will provide the funds to keep thames water going. but the question is how did this come about in an industry that should be so simple, providing a product that everybody needs, and provided the monopolies of several million customers with no competition. and the answer is in hugely complicated structures, huge debts, and lots of regulation. the boss of thames water, sarah bentley, abruptly stood down on tuesday. she was battling to turn around the company after a legacy of under investment. let s discuss what s at stake with dr kate bayliss from the centre for water and development at soas university in london. thank you for being on the programme. faisal islam there talking and touching on some of theissues talking and touching on some of the issues why thames water is where it is. can you elaborate on that, please? on that, please? yes, well, thames on that, please?
has said the uk is prepared to back our words with actions against the houthis. peter sand is chief analyst at xeneta, an ocean and airfreight analytics platform. i don t know if you have data or statistics on how this is impacting trade so far? if i look at the impacting trade so far? if i look at the most recent developments, a key indicator of the tensions that we are seeing right now, they are up today following the most recent attacks and tension building. we have now is almost 200% up from about a month ago. we are now at 5400, and in the uk, 4500 up, though still dramatic. the reason tensions are now shooting our destroyers. it is not making this go away. some ofthe not making this go away. some of the world s not making this go away. some of the world s biggest - not making this go away. some of the world s biggest shipping | of the world s biggest shipping companies are completely avoiding the red sea at the moment and that will likely continue for some time? w
tonight, chaos and confusion in russia as the leader of the wagner group accuses the military leadship of doing evil and fabricating the justification for the war in ukraine. what does this apparent escalation of infighting in russia mean for the war, and for putin? mark has been trying to make sense of the chaotic signals from russian media sources. also tonight, remember this? a nation of homeowners will be self reliant, independent and able to do what they want with their own lives in their own homes. 39 years on how s that going? we ll be hearing from ben as thousands who ve just had their mortgages hiked hear they might get some temporary relief from the banks? we ll speak to the ceo of a food distribution charity which is overwhelmed, and the chief economist at bloomberg. and a bit of glastonbury. #my # my bed is made of feathers. five times grammy winner jacob collier makes his glastonbury debut tomorrow, we ll be asking him what s in store. good evening. there are p