as the energy price cap for businesses ends tomorrow we talk to companies feeling the heat of rocketing energy bills. sewage was discharged into england s waterways at the equivalent of 800 times a day last year according to the environment agency. and gwyneth paltrow wins her court case against the man who tried to sue her over a skiing accident. and coming up in the sport later in the hour the bbc news channel. we will discuss today s biggest talking points from here at the bbc sport centre. good evening. donald trump has become the first former us president to face criminal charges over money paid to the former porn star stormy daniels. the accusation or indictment was the result of a secret vote by a new york grand jury. that s a group of citizens who hear evidence and decide whether there s enough to charge someone with a crime. we don t know the specifics of the charge yet, but it centres on a payment made to stormy daniels after an alleged affair between her
testimony of other witnesses. i think we did learn a few things, which we will be rolling out in the hearings to come. have a january 6th hearing is another mounting investigations of his actions. clearly getting s to trump s head as he lashed out in las vegas. biden has established committees to go after republicans. it seems as if the justice department and local and state prosecutors have become weaponized. thereafter politicians, not the people who are murdering people on the streets. trump reportedly even considered releasing steve bannon from his nonexistent executive privilege claim to unleash him on the committee. in a moment i will speak to senator ben cardin about the january six committee after the july 4th mass shooting in highland park, illinois. that community is engaged in what has become a sad american ritual, laying the dead to rest, after one of the senseless attacks yet again. this hour also, the shocking assassination of former japanese prime minis
abandoned tractor trailer that had no air conditioning or water. it was one of the deadliest incidents of smuggling across the border. there s been record numbers across the border. agents say they re overwhelmed by the surge and don t feel supported. greg abbott tweeting this. these deaths are on biden. they are a result of his deadly open border policies. senator ted cruz tweeting how many more people have to die before dems give a damn? the white house firing back at critics. the fact of the matter is the border is closed, which is in part why you see people trying to make this dangerous journey using smuggling networks. we re going to stay focused on the facts and making sure that we hold these smugglers accountable. dana: jesse, is it fair to blame president biden s policies? jesse: i believe it is fair. he s a snob from delaware. he doesn t consider texas a part of the country. he thinks it s our gas station. that s where they killed keep did, killed the ozone lay
supply to finland the latest escalation of an energy payments row with the west. russia s gas giant gazprom confirmed it had completely halted exports to finland at 0a:00 gmt on saturday. finland says there will be no disruption to customers. today the 28th world gas conference starts in daegu, with 12,000 participants from 90 countries descending on the energy city of south korea. topics on the table for discussion will no doubt focus on russia and europe s energy supply or lack of it. meanwhile, the uk is apparently experiencing a gas glut, with surplus supplies of natural gas pouring into britain s re gasification terminals. the glut has squashed gas prices on the spot market in britain, but will this lead to prices dropping for consumers? joining me now is michael stoppard, global gas strategy lead, s&p global. read gasification terminals, where they store the gas until it is needed, if those are full, there is a glutton the supply of gas, will people watching at home
made from there. but the idea that it can be taken by force, just taken by force, is just not appropriate. it will dislocate the entire region. now, those comments were a deviation from the standard strat stra strategic from the administration and it caught them off guard. they said the stance on china and taiwan has not changed but some of the president s own aides tell cnn they did not expect him to be so kquiv cool n the topic. china did not like these comments. what was their response? reporter: alison, there s no question that beijing has been watching president biden s trip here to asia very carefully, really listening to every word coming out of his mouth to see what kind of posturing they are seeing from the president on issues related to asia, and particularly, of course, china. and so yesterday when the president was so unquiv cool when he was by a reporter would the u.s. get militarily to defend taiwan and he answered there yes, that certainly made some big wav