At the emirates. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Downing street has described as unacceptable remarks alleged to have been made by one of the conservative partys biggest donors about the mp, diane abbott, during a Business Meeting in 2019. The guardian claims that frank hester said ms abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and that she should be shot. This morning diane abbott has called the alleged comments frightening. Mr hester has admitted making comments about her which he described as rude, but his spokesperson has said this is not a confirmation of the quotes in the guardian. Henry zeffman has the story. Some people who give millions to Political Parties have high public profile is. Frank hester didnt. Until now. This is what the guardian says mr hester told staff at the Health Care Software company he built from scratch at a meeting back in 2019. Its like trying not to be racist, but you see diane abbott on the tv and you just want to hate All Black Wom
ukrainian and russian forces are fighting in the northern suburbs of the city of bakhmut which has been battered by seven months of fighting. oleksandr marchenko, the deputy mayor, confirmed the street clashes, but said the russians haven t taken control. western analysts say the scene has been set for ukrainian forces to carry out a fighting withdrawal. a british defence ministry update said ukrainian soldiers are digging new trenches west of the city and are being reinforced by elite troops. the capture of bakhmut would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months of fighting. meanwhile, according to the supreme commander of nato troops in europe, general christopher cavoli said the scale of the war is unbelivable with 2,000 large battle tanks destroyed, more than 200,000 russian soldiers and over 1,800 officers killed or wounded. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, sent this report from the capital, kyiv. this is bakhmut or at least what is lef
The launch of Hong Kong’s first LNG terminal in July will see the city lean on imported gas to shore up its energy security and accelerate decarbonisation, but the fuel is not a long-term solution for local net-zero goals. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 8]
Mitigating methane emissions is critical and urgent. The US and the EU appear to be taking measures to speed up the process. The success of these measures will be a major factor in greening US LNG exports, making them more sustainable and providing them with an advantage in global markets, particularly in Europe. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 6]
tower where you get a real sense of the energy transition here in kent b. overthere the energy transition here in kent b. over there those amounts, they are the leftovers from when there was a coal fired are the leftovers from when there was a coalfired power station here. you can see the wind turbines along the horizon and just down there, that could very well be the site for the uk s first ever gas fired power station where the carbon dioxide is captured. the idea behind a carbon captured. the idea behind a carbon capture power station is that instead of releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere where it contributes to climate change, the gas is captured and transported underground. in this case beneath the northsea. brute underground. in this case beneath the northsea- the northsea. we are looking at robabl the northsea. we are looking at probably doubled the northsea. we are looking at probably doubled the the northsea. we are looking at probably doubled the cost - the nort