let s start with the war in ukraine. russia has launched a fresh wave of missile strikes against ukraine speaking to the bbc, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has ruled out conceding any territory to russia in a potential peace deal. our world affairs editor, john simpson, reports from kyiv. with the anniversary of the russian invasion coming close, president zelensky is showing signs of increasing confidence. he s been visiting several of his main backers in britain and other nato countries, and the promises of weapons and support that he s received have clearly buoyed him up. when i met him today, he was defiant and seemed more than usually sure of his position. i asked what he felt about the threat that vladimir putin might strike at ukraine through neighbouring belarus, and he dismissed it out of hand. it will be a big mistake for him and for belarus. it will be a historical mistake. but if belarussia does involve itself, can you survive? we will fight. we wil
And the new man at vogue, Edward Enninful takes over at the premierfashion magazine. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Five. British gas has defended its decision to raise Electricity Prices by 12. 5 for more than Three Million customers next month. Centrica, which owns british gas, said it was facing increased costs from government policies, such as installing smart meters, and for transmission and distribution. It said that as a result, its selling electricity at a loss. But the government has expressed concern, insisting that its policies dont explain the increase. Our Business Correspondent theo leggett reports. British gas likes to say its putting its customers in control. Were bringing the nation smarter connected homes. But even if they turn the heating down, those on a standard variable tariff will see their bills going up. After the increases announced today, the cost of an average dualfuel energy bill, thats electricity and gas provided by british gas, will be going
they ve since had to leave the site until it s decontaminated. but the ntsb says surveillance video showed what appears to be a wheel bearing in the final stage of overheat failure moments before the derailment. let s hear from the white house press secretary who spoke about the incident a short time ago. we re going to get to the bottom of this. we re going to try and figure out an answer to what occurred. so, we re going to get through this together. we are going to hold norfolk southern accountable. and, right now, our message to the folks in ohio in that area is to listen to your state and local officials. here in the uk, more huge profits for an energy company. this time it s centrica, which owns the energy provider british gas.
to an election and what happens after that there s no time for consumers for that. this brings us back to the two different parts of the centrica business. government regulation means the parent company can t sell energy more cheaply to its own energy supplying operation than it does to other suppliers, so it can t lower prices for british gas customers, for example. that would be an unfair competitive advantage. the bbc s vishala sri pathma explains. it is actually not from the money that they are charging customers in their homes or businesses, the bulk of the profit at this time around is from extraction. extraction from somewhere like the north sea, the extraction of oil and gas, and the profits made on the wholesale market, which they go to trade from, that is where they are making the money. we have seen oil and gas go up quite considerably in terms of price, particularly when russia invaded ukraine. that has done quite well for anyone that trades on the wholesale market, and tha