energy. soaring energy prices are having an impact on countries across europe. among the hardest hit nations is spain. after its economy was particularly battered by the covid pandemic, guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. barajas, a dormitory town near madrid, is rarely short of sunshine. the company installing the solar panels has rarely been this busy due to a spike in demand driven by the soaring cost of electricity. that s the main reason i decided to install solar panels right now. spanish consumers like isabel are paying around 45% more for electricity than a year ago. my energy bill has increased by 20% in the past two or three months, so it is a lot, and now with the winter coming, it will increase even more.
are a major problem for the nation? 67% said yes. for families 50%. i know you come from a very strong energy-producing state. i m sure you would like to produce more energy. this issue of gas prices, also home heating oil, ability to produce and be independent, how high a priority is that for you and for maybe the president? in is a huge priority for me. a huge priority for my constituents back home in alaska. dana, here is the issue. from day one day one this administration has been focused on shutting down the production of american energy, killing these great american energy jobs. strong arming financial institutions not to invest in american energy, killing pipelines. so the fact that we re seeing this huge spike in energy prices and with winter coming, winter is coming, there is going to be more pain at the pump paying for home heating fuel for americans and the
you know, craig, i think this is a wise decision. i m eager to know what the cdc decides. we anticipate that this will be very much aligned with what the cdc recommends. this decision is long-awaited and long-anticipated. we know many countries including the uk, canada, and italy, have been mixing and matching for a long time with good results. we know that mixing and matching leads to a more robust immune response, and especially with the winter coming, that s incredibly important. why does it lead to a more robust immune response? explain that for us. so what we think happens is that when we mix and match vaccines, it creates a broader immune response. what we re seeing with early evolving data is, for example, with johnson & johnson, getting the second dose of the johnson & johnson vaccine leads to a four-fold increase versus adding the mrna vaccine to an existing dose of johnson & johnson
were prices. the supplier i was with, were pretty much on a par with everybody were pretty much on a par with everybody else. i have checked tonight, everybody else. i have checked tonight, just to check before i came on, and mine went up from £53 a month on, and mine went up from £53 a month to on, and mine went up from £53 a month to £73 a month. it is actually a variable month to £73 a month. it is actually a variable tariff, which isn t good, but if a variable tariff, which isn t good, but if i a variable tariff, which isn t good, but if i wanted to change to a fixed tariff, but if i wanted to change to a fixed tariff, it but if i wanted to change to a fixed tariff, it would be 104 pounds 85p per month, which i have got no chance per month, which i have got no chance of per month, which i have got no chance of finding that. especially losing chance of finding that. especially losing the covid payment with the universal losing the covid payment with the u
served alongside u.s. and allied forces, there will not be retribution against those people. there are reports of exactly that happening, but the taliban are very eager to show that they will be a responsible governmen responsible member of the international community. they are very eager to make sure the airport gets reopened, and humanitarian aid starts flowing back in afghanistan especially with the winter coming, and they want investors to come and spend money in afghanistan. they are telling people, taliban-ruled afghanistan is a good place to do business, believe it or not. despite these gentle words from their new rulers, some are terrified and none more so than those that served alongside u.s. troops. matt, you are posted up in