Which includes the uk. Us armed forces apologise for their � tragic mistake� after killing ten innocent people, including seven children in a Drone Strike during their final days in afghanistan. A month after the taliban takeover in afghanistan, schools are reopening, but not for girls. Strictly� S Back but theres controversy as reports suggest two of the show� s professional dancers are refusing to get covid jabs. Liverpool remain unbeaten in the Premier League this season after Sadio Mane scored his 100th Goal And Manchester city lose points at home. Thats all in sportsday in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good Evening And Welcome to bbc news. The Business Secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, says protecting customers during a time of heightened global Gas Prices is an � absolute priority� for the government. Ministers have been holding urgent talks with representatives of the Energy Industry Today and more discussions about the way forward will take place on monday. There are some warnings the increased costs already affecting some businesses, could also mean higher bills for domestic consumers. It� s understood that four small Energy Companies are set to Go Bust next week. Strong global demand is one of the reasons prices are at record highs. Here� s our business correspondent, katy austin. Gas is a key source of the energy that heats our homes and powers our industries. Since the start of the year, wholesale prices have soared, almost doubling in the uk, prompting the government to hold urgent talks with the Energy Industry Today. Reasons for the increase include lower wind and solar output, high demand, and reduced supply from russia. The conversations from the government this week are how we get to a short term crisis, and then how we can transform our industry so that it doesn� t happen again. The unprecedented costs are taking their toll four small Energy Suppliers have gone bust in the past few days with more set to follow as soon as week. Steelmakers, which need a lot of energy, are worried. If they� re at this price now, what is it going to be like in the winter . If it carried on like this, i� m fearful, notjust for the Steel Sector but all energy intensive sectors, and then downstream operations because that is what we do. We are at the start of the Supply Chain we sell to manufacturers. High energy prices have already forced two large Uk Fertiliser plants in the north of england to close one consequence is a shortage of their crucial by Product Carbon Dioxide and that could hit Food And Drink businesses. Because it� s used to stun some animals before slaughtering and for meat packing. Meat processors fear the process could hit production. It� s used to extend Shelf Life through packaging, notjust in meat but in all foods. At a time when we� re struggling because of the Haulage Shortages in this country to keep the Supply Chain running, to actually have a shorter Shelf Life on the products going under shelves is going to cause even more disruption, so this is a really serious problem for us. The online Food Delivery Company ocado says it now has limited stock of some frozen foods because the squeeze on Carbon Dioxide means it can� t get enough dry ice. The Trade Body representing major supermarkets said the disruption could not have come at a worse time with the Lorry Driver Shortage already causing issues. The rising price of gas is mainly being felt by businesses at the moment but it is likely to feed through in terms of higher bills for consumers at a time when the Cost Of Living is already rising. The Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng says britain can meet demand for gas and that the government does not expect Supply Emergencies this winter but when it comes to prices there are global factors at play. Katy austin, bbc news. A short time ago i spoke to emma pinchbeck, the chief executive of Energy Uk who you saw in katy� s report. I began by getting her reaction to reports more firms could Go Bust. We are seeing a record breaking price of international gas and that does feed through to the market and we have seen four Supplier Failures in recent weeks partly because of that and also because of the market. It is difficult to tell if there will be any more. We started off the year with 70 supplies, i think these are your figures, 70 suppliers. We could end at ten that is a shocking statistic . I don� t recognise that number, i think there is a lot of speculation about what the impact could be. It is difficult to say that, because the Energy Market is incredibly complex. What is clear is there are record breaking prices at the moment and that is having an impact on the industry. The important thing for people watching is there are processes in place that if their supplier fails or they are struggling to pay their Energy Bill, there is support in place for customers, but also the government will see what it can do to help the mechanisms that are already there is a result of any failures. Where is that support . They can come to the Energy Uk website. In the summer when we were looking at the high price of gas, the Energy Suppliers came up of additional places on top of The Ones that were already obligated to provide for energy customers. They can go to citizens advice, but the first thing to say is just phone your supplier. If you are worried about paying your Energy Bill this autumn, there is help, just get on the phone to your supplier. I understand when a company does Go Bust and we could well see that, there is a process which kicks in and bigger companies are allowed to bid and take over the smaller companies, how likely is it they will do that with the prices and the crisis . Yes, we have had suppliers go through it already this year. One of the things we are worried about is the impact. That is one of the questions in consideration at the moment. We want to make sure every customer that is impacted by this gets picked up by the market. The regulator is talking to Government And Government is talking to the industry and we will make sure customers are looked after during this unprecedented situation in the energy sector. The important thing is, if that does happen and these smaller companies that do Go Bust are not taken over by larger companies, customers will be looked after no matter what . Is there a Safety Net there . There is already a Safety Net there and that is the subject of the conversation between retailers and Government And Government and the regulator, just to make sure we provide for our customers through this challenging time. The other thing, all of this gets better if we make sure that we wean ourselves off the volatile commodity, that we keep going with our Net Zero targets and we make sure we have a long look at the Retail Market once this crisis is over to make sure it is properly sustainable for the future. Ok, i think you released a statementjust recently about Net Zero and renewables. Renewables are the cheapest form of power available and there are Success Stories in the uk. When you say success story, when you look at what has happened now, what does it say about the state of renewables, in that they were not there to help pick up the slack . This crisis is entirely about the really high price of international gas and in many ways, it is because of the geopolitics around gas. Also a shortage of gas in storage across europe. I think that says we want to be developing our own domestic renewables and the uk has the best Wind Resources in the world. We advocate for 100 renewables because we need Electricity Mix and you add other technologies on. There is no security of Supply Risk at the moment, so it is a demonstration of having lots of different technologies works, we are at a third of renewables, we are confident we should keep pushing Net Zero to get us Off International Gas and on to more domestic resources. The message for the government is, we should be investing in more of the other technologies alongside renewables. It also storage of hydrogen and other things. Obviously the Government Needs to do more. Before we get to what needs to be done for the renewables, what does the Government Need to do to help mitigate the effects of this particular crisis, what would you like to see . This is going to sound like a copout, but it is a fast Moving Picture and it is hard to say what the specifics impacts are. Government is talking to the industry to work out where the Pressure Points are, the Supply Chains and businesses. Where do you think they are . At the moment they are in retail, that is where we are seeing the pressure and also impacts for industrial users. It would be silly to prescribe the solution before we are sure where the problems are. We have regulated mechanisms in the event of market failures. This is about what additional targeted support we need and we should know more about that after the next few days and the conversations between industry and government. We have a range of options for solutions on the table. Travel companies say that Holiday Bookings have surged, since yesterday� s announcement, that foreign Travel Rules are being relaxed in england. The Travel Traffic Light system is being replaced with a single � Red List�. Fully vaccinated people will no longer need a pre Departure Test before returning from non Red List countries. Professor Lawrence Young is from the university of warwick. He says the new Testing Regime raises concerns about how new variants will be detected, with the new requirement for fewer tests. The idea here is, if you have, after returning from abroad, after two days, a positive lateral Flow Test, you then go ahead and have a Pcr Test. It is that Pcr Test that will be sequenced. That is relying on people to behave and have that test and to have a Pcr Test after they have shown a lateral Flow Test to be positive. That is the bit we are all a bit worried about. Just because you are not coming from a Red List country, doesn� t mean you couldn� T Contract it from a go country, it would assume people would have to take a test and now we are saying we don� t have to take a test . That� s right, this is inevitably going to result in people bringing back more infections from abroad. Given the high levels of infection we already have in the country, perhaps that is not much of an issue. The key issue has to be the importation of variants we know that previous waves of infection have been driven by travellers returning to the uk. Look at what we are facing with the Delta Variant that originated in india. We mustn� t let our guard down, it is really important we keep genomic surveillance going, because we know that some of these variants can affect the efficacy of vaccination. And that is the risk we are running, actually. Let� s Take A Look at the latest coronavirus figures, and there were 30,141; new infections recorded, in the latest 24 hour period. That means in the last week, there was an average of 29,561 new cases per day. 8068 people were in hospital, across the uk, according to the latest figures, with 164 deaths that� s of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. The average number of deaths per day in the last week, is now 143. 89. 3 of people aged 16 or over, have had theirfirstjab, while 81. 6 are now double vaccinated. Relatives of the family of ten afghan civilians, killed in an american Drone Strike in kabul last month, say the attack amounted to a war crime. Us officials have admitted the air strike, which killed seven children, was a mistake. Jeremy bowen has more from kabul. This is all that remains of the Toyota Corolla that the americans tracked for hours, as they convinced themselves entirely incorrectly that it was packed with explosives. Five of the seven dead children were playing in the car when it was hit. Its owner, Zemari Ahmadi who they believed, wrongly, was an islamic State Bomber had just driven it home from his work with an american aid organisation. The survivors have moved out. After their terrible loss, they want Compensation And Resettlement in a safe country. Today my message for the usa and all people around the world is the usa made a big mistake and we lost ten members of herfamily. This was america� s last act of war before it pulled out of afghanistan, and the decision to fire the missile smacks of panic. And what a legacy. It isn� t necessarily the Parting Shot of the americans, because they still have the capacity to hit targets from the air. The us relies increasingly on drones. Across the road, the neighbours are still traumatised by what they heard and saw. America� s latest deadly blunder shows how dangerous its drone strategy can be for civilians. Jeremy bowen, bbc news, kabul. Secondary schools for boys have reopened in afghanistan, more than a month after the taliban seized power, un agencies have urged the taliban to re open girls schools. All male teachers have been ordered back to work. But the taliban have said nothing about reopening secondary schools for girls. The save the Children Charity say education is a lifeline especially for girls. Joining me now is unicef� s chief of communications for afghanistan, samantha mort. Thank you for speaking to us. How concerned are you yesterday we were surprised by the announcement. We are pleased that secondary schools are open at last and boys can go to school. We are deeply concerned the girls were not mentioned in the Message And Unicef has a stance that is very clear that Girls Cannot and must not be Left Behind, they must be in secondary school, contributing fully to the country, getting education is the right. Country, getting education is the riuht. ~. , country, getting education is the riuht. ~. ,. , country, getting education is the riuht. ,. , right. What is the cost of being Left Behind right. What is the cost of being Left Behind for right. What is the cost of being Left Behind for girls right. What is the cost of being Left Behind for girls to right. 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I dont know if you fight conversations with families who have young girls who have been going to school. There was so much progress since 2001. What are these families sing to you . What emotions are they going through the subtle of this right has been wrenched from the children . ~. , right has been wrenched from the children . ~ ~. , children . Well, i think we need to be cautious children . Well, i think we need to be cautious about children . Well, i think we need to be cautious about the children . Well, i think we need to be cautious about the language i children . Well, i think we need to| be cautious about the language we are using. What happened yesterday was that girls were not mentioned in that message. Unicef has not closed the door on this. We are still hopeful that there are efforts going on at the ministry and that the Government Level to facilitate girls coming back to school. So we didn� t hear an ode coming back to school. So we didn� t hearan ode and coming back to school. So we didn� t hear an ode and a Ban Yesterday but without a doubt there is a huge range of emotion, as you said. There is anger, there is frustration. I was just talking to some of the youth that unicef works with. There were three girls who were all 17 and 18 and some of them were throwing their hands up in the air, saying i� m never going back to school. 0thers i� m never going back to school. Others were too scared to even try. Another one just said my wife is ended. Mike my life has ended. So i think there� s a huge anxiety of frustration and injustice. I think theres a huge anxiety of frustration and injustice. I think theres a huge anxiety of frustration and injustice. Frustration and inustice. Thank you very much. There are warnings that anger in france, over a new Security Pact signed by britain, the us and australia, could cause a rift within the nato alliance. President macron has taken the unprecedented step, of recalling his ambassadors to australia and america for talks, in the escalating row. The new defence agreement, scuppered a multi billion Pound Dealfor the french, to Supply Australia with submarines. From paris, Hugh Schofield has more. For the americans, the australians and the british, it� s a New Alliance to ensure stability in the pacific and thwart the strategic ambitions of china. But australia� s decision to buy nuclear submarines from the us has left the french feeling stunned and humiliated. Their contract with australia has been simply binned. 0rdered Back Home by President Macron, the french ambassador to canberra was as polite as he could be about the reasons for france� s anger. I think this has been a huge mistake. A very, very bad handling of the partnership because it was not a contract. It was a partnership. Partnerships are supposed to be based on trust. I am with the president of france and that makes me feel better. They laugh. Just a few months ago, it was all smiles at the G7 Summit in cornwall between president s biden and macron, and all talk of cooperation and shared challenges. But behind the scenes, the french are convinced that the three english speaking nations were hatching the plan to cut them out. The fallout is potentially very great. This puts a big rift down the middle of the nato alliance, pushes france to doing more with other european countries, puts britain very much in the camp of the americans in dealing with the indo pacific, but britain needs a functioning nato alliance. My worry is that this does deep damage to nato going well beyond the diplomatic row over an arms deal. Noticeably, here at the french foreign ministry, The One ambassador who has not been recalled is The One to london. One reason being put about is that the french regard of the british role in the new pact as being that of a junior partner, but it does also suggest a willingness to keep lines of communication open. The souring of relations is in stark contrast to when President Macron visited an australian submarine in 2018. With an election coming early next year, he has, perhaps, to act tough, but his angry reaction has broad support. For most people, it� s not the government that� s been humiliated, but france, and it� s a row that could have major implications for future international security. Hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. The us has closed one of its Border Crossings with mexico after 12,000 migrants crossed into a Texas City in the space of a week. Officials in the city of Del Rio said they were finding it increasingly difficult to provide food for the rapidly growing number of undocumented arrivals, mostly from haiti, who now make up a third of the city� s population. Simonjones reports. A Makeshift Camp that has grown at staggering speed, leading to what has been described as a humanitarian crisis. The bridge providing the only shelter from the Scorching Sun to thousands of migrants, mostly from haiti, seeking a new life in the us. The city� s mayor says it simply cannot cope. We now have one third of the population of the city of Del Rio, texas, in a confined space under the city of Del Rio international bridge. So, that said, i had thought that the alarm was set on monday. This is setting the nuclear Bomb Alarm that this is no longer sustainable, acceptable. The number of haitians crossing the south West Border into the United States has been rising for months. Many have travelled from south america. They had fled there after the devastating earthquake of 2010. But there are now calls for urgent action to prevent the situation become completely unmanageable. The department of defense. As well as the director of homeland security. They are in charge of the people that are under that bridge, most of whom are from haiti. And they have told us that the people who are under that bridge right now are going to be relocated by the united States Department of defense. Some are going to arizona, others are going to california. Others may be going to laredo, we were told. But theres one thing we know for a fact and that is that there is nothing but Uncertainty And Indecision by the biden administration about exactly what they are going to do. There has been no response yet from the president. He is under pressure to reverse a decision to cancel deportation flights to haiti after another earthquake there this year. But hundreds more migrants are believed to be on their way to texas, posing a major political and humanitarian challenge. Simon jones, bbc news. Having stood for more than 60 years, the Dorman Long Tower has long been a symbol of teesside� s industrial heritage. It� ll be demolished tomorrow despite a long campaign to save it. Ian reeve reports. The posters may be up, but teesside� s Dorman Long Tower is coming down. Just a week after being listed by Conservation Body historic england, it has been delisted this former coal store, part of southbank� s coke ovens and the redcar steelworks, found not to be of any great architectural interest and in a state of some disrepair. For tees valley� s mayor, who controls the site, relief. The tower could be in the way of a new Wind Turbine factory, promisingjobs. Of a new Wind Turbine we have to prioritise giving people opportunities and jobs, and 2,000 jobs are not to be sniffed at. Those people who say that this is a piece of heritage, my argument would be that teesside� s heritage is in the structures that built the world one world trade center, the shard, the sydney harbour bridge. Those are the things we should be taking pride in. Signing off the D Listing of the Dorman Long Tower was the first act of the new culture secretary, nadine dorries. The race is now on to prepare the 1950s Tower for demolition early tomorrow morning. Three other structures will also come down, but the Dorman Long Tower will be most missed. The former Bridge Builder a famous name, building amongst other things the sydney harbour bridge. Archive a steamer puts out to sea, while on the roadway a stream i of Road Traffic glides by, and all around is a web of steel spun by the industry of men. The industry of men on teesside, of course, iron, steel and chemicals defined the area. For some, then, demolition seems like a severing of the link with the Glorious Industrial Past certainly so for lisa and ian, taking a last look today. It� s a receptacle of so many memories for so many people. Here� s four generations, looking back at their forebears who have worked here, and i don� t know if we can throw all of that away. Were very proud of it at teesside. You go to a Boro Match and proudly say we built the world. 0ther Thanjust Singing songs about it, i think we actually need to i think we deserve at least part of its keeping. The tower would have cost £9 million to maintain, so demolition beckons blown up and brought down early tomorrow morning, ending its life not with a whimper but with a bang. The bbc has refused to comment on reports, that two of this year� s Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers, haven� t been vaccinated against the coronavirus, and that Celebrity Contestants are reluctant to be paired with them. The broadcaster says the production of the latest series, which begins tonight on bbc one, has followed strict government guidelines, to ensure the safety of everyone on the show. A short time ago i spoke to our correspondent Aruna Iyengar explained how the Vaccination Status of the two had come to light. It is hugely anticipated and popular. 13 Million people tuned in to the last final in december when Bill Bailey won. Now there has been reports in The Sun that two of the dancers have refused to be vaccinated. The Press Officer i spoke to from strictly completely denied