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changes with this deep low to the north of the country on wednesday, bringing strong winds and gales, to scotland and a band of heavy rain, sinking southwards and slowly easing down, leaving sunshine and showers in its wake back to the south of it, another fine day to come, temperatures around 20 22. an autumnal feel to things for a time across the north of the uk as we head into thursday or friday. temperatures beginning to recover across the south, staying fine and quite warm, for the entire week. thank you, stav, with the latest weather. a reminder of our top story. amid rising energy costs, the government insists gas and electricity supplies are secure but adds there will be no bail out for energy firms in trouble. that s all from the bbc news at six, so it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i mjohn watson, i m john watson, our headlines tonight. england s tour of pakistan is off, as the e ....
done. cnn politics reporter chris cillizza joining us now. if this fails if the president fails this week, his entire domestic agenda is essentially done for at least 15 months. yeah, erica. the stakes it s hard to overstate the stakes hiere. so between the trillion dollar hard infrastructure bill, as they call it, that passed the senate but not the house, and the $3.5 trillion budget agenda, you have everything joe biden is trying to do on the domestic front from immigration to climate to education to coronavirus and dealing with it, all wrapped up in these two bills. it s not that surprising it s almost $5 trillion in government spending. but if it doesn t go, if this agreement between democrats doesn t come together, there s a real issue here. there s no plan b. there s no other bill that they can go to. they could maybe try to break it into parts, but this is the bill. this is the effort, and the issue is that, once we turn the page to 2022, now you start ta ....
two teenagers have been arrested in manchester in connection with the texas synagogue siege the british hostage taker was a man from blackburn. the government admits it hasn t done enough to protect the uk from the impacts of climate change. and today came at the opposite of a birthday present, the £159 licence fee that funds nearly three quarters of the bbc budget will be frozen for two years. the bbc wanted the fee to rise to over £180 by the end of this settlement. instead, it will remain fixed at £159 until april 202a. that is more money in the pockets of pensioners, families, who are struggling to make ends meet. labour says this government wants to destroy the bbc because it doesn t like its journalism. is the licence fee really at the heart of the cost of living crisis? or is this really about their long standing vendetta against the bbc? now it is part of operation red meat, to save the prime minister from becoming dead meat. the culture secretary had claimed yes ....
makes his mid-term year debut. he still leads the republican party, and he is still all about the big lie. we begin the hour though with a calendar collision. this year s martin luther king holiday and the teetering democratic push for voting rights. right now the house speaker and others from congress, members of the king family as well, at union station here in washington, d.c., about to demand action on voting rights. just moments ago the vice president of the united states adding her voice. we must not be complacent or complicit. we must not give up, and we must not give in. to truly honor the legacy of the man we celebrate today, we must continue to fight for the freedom to vote for freedom for all. the outlook though is beyond bleak. the top senate democrat chuck schumer plans an up or down vote on voting rights legislation tomorrow, and the math seems certain, certain that it will fail. so it is normally a holiday of tribute and reflection is raw this year. m ....
to visit the country. new zealand s prime minister says an underwater volcanic eruption in the southern pacific caused significant damage to the island nation of tonga and some coastal areas are still cut off. no injuries or deaths have been reported. time for a sports update, we can get the latest from holly. novak djokovic says he s disappointed with the ruling that will see him deported from australia but says he ll respect the decision. the world number one will be unable to defend his title in melbourne where he s a nine time champion. his name has been officially removed from the order of play. in a statement djokovic says he s uncomfortable that the focus has been on him over the past few weeks and will take some time to rest recuperate. earlier, i spoke to our tennis correspondent russell fuller who is in melbourne. it has been damaging to the tournament in my opinion. they pushed very, very hard to have novak djokovic in melbourne. he is a nine time champion. ....