could europe be facing an energy crisis this winter? it is time to now get it is time to now net down to it is time to now get down to business and we have a question. could europe be facing an energy crisis this winter? that s the fear of some analysts as the price of gas and electricity soars to record highs and supplies are squeezed across the region. energy demand has surged as economies have bounced back from the pandemic. but supplies have come under pressure as governments try to wind down polluting energy sources like coal. natural gas prices are up 170% since the start of the year. and investment giant goldman sachs is among those warning of possible blackouts once the weather turns cold. simon french is chief economist at panmure gordon here in london. good morning to you. this has beenin good morning to you. this has been in the news, rumbling on for a few weeks now but it has come to a head because another problem of outage in the uk. that is right. i think this
a vigil is held for the black lives matter campaigner sasha johnson after she was shot. she s critically ill in hospital. a bbc investigation reveals how some children with special needs are being failed by a school charging over £50,000 a year per pupil. and the talent of manchester city s phil foden only 20, with another premier league winner s medal and one of the hottest prospects in english football. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, rolling back the years. phil mickelson makes history at 50 by becoming the oldest man to win a major. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there s been international outrage at belarus, after a ryanair flight travelling between two eu capitals was forced to divert there following claims of a bomb threat. a journalist on board who s criticised belarus s president lukashenko was detained. the chief executive of ryanair, michael 0 leary, has called it a state sponsored hijacking. the ryanair flight left athens for t
and international practice that guides international civil aviation under the chicago convention. max mosley, former boss of the formula one association, who took the news of the world to court, for invading his privacy and won, has died aged 81. a vigil is held for the black lives matter campaigner sasha johnson after she was shot. she remains critically ill in hospital. a bbc investigation reveals how some children with special needs are being failed by a school charging over £50,000 a year per pupil. and how dogs can be trained to detect coronavirus in humans and could be used in the future for screening at airports or mass events. good evening and welcome to bbc news. there s been international outrage at belarus after a ryanair flight travelling between two eu capitals was forced to divert there following claims of a bomb threat. a journalist on board who s criticised president lukashenko was detained. the chief executive of ryanair, michael 0 leary, has called it a sta
we ll have the latest on the growing international condemnation of belarus and the actions of president lukashenko. also tonight. max mosley, the former head of formula 1 s governing body and campaignerfor tougher regulation of the press, has died at 81. in gaza, we meet one community grieving the loss of seven children and one young man in the recent clashes with israel. levelling up. what does it mean and how might it work? we visit hull to try to find out. and we speak to the 20 year old english footballer who s climbed to great heights in record time. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, another honour for pep guardiola. after clinching the premier league title, the manchester city boss is named manager of the year among his peers. good evening. the government of belarus is facing a range of new sanctions following the forced re routing of a ryanair flight in order to capture one of the passengers on board. he is roman protasevich, a 26 year old journalist
regulation of the press, has died at 81. hello and welcome. the european union has agreed to hit belarus with sanctions after the forced re routing of a ryanair flight, in order to capture one of the passengers on board. the eu is also urging airlines to avoid the country s airspace. the passenger detained was roman protasevich, a 26 year old journalist who s a well known critic of president alexander lukashenko. eu leaders described the incident as state terrorism and aviation piracy . our europe correspondent jean mackenzie has the latest. armed police greet the arrivals on board the plane belarus is accused of hijacking, all to capture this young man roman protasevich. a journalist and political refugee, he fled belarus two years ago, only to be forced back home yesterday under the most extraordinary circumstances by a regime, he told his fellow passengers, would execute him. his father has described his son s capture as a terrorist act. translation: we hope that he