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
we start in the us where, in the last few hours, a judge has approved a bankruptcy plan for the maker of oxycontin one of the highly addictive painkillers at the centre of the country s opioid addiction epidemic. the plan effectively dissolves the company purdue pharma. its owners members of the wealthy sackler family will have to turn over billions of dollars to help combat the opioid epidemic in america. but the agreement will largely absolve the sacklers of any liability or future lawsuits. our business correspondent in new york, samira hussain, explains. in this plan, the drug maker purdue pharma will shift all of its assets currently valued at above $10 billion into a new company owned by a trust that will focus solely on combating the deadly opioid epidemic in america, which has already killed more than half a million people across the country. now the agreement ends thousands of lawsuits brought by state and local governments, hospitals and individuals agai
life. the michigan school district where four students were shot and killed are now requesting an independent investigation. we want to know if there was any kind of warning or threat. that did not happen. the omicron variant rise in cases and deaths. we need to mobilize together to do the things we know work. reporter: representative ilhan omar says she s certain that republican lauren boebert will face punishment for her remarks. this kind of behavior cannot be condoned. i m phil mattingly in washington. pamela brown has the day off. you are in the cnn newsroom. tonight a nation honors long-time senator and gop presidential nominee bob dole who died this morning at the age of 98. his american journey took him from the plains of kansas to world war ii europe to capitol hill where he became one of the most powerful politicians of the 20th century. in a statement, president biden remembered dole as, quote, an american statesman like few in our history. a war hero
has china s burgeoning military arsenal, gone hypersonic? beijing says reports it is trialling a new missile are wide of the mark, and in fact tests were for a new space ship. we ll get the expert view. hello and welcome. sir david amess loved, evil cannot triumph over the democracy sir david amess loved, said the prime minister today. our politics he said needs people like sir david. one by one the mp s rose to pay their own tribute. it was a friendlier politer day, a day when all factional differences were put to one side. labour s sir keir starmer said there were lessons to be learned from sir david s collaborative approach to politics, and he called for more civility in public life. this country needs people like sir david. this house needs people like sir david and our politics need people like sir david. dedicated, passionate, firm in his beliefs but never anything less than respectful for those who thought differently. when the tributes had been made the mp s filed
children s life s choices? absolutely. tonight. who s watching the kids? i love social media. i ve had a digital life since i was about 13. facebook, instagram, youtube, tiktok. now, these days i almost feel my digital life is indistinguishable from my real one. i mean, if i didn t instagram it, did it even really happen? i know that advertising is a part of this, and recently i noticed the return of some old anxieties, alongside a high number of diet related ads. it made me ask, just how much do social media companies really know about me, and what impact is this having on children growing up today? i ve come to holyrood secondary, scotland s biggest high school, to ask these 11; and 15 year olds are they on their social media accounts as much as me? i could spend, like, five hours on tiktok and maybe on weekends, like, 10, 11 hours. a good few hours a day on instagram. because you just get so, like, distracted by it that everything else is like.doesn t exist for a moment.