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 there s 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. That s 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 wa
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. Emma pinchbeck is the chief executive of energy uk and earlier she explained what customers can do if they have concerns. What is clear is that there are record breaking prices at the moment having an impact on the industry. There are processes in place so that if anyone ends up impacted by this, their supplierfails or if anyone ends up impacted by this, their supplier fails or indeed they a
Just gas and electricity but also petrol and diesel we have fed that through to the calculation. Most remaining coronavirus restrictions in wales will be scrapped from tomorrow limits on the number of people that can meet indoors will end, social distancing rules will ease and nightclubs can reopen. A fifth of all the uk s covid, hospital patients are aged between 18 and 3a doctors warn of the dangers facing the young and unvaccinated we ve a special report. Firefighters in greece continue to battle wildfires across the country it s predicted that worse is still to come. And the end of an era barcelona say lionel messi will leave the club after 21 years due to financial obstacles a warm welcome to tokyo where the olympics has entered day 1a. In the last few minutes, laura kenny has become team gb s joint most decorated female olympians as she and team mate katie archibald win a cycling gold in the women s madison final. Team gb has also added another medal with the women
and entertainment venues. new south wales proposes to charge unvaccinated people for covid medical costs. the doctors union says it s unethical. president putin again insists the west must give russia guarantees that nato won t expand to admit ukraine, and says he s initiated high level talks with the us. translation: if we are plunged in a conflict? i but we don t want that. it is not our choice. this is why i responded to president biden s proposal. and the duke and duchess of sussex issue the first photograph of their daughter lilibet, who was born injune, on their festive card. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. i mjane i m jane hill. the uk has again recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began nearly 120,000. it s the second day in a row that the uk has recorded more than 100,000 cases 119,789 today. very nearly 120,000. but the government has said there will be no announcement about any new restrictions