on climate change and understands why protestors take to the streets. what about the people who protest, what about extinction belgian? i what about extinction belgian? i understand why they do that but i don t understand why they do that but i don t think extinction rebellion. good afternoon and welcome to the afternoon news on the bbc. ministers are holding further talks today with manufacturers who are struggling because of the sharp rise in energy prices. industries such as steel and glass have called for emergency support. yesterday the business secretary kwasi kwarteng claimed he had been discussing with the treasury how best to help hard hit companies. but for its part, the treasury denied there d been any such talks.