president biden is set to lay out his plan to once again bring down sky high cost of gasoline at the pump. once again, by tapping into the nation s emergency oil reserves, even as it brings the needle even closer to e. i m john roberts in washington, happy wednesday, sandra. sandra: and that s a visual for you, starting to look like that, right? the president will announce that release of 15 million more barrels of oil, rounds out the 180 million draw down the president committed to earlier this year. john: the releases have brought the supply to the lowest level since ronald reagan was president. likely bring down gas prices for a brief period of time, but critics say biden is using the emergency stockpile to play politics. midterm elections now just 20 days away. former vice president mike pence will join us to discuss what all of this means for the elections. sandra: looking forward to that. begin with fox team coverage. marc thiessen ready to sounds out, and one way
the trade union congress says uk families are at breaking point, as the country experiences the longest squeeze on real wages since the 18005. squeeze on real wages since the 1800s. we will have the latest from the tuc conference in brighton and from westminster. ukraine s president says that nearly one third of his country was at power stations have now been destroyed after another round of russian air strikes on energy facilities. fears grow for a female iranian athlete who competed in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab. herfamily say climbing competition without wearing a hijab. her family say they have lost contact with her. and environment campaigner greta thunberg tells the bbc why she does not want to go into politics. just feels like that world is so toxic. but also, as it is now, the changes necessary will only come if there s enough public pressure from the outside. and coming up on the bbc news channel: we will hear from one of the men trying to find a
near the capital kyiv. concern over the whereabouts of an iranian climber who disappeared after not wearing a headscarf. france prepares for widespread disruption as oil industry workers and transport staff go on strike in a dispute over pay. the uk government are seeking to change the law to prevent their military pilots from training the chinese armed force. up to 30 former uk military pilots are thought to have gone to train members of china s people s liberation army in exchange for large sums of money. and. a happy birthday to the bbc! it s 100 years old today making it the world s longest running national broadcasting organization. hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. liz truss says she will not be stepping down as prime minister, despite her premiership hanging by a thread after her new finance minister ditched most of her economic policies. in an interview with the bbc, ms truss apologised for what she called mistakes over the past six we