related. with more heavy snow forecast across northern scotland this weekend we ll talk to one family who decided to make the most of it. don t, don t! she s kicked him out! and coming up this hour. certainly not on mute how one parish council has gone viral after a zoom meeting got a little out of hand. good morning. welcome to bbc news. energy prices will rise for millions of people across the uk in april, after the regulator ofgem said the cap for default domestic energy deals would be raised to cover suppliers extra costs. ofgem defended the decision, saying that it s in the interest of customers to start allowing energy companies to recover some of the costs to avoid larger price hikes in the future. the price cap was introduced in 2019 and designed to protect customers from being overcharged. but this is the first rise in the cap so how will the decision affect customers? the price cap affects 11 million households who have never switched suppliers, or whose dis
winter olympics, which start exactly one year from today. the ioc president thomas bach says it s almost a miracle china has managed to prepare for a winter games through the pandemic, but sophie richardson of human rights watch, says the olympic movement needs to rethink. this would be a miracle. ending mass arbitrary detention, ending the devastation of cultural property, ensuring that decent human rights environments exist before a warning that government, really the propaganda of posting. this is not a rights friendly of environment, and i think commitments of the con john of the chinese government made is clearly not worth the paper they were written on. it s certainly going to be a controversial games those allegations and questions over the environmental impact of the games but preparations are continuing. among those hoping to compete are british mogul skiers the gerken schofields. tom and leonie could become the first british twins to compete at a winter olymp
a dramatic rescue overnight. two hostages now safely back in israel with new questions this morning about a possible bigger military operation in the city where hundreds of thousands of palestinians have fled. donald trump s legal troubles overlapping. this morning, he s expected to be at a critical closed-door hearing for his classified documents case in florida while also facing a deadline today to appeal to the supreme court in another case. and overtime thriller gives kansas city its third super bowl in five years. now, a victory parade is planned for valentine s day which begs the question. will taylor swift be there? kate is out today, looking for an answer to that question. i m john berman with sara sidner, and this is cnn news central. it s a critical week for donald trump. first it is deadline day for his legal team to ask for an appeal that he is not immune from criminal prosecution in the january 6th case. also happening today, the former president expect
republican congresswoman kathy mcmorris rodgers on gas prices hitting $5 a gallon for the first time in the history, and bill barr on something he told january 6th committee and with our very own lucas tomlinson at white house on a president fending off attacks, it s that 70 # inflation show all over again, and he is the not too happy star. welcome, everybody, i m neil cavuto. happy weekend to you. let s go first to my buddy lucas on how the administration is handling all this bad news on prices. reporter: well, neil, the labor department issuing a brutal report yesterday saying that inflation is getting worse, not better. the average cost of goods up 8.6% over a year ago. now, president biden speaking in los angeles in addition to blaming putin, he s blaming exxon for the skyrocketing prices. they have 9,000 permits to drill. they re not drilling. why aren t they drilling? because they make more money not producing more oil. the price goes up, number one. and number two