members are on strike. and at 3.30pm on the bbc news channel, talking business with aaron heslehurst. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the household energy supplier 0ctopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, which was one of the largest energy companies to collapse last year because of soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping the company afloat since it went into administraton. the agreement means 0ctopus will take onboard bulb s one and a half million customers. our business reporter ramzan kamali has the details. bulb is the biggest - green energy company. it was the biggest energy company to go bust. last november, bulb found itself in administration. it was only kept going by the government, who pumped hundreds of millions of pounds into the business, but now a deal has been struck that it is hoped will give relief notjust to customers, taxpayers, but also hundreds of staff. today, 0ctopus were confident
making landfall in the us for a second time hurricane ian strikes south carolina with heavy rain and powerful winds after leaving a trail of devastation in florida and cuba. and introducing 0ptimus the tech billionaire elon musk presents the latest prototype of a humanoid robot which he hopes will eliminate poverty. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine appears to be pressing ahead with its efforts to liberate russian held areas of the country. that s despite vladimir putin s declaration that four occupied regions are now part of russia. the ukrainian military now says it has encircled russian forces in the strategic eastern town of lyman. and the ukrainian flag has been raised on the outskirts. it s impossible to independently verify the claims. 0ur correspondent, hugo bachega, is following developments from kyiv. ukrainians are saying that this changes nothing, everything that happened in moscow yesterday was a farce, that the annou
how the snowdon railway keeps running despite the extreme weather. this time on the weather world we are going up in the world, literally into the mountains of north wales, and our method of transport may surprise you, it is good to be quite a ride. also: extreme storms and the battle to survive them, as global temperatures set new records. winter fights back in the usa, but not in the arctic. it is still not cold enough on top of the world. plus, while the winds, how not to get caught out and extreme weather. i will be here at this nature reserve in kentare will be here at this nature reserve in kent are taking a look at how the weather impact of migratory birds, from a quite blue sky day here in kent to the hazards of a hurricane in the atlantic. and why everything in this welsh field is not as it seems. the new type of sheep and what it can tell us about the weather. welcome to weather world. this time we are in the north wales, in snowdonia, about to claim the highest pea
children by reappearing. she was believed to have died from a snakebite, and they floated her body down the river ganges. she was rescued hundreds of kilometres away and taken in by anotherfamily. she lost all memory of her earlier marriages and children, and remarried. a chance encounterjob her memory, prompting her to return. now on bbc news, weather world. this time on weather world, we are going up in the world literally into the mountains of north wales, and our method of transport may surprise you. it is good to be quite a ride. also: extreme storms and the battle to survive them, as global temperatures set new records. winterfights back in the usa, but not in the arctic. it is still not cold enough on top of the world. plus, wild winds, how not to get caught out in extreme weather. i will be here at this nature reserve in kent, taking a look at how the weather impact of migratory birds, from a quiet blue sky day here in kent to the hazards of a hurricane in the atlan
how the snowdon railway keeps running despite extreme weather. of transport may surprise you, it is going to be quite a ride. this time on weather world we are going up in the world, literally into the mountains of north wales, and our method of transport may surprise you, it is going to be quite a ride. also on weather world. extreme storms and the battle to survive them, as global temperatures set new records. winterfights back in the usa, but not in the arctic. it is still not cold enough on top of the world. plus, wild winds, how not to get caught out in extreme weather. i will be here at the oare marshes nature reserve in kent, taking a look at how the weather impacts migratory birds, from a quiet blue sky day here in kent to the hazards of a hurricane in the atlantic. and why everything in this welsh field is not as it seems. the new type of sheep and what it can tell us about the weather. welcome to weather world. this time we are in the north wales, in snowdonia, abou