from fossil fuels. and it could be the beginning of the end of compulsory seating for football fans in the top divisions. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel. a big night of efl cup action west ham get another crack at manchester united. can they get revenge for their weekend defeat? good evening. another two energy suppliers have gone out of business, the latest victims of the crisis caused by the huge increase in the cost of gas. the firms are green supplier and avro energy, with 800,000 customers between them. all affected customers will continue to receive energy while a new supplier is appointed by the regulator 0fgem, which warned today that more firms were set to close, potentially affecting millions of customers. bulb, the uk s sixth largest energy company, with 1.7 million customers, is already looking at its financial options. our business correspondent, colletta smith, has the latest. two more energy firms have collapsed. as avro and green call in
in the canary islands as fears grow that lava flowing into the sea could create dangerous gases. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. at a virtual summit on the sidelines of the united nations general assembly, president biden asked world leaders to pledge to vaccinate 70% of the world s population against covid i9 by september next year. he said america would buy an additional 500 million doses of the pfizer vaccine to donate to poorer countries. research underlines a stark contrast richer countries have vaccinated much of their populations, while poorer ones are lagging far behind. our health editor, hugh pym, has more details. wealthier nations are pushing on with boosterjabs, but it s a different story in low income countries in africa and around the world, where vaccination rates are much lower. that divergence has been criticised by the world health organization, and there ve been growing calls for more
it is hundreds and hundreds of people that have come through and that number is now about 600 homes destroyed in this area. relieved and grateful the victims of ghislaine maxwell have been speaking after she was convicted of grooming girls to be abused byjeffery epstein her family say they can t accept the verdict. joe biden has again told president vladimir putin that the us and its allies will respond decisively if russia does not de escalate tensions on his country s border with ukraine. and are you getting ready for your new year s resolutions? we ask are they really a good thing? before we move to today s news, let s go back to that light show in the new zealand capital auckland as new zealanders welcome in the new year. it isa it is a light show and that is because there are no fireworks this time. the traditional. hang on, there are fireworks. i was misinformed. the information was that would be no firework because i didn t want crowd to gather and there would
# give us this day our daily bread. the nation, and his family, said goodbye to the duke of edinburgh the man who d been by the queen s side for more than 70 years. my dear papa was a very special person who i think, above all else, would ve been amazed by the reaction and the touching things that have been said about him. in the months after prince philip s death, the queen carried on with her duties until her health required her to slow down. carving their own paths away from the uk, the duke and duchess of sussex told their truths to a global audience. you re not going to tell me who had the conversation? i think that would be very damaging to them. ..and still smiling for the cameras, despite a challenging year. you re watching bbc news. we have just received a statement from buckingham palace confirming that the duke of edinburgh has died. the statement says, it is with deep sorrow that her majesty the queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, his royal hi
latest on the volcano eruption in the canary islands, as fears grow that lava flowing into the sea could create dangerous gases. hello and welcome to the programme. at a virtual summit on the sidelines of the united nations general assembly, president biden asked world leaders to pledge to vaccinate 70% of the world s population against covid 19 by september next year. he said america would buy an additional 500 million doses of the pfizer vaccine, to donate to poorer countries. research underlines a stark contrast richer countries have vaccinated much of their populations, while poorer ones are lagging far behind. our health editor hugh pym has more details. wealthier nations are pushing on with boosterjabs, but it s a different story in low income countries in africa and around the world, where vaccination rates are much lower. that divergence has been criticised by the world health organization, and there ve been growing calls for more vaccine doses to be diverted to tho