Which includes the uk. Us armed forces apologise for their tragic mistake after killing ten innocent people, including seven children in a Drone Strike during their final days in afghanistan. A month after the taliban takeover in afghanistan, schools are reopening, but not for girls. Strictly S Back but theres controversy as reports suggest two of the show s professional dancers are refusing to get covid jabs. Liverpool remain unbeaten in the Premier League this season after Sadio Mane scored his 100th Goal And Manchester city lose points at home. Thats all in sportsday in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good Evening And Welcome to bbc news. The Business Secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, says protecting customers during a time of heightened global Gas Prices is an absolute priority for the government. Ministers have been holding urgent talks with representatives of the Energy Industry Today and more discussions about the way forward will take place on monday. There are some warnings the inc
Supermarkets said the disruption could not have come at a worse time with the lorry driver shortage already causing issues. the rising price of gas is mainly being felt by businesses at the moment but it is likely to feed through in terms of higher bills for consumers at a time when the cost of living is already rising. the business secretary kwasi kwarteng says britain can meet demand for gas and that the government does not expect supply emergencies this winter but when it comes to prices there are global factors at play. katy austin, bbc news. a short time ago i spoke to emma pinchbeck, the chief executive of energy uk who you saw in katy s report. i began by getting her reaction to reports more firms could go bust. we are seeing a record breaking price of international gas and that does feed through to the market and we have seen four supplier failures in recent weeks partly because of that and
There is no security of supply risk at the moment, so it is a demonstration of having lots of different technologies works, we are at a third of renewables, we are confident we should keep pushing net zero to get us off international gas and on to more domestic resources. the message for the government is, we should be investing in more of the other technologies alongside renewables. it also storage of hydrogen and other things. obviously the government needs to do more. before we get to what needs to be done for the renewables, what does the government need to do to help mitigate the effects of this particular crisis, what would you like to see? this is going to sound like a copout, but it is a fast moving picture and it is hard to say what the specifics impacts are. government is talking to the industry to work out where the pressure points are, the supply chains and businesses. where do you think they are? at the moment they are in retail, that is where we are seeing the pressure an
This is bbc news, the headlines at six: rising global gas prices: ministers insist there s no cause for immediate concern over the supply of gas after a meeting with industry leaders, as at least four energy companies are expected to go bust next week. we ve already seen four supplier failures in recent weeks, partly as a consequence of that and partly as other features of the market. it s really difficult to tell whether there will be any more. that s one of the reasons that government is talking to industry this weekend. holiday firms say they expect a surge in bookings, after travel restrictions in england are relaxed. france is recalling its ambassadors to australia and the united states, in protest over a security deal,