russia s stranglehold tightens humanitarian corridors for civilians to escape remain blocked. uncovering war crimes president biden says russia is committing genocide. we follow prosecutors, looking for evidence. the challenge for prosecutors will be to establish a line of command, from the grave to the top of the russian state, to show that crimes were notjust committed but ordered. the murder of the mp sir david amess his killer is given a whole life sentence, after tricking his way into a constituency surgery. and house builders pledge to pay to remove unsafe cladding from medium and high buildings which they have worked on. and coming up on the bbc news channel, manchester city take a one goal lead to madrid as they prepare to face spanish champions atletico in the quarterfinals of the champions league. prices are going up at the fastest rate for 30 years, driven by a sharp rise in the cost of petrol and diesel. the inflation rate, which measures how much prices are
that £400 we all got from the government last winter that s gone. standing charges the kind of line rental for your energy supply is going up. so most people won t see much difference and some analysts say the worst off amongst us will, again, be disproportionately hardest hit. the government say they have provided unprecendented support to families, £40 billion worth and that help now is more targeted. labour has accused them of siding with oil and gas companies to the detriment of consumers. so we can get into the politics, how we got here and what next for our energy market. we ll have various experts on hand, eager to answer your questions on that. but more importantly, it s getting darker out there, so what are you making of the months ahead? how did you cope last winter? are you dreading facing up to that again particularly if you re already struggling? the debt charity stepchange says the trouble is you can count the pennies as much as you like plenty
so mortgage costs rise, too, and there s a return of the 100% house loan. recession s probably off the table, but making ends meet is tough. people come in and sometimes they mention they ve only got so much to spend so, you know, you try and give them the best deal you can. so we have one big question this morning. will it be hard for the country to make a living for years to come? sky high gas and electriticy prices are part of the problem the energy secretary, grant shapps, is here. what would labour do differently? johnny reynolds shadow business secretaryjoins us too. and maybe the economy will be turned upside down by robots anyway tech boss emad mostaque has stopped by. i think this will be a bigger economic impact than the pandemic. it s up to us to decide the direction. and food prices are part of the pressure. the boss of world food programme cindy mccain on why it s a much bigger problem than at our checkouts. we are asking everybody to please support us be