world leaders pledge to help the afghan people with offers of aid at a virtual summit of 620 leaders, but stress it doesn t mean they recognise the taliban. a coroner has confirmed that gabby petito died from strangulation. she went missing in the us while travelling with her boyfriend. herformer boyfriend is still missing. freedom at last for the elk that had a tyre stuck around its neck for two years. the man who made it happen tells us the story. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in the morning in singapore and 1am in london, and 11:30 am in kabul. two days after the taliban took over, two months after the taliban took over, afghanistan is facing a catastrophes. angela merkel said despite concerns about involving the taliban, the world needs to step up and not abandon afghans in need. the un says things aren t getting worse due to increased conflict, the pandemic and a persistent drought. over 18 million afghans are
now on bbc news, it is hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sakur. economies across the industrialised world are feeling the strain of soaring fossil fuel energy costs. but the bad news for energy consumers represents a potential bonanza for the biggest producers. step forward gas rich russia. ideally placed to exert growing influence in your apartment energy market. my your apartment energy market. my guess is sergei ryabkov, russia s deputy minister of foreign affairs. given moscow scope of an increasingly tense relations with the west, will energy deepen the mistrust? minister sergei ryabkov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. minister, we must start with the soaring cost of fossil fuel energy, particularly natural gas. russia possesses vast quantities of natural gas. plus 40% of the natural gas going into europe. there is the concern in europe about the leverage that gives moscow. are you prepared right now to alleviate those concerns? very muc
the son of superman comes out as bisexual. welcome to the programme. the world s major economies are coming together to try to stave off a crisis in afghanistan. in a virtual summit hope that by italy, the current president of the 620 leaders will be trying to lay down strategies for humanitarian aid and to prevent afghanistan becoming a haven for militants. the un secretary general has urged the international community to find ways to get cash into the as can t economy to avert its total collapse. can t economy to avert its total collapse. we need to find wa s to total collapse. we need to find ways to make total collapse. we need to find ways to make the total collapse. we need to find ways to make the economy - ways to make the economy breathe again. and this can be done without violating international laws or compromising principles. we must seek ways to create conditions that would allow afghan professionals and civil servants to continue working to serve the afghan
let s now get down to business, and we focus on what is happening in the uk where the bbc understands prime minister borisjohnson is that back the business secretary who is calling for a package of measures to help firms and industries hit by soaring gas prices. on monday, we ask the treasury to support firms have by crippling rising energy costs since august. gas prices have jumped costs since august. gas prices havejumped by costs since august. gas prices have jumped by some 70% and businesses have warned the was likely to be passed on to consumers. it is not only gas which has been rising. of course the price of oil, this is the price of brent crude heating a seven year high during tuesday s trading session and today still hovering around $83 a barrel. that is the international brent crude price. let s now talk to jeremy lawson about this, chairman of the international federation of industrial energy consumers. good morning to you, jeremy. first of all, if we focus on the
every week on energy. some companies sayjob losses could come soon. wales keep their world cup dreams alive. a scrappy win in estonia keeps their hopes of at least a play off place in their own hands. good morning. some of us were lucky enough last night to see the northern lights, more especially across northern scotland and also the northern isles. this morning where we had clear skies it would be a chilly start. today will be mostly cloudy with spots of light rain and drizzle. the best of the sunshine in the west. the details later in the programme. it s tuesday 12th october. the government s early response to coronavirus has been described as one of the uk s worst public health failures by a cross party group of mps. the study by two commons committees found that both ministers and scientists waited too long to bring in lockdowns, costing many lives. but they did praise the speed of the vaccine rollout. 0ur health correspondent, jim reed, reports. we are still living thre