met with hostility and more concern for local house prices than the children s wellbeing. retailers in the uk are warning there may be a shortage of popular nuts and crisps as kp snacks has been hacked. the producer of brands such as mccoys, hula hoops and various varieties of nuts says it s dealing with a ransomware cyber attack. the cyber criminals are publishing personal documents from staff on the darknet with a countdown timer warning of more posts if a ransom isn t paid. reports suggest the attack may delay deliveries until the end of march at the earliest. the headlines on bbc news. the energy regulator is set to announce the biggest ever rise in gas and electricity bills later this morning. ministers are poised to put forward measures to ease the pressure on households. higher interest rates could also be announced later this morning as the bank of england fights to keep inflation under control.
of their income on energy, so they re going to be hit the hardest. i ve heard from so many people who are already struggling and just won t be able to pay. it s scary, because you can t afford to live day by day as it is. so where is that £100 coming from? it s obvious that there s - going to be people that won t be putting the heating on this winter. that s why the government have been under huge pressure to step in and help. the bbc understands that as much as £200 could be taken off everyone s bill through government loans to energy companies. £200 will make an impact, but given we re going to see increases of around £700 a year to the price cap, for many people, that s just not going to be enough. which is why we think that something like a one off payment via the benefits system would target people on lowest incomes best and provide help to people who need it most. while extra cash for the most vulnerable may shield them from the worst, it s unlikely to be enough to bridge the
an atmospheric river combined with high winds from a so-called bomb cyclone have triggered several landslides. look at this video right here. i mean, this is incredible. this one shut down highway 70 in both directions about 100 miles north of sacramento. at least 6 million people across the west are under flood and flash-flood watches. well, it s been eight days since a gang in haiti kidnapped 17 american and canadian missionaries. the gang leader has threatened to kill them if ransom isn t paid. family members of the hostages say they have received messages and prayers from all over the world. protestors in haiti have gone on strike over fears about the country s security, as well as its fuel shortages. unicef warns that hundreds of women and children who need emergency care and health facilities could die if solutions to the shortage are not found. unicef says 71 women and 30 children have been kidnapped this year in haiti. the organization is helping a
bringing an end to an intense five-week long hahn man hunt. also breaking, the cdc panel voting unanimously to back moderna and johnson & johnson boosters a day after the fda gave the green light, the cdc director expected to give the final signoff. who is eligible and how soon. plus, the new covid mutation in the u.k. is it more dangerous just in, queen elizabeth hospitalized overnight. what the palace is saying about her condition. the bipartisan vote in the house to hold long-time trump ally steve bannon in contempt for defying a subpoena from the january 6th committee. but will the justice department prosecute him? the chilling new video. the leader of the haitian gang threatening to kill american hostages if a $17 million ransom isn t paid. the historic storm taking aim at the west coast. flash flood watches and up to three feet of snow. and no bones about it
hostages in haiti, a threat to kill kidnapped missionaries if a multi-million-dollar ransom isn t paid. we re in port-au-princey hatians live in fear to have the armed gangs. prescription drug shortage, the u.s. is running out of more than 100 life saving drugs including critical medication for cancer and heart conditions. eye on america, a national mental health emergency for young people can music be the cure? jumping into action what happens when an armed robber runs into a quick-thinking marine. dangerous produce, hundreds of people sickened, a new warning about something that may be in your fridge. and pandemic lovew these two frontline workers found love in the emergency room. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening and tuff for joining us this