the economic stand off between russia and the west ratcheted up further today. the russian gas supplier gazprom told poland and bulgaria it was cutting off their gas supplies altogether from wednesday. gazprom has said what it calls unfriendly countries must pay for russian gas in roubles from now on. that s something eu states are refusing to do. joining me now is sunaina sinha haldea, global head of private capital at raymond james. of private capital what at raymond james. impact is this going to both what impact is this going to both countries are seeing the impact will be manageable. it is spring heading into summer, and demand from consumers and their countries is lower. this is a example of russia trying to happen as natural gas and oil supplies while it can. we know that most european countries are on our planet to give themselves russian and gas imports by the end of the year. and impulse. this is potentially a warning shot to the rest of europe. given that many
the editor of the mail on sunday has turned down a meeting with the speaker of the house of commons to discuss the newspaper s controversial article about labour s deputy leader. the piece quoted an unamed conservative mp claimed angela rayner tried to distract borisjohnson by crossing and uncrossing her legs in parliament, and has been condemned as sexist, classist and misogynystic. the paper s editor, david dillon, says it should be up to journalists to decide what they report. we can cross live to westminster and our chief political correspondent adam fleming: the meeting was going to happen, what has changed? they have written today that they had initially accepted this invitation to speak to the house of commons speaker but they changed their mind for two reasons, the said public comments have been made about the case and the reporting so they say they would not get a fair hearing and secondly, the newspaper claims that three further conservative mps have come forward to
the vampire devices draining energy in homes and costing consumers dear. and coming up on the bbc news channel: liverpool look to take a step towards a third champions league final in five years. they face villarreal at anfield in tonight s semi. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s news at one. two women whose fathers died from covid 19 have won a high court challenge against the government over policies on discharging patients to care homes in england at the outset of the pandemic. cathy gardner and fay harris partially succeeded in their claims against the health secretary and public health england. in a ruling today, judges concluded that policies contained in documents released in march and early april 2020 were unlawful because they failed to take into account the risk to elderly and vulnerable residents from non symptomatic transmission of the virus. our social affairs editor, alison holt, has this report. emerging from the high court, two women who argued the gov