We ll have the latest live from washington on the us withdrawal. Also in the programme. The paralympic games open in tokyo with over 4000 athletes from 160 countries taking part. And tributes to the rolling stones drummer charlie watts, who s died at the age of 80. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. It s newsday. It s six in the morning in singapore, and 6pm in washington, where us presidentjoe biden has resisted pressure from g7 leaders to keep troops in afghanistan and continue evacuation efforts past the august 31 deadline. But mr biden says he s asked the pentagon for contingency plans should staying longer be necessary. The taliban, though, for a second day running, has made it clear the deadline stays. And in a news conference, their spokesman said that the americans would not be allowed to evacuate afghans. Here s a little of what president biden had to say in the last hour. We are currently on a pace to finish by august the 31st. The sooners we can finish, t
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lucy fisher, deputy political editor at the telegraph and ailbhe rea, political correspondent at the new statesman. tomorrow s front pages starting with fuel rationed as uk s petrol stations hit by shortage of lorry drivers is the headline in the i. the paper says bp, esso and tesco are warningn of fueld the paper says bp, esso and tesco are warning of fuel shortages at some forecourts because of supply chain issues. the telegraph s headline is alarm as bp begins petrol rationing and the paper talks of the spectre of panic buying looming while a winter of discontent is feared as energy companies go bust. that s next to an image of harry and meghan in a royal tour in inverted commas of new york. the guardian has warning of fuel shortages amid supply chain crisis alongside a pciture of primary school teacher sabina nessa who is believed to have been murdered as she
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lucy fisher, deputy political editor at the telegraph and ailbhe rea, political correspondent at the new statesman. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. fuel rationed as uk s petrol stations hit by shortage of lorry drivers is the headline in the i, which says bp, esso and tesco are warning of shortages at some forecourts because of supply chain issues. the telegraph reports alarm as bp begins petrol rationing . the paper talks of the spectre of panic buying looming, while a winter of discontent is feared, as energy companies go bust. that s next to an image of prince harry and meghan in a royal tour in inverted commas of new york. we re running on empty is the sun s take and it warns of a threat to food on the shelves of shops. the daily mail has the same headline, and says that after the energy drama there are new fears of petrol shortages. don t panic, urges
their latest toy. the international energy agency has called on russia to send more gas to europe to help alleviate the energy crisis. the iea says russia is supplying less gas than before the pandemic, while still fullfilling its contractual obligations. traders and foreign officials have long accused rusia of restricting supplies. europe s benchmark power price has doubled this year to 100 euros per megawatt hour, for the first time ever. think tank bruegel is predicting on an annual basis, this means europeans would pay 150 billion euros more for their electricity. dan eager is principal analyst, european power at wood mackenzie. first of all, give us your take on the iea calling on russia to mmp on the iea calling on russia to ramp up its gas supplies to europe, your thoughts on that? yes, yes, thank you. that is certainly one of the issues at play. there are a few others in the mix and many of these coincidental factors that come together to give us a supply crunch in eu