related. with more heavy snow forecast across northern scotland this weekend we ll talk to one family who decided to make the most of it. don t, don t! she s kicked him out! and coming up this hour. certainly not on mute how one parish council has gone viral after a zoom meeting got a little out of hand. good morning. welcome to bbc news. energy prices will rise for millions of people across the uk in april, after the regulator ofgem said the cap for default domestic energy deals would be raised to cover suppliers extra costs. ofgem defended the decision, saying that it s in the interest of customers to start allowing energy companies to recover some of the costs to avoid larger price hikes in the future. the price cap was introduced in 2019 and designed to protect customers from being overcharged. but this is the first rise in the cap so how will the decision affect customers? the price cap affects 11 million households who have never switched suppliers, or whose dis
being out of school is having on children and parents. three premier league defeats in a row forjose mourinho and spurs. they lose at home to chelsea, who continue their good start under new boss thomas tuchel. today, snow only really northern scotland but over the next few days we are going to see is no more widely and all of us will feel the bitter chill of an easterly wind seeing snow more widely. it s friday, february 5th. our top story. from the 15th of february uk residents returning from coronavirus hotspots abroad will have to quarantine in hotels for ten nights. there s been mounting pressure for ministers to set out details of the scheme, which was first announced last week. the government has been accused of being too slow to act. simonjones reports. a new destination for new arrivals from the most high risk countries. british nationals returning home from more than 30 covid hot spots will have to check into designated hotels at their own expense for ten days. i
kirsty wark, which is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team, it s goodnight. tonight, newsnight assesses the state of the battle. as vladimir putin raises the age of conscription to the armed forces from 27 to 30, which side has the initiative in the war? we ll be speaking to a ukrainian mp and to the former uk ambassador to the us lord darroch. also tonight: on the eve of rishi sunak s appearance in front of the inquiry into the infected blood scandal, will the government commit to widening compensation to all those who suffered? we ll talk to a man who lost his father and two uncles to hiv. the saudis are on a sports buying spree and their eyes are on kylian mbappe, the captain of the french football team. is the gulf state trying to use the shield of sport to deflect criticism of its human rights record? we ll be speaking
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. we start in ukraine and the attack on a crucial dam in the south of the country. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate because of rising flood waters. the dam sits between russian held territory to the south, and ukrainian territory to the north. kyiv says that moscow is to blame and so do nato and the eu, which has called the destruction a war crime. at a un meeting, russia has accused ukraine of sabotage. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak has said it s too soon to make a definitive judgment, but if russia is found responsible, it would demonstrate the new lows that we will have seen from russian aggression . to kherson now and this report from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. i think it is still if you go by what you officials are saying just today it is still in its early phases. -by by what us officials are saying- it has starte
also on the programme. prince harry makes history, becoming the first senior royal to give evidence in court for more than 100 years, in his phone hacking trial. destroying fields of poppies in afghanistan, after the taliban banned their cultivation for opium, but farmers ask how they re to feed their families. and the rift that rocked the world of golf is suddenly healed, to the astonishment of onlookers. 0n newsnight at 10.30pm: another british woman has made allegations of sexual violence against andrew tate. she speaks exclusively to newsnight and we ll hear from the lawyer representing four women pursuing a civil claim against him. good evening. after the destruction of part of a crucial dam in southern ukraine, thousands of people have been forced to evacuate towns and villages to escape rising flood waters. the dam sits between russian held territory to the south and ukrainian territory to the north. kyiv says that moscow is to blame, and so do nato and the eu, which