remains rock solid. in his brief visit to london en route to lithuania the president called in on the king at windsor and then on number 10. we will dig into what the purpose of that visit might have been. yevgeny prighozin led a mutiny on moscow two weeks ago. five days later he and his wagner generals were sitting in a meeting with vladimir putin. what was discussed, what does it mean for their future role in ukraine. and deep sea mining returns a two year moratorium comes to an end. why do we to go hunting beneath the waves, and what danger could that pose to pristine deep water habitats. our panel tonight is the former head of the russia desk at mi6 christopher steele and media law expert, david banks we are going to start with those allegations made on friday evening that a bbc presenter paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit images. the young person, now aged 20, is being represented by a lawyer who has issued a statement in the last few h
nigel farage says he want to be a candidate for prime minister in five years time. right now, his party is promising to cut the nhs england waiting list to zero in two years. how is that possible? and the two child benefit cap which both the conservatives and labour will keep will plunge half a million more children into relative poverty ,according to new figures., according to new figures. welcome to newsnight, where we bring you interviews and election insight live every weeknight. our political panel tonight is conservative peer lord ed vaizey. and the boss of electricity company ecotricity, dale vince, who will support labour at this election. he s donated money to labour, the greens and lib dems in the past. we ll hearfrom them in a moment. first, nick, take ouraudience through what mr farage was promising today and why merthyr tydfil? as you say the key word is contract, nigel farage says it is not a manifesto, because he says manifestos are associated with the est
about these nodules is they can contain all of the battery metals that we are going to need billions of tonnes of as we decarbonise. 0ne of tonnes of as we decarbonise. one of tonnes of as we decarbonise. one of the great things about this part of the great things about this part of the great things about this part of the planet as we know 70% of our planet is covered in ocean and 40% is referred to as the abyssal zone which is about 4000 metres below sea level. it s an area where there are no plants, zero flora, and very little for net as well because there s not much food down there. if you measure the amount of life per square metre, there s about ten grams and most of that is bacteria. and so if we think about as we transition away from fossil fuels, we surely should be carrying out extractive industries in parts of the planet where there is the least life and we can cause the least impact on humans as opposed to what we re doing now which is pushing in
that has led to widely reported friction between the business secretary kwasi kwarteng and the treasury. the government insisted both departments are in talks over a solution but in the steel industry, hit hard by rising costs, patience is running out. i need to the prime minister directly to bang ministerial heads together. we have seen this reported infighting between the treasury and the business department. we do not need that sort of infighting when we are in the emergency we are in now. come on, prime minister, directly address the energy crisis. the government insists it is in control of the situation and is working with businesses to find a solution which will keep factories open. the business secretary is in regular talks, and again today, with industry about exactly the effect on those sectors, particularly the energy intensive sectors which have had, as you know, additional government support over the last number of years as we decarbonise, moving
which is what companies are asking for, risks simply transplanting the problems elsewhere. that has led to widely reported friction between the business secretary kwasi kwarteng and the treasury. the government insisted both departments are in talks over a solution but in the steel industry, hit hard by rising costs, patience is running out. i need to the prime minister directly to bang ministerial heads together. we have seen this reported infighting between the treasury and the business department. we do not need that sort of infighting when we are in the emergency we are in now. come on, prime minister, directly address the energy crisis. the government insists it is in control of the situation and is working with businesses to find a solution which will keep factories open. the business secretary is in regular talks, and again today, with industry about exactly the effect on those sectors, particularly the energy intensive sectors which have had, as you know, additional government