more than 100 homes as it flows towards the sea. and, plenty of british success at the emmys in los angeles where the crown won best drama series. good evening. there will be no bail out for energy firms in trouble according to the business secretary, who s been holding crisis talks with industry leaders today. kwasi kwarteng said customers would be protected if more energy companies went out of business. he said there was no prospect of an energy supply emergency this winter. the growing crisis has been caused by a massive rise in the wholesale prices paid by energy suppliers. the food and drinks industry is also warning that one of the knock on effects of the situation will be more shortages in the shops. our business editor, simonjack, reports. the uk energy sector is in crisis. dozens of small energy providers have already gone bust, and dozens more are not expected to make it through winter, as soaring energy prices leave many unable to deliver on price promises made
hello and welcome. passengers who arre fully vaccinated against covid 19 will be able to fly into the us from anywhere in the world from november, bringing an end the series of travel bans first imposed by donald trump 18 months ago. the white house said today travelers will have to show proof of having been fully vaccinated and will need to take a test three days prior to travel. they will also have to wear a mask for the journey and share details for contact tracing, but will not need to quarantine. it is good news for families, great news for business, an absolute boon for the ariline industry the transatlantic routes are some of the most lucrative. in recent months, passengers number were 85% down on where they were pre pandemic. i m joined now by gary o donoghue in washingotn. iam very i am very much looking forward to my invite. i am i am very much looking forward to my invite. iam not i am very much looking forward to my invite. i am not the only one, because i have
you re watching a bbc news special on the crisis affecting energy prices. special on the crisis government ministers say they have to prepare for the worst as the uk s energy firms continue to come under pressure from soaring gas prices. in the next half hour, we ll addressing key concerns and put your questions to the experts. but, first, how did we get here? in short, gas prices have soared. this shows their ups and downs between 2016 and 2020. but look at what s happened in the last year. it sjumped nearly four times 7 and it continues to rise. six suppliers have ceased trading since the start of september. the head of one of these firms has described the situation as almost apocalyptic and the future for other companies is looking bleak. among those to have gone out of business are avro energy with 580,000 customers, and green with 255,000 energy users, which ceased trading on wednesday. in total, 1.5 million households are affected by the energy firms going bust. it
and, the chinese property that was facing demolition, whose owner figured out how to stave off the city s bulldozers posters of xijinping pasted on every surface. joe biden is not having a good week the row with the french, the row over spending within his own democratic party, and now a row over the treatment of haitian migrants massed on the southern border. today, as if it wasn t bad enough, the special envoy for haiti quit, citing in his letter of resignation the inhumane policies of the biden administrration which he said were counterproductive . on tuesday, these pictures emerged of border guards on horse back, with lassoos, forcing migrants back towards the rio grande river to the mexican side. over 1000 of the migrants who had crossed have since been flown back to haiti. in his letter, the envoy, daniel foote, said haiti was a collapsed state which could not cope with the return of thousands of people who lacked food and shelter. here who lacked food and shelte