this is bbc news with ben brown. the latest headlines at 3.00 — the business secretary kwasi kwarteng defends the way the government has handled the energy crisis after suppliers said the price cap system was not fit for purpose. i think it is a critical situation. i am speaking to industry all the time, and gas prices have quadrupled this year, they are making an impact, and that is why, as you say, i am speaking to people listening and trying to work out a way forward. the irish foreign minister says the uk's new demands on the northern ireland protocol could cause "a breakdown in relations" with the european union. it's a knockout — britain's tyson fury defeats the american deontay wilder in the 11th round in las vegas. and scientists warn that the loss of biodiversity risks tipping the world

into "ecological meltdown." coming up in half an hour, the media shall. —— the media show. good afternoon. the business secretary says rising gas prices have created a critical situation for many industries but he's defended the government's handling of the energy crisis. kwasi kwarteng said he is continuing to hold talks with energy suppliers and the treasury about possible support. however the treasury denies any talks have taken place. our business correspondent katie

prescott has the latest. rising energy prices are a top talking point in this cafe in leeds. not least for the owner, as making coffee gets more expensive. i mainly worry that the prices won't change, because we have dealt with them in the current situation, the idea that keeping those prices the same is ok will be normalised. the business secretary this morning would not commit to lower energy bills for companies like this one. i think it is a critical situation. i am speaking to industry all the time, and the gas prices which have quadrupled this year are making an impact, and that is why as you say speaking to people, listening, trying to work out a way forward. those industries that use a lot of energy from manufacturing say the time for working out a way forward has long gone. so if the situation is critical, which i certainly know it is, then why isn't government acting now, today, to address this problem

for energy intensive sectors such as the steel industry? because without that help, now, today, for the next week or so, then we are going to see a significant and permanent damage to the uk steel sector. here is just how dramatic price rises have been over the past year. while households are protected by the energy price cap, that was set when the price was 65p. it is now almost four times that. companies would like to see something similar in place to protect them from global market spikes. the business secretary says he has requested extra funds from the treasury, a statement the treasury denied. there's a certain amount of briefing going on behind the scenes where kwasi kwarteng is saying warm words, quite like this, got to get it past the treasury, the truth is we need to have a plan and we need to get on with it. but also the truth is we should not be in a situation where we wait

until there's a crisis and then react. here, though, it is not the political ping—pong that matters, rather what the cost of energy might do to the price of a cup of tea. our political correspondent ione wells told me that enegry intensive industries are finding this especially challenging. the reason for this, as you say, is that everybody is dealing with these rising gas prices and energy bills, but energy intensive firms, things like steel, cement, ceramics, chemicals, they use huge amounts of energy every day for their production costs, these rising energy bills have hit them incredibly hard. they have been meeting with government over the last of weeks calling for some kind of intervention. the two main things are really calling for, some kind of subsidies to get them to this period of high gas prices, or some kind of energy price cap a bit like we have with household consumers meaning we cannot pay more than a certain

amount in our energy bills. today, business secretary kwasi kwarteng did not really say what if anything the government is going to do, he did not give any more detail on that other than saying he is in discussion with these industries to try to come up with some kind of solution. he also said he is in discussion with the treasury, but the treasury said actually, no he isn't. there has been a lot of back—and—forth about this today. firstly, some newspaper reports earlier today claimed that the business secretary had requested billions from the treasury to try and help some of these firms, something the business secretary denied. but he did say he was working with the chancellor to get through this situation. soon after he said that, the treasury source then told me that was not the case, he was mistaken in the chancellor has not been involved in any kind of talks, so i think what this kind of reveals is that the government itself does not yet have the answer for this, they do not have the pot of cash which these firms are calling for, and this is certainly something that will be an ongoing talk of discussion particularly with the government's own spending review coming up later this month.

meanwhile, pressure really building on them both from the firms, some of whom have already had to halt production in the last in the last couple of weeks, but also from the opposition, too. labour today accusing these two departments of spending the morning fighting over whether or not they are in talks, while the prime minister is on holiday, and the shadow chancellor rachel reeves has also said, if the treasury is not in talks with the department for business, then why aren't they? the irish foreign minister simon coveney says the uk's demands on the northern ireland protocol could cause "a breakdown in relations" with the eu. it comes after the brexit minister lord frost repeated that the uk wants the european court ofjustice removed from oversight of the deal. the protocol was agreed as part of the brexit negotiations to ensure there's no need for checks along the land border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. and the irish foreign minister's comments were supported by another senior minister in dublin speaking to rte earlier today.

i think there is a line beyond which the european union cannot go. we have an agreement here that has been signed up to by the uk government and by the eu, and i think there is space within the parameters of how you operate the protocol, and i think that is where the focus should be. it is absolutely legitimate for the people of northern ireland to want to have seamless trade with great britain, and we believe that that can be accommodated within the parameters of the protocol as part of the overall brexit agreement. but let's see what the eu come forward with later this week. there will need to be intensive negotiations here to resolve this, but it is a product of the type of brexit that was chosen by the uk government. and i have been getting more analysis on this from our correspondent in belfast, john campbell. the context of all this is that on wednesday of next week, the eu is bringing forward some

new proposals to ease the operation of the protocol to make it much easier to get goods from great britain into northern ireland. ahead of that on tuesday, lord frost the brexit minister is due to make a speech in portugal where he will say those sort of practical changes will not be enough, they also needs to be changes to the oversight of governance of the deal, and specifically he wants the role of the european ofjustice to be removed or watered down. the ec] was in there in the deal which was agreed in 2019, but lord frost is essentially saying there was a unique set of circumstances there, and we were effectively bounced into that, but we now want a change and we want a system of independent arbitration. simon coveney is saying, this is a new red line, which the eu's not going to be able to accommodate, and the uk will know that, so it raises the question about whether the uk actually wants a deal, or whether it is set on worsening relationships. lord frost hit back on twitter and said it has been known since

july when he published his command paper that the uk was looking for these changes. the issue is that people were not paying enough attention to that. but he did say that he is willing to negotiate on whatever the eu comes up with next week. one of the uk's top public health officials is warning of the threat posed by catching covid and flu at the same time this winter. the head of the uk health security agency, jenny harries, said that would double a person's chances of dying and that everyone eligible should book a flu jab now. she spoke to the bbc�*s andrew marr earlier. this is probably the first season where we will have significant amounts of covid circulating as well as flu. people's behaviours have changed, we are mixing more, winter weather is coming along, everyone is in people's

enclosed spaces. and we do know from the small amount of data we have had previously that people are at more significant risk of death serious illness if they are co—infected with flu and with covid, and that does not seem to be from our studies a fact which many of the public understand. at this point in the pandemic, it is one of the most difficult times to predict what will come. we have different levels of vaccination, we have a little bit of immunity weaning in older individuals, which is why we are now starting to put in a covid booster vaccine. we have slightly different effectiveness in different vaccinations that have been provided, and we settled down to a slightly uncertain period, and i think one of the important things as well here is just to remind people that this winter, with the flu, we are actually very focused on nhs capacity as well, so it is both covid, it's flu, and the ability of the nhs to cope including with its routine caseloads where people are now coming with their longer—term conditions for treatment as well. czech president milos zeman has been rushed into intensive care at a hospital in prague,

a day after the country's general election. the 77—year—old has had long term health problems but details of his condition have not been revealed. he had just held talks with the prime minister, andrej babis, a close ally. mr babis and his populist party suffered an electoral setback, and he appears unlikely to be able to form a coalition to retain power. iraqis are voting in a parliamentary election called in response to months of anti—government protests. the poll had been due next year but was brought forward due to the unrest in which hundreds of people were killed. iraq faces an economic crisis, corruption and sectarian division. president barham saleh says the poll is an opportunity to rebuild the state. bbc arabic�*s murad shishani is in the iraqi city of mosul, and has more on what the issues are for voters. there are lots of issues

the protesters were asking for back in 2019, but so far the first thing that has been met now is the early election as we can see today here. however, still those protesters are not happy because they said their demands were a package that involves fighting corruption, disarming militiass, and political reform, which one main part in an early election. however, today we have been hearing in mosul, for instance, in the mosques as well as the military vehicles, with speakers, calling urgently for people to take part in this election. boycotting polls seems to be very strong among iraqis, because this seems to be the case all over the country. on the technical level, iraqis have presented a new law,

which guarantees 25% of the seats for women, as well as as well as very technology—led system for counting, as well as guaranteeing no breaches with the voting process. also there are international observers. now the major question is the political question, in a divided country with 21 coalitions running in this election, how they can be able to reach compromises and create a functioning government, functioning administration that can run the country, with all these problems they are facing whether it is economy, corruption, or the division on sectarian levels, so these are the main questions that will be on the table, this the major question iraqis are facing, notjust the technicalities of the election. lebanon's main electricity grid has been restored, 2a hours after the whole

country lost supply. the blackout was caused by the closure of two big power stations amid fuel shortages. as lebanon's economy has collapsed, the country have struggled to buy the fuel it needs to keep its electricity network going. the lebanese central bank has granted the energy ministry $100 million worth of credit to buy fuel and keep its power stations in operation. the headlines on bbc news — the business secretary kwasi kwarteng has defended the government handling of the energy crisis after suppliers said the price cap system is not fit for purpose. the irish foreign minister says the uk's new demands on the northern ireland protocol could cause a breakdown in relations with the european union. it's a knockout — britain's tyson fury defeats the american deontay wilder in the 11th round in las vegas.

all the latest sport now, the latest on the turkish grand prix. max verstappen has retaken the lead of the formula 1 drivers championship after a turkish grand prix won by valterri bottas. lewis hamilton was leading the championship, starting from 11th, making steady progress to the field in damp conditions in istanbul. but he could only manage fifth as his team—mate valterri bottas took the chequered flag for the first time this season. max verstappen�*s second place was enough to leapfrog hamilton in the standings, with six races to go. in the early hours of this morning, we witnessed a true heavyweight classic in las vegas, as tyson fury retained his boxing world title with a brutal knockout victory over deontay wilder. the bad blood between the pair produced a pulsating contest, with both fighters hitting the canvas before tyson fury ended the rivalry in devastating fashion. well, our sport correspondent ade adedoyin was watching the fight in las vegas and gave

us this assessment. tyson fury remains the king of the ring, conquering deontay wilder in a gruelling seesaw battle that will go down in boxing folklore. fury entered the arena dressed as a roman century, is perhaps fitting for what turned out to be the gladiatorial clash. it was a champion who struck first. an hour later, it was fury�*s turn to be sensible and, twice in quick succession, and that set the tone for the fight, wilder looking out on his feet for much of it, his fearsome punching power keeping him in contention. but it was for us because the show, punch perfect, the decisive blows in the 11th round. —— it was fury who closed the show. there were some shaky moments in there, but i never lost faith and i continued on and i carried on and persevered and got that single punch knockout. as soon as i landed and jumped on the ropes, i knew it was over, he was not getting back

up from that. this will go down as one of the great mates in heavyweight boxing history, leave it to be bringing an end to this fantastic rivalry between tyson fury and deontay wilder. it also keeps alive the hopes of fury winning all the major belts in the division. another classic sporting rivalry, it would have named their strongest available squad to tour australia for this winter's ashes. concerns that some players might not travel due to australia's strict covid regulations. ben stokes and jofra archer have already been ruled out of this tour. jos buttler is included, ten of the 17 will be touring and ashes series for the first time. here is if you look a the touring party. joe root and stuart broad also named in the

squad. —— a look. to stuart broad also named in the squad. -- a look.— stuart broad also named in the squad. -- a look. to have all the -la ers squad. -- a look. to have all the players buying _ squad. -- a look. to have all the players buying into _ squad. -- a look. to have all the players buying into what - squad. -- a look. to have all the players buying into what we - squad. -- a look. to have all thej players buying into what we have now, and to get them in a state of mind where we can go out there and compete, which is the ultimate thing, we want the players in a state of mind that they can go out there and compete and worry about there and compete and worry about the cricket that is in front of them and enjoy the cricket that is in front of them, so i'm just grateful we are at that point now.- we are at that point now. doctor stanley says _ we are at that point now. doctor stanley says she _ we are at that point now. doctor stanley says she received - we are at that point now. doctor stanley says she received abuse j stanley says she received abuse after being sent off in the women's super league against rivals manchester united yesterday. stanway was shown a red card for this poorly timed challenge. she wrote on twitter that there was no malice intended, she was glad her opponent was not injured. the injured player thanked herfor her was not injured. the injured player thanked her for her apology and urged people to stop sending abusive

messages. chelsea beat leicester 2—0 this afternoon, the first goal scored in the 82nd minute before fran kirby went through one on one onslaught past the keeper in stoppage time. emma hayes' side have now won 21 of the last 22 wsl home games. elsewhere, tottenham's100% start to the season is in jeopardy against brighton, joan 1—0 at the minute. reading lead arsenal below, arsenal kicked off at three o'clock against everton, still goalless. before today cosmic matches, players linked arms in solidarity with those in the united states following allegations of sexual abuse in the nswl. -- nwsl. allegations of sexual abuse in the nswl. —— nwsl. more coverage on the bbc sport website. the conservationist and tv presenter chris packham says a suspected arson attack outside his home won't stop him from campaigning against hunting

and animal cruelty. the broadcaster said two masked men set fire to a vehicle at the gate of his home in the new forest on friday morning causing extensive damage. i will, of course, just carry on because i have no choice. i cannot and will not let your intimidation sway me from my course. and that's why i don't really understand why you would do it. a new study from the natural history museum has found that the uk only has around half of its biodiversity left, making it one of the most nature—depleted places in the world. researchers said there was little room for nature in a country where so much of the land is built on or used forfarming. helen briggs reports. the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. all rely on biodiversity, the variety of all plant and animal life on earth. but biodiversity is dwindling

fast, because of us, with an estimated one million species at risk of extinction. the uk's no exception. it has just 53% of its biodiversity left, well below the global average of 75%, according to a new study from the natural history museum. researchers say there's little room for nature in a country where so much of the land has long been built upon or used for intensive agriculture. and they warned the world's lost so much natural biodiversity we risk an ecological meltdown, a future in which we can't rely on nature to provide the energy, food and timber we need. biodiversity is more than something that is beautiful to look at and that we love. it is also what provides us with so many of our basic needs. it's the foundation of our society.

we have seen recently how disruptive it can be when supply chains breakdown. nature is at the base of our supply chains. the team from the natural history museum hope their data will help global leaders meeting for the un biodiversity conference next week. during a week of virtual talks hosted by china, negotiators will thrash out plans for protecting nature over the next ten years. none of the targets for the previous decade were met, and scientists say this is our last best chance for a sustainable future. helen briggs, bbc news. half of bereaved parents counselled sorting support in the workplace, and only 7% said there is a pregnancy loss policy at work. that is according to new research from the baby and pregnancy charity

tommy's. we will talk to david mackie, who had to combine paternity and bereavement leave when his newborn son died, and on returning to work a month later, he found that managers and colleagues wanted to support him. david, thank you for being with us and condolences for your loss. doctorwas being with us and condolences for your loss. doctor was a bit more about what it was like for you when you went back to work, and what were the sort of shortcomings amongst your colleagues in terms of the way they talk to you, the way they treated you? it they talk to you, the way they treated you?— they talk to you, the way they treated ou? , . ., , ., they talk to you, the way they treated ou? , . ., ., treated you? it was such a blow, and whilst i treated you? it was such a blow, and whilst l have — treated you? it was such a blow, and whilst i have had _ treated you? it was such a blow, and whilst i have had a _ treated you? it was such a blow, and whilst i have had a combination - whilst i have had a combination of bereavement leave and holiday, it was time for me to return to work a manager but supportive, they really wanted to be and wanted to help any way that they could, but the do not necessarily have the training they needed to give me the support,

because i had fundamentally come back a different person, i was harbouring this grief which was impacted on other bits of my work, and it wasn'tjust impacted on other bits of my work, and it wasn't just that i impacted on other bits of my work, and it wasn'tjust that i was back and it wasn'tjust that i was back and that was my road to recovery, in fact that was just the start, and people see you and that, you're back, you must be ok now, but actually i had to deal with them is like planning the funeral, all the dates, his birthday on the anniversary of his death, so all those things, i had some initial support upfront, and people were doing the best they could, but it was actually the support i needed was actually the support i needed was my mental health, not necessarily to face me back into work. i necessarily to face me back into work. ~ , ., ,. , necessarily to face me back into work. ~ i. ,. , .,, necessarily to face me back into work. ~ ,. , ., work. i think you described it as a bit like having _ bit like having post—traumatic stress disorder. bit like having post-traumatic stress disorder.— bit like having post-traumatic stress disorder. absolutely, it reall hit stress disorder. absolutely, it really hit me _ stress disorder. absolutely, it really hit me probably -

stress disorder. absolutely, it really hit me probably 18 - stress disorder. absolutely, it i really hit me probably 18 months later. at that point, i have to accept that i was somebody different, and that was fine but i then had to take my guilt and really learn certain coping mechanisms to be able to take me forward to recovery, and i have done that, but having specialist help and specialist treatment there, people are identified that from me, it is very easy to see you are ok when you're really not inside. figs very easy to see you are ok when you're really not inside. $5 i very easy to see you are ok when you're really not inside.— you're really not inside. as i said an introduction, _ you're really not inside. as i said an introduction, the _ you're really not inside. as i said an introduction, the baby - you're really not inside. as i said an introduction, the baby charity| an introduction, the baby charity tommy's has found only about half of bereaved parents are saying that nobody at work nor is their loss. so what do you think really needs to change. as of the amount of time that you can have away from work after a bereavement, is that the attitude, as it policy on sort of how to deal with bereaved parents, what sort of changes would you like to see? i

what sort of changes would you like to see? ~ , ., , ., ., to see? i think it is a combination, actuall . to see? i think it is a combination, actually- it — to see? i think it is a combination, actually. it starts _ to see? i think it is a combination, actually. it starts with _ to see? i think it is a combination, actually. it starts with trying - to see? i think it is a combination, actually. it starts with trying to - actually. it starts with trying to break free to be around baby loss of people being comfortable to create an open culture to talk, and i think this happens to one in four pregnancies, it is a very common factor, and so i think raising awareness is massively important, but then also given the resources to train people, like you have mental health first aid us, to really then be able to have specialist people that can support people through this and transition back into the workplace. i don't think it is through lack of people not wanting to do the right thing, i think it is people who have to realise how common it is, become aware, to put some real changes in policies in place to support this. i some real changes in policies in place to support this.— place to support this. i think --eole place to support this. i think peeple are _ place to support this. i think people are often _ place to support this. i think people are often almost - place to support this. i think- people are often almost scared, frightened, when they come across somebody else who is in grief for whatever reason. i mean, really the

reaction of people should have been to talk to you about it and to see how you are feeling.— how you are feeling. absolutely, and a lot of peeple _ how you are feeling. absolutely, and a lot of people did _ how you are feeling. absolutely, and a lot of people did talk— how you are feeling. absolutely, and a lot of people did talk to _ how you are feeling. absolutely, and a lot of people did talk to me, - how you are feeling. absolutely, and a lot of people did talk to me, and i a lot of people did talk to me, and it was always i'm sorry, it wasn't kind of, how can we help you, how are you feeling, how can we give you support and the environment to enable you to transition back in? and how do you think they could have helped you, actually? what could they have done to make your situation better? it they have done to make your situation better?— they have done to make your situation better? ., ., , situation better? it would have been to ut situation better? it would have been to put down — situation better? it would have been to put down more _ situation better? it would have been to put down more than _ situation better? it would have been to put down more than occupational| to put down more than occupational health reason, treated as it was a mental health issue, that i needed that support. so by ensuring that i had contact with specialists, people who are trained to do that, and help me work it through. i think that is the main difference, really, for me,

taking it seriously and giving the training, having the resources to help people. training, having the resources to help peeple-_ training, having the resources to hel --eole. ., help people. david, so good of you to talk to us. _ help people. david, so good of you to talk to us, and _ help people. david, so good of you to talk to us, and once _ help people. david, so good of you to talk to us, and once again, - to talk to us, and once again, so sorry for your loss. david mackie, thank you very much for your time this afternoon.— time for a look at the weather forecast with helen now. ido i do sunshine for many to the day, even the weather front across the south tending to clear away, and a lot of dry weather for the week ahead. cool than last week, but probably far more cloud than we had to do. this is a weather front dragging its heels with the drizzle in southern areas, a scattering of quite heavy showers and brisk winds in the north, some of the near gale force across the northern isles, and a much fresher day for many, just hanging on to be wantonly far south. that will go on the night, it'll be notably cooler where we have the

cloud last night, a cool night generally, with savages in single figures except perhaps for the far north—west, the next weather front coming around, that is the difference as we move into monday. for many, the odd pocket of mist and fog, not a big problem but obviously something to watch out for at this time of year. dry unsettled weather again, but. in looking claudia with some heavy rain around —— for scotland looking claudia. the day around average temperatures for all. hello again. you are watching bbc news with me then brown. 0ur hello again. you are watching bbc news with me then brown. our latest headlines. the business secretary kwasi kwarteng has defended the way the government has handled the energy crisis after suppliers said the price cap system is not fit for purpose. i the price cap system is not fit for --urose. ~' , the price cap system is not fit for --urose. ~ , ., . purpose. i think it is a critical situation- _ purpose. i think it is a critical situation. clearly _ purpose. i think it is a critical situation. clearly i _ purpose. i think it is a critical situation. clearly i am - purpose. i think it is a critical. situation. clearly i am speaking purpose. i think it is a critical- situation. clearly i am speaking to industry, she said, over time and high gas prices have quadrupled this

year and i am high gas prices have quadrupled this yearand i am making high gas prices have quadrupled this year and i am making an impact. high gas prices have quadrupled this yearand i am making an impact. as you say, speaking to people listening and trying to work out a way forward. the listening and trying to work out a way forward-— way forward. the irish foreign minister trying _ way forward. the irish foreign minister trying to _ way forward. the irish foreign minister trying to work - way forward. the irish foreign minister trying to work out. way forward. the irish foreign| minister trying to work out the capers make new demands on the northern ireland protocol could cause a breakdown in relations with the european union. in boxing, britain's tyson fury has defeated the american deontay wilder in the 11th round in las vegas. hello. how do you interest the public in public interestjournalism? how do you get a bigger splash? that is the theme of today's programme. the largest leak of offshore data in history has seen newspapers around the world co—ordinate to unleash the pandora papers. their findings have revealed the hidden wealth and tax avoidance of some of the world's richest

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