we'll have the latest. police in england and wales will no longer need a warrant this friday night, watch out for a treat. coming up on business today. a deadline passes for us federal workers to reply to elon musk asking them what they've been up to. hello, welcome to bbc news. where its un envoy voted twice alongside russia.

first the two countries opposed a resolution condemning it comes as the french president, emmanuel macron, met donald trump at the white house, the first weeks. he repeated, european leaders are willing to be of are willing to be part of security guarantees for kyiv mir? ' nirlrump�*s 7 mr trump's insistence after mr trump's insistence that europe shoulder cost.

poland has deployed aircraft to secure its airspace ukraine. weapons and will continue to do so. it's here today. it might be gone tomorrow. has started repeating moscow lies about kiev starting the war. emmanuel macron to the white house had extra the relationships been very special with france and very special with this gentleman on my right. they've always got on well.

europe is loaning the money to ukraine. we paid 60% of the total effort. backing different resolutions on ukraine, with america and north korea. while in kyiv, ukraine's remaining allies of war and talks aimed at ensuring

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some breaking news here in the uk where it's just been announced that domestic energy prices will rise by 6.1i% in april, under the regulator ofgem's new cap, it means a household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will see their annual bill rise by £111 a year. million homes in england, wales and scotland. coletta smith has this report. of homeowners are laying the insulation down. although bills will be lower than the peak price, three years ago.

that was seriously quick work. what are you putting it up to then? 270. it's a good blanket, it's a big duvet. it's a high tog duvet! for a grant towards the cost of insulation because heat rises. going through your roof space. so you would get that good bit of insulation up there, you know, that can save roughly, you know, depending on the size of the house, 250, £400 a year. but that's not the only way to save, because there are now fixed deals that are cheaper than the price cap, if you shop around. there are savings to be made out there.

wholesale gas and electricity prices have been falling internationally, but over the last couple of months we've than expected winter across europe, and president trump global instability. and that means that we are all paying more for our energy bills as a result. disappointing, yeah, disappointing. i think people at the top don't often get to feel the same pinch we feel at all. we make a conscious decision to not keep it on kind of all day. we overpay, and that last year was fine, iti covered us through winter. this increase will be more pressure on those already working hard to keep up. coletta smith, bbc

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israel expelled residents from three refugee the military says it will have a "prolonged meanwhile talks for the next phase of the ceasefire in gaza have stalled. prime minister benjamin

netanyahu delayed the release of palestinian prisoners demanding an end to hamas's public handover ceremonies. for their loved ones. danger," while mr netanyahu said he's ready to resume faced around the world. last year the uk saw a huge rise in the number of items including phones being snatched out of people's hands, often by thieves using electric bikes or mopeds to ensure a quick getaway. such as apple's find my iphone show a device's location as being within a particular address. ellie price has this report. it all happens so quickly. phones snatched in an instant.

earlier this month, the met police launched mobile phone snatching across the capital. 230 people were arrested and more than a thousand handsets seized. with a court warrant. or bluetooth tagged bikes. in the hands of a criminal, can call on the police to recover it quickly. being introduced today, a major piece of legislation that's been months in the making, that the government says is at the heart of what it calls its other measures include respect orders, court imposed restrictions similar to the old anti—social

restrictions on an individual�*s behaviour, as well as compel scrapping a 2014 law that classified shoplifting of items theft, making them less of a priority for the police. which would be separate to current assault laws. the conservatives have accused the government of cutting the government's plans. the uk's broadcast watchdog,

ofcom, has announced it