national insurance. to elon musk asking them what they've been up to. catch with the news. over to business news. over to sally. thank you. we start here in the uk, will rise by 6.4% in april, under regulator ofgem's new cap — a higher—than—expected increase adding pressure it means a household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will see their annual bill the total bill to £1,849 a year.

the cap puts a limit on the amount suppliers can of 26 million homes in england, wales and scotland. it's adjusted every three months. kathryn porter is an energy consultant she told me why prices were going up up. this is really to do with what has been happening causing storage levels to fall. now, the eu has a storage target for the beginning this winter, the more has to be bought through the summer, through the summer has been pushing prices up and making the market nervous. gas market tends to get reflected in the

the average household — on top of their current energy costs. falling because of the seasonal effects that typically prices but, as i said, this year, with this gas target — very undesirable. but it does show what happens when governments interfere with the markets — you can have some very the energy secretary ed miliband is saying what do you think they can do?

well, i mean, this is simply not true. there are a lot of things the government could do. all of the green levies from bills and into general taxation. a year straight away. not to say that those things aren't useful, but they could probably be better done by people who are not energy suppliers. it's really ridiculous that suppliers are expected to engage in wealth redistribution, which is exactly what the warm homes discount is. the government should really deal with that centrally. that would actually reduce bills and help kathryn energy a lot more detail on that increase in energy costs for uk increase inenergy costs for uk on increase inenergy casts for uk on our increase inenergy ces'cs far uk on our website and households on our website and the news app, so take a the bbc news app, so take a look so you make

the uk government is hoping to placate conference. speaker there this morning. he's expected to announce an overhaul of the way public contracts are awarded, to ensure that domestic produce is prioritised over cheaper imports from abroad. food welfare targets will be imposed on hospitals, schools and prisons. public bodies with food. tax for the first time? and founder of the farmer forum. he said the measures proposed by the government added little to the table. months ago before the election.

higher environmental standards, british produce that we produce as uk farmers. but frankly if he thinks that is going to make up out of touch they are. i mean, nationally, food security is around 62% or 63% 50% of public procurement is not ambitious. you are saying what he has announced isn't new and won't make that much difference. what are you hearing in terms of response to the protests with regard to inheritance tax or any other measures that

there was a meeting last week between nfu and other various not with rachel reeves or keir, or steve reed, who seem they put forward in that meeting proposals that actually the budget proposals aim to raise around 500 million, which incidentally about two days later they awarded that about the money. nfu and cla, tenant farmers association, they have trying to shelter from tax, which is something we'd welcome to see as an industry because it is not good for us, or250 million, using

this claw—back scheme. they are not changing. now to india, where where british ministers are in the thick of negotiations with their indian these talks were halted last year ahead of general elections in both india and the uk. minister piyush goyal explained why the two countries are keen to do a deal. negotiations in a very, very cordial atmosphere and with great trust between the two governments. through championing free and open trade and investment to drive jobs and growth across both of our countries.

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thousands of jobs. the move comes after apple ceo tim cook met following that meeting, the president said apple theyjust stopped �*em, to pay the tariffs. the president has made bringing manufacturing back to america a top priority, from other tech giants — including microsoft, softbank, oracle and openai — to ramp up us investment. in a statement, apple ceo tim cook said... of those previous pledges.

michelle fleury. now, at midnight in washington dc, a deadline passed for us federal employees to respond the email — sent over the weekend — was headlined "what did you do last week?" in the last week and cc their manager. mr musk, who heads the department of government efficiency — president trump defended the email as a way of weeding out people who "don't even exist". we have people that don't show up to work and nobody so by asking the question, "tell us what you did this actually working?"

because they don't even exist. they're trying to find... and we've just started. as you can imagine this has a lot of people talking, especially within federal government in washington, dc. and said that responding to this is voluntary. instructed their employees not to respond to it.

of the first rules in politics is to not let process be in terms of how effective all this will be when it comes saying about that? this is hugely politically popular — the idea of ringing efficiencies from the government. it's popular frankly across the political aisle — that they make huge amounts of difference to the federal debt and deficit, at that as well as promised defense department cuts as if it is some barometer

of fiscal efficiency, spending and increased debt and deficit — back to you. let's show you oded lifshitz. he was 84 and he was described a man of peace, and as a man of peace, and fellow but he was from the kibbutz niroz in 2023, nir oz in 2023, october seven, this is him his wife and this is him with his wife and his body was released last week his body wasreleased—last week, more 500 in

hamas captivity. his daughter never gave up hope that her 84—.yeare—old �* would never gave up hope that her 84—.yeare—old �*would return 84—year—old father would return alive but sadly his body was returned to his family last thursday along with of the thursdayalongewithethatof the fa m ily thursdayalongewithethatof the family kidnapped at bibas family also kidnapped at kibbutz nir oz on �*7—20 and what is today the i what is today thei what i for today is the funeral for oded lifshitz. it is a is the funeralfor oded lifshitz. it is a big occasion and people are turning and people are already turning it will be held the out. it will be held at the near the kibbutz out. it will be held at the oz near the kibbutz a? , , out. it will be held at the oz israel. 1e kibbutz a? , , out. it will be held at the oz israel. many, utz a? , , nlrpli” israel. many. many turning up because this people turning up because this is such a sad day because, even is such a sad daybecause. even his work as a campaigner for palestinian he drove palestinians rights; he droverpalestiniahs medical to medicaltreatroeht withih' m ' "' ”f " fl ' ' as part of his israel, as part of his voluntary work, and was also a journalist. he was returned

dead to his family it was out that 7 out that he had been found out that he had been killed shortly afterwards, after the of october the after the kidnap of october the 7th 2023. so that funeral taking place where we believe, taking place'where'we'believe. local time in israel, it is 2pmlocal time in israel, it is hours it happens many hours until it happens but we can see so people we can see so many people turning out on the route. torhihg ol1t oh the roote, about his funeral has �*those �* those who attend to asked for those who attend to bring small cactus with them in memory of oded, saying after he kidfnapped,r 77 kidnapped, his 77 kidnapped, his cactus which was kidnapped, his cactus which he and his wife cultivated for many has �* become a symbol of many has now become a symbol of the struggle for his return and it asks for all institutions to s sees cchiag flag to mast on lower the flag to half mast on tuesday but he was one of the of kibbutz nir oz, founders of kibbutz nir oz, held many positions in the kibbutz and his funeral will be held at kibbutz nir oz a you cemetery. we will bring you pictures from it as it happens little later on bbc news.

south korea's ousted president yoon suk yeol whether to formally remove him from office over his disastrous short—lived declaration of martial law. south korea into weeks of political turmoil, and he was removed from office by parliament in december. the 64—year—old has been in custody since he was arrested last month on charges last month on charges of insurrection, for of insurrection, for which he could be sentenced which he could be sentenced to life in prison or even face to life in prison or even face the death penalty. the death penalty. also in south korea, also in south korea, a bridge has collapsed a bridge has collapsed the city of anseong — about 80km south of the capital seoul. it happened just before to end their own lives 10am local time. south korean media report that south korean media report that several steel structures supporting the bridge collapsed several steel structures after being hoisted into place. local officials say two people have died and several more are injured — some of them are injured — some of them in a critical condition. in a critical condition. a proposed law to give terminally ill adults on the isle of man the right on the isle of man the right

to end their own lives is entering its final stages, with a crucial debate being held today. if passed, the island would become the first part of the british isles to legalise assisted dying. our health correspondent dominic hughes has the story.

to become law, making the island the first place in the british isles to allow the terminally ill to take their own lives. the proposed legislation says that people on the isle of man could request assisted dying if they're over 18, terminally ill, and are expected to die within 12 months. they need to have the legal capacity to make the decision, and that decision would need to be verified by two independent doctors. independent doctors. but many of the island's medics remain opposed to the measures, worried about the possible impact on the most vulnerable people, vulnerable people, westminster and in holyrood and the danger of coercion. the safeguards that and the danger of coercion. are in place on this one, i'm not going to know if somebody has been coerced by a relative coerced by a relative into ending their life sooner into ending their life sooner than they wish. than they wish. so i really... so i really... i won't be getting involved in it. the isle of man legislation the isle of man legislation now looks set to become law, now looks set to become law,

but politicians injersey, but politicians injersey, westminster and in holyrood are also considering their own proposals. the wider debate over assisted dying is farfrom over. dominic hughes, bbc news, douglas. a us federaljudge has thrown out a request by the associated press news agency to restore its access to presidential events. the ap had its access revoked because it refused to call the gulf of mexico the gulf of america — as is now us government policy, following an executive order by president trump. the judge, trevor mcfadden, who was appointed by mr trump, declined to grant the agency a temporary injunction and said it hadn't been able to prove that it had suffered any irreparable harm. clint hill, the secret service agent who tried to save presidentjohn f kennedy during his assassination, has died at the age of 93. he famously leapt onto the back

of the president's limousine after mr kennedy was shot in dallas, texas, in 1963 — trying to shield him from further volleys. but the president had already been fatally wounded. he's pictured here in this photograph, standing immediately behind president kennedy's wife, jackie, and brother, bobby, at the door of

feel like a mum again. sarah wilson says an experimental treatment, to stimulate the spinal cord, means she can once again be an active parent. our reporter nikki fox our reporter nikki fox went to meet her. went to meet her. grooming a horse with her grooming a horse with her daughter isjust one daughter isjust one of the things sarra wilson thought she might never be able to do again. be able to do again. six years ago, six years ago, she was out riding. in a split second, she was out riding. her life changed. she could move was her head. the pheasant flew out in front of us, which spooked him. and he went one way, and he went one way, and, unfortunately, and, unfortunately, i went the other. i went the other. and i was wearing my hat and my body protector, and i... the way i landed, i broke my neck in the one inch gap between the bottom gap between the bottom of my hat and the top of my hat and the top of my body protector. of my body protector. when sarra woke, she was when sarra woke, she was paralysed from the chest down — paralysed from the chest down — the only part of her body the only part of her body she could move was her head.

recently, she's taken part in a trial to stimulate her spinal cord while she exercises. so how does the technology work? electrode pads are placed near to the patient�*s injured spinal cord.

and grip has meant she can be a more active parent. i just feel... just to be able to use my arms again, so i could do a bit of cooking with my kids, reading a book. it's huge — it's everything. the study was funded by the charity spinal research. its chair is tara stewart. spinal cord injury has been considered to be incurable, literally until now. is neurological repair. the pathfinder 2 study was a small—scale trial, but those involved believe

spinal stimulation a silent album to campaign against the british allow tech firms to train artificial intelligence models using real performers�* voices. of copyright law. music would sound like if their livelihoods are threatened. the british government says the uk's current arrangements for copyright and ai is stopping creative industries from realising their full potential. the soul singer roberta

flack, who was known described as an artist described as an artist who broke boundaries who broke boundaries and records, flack's music inspired a new generation of female performers in the �*90s. our music correspondent mark savage has been taking a look back at her career. # the first time ever # the first time ever i saw yourface... i saw yourface... intimate. intimate. # i thought the sun... # i thought the sun... roberta flack redefined roberta flack redefined the sound of soul music in the 1970s. this was her first hit, but she didn't get there until her 30s. she grew up in a segregated suburb of washington, and won a university music scholarship. a university music scholarship. but as a black woman in the 1950s, she had little chance of success. little chance of success. for a decade, she was a teacher by day, and worked

the clubs by night. it was the tender quality of her voice that eventually led to a recording contract, and hits, like this. # strumming my pain with his fingers. # singing my life with his words. # killing me softly with his song... she inspired the next generation of young black singers, from lauryn hill to alicia keys. in 2020, she was given a lifetime achievement award at the grammys. by that stage, she was in a wheelchair, and two years later, she announced she had motor neurone disease that left her unable to sing. # killing me...

the vatican says the pope well last siri rested well last night. siri has a national conference, to, to set up a including plans to set up a transitionaljustice. look out for a treat, other planets for a treat, all other planets appear the sky at the will appear in the sky at the time is known as a same time in what is known as a great planetary alignment. hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. where its un envoy voted twice alongside russia. first the two countries opposed a european—drafted resolution territorial integrity. then, they backed a us resolution calling for an end

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