so, centrica — it owns british gas — has said it will scrap its standard gas and electricity tariffs,ticism. the compare service uswitch said a few months ago seven out ten customers are on these svts and they are overpaying by up to £288 a year each. worse, half of them don't even realise they're on an svt. then the government said it was going to put a cap on how much svts could charge. we asked the chief executive of centrica at whether customers now on average would be better off. yes, we believe so. we believe better offers, is continuing to drive our costs down, the government looking at some of the costs in the bill, which i recognise is a very difficult subject... all of this, i believe, and we believe will give a fairer, better, more competitive dealfor fairer, better, more competitive deal for customers fairer, better, more competitive dealfor customers and fairer, better, more competitive deal for customers and better deals ultimately. that was centrica's chief executive iain conn. i mentioned a moment ago uswitch, the energy analysts. do you think consumers are going to be

shares of centrica, owner of british gas, had their biggest one day fall in 20 years after the utilitiesivisions would hit profits. it said british gas had lost 823,000 domestic customers since the end ofjune, many of them after it raised prices in september. a member of the mitsubishi group has become the latest japanese company to be caught out over quality control after admitting it falsified data about some products. mitsubishi materials said three of its divisions had falsified data for products supplied to the aerospace, car, and electric power industries. male staff at the bank of england are paid almost a quarter more than female employees, according to its latest gender pay gap report. the bank said it had taken steps to address the issue. and now, what's trending in the business news this morning: business insider suggests this. everyone spent their thanksgiving dinner shopping on their iphones under the table. it reports that americans spent $1.5 billion on line before black friday had even begun, suggesting the day itself is declining in importance bloomberg reports on invest

the change to the tariff for its subsidiary british gas.t of period really where the industry wants to put its house in order before the regulator does it for thesmt not too big a surprise, but this move affects about 67% of the five million british gas customers. a great many potentially affected by it. let's look at the pound because the pound seemed to have yet another good day, this is relative, but it is five days in a row that the pound has gone up against the dollar and the euro? a couple of things. clearly, the political uncertainty in germany which has got worse in the last half an hour or so is a big pa rt of the last half an hour or so is a big part of that. germany is the biggest economy on the continent. but also, the european equity markets have been performing very well and we are beginning to see the institutional investors like pension funds take their profits as well because they need to close down their accounts for the year and prove to their policyholders that they have made a big return on their money. sol think there

so — centrica — it owns british gas — has said it will scrap its standard gas and electricity tariffstomers. these are the tariffs that have come in for a lot of criticism. the energy comparison service uswitch said a few months ago that seven out ten customers are on these svts and they are overpaying byjust short of £300 a year each — and — worse — half of them don't even realise they're on an svt. then the government said it was going to put a cap on how much svts could charge and energy companies started to act. we asked ian conn, chief executive of centrica whether customers on average would be better off. yes, we believe so. we believe the better authors muscatine to drive oui’ better authors muscatine to drive our costs down. the government looking at some of the costs of the bill. which i recognise is very difficult subject. all of this i believe, we believe, will give a fairer, better, more competitive dealfor fairer, better, more competitive deal for customers. fairer, better, more competitive dealfor customers. and fairer, better, more competitive deal for customers. and ye

the owner of british gas, centrica, has announced it will scrap standard gas and electricity tariffsseries of measures which will be significantly more effective than the government's proposed cap on energy bills. our business correspondent simon gompertz is here. what difference is this likely to make? two thirds of gas and electricity customers are on what we call standard variable tariffs. these are the tariffs the prime minister last month condemned as rip—off prices and promised that there would be a price coming in. what british gas and centrica are seeing is there's a better way, but they will start phasing it out from next spring. if they come to the end ofa next spring. if they come to the end of a fixed—rate deal but will not be put on the expensive one as they have up until now. they say there is not a catch. some people might be suspicious. it will be difficult to negotiate this. they will need to be more wary. the other thing they've said is £200 should be taken off the average bill. how do they get that number? adding together the cost of subsidising renewable energy, p

british gas claims the series of measures, to be introduced by april, will be much more effective thangy bills. british airways is introducing a boarding policy that means those buying the cheapest seats will be seated last. from 12th december, passengers will be assigned a number on their boarding passes, depending on how much they've paid to travel. ba said the move will bring it into line with other carriers. an investigation into spending by vote leave during the eu referendum campaign has been re—opened by the electoral commission. the organisation denies attempting to get round spending limits. the electoral commission originally accepted this — but now says it has new information. the world of tennis has been paying tribute to one of the sports most popular personalities — jana novotna, the former wimbledon singles champion, who's died of cancer at the age of 49. the all—england club described the czech player as "a true champion in all senses of the word". david ornstein has been looking back at her life. 1993, and on the verge of winning wimbledon, jana novotna crumbled on cen

british gas has lost nearly 6% of domestic customer accounts since the end ofjune. switched to other providers, some of them because it raised prices in september. the news was unveiled in a warning about poor trading, which has sent centrica shares tumbling by 17%. let's talk to neil wilson, senior market analyst at etx capital. let us talk about losing this account. what went wrong? centrica raise prices back in september by over 12%. i think that really kind of set the consumers to some of the smaller suppliers. i think we are seeing generally speaking consumers area seeing generally speaking consumers are a lot more savvy, they aren't much more prepared to switch and thatis much more prepared to switch and that is why in the last four years the number of consumers who are with the number of consumers who are with the smaller suppliers have risen from 1% of the market to 8% of the market. this is part of a broader trend but it does seem to be significantly worsened by centrica's decision to raise prices. do you think this will affect the whole sector? is it just

the ft frontpage deals how british gas owner centrica suffered its worst single day of stock market lossms. the mirror leads with the announcement that the links between heading in footballing brain damage will begin in january. heading in footballing brain damage will begin injanuary. the sun says that have suspended betting on the wedding between prince harry and meagan markle. brussels is repaired to increase the so—called divorce bill offered to get trade talks talking according to the telegraph. the guardian is reporting about the warning from the think tank the iff about slowing living standards. that dominates the i, saying we are having the biggest fall in living standards for a generation. that is where we will begin. the uk facing two decades of loss wage growth. iss predicting a slowdown leading to a prolonged period of austerity. things seem to be going quite well for philip hammond compared to previous budgets. where it fell apart over the dementia tax. along come the iss. politically he has saved hisjob. the budget could have been a real disaster. —— ifs. they painta been a

that would make them bigger than british gas. what could this mean for customers?ing much competition in the energy market and essentially this could reduce it further? this has the potential to change the face of the energy industry. british gas have been the biggest supplier for as long as the energy industry has existed. sse and npower coming together would rival that. there is competition in the industry. there are the 60 energy suppliers, so there are loads of options. losing one option from within that isn't going to reduce the choice for consumers dramatically and actually some of those other providers outside of the big six are offering better deals. it is interesting because the reason why the big energy companies have been slightly worried recently is because they have been losing market share to the small ones. that's right. in the last five years the big six have gone from 99% marketshare to 81% marketsha re, gone from 99% marketshare to 81% marketshare, that's 2% reduction in the last quarter. so they are losing customers hand over fist and a lot of th

centrica the owner of british gas lost fifteen percent of its market value off that morning ftse they'd a stunning swedish year will be well midday focus. the energy companies as the biggest problem has been in the united states. at hit by low volatility in the gas market. in the u. k. this answer her reported a record loss of eight hundred and twenty three thousand customers. in the four months to the end of of data is the news to father she supplies. yeah here in france yet another chef has decided to give up his mission on stoc. jerome bro showed up and running against a gastronomic restaurants need dijon in eastern france. says he's returning the coveted award for economic reasons. he says keeping up as a three piece a star where they. have restaurants has become just too difficult in his region salons resent has. ththis michelin stars greecs restaurant for the past twelve years. magellan boy show has now given enough. for economic reasons. so that if you do towards on quote for thehe past twowo r three years we've seen our activities like bookmark with h her a few of bususins lunch

the key thing is not only their oil price but they are digesting their acquisition of british gas.ly. it's great that it seems to be going well. there are quite a lot of investors that would go well and it is quite in line with expectations. thank you. jessica willjoin us later on other stories like tesla, we will talk about that soon. still to come: we get the inside track on one of the biggest software companies in the biggest software companies in the world. how it keeps banks and transport systems running, despite offering software solutions for free. bt group reports a 14% drop in second—quarter adjusted earnings bt group reports a 4% drop in second—quarter adjusted earnings to £1.81 billion for the three months to end of september. but the company's earnings still came in ahead of target, despite struggles to turn around its global services unit. our business correspondent, theo leggett, is in our business newsroom with more. talk us through it. it is a mixed bag but generally disappointing results from bt. a key problem is in its global services unit, the unit that provides

the deal would create a business to rival the market leader, british gas.ll control of sky is currently being investigated by the competition and markets authority on the grounds of media plurality. 0ur media editor, amol rajan, is here. how seriously will this threat to close down sky news be taken? well, sophie, ispoke well, sophie, i spoke to people in the industry this evening who are sceptical. they have said they have seen the tactics before. it‘s a cred ya nlt seen the tactics before. it‘s a cred yanlt threat for a couple of reasons. the fist, the sheer amount of time this proposed merger is taking to go through. it was six yea rs taking to go through. it was six years ago that the murdoches first bid forfull control of years ago that the murdoches first bid for full control of sky. they have bid again. it was derailed by the phone—hacking scandal. they bid again. it spent a year in the regulatory quagmire. the second reason, sky news loses money. it employs hundreds of journalists, produces world—class material it loses tens of millions of pounds. t

let's show you one of the story which i assume affects many of you if you are british gas customers.variable tariff or svt which is that's for new customers by the way which is one of the tariffs that we have to try and get our heads around early time we look to swap energy providers. read more on the business live page. you're watching business live — our top story: the german chancellor, angela merkel, will hold talks later with president frank—walter steinmeier, after the collapse of coalition talks over the weekend after the centrist free democrats pulled out of negotiations. no deal at the moment. now let's get the inside track on one luxury accessories firm with a difference. elvis and kresse is a uk start—up which is using reclaimed materials to create things like handbags, wallets and belts. the company uses everything from old firehoses to used coffee sacks and parachute silks to make its products. the firm's founder, kresse wessling, says she wants to add value to waste and build a valuable product from it. kresse is with us. welcome to business live. she was smiling when w

after what has happened whatever happened around and see all the damage just against the civilian british gas or the government properties against the infrastructure assets in general then can the government really be paid. to be done in just. a so why do you think you think the government will repay for the damage caused. you know there's there's so much trust issue going on civilians in the government but i would just like to emphasize that most of the person who are either of you usually say that the arm and the rust negligence cured because we say that this is the first time that the philippines has you know been attacked with extreme measures from the terrorists but i think that given the kind of info that they have or that specific i'm on that that's a year i believe that this shouldn't have been a first i mean of. all of the venting the harm you know you know you do this given the kind of time that they have because that's been existing like these in the military and in a a year or a year or probably even more than that in. i think it's important. larry i think i saw in my years being

shares in centrica, the company which owns british gas, suffered their biggest ever one—day loss todayvealed that it had lost more than 800,000 customer accounts since june. centrica said it has also been affected by lower demand for energy, because of mild weather in the early part of the autumn. new rules are being introduced to stop internet providers making misleading claims about their broadband packages. from may, companies will only be allowed to advertise a top speed if at least half of their customers can access it at peak times. the british actor gary oldman says that playing sir winston churchill in a new film about the wartime leader has been the most daunting challenge of his career. his portrayal of churchill has been widely tipped for an oscar, as our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. you cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth! gary oldman, at perhaps his most powerful and charismatic. would you stop interrupting me while i am interupting you!? almost unrecognisable for a performance he hopes truly embodies churchill. before we learn! we

serve around eleven and a half million customers — making it roughly the size of market leader, british gasif shareholders and the regulator approve. marks and spencer has revealed a 5.3% drop in pretax profits in the first six months of the financial year — down to £219 million, despite an increase in sales. the retailer also says it will open fewer food stores, and continue to slim down its clothing and homeware businesses. the broadcaster sky says it will consider closing sky news if it becomes a stumbling block in its proposed merger with 21st century fox. rupert murdoch's bid for full control of sky is being investigated by the competition and markets authority, over concerns that the media empire could become too powerful. president trump has arrived in the chinese capital, beijing, as part of a 12 day tour of asia. he was given a lavish welcome at one of the country's most important historic sites — the forbidden city — by president xijinping. mr trump is expected to use the visit to press china to do more to enforce sanctions on north korea, as john sudworth reports. at china's hist

the owner of british gas, centrica, has announced it will scrap standard gas and electricity tariffs government‘s proposed cap on energy bills. british airways is introducing a boarding policy that means those buying the cheapest tickets will be called last. from 12 december, passengers will be assigned a number on their boarding passes, depending on how much they‘ve paid to travel. ba said the move brings it into line with other carriers. a bbc investigation has uncovered claims of child abuse within the jehovah‘s witness organisation, and there are fears the church‘s own rules could be protecting alleged perpetrators. some experts believe the problem could be widespread, and the charity commission has now launched an inquiry. felicity kvesic reports. louise palmer, from halesowen, was just four years old when her brother started sexually assaulting and raping her. she‘s waived her right to anonymity to tell her story. it just felt normal. growing up, i thought that‘s what you did with your brother, that‘s what happened. they had been born into the jehovah‘s witness faith, an organi

and centrica, which owns british gas...?issed. it finishes — the loss of antonio will be felt by all of our team who have been with him from the beginning. our thoughts are with his family and friends. sheep can be taught to recognise the faces of people they‘ve never met. researchers from cambridge university trained a flock of welsh mountain sheep to pick out the faces of celebrities, including the actors jake gyllenhaal and emma watson, and the former us president, barack obama. researchers say it proves the animals possess similar facial recognition abilities to primates. tom burridge reports. the sheep pauses and then correctly picks the former us president. next, please. shum of the sheep tested have huntingdon‘s disease. researchers wanted to know if those with a genetic mutation which causes the disease still have a properly functioning brain. what i am interested in is measuring their cognitive function and their cognitive function and their cognitive flexibility, and face recognition is a very complex human task, s

will invest one point six billion dollars in the development of the country's natural gas fields they include british dutch company royal dutch shell repsol from spain petrobras from brazil and argentina as pan american energy bolivia's president is eager to quell doubts that the socialist government overnight on the agreement. contracts are going to be fulfilled. we have a flexible cabinet of ministers and a parliament that is well organized and will approve policies that favor bolivians . to guarantee major investments in bolivia. in two thousand and six the newly elected president evo morales nationalized the gas industry using military force foreign companies receive compensation but were not happy the move made very unpopular with investors but that nationalization was a boon for bolivia generating extra revenue that was in ten invested in oil and gas production. the output of natural gas has increased enormously since then by more than fifty percent in ten years to around twenty billion cubic meters today the majority of households have gas plus the government has been able to build new railway

many of them children examine the movements of aircraft the bomb crater and samples of the sarin gas the british aid minister pretty brutal has reportedly canceled a trip to africa and is returning to london amid accusations that she discussed secret deals with israel the u.k. government is struggling to contain a series of scandals that threaten to further weaken prime minister to resign may his leadership leave barca reports. the british prime minister had promised a strong and stable government to lead britain out of europe the recent weeks have been anything but teresa mayes battling a string of crises some with grave implications for more than just the government. a blunder by the foreign secretary boris johnson could see one british woman imprisoned in iran have her sentence doubled as the danes the gari radcliffe has been jailed for five years accused of spreading propaganda about the regime johnson complicated matters by claiming she'd been teaching journalism in the country so gary radcliffe had worked for the b.b.c. and thomson reuters foundation but insisted her trip to iran had been

british gas, you might remember that announced they were getting rid of the standard variable tariff,t is variable depending on what is happening with gas prices and electricity prices, which is leading the papers this morning. the government, you will remember, theresa may suggested she would bring a cap on energy prices, so would bring a cap on energy prices, so it is energy companies trying to pre—empt what might happen. they say thatis pre—empt what might happen. they say that is not why they have done it. it is good news for people who are on these rates. just another story, obviously there is lots of food delivery companies now, mainly to your home, but apparently you can get it to the pub. if you are in a pub, oran get it to the pub. if you are in a pub, or an establishment that doesn't serve food, you can deliver it now to serve food straight to the pub. iam it now to serve food straight to the pub. i am sure i have done that before. i am sure i have had peter ina pub. before. i am sure i have had peter in a pub. have you? yes -- pizza in a pub. talking about weird injuries, s

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retail is trading down a bit as what isntinuing with happening with the british consumer. oil and gas ground as well. big names in the red this morning, including hsbc. this is the bloomberg first word news story. ek.e is seb solial sebastian: prices maintain recent gains. according to delegates in vienna, all opec members and russia agree the end of next year. yesterday, a said committee charged with overseeing the agreements also recommended extending until the end of 2018. it plansisse has said to boost returns to shareholders and pay half its net income and share buybacks. the bank also increased its target for wealth management. at the same time, the lender confirmed its targets for the swiss universal bank in capital markets and global markets businesses. the u.s. has demanded china cut off all oil exports to north korea out of the country's latest intercontinental ballistic missile test, warning they will force action is beijing failed to do so. u.s. ambassador nikki haley said xiald trump had called jinping to discuss the matter. u.s. senate republicans voted to begin debate o

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and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their countries haven't truly been able to escape the war. russia is wasting our time in resolution to extend the mandate of experts investigating chemical weapons in syria fails after russian veto said. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. the bit that ignored we don't want to be responsible for the end of the code. calls for zimbabwe's president to step down grow louder as the leader makes his first public appearance since the military seized power. argentine navy is frantically searching for the submarine the disappeared three days ago with forty four sailors on board. on hold delays a new policy to allow imports of african elephants killed as trophies. a u.n. team investigating

us and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country haven't truly been able to escape the roar. from mother to daughter an ancient croft kept alive by a bustling matriarch. from start to finish. old traditions intertwined with new designs making this family's place unique into uneasy as a rich tapestry of the threat at this time on. the antarctic ice sheet is melting a process that is affecting the entire globe. in a special episode prize joins fifty five scientists on a breath psyching journey of discovery around the continent look into the past on the future of the planet. but it's quite amazing just to see that that's the gist of what. this time on al-jazeera. the world's most prominent christian walks a political and religious tie.

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and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for a dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country haven't truly been able to escape the war . every dude is being analyzed it's being weighed and measured. and it's not just i phones that my face i mean those small phones of the state at the moment we are in a state of the universe. and it's something that was her exact i would rather take the risks. than the risks of dictatorship digital dissidents at this time on al-jazeera. short films of hope. and inspiration. a series of short personal stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds. i prepared for the four hundred one you know here we want. to be on it but our focus because everybody wants al-jazeera selects at this time. when the news breaks it was an announcement if you were expecting

and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking for water from the dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the work. provoking debate the corporate tax has not hurt job growth on the brock obama the well we're going to do that and that's not true tackling the tough issues restrictions on media freedom of the tree killings maybe you giving a road they didn't give me but challenging the established line every single one of the three thousand people who was killed with a drug dealer yes how do we know that you didn't try them you didn't prosecute them you didn't show the shot that one saw a joint maybe has sun up front at this time on al jazeera. this is al jazeera. and live from studio four to you here in al-jazeera headquarters in doha i'm from out front a maria.

us and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. a shake up in the house of sowed with princes detained and ministers dismissed. alone as i'm sick of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up yemen's hooty rebels far a message which is intercepted over saudi arabia's capital plus that the road to the top is a steady march poverty some women and children. tensions with north korea top the agenda as donald trump lands in japan to begin his twelve day asian tour also. we'll take you to hear on the home town of sac capital and lead that call is put him on where politics took a backseat to tradition. we begin with two major stories out of the kingdom of saudi arabia at least eleven princes and dozens of for

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