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emma simpson, bbc news.out energy security at a european summit in prague. she was attending the first meeting of a new club of nations called the european political community. the brainchild of the french president emmanuel macron, it was attended by the leaders of more than 40 countries — with the war in ukraine and energy security top of the agenda. our europe editor katya adler reports from prague. the uk is back — not on the eu but the wider european stage. that was the prime minister's determined message here today. liz truss is assured of a warm welcome here. this meeting would not have been seen to have the same significance without the united kingdom, so the fact that she's come here along with more than 40 other european leaders shows the sense of crisis on the continent. how important is it that the uk is here today? that is very important. and it is the uk which has provided so much leadership over the last nine months after the terrible aggression started by russia against ukraine. can this meet

thank you, emma simpson.ent months trying to back out of the $41; billion deal — saying he'd been misled about the number of fake accounts on the site. here's our technology editor zoe kleinman. twitter and elon musk have been locked in a rather tortuous dance for the last six months. both parties have changed their minds at various points as to whether they wanted to go ahead with the deal, which was for more than the firm was actually worth, and in less than two weeks, they were due to face each other in court. elon musk is a prolific twitter user himself, with 107 million followers, and he claims that the platform was more bloated with fake accounts and bots than it was letting on. bots can be malicious and negative, so it's fair to be concerned, but he didn't know and he said twitter couldn't tell him how many bots there were on the platform, which is quite a crude metric to go by. twitter was worried about musk�*s desire to have less moderation, a tricky line to walk in the face of regulation. lately, he

emma simpson, bbc news.on friday to try to co—ordinate their response to the energy crisis. germany has announced a 200 billion euros package of support for business and households and has ordered energy saving measures including turning down temperatures and public buildings and switching off shop window lights at night. let's talk to ana maria, an analyst with institute for energy economics and financial analysts is. it's good to have you. how were prepare do you think the eu is for the winter and the potential pinch on gas and the potential pinch on gas and alleges that he supplies? it's very difficult to predict how ill—prepared europe is because there are so many other factors affected right now. this is a global crisis so everything that happens globally is affected, the energy and gas industry in europe, for example, the supplies of lng, and japan offered loans to the utility to be able to secure energy, so immediately the price went up. all those things immediately affect europe. if there is a lack o

our business correspondent emma simpson is here with the details: europe's energy crisis has seen gashe big question is are we going to able to secure the energy we need this winter? not only to heat our homes, which —— but to produce electricity. where do we get our gas from? the good thing is that we produce half of it ourselves from the north sea. the rest, we import mostly from norway. we also rely on imports from europe and elsewhere. we used very little russian gas and that is now gone. the national grid says that the network should cope with demand this winter, but if it is a cold one, like back in 2010, we may need to rely more on imports. if it like back in 2010, we may need to rely more on imports.— rely more on imports. if it is cold in december. _ rely more on imports. if it is cold in december, at— rely more on imports. if it is cold in december, at the _ rely more on imports. if it is cold in december, at the start - rely more on imports. if it is cold in december, at the start of - rely more on imports. if it is cold in december, at the start of the l in december, at th

here's our business correspondent emma simpson.e's energy crisis has seen gas prices soar, and it's in short supply. the big question is are we going to able to secure what we need this winter? not only to heat our homes, but to produce a lot of our electricity. so, where do we get our gas from? the good news is that we produce half of it ourselves from the north sea. the rest we import mostly from norway. we also rely on imports from europe and elsewhere. we use very little russian gas, and that's now gone. the national grid says the network should cope with demand this winter, but if it's a cold one, like back in 2010 here, we may need to rely more on imports. if it's cold in december, at the start of the winter, when european inventories of gas are high, we might be all right. gas will follow the highest price, that might be here or in europe, but it will be enough to meet demand. but as inventory�*s drawn down over the winter and into january, there's a risk there won't be enough physical molecules to go around. that's when the

emma simpson has the details europe's energy crisis has seen energy gases so and they could be in shortort mostly from the way. we also rely on imports from europe and elsewhere. we used very little russian gas and that has now gone. national grid says the network should cope with the man this winter. but if it is a cold one like back in 2010, we may need to rely more on imports. if it need to rely more on imports. if it is cold in december when gas is high, _ is cold in december when gas is high, we — is cold in december when gas is high, we might be all right. the gas will follow_ high, we might be all right. the gas will follow the highest price, it might— will follow the highest price, it might be — will follow the highest price, it might be here or it may be in europe, _ might be here or it may be in europe, but it will be enough to meet _ europe, but it will be enough to meet demand. but as the reserves are draw down _ meet demand. but as the reserves are draw down on into january, there is a risk— draw down on into january, there is a risk that— draw down on into january, there i

simpson, talking to me from the polish ukrainian border. you can see the full interview on the bbc iplayer. we are fortunate to have emma, the editor of the sunday times. what did you make of whatjohn simpson was saying at the end, some journalists in the west have been too keen to pick a side? it is really interesting and it is really easy forjournalists to get caught up in the righteousness of a war. the job of ourjournalists out there is to act as trusted eyewitnesses. it makes me think of a particular story we had with one of ourjournalists over there, louise callaghan, reporting from an area that had been under russian occupation and the ukrainians had liberated it. the interesting story she reported was that not everyone in the villages she went to were happy to see the russians leave. of course, some want the russians to be there? yes, but that is the value of having somebody on the ground acting as an eyewitness and sending back reports that people can really trust. has the sunday times had somebody there all the time, how have you covered this conflict? we haven't had someone there all the time, because fieldin

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simpson was in kyiv last week to interview president zelensky. in a moment, we will hear his take. and with me in the studio is another giant ofjournalism. emma hello, katie. hello, presumably the fact that you are able to come in here on a wednesday means that wednesday isn't the day when you have to decide what the front page is? wednesday is definitely not the day when we decide on the front page, but it is a day when we are thinking very hard about it. because there is this intense pressure when you are editing a sunday paper all week because you are expected to break exclusives. so if you haven't got anything in the bag by wednesday, you are beginning to panicjust a little. and are you panicking this week, how are you feeling? actually, iam not, we have got two crackers.

simpson, was in kyiv last week to interview president zelensky. in a moment, we will hear his take. and with me in the studio is another giant ofjournalism, emmaon a wednesday means that wednesday isn't the day when you have to decide what the front page is? wednesday is definitely not the day when we decide on the front page,