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good morning. it is a fairly cloudy start for money. some drizzle in the west, some heavier rain in scotland. that will push north eastwards through the day, with brighter skies in central and eastern areas. details later in the programme. good morning. its thursday, 2nd february. british gas is facing an investigation after using debt collectors to break into the homes of vulnerable people and forcibly fit pre—payment energy meters. the tactic — which results in someone�*s heati...

british gas suspends its force—fitting of prepament meters following a report that it was imposing them on vulnerable customers. its chief executive, chris 0shea has apologised. there chris 0shea has apologised. is nothing that i can 5 can there is nothing that i can say that can express the horror i had when i heard this, when i saw this. it is completely unacceptable, that language is completely unacceptable. the largest—ever outbreak of bird flu is now infecting mammals in the u...

good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the bank of england has raised interest rates from 3.5 to li% — their highest level since 2008. the increase will leave millions of households facing higher mortgages at a time when many people are already struggling with energy and food bills. it will also have an impact on repayment charges on bank loans and credit cards — but it is better news for savers, who should get a higher return. the bank of england says the increase will help to cu...

so instead of reaping the cash and paying much of it out to shareholders, should big oil be pumping it back into exploration, or even into the great energy transition? i will be discussing all of that with these two. president of energy policy research foundation, and senior director of energy campaigns for the sierra club. also, your clothes, food, tv, much of the energy that you use, all brought to you by a ship. so i will be taking the pulse of the industry with the big boss at the ...

outlined, get this, a plan to spy on catholic churches. the memo from the f.b.i.s richmond field office suggested radical catholic ideology could lead to domestic terror. and that the f.b.i. sought to develop sources inside churches to report on any suspicious activity. house judiciary committee chairman jim jordan writing in the subpoena "this information is outrageous and only reinforces the committees need for all f.b.i. material responsive to our request. the documents produced ...

under president donald trump, christopher miller he served in the position immediately following the 2020 election until president biden took office. he is out this week with a new book titled, soldier secretary. warnings from the battlefield and the pentagon about americas most dangerous enemies when we watched on january 6th, did you not than have any concerns coming out of that day? about how far trump could potentially go, when you saw what happened up on capitol hill, you sounded ...

for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. there is a rare status only a few achieve in hollywood. its called egot — when you win all four of the major american entertainment awards, an emmy, a grammy, an oscar and a tony. its even more rare if youre an ethnic minority. legendary actress rita moreno is the only latina who holds that status. many would recognise her from anita in west side story, but she has a career spanning seven decades. its not been an easyjour...

but are they fit for purpose? well, my guest is danny sriskandarajah, chief executive of oxfam great britain. he promised to reimagine what aid would look like. has he succeeded? danny sriskandarajah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. lets start with those two different ways of looking at whats happening to the worlds poorest people. one in 20, almost, still suffering extreme poverty, even as global poverty rates decline do you think that the aid system is failing those people? ...

the english city of liverpool. last years winner, ukraine, was scheduled to host the event but the uk took it up on their behalf because of the ongoing war. the competition begins in may. now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. heres the good news. the proportion of the worlds population living in extreme poverty has declined sharply over the past 30 years. heres the bad news. still close to one in 20 of all the worlds people relies on humanitarian assist...

>> is particularly concerning. >> likes and it has been a few days. no significant launch phone with corinna happened over the weekend. saturday morning. sunday morning said that it was intercontinental missile. the type of claim they can hit the united states the longer-range more of a concern to washington. we had also given a statement saying they were testing and have not mastered the missile reentry technology. which they would need in order to be up to use these cpm corr...