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6-9 c scotland, temperatures dipping down 6—9 c into monday morning. on monday, the weather front continues eastwards, most of this rain light and patchy, they all had a bit down pour across east anglia towards the end of the day, the scottish borders, temperatures down to mid 20s. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the unite union has announced eight days of strike action by staff at the uks largest container port, felixstowe, in a dispute over pay. the met police say they had ...

hello. this is bbc news. im shaun ley and these are the headlines. more travel disruption on train lines across the uk as thousands of rail workers go on strike for the second time in three days over pay and working conditions. sevastapol, the home of russias black sea fleet in crimea, appears to have come under drone attack again. michael gove backs rishi sunak to become the next conservative party leader and prime minister saying he has what thejob requires. he says rival liz truss�...

ajudge in florida has unsealed some of the documents relating to the fbis search of the mar—a—lago home of donald trump. it comes after american news organisations argued it was in the public interest to know more about the search. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. and this is riga, the capital of the small baltic state of latvia, which was liberated from moscows rule some three decades ago, and which is now braced for a new era of confrontation wit...

after he was attacked. at ten oclock, clive myrie will be here with a full round—up of the days news. first, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. and this is riga, the capital of the small baltic state of latvia, which was liberated from moscows rule some three decades ago, and which is now braced for a new era of confrontation with russia. vladimir putins invasion of ukraine reminded latvians of the russian threat. it also stoked internal tensions — because a quar...

welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. and this is riga, the capital of the small baltic state of latvia, which was liberated from moscows rule some three decades ago, and which is now braced for a new era of confrontation with russia. vladimir putins invasion of ukraine reminded latvians of the russian threat. it also stoked internal tensions — because a quarter of latvias population is ethnic russian, and this country relies heavily on russian gas supplies. well, my guest today is...

Prices are going down. well, the biggest problem youve got is gas. and i would put it to you that your achilles�* heel in all of this is your reliance on russian gas. lets start by perhaps you acknowledging that over years, your government and previous governments made a massive mistake in continuing the almost complete dependence on russian gas. well, looking back, yes. in 1997, the government at the time took a decision for a 20—year monopoly for gazprom in our country. and it was only in ...

A majority stake control, gazprom is completely out, we have a japanese company as a minority investor. we took over our main energy asset. last year, we were 90% russian gas—dependent. 2023, we will be 0% gas dependent. well, hang on, let me stop you there, you say by 2023 — something strange is happening with regard to gas in latvia, because at the very end ofjuly, gazprom announced that they were ceasing all supplies to a whole bunch of countries, including latvia. 0nly five days later, i...

Lets start by perhaps you acknowledging that over years, your government and previous governments made a massive mistake in continuing the almost complete dependence on russian gas. well, looking back, yes. in 1997, the government at the time took a decision for a 20—year monopoly for gazprom in our country. and it was only in 2017 where we actually could start to rethink our energy policy. sure, but youve been in powerfor, what, the best part of four years — youve done nothing really to add...

Youve done nothing really to address that. not true — we have our biggest infrastructural asset in the energy field is an underground storage facility in latvia, which can hold about two years of our own supply. from 1997, that has been under the control of gazprom. my government now has taken a majority stake control, gazprom is completely out, we have a japanese company as a minority investor. we took over our main energy asset. last year, we were 90% russian gas—dependent. 2023, we will b...