Having nothing would please me more than having paris as the best paralympics ever because it would mean 12 years later we ever because it would mean 12 years later we have moved on. Around about a third later we have moved on. Around about a third of later we have moved on. Around about a third of our team are debutants this time a third of our team are debutants this time which is so exciting and i cant this time which is so exciting and i cant wait this time which is so exciting and i cant wait to this time which is so exciting and i cant wait to see them perform along with some cant wait to see them perform along with some of the Household Names you already with some of the Household Names you already know who have produced time again. Already know who have produced time again. And already know who have produced time again, and we look forward to seeing them again, and we look forward to seeing them succeed as well. Them succeed as well. Sport starts tomorrow and them succeed as we
And charities are meeting with ministers to discuss the difficult winter ahead. Energy bills will rise again in october, when the Price Cap increases by 10 . Rachel reeves said she had to take difficult decisions in very challenging circumstances. The conservatives are calling for her to scrap the changes. Our political correspondent Iain Watson reports. Energy prices are increasing and so is the pressure on the government to help those who are struggling to pay their bills. We are bracing ourselves for a really difficult winter. We are already seeing Record Numbers of people coming to us with Energy Debt in the height of summer. That is only going to get worse when the energy Price Cap rises. From october, the Energy Regulator Ofgem is allowing prices to rise by 10 , and that represents bills of more than £1700 a year for a typical household. This morning, the government brought together big Energy Companies, the regulator, and Citizens Advice Bureau to discuss what more could be don
For the weekend, temperatures for Northern Ireland and scotland reaching into the low 20s in the warmest spot and perhaps the Mid 20s in the warmest areas of eastern england. So fine weather for the weekend. Thats it. Now, lets join our colleagues for the news where you are. Have a very good evening. Hello and welcome to sportsday im Olly Foster Paris prepares for part two, after the success of the olympics, the paralympics starts tonight and british atheltes are ready i will be ready to fight, and there will be a battle. The Transfer Window closes on friday, italian forward Federico Chiesa has agreed to join liverpool and leading from the front, Ollie Pope says he cant let the England Captaincy affect his batting also coming up on sportsday. Is this the end of The American Dream . Louis Ree Zammit is left out of the chiefs Playing Squad ahead of the Nfl Season two and half weeks after the olympics came to a close, we are just half an hour away from the paralympics Opening Ceremony. 11
Welcome back. The relationship between the United States and china has been severely tested during president biden s term in office. But since may last year, the Us National Security adviser Jake Sullivan has developed something of a connection with wang yi, the senior Foreign Policy official in beijing who answers directly to xi jinping. They met four times in the last year, a channel of communication that has served as something of a Shock Absorber when tensions arise over taiwan, ukraine, the south china sea. Today, sullivan arrived in beijing to continue that conversation, with some suggestion that the two president s might be laying the ground for another meeting Beforejoe Biden Leaves office. Its really interesting, this, annabel, because it seems Jake Sullivan is the back channel between washington and beijing right now, and to what and . Because theres been some Sabre Rattling in respect of ukraine and the special materials ageing is applying to russia will do you think it coul
You would expect fiji to come away with the win. It did not work or out that way, uruguay one. For the opposition, uruguay, the amount of the match had 15 points from the boot, which proved to be the difference in the end. The dignitaries, the emperors brother was watching the match. We had dignitaries from world rugby as well. Paul has been blown wide open. They take on georgia in four days time and have a monumental victory with the crowd of 40,000 really enjoyed it. Iam i am really proud of my country. We are not the biggest, we are not the tallest, but we came here to win. We are preparing this for four years. They really proud of my country. And also thanks for this city, it is really amazing this story that it has. So it is really a privilege to play here. Thanks forjapan. First and foremost, you know, compliment uruguay on the way they played. They showed a lot of passion and worked really hard as a team and got what was for them a great result. For us, obviously, with the short