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A price cap on energy bills proposed by the prime minister last week is unlikely to take effect before winter. Theresa May had vowed to revive a plan to cap charges for an extra 12 million consumers. However, Ofgem said it would have to wait for legislation to be in force before it could take action on standard variable tariffs. Until then a more limited price cap will cover another one million low income households, the regulator said. That move will, on average, save households £120 a year the regulator said. Last week Business Secretary Greg Clark said a gas…

More than 150 people are missing in wildfires that have ravaged northern California’s wine region, police say. At least 17 people are now confirmed dead and more than 2,000 buildings have been destroyed by the fires which broke out on Sunday. Eleven of the deaths have been in Sonoma County. One of the worst affected towns there is Santa Rosa, north of San Francisco, where entire districts have been destroyed. The Sonoma County sheriff’s office said 155 people were still unaccounted for, although that could be due to the chaotic pace of the evacuations. In neighbouring Napa County, victims included…

Chancellor Philip Hammond has suggested he will refuse to budget this year for a ‘no deal’ exit from the European Union. In a move likely to rile Brexiteers reportedly calling for billions to be set aside in November’s Autumn Budget, Mr Hammond said he would only commit the money “when it’s responsible to do so”. He insisted the Treasury was “planning for every outcome” of negotiations and that “we will find any necessary funding”, in an article for The Times. And he added: “We must be honest about the near-term challenges and complexities as we prepare to leave.” Mr Hammond’s…

The retail sector says EU nationals must be allowed to continue working in the UK freely after Brexit, or shoppers could face rising prices and slower deliveries. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) sounded the warning after its annual workforce survey highlighted concern among its members over the future of employees from EU nations. It said 22% of firms had already reported staff returning to the continent amid uncertainty over their future in the UK. EU nationals make up 6% of the retail sector’s workforce. That is 170,000 people. If they were to go, the BRC said, it would spark shortages…

US Vice President Mike Pence has walked out of an American football game after some players knelt during the national anthem. Mr Pence tweeted he had left because he “will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our flag and our national anthem”. More than a dozen players from the San Francisco 49ers had knelt for the anthem, while members of Mr Pence’s home team, the Indianapolis Colts, linked arms in solidarity. In the NFL, some players are choosing to kneel, rather than stand, when The Star-Spangled Banner is played before games as a form of demonstration at police…

The Prime Minister will tell MPs that the “ball is in the EU’s court” when she updates them on the progress of Brexit negotiations. Theresa May will call for the European Union to be flexible in its approach and will promise the UK can get a deal that will prove the anti-Brexit “doomsayers” wrong. It comes as the fifth round of Brexit talks between UK and EU negotiators are due to start today. Mrs May will say: “By approaching these negotiations in a constructive way – in a spirit of friendship and co-operation and with our sights firmly set on…

LAS VEGAS – When a gunman slaughtered 59 people and wounded more than 500 others Sunday night, Lynette Martinez was right there in the middle. And she tells CBN News her life will never be the same after surviving the deadliest shooting attack in U.S. history. “It was just gun shots and gun shots and gun shots, and a guy fell behind me, and he was covered in blood. My boots were covered in blood,” she recalled. Martinez thought she was hearing fireworks, but when country music singer Jason Aldean ran off stage, she ran for her life. “I am…

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has reportedly written to every pilot who works for the airline offering them better pay to stay. The letter comes after a pilot rota crisis forced the airline to cancel thousands of flights. In the letter Mr O’Leary is said to have asked pilots not to abandon the company and offered them incentives to stay. He reportedly promised pay rises, a “productivity/loyalty bonus” and “significant improvements” to contracts and career progression. The promises follow a tumultuous month for the carrier in which it was forced to cancel tens of thousands of flights twice. The cancellations have disrupted the…

At least 16 people were killed when a train hit a bus that had broken down on a railway crossing east of Moscow, authorities said. The victims were all on board the bus at the time of the collision in the Vladimir region, Russian authorities said. No train passengers were injured. “The bus stalled on the track,” Vladimir Myagkov, a spokesman for Russian Railways, told Rossiya 24. “Some people say the passengers tried to push the bus off the track. At that moment the train approached and a collision occurred.” The collision happened at 3.29am local time near the city…

Low-price beach holiday offers helped Easyjet attract record passenger numbers for the summer but it warned of more turbulence ahead as it battles rivals in the cut-throat aviation market. The budget carrier said it was on course to post headline annual profits of £405-£410m, at the upper end of its previous guidance though lower than last year’s £495m. Chief executive Carolyn McCall said conditions remained “challenging” and it expected more pressure on yields – a key measure of airlines’ financial performance – as it battles rivals. The airline’s fourth quarter trading update also revealed a £100m hit to profits for…