26th August News Today

Performance dividend. Live now to our middle east Business Correspondent sameer hashmi. Samir, Rhe Saudi State remains overwhelmingly aramco� s biggest shareholder, so they remain the big winner in the aramco story. Well, thats right. They own around 90 of the company and the payout, the bulk of it, will go to the saudi government. If you look at aramco, every quarter they have been paying about 19. 8 billion of dividend. This time they have added another amount to that amount, because they sa...

forecast will have more detail on that. —— pick out those showers. higher temperatures are expected across south—western areas, perhaps 25 in cardiff. but high pressure builds on bank holiday monday, quite a stiff breeze across the north sea pushing in the cloud to coastal areas. the best of the weather around western parts of the uk, lots of mid—20s easily, really pleasant weather but on the north sea coast its going to be fairly chilly. aberdeen is a nippy 15, its going to be...

Important and brave reporting fare from my colleague quentin. army officers have appeared on national television in gabon — claiming they have seized power. they said they were annulling the results of the election on saturday where president bongo was declared the winner. this was when it was announced. translation: in the name of the people of gabon - and as guarantors of the institutions, we have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the current regime. to this end, the general elect...

For family and communities. andrew fosters life changed because of the actions of his brother, christopher. on 26th august 2008, he killed the animals in his house, set fire to the house and then shot my sister—in—law and my niece with a licensed firearm. its 15 years this year, and it still has the same impact 15 years on. christopher had been to the doctor and spoken of suicidal thoughts. there was no flag coming up at west mercia saying, "well, hold on, this guys a licensed gun holder, he...

With thousands of new infections. theres gold up for grabs with three brits vying for a win in the paralympic pool. ellie simmonds defends her title against world champion maisie summers—newton, and european bronze medallist grace harvey. its thursday 26th august. our top story. the uk, the united states and australia have all told their citizens to stay away from kabul airport — amid concerns that terrorists could launch an imminent attack. the foreign office has issued updated advice, just...

A move they say could make or break the summer getaway. turkey trips could get the go—ahead but jamaica and st lucia may soon be off limits. ill explain what you need to know. theres gold up for grabs with three brits vying for a win in the paralympic pool. ellie simmonds defends her title against world champion maisie summers—newton, and european bronze medallist grace harvey. good morning. yesterday was the warmest day of this august so far. the temperature reached 27.2 in the highlands. t...