On its Second Quarter, but shares gain on the u. S. Rising picture as the u. S. Recovers. Plus, if you dont want the lights to go out, it is time to rethink policy. Thats the message from the Biggest Energy companies. Well hear from rwe. And if thats not enough, in an hours time, it will be over to find out who won this years Nobel Peace Prize. Yep. Plenty to talk about today. We start off with breaking news from the ia, the International Energy agency. The big thing to focus on here seems to be opec crude supplies down below 30 Million Barrels a day for the first time in more than two years. This has been led by steep declines in libya and iraq. Output down 29. 9 Million Barrels a day. Despite audi output topping 10 Million Barrels a day for a third month running. They raised the 2013 Oil Demand Forecast to 91 Million Barrels a day, projected at 1 Million Barrels a day for 2013, as well. Theyre talking about exceptionally high u. S. Crude refinery runs, as well. Joining us for more, j
Country and virtually nothing happens. No sustained comprehensive action is taken. But it is happening and it does every day. Illegal guns are the weapons of mass destruction on our streets. We experience as one of any fellow mayors has said has murder once by one by one in slow motion every single day in the United States of america. And so i ask the question, where is our right red line on violation violence in america . 10,000 plus murdered americans every year. That is a crime against humidity. We have a civil war unfolding in our cities every day, week, every month. Mary landrieu and i have both have spoken with president obama on this issue. He is ready to act. The question is where is the congress . What are they prepared to do . So let me ask this question, what if our response to domestic terrorism was as thorough and engaged as our response to International Terrorism . What if we had a 9 11 commission about black men getting slaughtered on the streets of america . A National
Live from beirut. Also this lunchtime after a cluster of cases, some lockdown restrictions are reimposed in aberdeen. Scotlands first minister says schools must be prioritised over pubs, echoing englands childrens commissioner. The critical government errors which led to many more people contracting covid i9 a damning report from mps. News from the high street 1,500 jobs at risk at wh smith, after lockdown caused sales to plummet. And. Happier feet there are more emperor penguins, than we thought, as new colonies are spotted from space. And coming up on bbc news, a breakthrough for england just before the rain came on day one of the first test against pakistan at old trafford. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The grim operation is under way in lebanon to recover the bodies of the more than 100 people who are missing after a huge explosion devastated the port area of the capital, beirut, yesterday. The blast killed at least 100 people and injured more than 4,000 others
Good morning. New car sales were up compared to last year. But what happened when pent up demand dries 7 happened when pent up demand dries up . Iwill happened when pent up demand dries up . I will be looking at the long, long road to recovery. Good morning. Its footballs richest match, and fulham won it at wembley. The london club are back in the premier league after beating local rivals brentford in the championship playoff final. Good morning. Afair good morning. A fair bit of cloud around today. Rain from the west and some rain in the north. Driest and brightest conditions will be in the south and east. I have the details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday july 5. Our top story lebanon is in mourning this morning after an explosion ripped through the capital beirut. At least 78 people are now known to have died and thousands have been wounded as rescue workers continue to search through the rubble. Officials say a confiscated haul of explosives was to blame. This r
Fantastic title. I love that. So be ready to tee up your questions. Were delighted that cspan, booktv is here with us tonight. So if you can do us a favor if you have a question, wait for the mic to come around so we can hear you. With that said, adam, welcome. We are very, very happy to have you here. Im particularly looking forward to what you have to say. Im a finance geek. Thank you for having me here. And also cspan coming tout film us. I appreciate it. Im going start a bit by stalk talking in general talk you through the history of the bank. Then you can kind of unwhere it came from, why its set up. What it does today. What is the bank for International Settlement . I always say its the most Important Bank in the world you have probably never heard of. Most people have never heard of a bis apart from people who are dealing with the more technical side of International Finance or banking. The bis was set up in 1930 as part of a young plan. Its history reaches back to the end of th