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procedures, in other countries around the world. police in norway say they're treating a shooting at a guy nightclub as a terrorist attack. a second earthquake rocks an area in south—eastern afghanistan — causing yet more death and destruction. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, says he intends to "take the country forward" — as backbench conservative mps consider fresh attempts to force him from power. i have to listen to all sorts of criticism that part of myjob as leader. and it's day two of performances at glastonbury — sir paul mccartney is the saturday night headliner...

let's get down to business. we start with bp, as it's expected to reveal it made record profits in the second quarter. the rising price of oil has given the energy giant a significant boost. in fact bp chief executive, bernard looney, described the energy market last year as a cash machine. so let's take a look at its previous quarter, when bp made an operating profit of $8.2 billion. this, despite off—loading its nearly 20% stake in russian—controlled oil company rosneft. it also instigated a huge share buy—back programme. last week, its rival shell reported second quarter pro...

good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has confirmed that next week's rail strikes will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. the strikes will affect railway lines across the country. our business correspondent vishala sri—pathma reports. it's set to be a chaotic time if you're travelling by rail at all next week. three 24—hour strikes planned across the week on tuesday, thursday, and saturday, with strikes on the london underground to go ahead on tuesday, as well. for those who have plans to go on holiday...

today. this evening and tonight, many of the showers will fade. cloud and some patchy rain into the western isles by the end of the night. through tomorrow that cloud and patchy rain will spread across the north of scotland is moving towards orkney and shetland through the afternoon. a lot of cloud for scotland and northern ireland, best of the sunshine for england and wales, highest of the temperatures as well. temperatures are set to climb through the coming week. south—east of england could get to 31, 30 two celsius by friday. cooler further north and west, but easier, cloudier,...

from buckingham palace, where thejubilee celebrations are continuing in to the evening here in london. the illustrator sir quentin blake, broadcaster clare balding and actor damian lewis are among more than 1,000 people recognised in the queen's birthday honours list. in other news, johnny depp�*s seen in a newcastle pub last night — while in the us his legal team celebrated his defamation win — but domestic abuse campaigners worry about the message it sends. 70 aircraft have flown over buckingham palace to celebrate the queen's platinum jubilee. the fly—past began with sever...