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Bp says it is investing in renewables, and one former executive believes a windfall tax is not the solution. oil and gas account for 80% of all the energy britain uses every day, so there needs to be the investment in that by companies like bp and shell and others. but they also need — and they are trying to do this — to invest in the move towards low—carbon. only a fraction of bp's profits are generated in the north sea, so a windfall tax applied only to those operations would raise limited revenue. but with oil firms making massive profits, many believe they are in an ideal position to...

In that by companies like bp and shell and others, but they also need, and they are trying to do this, to invest in the move towards low—carbon. only a fraction of bp�*s profits are generated in the north sea, so a windfall tax applied only to those operations would raise limited revenue. but with oil firms making massive profits, many believe they are in an ideal position to help foot the bill for struggling customers. ramzan karmali, bbc news. here with me now is miatta fahnbulleh, who is the chief executive at the new economics foundation. thank you forjoining us. what is your view of a...

Is -- >> before he died, he made a provision for you, at the funeral, so that you could actually be in one of the hol load out columns -- hollowed out columns at the entrance to the church. is that right? >> yes, i got the fore pass for that. i'm hot sure this is eye zeal but it was a -- i'm not sure this is an ideal position and i was there for three ourselves. and with the flash, the picture, page one, the best picture taken, as the coffin is on the step, it was very, very moving, i'll never forget it as long as i live. and you know, that was saying goodbye to a great man, and never let the ...

Increasingly tense standoff. >> so in some ways, is this a no-win situation for chuck schumer? accept a deal and we're back here soon, or reject it and look like he's obstructing a solution. >> yeah, it's not an ideal position for anybody, geoff. i mean, it's not an ideal position to have this debt limit fighting always happening. and this would also line up the debt ceiling with government funding at the beginning of december. so really not a great situation. but it does not seem -- it seems increasingly clear that republicans are not going to back off their filibuster and increasingly clear ...

Now but we were in an ideal position was we were the only team of near eastern archaeologists to have scanned everything in three d. . says it was a ton of good fortune in the mists of terrible misfortune that don't look. the temple was badly damaged in the war but at least its memory has been digitally preserved. the scanned data is so precise the inscriptions are even more legible in virtual reality than they were in real life. that's. been on top when i learned to dig i had a piece of paper and a pencil that was all put together today we can use a scanner that is much more accurate than any...