Being a lot lower in 02 this year than they were last year. As we well remember, they were running up sharply by last year. Bp has realised that prices were down by just under 40 year on year and a biggerfall, they realise just under 40 year on year and a bigger fall, they realise that gas price, 45 and also down by a 30 , that explains why the puppet are lower this year than last year. Lower, but still quite an impressive number nonetheless. It will always raise criticisms about windfall tax with big energy firms doing well on the back of these prices, though as you have said, they have come down from their peaks. Bp is not a big player in the uk any more. Its from their peaks. Bp is not a big player in the uk any more. Its not a big player. Player in the uk any more. Its not a big player. But player in the uk any more. Its not a big player, but reasonably a big player, but reasonably important. They pay tax there and i think, looking at figures, it is gone away, given the price of co
I will start with the good news, at the rain has eased in beijing and the rain has eased in beijing and the Weather Forecast seem to be protecting a period with little or no rain. This Second Typhoon Due to hit in the coming 2a hours may not actually reach landfall in the same place it was thought to be approaching, and that Weather Pattern may not also reach a beijing. Meaning it would give the rescue team is here a bit of Breathing Space to get a real handle on this situation. The other thing that has been worrying them is that they have been finding that many of they have been finding that many of the people who were missing. The big concerns are that that et al. Could go concerns are that that et al. Could 9 up concerns are that that et al. Could go up quite a bit but with every new person makes phone, that is more good news. The Western Suburbs of beijing that there are still areas cut off where roads have collapsed, theres no electricity or water, and theres no electricity or wat
prime minister rishi sunak is aiming to finalise a deal with brussels on post brexit northern ireland trade rules early this week some speculate as soon as tomorrow. government officials held talks with their counterparts in brussels on sunday in a bid to overcome some of the detail that is currrently unpallatable to some politicians in northern ireland. the so called northern ireland protocol has split political opinion since its inception in 2021. it is the trade deal that was agreed to ensure the free movement of goods across the irish land border after brexit. what do business leaders based in northern ireland think about these latest developments? joining me now is roger poland, head of the federation of small businesses northern ireland good to talk to you again. are you hopeful, are you with those who are domestic and think a deal could done this week? we are deal could done this week? - are hopeful of a deal being done this week and the last miles of the race are
president volodymyr zelensky has called for ukraine s candidacy tojoin the european union to be speeded up. he said membership should be quick and not take decades. earlier, his chief of staff accused russia of waging a war on ukrainian civilians, in response to military defeats. there were missile strikes overnight on a resort near the black sea port of odesa. the emergency services say 19 people died and more than 30 others were injured in the attacks. a block of flats and a recreation centre were hit. our corresppondent in kyiv, joe inwood, has the latest. today we had another attack, once again using these old soviet era missiles which hit a resort town just to the west of odesa. it was a nine storey apartment block that was hit as well as a holiday complex. a 12 year old boy is amongst the dead. now, what s interesting about the odesa attack today is it happened maybe 12 hours after the russians had been pushed off an island called snake island in the black sea. now, tha
can the eu agree on a ban on russian oil? it s not looking hopeful. eu leaders meet again to see what might be done. resistance, notably from hungary, has held up the eu s troubled sixth lot of sanctions. 0ther landlocked countries, such as slovakia and the czech republic, have also asked for more time, due to their dependence on russian oil. bulgaria, already cut off from russian gas by gazprom, has likewise asked for opt outs. but prime minister viktor 0rban s hungarian government, which has compared an oil ban to dropping a nuclear bomb on its economy, is seen as the ultimate obstacle. he wrote to the european council to say he didn t even want to be discussed. joining me now is dr adi imsirovic, senior research fellow, the oxford institute for energy studies. sir, you ve worked in the industry for 30 years. this weekend, the eu chief ursula von der leyen said there was a need to think strategically about how the eu approaches the topic of russian oil. she had previously i