Business stories. We start in saudi arabia as the Worlds Biggest Oil Company Aramco is set to announce its latest Half Year Results in the next half an hour or so. Last year, aramco netted record profits of over 160 billion, buoyed by soaring energy prices. But in may this year, they reported that profits dropped by nearly a fifth in the first three months of the year as the gloomy Global Outlook saw oil prices drop. To tackle this, saudi arabia has been cutting production to the tune of1 Million Barrels a day. They started in july and have now extended to september. The oil price has since been creeping up. Live now to our middle east Business Correspondent sameer hashmi. Sameer, nice to see you. 160 billion is so much money made in a year. What are they expected to say in the next half hour . Expected to say in the next half hour . Sally, ithink it is matching half hour . Sally, ithink it is matching up half hour . Sally, ithink it is matching up to half hour . Sally, ithink it is ma
Task force and regulators aimed at cracking down on rogue immigration lawyers. A new task immigration lawyers. A new task force announced by the government will bring together regulatory bodies , law regulatory bodies, Law Enforcement and other Government Departments to root out so called dodgy law firms. Departments to root out so called dodgy law firms. In other news, the elections watchdog was targeted by a cyber attack related resulting in what it calls hostile actors gaining access to the publics information. The cyber attackers were able to access copies of the electoral register with the names and addresses of anyone registered to vote between 2014 and 2022. The attackers first accessed the Commission Systems in august 2021. Chief executive sean mcnally apologised to the pubuc sean mcnally apologised to the public and said significant steps have since been taken to improve their it systems. A improve their it systems. A haulage firm thats part of one of the uks largest transport
Local Authorities Say 80 of the Coastal Community is gone. From above, you can see even more of the broad stretch of destruction. Homes, businesses, cars have been destroyed. These pictures were about to show you will put all of that into perspective. These are before and after pictures from lahaina. At least 270 buildings entire neighbourhoods have been reduced to ash. The town was home to about 12,000 people. Lets Hearfrom One Man who made it to safety, but lost everything. I lose my home, all my papers too, everything. Thats only i can. I only have my wife, my son, and my car, i dont have time for the rest of my stuff. My passport or ids, anything. Fires like the one you see here consumed roads and exit points. Flames moved with such speed, that some tourists were forced to jump into the sea nearby and were left to tread water or cling to sea walls for long periods of time. Theyve been talking about their experience. The ocean almost sucked my kids away a few times. But yeah, here w
Clearly these concerns are worrying local people. The government has repeatedly said that the barge is going to be better value for british taxpayers because of the huge costs of housing Asylum Seekers and hotels, i think it is about £6 million a day at the moment. Do we know how much it cost a housing Asylum Seeker on the barge . We a housing Asylum Seeker on the barae . ~. ,. ,. , barge . We are told it is cheaper. There was barge . We are told it is cheaper. There was a barge . We are told it is cheaper. There was a report barge . We are told it is cheaper. There was a report recently barge . We are told it is cheaper. There was a report recently thatl there was a report recently that suggested it might only be a little bit cheaper. The government has been very cagey and giving us an exact number over what it will cost because i suspect it has been done before so they dont entirely know. There are concerns that the costs of maintaining a barge should be more than a building on land
At this stadium were canada and brazil and the United States were eliminated, colombia and jamaica help to avoid a similarfate. For the winners, england await. The first half was physical and tense, but ultimately goalless. There was nothing new forjamaicas defence, who have been impenetrable in this tournament. When Catalina Usme brought a long time ball in the area perfectly, she ended that run. The second goal for columbias captain on the night. It sends the colombians in the stands into raptures over 300 minutes had gone by before jamaica conceded their first goal of the tournament, and it brought them to live. Moments later they struck the woodwork. Colombia spotted an opportunity and immediately hit on the counter. A chance to double their lead to no avail. England will watch this cautiously, something for them to keep in mind for the next round. Jamaica came this close to an equaliser. A cross, a free header, agonisingly wide. The fairy tale for jamaica ends here. Colombia held