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million. hello and welcome a long, this is world business report, i m ben thompson. starting in the us where one of the most closely watched media trials in decades has been delayed. ajudge in delaware announced late on sunday that the $1.6 billion defamation trial by dominion voting systems against fox news and its parent company would start on tuesday instead. that has now been confirmed. the lawsuit alleges that the broadcast of the reputation of dominion by repeatedly airing lies about its vote counting machines and election fraud in the 2020 us presidential election. let s cross live to wilmington where michelle fleury is in delaware where the trial was due to start. we say was due to start, lots of people keeping a very close eye on this but they will have to wait possibly a bit longer. this is very high stakes media trial, people are calling this one of the biggest media trials in decades. judge erick davis just convened the court right now to explain the delay. ....
we speak to the swedish company aiming to make freight more electric and looking to the uk market. the sacked boss of the cbi has told the bbc that he has been made the fall guy for the crisis engulfing the business lobbying group. tony danker apologised to anyone at the organisation that he had upset or made uncomfortable, but said his reputation has been destroyed as the public have wrongly connected allegations against him of sexual harassment with separate charges of serious misconduct that occurred before he joined the cbi. he has been talking to our business editor simonjack. first, simon, iwant first, simon, i want to apologise to anyone at the cbi and i made upset or uncomfortable. that is on me. that is on me. but i ve had a week of coverage saying that tony danker sacked in rape scandal. these stories have been about rape and sexual assault and cocaine and bullying. none of that was anything to do with me and it was all before my time. so, the first thing that ....
mississippi are told to close their mouths and they have a shower after floods contaminate the water supply. coming up later in the hour, they start in the forgiven, find out what mark thinks of that and the rest of the week s big releases in the film review at 545. hello and welcome to bbc news. after weeks of debate, the conservative party leadership contest has come to an end. on monday, the country will know who will takeover as prime minister rishi sunak or liz truss. it s been an often bitter contest, lasting almost two months. whoever wins, faces an agenda that includes a cost of living crisis and soaring energy bills. our political correspondent helen catt reports. good evening, thank you. it s fantastic to be here. for weeks, liz truss and rishi sunak have toured the country. good evening, it s fantastic to be here. here in darlington. it s fantastic to be here. here, in eastbourne. gosh, it s fantastic to be here. in birmingham. racking up miles, and, they h ....
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 profits of $11.5 billion, prompting a backlash in the uk with one trade union leader describing the soaring profits as an insult to households who are struggling with rising energy bills. let s talk this through, with andrew critchlow from s&p global commodity insights. hello to you, andrew. first of all, what are the numbers going to be like from bp? is it record breaking? i to be like from bp? is it re ....