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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...

have reached that point us where we are. yesterday for example a man leaped on stage at a campaign event and try to stab. a sitting member of congress is challenging kathy and the governors race in new york. it's ordinarily attempting to assassinate a federal officer would be considered a big deal, but the republicans so it's not a big deal anymore. the man who tried to murder was released immediately with no bail. less than 24 hours later by contrast from her tripadvisor bannon was convicted of crimes recently that were crimes at all. for which he now faces a prison term of two year...

for people struggling to cope. the government has said it's providing a package of measures to help with rising costs. that's it from me. which will be here at the top of the hour. —— rich will be here. now on bbc news, it's time for unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc�*s headquarters in central london for unspun world, the programme where bbc experts give straight answers to the big questions of the moment. are we actually making any progress whatever in combating climate change? or is itjust... well, hot air? there is also the possib...

hello, and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc�*s headquarters in central london for unspun world, the programme where bbc experts give straight answers to the big questions of the moment. are we actually making any progress whatever in combating climate change? well, hot air? there is also the possibility that we could use our ingenuity and our unique abilities as human beings, as homo sapiens, to get out of this. what's russia got up its sleeve for the parts of eastern ukraine that it's captured? there are further efforts taking place to amalgamate those parts into russia. and w...

it is going to get even hotter? it is going to be very uncomfortable and by night as well especially on friday. we are tapping into some of the heat across france which is said to have his earliest heatwave on record with temperatures into the high 30s. and we will tap into some of that heat across england and wales. temperatures already 25 today and friday looks like the peak but not for all parts of the uk. scotland and northern ireland will stay close to average with outbreaks of rain at times particularly in the north and west. that is because of low pressure and weather fronts c...