Here with us. Good night from nbc news headquarters here in new york. Happy thursday. The time has come to establish the United States space force. That was not a scene from a movie. That was that was real. The space force is actually happening. Theyve got plans. Theyre finding money. Michael bey is on board to direct the whole thing cries president mike pence laying out details for President Trumps proposed new branch of the military, the space force, but critics say it is a waste of money and unnecessary. Plus, dozens of children are killed after a Saudiled Coalition air strike hit a bus in yemen. This morning there are calls for an investigation. First lady melania trumps
parents become u. S. Citizens, apparently benefitting from a policy President Trump has sought to end. Good morning, it is friday, august 10th. Im david gura alongside louis bergdorf. Ayman and yasmin has the morning off. The Trump Administration as nounsed i nou announced i think plan to create a space force. Vice
bills to make up for costs incurred during the pandemic. thisjump in profits came despite falls in oil and gas prices which affected other energy firms. fossil fuel giant shell has said profits have fallen to $5 billion dollars that s around 3.9 billion pounds , in the second three months of the year as oil and gas prices fall. energy firms had been making record profits after russia s invasion of ukraine pushed up oil and gas prices. but wholesale prices have been falling from post invasion peaks. the firm said it had also been selling less fuel and making lower profits on refining. with me is the bbc s business reporter tadhg enright. with me the bbc s business reporter tadhg enright. most of the catlike shell profits going to be compared to mean that last yearfor going to be compared to mean that last year for the things. $5 billion injust one last year for the things. $5 billion in just one quarter of the year and still a massive amount on a sharp drop in last year and prices w
still going through the details. at the headline is that centrica, who owns british gas, made more than £2 billion in the first half of this year. if we look more closely at the company that many people will have heard of, british gas itself, they made almost £1 billion in the first half of this year. that is an enormous rise, they made about £72 million in the whole of the previous year, so a massive rise, partly because the price cap went up much higher than it had previously been, people were paying more, and the energy regulator ofgem said that previously prices that people were paying hadn t risen as quickly as the costs on the international market, so they say british gas and other energy suppliers had to be allowed to make more to make up for some of that difference. meanwhile if we look at shell, they made £3.9 billion, that figure is four april tojune, so a three month period. it brings their profits for the first
dame alison rose after she admitted she was the source of an inaccurate story about the closure of his accounts at coutts bank. she d claimed he didn t have enough money in them. lloyds banking group has announced a surge in profits, as it benefits from higher borrowing costs. the group made £3.9 billion in the six months to the end ofjune more than 20% higher than in the same period last year. charities have warned that mental health services could be further stretched, by a decision by police in england to stop responding to concerns about mental health. officers will only attend if there s a possible crime or a risk to life. there are indications a consultation on the closure of ticket offices at railway stations across england, will be extended. the rail delivery group says many offices are increasingly under used, with most people buying tickets online orfrom machines. but there have been complaints particularly from disabled people who say they ll be adversely affected.
hurting my spirit and soul, it offends me as a taxpayer when i sea and hear the emails going out to military and federal service members all day every day, telling them go to this training, this class, it has nothing to do with readiness, only virtue signaling to get a box checked. that s the only way they can be promoted, compliant. we are paying for this. the u.s. space force s billion dollar budget, $30 billion for fiscal year 2024. they re asking for 3.9 billion over what was first enacted when we created space force. their mission, research development testing and evaluation. what i saw has nothing to do with any of those principles, i want my $30 billion back from space force. why are we spending money on this. ancillary point in the same realm, fort brag, now fort liberty, part of woke name changing, cost us, wait for it, $1 billion. ridiculous.