taxes made tougher. but more evidence today of the continuing fall in energy prices that has brought bp s profits down. retailers say the rate at which food prices are rising in shops is at its lowest level since last december. food inflation slowed to 13.1i% injuly helped by the price of some staple foods such as oils, fish and breakfast cereals falling. but overall, shop prices are still 7.6% higher this july than a year ago. hsbc has announced its profits doubled in the first half of the year, as it benefited from rising interest rates. the bank said it made £16.9 billion. its chief executive warned of a tough six months ahead for customers though, with more rate rises expected. meanwhile, uk house prices dropped at their fastest annual pace for iii years injuly, according to nationwide. the building society said prices dropped by 3.8%, with high mortgage interest rates
bakhmut. thank you, nick paton walsh. with the $1.2 billion aid package of the u.s. being bolstered, the u.s. has committed to $36.9 billion to ukraine since the beginning of the war since february of 2022. so what is making this package different? instead of supplying ukraine with the weapons that it needs, this effort is to create more of a medium to long-term supply chain for ukraine which includes committing an additional 155 million millimeter military rounds for a howitzer system, and also air munitions for counter unmanned aerial systems and commercial military satellite systems and training on equipment.
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moment in and out of the north sea, because otherwise all you do is you kill north sea production, force the uk to go into the international market and buy at the middle east. more gas and very elevated prices. the delivery of these plans has got to be properly costed. people have got to be rational with the public and how they will be delivered. going back to the profits, shell had second quarter profits of £9 billion in its most recent report. bp underlying profits of £6.9 billion for the three months tojune, that is the second highest figure in its history, more than triple the amount it made during the same period in 2021. are you saying those profits are not touchable? thea;t 2021. are you saying those profits are not touchable? are not touchable? they are not untouchable are not touchable? they are not untouchable but are not touchable? they are not untouchable but you are not touchable? they are not untouchable but you have - are not touchable? they are not untouchable
this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. president biden confirms the head of al-qaeda, ayman al zawahiri, has been killed by a us drone strike in kabul. he made videos including in recent weeks calling for his followers to attack the united states and our allies. nowjustice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. experts predict typical household energy bills will rise to more than £3,300 a year in the uk this autumn, and climb even higher next year. it comes as bp reports £6.9 billion in quarterly profits, its highest in 14 years.