the company said its oil trading performance was exceptional, and that it expects to pay more than £1 billion in uk tax. the profits come as domestic energy bills are predicted to hit more than £3,500 a year this winter. our business correspondent, caroline davies, reports. from fuel to cooking, lighting to showers. rising energy prices bite into household budgets. but the same high oil and gas prices that mean consumers are paying more means that energy companies are also making more money. today, bp announced it has made its second ever highest underlying profit in a three month period. £6.9 billion, more than triple the amount it made the same time last year. the company says it will invest in the uk, including an energy transition and pay more tax.
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this is bbc news. i m rebecca jones with the latest headlines. 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 this autumn, and climb even higher next year. it comes as bp reports £6.9 billion in quarterly profits its highest in m years. life support is expected to be withdrawn from 12 year old archie battersbee today, after court of appeal judges said his treatment
separate conjoined twins. these three year old brothers are now recovering in hospital, after surgeries using virtual reality. and coming up on the bbc news channel. in a dramatic final, wales men beat england in the lawn bowls pairs event to win commonwealth games gold. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. apologies for the loss of sound at the beginning of the programme. the energy company bp has reported its second highest quarterly profit in its history. between april and june it made £6.9 billion, three times the figure for the same period last year.
energy bills will rise to more than 3,300 pounds a year this autumn and climb even higher next year. the energy company, bp, has reported the second highest profit in its history. between april and june, it made 6.9 billion pounds, three times as much as in the same period last year. it comes on the back of soaring energy prices which have left consumers facing big increases to their household bills. our business correspondent, ramzan karmali, gave us his assessment of bp s results.