wednesday, a few showers before that finally starts to break up and at the skies at brighton. more showers to come again in the north and west. a slightly fresher day across northern ireland and scotland, slightly less windy further south. hello, this is bbc news. the 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, asking his followers to attack the us and our allies. now, justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. liz truss scraps a plan to link public sector pay to local living costs following a backlash from a number of senior conservatives. as energy bills soar, bp reports £6.9 billion in quarterly profits its highest in 14 years.
taipei and we had live pictures of the hotel that she has arrived at. huge interest in this. the international feed huge interest in this. the internationalfeed has huge interest in this. the international feed has gone down but when we can re establish that we will bring it to you. as we ve been hearing, bp has reported its biggest quarterly profit for the last 14 years £6.9 billion. that s three times the amount the energy giant made in the same period last year. this comes as analysts have warned that a typical domestic energy bill in england, wales and scotland could hit more than £3,600 a year this winter. our business correspondent caroline davies reports.
more than triple the amount it made at the same time last year. the company says it will invest in the uk, including in energy transition, and pay more tax. when prices are higher, rightly so, we pay higher taxes and now we have an energy profits levy which means we will pay even more taxes on top of what we had already planned, and that is what we will do. bp estimates it will pay £1 billion of tax compared to £100 million last year, but the high profits sit uneasily as many, like mother of two ruth face the prospect of energy bills rising again this year. i mean, it isjust frightening, really, because it s such a huge amount of money and you can t get round it. we have to put the heating on, we have put the lights on, maybe we won t have the heating on as much, maybe we will have to put extra jumpers on, but there are some things you can t change and you can t stop.
the energy company bp has reported its second highest quarterly profit in its history. between april and june it made £6.9 billion pounds in profit three times the figure for the same period last year. the company said its oil trading performance was exceptional, and that it expects to pay more than a billion pounds in uk tax this year. 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 at the same time last year. the company says it will invest in the uk, including in energy transition, and pay more tax. when pri
and put england into bat. alice capsey hit a superb 50 from 37 balls to help england finish on 167 5. south africa slipped well behind the required run rate early into their chase and always seemed second best, finishing on 141 4. england will reach the semi finals if new zealand beat sri lanka on tuesday. that s all the sport for now. we will have more updates throughout the day and because you can get the latest updates on the bbc news website. and of course you can get. let s get more on bp s second highest profits in its history. between april and june, it made £6.9 billion 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. i m nowjoined by will webster who is the energy policy manager at offshore energies uk, the leading representative body for the uk offshore energy industries. good afternoon. good afternoon. the awful contrast good afternoon. good afte