this is bbc news, i m lewis vaughanjones. the headlines: president biden confirms the head of al-qaeda, ayman al zawahiri, has been killed by a us drone strike in kabul. he by a us drone strike in kabul. made videos, includ weeks he made videos, including in recent weeks asking his followers to attack the us and our allies. nojustice had been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. liz truss scrapped a plan to link public sector pay to any living costs after backlash. energy giant bp reports £6.9 billion in quarterly profits
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. what i want to be clear about is i will not be going ahead with the regional pay boards. that is no longer my policy. as energy bills soar, bp reports £6.9 billion in quarterly profits its highest in 14 years. police have charged a 20 year old man with treason after he was arrested in the grounds of windsor castle on christmas day. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s jane. good afternoon. good afternoon from birmingham, where it is day 5 of the commonwealth games. 37 gold medals up for grabs, and it s been another incredible day for england in the gymastics.
teens for many spots. two areas of rain, one western scotland northern ireland will eventually bring something fresher. patchy light rain or drizzle will move its way south and east, could bring a few spots to the south but nothing majorly significant. it will break up into the afternoon. lot more sunshine into the afternoon. the odd shower across scotland and northern ireland, and again, pretty warm in that sunshine as well. bye for now. hello, you re watching bbc news. i m jane hill. these are the latest headlines. bp reports its highest quarterly profits in 1a years, of 6.9 billion pounds as household energy bills soar the white house accuses the taliban of sheltering the al-qaeda leader ayman al zawahiri who s been killed by a us drone strike in kabul. the parents of archie battersbee
this is bbc news, i m lewis vaughanjones. the headlines: us presidentjoe biden confirms the head of al-qaeda, ayman al zawahiri, has been killed by a 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. liz truss scraps a plan to link public sector pay to local living costs following a backlash from a number of senior conservatives. what i want to be clear about his i will not be going ahead with the regional pay boards. that is no longer my policy. as energy bills soar, bp reports £6.9 billion in quarterly profits
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 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,