21 days, sales from 7.6 billion, up 2.2 billion since 2019. it s certainly a story of inspiration for people, for businesses. come back to america. rachel: yeah. the supply chain problems are real and so if you want to avoid that, come back home. i mean, you would like to think that patriotism and just wanting to have more production home for those reasons and to employ your fellow citizens would be enough but actually this company is proving it s profitable. douglas: it s one silver lining on the 2020 covid cloud, we all have suddenly become aware how much has been outsourced from this country and how many crucial and everyday areas and i think it s just very rare good news story. it s a reminder that america can bring the business home and that if it does, the american people love it. rachel: i didn t know t bath and body works was so essential to your life. douglas: it s absolutely
more than 130 members of the us congress and the european parliament have signed a letter urging that an oil industry executive should not lead the next un climate change conference. sultan aljaber, who is chief executive of the abu dhabi national oil company, has been chosen to head cop28, to be held in dubai in november. but the signatories say his appointment is incompatible with hisjob. they point out the company he runs plans to increase its output by 7.6 billion barrels of oil, which threaten to undermine climate negotiations and jeopardises public faith in the cop process. the spanish football federation has ordered the partial closure of valencia s stadium after fans chanted racist abuse against real madrid player, vinicius junior on sunday. the club has also been fined $48,000. it s been confirmed viniciuisjunior will not be suspended, after getting a red card sunday. the footballer was sent off for hitting a player from valencia, but only
claimed ukraine had targeted vladimir putin in moscow. president zelensky denies that his country carried out the attack. he s arrived at the international criminal court headquarters in the hague, where he s due to give a speech shortly. four former police scotland employees say women in the force feel scared to speak about bullying and harassment at work. they told bbc newsnight they felt ostracised after making complaints about male colleagues. police scotland says its staff feel that progress has been made in tackling sexism. the energy company shell says it made a profit of £7.6 billion in the first three months of the year. that figure is significantly higher than many analysts had expected. security plans are being put in place for the eurovision song contest grand final because of concerns that pro russian hackers might try to disrupt the broadcast and public vote. the uk s hosting the event next week in liverpool, on behalf of ukraine.
shell says it made a profit of £7.6 billion in the first three months of the year. that s slightly down on the previous quarter but significantly more than many analysts had expected. the uk s competition watchdog is starting a review of the artifical intelligence market. it ll analyse the technology behind popular chatbots such as chatgpt. the competition and markets authority says it s crucial that people can access the benefits of ai but that they should also be protected from issues such as false or misleading information. voting is under way in local elections in many areas of england. the last time most of these council seats were contested was in 2019, when theresa may was prime minister. for the first time in england, voters will need to show a valid photo id before casting their ballot. will charles be a good king? or have you had enough already? a
the occupied west bank last month. a third militant who had been allegedly helping the two gunmen was also killed in the raid in nablus. they were travelling to a passover event. the british singer songwriter ed sheeran had denied stealing elements of the marvin gaye song for his worldwide hit. airs of gaye and his worldwide hit. airs of gaye and his copyright claim the other money and ed sheeran won similar court case in london of his 2017 hit shape of you. quarterly profits of £7.6 billion, higher than the same figures last year, for shell, despite a drop in energy prices. they said this was boosted by strong trading in its