That company is the saudio oil giant saudi aramco, and its feeling the effects of lower oil prices, lower than expected demand from china, and thinner Profit Margins for refining oil. Between april and june, the company made a Profit Ofjust over 30 billion, lot of money by anyone s metric, but significantly down from more than the 48 billion it made in the same period a year ago. The main reason is, as you can see here, that oil prices during the period were at the lowest point in the last year, as the boost they got from russias invasion of ukraine wore off. And last week, in an effort to keep them that way, saudi arabia said it would only produce nine Million Barrels a day. That extended Production Cuts by the 0pec group of big oil producers, who profit more from a higher price. When it comes to saudi aramco, those higher prices mean higher Dividend Payments for shareholders, and its boosted those to nearly 30 billion in the current period. So i put it to our middle east Business Cor
president in a direct challenge to former president donald trump and made no bones about that. back together in new york city. i m bill hemmer. good morning. dana: so glad you re here, my friend. bill: miss or not really? dana: 12 on the miss. you were missed, yeah. bill: i ll take that. dana: you should take that. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. good to be back together. more on the wildfires in a little bit. i remember last week my parents saying they couldn t see the mountains from denver because of these wildfires. the east coast dealing with it as well. christie launched his campaign yesterday and attacked the president straight out of the gate. he said president trump made americans smaller by pitting them against one another. if you look back at our history, when we have had great leaders, at every pivotal moment in our history there was a choice between small and big. and america became the most different, the most successful, the most
And far reaching consequences, which are being felt across ukraine and beyond. This is the story of what happened after kakhovka. As a ukrainian journalist, ive been following russias full scale invasion from day one. When moscow took the area around the Southern City of Nova Kakhovka, i realised it could become a flash point. The city is close to a key reservoir and europes Largest Nuclear power station. Live from london, this is bbc news. Dozens of towns and villages are flooded in ukraine after a major dam is breached. Lets go live now to kyiv, speak to bbc ukrainian s viktoriia zhuhan, whos there. For today, we understand from ukrainian authorities that about 16,000 residents on the banks of ukraine controlled areas are in immediate critical danger. Our team has been investigating for many months. Water supplies are of key importance in the hot and dry south of ukraine, and russia previously targeted the waterways here, along with other civilian infrastructure. Man made flood into
As a ukrainian journalist, ive been following russias full scale invasion from day one. When moscow took the area around the Southern City of Nova Kakhovka, i realised it could become a flash point. The city is close to a key reservoir and europes Largest Nuclear power station. Live from london, this is bbc news. Dozens of towns and villages are flooded in ukraine after a major dam is breached. Lets go live now to kyiv, speak to bbc ukrainian s viktoriia zhuhan, whos there. For today, we understand from ukrainian authorities that about 16,000 residents on the banks of ukraine controlled areas are in immediate critical danger. Our team has been investigating for many months. Water supplies are of key importance in the hot and dry south of ukraine, and russia previously targeted the waterways here, along with other civilian infrastructure. Man made flood into a weapon. Yet, this breach caused much bigger disruption. I knew that soon this story would fade from the headlines. I wanted to k