This is bbc news. the headlines at 11.00am. the second day of the sentencing hearing for former metropolitan police officer david carrick gets under way today. he is being sentenced for a9 offences against 12 women over two decades. more than 5,000 people are now known to have died in the earthquakes which struck turkey and syria. the world health organization estimates millions are affected by the quakes. the prime minister is expected to announce a cabinet reshuffle this morning, with some names already heavily tipped to get certain jobs. bp announces record profits of £23 billion the second energy giant to report the highest profits in its history.
Comes up with before making a decision on dominic raab s future, but certainly the fact you need a new tory chairman is because of bad news from rishi sunak rather than everything else. the headlines on bbc news. another quake strikes this morning as a huge rescue effort continues and the death toll in turkey and syria rises above five thousand. energy giant bp announces record profits of £23 billion more than double that of the previous year. the prime minister s expected to announce a cabinet this reshuffle later this morning, as he replaces conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi.
Into the real motives of bp if it doesn t make them enough money, they will not transition to renewables. you know, and i think there is a bigger point here to be made about the whole oil and gas sector in the uk context, which is that, of all the companies that are currently operating in our north sea, obviously our biggest oil and gas reserve, three quarters of those companies invest nothing in renewables in this country. and of the ones that are investing in renewables, a large number of those are using that renewable energy to power their oil and gas platforms. they are not putting renewable energy into the grid. so these are not green, climate friendly companies. fossilfuels are not green, climate friendly companies. fossil fuels are the single biggest cause of climate breakdown, and these companies are peddling very much in the opposite direction. you peddling very much in the opposite direction. :, :, peddling very much in the opposite direction- - - direction. you mentioned
Because of the war in ukraine. bp made £23 billion in 2022, more than double the total in the previous year. let s go live now to stroud in gloucestershire and speak to alice harrison, fossil fuels campaign leader at campaigns organisation global witness. no surprise, these figures. what would you like to see these profits, or how would you like to see these profits being used or taxed, because you have been, as an organisation, calling for much more taxes on the profits of energy companies? yes. profits of energy companies? yes, thanks, annita profits of energy companies? yes, thanks, annita. profits of energy companies? yes, thanks, annita. it profits of energy companies? yes, thanks, annita. it is profits of energy companies? 1l: thanks, annita. it is important to put these figures in context, it is a huge amount of money that works out as over £43,000 in profit per minute, and if you combine it with what shell recorded last week, britain s two energy giants alone making �
This is bbc news with the latest headlines. the death toll in turkey rises above 5,000 after two major earthquakes another quake struck early this morning as a huge rescue effort continues across turkey and syria. energy giant bp announces record profits of £23 billion more than double that of the previous year. new figures seen by the bbc suggest some of the uk s most vulnerable households haven t claimed up to 50 million pounds of government energy support funding with up to 50 million pounds of energy support going unclaimed have you been expecting to get some support, but haven t? are you unclear about the kind of support that you re eligible for?