Of souls to flee conflict and persecution. Welcome to the program all those stories coming up but we begin in iraq where these 2 people have been injured by a rocket targeting the headquarters of several Foreign Oil Companies the rocket came down south of bands right assigned to exxon mobil shell and other Energy Giants operate iraqs government says oil exports havent been interrupted in june has the latest from baghdad. According to Iraqi Security officials a katyusha rocket landed in a compound which is in the vicinity of Foreign Oil Companies and also the Iraqi Oil Drilling Company in basra we are told by Security Officials that at least 2 iraqi employees of the Iraqi Oil Drilling Company have been injured as a result weve also been told that exxon mobil which is one of the Foreign Oil Companies which is how it is in that area has decided to evacuate 20 employees as a result of this attack also were told that Oil Production in that area has not been affected by this attack now all o
A high of 72000 backed up just a little 724. That is a stand on the financial market. Now this. After the state of the union speech, democrats should be doing cartwheels, thats according to the washington post, they thought biden laid to rest the idea that he was too old for the job, he is jacked up performance reversed worries about his cognitive decline, wishful thinking. A harris poll taken after the speech reveals 59 of voters, 63 of independents believe the speech was divisive, worse than that 57 of voters, 67 under present thought it raised questions about his age. Tuesday a semi outpouring of democrat and Media Support after robert hur testified before, grace. The democrats insisted he had been exonerated in the documents case and robert hur was out of bounds when questioning the president s memory. The white house, case closed. No its not, the president was not exonerated, that were does not appear and robert hurs report. What emerged from the hearing is bidens decline has gone
Going to be able to turn things around straightaway, but we will get to work on all of that. And hollywoods biggest night kicks off later with all eyes on oppenheimer to see if it can break the record for the most wins at the oscars. The budget the government unveiled on wednesday has left the Shadow Chancellor with a major headache. Jeremy hunt cut National Insurance by 2p for the second time in six months, as well as adopting two of labours policies, which it planned to use to Fund Breakfast clubs in schools and extra nhs appointments, if the party wins the next election. Earlier, the Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves spoke to the bbc s Laura Kuennsberg and started by talking about how they plan to raise money now. We are committed to the extension of working rights, including banning the National Welfare and is a key component of our growth plans, and britain has never had one before. The idea is to live it in private Sector Investment alongside a Government Endowment to invest in so
The truth is taxes are still going up. People feel worse off because they are worse off. So this morning, we have one big question in what direction would labour drive the economy . The woman in charge of the partys calculator, Rachel Reeves, who wants to be the next chancellor is here. The budget promised extra cash to get more bang for taxpayers bucks in the Health Service. Well ask the health secretary, victoria atkins, what difference that will make. And whats it like when your body wont do the Amazing Things you used to do the lead singer of del amitri tells us how parkinsons hasnt stopped him taking to the stage. Morning, morning. Helping me out at the desk for the next 60 minutes, chef and green campaigner Hugh Fearnley whittingstall, john lewis boss dame sharon white, and lord michael howard, former conservative leader, and one time Shadow Chancellor, too. A very warm welcome to all of you. Making the news this morning. The sunday times says Boris Johnson went to venezuela, and
Many of the top awards. The budget the government unveiled on wednesday has left the Shadow Chancellor with a major headache. Jeremy hunt cut National Insurance by 2 pence for the second time in six months, as well as stealing two of labours revenue raising policies. The party had planned to use these to Fund Breakfast clubs in schools and reduce nhs Waiting Lists, if it wins the next election. Earlier, the Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves spoke to the bbc s Laura Kuennsberg about how they plan to raise money now, and began by discussing her plans to create a National Wealth fund. Yes. We have committed to an extension of workers rights, including banning zero hour contracts, getting rid of fire and rehire and having a real minimum wage. Obviously, the low Pay Commission will set that, but this is a big extension of the rights of working people, because if an economy is not working for working people, its not working at all. And at the moment, too many people are stuck in insecure, pre