than 40,000 south african miners employed by anglo american. in a statement, bhp ceo mike henry said. anglo had rejected bhp s previous offers, saying they undervalued the company and its prospects. speaking of deals, it s been a big week for consolidation in the energy sector. the latest development? conocophillips s acquisition of marathon oil in a $22.5 billion deal. erin delmore has all the details and more on this rising trend. think about the early days of the pandemic. people are stuck at home, not going out and not driving their cars. 0il at home, not going out and not driving their cars. oil prices crashed, but sent them, prices have come back then. back up. take conocophillips. the share price has nearly tripled and now it s acquiring marathon 0il worth $25 billion including debt. that will help conoco expand drilling in mexico, north dakota and texas and are to equatorial guinea. large and midsize oil companies have been competing to buy up the smaller rivals. a
question. so, as we go into tomorrow, look at the showers. fewer showers into the north, all drifting their way steadily south due to the direction of the wind. some of the showers across east anglia and south east england could turn heavy and thundery as we go through the afternoon. somewhat brighter conditions out to the west. a blustery afternoon with a north westerly wind and top temperatures generally on the brighter moments around 19 degrees, but only 1a or 15 if you are in the cloud and showers. as we head towards the weekend, here is the area of high pressure, finally quieting the weather story down. we will be chasing cloud around at the weekend, but i can promise you something more in the way of dry weather to come, settled, sending in something a little bit warmer. thanks, louise. and that s bbc news at six. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. no british players remain in the singles at the french open and carlos alcaraz had to work to avoid followin
israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the war in gaza has entered a second phase, warning it will be long and difficult. speaking at a joint news conference with his defence minister, yoav gallant, and emergency war cabinet member benny gantz, mr netanyahu described the conflict as israel s second war of independence. he declared israel would win the war and make every effort to bring the hostages home. in his first comments since the war began on the seventh of october, hamas s leader in the gaza strip has offered to release all hostages being held in gaza in return for the release of all hamas prisoners in israeli jails. in a statement, yahya sinwar says, we are ready for an immediate exchange deal that includes the release of all prisoners in the prisons of the zionist enemy in exchange for the release of all prisoners with the resistance. it comes 2a hours after israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza. you can see that in these pictures here. israel said
madrid, atletico, manchester city, bayern munich. every time you think you have beaten them, they find a way to win. they left it late last night. kings of europe once again. a record extending 15th time. the fist time carlo ancelotti has won the champions league. 2 0 it s finished. for real madrid, a familiarfeeling, lifting europe s familiar feeling, lifting europe s biggest familiarfeeling, lifting europe s biggest club prize. at the home of english football, a record extending 15th victory and england sjude bellingham played a crucial role. before kick off under wembley s grey skies, a sea of colour. the yellow wall of dortmund and the white of madrid. jude bellingham playing against his former club and international team mate jadon sancho. it was jadon sancho s german team who started brightest, although