is to close blast furnaces in port talbot with 3,000 jobs to go. the union plan to savejobs has failed. so what does it say more generally about the green transition? also in the programme. a walk out in northern ireland. no government, no funding, no pay rises. is the standoff over stormont now a constiutional crisis. a constiutional crisis? and is it the demand for cocaine europe that has turned ecuador into a war zone with the drug cartels? is there a future for steel making in the uk? and if there is then what sort of sector does it become. that very issue has been under discussion today between unions representing the steel workers of south wales and the bosses of the tata steel making company. no official word of what has been agreed but we understand tata steel is to close both blast furnaces at its port talbot works with the loss of up to 3,000 jobs. instead of blast furnaces, tata have a plan backed by the british government to invest in a new, greener, electric ar
today, the business headlines will be dominated again by the huge profits made by one of the world s top oil companies. this time it s the turn of bp its latest results are out in an hour and a half and it is expected to reveal it s made substantial sums in the last quarter. last week, shell announced it made record annual profits of nearly $40 billion in 2022, double the previous year s total and the highest in its 115 year history. energy firms have seen record earnings since oil and gas prices jumped following the invasion of ukraine. dr carole nakhle is chief executive of crystal energy, a consultancy that provides advice, research and training to the energy sector. thank you for being on the programme. if we look at the numbers to begin with will bp be record numbersjust like be record numbers just like shell? be record numbersjust like shell? i be record numbers “ust like shell? ., ~ , shell? i don t think bp will be an outlier shell? i don t think bp will be a
Sees anti abortion legislation and the dumping of a major trade deal. But what will the next 99 days bring . Good evening and welcome to bbc news. President trump has opened his first full week in office by signing an order formally withdrawing the us from a major free trade deal with pacific rim countries. The tra ns Pacific Partnership was negotiated by the Obama Administration but it was never ratified by congress. The white house confirmed trade would feature prominently in the president s talks with theresa may later this week as our North America Editorjon Sopel reports. Weve been talking about this for a long time. The power of the pen, Executive Orders signed by the president as he starts his first week in thejob. President as he starts his first week in the job. Another order sets in trade plans to renegotiate the nafta agreement with mexico and canada. Afar nafta agreement with mexico and canada. A far more complex undertaking. And there is to be a freeze on recruitment for f
Sees anti abortion legislation and the dumping of a major trade deal. But what will the next 99 days bring . Good evening and welcome to bbc news. President trump has opened his first full week in office by signing an order formally withdrawing the us from a major free trade deal with pacific rim countries. The tra ns Pacific Partnership was negotiated by the Obama Administration but it was never ratified by congress. The white house confirmed trade would feature prominently in the president s talks with theresa may later this week as our North America Editorjon Sopel reports. Weve been talking about this for a long time. The power of the pen, Executive Orders signed by the president as he starts his first week in thejob. President as he starts his first week in the job. Another order sets in trade plans to renegotiate the nafta agreement with mexico and canada. Afar nafta agreement with mexico and canada. A far more complex undertaking. And there is to be a freeze on recruitment for f
Sees anti abortion legislation and the dumping of a major trade deal. But what will the next 99 days bring . Good evening and welcome to bbc news. President trump has opened his first full week in office by signing an order formally withdrawing the us from a major free trade deal with pacific rim countries. The tra ns Pacific Partnership was negotiated by the Obama Administration but it was never ratified by congress. The white house confirmed trade would feature prominently in the president s talks with theresa may later this week as our North America Editorjon Sopel reports. Weve been talking about this for a long time. The power of the pen, Executive Orders signed by the president as he starts his first week in thejob. President as he starts his first week in the job. Another order sets in trade plans to renegotiate the nafta agreement with mexico and canada. Afar nafta agreement with mexico and canada. A far more complex undertaking. And there is to be a freeze on recruitment for f