the turkish city of antakya is one of the most severly damaged, with some of the country s significant historic monuments lying in ruins. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. on the show, the windfalls of war. $200 billion, the total amount of profit taken last year alone by the world s major oil companies. president biden and other world leaders are accusing the oil companies of war profiteering at a time of a cost of living crisis not seen in a generation. instead of reaping the cash and paying much of it out to shareholders should big oil be pumping it back into exploration, or even into the great energy transition? i will be discovering all of that with these two. president of energy policy research foundation, club. also, clothes, food, tv, much of the energy that you use, all brought to you by a ship. i will be taking the pulse of the industry with the big boss at the head of the world
and paying much of it out to shareholders, should big oil be pumping it back into exploration, or even into the great energy transition? i will be discussing all of that with these two. president of energy policy research foundation, and senior director of energy campaigns for the sierra club. also, your clothes, food, tv, much of the energy that you use, all brought to you by a ship. so i will be taking the pulse of the industry with the big boss at the helm of the world s biggest shipping company. wherever you are watching, hello, and welcome to the show. 2022 was a tough year for the global economy. just as we began to see the green shoots of recovery from the covid pandemic, russian tanks rolled into ukraine, throwing europe into armed conflict for the first time in over two decades. it s a strategic hotspot, a country with close links to the east and the west, and essentially a buffer zone between russia and its nato adversaries to the west. and because of western sancti
so instead of reaping the cash and paying much of it out to shareholders, should big oil be pumping it back into exploration, or even into the great energy transition? i will be discussing all of that with these two. president of energy policy research foundation, and senior director of energy campaigns for the sierra club. also, your clothes, food, tv, much of the energy that you use, all brought to you by a ship. so i will be taking the pulse of the industry with the big boss at the head of the world s biggest shipping company. wherever you are watching, hello, and welcome to the show. 2022 was a tough year for the global economy, just as we began to see the green shoots of recovery from the covid pandemic, russian tanks rolled into ukraine, throwing europe into armed conflict for the first time in over two decades. it s a strategic hotspot, a country with close links to the east and the west, and essentially a buffer zone between russia and its nato adversaries to the west
it s five weeks since nurses first went on strike this winter. yet there s no resolution in sight. in fact, the dispute is only intensifying. nurses are taking industrial action at even more nhs trusts today than they did before christmas. we want to make nursing a safe and sustainable profession for all. we want our colleagues and the patients we care for to receive the care they deserve. nurses at 55 trusts in england are on strike today and tomorrow. next month, the industrial action will be more widespread, covering 73 trusts. 12 health boards and organisations in wales will also go on strike. a decision on further strikes in northern ireland will be taken in the coming weeks, while in scotland industrial action remains paused as negotiations continue. the advice for people who have medical appointments on strike days is to assume they re going ahead if the hospital hasn t been in touch. nhs leaders are warning that the strikes couldn t come at a more difficult time for t
north westerly breeze, a weak front sinking south and the breeze through this afternoon will continue to fed showers into northern and western scotland and the odd one in northern ireland and some rain on the tail end of the front in the south west. a fine story for most, spells of sunshine and temperatures in the high teens to the low 20s. through the evening and overnight the front clears to the south of the uk. some thicker cloud in northern ireland and western scotland through the small hours. but with clear spells in central and southern england it could be chilly with a low of six degrees in rural spots. a lot of sunshine as the day starts in the uk. but this bank of cloud in northern ireland will drift further south, pushing into wales and southern england come the afternoon and western scotland. some rain for western scotland. elsewhere, a dry story. temperatures similar to today. forthe story. temperatures similar to today. for the action on court, not anticipating a