will help to create more jobs especially at a time when more jobs are needed because millions have been laid off because of the pandemic. thank you so much there in singapore for us. it s been a tough year for saudi aramco, with oil prices mainly heading south. as the oil giant prepares to release quarterly earnings, our middle east business reporter sameer hashmi breaks down what s expected. it s been less than a year since saudi aramco got listed but when the company is about to announce its quarterly earnings the global oil industry keeps a very close watch because the company s performance has become the benchmark as far as the health of the industry goes. last time when aramco announced its earnings for the period of april tojune, earnings for the period of april to june, its profits earnings for the period of april tojune, its profits had gone down by 73%. this time also analyst expect its earnings to remain under pressure because oil demand hasn t picked up and economic
that. we ve accomplished an economic turn around of historic proportions. in september 2018, president trump emboldened by america s economic growth and china s economic slow down ramped up his trade war with beijing. imposing tariffs on billions of dollars of chinese goods entering the u.s. there was a need certainly to right size the relationship with the united states. but what the president did was he disavowed the strategies that were put forth by trade experts. the tariffs are not being paid for by our people. it s being paid for by china. no, tariffs are being paid by american consumers who have higher prices on consumer goods that are being essentially taxed as they enter the united states. in retaliation? the chinese put pressure on iowa and nesh nebenzia. by placing tariffs on hundreds of american products such as soybeans, hurting american farmers. this great deal maker undermines american farmers by
the coordination between our agencies number 10 would have been fully involved in what was going on indeed. this is a good outcome for britain. the drama began yesterday morning as the ship prepared to enter the fawley oil refinery near southampton. seven stowaways, believed to be nigerians, are said to have become violent and made verbal threats to the crew. they retreated to a safe place aboard the ship. there are few official details from the ministry of defence but it s understood several military helicopters landed heavily armed troops by rope onto the deck of the ship. faced with overwhelming force, the stowaways are said to have surrendered almost immediately. this was a very efficient operation. it only took nine minutes from the word go to the stowaways being rounded up and identified. and of course this reflects the training of both the fleet air arm crews and the sbs, the special boat service, undertake all the time. none of the 22 crew of the andromeda were injured in the
i do think we need a fundamental reset of thinking on these issues, because if you do not solve them now, they re going to store up bigger problems for future generations ,even more. this is the chance, in many ways, for us to address some of these inequalities in society. kash jones, bbc news. and panorama: has covid stolen my future? is on at 7.35 pm on bbc one tonight and will be on the bbc iplayer. the headlines on bbc news: just hearing that police say seven men, arrested on suspicion of seizing or exercising control of a ship by use of threats or force, of course follows the detention of men after military forces stormed the tanker. this the ship that was taken under control for several hours
to enter the fawley oil refinery near southampton. seven stowaways believed to be nigerians are said to have become violent and made verbal threats to the crew. they retreated to a safe place on board the ship. there are few official details from the ministry of defence, but it s understood several military helicopters landed heavily armed troops by rope onto the deck of the ship. faced with overwhelming force, the stowaways are said to have surrendered almost immediately. this was a very efficient operation. it only took nine minutes from the word go to the stowaways being rounded up and identified. and, of course, this reflects the training that both the fleet air arm crews and the sbs the special boat service undertake all the time. none of the 22 crew of the andromeda were injured in the incident. the seven stowaways have been detained. andy moore, bbc news. ministers are continuing to insist they will not fund school meal