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
thousands of royal mail workers in the uk stage a second day of strike action in a row over pay, disrupting deliveries of packages and letters. a new study shows the impact of climate change on the shrinking glaciers of switzerland. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, or around the world. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, has died, aged 91, following a long illness. mr gorbachev was crucial to ending the cold war. he was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century. world leaders have been paying tribute. the un chief antonio guterres said he changed the course of history . president biden described him as a man of remarkable vision , who created a safer world . however, in a stamement this morning the kremlin said his romanticism about better relations with the west had been misplaced. our moscow editor, steve rosenberg, looks back at his life. he was the kind of russian leader the world had never seen. mikhail gorb
private health care do during the pandemic and how are they doing now? i have got the global boss of bupa talking covid, staff, brexit and the future. wherever you arejoining me from around the world, once again a big hello and warm welcome to the show. you know, it has been a record breaking few weeks for temperatures in europe. wildfires have raged across mediterranean countries like spain, portugal, italy and greece. here in the uk, we had our hottest ever day on record. and yet, it is the coming winter that has been focusing minds, in particular how western europe and other parts of the world are going to keep warm amid the rising oil and gas crisis? following the russian invasion of ukraine and heavy sanctions on russia s oil and gas exports, which are to come in at the end of the year. president biden in the last few weeks was in saudi arabia and the middle east. while he didn t secure more oilfrom the country many think trying to do so was one of the reason for his vis
wherever you arejoining me from around the world, once again a big hello and warm welcome to the show. you know, it has been a record breaking few weeks for temperatures in europe. wildfires have raged across mediterranean countries like spain, portugal, italy and greece. here in the uk, we had our hottest ever day on record. and yet, it is the coming winter that has been focusing minds, in particular how western europe and other parts of the world are going to keep warm amid the rising oil and gas crisis? following the russian invasion of ukraine and heavy sanctions on russia s oil and gas exports, which are to come in at the end of the year. president biden in the last few weeks was in saudi arabia and the middle east. while he didn t secure more oil from the country many think trying to do so was one of the reason for his visit. and in europe, the european commission has set out plans asking countries in the union to cut their gas consumption by 15% until the spring. the p