when graham was opening that envelope, i was like, oh, my goodness, please, please! oh, i m ecstatic, it s marvellous! of course, this eurovision should be taking place in ukraine, and it is now for liverpool to prove that while it can t take place in ukraine, this is going to be a eurovision for ukraine. liverpool s already had the endorsement of its twin city, odesa, and this year s winner, the kalush orchestra have offered their congratulations to a city that wants eurovision to be a citywide party and a celebration of music and peace. wejust had a real moment, haven t we, in this city, where we ve won eurovision? and it feels like the whole city kind ofjumped in the air at exactly the same time tonight. and now we ve got seven months to deliver something that will be truly astonishing, incredible for ukraine, our sister city odesa, but also incredible for the whole uk, so we are delighted. but tonight liverpool, it will be absolutely buzzing, it will be incredible. and
billion of profit during the july to september period. if the results are in line with what analysts are expecting, that would be a drop of around 25% if not more compared to the same period last year. it is important to note that the oil prices are in a very different place than what they were last year. last year they were about 110 to $120 a barrel because of the russian ukrainian war which led to oil prices touching a record high, and that benefited producers like aramco immensely because they could record profits last year. if you look at the last three months oil prices have been $75 a barrel and have gone up in the last month which may provide some kind of cushion and the other factor is that saudi arabia has also cut down oil production in the last five or six months. for saudi arabia, aramco is the most crucial company because it relies heavily on the income generated by the oil they must to run many other parts of its company behemouth. the results are crucial no
but if you compare the last 25 years. there hasn t been as much political progress as i would ve hoped for, if i d been looking forward at that time 25 years into the future to today, i think i would ve hoped and assumed that we would ve hoped and assumed that we would be further along the road to a normal political environment in northern ireland. i suppose the fact that we are not there yet tells you that we are not there yet tells you that these kinds of problems are intractable, and that peace and reconciliation, as wb yeats once said, comes doubly slow. and it s been slower than anyone would ve wished for. i ve been hoping that with a new prime minister in london, with a new prime minister in london, with the new agreement between the uk and the eu, i m hoping that we will see some progress in the months ahead, but of course nothing is guaranteed. ultimately it is a matter for the parties in guaranteed. ultimately it is a matterfor the parties in northern ireland to resolve their
unison, says they think the health secretary has listed a bit and he is prepared to talk about upping the pay of their members before the 1st of april. let s see what comes out of april. let s see what comes out of other meetings that have been taking place this morning as well. what there doesn t seem to be at the moment is anything that would postpone the strikes or call off the strikes due to take place later this week in the ambulance service and those nurses strikes planned next week as well. there is clearly still a gap between the sides which is significant. there hasn t been any big move from the government that would have led to those strikes being called off. so at the moment the start of 2023 is looking very like the end of 2022, with strikes in the health service, strikes on the railways and potentially more coming too. the railways and potentially more coming toe- coming too. nick eardley at westminster, coming too. nick eardley at westminster, thank - coming too. nick
what is the atmosphere like in qatar compared to other tournaments you have covered? have covered? yeah, it is an odd one. it have covered? yeah, it is an odd one- it has have covered? yeah, it is an odd one. it has thinned have covered? yeah, it is an odd one. it has thinned out - have covered? yeah, it is an odd one. it has thinned out now- have covered? yeah, it is an odd - one. it has thinned out now because we are down to the last eight nations. but because it is such a small nation and all the stadiums are so close together, but is the one thing which you noticed straightaway. when you and i were in brazil eight years ago, many nations and theirfans what brazil eight years ago, many nations and their fans what would just pass you by because there would be hundreds if not thousands they would be hundreds or not thousands away in another city. we have had this whole melting pot of fans in the doha, it does feel like something huge and special. there hasn t been any trouble