Performance dividend. Live now to our middle east Business Correspondent sameer hashmi. Samir, Rhe Saudi State remains overwhelmingly aramco s biggest shareholder, so they remain the big winner in the aramco story. Well, thats right. They own around 90 of the company and the payout, the bulk of it, will go to the saudi government. If you look at aramco, every quarter they have been paying about 19. 8 billion of dividend. This time they have added another amount to that amount, because they said the cash flows are healthy and thatis said the cash flows are healthy and that is why they have decided to increase that overall dividend, which will be beneficial for the saudi government because it relies heavily on the Aramco Generating revenues for it, and that will help them in their Oil Diversification programme. They are these mega infrastructure projects, new tourist destinations. All this is being done keeping in that oil demand will decrease in years to come and they will have to come
forecast will have more detail on that. pick out those showers. higher temperatures are expected across south western areas, perhaps 25 in cardiff. but high pressure builds on bank holiday monday, quite a stiff breeze across the north sea pushing in the cloud to coastal areas. the best of the weather around western parts of the uk, lots of mid 20s easily, really pleasant weather but on the north sea coast it s going to be fairly chilly. aberdeen is a nippy 15, it s going to be fairly chilly. aberdeen is a nippy15, perhaps 15 or16 aberdeen is a nippy15, perhaps 15 or 16 in scarborough, may be a degree higher in great yarmouth. overall with that high pressure building across the uk, i think the week ahead is looking promising with predominantly dry weather, although of course we need the rain. but i think we agree it is not looking bad at all. thanks. and that s bbc news at six on friday 26th august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from t
important and brave reporting fare from my colleague quentin. army officers have appeared on national television in gabon claiming they have seized power. they said they were annulling the results of the election on saturday where president bongo was declared the winner. this was when it was announced. translation: in the name of the people of gabon - and as guarantors of the institutions, we have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the current regime. to this end, the general elections of 26th august 2023 and the truncated results are cancelled. the borders are closed until further notice. all the institutions of the republic are dissolved. gabon is a former french colony, located on the west coast of central africa. the electoral commission said president bongo had won just under two thirds of the votes in an election the opposition argued was fraudulent. concerns over delays in returning the election results led to an internet shutdown, and a night time curfew
for family and communities. andrew foster s life changed because of the actions of his brother, christopher. on 26th august 2008, he killed the animals in his house, set fire to the house and then shot my sister in law and my niece with a licensed firearm. it s 15 years this year, and it still has the same impact 15 years on. christopher had been to the doctor and spoken of suicidal thoughts. there was no flag coming up at west mercia saying, well, hold on, this guy s a licensed gun holder, he s got x amount of guns, there s a problem here, we should go and take his guns away. in recent years, other cases have made headlines. the killings of kelly, ava and lexie in west sussex in 2020. maxine, lee, sophie, stephen and kate in plymouth in 2021. and emma and lettie in epsom
in other news, american trucking giant yellow has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy relief. the 99 year old company has been battling with rising interest rates and higherfuel costs and had struggled to repay a pandemic era bailout loan from the us government. the closure of the business will leave 30,000 employees withoutjobs. meta boss mark zuckerberg has said he is not holding his breath over a proposed cage fight with rival elon musk. in a post on the new social media app threads, zuckerberg said he had proposed 26th august for the showdown. elon musk claimed on sunday that their fight would be broadcast live on his social media platform x. don t forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter.