Lets start with hsbc, because europes biggest bank by assets has Just Announced its europes biggest bank by assets hasJust Announced its results for the third quarter. They show the bank had made a pre tax profit of 5. 1; billion in the period betweenjuly to september. Hsbc also announced a Share Buy Back of up to 2,000,000,000, despite having a big presence in europe, hsbc is to tap into the growth of chinas economy. Last year the bank generated just under 11,000,000,000 in pre tax profits. In its operations in china and hong kong which compensated for its losses elsewhere. The ceo, nohl quinn, says the bank is committed to investing 6,000,000,000 in asia, so what are the latest results tell us about the pivot of hsbc to china and develop an song cost cutting . Lets talk to the managing partner of a Capital Investment firm. What you make of the huge profits . How have they done . I you make of the huge profits . How have they done . You make of the huge profits . How have they done .
the claims in the sun newspaper, allege the unnamed male presenter, paid the teenager tens of thousands of pounds. it s understood the corporation is investigating the allegations, and the star is currently not scheduled to be on air in the coming days. our correspondent graham satchelljoins us. what do we know? as you say, these allegations first appeared in the british newspaper, the sun newspaper. they are spoken to the mother of this teenage boy, is now 20 boa 17 we understand in this first i did that it happened. the allegation was the unnamed bbc presenter paid significant sums of money over a period of time for explicit photographs. these allegations are serious, notjust ethically or reputation only but legally as well because in british law it is inoffensive to share, create or possess pictures like that of anyone under the age of 18. and in tomorrow s paper the sun is giving more detail of the kind of things that were allegedly exchanged between the unnamed presenter
forces. more details on how many men putin has sent to the front lines. plus, the investigation into trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election heating up as the special counsel focuses in on trump s legal team. and a terrifying video of a visible crack in the support beam of a popular roller coaster. the man who shot this video, the video that eventually forced the park to shut the ride down is my guess. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erica hill in for erin burnett. putin is now said to have moved more than 180,000 men to the front line, including 50,000 near bakhmut and the buildup comes as ukraine claims it is slowly making progress in the east, taking back more than 14,000 miles in the past week. we re getting video of a massive fire ball seen rising over the city of sumi. russia hit a number of residential buildings and a security service building. these attacks underscore why zelenskyy is pressing for ukraine to be able to join nato. erin asked zelenskyy
also tonight. last month was the hottestjune on record in the uk, beating both 1976 and 1940. we ll be looking at some of the consequences. why drivers buying petrol from supermarkets last year paid, on average, an extra 6p per litre. and, at wimbledon, novak djokovic battles with the elements, as he begins the defence of his singles title. on newsnight 10.30 strike one, strike two, strike three and counting, and a summer of discontent looms. but what s stopping the government paying up the money recommended by the independent pay review bodies? good evening. our main story is the biggest military operation of the past 20 years, by israeli forces, in the occupied palestinian territory of the west bank. it took the form of a major aerial and ground offensive, which the israelis claim is an operation against palestinian militants, in the refugee camp atjenin. the official statement from the israeli government mentions an extensive counter terrorism effort . the palestinian a
russia. the lead starts right now. cnn on the front lines where ukraine s fight for freedom is in the trenches. the u.s. cia director was there before a critical meeting of nato allies. why he thinks instability in moscow is creating a unique moment. then, a holiday block party in bullet turns tragic. now the hunt for shooters who opened fire killing two injuring nearly 30 others including teens. the mayor s urgent plea for lawmakers nationwide to do more. plus, can cows help curb the climate crisis? you might have heard their possible gas problems, but there time cattle may be eating their way to a solution. welcome to the lead, i m abby phillip in for jake tapper. we start with our world leader. multiple russian attack drones hit apartment buildings and an administrative center in the northeast of sumi, two people were killed, and 19 were hurt including a 5-year-old. as ukraine presses on tur counteroffensive, they ve gotten more territory from russia in the last