Between april and june, the company made a Profit Ofjust over 30 billion, a lot of money by anyones metric, but significantly down from more than the 48 billion it made in the same period a year ago. The main reason is, as you can see here, that oil prices during the period were at the lowest point in the last year, as the boost they got from russias invasion of ukraine wore off. And last week, in an effort to keep them that way, saudi arabia said it would only produce nine Million Barrels a day. That extended Production Cuts by the 0pec group of big oil producers, who profit more from a higher price. When it comes to saudi aramco, those higher prices mean higher Dividend Payments for shareholders, and its boosted those to nearly 30 billion in the current period. So i put it to our middle east Business Correspondent Sameer Hashmi that even with falling profits, the biggest winner is the saudi government, which is aramcos biggest shareholder. The saudi government owns around 90 of the c
Good evening, thank you forjoining us tonight. 41 people have died after their small boat capsized as they were trying to make the crossing from tunisia to italy, the latest in a string of tragic incidents in the mediterranean. Joining me on our panel for the next hour is the political Sketch Writer tom peck and victoria coates, former Senior Energy adviser to the trump administration. Also on the programme, joe biden is expected to issue an Executive Order banning Private Equity and Venture Capital investments in some Chinese Technology companies, escalating washingtons efforts to Prevent Beijing from developing Cutting Edge Technology for its military. Well get reaction from two congressmen that sit on the select committee on china. Its been one year Sincejoe Biden launched his plan to boost the Us Semiconductor industry. We will check in with a member of the chips team to see if the promises have been met. And if you are the type of person struggling to get in your 10,000 steps a da
reporting from new york. josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart. this morning president biden vows to retaliate after three u.s. service members were killed in a drone strike on a base in jordan. it s the first u.s. service member deaths in months of attacks by iran-backed militants. we ll ask retired four-star general what retaliation could look like. back at home, senate negotiators are inching closer to a bipartisan border security deal as president biden promises to shut down the border if it means locking in an agreement. new this morning, e. jean carroll speaking out for the first time on camera since a jury ordered donald trump to pay her more than $83 million for defamation. and breaking overseas just a short time ago, king charles and the princess of wales both released from the hospital after medical procedures. we begin this hour with president biden vowing to re
bret: good evening, welcome to washington i m bret baier and two big stories featuring big numbers. customs and border protection say within 300,000 people illegal immigrants and countered by border patrol attempting to enter the u.s. illegally across the southern border and just the month of december. we will head to the border to report on the major showdown between texas and the biden administration. but first the other big numbers tonight. we begin in new york, a jury or during former president donald trump to pay more than $83 million in a defamation lawsuit brought by e. jean carroll. a jury found previously sexually assaulted by a trump in the 1990s. the former president vigorously denied the allegations and wondered how he did that is the subject of the defamation case. alexis mcadams outside of the federal courthouse in manhattan with the latest tonight. good evening, alexis. good evening, bret. huge numbers in the courtroom in manhattan. e.g. harrell said dona
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