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despite a chinese threat that america will pay the price for her visit. liz truss scraps a plan to link public sector pay to local living costs following a backlash from a number of senior conservatives. hello, welcome to bbc news. the energy company bp has reported its second highest quarterly profit in its history. between april and june it made £6.9 billion pounds in profit three times the figure for the same period last year. the company said its oil trading performance was exceptional, and that it expects to pay more than a billion pounds in uk tax this year. the profits come as domestic energy bills are predicted to hit more than £3,500 a year this winter. our business correspondent, caroline davies, reports. from fuel to cooking, lighting to showers rising energy prices bite into household budgets. but the same high oil and gas prices that mean consumers are paying more means that energy companies are also making more money. today, bp announced it has made its ....
as the school half term begins, travellers are experiencing busy roads and long queues at stations and airports. british prime minister borisjohnson continues to face criticism from some of his own mps after sue gray s report into lockdown parties in downing street. in ukraine, officials warn it may need to withdraw from the eastern region of luhansk, to avoid their soldiers being captured by russian forces. latin america reports its first case of monkeypox, as the world health organization warns the number of infections will continue to rise. and in sport, liverpool and real madrid fans descend on paris to support their teams in the final of european club football s most prestigious prize. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the authorities in texas have admitted they made the wrong decision by failing to immediately storm a primary school classroom where a gunman had barricaded himself during the shooting. families have been asking ....
Here is in news. The government has been accused of taking a Sticking Plaster Approach to carrying out seven that will maintenance on School Buildings by the head of the Spending Watchdog the National Audit office, more than 100 schools havent re opened this week. The schools minister has defended the government and says it spends 1. 8 billion a year on School Maintenance and improvements. A bbc investigation has found three Uk Water Companies wessex, southern and tames water appear to have illegally discharged Sewage Hundreds Of Times last year in dry weather, the pr ....
Israeli forces went into rafah on monday night, in defiance of international pressure, seizing the Border Crossing with egypt. The un secretary general Antonio Guterres has warned that a full scale assault on rafah would cause a humanitarian nightmare. Paul adams sent this report from jerusalem. A deal may now be tantalizingly close. But in rafah, israels military pressure is relentless. Today, severing gazas last link with the outside world, the crossing point into egypt. And raising theirflag, sending an unmistakable message to hamas. The noose is tightening. The sounds of approaching war echo among the displaced. Hundreds of thousands of palestinians living in the sand against the egyptian border. Or next to the sea. I dont know where to stay, ahmed says. People are fleeing from rafah and i have my children with me. Gazans have been on the move since yesterday morning, ....
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