between april and june, the company made a profit ofjust over $30 billion, a lot of money by anyone s 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 russia s 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 it s 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 aramco s biggest shareholder. the saudi government owns
and sword, a man, ora woman? through to the quarterfinals. hello. it s a controversial policy, attacked by human rights groups and subject to legal challenge. but today, the first of possibly hundreds of migrants, moved onto a barge docked off the coast of dorset, to be housed while they await the outcome of asylum applications. the government says the vessel, which will accomodate up to 500 men, will be better value than hotels costing 6 million pounds a day. but concerns have been raised about the possible impact on local services, and campaigners have called it a shameful way to treat people, who are often fleeing war or persecution. danjohnson has our top story tonight, and we can join him now in portland, where the barge is docked. this is deeply controversial. whether you are supportive of it or against it, a lot of people are, this marks a big moment, a key change in the state s attitude towards refugees. that attitude which is projected on behalf of us all. what has
serious injury as it was protected by its cot. matthew murray reports from the scene. it was just after 10:30 last night that the car came off this road. its skid marks around about 50 to 60 metress away. because it came off the road and then rolled around about three times before it ended up back on its wheels. but it did actually roll over this tent, which had a baby inside it who was in its cot. and that s the only reason the baby survived. now, let s speak to the owner of the campsite here now, mike harris from newgale campsite. mike, you know, you came here last night and it was absolute carnage when you arrived, wasn t it? absolutely, yeah. there was no emergency services at the time because we were on the scene immediately. but there was carnage. there were people bewildered, people in shock, people who didn t know what was going on. and there were people that were injured, screaming and asking for help. it s hard to believe that actually nobody was killed in this be
in belarus, imprisoned and held in isolation. we have a special report. and, great britain s kieran reilly wins bmx freestyle gold, at the world championhips, in glasgow. on bbc london. on newsnight at 10:30pm: as the first asylum seekers board the government s barge in dorset, we look at the asylum system as a whole. is it fit for purpose? we ll speak to representatives from the conservatives and labour. hello. it s a controversial policy, that s attracted attention around the world. it s been attacked by human rights groups and is subject to legal challenge. but today, the first of possibly hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers, moved onto a giant barge docked in dorset, to be housed while they await the outcome of asylum applications. the government says the vessel, which can accomodate up to 500 men, will be better value than hotels costing £6 million a day. but concerns have been raised about the possible impact on local services, and campaigners have called it a sha
we start here in the uk where the government is once again under scrutiny over its decision to house asylum seekers on a barge off the south coast of england. the first men to be housed on the vessel called the bibby stockholm began arriving on board today. ministers hope that up to 500 will follow, to await decisions on their asylum applications. the government says it ll help reduce the costs of housing migrants in hotels and today new figures showed that a record number of asylum seekers more than 50,000 were in so called contingency accommodation . but campaigners have raised concerns about the conditions on the barge and it s believed that some asylum seekers have had their transfers cancelled after legal interventions. protestors gathered close to the barge in dorset. this was what they had to say a little earlier: i m against the barge, i think it s extremely dangerous, as has been proved by the fire brigade. i don t think they should be on the barge.