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good morning and welcome to bbc news. sinn fein is on track to win the most seats in the northern ireland assembly for the first time ever, signalling a historic shift in the political landscape. the nationalist party has claimed nearly 40% of the seats declared so far. counting has resumed this morning. let s have a look at how things stand this morning. these are the live results coming through to us, so there you can see sinn fein at the top of that board. 29% of first preference votes, that is an increase of 1% on their last showing and the dup down 7% with 21% of the votes. the biggest winners there, the alliance up 4% and tuv up 5% so that is how it is with 18 constituencies currently declared. and this is the number of seats in the northern ireland assembly with sinn fein having 18 seats, that is unchanged currently. the dup 12 seats, also unchanged. 47 of the 90 seats, also unchanged. 47 of the 90 seats have been declared. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, ....
this is the kashmir the indian government wants the world to see. beautiful, serene, filled with tourists. away from the site is the more grim picture. a painful long running conflict, more recently a clampdown on democratic rights. journalists who can bring out people s voices and the grim realities say they are being silenced by the government. this kashmiri reporter pictured here at one of his court hearings. he has beenin one of his court hearings. he has been injailforfive one of his court hearings. he has been in jail for five years charged under terror laws. been in jail for five years charged underterror laws. his been in jail for five years charged under terror laws. his father mohammed says his son was targeted for this article he wrote about an anti india militant. translation: everyone knows he is innocent, he is a professional reporter and was jailed for his writing about the middleton sea. they wanted to make an example out of him. he dared to cover topics the g ....
that company is the saudio oil giant saudi aramco, and it s feeling the effects of lower oil prices, lower than expected demand from china, and thinner profit margins for refining oil. between april and june, the company made a profit ofjust over $30 billion, 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 m ....
never been in before to watch someone run for president, nonetheless a former president facing several indictments and several court dates during the process leading up to the election. mike: to that point, martha, you had the republican candidates on your program, his former vice president mike pence on yesterday. what about the challenge for the other candidates to stay on message, get on message, whatever you want to call it, when the former president is constantly the story? martha: it s rough, obviously. these campaigns all are raising money, they are, you know, putting ads out there, trying to make their mark, trying to break through, which you know, has been they are basically in a pretty tight heat in the polls and the 10% to 6% range, some at 3% in the top, and those are the top candidates. the former president is more than 37 points ahead of his nearest competitor who is ron desantis, supposed to come on to the scene and make a big splash. but i think ev ....
information being made public. it is certainly embarrassing. this sort of information should never be in the public domain and to have the ministry of defence looking at how it leaked out and also the journalist who published the story need to think about whether it was in the best interests of this country. nuclear deterrence is all about perception and if vladamir putin now believes that the british nuclear deterrent does not work, then that will guide his thinking. i also find it rather strange that the person responsible for the defence of britain, grant shapps, was at the bottom of the ocean for a few days early recently when the threat of war with russia has never been higher and the middle east is about to explode but when it comes to the reliability of trident, it is an old weapon, 30 years old, due to be replaced very soon, but probably as politicians and others cannot comment, when you fire inert missiles and inner weapons, there are always intrinsic problems that y ....