Abuse the government says social Media Companies face massive fines if they dont act. Better than i ever did. Betterthan i ever did. Brexit ended visa free travel to the eu for musicians now eltonjohn tells us why it will hit so many young performers. At the beginning of a career, when you have written your first record, and you want to go out and play live more than anything else, because it helps you grow as an artist. And a clap for the captain its happening now at sir toms home and joined by the hospital staff who took care of him in his final hours. And coming up on bbc news, more trouble down under, as up to 600 players and Coaching Staff go into quarantine, and all tennis is cancelled tomorrow at the australian open. Good evening and welcome to the bbc s news at six. In the last hour, the Prime Minister has been thanking all those who have helped the uk to reach a milestone in its Vaccination Programme ten Million People have now received a first dose. But borisjohnson also issu
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
Military intervention. News being reported by afp news agency, dozens of Coup Supporters have gathered near french basis in niger, you might remember at the start of the coup the French Embassy was attacked by supporters of the coup which will be of concern, thousands of supporters gathering near the french base in niger. Russia seeing Military Intervention would quote destabilisation, quote. Interesting, their take on it. Russia prepared to take maximum advantage, and the wagner group, all the worries about them in the whole region. A lot of new is dropping in on the last while, we are keeping an eye on the constantly moving story and will return to it. The government are calling the hawaii fire is the states largest ever natural disaster. My gosh the scale of what has happened on the Island Of Maui has stunned all those living here. Unbelievable. And the thousands of tourists who were on holiday. The wildfire is fanned by destroying almost everything in their path. And taking many li
Going to be able to turn things around straightaway, but we will get to work on all of that. And hollywoods biggest night kicks off later with all eyes on oppenheimer to see if it can break the record for the most wins at the oscars. The budget the government unveiled on wednesday has left the Shadow Chancellor with a major headache. Jeremy hunt cut National Insurance by 2p for the second time in six months, as well as adopting two of labours policies, which it planned to use to Fund Breakfast clubs in schools and extra nhs appointments, if the party wins the next election. Earlier, the Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves spoke to the bbc s Laura Kuennsberg and started by talking about how they plan to raise money now. We are committed to the extension of working rights, including banning the National Welfare and is a key component of our growth plans, and britain has never had one before. The idea is to live it in private Sector Investment alongside a Government Endowment to invest in so
well, that is potentially significant story on the front page of the times as we can see, rishi sunak. that is saying that the prime minister is saying to potential rebels two thing n the first place he will draft in 150 judges to ensure that if there are rwanda appeals they are sped up. the second thing which he said earlier today, is he will be prepared to ignore interim injunctions from the european court of human rights. tomorrow and wednesday we have votes on the floor of the house of commons, on the committee stage, thatis commons, on the committee stage, that is the line by line an nation of the bill and wednesday it looks like the third reading in the house of commons before it goes to the house of lords. rishi sunak faces threats on two front, from the right from robertjenrick and bill cash, they want to tighten up the bill, make it difficult to launch an appeal, from the left robert buckland, he wants to sort of loosen the bill if you like, now, on the right, they a