apple takes yet another giant bite out of its competition, making a profit of over $11 billion in the third quarter of the year. up up and away, us shares hit a record high for a fifth day in a row. we tell you what s driving the astonishing growth. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. also in the programme: we ll be live in china for the latest on a possible trade war with the us. let s start with the world s most valuable company. apple has published its latest set of results and they show revenue growing to $16.1 billion for the three months tojuly. that combined with a prediction that it will bring in as much as $52 billion in the next quarter saw shares rise by up to 6% in after hours trade to hit a record high. apple made a pre tax profit of $11.3 billion in the three months from april to the end ofjune, a solid rise on the previous year. this year the iphone is ten years old, but it s not been performing so well in china, where sales this quarter were f
we have a special investigation. it has been for months been since those business rate changes affected millions of companies. didcot has seen some of the biggest rises. in sport, as usain bolt get set to race for the final time, a time 0lympic race for the final time, a time olympic champion has told us the sport will die if athletes keep doping. and plans to rip up speed bumps in a an effort to tackle speed bumps. for many of us it s a dry and bright start, with a couple of showers. but we have rain coming to the south west. that will be moving north east. some will be heavy and possibly thundery as well. it will be accompanied by casting wins. more details on 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the duke of edinburgh will carry out his final public engagement before he retires from royal duty this afternoon. prince philip, who is 96 years old, will attend a parade by the royal marines. in may it was announced he would be retiring after spending more than
bowlers channelling australian bowlers chanbeling beyonce. good morning. it s wednesday, 2nd august. welcome to bbc newsroom live recent unrest in english and welsh jails is causing grave concern , according to the prison governors association. in an open letter, the president of the organisation said governors were facing unacceptable stress . the letter comes after two days of unrest at the mount establishment in hertfordshire. mark lobel reports. there have been days of disorder at prisons in wiltshire and hertfordshire where riot trained officers were deployed to subdue unruly prisoners. this past year has brought an average of 20 attacks a day on staff in prisons in england and wales, following a decline in the number of prison officers over the past few years and complaints over pay. now the president of prison governors‘ association is publicly blaming the government for what she calls a crisis in many jails and unacceptable stress and anxiety amongst workers. i
for most could see some temperature records broken. know when you re so hot in northern europe. only 20 degrees the top temperature across the uk. cloud has been moving in gci’oss the uk. cloud has been moving in across the atlantic today bringing some rain that for the heaviest along the south coast. further south it is wet and also quite windy. great conditions and some really quite heavy rain. that will push its way through the midlands toward east anglia. some drier interludes around, a few breaks in the cloud. drying up in northern ireland as well, the brain moving north into central and southern scotland. but northern scotland and beyond to the bright weather into the afternoon. the rain is on the move, it will move north and east. eventually some rain in the north of scotland. most of the persistent rain clearing away overnight but we will see many showers coming in on that breeze through the western side of the uk. so what for some first thing but not cold by any st
i need that to come through now. and the australian bowlers channelling their inner beyonce in a bid to save their green. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. after 65 years of official public engagements, the duke of edinburgh will make his final solo appearance on royal duty today. prince philip will attend a parade by the royal marines, of which he s the captain general. now 96, he s the longest serving consort in british history. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. he s been a familiar and sometimes forthright feature of national life ever since his marriage to the then princess elizabeth in november 1947. and although his robust approach to people and events have sometimes got him into trouble, few can criticise his devotion to royal duty. most often in support of the queen, but also in pursuit of his own separate programme, supporting issues like the environment and the development of the awards programme for young people which he created and which is