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Aug 4, 2026 - World

Energy company’s $5.73bn quarterly profits come after Shell posted second highest quarterly earnings on recordBusiness live – latest updatesBP has reported its highest quarterly profits since the first year of Russia’s war on Ukraine because of rising oil and gas prices caused by the Middle East crisis.The oil company’s quarterly profits more than doubled to $5.73bn (£4.27bn) in the three months to the end of June, up $2.5bn from the quarter before, as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East continued to disrupt energy exports from the Gulf. Continue reading...

Aug 4, 2026 - World

This blog is now closedJones allegedly gifted cash and car to teenager he kissed after commenting on sprinter’s penis, trial hearsAnalysis: Jones argues ‘rivalry’ and ‘treachery’ but after decades wielding the sword of public opinion, he’s the one on trialComplainant J has spoken about a second visit to Alan Jones’s Fitzroy Falls property, where no alleged assault occurred.He told the court that before this visit he had done “whatever I could to not go there on my own”.He said ‘is everything OK [J]?’While I was being held by the buttocks he reached around and undid my robe and he pulled my underpants down a quarter way down my legs.He started to wiggle his body so our penises would cross and touch each other.My heart was racing. I was as scared and nervous as I had been in a long time. It was that feeling when you go into a room you’ve never been in, like a scary room, my heart felt like it was going to come out of my chest.The defendant placed his hand on my penis and began to squeeze it tight and release it. I was frozen.I thought if I do this, and I just do it myself, it can be over … and would prevent him from doing it or being near me or touching me. I thought it was the quickest way to make it over and done with, and that’s what happened. Continue reading...

Aug 4, 2026 - World

Rapists, child abusers and groomers will not leave prison early but some of those serving sexual or violent offences will now leave after half their sentenceRapists, child sexual abusers and groomers will be excluded from early release plans to ease critical prison overcrowding in a major intervention by Andy Burnham.The prime minister said on Monday evening that he would delay the planned early release of thousands of prisoners across England and Wales by a month until October. Continue reading...

Aug 4, 2026 - World

Lender was told money was being taken without authorisation, with cash used to buy credits for Claude chatbotA Metro Bank customer has told of his fight to get more than £14,000 back after its systems failed to stop a fraud involving the AI chatbot Claude.Zoli Rutter, a businessman from Sussex, had a total of £14,244 taken from his bank account. The scam involved fraudsters buying credits to use Claude. Continue reading...

Aug 4, 2026 - World

Most of the zoo’s 16 lions have struggled to cope with high humidity this summerThree lions from a Tokyo zoo have died from suspected heatstroke and others are undergoing treatment, a spokesperson said on Tuesday, as the big cats struggle in Japan’s high levels of humidity.Japan sweltered through its hottest summer on record last year and parts of the country have hit 40C in recent weeks, qualifying for the new “cruelly hot day” designation. Continue reading...