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idris elba and the boss of octopus energy speaking to arm business editor.ll in annual profit — it was down 25% in 2023 compared to the previous year. aramco attributed the downturn to lower crude oil prices and decreased production. but it's increasing dividend payouts — providing a financial boost to saudi as it tries to diversify away from oil. just time to show you the numbers at this stage, that is what europe looks like now. not a whole lot of confidence, uncertainty as we approach the election year in more countries than ever before in 2024 so struggling for any direction. brent is lower at $81 per barrel. we will see you later. bye—bye. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. not roadworks, just a road system that can't cope, this was the centre of newbury a few months ago. the authorities closed off the road because the car park was full on the road was jamming up with cars that had nowhere to go. at this time of year the road is quiet and residents say traffic jams will start as soon as the easter holidays do. they have even be

it's backed by the film star idris elba, who tells world business report he's qualified to dream big. it isa it is a dream. i work in the make—believe business and this is exactly that. make—believe. and as the academy awards draw to a close, we'll explore the world's biggest oil company saudi aramco has reported a sharp fall in its net profit, slipping 25%% in 2023 compared to the previous year. aramco attributed the downturn to lower crude oil prices and decreased production. the company's net income dropped from $161 billion in 2022 to $121 billion last year. despite the challenges posed by declining oil prices, aramco will increase its dividend payments, providing a much—needed financial boost to saudi arabia. let's get more now from our middle east business correspondent sameer hashmi. with a big fall off in profit, why is it increasing its dividend? it its dividend? is a steep fall compared to 2022. it is a steep fall compared to 2022. it is still the second best performance in terms of annual results at $121 billion. two reasons why they increased the dividend pay—out. number o

what is it first attracted octopus to partnering with international tv and film star idris elba?ut it — i mean, several reasons in that when we met with both siaka and idris, the one thing that actually blew me away was their knowledge of renewable energy. they were describing to me how this was a wind tunnel and it has, you know, 16 hours of sunshine that we can be looking at. so it was that as much as, of course, a name like idris's and siaka who, of course, is the grandson of the former president of sierra leone as well. so we knew that relationships would have been built there. and idris, what is it that inspired you to lend notjust your passion, but also your name to a project like this? never in my lifetime would i have thought i could help build the foundation for a new smart city. no, i'm not qualified for that. but i am qualified to dream big. and my parents came to this country when they were young, late �*60s, with the aspirations of going home. my mum's still alive, but my dad isn't. so part of me wants to build that beautiful retirement home for my mum where she can

what is it first attracted octopus to partnering with international tv and film star idris elba?l reasons in that when we met with both siaka and idris, the one thing that actually blew me away was their knowledge of renewable energy. they were describing to me how this was a wind tunnel and it has, you know, 16 hours of sunshine that we can be looking at. so it was that as much as, of course, a name like idris's and siaka who, of course, is the grandson of the former president of sierra leone as well. so we knew that relationships would have been built there. and idris, what is it that inspired you to lend notjust your passion, but also your name to a project like this? never in my lifetime would i have thought i could help build the foundation for a new smart city. no, i'm not qualified for that. but i am qualified to dream big. and my parents came to this country when they were young, late �*60s, with the aspirations of going home. my mum's still alive, but my dad isn't. so part of me wants to build that beautiful retirement home for my mum where she can go back and say, "wow,

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idris elba here. message please comment this message please comment this election let it run peacefully. no violence. iam in i am in the centre and as you can see i am sweating. i arrived and there was no voting going on. i cannot understand how come this time around in freetown we have this situation repeating itself repeatedly. this is my vote. five years. a lot of tension, but it is in. local song please -- plays we sent our people out to every polling station in freetown to collect the results that are coming in. it is the only way we can be sure.— we can be sure. how many centres _ we can be sure. how many centres have _ we can be sure. how many centres have you - we can be sure. how many| centres have you received? we can be sure. how many- centres have you received? we are u- centres have you received? we are no to _ centres have you received? we are no to 2396 _ centres have you received? - are up to 23% of the votes the data is still coming in. we have information and we are at 63% at the mom

idris elba has also shown interest, but at 51, he's acknowledged that he may now be too old to take oneen thrown in the mix. his fellow irishman and former bond, pierce brosnan, says that he thinks he'd do a magnificentjob. but pierce brosnan has also been singing the praises been singing the praises of bridgerton heart—throb rege—jean page. he thinks that he'd be a wonderful bond as well. the next bond film will be the 26th in the series, with insiders saying production is set to start later this year. henry golding would probably would be an outsider choice. finally this half hour, the organisers of a football match in hong kong have begun the process of reimbursing fans disappointed by the non—appearance of the argentine striker lionel messi six weeks ago. almost 40,000 fans attended the friendly between messi's inter miami and a local hong kong team, only for messi to sit out the match because of injury. the no—show sparked boos from the crowd that his absence was a political snub to china. ticket holders will be entitled to a 50% refund, on the condition that they don't launch leg

elba idris elba, who says, as humans, we are obsessed with race. and that obsession can really hinder people's aspirations actress raven simone agrees. she told oprah, i'm tired of being labeled i'm not an african american. i'm in american she says i don't. know what country in africa i'm from. my roots are in louisiana and you don't have to agree with that but it's a point of view. a lot of people have, it should be respected morgan freeman says the way to finish off racism is stopped talking about it. i'm going to stop calling you a white man. and i'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man. there's even a movement now to ban racial questions on the census. and many of its leaders are people of color, like professor sheena mason who says to undo racism, we have to undo our belief and race the liberal group move on.org formed in 1998 to urge republicans to move on from the clinton impeachment. >> today's >> democrats should move on from identity politics. it's not working it's not working for them or for us democrats are hemorrhaging the v

i don't know, you know, i'm all i wanted was for idris elba to be james bond.it it's just so simple. why why we couldn't have that? i don't know, he'd be good. >> he'd be so good. >> he's the man. yeah, yeah, he is like he he would just walk in with swagger. yeah i mean, this guy could be okay. i'm sure he's fine. but you know, what do we think about the long hair and the james bond? >> i know james bond to me seems so clean cut. right it's. >> i'm fine with the hair, okay. but the overall i mean, again, i haven't seen a lot of his work, but i'm with larry. i'm like, well, for those of us who remember and love sean connery, i could do way do do without the long hair. >> i mean, sean connery was james bond. >> there you go, but idris elba. >> yeah, that would have been my vote. >> yeah. all right. >> another royal photograph is creating a stir. it turns out one featuring the late queen elizabeth. the second was also co edited this photo was shared last april and shows the queen with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. it was taken allegedly by kate middle

idris elba has also shown interest, but at 51, he's acknowledged that he may now be too old to take onin the mix. his fellow irishman and former bond, pierce brosnan, says that he thinks he'd do a magnificentjob. but pierce brosnan has also been singing the praises of bridgerton heart—throb rege—jean page. he thinks that he'd be a wonderful bond as well. the next bond film will be the 26th in the series, with insiders saying production is set to start later this year. should have answered my phone when they called, never mind. one of the most renowned producers in hip—hop music, doctor dre, has been honoured with a star on the hollywood walk of fame. dre, whose real name is andre young, rose to fame in the late 1980s as part of seminal rap group nwa, and was a key figure in the early 1990s hip—hop scene. his debut solo album, 1992's the chronic, was a major success. eminem, 50 cent and snoop dogg were among the stars celebrating him on tuesday. the nine—time grammy award winner said he could never have imagined this honour. the idea of being memorialised on the hollywood walk of fame,

idris elba has also shown interest, but at 51, he's acknowledged that he may now be too old to take on been thrown in the mix. his fellow irishman and former bond, pierce brosnan, says that he thinks he'd do a magnificentjob. but pierce brosnan has also been singing the praises of bridgerton heart—throb rege—jean page. he thinks that he'd be a wonderful bond as well. the next bond film will be the 26th in the series, with insiders saying production is set to start later this year. finally this half hour, the organisers of a football match in hong kong have begun the process of reimbursing fans disappointed by the non—appearance of the argentine striker lionel messi six weeks ago. almost 40,000 fans attended the friendly between messi's inter miami and a local hong kong team, only for messi to sit out the match because of injury. the no—show sparked boos from the crowd and accusations from some that his absence was a political snub to china. ticket holders will be entitled to a 50% refund, on the condition that they don't launch legal action. that's it, see you soon. hello. we are marki

we speak to idris elba about his big dreams for a small part of west africa. full round—up of all the oscars magic — and oppenheimer was the big winner. around the world and across the uk. this is the world today on bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. three conservative ex—home secretaries have warned the government against using extremism to score political points in a general election year. priti patel, sajid javid and amber rudd said cross—party support is needed to defeat extremism. meanwhile, the government says it will invest over £117m to protect mosques, muslim schools and community centres from hate attacks over the next four years. the recently—sacked independent inspectors of borders and immigration has called the home office dysfunctional and says it needs complete reform. the home office says david neal was sacked for leaking sensitive information he was told was inaccurate. mr neal said he "paid the price" for speaking out about border security concerns. anyone over the age of a0 is being urged to get a blood pressure check, a

idris elba has also shown interest, but at 51, he's acknowledged that he may now be too old to take onpierce brosnan has also been singing the praises of bridgerton heart—throb rege—jean page. he thinks that he'd be a wonderful bond as well. the next bond film will be the 26th in the series, with insiders saying production is set to start later this year. aaron taylor thompson, you may have seen him in bullet train. all coming out this year. that's it for now. hello. we are marking the spring equinox and for some parts of the uk, wednesday will bring some spring warmth just as tuesday did actually in parts of lincolnshire, 17 degrees, with some hazy sunshine in some relatively mild air. now, as we head through the next few days, we are going to start to see a change. the wind direction will change. we'll get into north or north westerly winds and that will bring a much colder feel in time for the weekend, but not just yet. a mild start to wet and stay with extensive cloud cover, some mist and murk and some hill fog and some outbreaks of rain. now, in many locations, the rain will turn

idris elba has also shown interest, but at 51, he's acknowledged that he may now be too old to take onman and former bond, pierce brosnan, says that he thinks he'd do a magnificentjob. but pierce brosnan has also been singing the praises of bridgerton heart—throb rege—jean page. he thinks that he'd be a wonderful bond as well. the next bond film will be the 26th in the series, with insiders saying production is set to start later this year. some breaking news thatjust come into us — we are hearing that russian and belarusian athletes will not take part in the olympics opening ceremony, that's come from the ioc. now the ioc last year suspended russia from the games but gave the green light for russian athletes to compete as neutrals outside of team events, as long as they do not actively support the russian invasion of ukraine. we will have more on that in the next half hour. please stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. although south—east england and east anglia kept a lot of cloud during tuesday, the rest of the uk actually the weather brightened up quite nicely, with some good

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elba that you can on netflix now. well, not now. you should watch this now and for the after. but please help me welcome them to the stage. it was in stuart. morgan. all right. first of all, thank you much today. it's really good. see everybody here tonight. and i am so excited to be able to share the stage with you. stuart we've got a lot to talk about. as they said, this is a phenomenal book and all of you just so you know, i'm going to do this now, then i'll do it again. at the end of the talk we copies for sale at the front. make sure you buy this book i'm support stuart the support writers get your autograph because be signing as well. it is a phenomenal book and it's a book that really does two things i think one ican textual lies is as cindy was saying the history of the congo and of the man by himself. and at the same time also brings that particular period into the larger essence of what was happening across globe at the time. and i don't think we have enough stories that really contextualize african affairs

. >> i feel like i know because i thought idris elba was up. >> oh, yeah, i thought he was the frontrunners then they were talking about the man from, the first bridgerton. >> that's what i thought it was going to be. reggie >> yeah. >> oh yeah. >> are you reggie. >> can you please call me. start calling. >> well good to that. >> and they landed here. yeah. someone i've never heard of. >> well, we want to get to something that we've been following all morning long. this deadly three car crash that happened around 430 this morning in oakland. it really continues to block two lanes of the westbound 580 to westbound 80 connector there. chp has issued a sig alert, and we know that there are reports of a wrong-way driver that we're working to confirm right now. so definitely a headache for those trying to get to the bay bridge this morning. and if you're coming from orinda, you can use highway 13 all the way around to 80. and you could also use northbound 880 if you're coming from the san leandro area, we should get to our live backup camera. you can see here this is westbound 580, bumper to bum

elba that you can on netflix now. well, not now. you should watch this now and for the after. but please help me welcome them to the stage. it was in stuart. morgan. all right. first of all, thank you much today. it's really good. see everybody here tonight. and i am so excited to be able to share the stage with you. stuart, we've got a lot to talk about. as they said, this is a phen■omenal book and all of you, just so you know, i'm going to do this now, then i'll do it again. at the end of the talk, we copies for sale at the front. make sure you buy this book i'm support stuart the support writers get your autograph because be signing as well. it is a phenomenal book and it's a really does two things i think one it can textual lies is as cindy was saying the history of the congo and of the man by himself. and at the same time also brings that particular period into the larger essence of what was happening across globe at the time. and i don't think we have enough stories that really contextualize african affairs in t

elba that you can on netflix now. well, not now. you should watch this now and for the after. but please help me welcome them to the stage. it was in stuart. morgan. all right. first of all, thank you much today. it's really good. see everybody here tonight. and i am so excited to be able to share the stage with you. stuart, we've got a lot to talk about. as they said, this is a phenomenal book and all of you, just so you know, i'm going to do this now, then i'll do it again. at the end of the talk, we copies for sale at the front. make sure you buy this book i'm support stuart the support writers get your autograph because be signing as well. it is a phenomenal book and it's a book that really does two things i think one it can textual lies is as cindy was saying the history of the congo and of the man by himself. and at the same time also brings that particular period into the larger essence of what was happening across globe at the time. and i don't think we have enough stories that really contextualize african aff

elba that you can on netflix now. well, not now. you should watch this now and for the after. but please help me welcome them to the stage. it was in stuart. morgan. all right. first of all, thank you much today. it's really good. see everybody here tonight. and i am so excited to be able to share the stage with you. stuart, we've got a lot to talk about. as they said, this is a phenomenal book and all of you, just so you know, i'm going to do this now, then i'll do it again. at the end of the talk, we copies for sale at the front.t'm support stuart the support writers get your autograph because be signing as well. it is a phenomenal book and it's a book that really does two things i think one it can textual lies is as cindy was saying the history of the congo and of the man by himself. and at the same time also brings that particular period into the larger essence of what was happening across globe at the time. and i don't think we have enough stories that really contextualize african affairs in that way. and thank y

elba that you can on netflix now. well, not now. you should watch this now and for the after. but please help me welcome them to the stage. it was in stuart. morgan. all right. first of all, thank you much today. it's really good. see everybody here tonight. and i am so excited to be able to share the stage with you. stuart, we've got a lot to talk about. as they said, this is a phenomenal book and all of you, just so you know, i'm going to do this now, then i'll do it again. at the end of the talk, we copies for sale at the front. make sure you buy this book i'm support stuart the support writers get your autograph because be signing as well. it is a phenomenal book and it's a book that really does two things i think one it can textual lies is as cindy was saying the history of the congo and of the man by himself. and at the same time also brings that particular period into the larger essence of what was happening across globe at the time. and i don't think we have enough stories that really contextualize african aff

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they'd been talk it could be elba. talk it could be idris elba.if look him in bloke who, if you look at him in this photograph, you've listened on the radio to daniel craig about him . about him. >> he's very handsome. >> he's very handsome. >> david, >> yeah. so i mean, david, are you reassured or did it not matter to you whether actor matter to you whether the actor was female, male or black? >> well, firstly , barbara >> well, firstly, barbara broccoli was quoted as saying that it wouldn't be a woman. i'm afraid not on her watch. now, that's not people say to me, but oh, seven was a woman in the last film. that's correct. but that's not james bond. and i think if you're going to stick to the writings of ian fleming, he created the character. you've got to have some sense of. yeah, you've got to keep some. you've got to keep in line with what he was writing . you can't just go was writing. you can't just go changing it up. i don't know, it's a very tricky question. a lot of people ask, what if it was this type of actor or that type to me, i like

we have become europe's largest film and tv production centre with idris elba, keira knightley and orlandodoubled in the last three years, and at the current rate of expansion next year we will be second only to hollywood globally . in the hollywood globally. in the autumn statement, i committed to providing more tax relief for visual effects in film and high end tv. i can today confirm that we will increase the rate of tax credit by 5% and remove the 80% cap for visual effects costs in the audio visual expenditure credit . the audio visual expenditure credit. having the audio visual expenditure credit . having worked closely credit. having worked closely with the culture secretary and listened carefully to representations from companies like pinewood and warner bros. and sky studios will provide eligible film studios in england with a 40% relief on their gross business rates until 2034, and having heard represents actions from the british film industry pact and indeed the prime minister, we will introduce a new tax credit for uk independent films with a budget of less than £15 million for

um i mean, the actor idris elba, he's heavily involved in, in the campaign, isn't he against knife crimehat. it's really very, very depressing. anyway, um , we will be moving on. uh, do um, we will be moving on. uh, do stay with us, because in our last half hour, we're going to be talking about whether graffiti can be copyrighted. and that follows an enormous row that follows an enormous row that has broken out about some graffiti that whose copyright may have been violated . that's may have been violated. that's coming up soon. this is breakfast on gb news with pip and michael i >> -- >>a -- >> avery >> a very good morning. a very good snowy morning to some of you . you are watching and you. you are watching and listening to breakfast with pip and michael , the princess of and michael, the princess of wales has not been seen in pubuc wales has not been seen in public since her abdominal wall. >> sorry abdominal surgery , but >> sorry abdominal surgery, but social media has been ablaze with conspiracy theories about what has really happened to her royal family has always been a closed bo