in the most detailed report yet on the causes of last year's b.p. oil spill federal investigators found that a decision made directly by b.p. led to the death of a lot of men and ruined ecosystems along the gulf coast as the report says b.p.'s cost or time saving decisions without considering contingencies and litigation are contributing causes a little condo blow report which was released last week was compiled by the coast guard and the bureau ocean energy management regulation and enforcement and was far more critical of b.p. than an earlier report released in january by a presidential panel of the best of years. and while b.p. shares most of the blame the report also points a finger at trans ocean and dick cheney's calibur for grave errors leading to the oil spill so the most we learn from this latest report into the b.p. oil disaster and is there anything we can take away from it to prevent this sort of thing from happening again dr doug brinkley joins me now he's a senior scientist with the national wildlife federation practically welcome thank yo

by comparison the "titanic">)( over 2 miles down and b.p. oil last year was about one mile deep. the atlantic war claimed thousands of ships. 84 lives were lost. some act if it's right to hunt for its riches. >> do you consider that $148 million a good enough reason alone to disturb the site? and that's why you're always looking for broader questions be asked to justify about great intrusion. >> the robot submarines will return for the silva next year. if they receive, the exploration company keeps 80%. the british government gets 20% and the search for other wrecks will intensify. >>> now a rewind of of our main story on "bbc world news" america, there's been further violence in syria in the latest clashes between pro-democracy and government forces. it's six months the sincep uprising began. united nations estimates more than 207,000 people have been killed in that time. while that brings today's she to a close, remember you can always get constant updates on our website and to find out what we're working on, check out our facebook page. i'm j

house, the president has been interrupted by outside events throughout his administration, like the b.p. oil spill last year. this fall, you're going to see, at least they're going to try a sustained campaign. next week -- he was in virginia today. next week, ohio and north carolina, three battleground states. he's going to do another bus tour this fall. gwen: he says he's going coast to coast to campaign, battleground state to battleground state. what are the candidates doing? are they going to new hampshire first or scattering? >> they're scattering, certainly, but they're trying to continue framing the issues from this debate. romney's people made it clear immediately afterwards they're going to try to hold perry's feet to the fire on the social security issue. perry has placed a big bet that the politics of 2010, the midterm elections, can be taken to the presidential campaign trail of 2012. he played to the base, riled people up and don't worry about the usual rules to moderate your stance for swing voters. gwen: thank you, john, thank you, jackie. what's interesting about both of these

the gulf of mexico in april of two thousand and eleven that official report into the causes of the b.p. oil spill accuse the corp of nine faults in the run up to the incident and said whether purpose for not many of the decisions that b.p. albertan and trans ocean made that increase the risk of the macondo blowout clearly saved those companies significant time and money better management of decision making processes within b.p. and other companies that are communication within and between b.p. and its contractors effective training of key engineering rig personnel would have prevented the macondo incident b.p.'s decision to cut corners led to the deaths of eleven men and irreparable destruction of coastlines of several states along the gulf for those crimes the jury finds b.p. guilty the next corporate defended his big tobacco as c.e.o. of r.j. are for example who gerster you and the rest of your big tobacco c.e.o.'s are accused of lying to congress even though you've killed more americans than bin ladin did that's not why you're facing charges instead it's because in one nine hundred ninet

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b.p.'s partners in the russian oil from b.p. they are currently suing b.p. for three billion dollars compensation they claim b.p. broke their shareholders agreement by attempting to form an alliance with snap to explore the arctic the raid on b.p.'s moscow office was intended to uncover files relating to the middle seat. trade between russia and the u.k. has grown fifty percent since the beginning of the year in the wake of david cameron's visit to moscow our business editor nick poole caught up with the head of course of british chamber of commerce why he started by asking if the problems in the political sphere in recent years had affected business interests. well i think one has got to divide the business relationships into the natural resource sector and the rest one can say without any shadow of doubt at all that there's been no discernible impact on the normal natural resource sector has the b.p. situation affected the way in which business is done here i think it's affected the business climate in this way and that is that it's created a lot of headli

b.p.'s partners in the russian oil firm b.p. they're currently suing b.p. for three billion dollars in compensation and they claim b.p. broke their shareholder agreements by attempting to form an alliance with rosneft to explore the arctic the raid on b.p.'s moscow office was intended so i'll cover files relating to the lawsuit. that's all the business news for now the headlines are next with alice. wealthy british style sun. spot on the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser reports. a very warm welcome back it's. the libyan rebels attacked the three remaining strongholds of more feet under a shield of nato air strikes on the sea international war crimes committed by the colonel's loyalists and the opposition with new leadership to restore order in. ukraine questions the legality of toward to the nuclear disaster side to enter novel that made allegations they were providing on health and profits to officials but experts say the contaminat

oil and gas producers began shutting production in the gulf of mexico. there's a storm brewing offshore that could become a tropical storm in the coming days. royal dutch shell, exxonmobil, b.p. and marathon oil began precautionary shutdowns as the storm loomed. the storm has the potential to reach hurricane strength and could move westward toward texas. >> tom: meanwhile, victims of hurricane irene are getting a break from the tax man. the internal revenue service is extending tax payment deadlines for some individuals and businesses affected by the storm. businesses that had previously obtained extensions until the middle of this month now have until the end of october to file 2010 returns. initially, the offer is being made to certain counties in north carolina, new jersey, new york and puerto rico. >> susie: when it comes to teaching your kids the ins-and- outs of savings and budgeting, keeping their interest isn't always easy. so tonight, we've asked a kid for his take on this. jordan lane palmer is the winner of the 2011 national financial literacy poster contest. he got to show off his winning entry to federal reserve chairman ben bernanke and u.s. treasurer rosie rio

tony hayward is stepping down from angle russian oil fronting the b.p. less than a year after joining the board as a non-executive director the former chief executive of b.p. who was fiercely criticized for his handling of the gulf of mexico oil spill is leaving to pursue other interests in the energy sector departure comes at a sensitive time although the piece failed attempt to join with was an effort to explore the arctic alliance was broken by the russian partners and b.p. who are seeking compensation through the courts from the british parent company. that's a look at the markets now oil prices low investors fear europe's debt crisis will harm economic growth tempering demand for robot cereals lights which is currently trading at eighty six dollars per barrel while branches hovering at one hundred and eleven dollars. european markets to seeing heavy losses in early trade. it says one point three percent lower shares in u.k. lenders are under pressure after the independent commission told banks they will have to ring fence their retail arms following

b.p. who was fiercely criticized for his handling of the gulf of mexico oil spill is leaving to pursue other interests in the energy sector the departure comes at a sensitive time following b.p.'s failed attempt to join with force never to explore the arctic there lois was broken by the russian partner scenting k p p who was seeking compensation for the courts from the british parent company. let's have a look at the markets now and let's start with the oil prices they are lower has investors fear europe's debt crisis will harm economic growth tempering demand for raw materials lights which as you can see is currently trading at eighty five dollars per barrel while branches hollering at one hundred and ten dollars. european markets seeing heavy losses in early trade the puts is one point three percent lower shares in the u.k. lenders are under pressure after the independent commission told banks they will have to ring fence their retail. following the credit crisis says lloyds of down three point two percent growth bank of scotland is down three point six percent and barclays shed three and

british oil major b.p. wants to continue doing business in russia but the spotlight its current problems in the country and that's according to a senior kremlin aid sites in the british prime minister the company is stuck in legal battles with its russian partners in the joint venture it's named k b p earlier this year they blocked the deal between b.p. and ross that he jointly explored the arctic and now they're seeking compensation for the people bring their shareholder agreements meanwhile at sony hayworth the former c.e.o. of b.p. is stepping down as a moment's notice of director of team k d p and that's less than a year after taking the post. almost like a look at the markets now will start with oil prices are mixed as the u.s. dollar and that's gave up earlier gains the partial recovery came as the organization of petroleum exporting countries sent out some of its numbers could lower production as a slowing economy weakens the light sweet discriminately trading at eighty seven dollars and sixty five c

british oil major b.p. wants to continue doing business in russia despite its current problems in the country and that's according to a senior kremlin aide cited the british prime minister the company is stuck in legal battles with its russian partners in the joint venture t m k b b earlier this year they blocked the deal between b.p. and ross next to jointly explore the arctic and now they're seeking compensation for b.p. for breach of their shareholder agreements tony hayward the former c.e.o. of b.p. is stepping down as a non-executive director of the and that is less than a year after taking the post. let's take a look at the markets we'll start with oil prices there are mixed as the u.s. dollar and then scaled up earlier gains a partial recovery came as the organization of petroleum exporting countries set up . some of its members could lower production as a slow economy weakens the light sweet is currently trading at around eighty eight dollars per barrel while brian's is approaching one hundred twelv

russian british oil company b.p. has approved a special force top dividend of one and a quarter billion dollars of the see that the decision and will see the decision as an attempt to move on from the damaging shareholder dispute minority shareholders in the company are claiming five billion dollars of damages from b.p. over its failed attempt to form a partnership with. ukraine says it has achieved significant progress in natural gas talks with russia president viktor yanukovych met russian leaders late saturday to discuss the terms of gas transit and supplies the parties agreed to hold an interim government meeting in ukraine in october crane claims it is paying too much under the current gas supply deal and wants to change the terms russia says it's prepared to provide a disk. but in return. a stake in ukraine's pipeline network. the national energy security fund it's the simplest solution for can. we must solve the problem of. who will do the propose the program who will be the proper it will this pipeline in my

sony hayward is stepping down from the angle russian oil firm at seeing play b.p. and that's less than a year after joining the board as a non-executive director the former chief executive off be p. who was fiercely criticized for his handling all of the gulf of mexico oil spill is leaking to pursue other interests and their energy sector that departure comes at a sensitive time following b.p.'s failed attempts and with ross have explored the arctic the alliance was broken by the russian partners and seeing plenty who are now seeking compensation through the courts from the british parent company. now let's take a look at the markets now oil prices are mixed this our investors fear europe's debt crisis will harm economic growth tempering demand for drawing materials light sweet is currently trading at about eighty seven dollars a barrel approaching eighty eight while the brant blends is approaching one hundred twelve dollars a barrel. in the u.s. markets opened lower right now there are more or less flats and that's us fears nouns over europe's that talk especially

tony hayward is stepping down from the anglo russian oil firm at seeing play b.p. and that's less than a year after joining the board as a non-executive director the former chief executive all of the people he was fiercely criticized for his handling of the gulf of mexico oil spill is leavin super c all their interest in the energy sector the departure comes at a sensitive time following b.p.'s failed attempt to join with rosneft to explore the arctic the alliance was broken by the russian partners in the who are now seeking compensation through the courts from the british parent company. and that's all we have time for this hour the headlines are next with bill. mission free cretaceous and free. free. range month free. free stooge free. video for your media projects a free. trip . to true sports hotel. and see if. you visit. the resolution of the syrian crisis in the way of political and economic. generating power. into the national grid was built with the help of russia will reach its full capacity at the end of the year. italy moves closer to the center of the eu

tony hayward is stepping down from the anglo russian oil firm it seeing play b.p. and that's less than a year after joining the board as a non-executive director and former chief executive officer he was fiercely criticized for his handling of the gulf of mexico oil spill is leavin supersede all their interests in the energy sector the departure comes at a sensitive time following the spell that santa drawing with so explore the arctic the alliance was broken by the russian partners in the who are now seeking compensation through the courts from the british parent company. and that's all we have time for this hour the headlines are next. commission free couldn't take should free in-store charges free to make sure the free. three stooges free. old free book plug in video for your media projects a free media john tart tetons tom. in some petersburg she's available in hotels a story an. ambassador. hotel patroclus photo the true school toto new golden. gate. and see if. you visit. just. top stories this hour stronger relations for mutual benefit russia and the u.k. dev

outlook for russian trade let's take a look up and that's move us on the my sights the sour oil majorettes name from b.p. is running on news that will invest denying a billion dollars in business over the next decade flexitarian air flosses in the black as well after a call packet service for about ten million dollars and bank of moscow is also on the rise and that's despite more corporate results the others net profit more than hard in the first eight months of the year so one hundred and six million dollars. now it's a dream many of us have that's a flaw in our own personal address and the russians of course are no exception. before the crisis business the tartars in russia are generating that's one over one billion dollars and once again it's taken off as michael reports. pre-crisis the country's ultra rich were buying into this new level of privilege and luxury big time and it seems the good times are returning traffic is back to two thousand and seven levels and al is expected to grow by ten percent annually with its boss distances cool roads and under developed commercial infrastructure russia is

oil firm. and that's less than a year after joining the board as a non-executive director the former chief executive of b.p. who was fiercely criticized for his handling of the gulf of mexico oil spill is going to pursue other interests in the energy sector departure comes out a sensitive time following b.p.'s failed it's time to join with force not so explore the arctic the alliance was broken by the russian partners in seeing k b p who are now seeking compensation this group of course from the british parent company. let's take a look at the markets now it will start with oil prices there are lower investors fear europe's debt crisis will harm economic growth tempering demands for all materials light sweet is currently trading at eighty six dollars per barrel while bryant is hovering at one hundred and eleven dollars. over in europe markets are seeing heavy losses shares and u.k. lenders are under pressure after the independent commission told banks they will have to ring fence their retail arms following the credit crisis the footsie is losing close to two and a half percent well that x. is down three a

b.p. as a result of the company's long lasting conflict with its russian partners now the british were a major has frozen a multi-million dollar project with kolkata to increase oil refining efficiency in russia b.p. says its concerned its partners in the joint venture to b.p. might object to the deal earlier this year b.p.'s russian partners blocked its huge tie up with. now demanding for billions of dollars in compensation a court hearing on that case will take place on thursday. this be a reform of russia's banking sector may fall victim to the sacking of finance minister alex he couldn't which would haynesworth from rating believes that new measures to make it more transparent will now inevitably be delayed. everything is put into question by the change in the ministry of finance. however there are questions that need to be decided also you have to bear in mind the term of office for mystic motive is coming to an end and so the question is who is going to place mystic knots for all questions of future reform probably going to have to wait until we see who the new head of the central bank is going to be but they do need to be reforms to the situation around th

b.p. because they've been through a lot after the oil spill the gulf i mean come on i was back in graduate with some savvy to paint b.p. as them so i have some sort of corporate victim out there but domestic news sources also decide to sprinkle their own two cents on this story as well the new york times headline for this story reads memo to exxon business with russia might involve guns and a lock all of its guns and a lot of us you know this raid must have been pretty intense i think of luck. ok i know that we can show you that much there but that's also because there wasn't really much to show there was no guns there was no balaclavas you know these are awfully openly loaded opening statements for a paper to make out there but i've got a question how come the media barely paid any attention to the rate of the feds here at home waged on the guitar company gets it and you probably haven't seen any coverage but fed's rate of the gibson facility in memphis because of the tiger wood that they used to create their famous guitars and the video actually looks strikingly similar to the d.v.d. rat

oil firm seeing k.b. p. and that's less than a year after joining the board as a non-executive director the former chief executive of b.p. who was fiercely criticized for his handling of the gulf of mexico oil spill is leaving super sue other interests in the energy sector the departure of comes at a sensitive time following b.p.'s failed attempt to join with rolls left to explore the arctic the alliance was broken by the russian partners and seeing the who are now seeking compensation through the courts from their british parent company. now let's take a look at the markets now we'll start with oil prices there are higher this hour hopefully you can see it on the screen there we go the u.s. dollar in there up earlier against in the recovery came as the organization of petroleum exporting countries monday said some of its members could lower production as a slowing economy weakens demand light sweet is currently trading close to eighty nine dollars a barrel while the brands blend this at one hundred thirteen dollars. over in the u.s. some markets are trading in negative territory as fears the mounds over europe is that

oil firms. and they're currently suing b.p. for three million dollars in compensation they claim he broke their shareholder agreements at some sense of form an alliance with ross left to explore the arctic their raid on the office was inside that song cover files the lawsuits. and also the business is going out the headlines are lots of barrel. down the official ante up location. i pod touch from the i q sampson. cianci on the go. video on demand g.'s minefield costs an r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. machine on the algae jolt cola. just join is a very well known and this is all too common in my from the russian capital review twenty four hours a day top stories. for us and romania signed a missile defense pact that's will now pull money authorize the deployment of u.s. and the stick missile interceptors in romania in may washington and bucharest agreed that standard missile three interceptions would be fielded of the them a salute and base near romania's border with the area and with premier live pictures all of that sig

b.p. who was fiercely criticized for his handling of the gulf of mexico oil spill is leaving to pursue other interests in the energy sector the departure comes at a sensitive time following the failed that he joined with ross left so explore the arctic the alliance was broken by the russian partners and b.p. who are now seeking compensation through the courts from the british parent company . let's take a look now at the markets and we'll start with oil prices there are lower as investors fear europe's debt crisis will harm economic growth temper and the rag for materials light sweet is currently trading at eighty six dollars per barrel runs is hovering at one hundred and eleven dollars. over in europe markets are seen heavy losses shares in the tailenders are on the pressure after the independent commission told banks they will have to ring fence the retail arms fall in the credit crisis and european debt worries are weighing in on the russian markets as well that and this is our extend their last week's losses in monday's trade the r.t.s. is news and more than four and a half percent of al

hayward to stepping down from engle russian oil firm team k b p less than a year after joining the board as a non-executive director the former chief executive of b.p. who was fiercely criticized for his handling of the gulf of mexico oil spill is leaving to pursue other interests in the energy sector the departure comes at a sensitive time these failed attempt to join with wall sniffed to explore the arctic their lines was broken by the russian partners. who are seeking compensation through the courts from the british parent company. let's have a look at the markets now oil prices are low investors fear europe's debt crisis will harm economic growth tempering demand for crude materials light sweet it's currently trading at eighty five dollars per barrel while brant is hovering at one hundred ten dollars. the nikkei index fell by more than two percent on monday to end its lowest level since april two thousand and nine weighed down by renewed worries about european debt problems hong kong's hang seng is also seeing losses heading for its lowest close in more than a year. and european markets are seeing heavy losses in early trade the footsie is more

bailiffs was illegal the raid was done at the request of partners in the russian oil for me and they're currently suing b.p. for three billion dollars in compensation they claim b.p. broke their shareholder agreements by attempting to form an alliance with false left to explore the arctic the right don't be as was inside that song cover files into the lawsuits. and that's all the business news for now the headlines are next with bill. the official. from the. with the palm of your. if you just joined us a very warm welcome this is coming to live from the russian capital with you twenty four hours a day top stories in the u.s. and romania signed a missile defense pact. the deployment of u.s. missile interceptors in romania in may washington and book rest agreed that standard missile three interceptions will be fielded to the. base near romania's border with gary i will bring you live pictures of all of that signing ceremony taking place at the moment in washington d.c. . and other news the libyan transitional forces have given residents of the besieged strongholds two days to leave or face. it is.

b.p. as a result of the company's long lasting conflict with its russian partners the british oil major has frozen a multi-million dollar project with skolkovo to increase oil refining efficiency in russia he says it's concerned its partners in the joint venture to b.p. might object to the deal earlier this year b.p.'s russian partners blocked its huge tie up with ross now and now demanding for billions of dollars in compensation a court hearing on that case will take place on thursday. take a look at how the markets are doing the russian markets slightly higher than my six is up point three percent while the r.t.s. is just a notch now let's take a look at some individual share moves on them isaac's energy majors are trading in negative territory lower crude both gospel monreal snapped a losing more than one percent meanwhile concerns about european debt are weighing on financials the bank is down almost one and a half percent so among the gain is is noise can make you that's up seven percent the company jumped the most in three weeks after it started accepting bids for its four billion dol

just stepping down from and coo russian oil firm team p b p less than a year after joining the board as a non-executive director the former chief executive of b.p. who was fiercely criticized for his handling of the gulf of mexico oil spill is leaving to pursue other interests in the energy sector but departure comes at a sensitive time following the peace bailed attempts to join but also after it's all the arctic alliance was broken by the russian partners and chain p.p.p. who are seeking compensation in the courts from the british parent company. which brings us to the markets oil prices are low investor speed europe's debt crisis will harm economic growth tempering demand for materials rights which is currently trading at eighty five dollars per barrel brant is hovering at one hundred ten dollars. european markets are seeing heavy losses and the dax is losing three and a half the fruits it is just a bit behind two and a half percent lower shares and hugh k. lenders are under pressure after the independent commission told banks they will have to ring balance their retail arms fully the credit crisis. and european debt warriors are preying on

key government report released today spreads the blame for the massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico, but most of it goes to b.p. the main cause of the blowout was the failure of a cement barrier in the drilling apparatus, according to the report. the cement job was done by halliburton, but the report states that b.p., as the designated operator, was "ultimately responsible" for safe operations on the rig. the blowout at the deepwater horizon rig killed 11 people and led to the worst offshore oil spill in u.s. history. almost five million barrels of oil spilled into the ocean. >> tom: the major stock indices put up a third straight session of gains, but they closed off their best levels of the day. let's take a look at tonight's "market focus." flat retail sales and wholesale inflation in august didn't inspire buying interest this morning, but as confidence grew over europe, we saw stock prices climb. the dow put in another triple- digit range today, hitting its lowest level just below 10:30 eastern time. but we saw steady buying until 20 minutes before the close, when the index gave back some of its gain. stil