dr l samir puri, senior fellow in urban samir puri, seniorfellow in urban security and urban warfareant bp has made an underlying profit in the first quarter of the year of nearly £5 billion, the highest in over a decade, following soaring oil and gas prices. but the company made an overall loss of more than £16 billion in that period, after writing off its assets in russia. 0pposition parties have renewed their call for a windfall tax on energy firms. let's speak to our chief political correspondent adam fleming. adam, you have been monitoring reaction to this. just looking at that call for the windfall tax, bp when they made this announcement were very quick to say, but we are expecting to pay this much in tax and we have already paid that much. do you think they are rattled? this is one of those _ do you think they are rattled? ti 3 is one of those moments where an event has happened in the run—up to a set of elections across the uk on thursday that illustrates one of the campaign is being run by the opposition parties, in this case for a windfall tax on the energy companies, the

you for being with us, samir puri with as. let's get some of the day's other news.dren's fund says the number of severely malnourished children around the world is rising because of the combined effects of armed conflicts, the coronavirus pandemic, and climate change. and unicef has warned that the cost of helping these children is becoming more expensive because of the rising cost of the food needed to treat them. the number of people suffering from covid—like symptoms in north korea is fast approaching 1.5 million just a week after the state admitted its first outbreak of the virus. the country's leader kimjong—un has mobilised the military to help the supply of medicine but an offer of help from south korea's new president has so far not been taken up. president biden will visit buffalo on tuesday to meet members of the community that lost ten people in a gun attack described as an act of racially motivated violent extremism. more travellers going to be permitted to cuba, a cap on family remittance will also be lifted, and processing of visas will be speeded up.