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Oil major BP has reported lower profits and says it will cut spending on exploration because of the fall in oil prices. But as Hayley Platt reports a surprise contribution from its stake in Rosneft helped it beat forecasts.
Oil major BP increases dividends in the third quarter as it sees a jump in operating cash flow. As Amy Pollock reports that's despite lower oil prices and a steep drop in contributions from Russia where a depreciating rouble hits its income.
Pointe D'esny (Mauritius), Aug (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Pierre Dalais) Two tankers and several helicopters have been deployed to stop the oil spill from a ship stranded off the coast of the island of Mauritius, reported on Monday the Japanese company Nagashiki Shipping, owner of the ship. The bulk carrier MV Wakashio, with the Panamanian flag, has remained stranded on the east coast of Mauritius since July 25, although last Thursday the Mauritian Government confirmed that the ship had a breach and that it was spilling its fuel load into the sea, and already on Friday declared the "environmental state of emergency".DRONE FOOTAGE OF THE SHIP.
Harvey Weinstein has been hit with a new sexual battery charge.
Eurostar's passenger numbers for 2015 were flat - good news in a year beset by terror attacks in Paris and worries about migrants on the Franco-British border. But ahead of a British referendum on EU membership, the pound has hit profits as well. As Joel Flynn reports, Eurostar will hope their new billion pound trains can turn things around.