but behind the headline number it s not all good news as sales of electric cars to to private individuals are continuing to struggle. let s hear now from the smmt chief executive, mike hawes. this kid to have you with us, mike. apologies for that, a few technical issues. quite a milestone, the 1,000,000th car. it is not private individuals, it is company cars? car. it is not private individuals, it is company cars? evs have been on the market it is company cars? evs have been on the market for it is company cars? evs have been on the market for about it is company cars? evs have been on the market for about a it is company cars? evs have been on the market for about a decade - it is company cars? evs have been on the market for about a decade now. the market for about a decade now and it has taken us that long to get to a million. we need to accelerate that progress and hopefully we can get to the next million in two years rather than ten or 20. it is the business buy
this is bbc news, the headlines: america s top diplomat visits the middle east for talks after the latest round of us strikes on iran linked targets in the region. a deadly combination of war and drought leaves ethiopia s tigray region facing famine we have a special report. taylor swift! and taylor swift makes history at the grammy awards becoming the first artist ever to win best album four times. becoming the first artist ever to win best album four times. an update from the metropolitan police who are investigating the chemical attack in south london from last wednesday, they have said early this morning a 22 year old man was arrested for assisting an offender and the police are searching for abdo is a:d., the man in the picture, after the attack in clapham last week abdul ezedi. a22 year old man has been arrested and was taken to a police station where he was interviewed before being arrested on bail. they have also given an update on the woman who was injured in
walked out in protest over arrangements was created to trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. it s not clear what exactly is in the deal but it won t reverse the basic settlement between the uk and the eu. let s go straight to stormont and our island correspondencejohn campbell. we were listening a few moments ago tojeffrey donaldson, is it becoming clear how soon power sharing could be up and running? power-sharing could be up and runnina ? , . ., . , power-sharing could be up and runninu? ,~ ., . , running? every chance it will be by the end of this running? every chance it will be by the end of this week. running? every chance it will be by the end of this week. jeffrey - the end of this week. jeffrey donaldson was in fighting form, outselling this deal, saying it s going to deliver more than some of his critics had suggested. at the moment we only have what he is telling us and his spin on this deal, he says there is going to be new legislat
helped to slow down the rate of price increases for non food products, which eased injanuary down from over 3% in december. i m joined now by shanti kelemen, chief investment officer at m&g wealth. good morning. this isjust what we want to hear before the bank of england has its first meeting of 2024, which happens on thursday. meeting of 2024, which happens on thursday- on thursday. yes, we will have a decision on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from them - on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from them on - a decision from them on interest rates, wiley expected to keep rates unchanged and thatis to keep rates unchanged and that is positive news for inflation and a prices, on the other side we do have the economy still not in a recession and wage growth has been pretty strong. there are some factors balancing inflation, thinking it might not be a sharp drop in the next few months. to not be a sharp drop in the