Take a hit. The covid consumer, walmart, home depot and kohls among retailers reporting earnings today. Walmart says ecommerce sales up 79 . And elon musks billions, tesla getting a spot in the s p 500. It is among the highest valued companies to ever enter the benchmark index and musk is on top to become number three, that is the third richest person in the world. Indeed, guys. Well start with the retail picture this morning, jim, youve been vocal as to the investor response on home depot and walmart. I guess thats related to the news out of amazon. Look, by the way, those stocks do tend to run up in the quarter and sell off thats nothing new a more aggressive amazon is always something we have to Pay Attention to i remember when amazon bought pill packs, the drug stores got killed i also point out that walmarts online david, thats not going to go away you can argue someone is going to argue thats the peak i would argue that amazon and walmart have taken so much share in this country,
A camp on the greek island of lesbos face more difficult days ahead. U. K. Leader Boris Johnson is accused of embarrassing the nation over breck sits by 2 former Prime Ministers. Plus an appetite for plant based beats you look at how the pandemic is changing the way people think about foods in thailand. But 1st to bella reuss where theres been an escalation in violence against protesters the governments has also shut down the countrys internet. Tens of thousands of protesters flooded the center all minsk some of the made their way in one of the president ial compounds where police say theyve detained at least 250 people and have been demands for president Alexander Lukashenko resignation ever since he was declared the winner of last months speciate election and aljazeera stepped fasten was acts one of the process in the belorussian capital. They have been marching now for our 3rd through the city streets today despite the fact that many of them were detained at the start of this rally
Opposition rejects the transition plan its agreements with the military junta for our return to democracy. Plus an appetite for plant based meat we look at how the pandemic is changing the way people think about food in thailand. And in sport world title leader Lewis Hamilton has won an incident packed tuscan grand prix the race had to be stopped twice after a series of crashes at the italians. But we start this news are in belo ruths where theres been an escalation in violence against protesters tens of thousands of people flooded the capital minsk Police Officers detained hundreds who were on the streets at times they were violent confrontations at a country where. Its internet blackouts has been imposed but that didnt deter the large crowds some of the protesters even made their way to the president ial compound there demanding the resignation of president Alexander Lukashenko with his protests comes the heads of talks between the belorussian president and his russian counterpart Vl
Waters we says its a positive 1st step. Changing habits for changing times how the coronavirus endemic has inspired a move to a plant based diet in some parts of asia. But welcome to the program our top story this hour at least 250 people have been arrested in the battle russian capital minsk following an escalation in violence against protesters. The. Police have been seen beating demonstrators and forcing many of them into military vehicles about 100000 people flooded the center of the city today in defiance of the deployment of riot police making their way to one of the president ial compounds the government has now shut down the internet activists have been demanding the resignation of president Alexander Lukashenko following that disputed election result last month aljazeera step vos and has been with protesters in mens consent us this update. The spike hundreds of detentions at the start of this rally thousands of people have managed to still gather despite the roadblocks by poli
Revealing secrets of a flooded lost world the 1st humans in iams to visit a prehistoric mine. We begin the program in better room where 250 people have been arrested in the capital minsk after an escalation in violence against the protesters about 100000 people flooded the center of the city making their way to one of the president ial compounds activists have been demanding the resignation of president Alexander Lukashenko following that disputed election result last month step vasa now reports. This is how look a strategy to stop the protests plays out on the streets of minsk people heading to a peaceful rally. They are randomly snatched by mosque policeman driving around at high speed those daken are aggressively thrown into a van or aljazeera cameraman was also grabbed by police shortly after filming an interview luckily they decided to let him go they let him go. To. The protest or we interviewed had to run to safety to escape detention and he would merely pay. Us. You know would