china is the world s largest car market, and whilst tesla generates most of its money from its electric car business, boss elon musk has committed to grow its solar energy and battery business to roughly the same size. here s mariko with the details from singapore. it is quite a big deal because of course, tesla already has that huge plant in shanghai to make electric cars, so it is basically increasing its investment in china. the fact that this announcement came when tensions between washington and beijing are quite high, that is quite interesting. as you said, this is a mega factory, to produce mega packs. they are basically very large batteries that can store energy, so that they can help stabilise the power grid and also prevent outages. now, of course, many of our viewers associate tesla with those electric cars and that is where the company generates most of its money from. but the company s boss, elon musk, is very keen to also grow its solar energy and battery busine
hello and welcome. let s begin with the tensions around taiwan where chinese military forces are conducting drills for a third day. taiwan s defence ministry says it has detected 11 chinese warships and 59 aircraft around the island, 39 entered taiwan s air defence zones on monday morning. these are some of the latest images of the drills released by china s military and shown on the country s state television. the chinese display of force has added to tension between china and the united states. and the us navy says it has sailed a guided missile destroyer through contested waters claimed by china near the spratly islands to assert navigational passage rights. with the latest on the drills, here s our correspondent shaimaa khalil in tokyo. this is the third day of military drills. drills which china calls operationjoint sword. it is surrounding taiwan, a self governing island. china s military exercises happened hours within the return of the taiwanese president from her
aren t so reticent. seems to be yet another attempt at delaying, gaining time and perhaps leveraging on the health status of mr cozzolino in order to somehow tarnish or complicate further a very difficult and very silent investigation across europe. so i would say this is not very fair. news of this investigation first broke back in december last year. it was a bombshell moment. months later, the case continues to fizzle, but it s become more complicated. all the while, it s a cloud hanging over the european parliament. this place is the eu s only directly elected institution. nevertheless, it sometimes struggles for relevance and recognition. this story s certainly got it in the headlines, but in a way it s feared is damaging to public trust. this case is playing out in the open, before a possible trial has even begun. eu discomfort is palpable, whichever way you look. jessica parker, bbc news, in brussels. some breaking news and the mother of two israeli sisters killed last
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