This week should we go for a ride . I think we should. Alasdair keane strapped into a truck with a distance. Difference. But how hard is it to power a drug by battery . You can start with lots of robots. It is quite mesmerising to watch. Love a robot. I know you do. Plus from ten wheels to do but how about a scooter powered by gas . We have also been overrun by rats this week, but ai has a solution in its sites. And there is something weird lurking in the water. Those are my toes you are talking about, and they were freezing. If you leave them in their long enough you will real story here is we are exploring the depths by robots. The world of transport wants to go electric, but some vehicles are easier to electrify than others. While the Tech World is going mad for electric cars, bigger vehicles are proving more difficult. The bigger and heavier they are, the bigger and heavier the batteries need to be. More than a quarter of Greenhouse Gas emissions from Road Transport in the eu comes
of the commonwealth games where england s alex yee got the competition s first gold. hello and welcome to bbc news. dozens of people have lost their lives this week in unprecedented flash floods. in iran officials have reported more than 50 people have died in landslides. at least seven people are now known to have died in the united arab emirates. and in kentucky in the united states, at least 16 people have died as president biden declares the situation there as a major disaster. leana hosea reports. floodwaters from days of torrential rain have inundated hundreds of homes and wiped out entire towns in eastern kentucky. bridges have been washed away and roads submerged, sending some residents are scrambling to the rooftops. but worst of all, the floods have taken people s lives, including those of children. four of whom from the same family. search and rescue same family. sea rch and rescue teams same family. search and rescue teams and helicopters and both are still lookin
No one wants a straight, also to go, no one wants a stroke but lowest paid workers rates. They understand the workers frustration of generation and have sacrificed so much to give industry alive and strong especially in this economic crisis and the pandemic. Workers deserve the first share of benefits they help create free enterprise, companies have made Significant Office but i believe should be further than record profits which mean record profits which mean record contracts and also that again. Bracket corporate profits, which they have, should be shared by regular contracts for the uaw and just as we are building an economy in the future, we need labour agreements for the future. It s my hope the can return negotiations before an agreement. Earlier, i spoke to luigi gjokaj, Vice President at a detriot uaw chapter, about the mood among workers now the strike has begun. It is historical course to strike at all three of the big three at the same time. What s the mood like amongst your
On the Prime Minister and the chancellor over Public Sector pay rises, after another Cabinet Minister raised the prospect of the current 1 cap being lifted. The Environment Secretary, michael gove, suggested the recommendations of Public Sector pay bodies, which review increases, should be respected. One of those has warned that the cap is putting pressure on the health service. Here is our Political Correspondent iain watson. They save our lives, they keep us safe, they teach our children, and when things do go wrong, they are on the front line, dealing with the aftermath. But politicians from all Political Parties are now asking if enough is being done to repay the debt to Public Sector workers. The Health Secretary and the Education Secretary want to see limits on Public Sector salaries relaxed. A former nurse, now conservative mp, says pressure on the conservatives will increase if the government doesnt lift its pay cap. I know of colleagues who have left nursing. I know of people
On the Prime Minister and the chancellor over Public Sector pay rises, after another Cabinet Minister raised the prospect of the current 1 cap being lifted. The Environment Secretary, michael gove, suggested the recommendations of Public Sector pay bodies, which review increases, should be respected. One of those has warned that the cap is putting pressure on the health service. Here is our Political Correspondent iain watson. They save our lives, they keep us safe, they teach our children, and when things do go wrong, they are on the front line, dealing with the aftermath. But politicians from all Political Parties are now asking if enough is being done to repay the debt to Public Sector workers. The Health Secretary and the Education Secretary want to see limits on Public Sector salaries relaxed. A former nurse, now conservative mp, says pressure on the conservatives will increase if the government doesnt lift its pay cap. I know of colleagues who have left nursing. I know of people