To israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyuahu about the situation in gaza. In a statement the white house said that the president reaffirmed his ironclad commitment to israels security. It referenced what it said was a successful defence against irans unprecedented missile and drone attack earlier this month. The two leaders reviewed ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages together with an immediate ceasefire in gaza. And they also discussed increases in the delivery of humanitarian assistance into gaza through preparations to open new northern crossings, starting this week. The statement concludes that the leaders discussed rafah and the president reiterated his clear position although it didnt give details of what that is. In the last few hours its also been announced that us secretary of state, Antony Blinken will visit jordan and israel after a stop at the World Economic forum summit in riyadh. Our North America Correspondent Will Vernon is in washington with more details
Citing very heavy tesla obligations. Our Business Reporter David Waddell has more. Heres mr musk s challenge. Hes trying to sell teslas full Self Driving Software to more users, to more drivers. Thats the software that enables vehicles to drive autonomously, with a driver behind the wheel but not operating it. Thats available in north america, both in the us and canada. But on friday, a us report tied its wider range of autonomous Driving Modes to at least 13 crashes, including one death. Despite that, chinese customers are angling to use full Self Driving Software, but its not yet available in their market. Mr musk said it would be rolled out there very soon, but heres the rub all the data from teslas Chinese Fleet is held in shanghai and, under chinese regulations, isnt accessible to teslas us headquarters in texas. And that hampers the learnings that tesla needs to do to deliver a safe and effective product in china. Mr musk needs to navigate that with chinese officials. Ones the pr