this is bbc news. the headlines: china has again made an attempt to calm the diplomatic crisis caused by the sighting of a chinese surveillance balloon over the us. china s top foreign policy official has discussed the dispute with the us secretary of state anthony blinken. forest fires in chile sparked by a devastating heat wave have left at least 11 people dead. hundreds of homes have been damaged. the government has declared a state of emergency in two regions. a usjury has found elon musk not guilty of fraud over a tweet. mr musk was being sued by tesla shareholders who claim they lost billions of dollars after he tweeted he was taking the company back into private ownership. pope francis is continuing his visit to south sudan. he is trying to persuade political leaders to end the conflict that has gripped the country since gaining
that was the right move. this is the strategic book - that was the right move. t i 3 is the strategic book move everyone wanted them to make because they can defend ultimately the ev turf. this is still in the early days of a $5 trillion market, so they will sacrifice margins for long term volumes, and so far i call that a homerun in terms of what we re seeing coming out of the gates in 2023. the we re seeing coming out of the gates in 2023. gates in 2023. the company s stock there gates in 2023. the company s stock there has gates in 2023. the company s stock there has been - gates in 2023. the company s stock there has been badly i stock there has been badly beaten up, lost about $700 billion in market value in the last year. your thoughts on the outlook? he has shareholders taking him to court, tesla shareholders, an ongoing battle at twitter. , ., at twitter. there is real concern at twitter. there is real concern about - at twitter. there is real concern about his - at twit
being in the history of mankind. that is according to the guinness world records, which gave it all at the kinsey and flourish by calling it the, quote, worst loss of fortune in history. now that is quite a feat. guinness cites forbes data that says musk lost an eye watering 182 billion between november 2021 and early this this new accolade comes at a pretty tough time for elon. he s got his hands full dealing with a never-ending fall out at twitter after hitting 44 billion dollars for company that at the time was valued at, what, max, 25 billion? start in his car company testa has lost 39% of its value just since december the 1st. elon is also facing quite a few lawsuits, from tesla shareholders, who say he has misled them, drivers who say his cars are breaking a top speed for no reason, and the state of california, which alleges racial discrimination as one of his automotive
picked by musk. here s a post from musk. he said the question is not finding a ceo, it s the one that can keep twitter alive. the one group that was happy, tesla shareholders. many voicing their frustration with their distracted ceo. since taking the helm, musk has come under fire for firing much of the staff and most recently suspending accounts. we re still waiting on musk to respond. he said he would abide by it but nothing from the leader. martha? martha: he has to find somebody to take the job first. let s bring in brian kilmeade. thanks for being here. what is your take? it s a lot. number 1 over the weekend, they talk about the relationship between twitter. the same thing is going on at facebook. we just don t know it.