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Quarter of 2023. Despite that, tesla has reclaimed its position as the worlds biggest seller of battery electric cars after its shipments surpassed those of chinas byd. 0ur correspondent, erin delmore, is in new york. Why are teslas sales falling so sharply . Well, deliveries are reported by tesla, which is how well, deliveries are reported by tesla, which is how we well, deliveries are reported by tesla, which is how we approximate sales. We will hear more on the 23rd of april. Lets talk about some of the challenges we know tesla has faced in the first quarter. First is the red sea conflict, which caused shipping to be diverted, causing delay in Vehicle Parts arriving at factories, resulting in temporary factory shutdowns, particularly one outside of berlin which was hit hard earlier this year. Weve also seen an arson attack at a factory in berlin, causing a temporary pause in production. Back in the us, weaker us demand, mixed re ....
Coming in at 1. 3 percent in march, down from 2. 5 percent in february. Thats according to the latest data from the british retail consortium. The fall has been driven by lower food prices and more competition between supermarkets. Earlier i spoke to harvir dhillon, whos an economist from the british retail consortium. I began by asking him if the outlook of the data is sustainable. It will be sustainable over the coming months. So, were still expecting to see a quite sharp fall in the Headline Rate of inflation during april, when ofgem thats the Energy Price Regulator when its price cap comes down. So, for the coming months, we should see more Easing Pressure in terms of inflation. Now, whether towards the end of the year that persists still remains open to some uncertainty. Ok, so how is this impacting us in th ....
The Charity World central kitchen says their convoy was bombed in an israeli Air Strikejust after theyd unloaded food aid, at a warehouse they are now suspending its operations in gaza. At a warehouse. They are now suspending its operations in gaza. The Israeli Military says its conducting a review into the incident. The seven workers are from australia, the uk, poland, a us canadian dual citizen, as well as a palestinian. World leaders and Foreign Ministers are pressing israel to clarify the circumstances surrounding their deaths. Bbc verify has been analysing footage from the aftermath of the incident. Heres merlyn thomas. Weve been trying to piece together what happened by examining photos of the aftermath, like this one. So far among the confirmed dead are a ....
No question about that. We obviously respect andres decision not to continue operations at least for a time. Certainly we respect that. And others may make that decision as you talk about the world food program. Were not seeing any wholesale declination of humanitarian assistance, but yes, thats a concern. The more violent it gets for humanitarian aid workers, the less likely it is theyre going to be willing to take those risks, which means its more likely the people of gaza are going to suffer more. So yes, its a concern. Thank you. Secretary blinken during his presser in paris did not condemn the air strike even though as you confirmed there was a dual American Citizen who was killed. The French Foreign minister who was at the same presser did. You said youre outraged. Why is the u. S. Not condemning the strike . I think by saying were outraged, i think you can fairly cha ....
Lot. the system used to distribute covid relief funds was rife with abuse, and plenty took advantage. but new analysis from the associated press highlights just how massive this graph actually was. fraudsters, potentially, still more than 280 billion and i say it again 280 billion dollars in covid relief, and another 123 billion was either misspent or just wasted. that brings the total loss to a whopping 10% of the 4.2 trillion dollars that was handed out by the u.s. government in covid relief. and make matters even worse, that number is certain to grow as investigations continue. one of the reporters who broke that story joins me now. richard lardner, investigative reporter for the associated press. richard, when this was happening, in the early days of covid, we knew that, in order ....