days. his mother said they had threatened her because they wanted the burial to take place in secret. the news of the funeral comes just before mr navalny s widow yulia is due to address the european parliament in a speech about political prisoners which we will bring to you live later this hour. let s speak to our europe correspondent nick beake. he is in strasbourg. these details just emerging about alexei navalny s funeral in the past half hour or so. what more do we know? samantha, these details came from the team would use to work for alexei navalny and may have confirmed that the funeral will take place on friday, friday afternoon. there will be a service initially starting to be a moscow time and then a burial at a crematorium, a cemetery nearby. as you may recall the mother of alexei navalny had been told, it was reported, to agree to a secret burial and that if she didn t agree to that they would be a burial at the penal colony where he had been held for quite some t
they leave. borisjohnson has admitted his statements about the parties misled parliament but denied doing so intentionally. he described the report as rubbish and lies. let s go straight westminster and this report cannot be more damning, could it? it this report cannot be more damning, could it? , . , ., could it? it is a blunt damning re ort could it? it is a blunt damning report and could it? it is a blunt damning report and many could it? it is a blunt damning report and many expected - could it? it is a blunt damning report and many expected to l could it? it is a blunt damning i report and many expected to be could it? it is a blunt damning - report and many expected to be if we are not beating around the bush about this, it is essentially saying that he lied, notjust a parliament but also to the committee that were investigating whether he misled mps and that is because his conclusions that he deliberately misled mps on multiple occasions about what he knew of her
our business correspondent in new york, is erin delmore. if you re in the crypto world or curious about getting into it, then a spot bitcoin etf has been on your radar. it allows people to bet on bitcoin s gains and losses, even if they do not own bitcoin themselves. us regulators are widely expected to approve the new exchange traded funds this week. so, when a tweet was posted from the sec gov account, saying essentially that, it was noteworthy. it was also wrong. the sec and its chair, gary gensler, quickly posted on x that the sec account was compromised and the regulator had not yet approved the listing in trading of spot bitcoin exchange traded products. the erroneous tweet also included graphic with a quote from chair gensler, a second tweet that also said $ btc . bitcoin s ticker symbol was also posted but was then almost immediately deleted. for bitcoin s value, a bit of a ride. the cryptocurrency climbed to nearly $48,000 on the false news and fell back down to $45
is the closest estimation to its sales figures. 0ur north america business correspondent erin delmore reports. calls itself the big scarber brown you ve never heard of, but it may be about to change. more of vehicles in the last three months than tesla did. that s a first. the american company is facing headwinds, higher borrowing costs in the us led to spelling demand slowing demand. but the chinese rival is a gluing, enjoying tailwinds with them unlike tesla, byob makes its own batteries, so controlling that part of the supply gives byd more ability to cut prices. as my colleague erin hasjust reported, tesla s latest number puts byd ahead of the curve. the chinese ev maker reported around three million in sales last year, but that number comprises both electric cars and hybrid vehicles. but even as the competition us revving up, it s worth noting that in terms of overall deliveries in 2023, tesla still has byd beat. however, the chinese ev maker s could keep the momentum
hello, i m ben thompson. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of live news, interviews and reaction. we start in ukraine where the interior minister is quoted as saying 2a towns and villages have been flooded after a major dam was destroyed in the south of the country. ukraine blames russia for targeting the dam whereas russia says it is not responsible. this video, tweeted by ukraine s president zelensky, shows the breached kakhovka hydroelectric dam. mr zelensky says it confirms for the whole world that the russians must be expelled from every corner of ukrainian land. but the two sides are blaming each other for its destruction. kyiv has accused russia of blowing up the dam to slow ukraine s offensive by making it harder to cross the dnipro river. regardless of who or what caused the explosion it has potentially deadly consequences for towns and villages in the path of the water. bbc verify is working to establish the timeline of events and there was already some d