quarter of 2023. despite that, tesla has reclaimed its position as the world s biggest seller of battery electric cars after its shipments surpassed those of china s byd. 0ur correspondent, erin delmore, is in new york. why are tesla s 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. let s 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. we ve also seen an arson attack at a factory in berlin, causing a temporary pause in production. back in the us, weaker us demand, mixed reviews for the cyber truck, the latest tes
coming in at 1.3 percent in march, down from 2.5 percent in february. that s 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, who s 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, we re still expecting to see a quite sharp fall in the headline rate of inflation during april, when ofgem that s 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 the pocket? so, in terms of how it s impacting us, i mean, of course, inflation has eased. it s now the lowest since the end of 2021, which is amazing, but prices
the charity world central kitchen says their convoy was bombed in an israeli air strikejust after they d 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 it s 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. here s merlyn thomas. we ve been trying to piece together what happened by examining photos of the aftermath, like this one. so far among the confirmed dead are australian, polish, british and palestinians, along with a dual us canadian citizen. they were working for food aid charity, world central kitchen. it says they dropped off more than 100 tonnes of food supplies at a