Hello there. Days after the taliban took control of afghanistan, afghans are cautiously, nervously, venturing out again. Businesses have been re opening. But what kind of government emerges and what their rule will mean for women, human rights and politics freedom is still unclear. Significant to the economy will be global trade. Analysts predict that, with the taliban in control, international trade will come to a standstill. The signs were already there injuly, when the afghanistan government s customs revenue slumped by 30% that month. So what will the taliban coming to power mean for bilateral trade, investment and business between afghanistan and united kingdom and europe? to explore that question i m joined by dr mohammad hotak, chairman of the british afghan chamber of commerce and industry. Money comes from legal goods like cigarettes for example but also open and that that opium and methamphetamine so how can and methamphetamine so how can a legal trade survive on that basis?
Hello and welcome. Team gb is celebrating after winning olympic gold and silver in the men s swimming 200 metres freestyle. Tom dean, who contracted covid 19 twice, won the final, with duncan scott completing the one two. It s the first time since 1908 that two british male swimmers have shared the podium. And a bermudan athlete has made history in tokyo, winning the tiny island s first ever olympic gold medal. The bbc s sarah mulkerrins is in tokyo. It is going so well, isn t it, ben, for team gb in the pool. We had the gold yesterday for adam peaty. A phenomenal performance from the duo of tom dean and duncan scott in the 200 metres freestyle today. A wonderful result for them. As you mentioned, tom dean, he won gold. He was a surprise gold medal winner in that because he finished off, he had been second to duncan scott for most of the season because duncan scott came in as the favourite. He has been the fastest man over the distance in that. However it was his team mate, tom dean wh
Let s start with tesla, because the electric carmaker has shown no signs of being hitting by the pandemic blues. Tesla reported it sales rose to $12 billion for the three months to the end ofjune, up from $6 billion a year ago. Despite shortages of semiconductor chips and congestion at ports hampering production, the firm delivered a record 200,000 cars to customers in the quarter. However the firm did make a $23 million loss on its bitcoin investments, although it recently signalled it might accept it again as a payment in future. Joining me now is daniel ives, managing director of wedbush securities. What do you make of the results? they seem to beat expectations. Yes, this is a strong quarter, especially amid the chips shortage. We are seeing a profit. That is the key, showing that green tidal wave thatis showing that green tidal wave that is leading the charge tesla causing some tumbles and china. You mentioned china, that is such an important market for all carmakers, but espe
Levels. Hello there. A decisive decade for tackling climate change, the words of president biden as he pledged to cut us carbon emissions by around 50% by the year 2030. That s double the reduction he and president 0bama signed up to four years ago, and represents a major policy reversal from the trump administrati, which pulled the us out of the pari climate agreement. The announcement came at a virtual summit for world leaders hosted by the us. Here s how some of the other leaders responded. We should protect nature and preserve the environment, like we protect our eyes. Second, we must be committed to green development. Green mountains are gold mounted. To protect the environment is to protect productivity, and to improve the environment, is to boost productivity. We need transformation on the largest scale and smallest scope, we in india are doing our part. Scope, we in india are doing our part scope, we in india are doing our art. ~. ,. , our part. We have in place one ofthe our
we begin in the uk where the government wants to and the sale of new gas boilers by 2035 in england and wales, while offering grants to homeowners from next april to replace them with heat pumps. households will be offered up to £5,000 to install new heat pumps or other greener heating, all in a £450 million boiler replacement scheme, part of a much bigger effort to decarbonise buildings, costing nearly £4 billion. however, critics say the scheme is unambitious as the scheme is unambitious as the grants only amount to 90,000 replaced boilers, as our consumer affairs correspondent reports. they came down there and into the corner. there is a secret under richard s garden. the heat from his home is absorbed through an underground network of pipes and come through a ground source pump. this is where the actual hardware is located. he swapped his as hardware is located. he swapped his gas guzzling hardware is located. he swapped his gas guzzling systems - hardware is located