you may love it, you may be investing in it or it may baffle you. bitcoin has surged to its highest level in history after elon musk and his car firm tesla made a significant investment in the crypto currency. the electric car maker bought 1.5 billion dials are bitcoin and said it would accept the currency as a form of payment for its vehicles in the nearfuture. so having the firm founded by the well s which is in court the market s attention and led to bitcoin rising above $46 for the first 40 bitcoin rising above $46 for the first 40 $6,000 bitcoin rising above $46 for the first 40 $6,000 for the first time. history the crypto currency is worth $850 billion which is 100% increase in the past seven weeks alone. let s talk this through the james hughes, chief market analyst. have we all missed a trick here?- market analyst. have we all missed a trick here? yes, but we could missed a trick here? yes, but we could have missed a trick here? yes, but we could have bee
ajury of 11 whites a jury of 11 whites and one blake ajury of 11 whites and one blake in the deep south one black stood up in the courtroom and said black lives do matter. a new coalition government in germany, led by social democrat olaf scholz, pledges to make climate change its top priority. and, after being closed to tourists for two years, new zealand finally announces its plans to welcome back foreigners next year. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7amin singapore and midnight in paris where a short while ago, the french interior ministry confirmed that 27 migrants have drowned while trying to cross from france. earlier, president macron said it was feared the death toll could be as high as 31. it is by far the biggest loss of life in a single incident on that route. air and sea rescue operations have been under way for several hours. our correspondent lucy williamson is in calais. as you say, the rescue and recovery operation
borisjohnson had sought to overhaul the rules on mps conduct, just as a conservative mp had been found in breach of them. the prime minister is trashing the reputation of our democracy and our country. a cabinet minister dismissed the row as a storm in a teacup ahead of an emergency debate in parliament. also tonight. the push for more people to get their covid booster jabs, amid warnings of a difficult winter ahead. details emerge about the music festival tragedy in texas, good evening. an emergency debate on standards is to take place in the house of commons tomorrow, amid the row over the government seeking to change the rules governing mps conduct, as a conservative mp had been found in breach of them. today, the labour leader sir keir starmer accused borisjohnson of trashing the uk s reputation for democratic standards. a cabinet minister rejected that, calling the row a storm in a teacup . here s our political correspondent chris mason. mps are forever aware many pe
the institute of export and international trade flag and the importance of the baltimore port. the crash could affect operations at the port for months, it is the ninth largest port by trade volumes in the united states. it handled over 50 million tons of foreign cargo last year and baltimore port is particularly important for the auto industry. ranking number one of yours for the input of export vehicles with nearly 850,000 cars and light trucks passing through into thousand 23. let s talk to emily about this who is the market analyst at the shipping analytics firm. good morning. talk us through what this will do in terms of halt to trade. clearly it is an important hub in the us. it is not the biggest on the us east coast, has much bigger neighbours to the north in new york and to the north in new york and to the south in norfolk on the port of virginia which will be able to handle the extra container volumes. you can argue never container shipping is a little easier to hel
regional expert who explained the economic impact of those floods. ~ , ., ., ., floods. while you re flooding so far in the floods. while you re flooding so far in the month - floods. while you re flooding so far in the month of - floods. while you re flooding so far in the month ofjuly i floods. while you re flooding so far in the month ofjuly is| so far in the month ofjuly is estimated to have cost around 25 billion us dollars then of course the season for these sorts of extreme weather events is not yet over. august and september historically have also often had severe weather events, such as typhoons and floods, as well as drought last year china was also hit with a very severe drought. so what we are seeing is increasing impact of severe weather events on china and this is, of course, linked to rising temperatures globally, climate change is very much linked to what we have seen at present in china and in recent years and there are a lot of concerns that as global te