because the electric car maker has passed some major milestones in the past 2a hours. the firm, headed by elon musk, zoomed passed a market value of one trillion dollars late on monday, making it only the fifth company in history to pass that figure. its shares rose over 12% after tesla agreed to sell 100,000 vehicles to car rentalfirm hertz. the deal is the biggest ever rental car order for electric vehicles and seen as a further vote of confidence in the greener technology. michelle fleury has more from new york. tesla joins an elite club of companies whose market capitalisation has crossed the trillion dollar mark. think apple, microsoft and google s parent company, alphabet. amazon is also up there, the online retailer reached that threshold back in january 2020. 23 years after it became a public company. tesla, well it has done it in just 11 years. it s also the first car maker to hit that milestone after the company, founded by elon musk, it received its biggest order t
do get in touch on twitter @lukwesaburak or by using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. also in today s news. police investigating the murder of primary school teacher sabina nessa in south london release details of her last movements. we re expecting to hear an update within the hour. germans head to the polls this weekend to elect their next government and choose who will take over from angela merkel as chancellor. we ve been touring the country to get a feel for what is top of the agenda for voters. and hairdressers express concern of clients having new allergic reactions to hair dye after contracting coronavirus. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it s time for humanity to grow up and take responsibility for climate change. that was boris johnson s message to the united nations general assembly as he gave his speech. with just a0 days to go until the uk hosts a set piece summit on climate change, the prime minister called on leaders to sig
is preparing option which is could involve the justice department, fda. senate democrats are searching for their own path plotting a vote to codity guy abortion rights under federal law, but right now they don t have the votes but they want members on the record. lawmakers and advocates on the state level are also gearing up for a fight here. many republican-led states have enacted so-called trigger laws which bans abortion as soon as roe is overturned. at the same time neighboring blue states are getting ready to fill the gap this abortion care. and at the supreme court, workers put up a taller fence bracing for more protests there with the court set to deliver the most consequential abortion decision in decades in just a matter of weeks. we have two reports this morning, first, good morning, kevin. the administration has not formally announced what they will do if and when it seems roe is overturned. so what are you hearing about possible action that the administration mi
from the balkans. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday.. hello, and welcome to newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 3am in the devastated ukrainian city of mariupol, where it s hoped the coming hours will see civilian evacuations resume after rescue efforts stalled on monday. hundreds of women and children are sheltering in the tunnels beneath a sprawling steelworks, some haven t seen daylight for weeks. the azovstal plant is surrounded by russian troops. on sunday, aid agencies oversaw the rescue of around 100 people who were evacuated to nearby zaporizhzhia, from where our correspondent laura bicker reports. a short break to feel grass under theirfeet, after weeks of only concrete. the survivors from mariupol are allowed a break in their long awaited journey away from the front line. translation: for a month we were eating - over 40 l of us six food tins. we boiled two buckets of soup out of them and that was it for the whole day. weeping trans