From Erin Delmore in new york. Tesla shares spent most of the year sliding between lagging sales, production snarls, Shipping Delays and increased competition from overseas ev makers. Then shares started gaining. They were up 40 since The End of may. See, investors started focusing less on teslas Slumping Ev sales and more on chief executive Elon Musk s plans to make tesla into an artificial Intelligence Powerhouse with al powered robo taxis and humanoid robots. Alluring . Yes. Profitable . No. Or at least, not yet. Tesla unveiled its second quarter earnings tuesday after wall streets closing bell, and reported a 45 drop in profit between april and june. That came in lower than analysts had estimated. Sales fell nearly 5 in the second Quarter And Production fell as well. Now, investors are left to see whether tesla can successfully rev up its lagging Car Sales or begin monetising its Ai Offerings fast enough to make up for it. I am joined from chicago by seth goldstein, an Equity Strat
President zelensky says russia must Be held accountable, and as the Nato Summit Begins today, its response will Be top of the agenda. Were Going to speak to our correspondents in ukraine, the us and moscow. First to James WaterHouse in kyiv. James, this war never Goes away but moments like this draw the Worlds Attention back to whats happening, dont they . They absolutely do. Here in kyiv, the War Effort relies enormously on the War Effort relies enormously on the political campaigning which takes place here as well. And there was once a period when ukraines Best Bargaining Chip was military progress, Battlefield Winds but in the absence of that, its hard to look at showcasing what russia continues to impose on this vast country as a means of dry to garner further support. The widespread condemnation whether kyiv likes it or not is an opportunity for it to secure its long desired Air Defence systems and perhaps speed up its memBership to the nato alliance. Why . Because of a Missile St
Where croatias Donna Vekic has taken the first spot in this years semifinal as Qualifier Lulu Suns Fairytale Run comes to an end. Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. Sir Keir Starmer has addressed mps in parliament for the first time as Prime Minister. Surrounded by Labour Mp5 on the Government benches for the first time in m years, he said it was time to turn the page and unite in a common endeavour of national renewal. Opposite him was Rishi Sunak now leader of the oppostion, who congratulated the Prime Minister on his victory. The process of swearing in more than 600 mp5 is now under way. 0ur Deputy political Editor Vicki young joins us from westminster. It was certainly a different Tone Today . Yes, it was, a change in tone, that robust political debate set aside for one day, im sure it wont last, but a change too in personnel. There are a lot of happy looking labour and Liberal Democrat mps and they look a bit lost as they find their way around parliament for the firs