A Shock Announcement that she was withdrawing from the games after a video emerged which she said showed her making an Error Ofjudgment during a Coaching Session four years ago. In a statement, she said, what happened was completely out of character and does not reflect how i train my horses or coach my pupils. However, there is no excuse. I am deeply ashamed and should have set a better example in that moment. The world Governing Body for equestrian sport, the fei, said in a statement. The whistleblower s lawyer claimed in a letter seen by the bbc that the video shows Ms Dujardin beating a horse excessively with a whip. Dujardin has been suspended from the sport pending the outcome of the Feis Investigation into the video. Well, Dujardin Hadnt actually arrived here in paris yet, but her absence will be keenly felt, because she was a gold medal contender, notjust individually but as part of the british team. Beyond the impact on Team Gb s medal hopes, this story could have major ramifi
Immediately everyone ducked, and i was there to speak to them and hear from them and heartheir immediate reactions when it all took place. Gary odonoghue from the bbc, Where Were You . We were set up just close to the exit where people i would come out from once the shooting started and people started running and we were there with our car. We were actuallyjust about going on air. On the Bbc World Service. And you can actually hear This on the Bbc World Service recording the Shots Being fired live| while theyre coming to us. And so, we werent penned in in the way many of the media were in on the riser,. Which is the sort of big structure thats often built i at the back of these events. You probably see it with sort of Wood And Metal where the crews all stand. We werent penned in like that. So, we were able to grab people as soon as they came out and we were able to hear, i mean, the sheer Range L of anger, horror, shock, i frustration, bewilderment that the rally goers were exhibiting.
Maria corina machado, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Can your coalition win this election . Absolutely, yes. We have never Before had so much strength, support all over the Country And Organisation to defend every single vote next sunday. So if your coalition does win it, what role will you have in the new government . Well, that is for the next president to say. But it is important that everybody knows that we are a team, were working together, we trust each other, and i will Be serving my country all the way in this Transition Process until we can build up strong democratic institutions in venezuela. Edmundo gonzalez, the candidate, has said, she will have whatever role she desires in the government. So what is the role you want . I think it is too early to say. We are living Day By day. First of all, were concentrated in this huge, unique, Epic Event that will change not only the History Of Venezuela but the whole region. It is important to understand that theres no singl
In order to win the election. Do we want to live in a country of freedom, compassion and the Rule Of Law . Or a country of chaos, Fear And Hate . And here is the beauty of this moment. We each have the power to answer that question. The power is with the people. We each have the power to answer that question. And in the next 105 days, then, we have work to do, we have doors to knock on, we have Phone Calls to make, we have voters to register and we have an election to win. More senior democrats have thrown their support behind Kamala Harris to be the Partys Nominee for president. The Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said they proudly endorsed Kamala Harris after Joe Biden ended his bid for re election. President Biden Who had been isolating with Covid Has now returned to the White House and is due to give an address from the Oval Office later to discuss how hell spend his remaining months in office. Lets speak to our correspondent in washin
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