the electric car battery maker britishvolt has gone into administration after hopes of a last minute bid for the company faded. the collapse raises questions about uk hopes of building a home grown battery industry. the company, which had plans to build a gigafactory to make the uk start up had been expecting to build a new 5.8 billion or $4.7 billion factory in northumberland, as part of a long term vision to boost uk manufacturing. well, this promotional video shows what the factory with a capability to make 300,000 electric batteries a year would have looked like. the plan was to create 3,000 jobs at the plant. now, administrators have taken over the business and most of britishvolt s 300 staff are being made redundant. here s our business editor simonjack. so what went wrong? britishvolt was a start up company with no track record. their battery technology was only at the prototype stage. although there are expressions of interest from lotus and aston martin, they
Are they not coming? are they here, are they not hear? from what lukashenko was saying yesterday when we met him in minsk, the question about wagner coming to belarus, relocating here has not been resolved, even though that was part of the deal done between wagner and the kremlin. the leader and fighters who wanted to were to relocate here. but thatis to were to relocate here. but that is up in the air at the moment so the mystery continues. i spoke earlier to the nation s main opposition leader sviatla na tsikhanouskaya about lu kashenko and what comes next for belarus. thank you forjoining us here on bbc. the whereabouts of the wagner leader are currently unknown. lukashenko said on thursday he is in russia. what do you think is going on here? lukashenko does not control the situation at all and does not
most people insisted he lost, but he was reported to win. the woman the world widely believes won that election is sviatla na tsikhanouskaya. she stood in place of her husband, who was injail. once the result was announced, mass protest followed. that resulted in deadly violence from state security forces and thousands of arrests and detentions. following the election, tsikhanouskaya fled to lithuania and became the head of the opposition in exile. she says her trial is a form of punishment. the purpose of the trial is to show personal revenge from lukashenko on me and all those who uprise against the dictatorship. but we understand such trials don t have anything in common with justice. a day before the start of her trial, belarus brought new charges against tsikhanouskaya and her husband, siarhei tsikhanouski, who was arrested in 2020 as he
Unshipped groups, these unofficial groups connected to third countries within the european parliament, links to third countries outside of the eu. links to third countries outside of the eu. friendship groups. they are getting rid of those as well and we are told to expect more measures down the line as well. just. we are told to expect more measures down the line as well. down the line as well. just, thank ou for down the line as well. just, thank you for that- down the line as well. just, thank you for that. jessica down the line as well. just, thank you for that. jessica parker. - one of belarus s main opposition leaders, sviatlana tsikhanouskaya, has denounced as a farce a trial against her and four other exiled allies that s taking place in her homeland. the five are being tried in absentia, accused of conspiracy to seize power and forming an extremist organisation. so how did we get here? since 1994, belarus has been dominated by this man alexander lukashenko a stro
You cannot kill, not provide. we are peaceful people. we need to stop the war and we are doing exactly that. a short time ago, i spoke to franak viacorka, who s a senior advisor to sviatla na tsikhanouskaya, the exiled belarusian opposition leader. i asked him what reaction there had been in belarus to csto troops being sent to kazakhstan. it is shameful but they should not participate in such operations. they should stay in power by all means also what are your thoughts on the csto in general? in general? this is the first time they in general? this is the first time they have in general? this is the first time they have been - in general? this is the first - time they have been mobilised in its history. what do you personally think of that? it is an artificial personally think of that? it 3 an artificial organisation that was never used before, it was created and this is the very first time it is used by one of its member states. csto is used