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
Good morning. For many of us today we are going to see sunny spells, variable cloud and the Odd Shower. But later, The Cloud will thicken in the west introducing patchy rain. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday, 24thjuly. Seven Labour Mps have been suspended from the party for six months, after they rebelled against the government over the two Child Benefit Cap. Its the first big test of Sir Keir Starmer S Authority as Prime Minister. Hes said its unaffordable at the moment to scrap the cap, but he was defied by a group of mps who backed a call from the Scottish National Party for it to be lifted. Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. The ayes were 103, the noes were 363. So the noes have it, the noes have it. Unlock. Less than three weeks in power, the new government has had its first rebellion. It was small, but the Prime Minister has responded with his first show of force. Mps have been debating the Kings Speech, Keir Starmer s plan for his first m
Country. The united states officials telling Fox News that the taliban is now just 30 miles from kabul, and that city, the countrys largest, could be seized as soon as tomorrow. Remember, just yesterday and the day before they were saying about 30 days until they would reach kabul. Now they are saying tomorrow. So that is a devastating reality. There are reports that inside the u. S. Embassy a tenner has changed dramatically. Youve got staff they are preparing to begin withdrawal measures, which would include, by standard procedure, beginning to shred the documents, destroy the computers, all of that. Part of the shocking but necessary move, given what is happening at a breathtaking pace right now in afghanistan. Moments ago we were all watching together as the pentagon was asked if it is alarmed by the shift the quick change, i should say, and what has gone on here. Watch this. We have noted with great concern the speed with which they have been moving, and the lack of resistance that
Doses are now on order. And some nurseries looking after the very youngest children question why they have to stay open, and say they need more help to deal with the pandemic. And coming up on bbc news. Liverpools fa cup third round tie at aston villa goes ahead tonight despite a coronavirus outbreak within the villa squad which forced the closure of the clubs Training Ground on thursday. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. All visitors to the uk from next week will have to have proof of a negative covid test before theyre allowed to travel. Anyone arriving by air, rail or sea including uk nationals will have to take a test up to 72 hours before departure, and people arriving from countries that arent on the Travel Corridor List will still have to quarantine for up to ten days once they arrive. Our Transport Correspondent Caroline Davies reports. Until todays announcement, the uk has not required anyone arriving in the country to show that they have recently tested negat
Reports say he was attacked with a knife in kanchanaburi, west of bangkok. A second man has been injured but it is not thought he has life threatening injuries. Injusta injust a few in just a few moments we will be joining viewers on bbc one. But before that, he is ros atkins. Sorry, forgive me. Covid restrictions may be coming to an end, but people across the uk are braced for extra pressure as the cost of living rises this year. Energy bills are likely to increase from april, but it is notjust gas that is pushing up prices at their fastest rate for nearly 30 years. Here are some of the less obvious items which have seen rapid price rises. For those families who still sit down to eat a traditional sunday roast lunch together, data from the Kantar Survey shows that prices of fresh beef rose by 8. 6 in decemberfrom a year earlier, and fresh lamb prices rose by 10 . Prices of Skincare Products rose by 9. 6 in the 12 weeks to boxing day compared with the same period a year earlier. Furnit