incarcerated at cornton vale women s prison, and i hope that provides assurance to the public presiding officer, not least to the victims in this particular case. at least nine palestinians are killed in an israeli raid in the west bank. the us secretary of state is to visit israel and the west bank next week. and in just over an hour s time, an asteroid the size of a bus is passing the earth on one of the closest approaches on record. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. in the united states in the last hour, president biden has called for calm, after five police officers were charged with murder of tyre nichols, a black man severely beaten after a traffic stop earlier this year. the officers in memphis, tennessee who are all black were fired last week, after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were caught on body cameras. that video will be released within the next 2a hours. here s what
production but also batteries. so everyone wants this because of the contribution automotive makes to communities, to economies and so forth. the good news is electric car production reached a record high in the uk last year, but we are falling behind the rest of the world when it comes to the most important part of tomorrow s vehicles batteries. the uk only has one working battery factory, in sunderland, and one that went bust last week. now, these are the plants working or under construction or planned in the eu. the us is also offering billions in subsidies to companies that locate factories and supply chains there. the competition is intense. we re in a subsidy race between the eu, the us, china, other countries. they want to attract new manufacturing production, low carbon transition jobs. it s not clear what the uk wants to attract or how much money we have to do so, so we are in danger of being left behind. the government said today it remained determined to make the uk one of