reaches his desk. amazon has reported a loss of $3.8 billion for the first three months of the year hit by its stake in electric truck maker rivian. amazon had warned of testing times in the months ahead because of the pandemic and the war in ukraine. the chinese city of shanghai has been under lockdown for the past five weeks to contain the spread of covid infections. but the government is now considering a shift from its zero covid policy. robin brant has more from shanghai. we are approaching the end of our fifth week of a lockdown that has confined almost everyone in this city this vast city of almost 25 million people to their homes, or in some cases their places of work. now, the good news is that the statistics appear to show the cases are consistently coming down. the government is shifting the goalposts slightly. it s not aiming for absolute zero covid now. what it s aiming
in electric truck maker rivian. amazon had warned of testing times in the months ahead because of the pandemic and the war in ukraine. the world health organization and unicef say producers of baby milk formula are using unethical and aggressive social media marketing practices, in violation of international commitments to protect breastfeeding. new research found that the industry was using apps, social media influencers and online baby clubs to promote infant formula. the oklahoma legislature has approved an abortion ban that limits set after six weeks of pregnancy. republican lead states have been passing ever strict abortion bands, expecting a forthcoming supreme court decision that could alter or reverse roe versus wade. the governor says he will sign any anti abortion legislation that reaches his desk. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme:
reaches his desk. amazon has reported a loss of $3.8 billion for the first 3 months of the year, hit by its stake in electric truck maker rivian. amazon had warned of testing times in the months ahead because of the pandemic and the war in ukraine. here in the uk, a senior minister, the attorney general suella braverman, has described the behaviour of a small minority of men in british parliament as like animals after it was claimed that an unnamed conservative mp had been caught watching pornography while in the house of commons chamber. ms braverman also said if the allegation is found to be true, the culprit should lose their position in parliament. here s our political correspondent chris mason. parliament is being renovated and a never ending building site with scaffolding and hard hats but what about the culture inside?
and the russians do have a lot of ways of making us all hurt quite a lot. doesn t mean that we should just back down and do whatever putin says. to contrary, but we cannotjust wish that the way. he has 5000 lethal weapons or more, they are very modern and there is very little we can do to defend ourselves about that copy so i think we need to be careful, this robust support, direct and indirect is the way to go but we cannot get carried away. let s get some of the day s other news: amazon has reported a loss of $3.8 billion for the first 3 months of the year, hit by its stake in electric truck maker rivian. amazon had warned of testing times in the months ahead because of the pandemic and the war in ukraine. the oklahoma legislature has approved an abortion ban that prohibits the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy. republican led states have been passing ever stricter abortion bans, expecting a forthcoming supreme court decision that could alter or reverse roe versus wade. go