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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Thursday 23rd June 2022
5. Elon Musk says Tesla's new factories in Germany and the US are "losing billions of dollars" due to battery shortages and supply disruptions in China.
The multi-billionaire also called the plants in Berlin and Austin, Texas "gigantic money furnaces".
4. Twitter is trialling a new feature allowing users to share "notes" as long as 2,500 words.
The social media platform normally limits posts to 280 characters.
3. The days of spending paper banknotes in the shops are numbered: 100 days, to be exact .
Remaining paper £20 or £50 notes should be spent or deposited by the end of September and replaced with plastic versions, the Bank of England said.
2. US President Joe Biden has called for a three-month suspension of America's national gasoline tax in response to the country's soaring energy prices.
The average cost of a gallon of gas, or petrol, is hovering near $5 (£4), up from roughly $3 a year ago.
1. A second day of rail strikes is under way after talks between the RMT union and railway employers broke down.
The RMT accused Transport Secretary Grant Shapps of "wrecking" negotiations by refusing to allow Network Rail to withdraw redundancy threats, but Shapps called the claim "a total lie", adding the union was solely to blame for the "massive disruption".