Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company would unveil an electric semi-truck at an event to be held on October 26. The unveiling will be very closely watched by investors, as it marks Tesla’s first step away from the luxury passenger vehicle market into the commercial space. While Tesla could bring many of its core strengths to trucking market, including its autonomous driving technology and relatively low operating costs, experts remain divided as to whether the long-distance trucking industry is ready for electrification yet, considering the lack of charging infrastructure and concerns relating to battery prices, tonnage, and range. Below we take a look at what Tesla could have in store for its first commercial vehicle. Tesla has a lot of strengths that it could bring to the commercial trucking market. The company’s electric drivetrains are known for their strong performance, and the performance of the new truck is also expected to be robust, with Elon Musk indicating that the vehicle would have better torque than any diesel truck. Running costs could also be low. For instance, Morgan Stanley estimates that the truck could be up to 70% cheaper to operate compared to regular trucks on account of lower fuel, maintenance, and insurance costs.

Kim Jong-un has said remarks by "deranged" US President Donald Trump have convinced him he is right to develop weapons for North Korea. In an unprecedented personal statement, Mr Kim said Mr Trump would "pay dearly" for a UN speech where he threatened to "totally destroy" the North if the US was forced to defend itself. Mr Trump responded that the "madman... will be tested like never before". The two countries have engaged in ever more heated rhetoric in recent months. Mr Kim ended his statement by saying he would "surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire". China responded to the war of words, warning that the situation was "complicated and sensitive". "All relevant parties should exercise restraint instead of provoking each other," said Foreign Minister spokesman Lu Kang. Russia also urged restraint, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov describing the rhetoric between the two leaders as a "kindergarten fight between children". North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho, who had earlier compared Mr Trump's speech to "the sound of a barking dog" has warned that Pyongyang could test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean in response to the US president's threat. "It could be the most powerful detonation of an H-bomb in the Pacific, quoted by South Korea's Yonhap news.

Jones, from Chatham in Kent, joined so-called Islamic State after converting to Islam and travelling to Syria in 2013. Her death was first reported by The Sun. The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner said Jones had been a useful propaganda agent for IS on social media and her death would be "significant". Whitehall officials have declined to comment publicly. However, they have not denied the story, and US sources are confident she was killed in an unmanned drone strike in June, our correspondent added. She was reportedly killed close to the border between Syria and Iraq by a US Air Force strike. Jones, 48 - who had no previous military training - had been married to the jihadist Junaid Hussain, who was killed in 2015 in a drone strike. Previously a punk musician, she had been used to recruit western girls to the group and posted threatening messages to Christians in the UK. Jones, who was born in Greenwich, London, also encouraged individuals to carry out attacks in Britain, offering guidance on how to construct home-made bombs. She used her Twitter account to provide practical advice on how to travel to Syria and shared pictures of herself posing with weapons.