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♪ ♪ cluster bombs. as president biden heads overseas to shore up support for ukraine, he says the u.s. will send them a controversial weapon. >> it was a very difficult decision on my part. >> but is it the right one? >> ill ask house foreign affairs committee michael mccall and the only house member who voted against the afghanistan war, democratic congresswoman barbara lee next. party of one. republicans set a date for the iowa caucuses where donald trumps rivals are trying to ...

the price of oil on international markets is not high enough for them. oil and energy leaders are gathering again today in vienna for the latest opec summit. the biggest and most powerful player — saudi arabia started this week with the news its extending its voluntary output cut of1 million barrels per day to august. russia is making a similar move. but these cuts are failing to boost energy prices. why? jonathan robinsonjoins me now to explain — he is global power & energy resear...

this is the first time a us treasury secretary has visited china since the covid pandemic and this is the environment they find themselves in. for example, trade restrictions. one point of contention is over rare earth metals, essential components to make semiconductor those which are used in everything from smart phones to military equipment. earlier this week beijing said it will require a special license to obtain two metals predominantly mined in china stopping this move has seen a...

seeking a "winner—take—all" competition and that both countries should not let any disagreement hurt economic ties. tensions have flared over washingtons efforts to limit chinese access to advanced computer chips. just this week, beijing tightened export restrictions on two rare minerals — both used in the chip industry, but speaking earlier today janet yellen insisted the two economies must remain closely interlinked. ive made clear that the united states does not seek a wholesa...

a stark difference from antony blinken. shes back at her hotel and followed a dinner with the chinese central bank. this is the most busy day that the secretary had in beijing today which culminated with chinas new vice-premier. it was supposed to last for three hours and went more than five hours. in the opening remarks, the secretary pointed to a record number of bilateral trade for the reason for not decoupling and added this. >> i also believe that the united states and china shoul...

hello and welcome to the programme. we begin injenin in the occupied west bank, where thousands of people have attended a funeral procession for 12 palestinians who were killed during israels two—day military operation. these are images taken by the bbc from inside a refugee camp injenin, where, as you can see, palestinians have been returning to widespread destruction in their homes. the city ofjenin lies in the west bank, which israeli forces captured and occupied back in 1967. pre...

can be done with this violence. one doctor said they deal with it on an every day basis, but what happened over the weekend was unusual in terms of the type of weapon that was used, the number of people killed and the wounds reverberating through the community. we hear from the nurse who was a part of the emergency team that worked with the victims. listen to what she said about how even health professionals who deal with trauma on a daily basis, they too are affected. take a listen. >...

earths just days ago. i think she really wants as she said to get communications open. we are trading a lot with china, china depends on the us, us depends on china but at the same time, security and geopolitical interests are coming into conflict. i would say it is a little bit like good cop bad cop, blinken being the bad cop and now yellen going in as the good cop trying to say, "look, we have a lot in common, lets see what we can do together," but boy, back home in the united states...

am arthur knebel. 34-year-old michael burnham is wanted in the killing of a woman in western new york state in may. he is also accused of kidnapping an elderly pennsylvania couple, stealing their suv at gunpoint and driving it to south carolina. he was being held on a million dollar bond in that case when he escape at cb cotton is light in your city newsroom with the very latest on this bizarre story. >> bizarre indeed. officers were working across state lines and it man had earlier th...

and triubutes pour in for hong kong—born pop singer coco lee whos died at the age of 48. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin injenin in the occupied west bank, where thousands of people have attended a funeral procession for 12 palestinians, who were killed during israels two—day military operation. these are the images, taken by the bbc, from inside a refugee camp injenin — where, as you can see, palestinians have been returning to, widespread destruction in their homes...