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that situation reversed. and he will hope to hear concrete commitments from him to work on that problem. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal has more on the talks. mr yoav gallant is here for the second time in washington, dc. last time he was here in march, he is meeting his counterpart, the defence secretary lloyd austin and you mentioned the secretary of state antony blinken as well as the head of the cia and he will be discussing the next phase of the war in gaza, but also those increasing tensions on the lebanese border, which is of huge concern for the americans because of concern about what that might open up in the middle east. the prosecutor for the international criminal court has requested an arrester for yoav gallant, alleging he is responsible for war crimes in gaza and crimes against humanity but the us has rejected that, and they see yoav gallant as a crucial voice and a crucial ally, especially since mr vote once a day voice and a crucial ally, espec
talks in washington, i spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes. these are very wide ranging discussions. mr galante is on a several day visit to the united states meeting his us counterpart in about 2k hours time. in the last few hours, focusing on his meeting with antony blinken. this issue of trying to avoid further escalation has certainly been uppermost in their discussions. and really avoiding escalation on two fronts, escalation of the war in gaza between israel and hamas, but also concern about the skirmishes that we have seen on the northern border with lebanon with his brother over the last few days. and there is very real concern that those skirmishes could turn into something more serious and escalate into a wider middle east conflict. we understand that antony blinken has been putting some pressure on mr gallant to seek some sort of diplomatic resolution to that situation on the northern border to see the return home of lebanese families. so concerns
an electric vehicle battery plant in northumberland has secured government funding. the factory is being built near blyth by a start up company called britishvolt, and is expected to create three thousands jobs. bbc news understands that about £100 million of taxpayer s money is going into the project as well £1.5 billion of private funding. more details from our business correspondent theo leggett. a windswept building site in northumberland. in a few years, this will be home to the uk s first gigafactory. if all goes to plan, britishvolt s giant facility will be capable of making 300,000 batteries for electric vehicles every year. the fantastic thing today is the announcement of government support for the project, from the atf, automotive transformation fund, and what is that enabling us to do, we have now been able, in the capital markets, with the government support, to access the funding to get the building built. britishvolt says 3,000 newjobs will be created in the factory its
to create 3,000 jobs. bbc news understands that about £100 million of taxpayers money is going into the project as well £1.5 billion of private funding. more details from our business correspondent theo leggett. a windswept building site in northumberland. in a few years this will be home to the uk s first gigafactory. if all goes to plan, britishvolt s giant facility will be capable of making 300,000 batteries for electric vehicles every year. the fantastic thing today is the announcement of government support for the project, from the atf, automotive transformation fund, and what is that enabling us to do, we have now been able in the capital markets with the government support, to access the funding to get the building built. britishvolt says 3,000 newjobs will be created in the factory itself, and some 5,000 more at its suppliers. for a government that has been coming under fire lately, it s some badly needed good news. i think the key message here is that we are reindustrialisi