on the women s side, elena rybakina, roared past shelby rogers. other winners included andy murray, who maintained his record of never losing in the wimbledon first round. here s chetan pathak with a round up of the best of the day s play. rain here washed out play for most of tuesday, certainly on these outside courts, but on the show courts, underneath those roofs, play was completed as scheduled, and that saw elena rybakina, the women s defendant champion, in the end survive a scare against america s shelby rogers. she has been having a virus and needed to come back from a set down to beat the american. with the band now listed on russian and belarusian players, aryna sabalenka east past in straight since. there was also a straight set win for last year positive eaten finalist. in the men s draw, carlos alcaraz of the men s draw, carlos alcaraz of the number one, looked supreme again, seeing offjeremy chardy in three. and any murray, now 36 and playing with that middle hi
jon heffernan, professor of semiconductor materials and devices at the university of sheffield and director of the national epitaxy facility, tells us more. it s part of a global battle to control the semiconductor industry, which has been undertaken by many countries. the 21st century is going to be a technological century and it is completely underpinned by semiconductors. you ve got semiconductors everywhere, from lighting to computer chips, yourfridge to your car. and the pace of innovation is accelerating and it is going to be more and more important. so each country around the world is actually considering very carefully what its strategy in this technological area is and what its economic strategy is, its security strategy is. and so this is just the latest example, particularly between china and the us, but there are other countries involved. some countries control different aspects of the semiconductor industry. some control the natural resources, the minerals and th
pictures. but we are hearing from the israeli army that they are leaving, and just in the last hour or so, also confirmation on the kind of geopolitics, diplomacy of it, un security council do to be meeting on friday to consider this latest out of violence there. let s turn to the latest chapter in the tit for tat chip war between washington and beijing. china has slapped export controls on two rare metals that are used in the manufacture of semiconductors. the move by the chinese ministry of commerce targets the metals gallium and germanium. china is a major producer of them both. from next month, exporting these metals will require a licence. the announcement comes just days before the us treasury secretary janet yellen arrives in beijing for a key trade visit. jon heffernan, professor of semiconductor materials and devices at the university of sheffield and director of the national epitaxy