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first, the latest headlines. a man has been charged with the attempted murder of the slovak prime minister, robert fico. the politician is now able to speak, officials have said, but is still in a very serious condition after being shot several times yesterday. slovakia s interior minister described the suspect as a lone wolf who opposed the government. china and russia have put on a display of unity and mutual support during a meeting of their two leaders in beijing. xijinping and the vladimir putin signed a statement that promised to deepen their countries relationship. trade between china and russia has surged since moscow s invasion of ukraine. south africa has asked the united nations highest court to order an immediate halt to israel s offensive on rafah in southern gaza. today s hearing in the hague is part of a case accusing israel of carrying out genocide. israel has dismissed the allegation as baseless. the european union has begun a formal investigation into ....
is business today. it is packed. we re starting in the us where presidentjoe biden has said that china is cheating, not competing on trade as introduced tariffs on $18 billion worth of imports and electric vehicles to steal. he has accused the country of unfairly subsidising its clean energy sector and flooding international markets with cheap exports which is says hertz american businesses and workers. our north american business correspondent has more from new york. it s not often we find former president and agreement but we have seen president biden keeping tariff enacted by his predecessor and increasing them. they focus on key technologies powering green transition and approve a 100% tariff on electric vehicles imported into the us, up from 25%. a doubling of the levy on solar cells to 50% and on semiconductors, to 50%. president biden says they are designed to protect us manufacturers from being undercut by china in the industries of the future, from electric veh ....
all right. that does it for us tonight. my new book, prequel, goes on sale tonight at midnight, both the print version and the audiobook version which i recorded. i am very nervous about that, but it s happening, whether or not i m nervous. now, it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. in the latest information about the president s trip to israel, as the report indicated, they already made an agreement with benjamin netanyahu that there will be a deal on how to handle humanitarian aid. and that is the kind of thing that is frequently done before these meetings, so that they are guaranteed some results. i m gonna ask ben rhodes about this when he joins us in this hour. excellent. i was just talking about that with ayman as well. sometimes, you stack a presidential visit like this with an announcement so the president can be there to announce the details and it is paired with this visit. i really hope that w ....
hello, and welcome to today s verified life. a tense stand off has developed outside the parliament in the georgian capital of tbilisi after mps approved a controversial goal which would force civil society groups and media organisations to declare foreign funding. scuffles broke out in the chamber, while outside the protesters tried to break through barriers. security forces for slumber, hundreds of most rioters converged on parliament from several directions in an attempt to her to the protesters. they were met with anti russian champs, critics say the new law is modelled on a russian one designed to stifle democracy. they were met with anti russian chants. these are the live pictures from tbilisi, we have cameras in several different parts of the capital around the parliament. the president has said she will veto the legislation but the prime minister s georgian dream party has sufficient support to force the new law through. many of the protesters are young, they ....
that does it for us tonight. my new book, prequel, goes on sale tonight at midnight, both the print version and the audiobook version which i recorded. i am very nervous about that, but it s happening, whether or not i m nervous. now, it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. in the latest information about the presidents trip to israel, as the report indicated, they already made an agreement with benjamin netanyahu that there will be a deal on how to handle humanitarian aid. and that is the kind of thing that is frequently done before these meetings, so that they are guaranteed some results. i m gonna ask ben rhodes about this when he joins us in this hour. excellent. i was just talking about that with a man as well. sometimes, you stack a presidential visit like this with an announcement so the president can be there to announce the details and it is paired with this visit. i really hope that we get some mea ....