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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 ...

the effects of an el nino weather event. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the middle east where israeli forces have begun to withdraw from the city ofjenin, in the west bank, after carrying out one of the biggest military operations there in years. israel says the action was an attempt to root out terrorists but palestinians have described it as a war crime. the refugee camp was set up after the arab—israeli war in 1948. thousands of people have left the camp since the operation began. in this latest violence, at least 12 p...

our correspondent yogita limaya willjoin us from ayodya tonight. and we will also call in on the weather centre. storm isha causing wide—spread travel problems across europe today. another storm, jocelyn, is right behind it. good evening. there is a split within the israeli war cabinet. there are those, like prime minister benjamin netenhayu, who think only military pressure will end hamas and bring home the 130 hostages they are holding. but there are others in the cabinet, including senior military figures, who say it is impossible to return them alive without an agreement. and i...

three hours of breaking stories, and checking out we start in israel where a palestinan man has injured seven people after driving his car into them in tel aviv and attacking them with a knife. he was later shot and killed. the palestinian militant group, hamas, has welcomed the attack. it suggested the man was responding to an israeli army raid in thejenin refugee camp in the west bank, which has left at least ten people dead. palestinian officials say about 3000 people fled their homes in the camp — after israeli troops moved in on monday. israel said its forces had conducted "an...

with laura kuessnberg, paddy 0 connell and henry zeffman. it seems every time you turn on the news, there has been another strike somewhere, there was a strike on an american military base this morning in iraq. so, this hotting up of tensions continues apace, and this morning we had grant shapps the defence secretary on the programme, who said earlier this week we are in a prewar world, who said earlier this week we are in a prewarworld, in who said earlier this week we are in a prewar world, in other words, who said earlier this week we are in a prewarworld, in otherwords, he was an...