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welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start with the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. ever since the taliban seized power again in 2021, millions of women and girls have lost access to education and other freedoms. the country is now facing a humanitarian crisis, with its coldest winter in a decade. temperatures are as low as minus 31 degrees celsius. the united nations estimates that 97% of afghans are living in poverty. some 20 million people are facing acute hunger. two—thirds of afghans are in need of humanitarian assistance, including clean water...

Family members say they were not permitted to meet the men before they were killed. President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomes the announcement of the us supplying ukraine with Armoured Fighting Vehicles for the first time. Meanwhile, russias unilateral ceasefire appears to have had little effect on the front line. Youre watching bbc news. Now, its time for talking business. A hundred years ago, oil was the most sought after commodity. Today, its these chips that run the world. They provide the Processing Power for everything we use, from smartphones to aircraft and cars to microwaves. But the figh...

offer of a truce, now ended, was deceitful. he said peace in ukraine would only be restored when russian forces were expelled. kevin mccarthy has been sworn in as speaker of the us house of representatives, after 15 rounds of voting. a small group of republican rebels had derailed each previous attempt. the new speaker says it was the influence of former president trump that helped him secure the position. iran has been widely condemned after executing two more anti—government protesters. mohammad mahdi karami and seyed mohammad hosseini had appealed against their sentences for kil...

family members say they were not permitted to meet the men before they were killed. president volodymyr zelensky welcomes the announcement of the us supplying ukraine with armoured fighting vehicles for the first time. meanwhile, russia's unilateral ceasefire appears to have had little effect on the front line. you're watching bbc news. now, it's time for talking business. a hundred years ago, oil was the most sought after commodity. today, it's these chips that run the world. they provide the processing power for everything we use, from smartphones to aircraft and cars to microwaves...

in computing, it will try to apply those to intelligence capability then to military systems, since that's what all great powers have tended to do in the past. linghao, if i can bring you in, how are the us efforts to try and prevent china from advancing and chip technology affecting chinese companies? i think the most famous example is huawei, right? the company was cut—off from getting advanced chips for a smartphone. and to give you a bit of context, like how impactful that was, at that time, huawei was the second largest smartphone maker in the world, after samsung. but now, hu...