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damaged, water systems, electricity. welcome to the programme. we will have all the very latest from we will have all the very latest from . .,, we will have all the very latest from . , ,., , from jenin including those reports from jenin including those reports from the israeli from jenin including those reports from the israeli army from jenin including those reports from the israeli army that - from jenin including those reports from the israeli army that they i from jenin including those reports| from the israeli army that they are withdrawing we have not intimately confirmed that, but that is what we are working on over the next couple hours, we ll bring you the latest details as we get them. tonight on the panel the trade economist rebecca harding, and the writer and broadcaster chris morris. we will say hello to both and just a moment. also on the programme tonight: the metropolitan police is reopening an investigation into breaches of covid regulations ....
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 ....