To suppress certain opinions and silence critics of the kremlin. Those who oppose the bill also argue that the legislation could negatively affect georgias chances ofjoining the european union. The bbc s Rayhan Demytrie has been on the ground in tbilisi and sent this report. They marched in with a warning against the protesters who have been demonstrating outside parliament for weeks. Protesters stood defiantly, refusing to move away. And then violence. All in the name of a contentious law, which protesters fear will mark the end of georgias democracy. You get a sense, now, they are moving more intensely, and the protesters are beginning to boo. Theyre being pushed away from the square. We will be in the eu. We will be in the eu freedom to the georgians georgian people are standing for their rights, to make a decision, which is to be against this law. We do not wish it. It is dragging us back into the same hole that we finally crawled out of. A similarforeign agents law exists in russi
President joe biden has increased tariffs on 18 billion worth of imports from china. Hes accused the country of unfairly subsidising its Clean Energy Sector and flooding International Markets with cheap goods. From new york, the bbc s erin delmore reports. It is not often we find former President Trump and current present biden in agreement but President Biden is not only keeping tariffs enacted by Spread Assessor but increasing them. They focus on the key technologies that power the green transition and include a 100 tariff on all chinese made electric vehicles imported into the United States. That is up from 25 . And a doubling of the levy on solar cells to 50 and a doubling of the Levy 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 ev to solar cells, semiconductors, steel and illuminance and even Health Equipment like gloves and masks. , equipment like gloves and masks. I,
Translation they will be | arrested, they will be judged and they will be punished commensurate to the crime that they have committed. This is the man who was freed in the bloody assault 30 year old mohammed amra, a convicted local burglar. But he was also the suspect in a fatal kidnapping to georgia, where thousands of protestors remain on the streets and around parliament after mps on tuesday approved a divisive Foreign Agent law. Under the bill ngos and independent media that receive more than 20 of their funding from foreign donors would have to register as organisations bearing the interests of a foreign power. Critics are likening the bill to legislation in neighbouring russia used to stiffle dissent and silence criticism of the kremlin. Earlier, there were clashes with riot police, when protesters tried to break through metal barriers near the parliament building. Rayhan demytrie has more. Earlier, there were clashes with riot police, when protesters tried to break through metal
Yes, she absolutely did. Over the last three weeks, that is how long the uk Covert Inquiry has been sitting here in belfast. We have heard a lot of talk about political dysfunction and how much that affected the decision made in Northern Ireland dealing with a pandemic. Just remind you why that was the case, the executive, here in Northern Ireland, the devolved government, it hadnt been sitting for three years in the build up to the pandemic. It had collapsed and was only up and going again for a matter of weeks. Whenever the covert case was detected. Politicians and Political Parties were not in a good place, to say the least. There has been a lot of questioning during the inquiry about leadership, but he was making the decisions on who was plotting Northern Irelandpath. As we have heard from Arlene Foster, she has said that as First Minister that she took responsibility for how the executive handled things. But, she did say that she thought Northern Ireland should have locked down so
They focus on the key technologies that power the green transition and include a 100 tariff on all chinese made electric vehicles imported into the United States. That is up from 25 . And a doubling of the levy on solar cells to 50 and a doubling of the Levy 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 ev to solar cells, semiconductors, steel and illuminance and even Health Equipment like gloves and masks. China heavily subsidised these products which china produces more of than the world can absorb and then dump the excess on the market. Driving other manufacturers around the world out of business. China has criticised the plans and vowed to take all necessary actions in response. But since the imports targeted represent less than 5 of total us imports from china the move could carry more symbolic weight and could be a move to attract voters, november. The tariffs will hav