investing hundreds of millions pounds, in battery technology. the international trade secretary liam fox begins post brexit trade talks with the us. and in the next hour paying tribute 20 years on. princes william and harry are joined by friends of their late mother, paying tribute to diana, princess of wales, 20 years after her death. i do regularly, putting george and charlotte to bed, talk about her and remind them there were two grandmothers in their lives. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the parents of terminally ill baby charlie gard have given up their legal fight to take him to america for an experimental treatment. connie yates and chris gard have been fighting for months to prevent doctors at great ormond street hospital from turning off the life support for ten month old charlie but this afternoon the high court heard that they now accepted that no medical treatment could help him. charlie gard s mum told the high court we only wanted to give him a cha
there s probably no place in any where and when things are going to be such a great success. the renaissance. starts april twenty second. hello and a warm welcome to focus on europe thanks for joining us now and again there are events and images so extraordinary that the entire world is seemingly moved the fire at the historic notre down cathedral in paris was such an event onlookers watched in shock as the flames ravaged their way from the rooftop to this fire the
firefighters could only extinguish the flames the next morning. isn t just any church it s the heart and soul of the french capital and though parts of it have been destroyed the structure of the iconic building has been preserved and french president emanuel mccaughan has vowed to rebuild the church within just five years for parisian and those who love the city the fire was a reminder of just how beloved new to down is. live it was an incredible sight more and more people gathered in front of notre dame cathedral which
but will germans buy a jew. welcome to you this is asia i m going to get jones in berlin good to have you with us. in a new twist to the u.s. china trade disputes china has called the u.s. an economic terrorist and signals it could stop exporting rare earth metals to the u.s. and that matters because rare earths are used in a wide range of consumer products from i phones to electric car motors as well as military jet engines satellites and lasers now rare earth are a group of 17 elements here are a few of them therion for one is used in catalytic converters and cars bastien site is used in nuclear industry. is used to make magnets and lanthanum is used in camera lenses and so forth now china supplies nearly 3 quarters of all the world s rare earth 120000 tonnes that is the big produces include australia
with 20000 tonnes and the us used to be a major producers but now turns out just 15000 tonnes so are rare earth supplies going to be the bargaining chip in the us china trade war our
our ban. we are not only taking everything from the environment but a real giving something back to the environment. in germany meanwhile organic farming remains a niche market why is it still not mainstream is seacom an example for other countries to follow. the authorities and see come are strict conventionally farmed fruits and vegetables are forbidden so they re being destroyed. smugglers were looking to sell this produce at a market in gun talk the state capital the smugglers were caught by pusong tamang
who s employed by the government as a food control officer. so we are doing something good for our or our. that s why we start feel sad because we are giving examples for the whole world this is not good for hell this is not good for environment so we are destroying all this things. fresh produce is destroyed on a regular basis and succumb with its policy the regional government is taking a firm stance against global farming practices that rely heavily on chemical fertilizers a
Walter Sisulu University student Sibongile Mani has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment after R14 million was accidentally credited to her account by NSFAS in 2017.