to allow millions of tonnes of grain exports from ukraine is extended just a day before it was due to expire. and chipping away at a new trade deal, the uk bets big on a semiconductor agreement with deal, the uk bets big on a semiconductor agreement with japan. hello, welcome, this is world business report, i m ben thompson and good news for the world, that is how the un secretary general as described an agreement with russia to continue allowing ukrainian grain exports via the black sea for another two months. the existing deal was arranged lastjuly, designed to tackle a global food crisis that was caused by russia s invasion of ukraine. one of the world s top grain exporters is of course ukraine. that deal was due to expire today, thursday. here is what the un chief had to say about the importance to world food supplies. these agreements matter for global food security. ukrainian and russian products feed the world. with the black sea initiative more than 10 million tonnes
the north west we have areas of cloud across southern and eastern england as well but most places looking dry through the night. temperatures about 6 10 but we could see temperatures of 3 or 4 with clearer skies. a little bit fresh first thing tomorrow, slightly cooler with the wind is coming from a more northerly direction. more cloud through the morning across northern ireland and scotland, a few spots of light rain in the far north and more sunshine south but you could catch a rogue shower. temperatures at about 20 degrees for the warmest spots and a touch could close to the east coast. we have got moderate to high levels of uv out there where you see the sunshine breaking through. tuesday night into wednesday stays dry and settled with more cloud once again on wednesday working from the north west. most places with long spells of sunshine and wednesday will be a little bit warmer than tuesday so top temperatures at 21 degrees. high pressure holding on as we look towards t
exception in the rules of congress. we have the whistleblower testimony, the whistleblower does not wish that to be made. john: fireworks on capitol hill, barbs at the house weaponization subcommittee hearing. fbi under a microscope after several whistleblowers accuse the agency of unfair treatment. sandra: employees had security clearances revoked against the politicized rot. republicans accuse the bureau of a partisan agenda. we ll take it up with katie pavlich and ben coming up. john: first, the supreme court granting a huge win for big tech and a pair of liability cases as the fight to protect free speech continues on capitol hill. i m john roberts in washington, great to have you here today. sandra: great to be here again, john. good to be with you. this is america reports. nation s highest court has now determined that twitter was not responsible when third party content was posted on its platform by the terror group isis. john: and side stepping on a case
we are going to focus on the top business stories. we start with a developing story we brought you this time yesterday because the european car industry is calling for a delay to tougher post brexit trade rules due to come in from january saying the supply chain is not ready. europe s car makers source many of the batteries for electric cars from asia which would see them fall foul of rules of origin regulations that specify how much of a car must be eu produced. it comes amid growing concern about the future of car manufacturing here in the uk where there is currently only one factory making batteries. stellantis owner of vauxhall as well as brands including fiat, citroen and peugeot has warned it may have to close uk factories if the government does not renegotiate the brexit deal. our economics editor faisal islam has more. earlier this week, a strong message from one of the world s biggest car makers to renegotiate details of the brexit deal, as their elec
hello i m sumi somaskanda. welcome to our show. let s take you straight to live pictures from hiroshima, where world leaders are meeting for the g7 summit. at the moment we know that they have already arrived as nick marsh just mentioned, have already arrived as nick marshjust mentioned, we have seen some of the leader is going on, they are expected to exit now and lay a wreath at the hiroshima peace memorial park and there we see them, president biden and the japanese prime minister fumio kishida there as well. the european commission president ursula von der leyen just behind them. again, this is a poignant moment as we just heard from nick marsh there and there of course we saw all of there of course we saw all of the leaders, rishi sunak and the leaders, rishi sunak and the german chancellor olaf scholz. we also see the french president emmanuel macron there and the european council president shall michelle as well as the italian prime minister. we see all of those leader