producer of them both. from next month, exporting these metals will require a licence, as michelle fleury explains. welcome to world business report, i m ben thompson. us treasury secretary janet yellen is headed to beijing and hers is the second trip by a cabinet official to china since ties between the world s two top economies deteriorated earlier this year. her goal is to steady the relationship, but she s got her work cut out for her. ahead of her visit, beijing said it was imposing export controls on two rare metals essential for making semiconductors. the measures are seen as a tit for tat response after the us, the netherlands and japan recently restricted chip exports to china. some say the move is aimed at giving china more leverage in future trade discussions. gallium and germanium, the two metals in question, will be subject to export controls starting august 1st. in a statement, china s ministry of commerce said it was to protect national security interests. ch
the boss of british gas joins us to talk about that, and to answer your questions. jordan henderson cuts short his stay in saudi arabia. the england midfielder has arrived in amsterdam tojoin struggling dutch giants ajax afterjust 19 games in the middle east. cold today. could it change at the weekend? we are about to go from snow to storms. all the details in breakfast. the indian steel company, tata, will confirm plans today to cut up to 3,000 jobs in the uk. most are expected to be at britain s biggest steelworks in port talbot, at britain s biggest where two coal fired furnaces are set to be closed. unions called it a crushing blow and the worst case scenario. 0ur reporter, lucy vladev, has more. after years of questions about the future of steel making, the answers being provided for workers here are about as bad as they get. both blast furnaces in port talbot will close, as part of major changes to the way tata produces steel. jobs will go across the uk, but south w
from iowa. nikki haley and ron desantis head to head. this is the final push before the first votes which are in iowa. jake tapper and dana bash moderate tonight at 9:00. and i ll be back with anderson for a special hour of ac 360 starting now. we are now just about an hour away from the final republican primary debate before the iowa caucuses next monday. if you re just joining us, i m coming to you along with erin burnett from new york from the campus of drake university in des moines. ron desantis and nikki haley squaring off tonight. cnn s dana bash and jake tapper are moderating. adding to the interest, the unexpected, right, and raising the stakes, the former governor and now former candidate who did not qualify but is so crucial in this race as it moves forward, chris christie. that s right. governor christie stepping out of the race just a short time ago. we re starlgt off this hour with that headline that he made late today, suspending his campaign. here is s
and election night victory? plus, dangerous defense. donald trump says a lot, we know, but nothing quite like what we heard this week to a federal judge. re-upping a frankly murderous claim from his 2016 campaign. and in his first and only tv interview with western media al jazeera s gaza bureau chief wael al dahdouh tonight on his mission to keep reporting despite losing his wife, sons, daughter, and grant some two and israeli airstrike. and he s got something to say president to joe biden. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s do it. t minus 48 hours. exactly two days from now, at seven pm on monday evening, iowa caucus goers will make their voices heard in the first in the nation gop primary contest. they re going to do it amid possibly life-threatening blizzard conditions, with temperatures in areas across the state expected to be up to single digit negatives, a chill the state has not expressed and at least four tickets. nevertheless, finally, after months of debate and polls
florida governor desantis, former self gone governor nikki haley and entrepreneur transcend making final pitches to voters while former president donald trump scaled back his in person rallies across the hawkeye state this weekend for it he continues to dominate the polling there. good evening i am jon scott and this is the fox report. we have team coverage for you on the ground in iowa. grady trimble will look at tom s campaign, aisha has more on nikki haley but first bill melugin is live in west des moines it is a bitter negative . bill? john, the weather outside is absolute brutal. that s why we decided to come indoors take it a look right here we are showing a negative eight where we are at that is without any wind chill. when you go outside with the wind it s a feels like temperature of more than at negative 30 degrees. remarkable. even with that photo governor ron desantis has held multiple campaign events here in iowa today. his supporters have been canvassing th