it, and of course i am super happy to be in anotherfinal of it, and of course i am super happy to be in another final of the grand slam, and hopefully i can do in the bit better than the last time. a little bit better. jhung, on the other hand, is through to her first grand slam final, ending ukrainian qualifier dayana yastremska s incredible run with a 6 4, 6 4 win. jhung is aiming to become the second chinese woman to win the australian open singles title, 10 years after li na s famous victory. cricket now, and india trail england by 127 after day one of the first test in hyderabad, after a brilliant unbeaten innings from yashasvi jaiswal. the tourists won the toss and elected to bat and once again were indebted to ben stokes. the captain came in with england in trouble at 121 4. from there, he struck 70 off 88 balls to help england to 246 all out eight of the wickets falling to spin. in reply, jaiswal finished the day 76 not out at more than a run a ball, as india rea
during the visit assuring that u.s. and china don t veer into conflict. lucas tomlinson is ticking things off for us, hey, lucas. ahead of the trip to china, proib president biden appearing to downplay the chinese balloon on the week long odyssey across the country. including flying over american nuclear missile bases. i don t think the leadership knew where it was and knew what was in it and knew what was going on. i think it was more embarrassing than it was intentional. and as aishah mentioned, antony blinken departing last night for beijing months after canceled abruptly after the spy balloon. the first visit by a secretary of state to china in more than five years. intense competition requires sustained diplomacy to assure that competition does not veer into confrontation or conflict and that s what the world expects of united states and china. blinken s trip to china comes after recent provocations in addition to the spy balloon. remember the air force jet tha
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Hostages. But doha is now also questioning whether the talks can succeed. The qatari leader saying efforts are being undermined, causing his country to reassess its role as mediator. Take a listen. Translation unfortunately, i mean, we have seen that theres been an abuse of this mediation in favour of narrow political interests. This means that the state of qatar has called for a comprehensive evaluation of this role. Were now at this stage to evaluate mediation and also evaluate how parties engage in this mediation. Tensions in the region remain high, with israels Prime Minister insisting his country will make its own decisions about how to respond to irans drone and missile attack. Israels western allies fear striking back against iran could trigger a broader war. With me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. Thank you for coming along. What kind of response when it comes to what you ranted to israel is israel considering . Apparently israel is about to strike on iran directly on monday,
Including against its oil industry which has helped fund its military activities and those of its proxies across the middle east. Data from Energy Analytics firm, vortexa, suggests that in the first three months of this year, iran exported more oil than at any time in the last six years, with most of it going to china. Iran currently produces about 3 of the worlds oil supplies. Earlier i spoke to Philip Worman who is a senior Managing Director we have heard about new sanctions from the us and uk, targeting executives of an Engine Manufacturer that supplied the drones iran used in that attack on israel. Companies also linked to irans Steel Industry are being targeted. Earlier i spoke to Philip Worman who is a senior Managing Director at Risk Consultanchs held. Philip advises on sanctions risk. Well, its interesting. Even with the recent Missile Attacks on israel, the price of crude really hasnt gone up in the same way that you saw with previous geopolitical shocks. So crude is kind of p