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
from paris, here s our europe editor katya adler. let s cross straight to paris and my colleague rajini vaidyanathan. well, that i d is young here, but so far, we re not hearing of any major disturbance it appears to be a calmer night, but for example in paris, the tensions really flared up. it s difficult to say what this evening will hold for us. but of course, this all comes after the grandmother of 17 year old nahel issued an appeal and other family members have also spoken to the bbc saying the same, calling for home. some family member and a friend of nahel to katya adler, who has this report. in theirfirst on in their first on camera interview since nahel s death, his family told me they want to be very clear stuffy although there are no words to describe how we feel. we although there are no words to describe how we feel.- although there are no words to describe how we feel. we ust buried a 17-year-old. describe how we feel. we ust buried a 17-year-old. but h d
first it was saudi arabia which announced it was cutting its production by one million barrels per day from august. then russia said it was cutting its production by half a million barrels per day from august too. the cuts mean global supplies will be reduced by around 1.5%. let s go live now to our middle east business correspondent, sameer hashmi. it doesn t sound like a lot, 1.5%, but it could have big implications. explain how important these two players are. explain how important these two players are- explain how important these two -la ersare. , ., ~ ., players are. let s talk about saudi arabia, the players are. let s talk about saudi arabia, the largest players are. let s talk about saudi arabia, the largest export - players are. let s talk about saudi arabia, the largest export in - players are. let s talk about saudi arabia, the largest export in the l arabia, the largest export in the world. these cuts were announced last month and they were not announced as
thank you for being with us. we begin in the occupied west bank where the israeli military has launched a major operation against what it claims are militants, based in the sprawling and long established refugee camp injenin. the palestinian authorities say it s simply an invasion and that it should be seen as a war crime. at least nine people have been killed, and dozens injured. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. the day ended as it had begun injenin with battles raging. the israeli military had used a surprise drone strike in the early hours to target what it said was the headquarters of local militants. armed palestinians began fighting back from inside the city s crowded, decades old refugee camp. hundreds of israeli soldiers are on the ground. the israeli military says they re seizing weapons and explosives. the israeli prime minister said action was overdue. translation: the israeli defence force began an extensive operation last night against terro