Lets look at what this materials move means for the rest of the world. The consensus is that will be damaging not fatal for the United States. The reason china dominate the market is not because it is the only place where gallium and germanium exists, but because it is by far the cheapest place you can get them from. You dontjust dig them up from the ground, they are derived from a more complicated Reduction Process and china has that capability. So governments and businesses will have to rely on cheaper substitutes and alternative sources. It means prices will go up, it means some products might be less effective and some production right be delayed. So this sort of poses a bit of an existential thread for western industry, its the gradual erosion of capability. But in a broader sense this threatened the overall narrative of globalisation, the idea that International Markets will be able to deliver what you need, when you need it at the price that you need. Derisking is what western g
When they called me, i recorded it with my other phone. Alim has shared recordings of those calls. Weve adapted a few to mask key details. We paid a visit to your family in xinjiang. My colleague collected their details. If you want to see them, i can set up a video call. Yes, please arrange that. I just want to talk to them and find out how they are. I wont ask about anything else. Ok, no problem. Ill arrange that for you. Alim was granted a very unusual video call with his mother. The officer connected them by holding two Mobile Phones facing each other. He used one phone to connect with my mother, and then he used another phone to contact me, allowing me to see my mother through his screen. When i saw my mother, i couldnt contain my emotions. It had been six to seven years since i last saw her, and it was an incredibly heart wrenching moment. There was a price to pay. The officer wanted something in return. Weve heard that the uyghur activists are planning to meet next month. We wan
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are struggling in the heat. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in washington where the head of the company behind the artificial intelligence tool, chatgpt, has told lawmakers that government regulation is crucial to keep the industry safe. we ve seen tech ceos get a congressional grilling before. but that s not what happened here. appearing before a senate panel, sam altman said that al could be as significant as the invention of the printing press, claiming it had the potential to improve nearly every aspect of our lives. but he also admitted the technology also poses serious risks. my worst fears are that we cause significant. we the field, the technology, the industry cause significant harm to the world. i think that could happen in a lot of different ways. it s why we started the company. it s a big part of why i m here today, and why we ve been here i
across asia mean some workers live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in washington where the head of the company behind the artificial intelligence tool chatgpt has told lawmakers that government regulation is crucial to keep the industry safe. we ve seen tech ceos get a congressional grilling before. but that s not what happened here. appearing before a senate panel, sam altman said that al could be as significant as the invention of the printing press, claiming it had the potential to improve nearly every aspect of our lives. but he also admitted the technology also poses serious risks. my worst fears are that we cause significant. we the field, the technology, the industry cause significant harm to the world. i think that could happen in a lot of different ways. it s why we started the company. it s a big part of why i m here today and why we ve been here in