In a moment on bbc news its newswatch, but first, its time for click. Taiwan. An island shaped like a leaf at the Meeting Point of four sees. Between the 1960s and the 1990s, taiwan underwent massive industrialisation. In what has become known as the taiwan miracle. Use tech firms grew, becoming household names, a, ace, acer. And this was led by a Semiconductor Company you may never have heard of, tsmc. It produces chips for smartphones, even the iphone 11. Tsmc. It produces chips for smartphones, even the iphone 11m you have a smartphone, you have something made by tsmc, most likely. And these were only made possible by the discovery of semiconductors. Why are semiconductors interesting . Because they changed your life. The largest factory in the globe is here in taiwan. And we have been granted exclusive access to see just how those chips that form the heart of oui those chips that form the heart of our Electronic Devices are created. But before we could go into the fab, there was qu
A marathon in under two hours, Kenyas Brigid Kosgei shatters Paula Radcliffes 16 year old world record, quick stepping up the leaderboard, well catch up with mike after his highest strictly score. Good morning from the wellington downs whether king street by getting ready for the procession later on at parliament. The weather is not looking so great. Rain and showers in the forecast today. We will see some dry conditions. More details in 15 minutes. Its monday the 14th of october. Our top story. The first queens speech of Boris Johnsons premiership will be unveiled today with promises to introduce tougher sentences for foreign offenders, tackle violent crime, and invest more in the nhs. But events in brussels could still overshadow the Prime Ministers parliamentary plans with significant work still to do in brexit labour has called todays speech an uncosted wish list, which the government has no intention of delivering. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. Today, there wil
A very good morning from inside the palace of westminster, where the queen will arrive in a short while to open a new session of parliament. But this is no routine event yes, well be able to enjoy all the usual colour and pagea ntry of the state opening, but it takes place at a time of great political and constitutional uncertainty where even the role of the crown in our National Affairs is being questioned. We were last here two years ago when theresa may was Prime Minister since when the Political Landscape has been turned upside down by the turbulent Brexit Process. Its Boris Johnsons first queens speech as Prime Minister he has no majority in the house of commons so there will inevitably be questions about his ability to deliver the pledges in the queens speech. We could indeed be back again before christmas. But lets deal with todays events first im joined by our Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg. Good money, laura. Good morning, hew. It would be an understatement to say despite
Scotland face a must win game against russia to keep their hopes alive while wales can qualify for the quarter finals if they beat fiji. Good morning. And it is another day of sunshine and showers. Some of those showers are merging to give longer spells of rain, heavy with hailand longer spells of rain, heavy with hail and thunder, but they will be blown along quite quickly on gusty winds. They will have more in 15 minutes. Good morning. Its wednesday the 9th of october. Our top story the irish Prime Minister has warned it will be very difficult for the uk and the eu to reach an agreement on brexit before the deadline of october the 31st. Leo varadkars comments come as european leaders accused the government of turning the brexit negotiations into a stupid blame game. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley is in downing street for us this morning. Nick, what next for brexit . The tone of the conversation has really ta ke n the tone of the conversation has really ta ken a the tone of
Wilmington, North Carolina the conditions began to deteriorate. We have seen relatively mild conditions virtually all day long, not to say there is no danger here. The storm did spawn of some tornadoes as early as 6 00 a. M. Today. Some of those smaller tornadoes are snapping off trees, tree limbs and uprooting trees but no major damage beyond that. Again as of 8 00 p. M. Tonight with the storm still about 70 miles directly to the south the wind speeds have begun to pick up. Although it is sporadic, it lulls into a period of relative calmness and then picks up to what i would say is 40, maybe 5. Its expected to get much worse than that. Upwards of a Million People have been evacuated from Barrier Islands in north and South Carolina. City officials here are still warning residents that speeds could get up to 105 miles per hour. We are on the night shift, well be here all night long waiting until the high tide here at 4 5. Well be watching. Hope you will be too. Back to you. We will be w