memory chip maker micron. it accuses the manufacturer of failing its network security review and therefore poses a serious security risk. china launched a review into micron s products in march this is the first big measure against a us semiconductor group. this follows similar moves in washington last year when it introduced chip export controls on china in october the netherlands and japan have since followed. let s go to our asia business hub for the details on this katie silverjoins me now. tell us more about china s decision. tell us more about china s decision- tell us more about china s decision. . , decision. that s right, so as ou sa decision. that s right, so as you say it decision. that s right, so as you say it does decision. that s right, so as you say it does seem - decision. that s right, so as you say it does seem to - decision. that s right, so as you say it does seem to be | you say it does seem to be something of a retaliatory move. it s the fir
16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. sticking with the eurovision theme, we are in liverpool at the shopping centre right in the heart of liverpool, surrounded by these beautiful eggs, i will tell you about them later on. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of customers. our business correspondent hannah miller reports. this is the first home gheev has owned, bought with his girlfriend two months ago. but since they agreed their mortgage, the monthly payments have gone up twice in line with the base rate of interest set by the bank of england. when we were coming to find a mortgage, the fixed rates were astronomically high. we figured that if the bank of england base rate goes up by another two or three percentage points, we re actually better off staying
wales. it looks pretty messy for the weekend with some longer, heavier spells of rain and then sunday or monday, look what happens there. we start to pick up a northerly wind and temperatures plunge right the way across the uk. spring has not properly set up shop yet. you have been warned, thank you, susan. and that s bbc news at ten on tuesday the 18th of april. there s more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire, which is just getting underway on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are but from the ten team, it s goodnight. the police investigation into snp finances widens. another arrest on the day the new first minister hoped to set out his stall to scotland. is the snp now in freefall and, if it is, what, or who, can stop it? can humza yousaf the snp continuity candidate distance himself from the previous sturgeon regime, when he wa
president zelensky says he had a long and meaningful conversation with the chinese leader, different since russia s invasion of his country. thousands of people are continuing to flee from that country while there is a temporary cease fire that still holds. germany and france the other citizens are now left the country in four planes can british nationals have now arrived in cyprus and plates will continue around the clock. the latest is the 301 britons been evacuated so far in the cease fire is proudly holding and there s some reports of clashes but nothing too major. also reports of prisoners breaking out ofjail, including some facing war crimes charges by the international criminal court. britons are still being told to go to an airbase run 20 miles north of the capital for those flights to cyprus and a total of 2000 people from more than 50 countries have now crossed the red from sudan to chat on a ship organised by saudi arabia. many are trying to reach neighbouring chad
most of those being evacuated are diplomats and their families. spain, germany and italy are among other countries still evacuating people they say they ve successfully got hundreds of people out already. the us and uk have already flown diplomats out as well as canada. its prime minister, justin trudeau, tweeted that canadian officials in nearby countries have also been mobilized to help he says they re stationed in nearby djibouti which has a french and american military base. sudan s army has been fighting a rival paramilitary group, the rsf, for more than a week and this is what khartoum looks like right now. over the weekend, the violence intensified this city has been under constant shelling making evacuations difficult. here s the uk s defence secretary. it was dangerous and precarious but nevertheless we managed to use both see one 30s and a 400 aircraft to go in, and collect our diplomats and their residence and fly out to safety. and while foreign na