the united states feel threatened as they were our allies and we view the export of chips in to the development of an advanced chip industry in china as threatening. so the export controls too. at the same time, the administration has been sending signals to american business about the consequences of investing in china. this notion of them going over there and saying that we want to continue the relationship is very conflicting and ambiguous. to give you an idea, since before donald trump became an president, china's share of us import is down by 25%. in the first six months of this year, us imports from china are down dramatically from last year. china is becoming less of a trading partner for the united states and is becoming less of a trading partnerfor the united states and it is notjust chips. partner for the united states and it is notjust chips.— is notjust chips. less of a trading artner is notjust chips. less of a trading partner but _ is notjust chips. less of a trading partner but still _ is notjust chips. less of a trading partner but still an _ is notjust chips. less of a trading partner but still an important - is notjust chips. less of a trading | partner but still an important one. and you touched on that idea there that america is going to beijing and saying we don't want to work with you on these things, we are going to stop exports on these things, but we still want all of your cheaply manufactured goods that american consumers need a lot of. it is having its cake and eating it, isn't it? i having its cake and eating it, isn't it? 4' having its cake and eating it, isn't it? ~ ., , . ., it? i think that is correct and i think they _ it? i think that is correct and i think they are _ it? i think that is correct and i think they are making - it? i think that is correct and i think they are making a - it? i think that is correct and i think they are making a lot i it? i think that is correct and i think they are making a lot of| think they are making a lot of mistakes in all of this. my feeling is that we want to decouple from china. there is hardly anybody in congress who supports the policy that doesn't want to decouple from china. we don't want to abruptly sever ties, china. we don't want to abruptly severties, china china. we don't want to abruptly sever ties, china will adjust, we will adjust, sever ties, china will adjust, we willadjust, part sever ties, china will adjust, we will adjust, part of this is our policy toward the rest of south asia. the administration has been reluctant to rejoin the trade agreements that barack obama negotiated that donald trump stopped, and that would be useful in developing those ties with places like vietnam. the united states is a very confused trade policy right now. it is not a big improvement over trim. 50 now. it is not a big improvement over trim-— now. it is not a big improvement over trim. �* , ., , over trim. so let's get the thoughts now from joanne _ over trim. so let's get the thoughts now from joanne mcfeely _ over trim. so let's get the thoughts now from joanne mcfeely who - over trim. so let's get the thoughts now from joanne mcfeely who is i over trim. so let's get the thoughts now from joanne mcfeely who is a l now from joanne mcfeely who is a partner and portfolio manager at the advisers capital management. let's talk about what these talks aim to achieve. they are far apart on many things but i highlighted some of those areas of common ground and there are a few important areas, but nonetheless, there is still a big challenge ahead, isn't there? yes. i think the end _ challenge ahead, isn't there? yes. i think the end goal _ challenge ahead, isn't there? yes. i think the end goal of _ challenge ahead, isn't there? yes. i think the end goal of normalising i think the end goal of normalising relations is probably a good thing to reduce overall tensions between the two countries and the regions. i don't think we should expect a whole lot to be accomplished here. clearly the us has a special interest on security grounds that are unlikely to change. on the other hand, there is also an interest clearly in us policy to protect certain types of us jobs. policy to protect certain types of usjobs. that is really been policy to protect certain types of us jobs. that is really been the forcing mechanism be fine what was done under trump and continued under the biden administration. none of this is good for the us consumer, the make things more costly. any move to reduce their tariffs would be a good thing but i don't think we can help a lot to be accomplished. in the midst of a situation where china's graph is inevitably slowing. i that is something i think a lot of people miss in this discussion. it is a particularly difficult time for china right now, when you look at some of the statistics, particularly things like economic growth and youth unemployment are facing a slowdown. on that puts the us, europe, the rest of the world in a very different position when it comes to china.— very different position when it comes to china. yes, i think a lot of peeple — comes to china. yes, i think a lot of peeple don't — comes to china. yes, i think a lot of people don't appreciate - comes to china. yes, i think a lot of people don't appreciate that i of people don't appreciate that china was catching up to the industrialised world for the last several decades and they were doing it by acquiring technology from other more advanced countries, by building their physical capital, infrastructure as well as business capital, and then by training their human appellation. all of those things are slowing now. they have caught up in a lot of ways so that growth engine is now dissipated as it must for every economy that mature is. china's graph is slowing, this makes china a little bit less attractive for a us business. it is still a big market but it is not as fast in a growing market. better to go to india other pleasures in southeast asia. it is less imperative from a business angle for us to maintain as open a relationship with china as we once had. this has given room for the more political concerns like military tensions to come to the fore. �* ., ., military tensions to come to the fore. �* . ., ., ., fore. and there are a lot of concerns. _ fore. and there are a lot of concerns, and _ fore. and there are a lot of concerns, and you - fore. and there are a lot of concerns, and you might i fore. and there are a lot of. concerns, and you might say fore. and there are a lot of - concerns, and you might say missed messages, going both ways right now. the purpose of these talks is to try to normalise some of those relations and try to be clear about what both sides want. but if you look at american firms and of the commons secretary said that a lot of firms come to her and say that they are really finding it difficult to operate in china because of things like fines and sanctions, and being penalised for operating there, and yet at the same time, you might say if you are the chinese firms, you have got an american business coming due saying i want all of these bits but none of that. and that is the challenge. but none of that. and that is the challenge-— but none of that. and that is the challenue. ~ ., ., ~ challenge. when i have worked with some companies _ challenge. when i have worked with some companies in _ challenge. when i have worked with some companies in the _ challenge. when i have worked with some companies in the past - challenge. when i have worked with some companies in the past and i i challenge. when i have worked with l some companies in the past and i am now and invest in some of those companies, the issue has always been how to mitigate risk. china right now present a lot of different types of risks for companies. number one is operating in china with the anti—espionage laws making it pretty scary for individual employees of multi nationals to be in china. that is a concern. also the supply chain risk that we became aware of during covid is something that companies are responding to. you have a very high degree of youth unemployment in china that means that they are not getting educated and trained in real jobs, that reduces the appeal of the labour force jobs, that reduces the appeal of the labourforce in china jobs, that reduces the appeal of the labour force in china for jobs, that reduces the appeal of the labourforce in china for a lot jobs, that reduces the appeal of the labour force in china for a lot of multinationals. china is simply less appealing than it used to be and thatis appealing than it used to be and that is why we are seeing companies diversify their manufacturing footprint around the world. given that shift in _ footprint around the world. given that shift in the _ footprint around the world. given that shift in the balance - footprint around the world. given that shift in the balance of i footprint around the world. given that shift in the balance of power, i wonder whether america can have its cake and eat it here and it approached china to say we are going to limit our exports of these things, we are not going to let you trade in semiconductors because that is sensitive, but we do want the cheaply made manufactured goods that american consumers rely on. can they have both? ., american consumers rely on. can they have both? . ., ._ , american consumers rely on. can they have both? . . , ., , have both? there are always gains from trade — have both? there are always gains from trade and _ have both? there are always gains from trade and it _ have both? there are always gains from trade and it is _ have both? there are always gains from trade and it is important i have both? there are always gains from trade and it is important to i from trade and it is important to find that middle ground where both countries stand to gain. it is not like the us is rolling out all exports and imports of things related to semiconductors, just at the very leading edge. nvidia and others are still selling plenty of chips into china and they will continue to do so. the equipment makers will also send equipment china. it is moura to slow china down at the very leading edge so as not to enable their military capabilities to really surpass what the us has. there is definitely room for gains and trade in manufacturing of lower technology goods where china has had a comparative advantage and is likely to continue to do so. where both countries can gain. i think reducing some of the tariffs that were introduced under trump that are not national security —related would be helpful to both companies. -related would be helpful to both companies-_ -related would be helpful to both comanies. , ., , ., companies. joanne, really good to net our companies. joanne, really good to get your insight- _ companies. joanne, really good to get your insight. thank _ companies. joanne, really good to get your insight. thank you - companies. joanne, really good to get your insight. thank you for i get your insight. thank you for being with us. from today, london's controversial ultra low emission zone has expanded. it has gone from an area covering the city centre to the whole of the capital. it will become the world's largest cleaners zone and means that owners of the most polluting vehicles will have to pay £12 50 a day whilst driving in the area. there are clear benefits for health and air quality but the policy has also sparked concern about how it could affect businesses in the capital. workers at us energy gaint chevron's major liquefied natural gas plants in western australia are to strike next week — a move that could drive up global prices. the dispute over pay and conditions could threaten production at the two sites, which produce more than 5% of the world's lng and around employ around 500 workers. fears of strikes recently pushed up wholesale gas prices in europe. toyota is suspending operations at all of its assembly plants in japan from tuesday afternoon due to a malfunction with its production system. it could bring domestic output to a standstill for the world's top automaker. toyota said it was looking into the cause of the problem, but it was "likely not due to a cyberattack". altogether the ia plants account for around a third of toyota's global production. prices in british retail chains rose at the slowest pace in nearly a year this month, offering further relief for consumers hit by high inflation. the british retail consortium said annual shop price inflation dropped to 6.9% down from 7.6% injuly, the lowest rate since october 2022. food price inflation fell to 11.5% from july's 13.4%, driven by slower increases for meat, potatoes and some cooking oils. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. gearing up for harvest season, the staffordshire vineyard are hopeful for a bumper crop. we staffordshire vineyard are hopeful for a bumper crop.— for a bumper crop. we had a mild s-urin for a bumper crop. we had a mild spring which _ for a bumper crop. we had a mild spring which allowed _ for a bumper crop. we had a mild spring which allowed us _ for a bumper crop. we had a mild spring which allowed us to - for a bumper crop. we had a mild spring which allowed us to go i spring which allowed us to go through bug burst and we didn't get hit by any thrust of this year. the fruits and the buds will accept really well and we had an amazing june during the flowering season which really allowed the fruit to establish itself. we had a poorjuly and august has been a bit hit and miss. we have all of the fruit set now and we are hoping for a warm rest of the summer. when you plan to find in the ground for the first three years you would be taking any harvest from that. you have three years and before you take any fruit. all of our wine is made for a double fermentation so we will see a two—year process of actually making the wine. from putting a plant in the wine. from putting a plant in the ground, it is five years until you have a glass of wine in your hand. . , . �* . you have a glass of wine in your hand. _ ., �*, . you have a glass of wine in your hand. _ . , you have a glass of wine in your hand. _ , ,. hand. this year's crop is expected to match 2013 — hand. this year's crop is expected to match 2013 in _ hand. this year's crop is expected to match 2013 in terms _ hand. this year's crop is expected to match 2013 in terms of - hand. this year's crop is expected | to match 2013 in terms of success. 2013's crop produced around 1000 bottles. you're live with bbc news. every regional leader in the spanish football federation has called on its president, luis rubiales, to step down. mr rubialies has been heavily criticised for kissing a female player, jenni hermoso, on the lips at the women's world cup final in sydney. it comes after spanish prosecutors opened an investigation into whether the kiss amounted to a sexual assault onjenni hermoso. mr rubiales has resisted calls to quit. our correspondent in madrid is guy hedgecoe. he says there's no sign yet — of mr rubiales agreeing to quit. we haven't heard from mr ruby alice since last friday when he gave a very defiant speech before his own football federation saying he wasn't going to resign, insisting that he had done nothing wrong and that that case was consensual. that was the last we heard from him, since then you mentioned the fact that his own federation has turned against him and has called on him to resign. fifa, the world football governing body, has suspended him provision while it opens disciplinary proceedings against him as well. the pressure is increasing on him and there is enormous pressure from various quarters but what we don't know is his own mindset, whether he intends to bow to this pressure and go quietly or if he will continue to cling onto power even though it appears that he really doesn't have any support left in the football world here in spain. we have heard from one or two of the spanish player saying that they want to get more respect in general and want to be treated better. they think that there should be more equality in women's sport. we have had some comments there from various spanish players giving comments along those lines. jenni hermoso has really been right at the centre of this town for the last week and i think it has been rather unwelcome attention for her because she, like all of her team—mates, wanted to celebrate this world cup victory. and instead of that has really been overshadowed completely by all of these events unleashed by that now infamous case that she received from him. sudan's military chief is in egypt for talks with president abdel fattah al—sisi. it's the first time general abdel fattah al—burhan left sudan since fighting erupted in april between the army and the rival paramilitary rapid support forces. he's looking to shore—up regional security and political support. burhan is also expected to visit saudi arabia and the uae for discussions on ways to end the conflict. thousands of people have been killed and more than 11.5 million displaced in the violence. our africa editor, will ross, told me what it means that general burhan has felt confident enough to leave the country. it seems as though his rival, the general hemedti, rsf forces have perhaps been weakened in the capital somewhat and that has allowed general burhan to make this trip, first of all to port sudan which has become a bit like the de facto capital of the country from where flights can still take off, and he is headed to egypt on what looks like a trip to rally support. what we don't know is what is going on behind—the—scenes. the public message from president el—sisi office is one of, we stand by you, we are in favour of the stability of sudan and the territorial integrity. so, a message of support for general burhan. then the general talking about wanting to end the war and saying he doesn't want to stay in power but that is very different from what he has been saying in recent days, he has talked about, no point in talking to the enemy forces as he calls them, the rsf. we want to carry on fighting and crush the rebellion. those are his words. so it is hard to know what is going on behind—the—scenes but egypt is a backer of the general, whether it is going to offer any military support or whether it is pushing for dialogue behind—the—scenes, we don't really know at the moment. can you give us an update of what is happening on the ground, the humanitarian situation, what is the fighting situation in sudan? well, the fighting situation is dire and it is spreading further across the country. just to give you a specific example of something that has been reported over the last few hours. in the darfur region in the west of sudan, the rival rapid support force are in control of a lot of that city, but the army has been shelling using heavy weaponry into urban areas where people live. and people don't feel safe in their home. many dozens of them took shelter under a bridge, a concrete bridge, because their homes were flimsily built with corrugated iron roofs. they felt they would be safer under the bridge. the army then shelled that fridge, possibly because they wanted to cut it off from the enemy forces. 39 people died under that bridge including women and children. we are hearing that the offensive in the town has been particularly brutal with civilians stuck between the two sides. as you said, 11.5 million people have been forced from their homes, overi million have now left the country, many of them have headed across the border into egypt. so, egypt is worried about a wider insecurity problem. but if you think about it from the civilian's point of view, they mostly wanted the end of the military running things in sudan, they wanted civilians back in power. but instead, they have ended up with two factions of the military fighting each other. they are stuck in the middle and being killed every day. artificial intelligence company deepmind is trying out a digital watermark for ai—generated images. it will be embedded in the pixels — so invisible to the human eye. the company says it's an attempt to come up with something to counter the spread of ai generated disinformation. our technology editor, zoe kleiman has been explaining the significance. it's a really interesting idea, and it's only part of the solution, as you say. it is getting really difficult now to tell the difference sometimes between content that's being generated by ai and that's been generated by humans. and deepmind, which is a massive ai company based here in the uk, hopes that this is maybe part of the solution. so here's how it works. it's a digital watermark, and it's embedded inside an image that's generated by ai. now, if you look at this picture of a cow, you can't see that the watermark is inside the half of the photo with the head of the cow. and that's because it's completely invisible to the human eye. you can only see it if you run it through google's own image generator tool, which is called imagene. and all it says on it is that the image was made by ai. it's got no other information about who made it, where it was made or when it was made. now, this is only a trial at the moment, and deepmind says you have to opt into it. so obviously anyone who's deliberately trying to set out to deceive using an ai image is probably not going to tick that box. but it is an interesting way, perhaps, of looking at how we might protect ai images in the future. in china, for example, you have to watermark or give some suggestion that you're dealing with al content, and they are bringing that in as part of their regulations. and there's every sense that companies are going to have to be transparent about when people are interacting with al. so it is one way of doing it. it's quite robust, deepmind says. if you edit the image, if you change it in any way, that watermark will still remain. but they want people to play around with it. if you like to experiment, they want to track it and see whether it is actually good enough to be a tool that we might use, particularly in the fight against disinformation in the future. thousands have already left their homes in cuba in anticipation of a hurricane, tampa international airport is closing on tuesday. the airport plans to shut down until at least early thursday to secure its planes and prepare equipment on the ground. us presidentjoe biden has spoken to florida governor ron desantis and approved an emergency declaration for the state. mr desantis to declared state of emergency in florida counties and warned residents to move to safer ground. warned residents to move to safer iround. ., ., warned residents to move to safer round. ., ., ., , ., ., , ground. evacuation orders for many of these areas _ ground. evacuation orders for many of these areas have _ ground. evacuation orders for many of these areas have already - ground. evacuation orders for many of these areas have already been i of these areas have already been issued. more may be coming throughout the balance of tonight. clearly you have time today and probably for the better part of tomorrow. but you are going to see some impacts with wins and some nasty weather on tuesday night and of course we are expecting a landfall to happen sometime on wednesday. landfall to happen sometime on wednesday-— landfall to happen sometime on wednesda. ., , , ,, .,~ wednesday. ron desantis speaking earlier. wednesday. ron desantis speaking earlier- let's _ wednesday. ron desantis speaking earlier. let's show _ wednesday. ron desantis speaking earlier. let's show you _ wednesday. ron desantis speaking earlier. let's show you some i earlier. let's show you some pictures from florida. these are from key west as you can see, the winds are at maximum speeds. sustained at around 80 mph at the moment. stay with us on bbc news. you are watching bbc news. the government says more than 100,000 new homes could be built in england as a result of changes to rules on water pollution. ministers want to scrap the regulations that require builders to prove that new housing developments will not cause pollution to nearby rivers. our political correspondent reports. building new homes while protecting the environment. that is the balance of the government wants to strike in relaxing the rules on pollution of waterways. eu laws require proof in some areas of england that new housing developments wouldn't increase harmful nutrient levels in nearby rivers and wetlands. ministers argue it has held up home—building that is badly needed. under pressure to meet promises made in the last election, the prime minister said scrapping the rules would mean a significant increase in housing supply. today's announcement will unlock 100,000 new homes in communities where people want those homes to be built. that is fantastic for young, first—time buyers. it also will provide an £18 billion boost to our economy and support tens of thousands ofjobs. but while ministers promise to tackle pollution, environmental campaigners are outraged. this is a shocking example of broken promises by the government. they were promising parliament, just two or three months ago that they would not be lowering environmental protection standards and that is exactly what they are now doing with the announcement today. why should we believe any of the promises of rishi sunak and the government in the future about the environment? the government is struggling to meet its own target of 300,000 new homes per year in england. recently, it relaxed the rules around building in cities and now these changes which will affect more rural areas. but whilst most sides agree at westminster that new homes are needed, it is still a politically divisive issue. if parliament approves the change, the government claims building could start a new housing developments within months. in march 1980, 123 people died when a floating oil platform capsized off the norwegian coast. 23 of the workers were british. more than 110 years later, the families of those involved still don't know exactly what happened that night — and this week they'll travel to norway in search of answers. mark mcalindon reports. the capsized oil platform alexander callon, adrift after the worst ever the north sea oil disaster. already, 38 bodies have been found and hope is fading for a hundred men still missing. bbc news on the day after the floating hotel keeled over and sank in dreadful weather. one of the men missing that night was cleator moor man keith hunter, whose body has never been found. fenced in beside the town hall is the only memorial to keith and four others, a poignant place for one of his sons, wayne. it's like a headstone that was obviously we never retrieved our dad. so i go at least once a year. i definitely miss the father in my life. you have no—one to turn to. a troubled adolescence, wayne tried to bury the memories of what had happened. butjust last year, a meeting with norwegian relatives of keelin victims kindled a sense that he had to try to find justice, however painful. many sleepless nights, and i'm still having sleepless nights now. it's just wrong in so many ways of how there was no follow up with with families. the sea king helicopterfrom raf boomer in northumberland was the first to be called just 110 minutes after the accident. despite a rescue operation, including the raf, only 89 men survived. it's a tragedy that has echoed down through the generations. that experience of trauma is all too familiar for the man who's organised families to come together to fight for the full truth. there was a study made in 2005 showing that 37% of the survivors still suffered from severe psychological damages. fighting for facts is a very important element in the healing process for these these traumas that people are experiencing. survivors and relatives dispute the findings of a 1980s inquiry into the disaster that was held behind closed doors. and the kielland network has invited british families to norway to increase the pressure with activity and network in both places. it will also be helpful in making british politicians and parliamentarians more aware of what has been happening and that the push for more answers will be stronger. stronger if we connect that way. you're going to norway to meet otherfamilies. what do you hope that trip brings? hope to get out of that meeting with the norwegians? just answers so we can move on, move on in life. but until then, no—one can move on. the truth's massive. everyone deserves the truth. it will be part of closure. mark mcalindon, bbc news. the vatican has said that comments made by the pope during a visit to? video address were not intended to praise imperialism. the pope described young russians as heirs of the great empire. a vatican spokesperson said that the unscripted comments intended to encourage young people to preserve and promote all that is positive in the great russian cultural and spiritual heritage. the comments have drawn sharp criticism from ukraine. the kremlin described them as very gratifying. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello. the weather will stay hit or miss for the remainder of the week. for cloud and more persistent rain for a time on thursday but the good news is that of the weekend is looking promising with high pressure building. this weather front won't reaches until thursday, we are ahead of it and i think there will be big gaps in the clouds. with low pressure, fairly close to scotland on tuesday night and into wednesday, that it does mean a few showers and further showers are expected to develop. so here is the forecast then, through the night, lengthy clear spells, some showers of air across eastern parts of scotland, one or two elsewhere and quite fresh in the countryside early in the morning on wednesday. perhaps 5 degrees but in most towns and cities it will be in a range of eight to 12 degrees. lots of sunshine to start the day, whether it is approaching but it is still a way to the west of ireland. for most of is a case of clouds bubbling up through the course of the morning and into the afternoon as they often do. again, those well scattered showers, anywhere from scotland through parts of northern england and towards east anglia. modest temperatures at 18 to 20 degrees. that is wednesday, this is thursday. at low pressure only slowly approaching us and this weather front at least in the morning will bring some persistent rain, potentially heavy, for a time to south—western parts of england so this is early on thursday. it is also affecting wales and then moving to central southern england. it may just about clip the midlands. some rain for a just about clip the midlands. some rainfora time just about clip the midlands. some rain for a time as possible in northern ireland. late in the day we think that rental basically push away towards the south—east of england and then eventually to the near continent. but a look at that, hull, newcastle, aberdeen on thursday looking mostly sunny. that takes us into friday and as we head towards the weekend, look at this area have high pressure building south of this jet stream that is pushing the weather system is a way to the north towards iceland and greenland. this here is fine and a settled weather. with high pressure building, this week and we are expecting mostly dry and bright weather. look at that, edinburgh and belfast in temperatures widely read 20 celsius. goodbye. live from london, this is bbc news. the wagner mercenary group says its founder, yevgeny prigozhin, has been buried privately in st petersburg after his plane crashed last week. downing street calls on airlines to fulfill their duties hundreds more flights have been cancelled after problems with the uk's air traffic control system. than uk's air traffic control system. an in . uest uk's air traffic control system. an inquest has... seen from space, hurricane italia raises towards the florida coast and residents are bracing themselves for damage. hello, i'm nancy kacungira, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the head of the wagner mercenary group — yevgeny prigozhin — has been buried in st petersburg, according to his press service. prigozhin, who led wagner fighters in a mutiny injune, was one of ten people on board a private plane that crashed in russia's tver region last week. there is