United states is on to the Knockout Round. The game ended a few minutes ago. Man, by the skin of their teeth. They were inches away from their tournament being over in a flash. We knew, the u. S. Is twotime defending champions, and this is a historic run by this squad. Going into the tournament, we knew this was a bit of a transition year. Its sort of the last gasp, if you will, from some of the stalwarts weve gotten to know from the last couple runs. Theyre older now, and there is a young and Impressive Group of players coming through. At times, its been an uneasy mix. They, frankly, havent looked very good so far. They beat vietnam 30 when expectations were seven, eight, nine or more, then a pair of draws. It cant be said enough, if this is a couple inches to the left, they go home. Theyre fortunate to advance here. They have a couple days off. Hopefully they get things going in the right direction before the knockout stage. Twotime defending champions, the womens team are on to the
beijing. china has slapped export controls on two rare metals used in the manufacture of semiconductors. the move by the chinese ministry of commerce targets the metals gallium and germanium. china is a major producer of both. from august, exports of these metals will require a licence. michelle fleury has more. us treasury secretary janet yellen is headed to berlin, 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 study the relationship, but she has got her work cut out for her. ahead of her visit beijing said he was imposing export controls on two rare medals 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 for tub gallium and a germanium the two mentals in question, wi
andy, good to see you. rory mcelroy coming into the masters was one of the favourites and struggled and is not looking good for him on day two, is it? ., , not looking good for him on day two, isit? ., ,, is it? no, gavin, it s been something is it? no, gavin, it s been something of is it? no, gavin, it s been something of a is it? no, gavin, it s been something of a nightmare is it? no, gavin, it s been . something of a nightmare for is it? no, gavin, it s been - something of a nightmare for rory mcelroy in round two. yesterday s run was not devastated with par. but today has been far worse. he is currently 5 over par with error after error in this round what that means he is now 17 shots behind leader brooks koepka and unless he does something really special over the closing holes in this round he was struggled to make the cut and be here for the weekend. as you say, that would be so disappointing for rory mcelroy. he came into this with high hopes of winning the on
ground setting up shelters at local high schools. still no word on what started the flames. thankfully no one has been hurt. for the local on the 8sest on the new jersey fire head to the fox weather app. steve: particularly this time of year in april, the pine are very dry and very acceptable to wildfire. this is the height, the peak of wildfire season in new jersey. brian: going to need new pine trees. ainsley: looks a lot better than it did. we were seeing flames shooting high in the sky this morning. steve: indeed. starting to get a handle on it. brian: smoke is not going to make joe biden happy. speaking of joe biden he is in ireland this morning meaning with prime minister sunak. ainsley: his son hunter is tagging along on that trip just after fox news reveals his business associates visited the white house, hunter s business guys and women over 80 times while joe biden was our vice president. steve: well, peter doocy wakes up today. he s in belfast, northe
the party in the stadium was carried on across england with messages of congratulation from the queen, the prime minister and many more. it continues later. fans gathering at trafalgar square later. it s a big week for news about our energy bills. we find out how much costs will be going up in october and if there could be another rise sooner than expected. i ll have all the details. a big shock at the commonwealth games. world record holder adam peaty is beaten into fourth place in the 100 metres breaststroke, won by fellow englishman james wilby. good morning, we start on a cloudy note with showers in the east. that will move away. many seeing sunny spells until later when we have rain coming in from the west. all the details throughout the programme. it s monday, the 1st of august. our main story. football has come home. england s lionesses have made history in a dramatic win against old rivals germany in the european championship final. there were scenes ofjoy on and of