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jon heffernan, professor of semiconductor materials and devices at the university of sheffield and director of the national epitaxy facility, tells us more. it s part of a global battle to control the semiconductor industry, which has been undertaken by many countries. the 21st century is going to be a technological century and it is completely underpinned by semiconductors. you ve got semiconductors everywhere, from lighting to computer chips, yourfridge to your car. and the pace of innovation is accelerating and it is going to be more and more important. so each country around the world is actually considering very carefully what its strategy in this technological area is and what its economic strategy is, its security strategy is. and so this is just the latest example, particularly between china and the us, but there are other countries involved. some countries control different aspects of the semiconductor industry. some control the natural resources, the minerals ....
as the prime minister prepares to set out a package of measures to tackle anti social behaviour, we look at what s being done to keep young people off the streets. good morning. the women s six nations roars into life today with england, who are looking to make it five titles in a row, starting their title defence against scotland. wales host ireland. good morning. it s another day of sunshine and showers today. the showers won t be as frequent or heavy as they were yesterday and those really blustery winds will be easing. i will have all of the details here on bbc breakfast. good morning. it s saturday the 25th of march. our top story: france is braced for more protests in the coming days over pension reforms following the cancellation of king charles state visit to the country. the king and queen consort camilla were due to arrive in paris tomorrow, but president macron said it was common sense to cancel the trip. demonstrations are planned this weekend against water sho ....
found since november and the fourth discovered at the president home in delaware. the d.o.j. calls it a plaplanned the white house is cooperating but not extending to lawmakers who have a ton of questions. we need to know who had access to those documents because this is an ongoing investigation for influence peddling. we re disappointed that the administration is not working with us on anything. they re stonewalling everything. the government has a tendency to overclassify. you have to see what s the scope, how serious, did anyone have access, those questions have to be answered before we decide is this how significant an issue is this. dana: team fox coverage. andy mccarthy with analysis on deck. first let s go to the white house, jacque heinrich is standing by as we come on the air for an update. hi. good morning. president biden plans to spend next weekend at camp david amid reports the justice department is considering asking to search other location ....
there on his first middle east tour. and as china s heatwave makes roads buckle and roofs melt, we ll hearfrom our correspondent in beijing. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s eight in the morning in singapore and 5:30 in the morning in sri lanka, where president gotabaya has not honoured his promise to resign. he flew out of the country, to the maldives, about 2a hours ago. but in a public letter, he said he was appointing the prime minister to be the acting head of state in his absence. that s led to anger among protesters, who wanted both men to quit. meanwhile, a curfew is in force and the prime minister, and now acting president ranil wickremesinghe, has told the military to do whatever is necessary to restore order. from colombo, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports. their target heavily guarded. their mood determined. as news spread that prime minister ranil wickremesinghe had just been made acting preside ....
this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. # the first time. 50 years ago, a roberta flack song topped the record charts. # ever i saw yourface. we are today seeing the progress of modern china. ..president nixon made a historic visit to china and in britain, there was a 47 day miners strike. and in the cinema world, there was a momentous event. what many claim is the greatest movie ever made was launched a portrait of an italian american crime family in new york in the 1940s and 50s. it was, for a time, the highest grossing film ever made, a blockbuster that was also a work of great art. it was the godfather. i m going to make him an offer he can t refuse. hello from new york, i m tom brook and welcome to our talking movies godfather anniversary special. half a century on, we celebrate and reassess the landmark classic, directed by francis ford coppola, starring movie great ....