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it s wednesday, 31st january. our main story. scotland s former first minister, nicola sturgeon is due to give evidence about the decisions she took during the pandemic, when she appears before the covid inquiry today. ms sturgeon, who led the scottish response to the coronavirus outbreak is expected to face questions surrounding lockdowns, and missing whatsapp messages as the inquiry continues sitting in edinburgh. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. 1,044 positive cases were reported yesterday. nicola sturgeon was at the helm throughout scotland s pandemic response. as head of the scottish government, she was the key decision maker and first in the firing line when things went wrong. we will have made mistakes on all aspects of the handling. now about to be questioned on that handling and how decisions the truth, the whole truth. the former first minister s closest political ally amongst those who admitted texts between the pair no longer exist. are t ....
paul adams has more. the americans say the attack happened at a base known as tower 22, right on the syrian jordanian border. it s one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel have been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church, was quick to point the finger. we know it was carried out by radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq, he said. it s not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled escalation between the united states and iran, but it s another very dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond even more strongly than it s done to previous attacks. carefully cultivated over years, iran has a wide network of allies and proxies operating in countries across the middle east. they re all opposed to israel and the united states. it s sometimes called the axis of resistance. there are pro iranian militias in lebanon ....
down. increasing rates of been driving up costs for homeowners and let s cross to our business and economics correspondent who joins us in india, what has been happening of an impact as that i m people who own their homes? their homes? quite an impact is the answer to that. their homes? quite an impact is the answer to that. this their homes? quite an impact is the answer to that. this is their homes? quite an impact is the answer to that. this is all their homes? quite an impact is the answer to that. this is all about - answer to that. this is all about trying to tame inflation, the angle rides the cost of all goods and services that we typically buy that annual rise, if you look at the euro zone, there s been inflation there about five and a half percent if you look in the united states, it is only 4% was in the uk, it is still pretty high, 8.7% and economists think that is because households and firms basically spending too much in doing this, too much mone ....
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 ....
people involved in these demonstrations, sometimes very young people. so it is the responsibility of parents to keep them at home. that is something which we all ought to do. parental responsibility must be engaged, and i should like to appeal to everybody s sense of responsibility here, mayors included. and the minister ofjustice will be taking all the necessary measures. the social network platforms have played a very conspicuous part in the events in the last couple of days. we have been looking at that. let s ta ke let s take you to the white house. president biden is reacting to that ruling about student debt forgiveness. ruling about student debt for: iveness. , ., ruling about student debt for: iveness. , . ., , forgiveness. first, made the largest increase in grants forgiveness. first, made the largest increase in grants and forgiveness. first, made the largest increase in grants and over- forgiveness. first, made the largest increase in grants and over a ....