Fires, shifting materials, Twisted Steel and water up to their waist at some points. Yeah, theyre searching for people in there. Theyre searching for mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters, children. Officials say they have heard sounds from underneath the debris. They are not confirming exactly what those sounds are. They said it is very possible the debris moving, metal, concrete, et cetera. But, with that news, Family Members are doing their best to hold on to hope. There is hope. Its just dwindling by the minute. There is a certain hope in the air but it is a very strange kind of a feeling. Ive rarely had this feeling except in the war zone. Were dealing day by day, theyre now finding more and more people and i hope and pray theyre found soon and everything is good. Those poor, poor people. Officials say that President Biden has been receiving updates on this. Hes expected to address the tragedy there later today at the white house. We dont know yet if he will then go on to v
to respond to local government debt and real estate troubles. another priority is to get financial regulators to work more closely together so they can co ordinate the event of an economic shock. janet yellen is slowly emerging as a key player in the biden administration s handling of this challenging relationship between the world s two superpowers and she said she plans to visit china again and she said she plans to visit china again next year, her second visit since july. china industrial output grew 6%, faster than the 4.6% gain in october. retail sales also grew but missed forecast chinese consumers have been reluctant to spend amid a deepening crisis in the country s property sector and economic slowdown. a majorfault line between washington and beijing is the race to develop semiconductors. chips power everything from smartphones to military highend equipment and are increasingly seen as crucial to the global economy. south korea and the netherlands two keynotes south
local government that and real estate troubles. another priority is to get financial regulators to work more closely together so they can co ordinate the event of an economic shock. janet yellen is a slowly emerging as a key player in the biden administration s handling of this challenging relationship between the world s two superpowers and she said she plans to visit china again next year, a second visit since july. a majorfault line between washington and beijing is a race to develop semiconductors. chips power everything from smart on stuani and military equipment and are increasingly seen as crucial to the global economy. smartphones to eye hand equipment. career and the netherlands to keynotes in the global chip production, said they are partnering up as well. south korea. translation: 0ur south korea. translation: our two countries have decided to establish a semiconductor alliance encompassing governments, businesses and universities. the netherlands are the
welcome to the programme. we start with the latest on the israel gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week, both countries abstained on a un resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire. in a change of language, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel s war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes, the better. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has indicated that new negotiations are under way families of israeli hostages held a rally in tel aviv on saturday night. they said the current policy of using military force isn t working and demanded more action on the government to bring the hostages home. but mr netanyahu insists the military campaign will continue. with all the terrible sadness, let me clarify that the military pressure is necessary both for bringing back the hostages and to achieve victory. without the military operation, we would not have been
The uk government pushes for a Frictionless Trade Deal to help ease its transition towards a post brexit future. Putting america first. Donald trump calls for an investigation into whether china is stealing Intellectual Property from american companies. Welcome to World Business report. Im ben bland. The british Prime Minister theresa may has this morning, published a blueprint for Future Trade Relations between the uk and the european union. In the first of a series of brexit papers, the government suggested creating an interim period of trade, saying one possible approach would be a temporary Customs Union between the uk and the eu. That means they would continue applying the same tariffs to goods from outside the union which can then move between them without more tariffs being added. The governments Brexit Committee hopes a time limited transition period will give importers and exporters enough time to adjust to the realities of brexit. In a bid to create what it calls a seamless a