producer of them both. from next month, exporting these metals will require a licence, as michelle fleury explains. welcome to world business report, i m ben thompson. us treasury secretary janet yellen is headed to beijing 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 steady the relationship, but she s got her work cut out for her. ahead of her visit, beijing said it was imposing export controls on two rare metals 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. gallium and germanium, the two metals in question, will be subject to export controls starting august 1st. in a statement, china s ministry of commerce said it was to protect national security interests. ch
it s saturday, 13th january. our main story: the united states has confirmed it s carried out a fresh strike on a houthi target in yemen overnight, a day after both the us and uk carried out a series of raids on the iran backed group. the operation follows an attack by houthi rebels on commercial shipping vessels in the red sea. the group have said attacks in yemen will not go without punishment or retaliation . graham satchell reports. before and after satellite images show the impact of the american and british bombing raids. the americans say airfields and weapons storage depots were destroyed. the raf didn t take part in the attack overnight, but both the british and americans say the raids are vital to keep shipping routes open in the red sea. houthi militia have been targeting container ships off the yemeni coast for weeks. sometimes, like this, they have boarded vessels. in other attacks, they used drones and missiles. they say they are disrupting this key shipping
Judi dench, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you, john. You were born in 193a and grew up in york. Set the scene for us. What was family life like . My father was a doctor. And i had two brothers, older than me. And of course, at that time, no television, nothing like that. So we all had bikes and we made our own entertainment. My second brother, jeff, only ever wanted to be an actor. My oldest brother wanted to be a doctor, like dad, and i wanted to be a designer, scenic designer. Thats what i set out to be. From a young age . From quite a young age, because we were taken to the theatre a lot, you know, we were taken to. I remember once going to see a cuckoo in the nest, and i laughed so. This couple was in bed and suddenly a chest at the end of the bed opened and a man stood up in vest and pants. And i was sick. I laughed so much, i was sick. My mother had to take me home. But the wonderful thing is that i was taken back a couple of nights later to see what happened. They laugh m
the 2023 ewing climate conference, also known as cop 28, officially kicked off this week in dubai. it is already mired in controversy. all of that in more ahead in another hour of velshi starting right now! good morning to you it is saturday december the 2nd i am ali velshi, we begin this morning with major new developmts that will have big implications fordonald trump s legal defense for his upcoming cases. new and important rulings from federal judges in d.c. clarify that the former president is not immune from criminal prosecution or nor from civil liability for his actions on january the six. late last night judge tanya chutkan struck down the former presidents attempt to throw out the federal election interference case against him based on his claims of presidential immunity. it was one of four motions to dismiss that his time filed in october. the pull of in history of the constitution and concludes that they, quote, do not support that contention. it goes on, quote,