Giant us steel have fallen sharply, after President Biden weighed in to oppose a near 15 billion takeover of the firm by a japanese company. Us steel is based in pittsburgh, pennsylvania a key battleground in this years election. The takeover deal, agreed in december, has caused major controversy there. But any move to block it could raise tensions with japan a vital ally for the us as it tries to counter the growing power of china. From new york, erin delmore reports. President biden is taking a stand against a deal in the making. Us steel, an american company, is set to be bought by nippon steel, a japanese company. But President Biden says that us steel should stay in the us. L115 says that us steel should stay in the us in the us. Us steel the stronger in the us. Us steel the stronger america in the us. Us steel the stronger america is in the us. Us steel the| stronger america is made in the us. Us steel the stronger america is made here. The president praised the iconic 123 year o
let s turn to ireland now where us presidentjoe biden has already had a busy day and where in the next hour he s expected to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament. in the past hour we ve seen him arrive at farmleigh house in dublin for a meeting with the irish prime minister leo varadkar. mr biden praised irish values and set out plans for a closer relationship between the us and ireland. . , relationship between the us and ireland. ., , , relationship between the us and ireland. . , , ., ireland. there really is an opportunity ireland. there really is an opportunity to ireland. there really is an opportunity to make - ireland. there really is an i opportunity to make serious progress, notjust because of the accords that we signed 25 years ago, but just accords that we signed 25 years ago, butjust in terms of the way ireland is moving, and the way that it is taking its place in the world, and i just think that it feels so good to be able to have this emerging
In the country. This has happened in the last couple of hours. There were scuffles and punches thrown inside the parliament, and large crowds gathered to protest outside it. The new law would force Civil Society groups and Media Organisations to declare foreign funding. Opponents fear it will be used to silence dissent. The bill now faces a likely veto by georgias president , but parliament can override that by holding another vote, forcing the law through. This really is an issue that has divided georgia. Lets go live to our correspondent Rayhan Demytrie, who is in tbilisi. I know it is very noisy there, there have been dramatic scenes outside the parliament and inside, scuffles, as i say, but the final upshot is this law has just been passed in the parliament . This law has ust been passed in the parliament . This law has ust been passed in the parliament . Parliament . Thats right, there is a dramatic scene, parliament . Thats right, there is a dramatic scene, you parliament . Thats
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