the business news now with samantha simmonds. we begin in the us and the strike action affecting the auto industry. because us presidentjoe biden is today expected to join workers on the picket line in michigan. the industrial unrest has highlighted a clash between the president s support for unions and his push for clean energy. 0ur north america business reporter, erin delmore, joins me. good to see you. joe biden s visit comes a day before donald trump is due to visit the picket line. is it more about politics or the issue at hand for the president question both candidates are vying for a crucial block of voters in the 2024 election, and even though it is more than a year away they are focused firmly on it. michigan is a critical swing state, a must win for biden and donald trump, as you saw when he won in 2016. president biden took the state in 2020. they are peeling to the workers and try to show solidarity. president biden is standing with union presidents and shoulder
the uk home secretary, has used a speech to a right wing us think tank, to say that multiculturalism has failed . and that a lack of control over migration poses an existential challenge to the west. suella braverman also said that fearing said that fearing discrimination for being gay, or a woman, should not be enough to qualify for international refugee protection. she questioned whether the application of the un s 1951 refugee convention is fit for our modern age . the refugee convention was drawn up following world war two, and has at its centre the principle that refugees should not be returned to countries where they face threats to their lifes or freedom. here s part of the home secretary s speech. illegal migration is notjust a cyclical problem, it is a permanent and structural challenge to the developed nations in general and the west in particular. unless we act, it will only worsen in the years to come. live now to our political correspondent, david cornock. a