this is the first time a us treasury secretary has visited china since the covid pandemic and this is the environment they find themselves in. for example, trade restrictions. one point of contention is over rare earth metals, essential components to make semiconductor those which are used in everything from smart phones to military equipment. earlier this week beijing said it will require a special license to obtain two metals predominantly mined in china stopping this move has seen a retaliation against export bands put in place by the united states of critical technology needed for artificial intelligence and quantum computing. both sides argue that these bands are neededin argue that these bands are needed in the interest of national security. another issueis national security. another issue is the weakening yuan. china s currency has lost nearly 5% of its value against the us dollar over the past year which makes chinese exports more competitive on the global market. the
and triubutes pour in for hong kong born pop singer coco lee who s died at the age of 48. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin injenin in the occupied west bank, where thousands of people have attended a funeral procession for 12 palestinians, who were killed during israel s two day military operation. these are the images, taken by the bbc, from inside a refugee camp injenin where, as you can see, palestinians have been returning to, widespread destruction in their homes. the city ofjenin lies in the west bank which israeli forces captured and occupied back in 1967. previously, it was ruled byjordan. thousands of palestinians live in thejenin refugee camp which was set up after the first israeli palestinian conflict in 19118. our international editor jeremy bowen reports from inside the camp and a warning you may find some images in his report distressing. with the israelis gone, the palestinians ofjenin were able to bury their dead. they processed out of the r