initiative to start building semiconductors in india, which is also something to keep an eye on. i think more anything else, the headline is that the fact that modi has been given this very glittering high profile state visit, underlines how important the india relationship is for the biden administration. india is proving to be a viable option in terms of of supply chains for american companies, should beijing be afraid? i think beijing has a large lead when it comes to supply chains and i think india is still working through some of its problems. it has had a few high profile successes most importantly apple, but i think in terms of catching up with beijing this is still frankly very early days for india. human rights has become an issue in the recent protests by members of congress but will the business community turn a blind eye to those? it s clear that both the business community and us is looking in terms of business in terms of market opportunity and the skilled manpo
and machinery are amongst the big sellers. but back in 2013 when he was vice president, joe biden said there was no reason trade between the two couldn t reach $500bn. for american companies the prize is obvious. access to the more than 1.4bn people that make up the world s biggest population. apple isjust one major us company that is expanding in india. its boss tim cook, along with those of microsoft and google, were amongst the guests as president biden rolled out the red carpet with a state dinner at the white house on thursday. here s a little of what the two leaders had to say. together india and the united states are working closely on everything from ending poverty to expanding access to health care to addressing climate change to tackling food and energy insecurity, stoked by russia s unprovoked war in the ukraine. , ., ., ukraine. any postcode era, the world is takin: a ukraine. any postcode era, the world is taking a new ukraine. any postcode era, the world is
or the man president biden picked to protect the homeland is now forced to hear from the victims of the biden border crisis. they are on the hill today. we re in the final day of impeachment hearings against department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. house republicans still trying to sit with mayorkas. it won t be today. his team says there was a scheduling conflict. the house gop says mayorkas is playing games with when he will appear. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the storm of humanity at our nation s southern border has been the most disastrous onslaught of illegal immigrants ever. and costs to american lives is what s in focus this hour. republicans called on two moms who lost their children from the biden border crisis. they wanted them to come to capitol hill. watch their powerful testimonies. let s take a moment and think about how kala felt that day, how scared she must have been that day knowing that she was dying. ka
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here is the news from karishma patel. the government says it s taking action to tackle teenage vaping in england. the prime minister has pledged to close a loophole which allows retailers to give children free samples even though it is illegal to sell to them. russia has accused ukraine of launching drone attacks on moscow. the defence ministry says eight drones reach the capital. officials report minor damage to buildings on the strong swallow overnight attack on kyiv in which one person are said to have been killed. the government has until this afternoon to hand over more documents from boris johnson relating to the covid inquiry orface johnson relating to the covid inquiry or face prosecution. johnson relating to the covid inquiry orface prosecution. the inquiry orface prosecution. the inquiry wants to see unredacted messages but the cabinet office says some of the material demanded is irrelevant. a former top chinese government scientist has told the bbc the possibility