The banking system. The banking system. And as the bbc s and as the bbc s Michelle Fleury reports, it could face even more tense relations with the us depending on who wins the race for the White House. When the measures were first announced back in may, the White House said it was in response to chinas unfair Trade Practices and to protect us jobs. At the time the chinese said they opposed the hikes and would retaliate. Analysts said the tariffs, which include a 100 duty on electric vehicles made in china, well, that they are largely symbolic, especially since chinese evs are not currently sold in the united states. As well as a rise on ev tariffs, levies on solar cells will increase to 50 , while rates on Steel And Aluminium products will more than triple to 25 . Tariff hikes on other products, including semiconductor chips, are set to take into effect over the next two years. The increases, which impact a relatively small amount of us imports, come as Vice President Kamala Harris an
United states. , in the middle east rockets flying it looks like israel may have taken out the leader of hezbollah. We ll stay on that. And donald trump is taking the stage any moment for a town hall in warren, michigan, all important michigan, focused on the economy and saving the auto industry. And i hope you re sitting down for this. Kamala harris has made a trip to the border. Yeah. Hell has frozen over. She is going to speak live later this hour. But, first, kamala s high crimes at the border. That s the focus of tonight s angle. as i said, she is hitting the border, hoping to turn the page on her reputation as an open border zel lotted. Instead, the book was opened to reveal the stomachchurning truth about the criminal element she welcomed in. And in response to a congressional request for information, ice revealed that more than 13,000 illegal aliens convicted of murder are now in the united states. Oh, and they are not in custody. More than 1800 have been accused of murder as
Welcome to Bbc News. First of All of course we dont see Cross Border Fire from hezbollah and from the Israel Defense forces, so on the ground, any talk of a ceasefire seems very very remote. Let me ask you about your take on what is happening on the ground first of All. Is happening on the ground first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange of first of All. Well on Ground It is this exchange of fire first of All. Well on Ground It | is this exchange of fire which will continue and sometimes intensifies, both sides think that they can get an advantage, israel particularly, in that it is claiming to knock out hezbollah positions, particularly Rocket Launching Site and Command And Control posts, it is striking into beirut at times, which is causing a lot of Collateral Damage but they seem to be targeting commanders, the intelligence is working well at the moment, as far as israel is concerned and the hezbollah leadership is concerned, t
And is now the worlds fourth largest economy. It had been the second largest until china overtook it in 2010. Japan has also been battling a deflationary spiral for a generation, but that ended late last year. Mariko oi has been following the story for us from our asia business hub. What more can you tell us about ishibas economic manifesto . Well, his economic policies are still rather unclear. He has been criticised during the Election Campaign for lacking a clear economic vision. One thing we do know is that he was quite critical of the shinzo abe, who implemented investor friendly policies. During the Press Conference he held this evening he talked about how investors may have benefited, but not ordinary consumers, so we may see some changes there. The value of the japanese yen, it jumped the value of the japanese yen, itjumped because shigeru it jumped because Shigeru Ishiba itjumped because Shigeru Ishiba supported the independence of the central bank, as opposed to his oppositio
Has been whipping up too, creating wild conditions. In birmingham, cars have been caught out. In selly oak, its been a busy time for the Emergency Services helping rescue drivers. Public transport has been doing its best to keep on running, but at birmingham new Street Station there have been delays and cancellations. The Environment Agency has this advice for anyone heading out. There will be a lot of water out on the roads and travel might be really difficult, so we need them to make sure they pay attention to any Emergency Services. And later in the day we are expecting further rainfall in areas through the midlands. Telford United Football club says its been deluged after a thunderstorm. Its appealing to fans to come and help dry out their flooded pitch. This nearby street shows any clean up is going to take some time. With Rain Falling onto already saturated ground, the warning is that there is more disruption ahead. And simon updated us from one of the worst affected areas. Im in