to allow millions of tonnes of grain exports from ukraine is extended just a day before it was due to expire. and chipping away at a new trade deal, the uk bets big on a semiconductor agreement with deal, the uk bets big on a semiconductor agreement with japan. hello, welcome, this is world business report, i m ben thompson and good news for the world, that is how the un secretary general as described an agreement with russia to continue allowing ukrainian grain exports via the black sea for another two months. the existing deal was arranged lastjuly, designed to tackle a global food crisis that was caused by russia s invasion of ukraine. one of the world s top grain exporters is of course ukraine. that deal was due to expire today, thursday. here is what the un chief had to say about the importance to world food supplies. these agreements matter for global food security. ukrainian and russian products feed the world. with the black sea initiative more than 10 million tonnes
you re with bbc news, these are the headlines. president biden has arrived in japan, to meet with the country s prime minister ahead of the annual g7 summit taking place in hiroshima. controversial actorjohnny depp tells the bbc his return to the big screen is not a comeback because he never went away. the un describes a two month extension to the black sea green deal is a good news deal for the world. it had been due to expire on thursday. and rescue operations are continuing in northern italy after heavy rains caused deadly flooding. ten yea rs ten years ago, fergus walsh a medical editor became the first person to take part in the world s biggest scanning project. biobank was created to better understand how the body ages by taking detailed images of the brain, heart and pounds to find new ways of treating and preventing disease. now a decade on, fergus has been back to face the scanners again to see what s changed. mapping the ageing human body. it s nearly a decade since
we are going to focus on the top business stories. we start with a developing story we brought you this time yesterday because the european car industry is calling for a delay to tougher post brexit trade rules due to come in from january saying the supply chain is not ready. europe s car makers source many of the batteries for electric cars from asia which would see them fall foul of rules of origin regulations that specify how much of a car must be eu produced. it comes amid growing concern about the future of car manufacturing here in the uk where there is currently only one factory making batteries. stellantis owner of vauxhall as well as brands including fiat, citroen and peugeot has warned it may have to close uk factories if the government does not renegotiate the brexit deal. our economics editor faisal islam has more. earlier this week, a strong message from one of the world s biggest car makers to renegotiate details of the brexit deal, as their elec
griff jenkins. jacqui: i m jacqui hinrich. they re battling brutal summer heat and steve has the latest for us, hey, steve. 104 degrees yesterday, it s supposed to be 100 all week and that hasn t slowed down the stream of mar grants crossing illegally. we ve seen small groups here in the morning and several pregnant women making that crossing. in recent days, large groups as well, sometimes 300 strong crossing the river together. many of the towns along the border region, overwhelmed by the numbers and it s been the recent policy of text s governor abbott to bus some migrants to northern cities. that s drawn the outrage of a number of mayors, including the mayor of washington d.c. and new york city. not only the federal government, but we need some of those states that have been giving people one-way tickets, we need them to understand that, this must be a partnership in this country, new york is going to do its share, but we have been overburdened shelter system now.
committee, they could not reach a consensus. the declaration they say is not me the monkeypox is particularly lethal or contain just pretty good score more work on immediate treatment. there are now more than 16000 cases of monkeypox across the globe are nearly 3000 those right here in our country. centers for disease control and atlanta has confirmed the first two cases in children here. one in california, another one in washington d.c. here s dr. marc siegel earlier on fox news live. i talked to the epidemiologist and why is this a lot more monkeypox than we know. we are talked about 2800 cases in the united states but he says he thanks there s thousands of new york city alone. the world health organization thanks 16000 cases worldwide. there is a lot more than that. the real message is maybe we been too slow to respond. i talked to dr. walensky of cdc this week the director. it sounds like cdc is really gearing up now. okay let s go to christina coleman now purchased l