sri lanka imports most of its medical supplies. if the dollars don't come in soon, treatments will have to stop. now, these are difficult times. these surgeries, we need very specific things. we don't know what would happen if the dollars don't bring these things to the country. we might end up in a very difficult situation. this is a very stressful period. health officials at this hospital agreed to speak to us, but i've spoken to many doctors across sri lanka who say that the government says they're not allowed to speak out in an individual capacity. but they tell me that they are worried that their hospitals are running low or running out of essential medicines and that if something isn't done soon, sri lanka will face a medical catastrophe. this is a crisis of scarcity with no clear end in sight. medical unions are appealing to the world for help. we need supply to come in, in whatever the form, whether it is from any other country, the government procurement, or if it is an individual donation. so if the situation continues, t

looking for an interest-rate decision out of sri lanka. essentially we have many things in play right now. i've got tencent, we will come to that in a second. australia seeing the lowest unemployment for ages at 3.9%, the lowest level in 50 years. that is something holding up in spite of of faster inflation that gives the rba more room to raise the cost of borrowing as well. on the commodity side, a mixed picture. oil and double ti looking at $110, similar price for brent at the moment. and u.s. futures are pointing marginally lower after we saw the s&p 500 down about 4%, that's a brief look at markets. haslinda: the slight rug in asia tracking losses in the u.s. the s&p posted its biggest one-day loss in two years overnight. tech got hit. one company slumps 20%. it is premium versus staples has gone, when you look at the pe forward ratio, untaxed, it is the same as a stable. rishaad: we were expecting the sri lanka interest-rate decision , we were expecting them to raise the benchmark by 125 basis points. they have stood back, they have n

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but it also goes much longer back to liberalization of sri lanka will stop until the 1970's, sri lanka was considered a model state globally. even though we had very low per capita income, very -- mainly thanks to education and free health care policies that continue to today even in my university for my students. the gross mismanagement of our economy by this regime combined with the history of new liberal policies has brought sri lanka to its knees. the people asking very serious questions about particularly this regime and how it has handled this economic crisis since they came to power. rajapaksa was the prime minister and just resign, was president from 2005-2015. because of a two-term limit that was brought about to come his brother in 2019. when they came back to power, they focused only on consolidating their power. in fact, despite the pandemic, sri lanka is the least amount of -- compared to other south asian countries. people got little relief during the pandemic. they suffered quite a bit. all along, they try to consolidate their power. after the parliament or elections in

what is sri lanka, leadership doing to address this crisis? well, the countries are not take situation, it's completely out of control. the burning the property is multiple locations, as well as you know, attacking the peaceful protest. turn, turn the pro, turn everything to wireless, the specially attacking the symbolic place of the protest. i wish the piece will protested, we're talking about re democratization process. so. so it's, it's a, it's an, a knocking situation with political instability. and the producers are saying for the president. now that was the 1st tradition that they had from month ago. and they have not changed that they had one right. it boxes out the pope has among others called for calm. the joint peril association form, which represents pretty long because apparel industry has also appealed for political stability. is that likely to help? yes, may others like the lawyers, the b s. l as well as so many others have mentioned the even the defense secretary, the army commander to remain calm but day. i mean if you look at

a dramatic turn of fortune for a family that dominated sri lanka, politics for nearly 20 years. starting in the mid to thousands to roger pox. the brothers rose to power as a package deal. ma hinder, 1st as prime minister then elected as president in 2005. he appointed his brother, catawba, defense minister. in 2009. they brutally crushed the tumble tiger insurgency. and in a decades long civil war and the family brand sword ma hinder one a 2nd term in a landslide. he packed his cabinet with family members who used their political clout and billions borrowed from china to plug budget shortfalls, and fund extravagant infrastructure projects drowning the country in debt. and 2015 melinda lost the presidency to a non family cabinet member. but 4 years later and islamist terrorist attack renewed public fears over security. the raja pox has vowed to get tough and the people voted them back into power. again a package deal. but this time go tub ya as president and my hinder as his prime minister. but interest 30 months, their grip on power has started to unravel. experts say there lac

well, it is a very tricky situation for sri lanka. thank you so much for joining us to discuss what's happening on the ground. now we'll be watching it very closely here on out as era. thank you to all of our guests, hasha da silva, gunnison wig know roger and bonnie fonseca, and thank you to for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website that's al jazeera dot com. and for further discussion to go to our facebook page, that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha inside story. and to remember, you can also join the conversation on twitter. our handle is at ha and fight story . for me, an associate a in the whole team here. and uh huh. bye for now. i aah. and a african story from african perspective, short documentaries, from african filmmakers from zimbabwe. we were pioneers of how economists could change the way. would you be good? i be happy to go into a physical store so dont ivory coast any gone with fresh farm fishing woods and the sean it africa direct on al jazeera. how and why did, who become so obse

he, one of the sri lanka had enough petrol stocks for just a single day. but she loggins have already been facing our times tra lunches, economic woes, a hitting every one hard, most noticeably in food and fuel, petrol shortages mean, rick shaw driver's face long queues to fill up. their struggling to make ends meet god and mirror. i don't have much fuel in my ritual. i've already been to 3 petrol stations, but there was no fuel in any of them, even though they have some here at this station. the queue is too long. the resignation of prime minister roger pack, so last week was not enough to quell the protests. his brother remains president. despite being myatt and corruption allegations appointed last week. the new p. m is now attempting to calm a furious nation, announcing measures to stop a total economic collapse. but those came with a die, a warning that they were what we did in math at the the next couple of months will be the most difficult ones of our lives. and i must prepare ourselves to make some sacrifices and faced the challenges of this period

well, it is a very tricky situation for sri lanka. thank you so much for joining us to discuss what's happening on the ground. now we'll be watching it very closely here on out to 0. thank you to all of our guests hush, a da silva, gunnison wagner, roger and bonnie fonseca, and thank you to for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website that's al jazeera dot com. and for further discussion to go to our facebook page, that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha inside story. and to remember, you can also join the conversational twitter handle is at a j inside story. for me, an associate in the whole team here in durham. bye for now. i ah. and a, a unique folded protest by a palestinian artist using a symbol of national identity to create postage and passport stamps. but as for some birds were not re donny life player to be at the conflict anyway, sending a message of resistance about the arab israeli conflict. our son, we come to palestine, palestine sun bed, a stamp of defiance on al jazeera. we don't simpl

in colombo, it's a capital sri lanka. thank you very much. and out of some of the other global business stories making headlines, shares of india's life insurance corporation dropped more than 8 percent on their 1st day of trading in the us biggest ever. i. p. o is part of an effort by prime minister in orange remote to sell off state assets in order to monetize nationalized companies. for the fiscal deficit of more than $200000000.00. full automates lensky says his country is facing a monthly $5000000000.00 budget deficit due to war related costs. ukrainian president brought up the spinning squeeze during a video conference with the international monetary fun saying afterwards. he's looking forward to working with the i enough to maintain ukraine's financial stability class. the academic picture in the you isn't pretty. 20. $22.00 was supposed to be a year of recovery from the pandemic. now, the u. s. flirting with recession. the latest number shows gross domestic product in the euro area. that is the 19 countries that use the euro currency

next, a disturbing development in sri lanka. issued on-site order after deadly violence and rioting. police say to people have been killed in unrest. it began 24 hours earlier after demonstrators called for the resignation of sri lanka's president. reporter: defyi a natioide curfew, dozens of protesters gathered. this is where they think the former prime minister could be taking shelter. he was ousted from his official residence on monday. thousands of people stormed the palace after clashes with the prime minister supporters. they attacked protesters with sticks and set caps on fire, and incident the u.n. condemned. >> the high commissioner said she was deeply troubled after supporters attacked peaceful protesters yesterday. the subsequent mob violence. reporter: for weeks, sri lanka seven demanding their leaders do more. protesters blamed the ruling political dynasty for this crisis. though the prime minister has stepped down, his brother has stayed. tuesday, the government gave security forces shoot on-site orders for anyone

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rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, sri lanka. joining us now from sydney is dr niro kandasamy, an expert in migration from sri lanka and conflict at the university of sydney. thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. firstly, the prime minister's resignation hasn't calm the situation. if anything, resignation hasn't calm the situation. ifanything, it seems to have worsened it. but is it as simple as the president stepping down? m0. president stepping down? no, it's not, because _ president stepping down? no, it's not, because i _ president stepping down? iirr, it's not, because i think the widespread protests across to my car across the island show the people are beyond frustrated with the sri reflection on the systematic problems within the government itself. economists have long observed and warned that consecutive governments have been mismanaging the national economy. so the current economic crisis we are seeing — the worse we are seeing since sri lanka gained independence from the british in 1948 — was entirely p

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, sri lanka. so the prime minister has resigned — but the protests are continuing. people are demanding the resignation of the president. but is it as simple as that? a question i put to dr niro kandasamy, an expert in sri lanka migration at the university of sydney. i think the widespread protests across the island show that people are beyond frustrated with the sri lankan government. and this is a reflection on the systematic problems within the government itself. economists have long observed and warned that consecutive sri lankan governments have been mismanaging the national economy. so the current economic crisis we're seeing — the worst we've seen since sri lanka gained independence from the british in 1948 — was entirely predicable and people are really frustrated at the government. as you say, it is a deeply rooted economic crisis, but how long will it take to sort that out? especially the likes of the imf may not offer financial assistance if the political situation is unstable. it

sri lanka's president vows to give up most of his executive powers, but stops short of resigning over the country's economic crisis. in the us, republican senators block a democrat bill which aimed to preserve women's right to abortion nationwide. it was put to a vote ahead of a key supreme court ruling. shanghai residents face more covid—19 restrictions as china tries to crush an outbreak. millions have now been locked in their homes for seven weeks. we are restricted on the food we can get over the next few days, no commercial deliveries, no group buying, just government approved food, there are also further restrictions on access to hospitals. try and hold the wings level and — try and hold the wings level and start _ try and hold the wings level and start descending for me. and a passenger with no idea how to fly is given instructions to land a plane in florida, after the pilot fell ill. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. . hello and welcome to the program. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says his country's forces have been retaking a nu

a season politician has been appointed at the prime minister of sri lanka. he has held the bullets 5 times previously but never completed the full dome. while some people find hope in him, many others have their own doubts. many distrust victor mussing how they see him as being close to the ruling raj bucks a family who they want gone from pow wow. we don't have any faith in the cotton prime minister to be honest, like no one has faith in him, given his history and leg, given the fact that he is basically got a reputation for being credited wishy washy. an inept they onto height. they want to hide their corruption. that is why they have brought rick romancing as a prime minister that i needed something at the brightness did most recently, he's remembered for shooting the roger boxes when he was prime minister in the previous government. even that cynicism abounds about his appointment, the new prime minister has his desk, but out for him. needless to say, vicar marketing hope this is an uphill battle of willing and essentially bankrupt country out of its gra

sri lanka's president vows to give up most of his executive powers, but stops short of resigning over the country's economic crisis. trying to hold the wings level and see if you can start descending. and a passenger with no idea how to fly is given instructions to land a plane in florida, after the pilot fell ill. we begin our programme with a special report from ukraine's second biggest city, kharkiv. in recent days, ukrainian forces have been retaking a number of towns and villages, pushing russian infantry and artillery back towards the border. the fighting, which has led to a dramatic fall in russian shelling of kharkiv, has been slow and costly, but ukrainian forces say they now have the upper hand. kharkiv is just a0 kilometres from the russian border, and the russians�* retreat could pose a wider threat to moscow's stated aim of capturing significant territory in the east, as fresh ukrainian troops join the battle there. our correspondent, quentin sommerville, and camera journalist, darren conway, have spent the last week with ukrainian troops in and around the town of ruska

bbc news, colombo, sri lanka. laura: britain's queen elizabeth has pulled out of tomorrow's state opening of parliament. it will be the first time since 1963 that the queen will miss the annual ceremony. prince charles will deliver the speech instead. buckingham palace said the 96-year-old monarch could not be there because of mobility problems. searches continue for survors after 35 people were killed at an explosion in havana last friday. four more bodies were found in the rubble this morning and officials fear more victims could be among the ruins. the blast is believed to be caused by a gas tanker outside the building. the u.k. opposition leader says he will resign if a police investigation concludes he b u.k. lockdown laws in 2021. the labor leader says no rules were broken when he had curry and a beer at an mp's office. he is facing allegations of hypocrisy after calling for boris johnson's resignation when he was fined for breaching covid rules. emmanuel macron has said it could take decades for ukraine to

sri lanka is in the middle of its worst economic crisis ever. the country imposed 85% of its medical supplies, but with foreign currency reserves running low, essential drugs are difficult to obtain. cancer and other life-saving drugs are fast running out. >> we're going to have a huge problem in the next couple of weeks. reporter: for now, sri lanka is praying to get hold of any medicines at all. laura: official results in lebanon's election confirmed allies have lost the majority in parliament. there is a major blow to the group supported by iran. there is no single political group -- anna foster explains from beirut. reporter: these results are no help to lebanon. what it means is lebanon, potentially even months will be left in the midst of negotiations. it will make it much harder for any block to try and make meaningful change. in lebanon, that is so important. this is a country that has been devastated by an economic crisis, one of the worst in the last 150 years. people are living in poverty, they are looking to politicians for change, p

he won the sri lanka, had enough petrol stocks for just a single day. but she loggins have already been facing our times. sri lanka is economic woes, a hitting every one hard most noticeably in food and fuel, petrol shortages mean, rick shaw driver's face long queues to fill up. fest struggling to make ends meet god in mirror. i don't have much fuel in my ritual. i've already been to 3 petrol stations, but there was no fuel in any of them, even though they have some here at this station. the key was too long. the resignation of prime minister raj, a pack so last week was not enough to quell the protests. his brother remain.

can he answer sri lanka's prayers? ranil wickremesinghe is serving as prime minister for the sixth time. this, his biggest challenge yet. such is the struggle, they are queueing for free bread. i met a mother of six yesterday called priyanthe, queueing just to get two pieces of bread and she asked me what difference you, as a new prime minister, can make to her life? what would you say to priyanthe? i believe that people should have three meals a day. when i've been prime minister on earlier occasions, i ensured that, and i will ensure that they will have three meals a day again. first is to find out how bad the economy is, so i will be like a doctor who is opening up a patient for the first time. already a dire diagnosis. queues for fuel run for miles. with supplies low, the pm said he may have to ration it. you yourself said a month ago that resources are running out. yes. this is your opportunity to be straight with the people of sri lanka. how much worse could it get? it is going to get worse before it gets better.

karolis at the end of his mammoth journey there in sri lanka. coming up next week, in athens, coming face—to—face with years of history and learning about the battle to bring the acropolis back up to date. i have never been so happy to see concrete. that is amazing. the last time i was here it was all rough, gravelly, and really hard to push along. do try and join us for that. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow us on facebook and instagram, and watch past episodes on bbc iplayer. i am now going to go off and shelter from the rain, and potentially read another page or two of ulysses. from us here in dublin, goodbye. hello. the weather system are streaming and off the atlantic. that is the main that brought to parts of scotland. the rain are starting to fizzle out and if anything, it is going to be an area of cloud spread across the uk so this is what it looks like early in the morning. dribs and drabs of rain around the irish sea. it is very mild first thing. seven o'clock in the belfast, ten in london and elsewhere typically 7—9.

—— in sri lanka. since last month, the country been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts, and a lack of medicines. demonstrators are calling for the resignation of president gotabaya rajapaksa. his brother, mahinda rajapaksa, stepped down as prime minister on monday, following violent street clashes. protesters have defied an island—wide curfew, and at least eight people have died, and 200 have been injured — as our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports. a capital under curfew. troops told to shoot at sight at anyone who damages public property or threatens lives. the skeletons of a bustling city scorched by an economic crisis. reeling after a day of violence. yesterday, supporters of the prime minister attacked anti—government protesters, who until that point had been peacefully demonstrating. at the city's main hospital, more than 200 have been wounded, many were beaten up. this man fractured his leg after a tear gas canister landed on it. war veterans yigit and assunca

sri lanka has been witnessing weeks of protests against the government, and the protesters have been accusing the government of mismanaging the economy. and the prime minister, mahinda rajapaksa, was forced to resign on monday, after violence during these protests. now, president gotabaya rajapaksa says a new cabinet will be formed within a week, acceptable to the public and also parliament. and he's willing to amend the constitution to transfer more powers to parliament. he will have discussions with the coming interim government about abolishing the executive presidency in the country, and he also warned that strict action would be taken against anyone who damaged public property or threatening lives. this speech comes in the backdrop of even the central bank governor warning that, if there is no political stability here in this country, then we can expect more long power cuts and fuel shortages. this is a very stark warning from the central bank governor, because sri lanka has run out of foreign exchange reserves. they are struggling to import basic supplies, like fuel and food â€

still ahead, sri lanka set to name a new prime minister and cabinet this week. we discussed how that could change the course of the debt crisis as global investors selloff dollar bonds. first, staying rational during the bear market. hear lolita strategies. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ >> these numbers obviously are too high. >> the fed is walking a significant tight rope. >> the fed has its work cut out for it. >> they will have to be a lot more tolerant of high inflation for a while. >> the market is overpricing with the fed will do. >> the market is pricing in that the fed will have to hike more. >> we are expecting a 50 basis point increase the next meeting. >> may be put that 75 is this point increase back on the table. >> now, greater than 50 basis point moves, why rule anything out in the early innings. >> if they go by another 50 basis points in june, another 50 in july, that is a lot of tightening over a couple of months. >> monetary policy is going to be required to get inflation under control. shery: guests reacting to the u.s. cpi pr

how much is idiosyncratic to sri lanka itself? let's get back to a big story in the hedge fund space. after melvin capital management was hit with a short squeeze by amateur traders who organized on reddit, the hedge fund is giving up and shutting down. joining us now is charlie wells. how did things go so wrong? was it the short squeeze? >> it really wasn't. it did start there. the firm was started in 2014, delivering 30% returns, but last year that dwindled to a loss of 39%. he was able to stem some of the losses from that short squeeze but it was not enough, particularly over the last few months as markets have been struggling. particularly that consumer and tech stocks the fund invested in. tom: what about the hedge fund space? are there more melvin capitals in the woodwork? >> that is the concern on wall street. there are concerns that some hedge funds could be on life support. we have a fidelity. tom: they seemed to be coming out of this with an injection of capital, but then bad bets on tech sector names -- where does that

thank you for that update on the desperate situation in sri lanka. this summer marks queen elizabeth's platinumjubilee — 70 years on the british throne. a key moment is a royal appearance on the balcony at buckingham palace. but the queen has decided that prince harry and meghan — along with prince andrew — won't be allowed to appear on the balcony during trooping the colour. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. an appearance on the palace balcony is a centrepiece of any major royal celebration, but for the platinum jubilee there are sensitivities around some family members. so, the queen has decided that only working royals willjoin her on the balcony. so, cancelled in balcony terms are the duke of york and the sussexes. harry and meghan say they are coming to thejubilee, but they won't be on the balcony. the big question, of course, is how visible will the queen be throughout the four days of the jubilee celebrations. it all begins on thursday the 2nd ofjune with trooping the colour, at the culmination of which the royal family m

sri lanka has chosen -- financial advisors. debt restructuring efforts key to a bailout from the imf, however the government has not appointed a finance minister to lead talks with global creditors. sri lanka suffered its first default last week as the governor struggles to stay eyes to the economy. president biden has called for a new restriction on firearms after a gunman killed 19 children and two adults at a texas elementary school. police reportedly killed the attacker at the scene. he has been identified as an 18-year-old man who was armed with a handgun and possibly a rifle. >> as a nation we have to ask when in god's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? vonnie: that is your first word news. rishaad: let's have a look at what we got coming up later this hour. india putting a cap on sugar exports. doing so to safeguard its own supply. we will be asking about food grosses. next is our exclusive interview with christine lagarde, discussing withdrawal, stimulus and chances of recession in europe. that is next and

karolis at the end of his mammoth journey there in sri lanka. coming up next week, in athens, coming face—to—face with years of history and learning about the battle to bring the acropolis back up to date. i have never been so happy to see concrete. that is amazing. the last time i was here it was all rough, gravelly, and really hard to push along. do try and join us for that. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow us on facebook and instagram, and watch past episodes on bbc iplayer. i am now going to go off and shelter from the rain, and potentially read another page or two of ulysses. from us here in dublin, goodbye. hello there. we've seen plenty of cloud over the past few days. wednesday brings the promise of brighter skies. but with more in the way of sunshine, we could trigger some heavy downpours with the odd rumble of thunder and some lightning mixed in as well. here's the set—up as we move into wednesday, then. we've got these weather fronts bringing and patchy outbreaks of rain pushing eastwards, so it does mean that we sta

karolis at the end of his mammoth journey there in sri lanka. coming up next week, in athens, coming face—to—face with years of history and learning about the battle to bring the acropolis back up to date. i have never been so happy to see concrete. that is amazing. the last time i was here it was all rough, gravelly, and really hard to push along. do try and join us for that. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow us on facebook and instagram, and watch past episodes on bbc iplayer. i am now going to go off and shelter from the rain, and potentially read another page or two of ulysses. from us here in dublin, goodbye. hello, there. cloud was the main weather feature for many places on bank holiday monday, and we take lots of that cloud with us into tuesday. the cloud showing up here on our earlier satellite picture. it is low cloud. it's turning things quite misty and murky in places, and there are some weak frontal systems, just providing enough impetus to give a little bit of rain and drizzle, here and there. but a mostly cloudy sta

but roger paxis speech was more about how to bring back some political stability to sri lanka. and he was promising to carry out political reforms when the country became more stable. you just heard in there saying he was going to name a new prime minister. and that's quite important though, because the country's situation is getting more precarious every day, even before the violence, the beginning of the week. we saw the people were suffering from electricity blackouts, there were shortages of fuel and medicine and food. and that's because the government has run out to foreign reserves to pay for these imports. and the governor of the central bank was urging go to buy a roger pack. so to bring back some stability to the country because the country needs a prime minister, a finance minister to be part of the team that's negotiating right now with the i m f. 2, to restructure the countries debt and to, to create a rescue plan for sri lanka. so, seen lots of unrest, for example, on monday night, you know, and this just, you know, following is an escalation of all the violence an

karolis at the end of his mammoth journey there in sri lanka. coming up next week, in athens, coming face—to—face with years of history and learning about the battle to bring the acropolis back up to date. i have never been so happy to see concrete. that is amazing. the last time i was here it was all rough, gravelly, and really hard to push along. do try and join us for that. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow us on facebook and instagram, and watch past episodes on bbc iplayer. i am now going to go off and shelter from the rain, and potentially read another page or two of ulysses. from us here in dublin, goodbye. it is turning into a mist weekend of weather particularly in the northern half of the uk. the final day of april brought some really heavy rain. that was the scene yesterday from a weather watcher in glasgow. weather watchers certainly required. it showers the reason why the wettest weather we've had actually for quite some time. for today that rain is moved southwards and so the wettest weather is across parts of englan

rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, sri lanka. the head of the world health organization has said china's zero—tolerance policy against covid is not sustainable. the authorities in beijing have imposed lockdowns affecting tens of millions of people, lasting several weeks, to try to prevent any spread of the illness. but the who's director—general said he had told chinese experts it was time to change that approach. when we talk about the zero—covid strategy, we don't think that it's sustainable considering the behaviour of the virus now, and what we anticipate in the future. we have discussed about this issue with chinese experts, and we indicated that the approach, you know, would not be sustainable. earlier, i spoke to saad omer, the director of the yale institute for global health. i asked him for his view on china's zero—covid strategy, well, the policy had its value at the beginning, or even at the — well, you know, a few months after the start of the pandemic. if you are in a football game and your first ten—minu

anchor: the human cost there of sri lanka crisis. the officer who made his name -- the actor who made his name he died in his sleep in the dominican and where he was filming a movie. ray leo don't -- ray liotta moved to los angeles to follow his dream of acting. kevin. the elected offenses are said to occur in london in 2005 and 2008. mr. spacey has not been formally charged as he is not currently he has consistently denied allegations against him. the taiwanese authorities have rated 10 chinese companies they spect illegally try to poach staff for compur chip manufacturing. china is trying to increase its own manufacturing capacity amid a global shortage. the chips are used in smartphones and cars. twitter has agreed to pay a $150 million settlement after it was fun to misuse private information like phone numbers to target advertising. res.s were told the informationi theul fd ine will be paid to the u.s. justice department. a man whose hands were left unusable by an autoimmune disease has been given the fir double hand transplant