hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news. metals used in the manufacturing the chip war continues — china slaps export controls on rare metals used in the manufacturing of semiconductors. this is the latest chapter in the tit—for—tat chip war between the us and china. china has slapped export controls on two rare metals that are used in the manufacture of semiconductors. the move by the chinese ministry of commerce targets the metals gallium and germanium. china is a major producer of them both. from next month, exporting these metals will require a licence. the announcement comes just days before the us treasury secretary janet yellen arrives in beijing

jon heffernan, professor of semiconductor materials and devices at the university of sheffield and director of the national epitaxy facility, tells us more. it's part of a global battle to control the semiconductor industry, which has been undertaken by many countries. the 21st century is going to be a technological century and it is completely underpinned by semiconductors. you've got semiconductors everywhere, from lighting to computer chips, yourfridge to your car. and the pace of innovation is accelerating and it is going to be more and more important. so each country around the world is actually considering very carefully what its strategy in this technological area is and what its economic strategy is, its security strategy is. and so this is just the latest example, particularly between china and the us, but there are other countries involved. some countries control different aspects of the semiconductor industry.

some control the natural resources, the minerals and the metals that are used in the supply chain, some countries control the manufacturing equipment and some control the design, for instance, and each country is trying to position itself. and china is very strong on the supply of the natural resources, such as gallium and germanium, as you mentioned. they produce about 80—90% of the world's supply of these materials... and so, effectively, because it controls 80—90%, it wants to be very careful about and in control about what it exports. if it decides to stop exporting at all, and i'm not suggesting it would, what would be the consequences for the industry? the manufacture... the raw materials are produced by china, and there is manufacturing of these semiconductors in china, but there's manufacturing of these semiconductors all across the world, and the rest of the world needs these materials as well. so if china decided to stop

exporting these materials, then there would be a significant disruption to supply chains. there are other countries and other suppliers in the world, but china dominates in this area. our thanks to jon for that. our thanks tojon for that. we are to bring in our panel. rebecca, let's start with you. what do you make of it?— let's start with you. what do you make of it? , , ., _, . make of it? this is a huge concern. first, on the _ make of it? this is a huge concern. first, on the face _ make of it? this is a huge concern. first, on the face of it, _ make of it? this is a huge concern. first, on the face of it, using - first, on the face of it, using export controls to limit gallium and germanium, it's a response to the fact that the us has been imposing technology restrictions on access to micro—processing us technology, so it is kind of tit—for—tat. wire gallium and germanium important? the reason why is they are rare earths which have input into radio, dictation, radar, satellite, and because they enable people assistance, also missiles as well.

so what it is doing is actually weapon icing a rare earth and critical for structure supply chain —— weapon it is also cobalt as well. so it is becoming very, very political tens, this whole area of critical and if mineral supply. the us has a policy, uk does, the eu does, and we know china will use export in this context coercively because it did so againstjapan in the disputes in 2010 and 2014 muh so this is actually really serious. it is all part of national security. it is about supply change and it is about how we transform our economy to renewable energies and digital and also fight our wars as well. so it is huge. also fight our wars as well. so it ishu~e. , , , is huge. absolutely huge. chris, the list there from _ is huge. absolutely huge. chris, the list there from rebecca _ is huge. absolutely huge. chris, the

list there from rebecca was - is huge. absolutely huge. chris, the list there from rebecca was ready . list there from rebecca was ready long — politics, list there from rebecca was ready long �* p°litics, geopolitics, list there from rebecca was ready long — politics, geopolitics, geo— security, everything. find long - politics, geopolitics, geo- security, everything.— security, everything. and it is no sur - rise security, everything. and it is no surprise that _ security, everything. and it is no surprise that technology - security, everything. and it is no surprise that technology is - security, everything. and it is no surprise that technology is at - security, everything. and it is no | surprise that technology is at the middle _ surprise that technology is at the middle of— surprise that technology is at the middle of this trade war because technology is power. we know that the us— technology is power. we know that the us has — technology is power. we know that the us has been trying to limit chinese — the us has been trying to limit chinese access to semiconductors, so this is, _ chinese access to semiconductors, so this is, if— chinese access to semiconductors, so this is, ifyou — chinese access to semiconductors, so this is, if you like, a warning shot from _ this is, if you like, a warning shot from china — this is, if you like, a warning shot from china in— this is, if you like, a warning shot from china in response, especially i think— from china in response, especially i think the _ from china in response, especially i think the timing is no coincidence coming _ think the timing is no coincidence coming just a few days before the us treasury— coming just a few days before the us treasury secretary janet yellen visits _ treasury secretary janet yellen visits beijing. one other point, if you do— visits beijing. one other point, if you do impose export controls, and if there _ you do impose export controls, and if there are — you do impose export controls, and if there are other places where those — if there are other places where those commodities are available, may be in more _ those commodities are available, may be in more difficult ways, you can lose your — be in more difficult ways, you can lose your market share. so it can cut lose your market share. so it can out both — lose your market share. so it can cut both ways, but it is absolutely a critical _ cut both ways, but it is absolutely a critical part of the most important relationship in the world today, _ important relationship in the world today, which is the relationship between — today, which is the relationship between the united states and china. rebecca, _ between the united states and china. rebecca, impossible in 60 seconds, but in 60 seconds, could you tell

us, where does the uk standing all of this? , , , ., of this? the uk is very dependent on china like anybody _ of this? the uk is very dependent on china like anybody else. _ of this? the uk is very dependent on china like anybody else. it _ of this? the uk is very dependent on china like anybody else. it has - china like anybody else. it has actually started to export some other rare minerals and start production in teams like lithium. the uk has a critical mineral strategy, it is part of its supply—chain resilience strategy and it is looking to be able to create a china plus one strategy. you it is looking to be able to create a china plus one strategy.— china plus one strategy. you still . ot 25 china plus one strategy. you still got 25 seconds _ china plus one strategy. you still got 25 seconds to _ china plus one strategy. you still got 25 seconds to go! _ china plus one strategy. you still got 25 seconds to go! and - china plus one strategy. you still got 25 seconds to go! and i'm . china plus one strategy. you still i got 25 seconds to go! and i'm going to take it. we'll use that up later. rebecca, chris, thank you very much. we will be back with the panel in just a moment. now, it has been rumoured for months, but facebook�*s parent company meta has confirmed its new app to rival twitter will launch on thursday. it's called threads and will be linked to instagram, which is also owned by meta. they describe it as a "text based conversation app where communities come together" to discuss the issues of the day. this is the latest app to try to rival twitter since elon musk bought it for $44 billion in october last year.

the launch comes as elon musk and mark zuckerberg continue their half—joking, half—serious back—and—forth about fighting each other in a cage match. earlier, i spoke to drew benvie, social media specialist. take a listen. it is something people have been wanting to do on twitter but increasingly finding unreliable, many of it toxic, that harmful content that keeps popping up- it is social networking by writing a few words and commenting on other people's post, but the turmoil at twitter has launched rivals to launch rival apps. given that, is it an advantage that it is not building something from scratch, it is not a new idea, people who have used twitter will be familiar with it — is that a huge

boost in those initial numbers, getting that going? absolutely. instagram is launching threads, not really meta, so it has been a companion app for instagram, which has 2 billion users. that is ten times bigger than twitter, so even if only one in ten instagram users use threads, it is going to overtake twitter in the blink of an eye. does it feel, if you're working at instagram, like you are going backwards, going back to just straight text? in a way, yes, but actually... i do not know you've noticed it or anybody watching has noticed that people are using instagram in different ways. they are not posting as much as they used to, to the main feed. instead, we are posting to our stories, where it disappears after a day, and actually instagram need to keep evolving, so i think this is its latest roll of the dice to try and win favour with increasingly ageing audience, in an increasingly competitive social media environment where it is up against the likes of tiktok, youtube and other

twitter copycats. so if you are elon musk now, how worried are you by the launch of this? he has many worries. there is the fight, there is the launch of this. i think he will be pretty worried. instagram, meta, facebook, they made 116 billion in ad revenue last year, compared to twitter�*s 4 billion. so advertisers love the meta family of apps, users clearly love it too and twitter is struggling right now, and the person in charge of technology over at twitter, which keeps breaking, is elon musk. a lot to think about. let's bring in our panel again. chris, a lot to think about. let's bring in our panelagain. chris, let's a lot to think about. let's bring in our panel again. chris, let's start with you. will you be downloading back one, will you be giving it a go? this back one, will you be giving it a io? �* , ., ., , back one, will you be giving it a io? m ., ., ., back one, will you be giving it a go? as long as no one forces me to watch a cage _ go? as long as no one forces me to watch a cage fight _ go? as long as no one forces me to watch a cage fight between - go? as long as no one forces me to watch a cage fight between elon - go? as long as no one forces me to i watch a cage fight between elon musk and mark— watch a cage fight between elon musk and mark zuckerberg, because i think that is— and mark zuckerberg, because i think that is the _ and mark zuckerberg, because i think that is the point i give up social

media — that is the point i give up social media altogether and read books! which. _ media altogether and read books! which, let's face it, is more healthy— which, let's face it, is more healthy for i probably will. to be polite, _ healthy for i probably will. to be polite, it — healthy for i probably will. to be polite, it is— healthy for i probably will. to be polite, it is probably not the first time _ polite, it is probably not the first time at _ polite, it is probably not the first time at meta and its app have borrowed an idea from somewhere elsei _ borrowed an idea from somewhere else, and — borrowed an idea from somewhere else, and they are very good at it. they— else, and they are very good at it. they have — else, and they are very good at it. they have got the financial muscle. as we have — they have got the financial muscle. as we have been discussing, they have _ as we have been discussing, they have the — as we have been discussing, they have the ready—made audience, a huge audience _ have the ready—made audience, a huge audience already on instagram for i think— audience already on instagram for i think people are creatures of habit, but when _ think people are creatures of habit, but when habits change they can change _ but when habits change they can change frequently. it is obvious elon— change frequently. it is obvious elon musk has alienated some people on twitter _ elon musk has alienated some people on twitter. he has created a lot of noise _ on twitter. he has created a lot of noise. some people love it, a lot of people _ noise. some people love it, a lot of people seem to hate it, and i do think— people seem to hate it, and i do think given — people seem to hate it, and i do think given the size of meta and the audience _ think given the size of meta and the audience it— think given the size of meta and the audience it already has at its command, it can become a serious competitor— command, it can become a serious competitor for twitter. i thing we have _ competitor for twitter. i thing we have to _ competitor for twitter. i thing we have to wait and see. interesting. rebecca, have to wait and see. interesting. rebecca. you _ have to wait and see. interesting. rebecca. you be _ have to wait and see. interesting. rebecca, you be giving _ have to wait and see. interesting. rebecca, you be giving it - have to wait and see. interesting. rebecca, you be giving it a - have to wait and see. interesting. rebecca, you be giving it a go? i rebecca, you be giving it a go? probably, yes, but! rebecca, you be giving it a go? probably, yes, but i think what we have to look at here the economics behind all this, because this is a highly contested, competitive market environment at the moment. everybody

is fighting for a slice of the same advertising pie committee same global population of the same type of information edge of putting a different spin on it, and what you've got is an independent company, which is twitter, which is underfinancial and organisational under financial and organisational challenges at underfinancial and organisational challenges at the moment, and also reputational challenges, and what twitter is trying to do is put stuff behind a pay wall, restrict usage, and what facebook is saying is, we're never going to do that, and meta is saying, we are going to make it free, but what it will do is collect information from its other applications as well, within its ownership structure, things like messenger, what's app, which it owns as well, so it is information it can pull off its phone and start to use as well for there is a competition, both in terms of the service and the pricing here, and because this isn't a contested market and there are so many platforms, i think we're likely to see quite a lot of consolidation going on as well. figs

to see quite a lot of consolidation going on as well.— to see quite a lot of consolidation going on as well. as an economist, which of those _ going on as well. as an economist, which of those economic _ going on as well. as an economist, which of those economic models i which of those economic models appeals to you? which would you rather be in charge of, twitter that is trying to charge people or meta who will not? at is trying to charge people or meta who will not?— is trying to charge people or meta who will not? . ., ~ ., who will not? at the moment, meta, for all sort of — who will not? at the moment, meta, for all sort of reasons _ who will not? at the moment, meta, for all sort of reasons we _ who will not? at the moment, meta, for all sort of reasons we have - for all sort of reasons we have talked about, is looking more robust, let's put it like that. it has got more strength of depth in its squad, because it has so many applications and so many different resources that it can pull on. actually, it has not had the same type of challenge that twitter has, and as the commentators said, twitter has got content on it that is toxic, it has got to clean all of that up as well, whereas facebook does not necessarily have those problems. facebook is used to scaling in developing synergies between technologies. twitter is not so much, and that makes it a sort of more robust prospect, i guess. that is really interesting. _ more robust prospect, i guess. that is really interesting. chris, just finally on you, because, yes, the challenges of content and all that stuff on twitter, surely threads

will come across its own version of it and be damaged, potentially, in the same way? i it and be damaged, potentially, in the same way?— it and be damaged, potentially, in the same way? i think they're going to be challenges _ the same way? i think they're going to be challenges for _ the same way? i think they're going to be challenges for whoever - the same way? i think they're going to be challenges for whoever is - to be challenges for whoever is trying — to be challenges for whoever is trying to — to be challenges for whoever is trying to get into this space, but the other— trying to get into this space, but the other thing, as well as the financial— the other thing, as well as the financial aspect, the other thing, as well as the financialaspect, is, who the other thing, as well as the financial aspect, is, who does a better— financial aspect, is, who does a betteriob — financial aspect, is, who does a betterjob in promoting good quality information that gives their audience some reassurance that what they are _ audience some reassurance that what they are seeing is not misinformation, is not down with the pot farms _ misinformation, is not down with the pot farms from st petersburg and wherever — pot farms from st petersburg and wherever also may be? it is incumbent on monday big social medias — incumbent on monday big social medias to show to their audience, to prove _ medias to show to their audience, to prove to— medias to show to their audience, to prove to them, what they are producing _ prove to them, what they are producing is a platform they can rely on — producing is a platform they can rely on. people have got to make their— rely on. people have got to make their own — rely on. people have got to make their own choices about what they believe _ their own choices about what they believe and what they don't, but the social— believe and what they don't, but the social media companies have got a role to— social media companies have got a role to play— social media companies have got a role to play as well.— role to play as well. chris, rebecca. _ role to play as well. chris, rebecca, great _ role to play as well. chris, rebecca, great stuff, - role to play as well. chris, | rebecca, great stuff, thank role to play as well. chris, - rebecca, great stuff, thank you very much for that. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. this is a dream collection for any star wars fan, many of the toys instantly recognisable.

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this is the part of the show where our panel get to talk about a story they want to talk about. chris, let's start with you. the floor is yours. let's start with you. the floor is ours. ., let's start with you. the floor is ours. . ., , let's start with you. the floor is ours. . a .,, ., let's start with you. the floor is yours. thanks. i was going to draw attention to _ yours. thanks. i was going to draw attention to get _ yours. thanks. i was going to draw attention to get more _ yours. thanks. i was going to draw attention to get more bad - yours. thanks. i was going to draw attention to get more bad news i yours. thanks. i was going to draw| attention to get more bad news for women _ attention to get more bad news for women and girls in afghanistan. the talihan— women and girls in afghanistan. the taliban have ordered the closure of beauty _ taliban have ordered the closure of beauty parlors and hair salons across — beauty parlors and hair salons across afghanistan, for the first time _ across afghanistan, for the first time since — across afghanistan, for the first time since they came back to government after the rapid american withdrawal in 2021. we know the taliban _ withdrawal in 2021. we know the taliban has been moving to restrict all sorts— taliban has been moving to restrict all sorts of— taliban has been moving to restrict all sorts of things and all sorts of public— all sorts of things and all sorts of public rules for women and for girls. — public rules for women and for girls. and _ public rules for women and for girls, and education in particular. beauty— girls, and education in particular. beauty parlors were important because — beauty parlors were important because they were one of the few places— because they were one of the few places that women could still go with some sort of relative freedom. they could — with some sort of relative freedom. they could go there to socialise. that _ they could go there to socialise. that now — they could go there to socialise. that now also appears to be being taken _ that now also appears to be being taken away from them, as it was when the taliban— taken away from them, as it was when the taliban were first in power

throughout 1996 to 2001. it is bad news _ throughout 1996 to 2001. it is bad news for— throughout 1996 to 2001. it is bad news for women in afghanistan. i think— news for women in afghanistan. i think the — news for women in afghanistan. i think the worst part of what is happening there is the fact that -irls happening there is the fact that girls are — happening there is the fact that girls are being for bidding from going _ girls are being for bidding from going to — girls are being for bidding from going to school, to get the education they so desperately need. it is education they so desperately need. it is an— education they so desperately need. it is an issue we have covered a lot on this— it is an issue we have covered a lot on this programme. you i —— might think the comparison with beauty— —— might think the comparison with beauty parlors is less important, but it _ beauty parlors is less important, but it is— beauty parlors is less important, but it isjust a sign of how hard it is to— but it isjust a sign of how hard it is to operate freely as a woman in afghanistan under the taliban. rebecca, — afghanistan under the taliban. rebecca, just quickly get your thoughts on that, because perhaps should not be surprised, but the detail and the list from chris's shocking nonetheless. it is shocking. _ shocking nonetheless. it is shocking, and _ shocking nonetheless. it is shocking, and i _ shocking nonetheless. it is shocking, and i think- shocking nonetheless. it is shocking, and i think a - shocking nonetheless. it 3 shocking, and i think a global sense of disappointment since what has happened, since troops withdrew, since the american withdrawal from afghanistan, because there was a promise at that time that there would not be such significant

disadvantages that would emerge for women, and unfortunately the figures appointment has been that actually things have got worse, not better, and it is just devastating —— the big disappointment has been. there are young women who do still seem to be willing to fight, but beauty salons and everything, it is of five mental human right to be able to have access to those types of things. have access to those types of thin i s. ., have access to those types of thins. . , ... have access to those types of thinis. . , ... , things. indian. rebecca, it is time for our things. indian. rebecca, it is time for your time _ things. indian. rebecca, it is time for your time for _ things. indian. rebecca, it is time for your time for the _ things. indian. rebecca, it is time for your time for the panel. - things. indian. rebecca, it is timej for your time for the panel. what things. indian. rebecca, it is time i for your time for the panel. what do you want to talk about?— you want to talk about? minus bit cheerful. you want to talk about? minus bit cheerful- we _ you want to talk about? minus bit cheerful. we have _ you want to talk about? minus bit cheerful. we have a _ you want to talk about? minus bit cheerful. we have a lot _ you want to talk about? minus bit cheerful. we have a lot of - you want to talk about? minus bit l cheerful. we have a lot of weddings coming up in my family and the next two months and it is the wedding season, so i was reading an article that came out into a chilwell this morning... apparently the lowest registration of chinese marriages and 37 years, and some of this is because i social change, women don't feel the need to get married any

more. some of it is because if they are married, they feel they are being negatively distributed against and choosing not to marry, but the biggest reason is the financial struggle for some prices are going up, and post—covid and post—pandemic, it has become very difficult and very expensive, so i looked into this in a little bit more detail, and around the... this is huge news notjust because of the social changes in china but because the industry itself is worth around 467 billion pounds in 2022, so that is huge amount of money for marriage in china. i looked at the relative prices, and actually, it was around £19,000 in 2022 that it cost to get married in china. that compares in the uk at the same time, according to the hitched website, 17,300, and then the us, 23,000. the uk is

actually looking quite good, good value for money in that context, but then i'll save a german person in my family, and weddings in germany have gone up by 9.2% in the actually the cheapest. gone up by 9.2% in the actually the chea est. , ., gone up by 9.2% in the actually the chea-est. , . . ., , , cheapest. they are the cheapest? that is done _ cheapest. they are the cheapest? that is done explain _ cheapest. they are the cheapest? that is done explain that. - cheapest. they are the cheapest? that is done explain that. i - cheapest. they are the cheapest? that is done explain that. i love, | that is done explain that. i love, does not matter what it is about, it all comes back to economics —— that explains it. all comes back to economics -- that explains it— all comes back to economics -- that explains it.- absolutely i all comes back to economics -- that explains it.- absolutely love | explains it. always! absolutely love it. rebecca, — explains it. always! absolutely love it. rebecca, chris, _ explains it. always! absolutely love it. rebecca, chris, great— explains it. always! absolutely love it. rebecca, chris, great to - explains it. always! absolutely love it. rebecca, chris, great to have i it. rebecca, chris, great to have your thoughts on all the stories. thank you. just before i go, i want to remind us of our main developing story in the last couple hours, since i came on air. this is about jenin and the update from the israeli army, saying that they are withdrawing, and we have some evidence. these are the pictures of what appears to be convoy withdrawing. our correspondent anna foster confirming that that is what

the statements are from, the israeli defence forces, but the one caveat, i suppose, is this a large deployment of a large operation, so it will not be straightaway, it will take a bit of time. we do have some live pictures ofjenin and we been watching, when i came on air couple of hours ago, there was daylight there. very different picture there. over the last few hours, there has been found they could have been explosions, could have been gunshots, it does seem from these early army's statement at least, the operation there injenin is over —— there have been sounds they could have been explosions. political, humanitarian fallout far from over injenin and that wider region. plenty more on the website and the bbc news app. you can give me online on social media. i am lewis vaughan jones and this is bbc news.

hello, iam hello, i am marc edwards with your sport, coming to you from the bbc sport centre. and there's only one place to start and that's at wimbledon where a rain affected day nevertheless saw plenty of action on centre court and court1. men's top seed carlos alcaraz beat frenchman jeremy chardy in fine style, while the defending champion on the women's side, elena rybakina, roared past shelby rogers. mixed results for the brits today. andy murray maintained his record of never losing in the wimbledon first round, cam norrie is also through, but dan evans is out. here's chetan pathak with a round up of the best of the day's play. rain here washed out play for most of tuesday, certainly on these outside courts, but on the show courts,

underneath those roofs, play was completed as scheduled, and that saw elena rybakina, the women's defending champion, in the end survive a scare against america's shelby rogers. she has been having a virus, rybakina, and needed to come back from a set down to beat the american. with the ban now lifted on russian and belarusian players, aryna sabalenka eased past panna udvardy in straight sets. there was also a straightforward win for tunisia's ons jabeur, last year's beaten finalist. in the men's draw, world number one carlos alcaraz looked supreme again, seeing off 36—year—old jeremy chardy in three. and andy murray, ten years on from his first wimbledon title, now 36 and playing with that metal hip, was understandably delighted to beat british player ryan penison in straight sets, with roger federer watching on, on the day his incredible eight wimbledon titles were celebrated at centre court. last year's beaten semifinalist

cam norrie has not matched his form of last year lately but won in four sets. wednesday's weather forecast thankfully is better here, with a lot of first—round matches yet to be completed. cycling now. britain's adam yates is still in the yellowjersey after stage 4 of the tour de france. this was the second of two flat stages in south—west france before the first mountain stage in the pyrenees tomorrow. and a bit of deja vu — mark cavendish's had his second chance to win a stage this year and break the all—time record, but he'll have to wait until friday at least, because — yet again — belgium's jasper philipsen outsprinted all the fast men to take the stage win. drew savage reports. at the tour de france, you've got to do what you can to get a good view of the action. it was another quiet day for adam yates, all about saving energy. he'd only have to finish in the main bunch to keep the yellowjersey. early on, there was more entertainment on the side of the road than actually on it. the stage was building towards a devilishly fast finish, even if it didn't feel like it at times.

mark cavendish, like all the sprinters, was waiting in the peloton for that moment, which arrived on the motor racing circuit of nogaro. they say some sprint finishes can feel like being inside a washing machine. chaos reigns. european champion fabiojakobsen crashed out on the run—in, and once again it was jasper philipsen and his alpecin team who responded best to the situation — two wins in two days for the belgian, this time by centimetres. cavendish said as soon as those blue jerseys swept past him, he knew it wasn't his day. yates, though, had done hisjob with quiet efficiency. his big test comes in the mountains tomorrow. drew savage, bbc news. england vice—captain ollie pope has been ruled out of the rest of the ashes series with a dislocated shoulder — an injury suffered during the controversial second test at lord's. his england team—mates have been training ahead of the third test, which gets under way at headingley on thursday. england are 2—0 down in the series and joe root admits pope's injury is a blow for the hosts.

it will be a big miss for us, obviously. he is a player. and he is a great mind to having the group as well. we gain a huge amount from having him as vice captain, as do a huge amount of guys around. of course it will be a huge loss. he is an integral part of the team and will which need to be for many more years to come. —— will continue to be. england striker alessia russo says she is "beyond excited" to join arsenal. she has joined on a free transfer following her departure from manchester united after her contract expired. united had previously turned down two world—record bids from arsenal injanuary, with the second offer believed to be close to half a million pounds. she is part of the lionesses squad heading to the world cup in australia tomorrow. daniel farke has been appointed the new leeds united manager. a two—time winner of the championship while in charge of norwich city, the 46—year—old german has agreed a four—year deal at elland road.

and that's all your sport for now. from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the team, bye—bye. hello there. quite a lot of you will have seen some fairly heavyish rain around through tuesday afternoon. on the satellite picture, you can see a couple of bands of cloud. this one for scotland and northern ireland brought some showery conditions. this one in the south was a system that continued to develop, and we saw rain become extensive across southern england, southern wales, the midlands and east anglia. this system is going to continue developing through the course of the night. and so we're looking at a band of heavy rain moving its way eastwards. the wettest weather for norfolk and suffolk, where we could see around 30 or 40 millimetres of rain by the end of the night. and as that low pressure deepens, we've got a swathe of windy weather

to the east coast of england with gusts of wind running into the forties of miles an hour by the time we get into the first part of wednesday morning. so wet and windy weather to start the day here. then this area of low pressure clears off into north west europe where it will be bringing some potentially disruptive winds, perhaps strong enough to bring down a few trees. for us, though, it's a day of sunshine and showers. now because it's going to be quite a breezy day if you do see a shower, it won't last very long, maybe 15 minutes the rest of your day dry with some sunshine. temperatures still a little bit below par for the time of year. now at wimbledon compared with the wash—out that we had on tuesday afternoon with rain really curtailing play, we're looking at much better weather for wednesday. there could be a passing shower. it won't last very long and for most of the day, play will get under way unaffected, really, could just see a 15—minute delay or so. low pressure then moves in to the west of the uk for thursday, and this is going to be bringing some heavy rain, particularly to western counties of northern ireland, where there's a risk of seeing some localised surface water flooding, hazy spells of sunshine elsewhere across the uk. and given that we should start to see the weather turn a little bit warmer,

those temperatures getting close to average for the time of year across england, wales and eastern areas of scotland. for friday, still the threat of some heavy rain across the north west of the uk thanks to these wiggling weather fronts. but across more eastern areas we start to get southerly winds drawing in some much warmer weather. and for england and wales, that means temperatures will be surging upwards. and indeed, on friday, we could see highs reaching around 28 degrees celsius in london. so feeling hot and quite humid, warm weather for wales, 26 in cardiff, and starting to warm up for the eastern side of scotland as well. the weekend, more warm, if not hot, weather across eastern areas of the uk, but otherwise there'll be lots of showers and thunderstorms around through the second part of the weekend and deep into next week as well.

tonight at 10pm... israeli forces begin to withdraw from the palestinian city ofjenin, after one of their biggest military operations in the west bank for years. nearly 48 hours of gun battles and explosions have left 11 dead and dozens injured. more violence is guaranteed, in the absence of a political process, in the absence of any hope for peace. in tel aviv, a palestinian man from the occupied west bank injured seven people — he was later shot and killed.