Trump threatens additional 100% tariff on China

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  This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

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  Among the design in the early hours of Saturday, October the 11th, these are our main stories.

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  President Trump threatens China with additional 100% tariffs over its rare earth export restrictions.

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  Palestinians and Gaza are returning to their homes following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas,

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  so they've been shocked by the scale of destruction.

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  The French Prime Minister, Sebastian Leconu, gets his job back just four days after he resigned.

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  Also in this podcast, in a major conservation victory,

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  green turtles have been rescued from the brink of extinction.

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  Sea turtles are a really iconic and charismatic species.

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  They inspire people.

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  All of that coming up later in the programme.

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  Donald Trump is locking horns with China again,

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  saying he will impose 100% import tariffs on Chinese goods by next month,

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  as well as impose export controls on any and all critical software.

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  He says it's a response to China,

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  placing new restrictions on exports of crucial rare earth minerals.

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  China produces most of them.

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  elements that are absolutely critical for US manufacturing.

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  President Trump is due to meet China's President Xi on the sidelines of the APEX summit,

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  which is in South Korea later this month.

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