2025-12-09
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Pete Ross and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 9th of December, these are our main stories.
Donald Trump has approved the sale of advanced AI chips to China,
reversing a Biden-era ban brought in because of national security concerns.
The US leader has also announced a $12 billion rescue package for American farmers,
hard-hit by his tariffs.
In Sudan, paramilitaries say they've taken control of the country's largest oil field.
Also in this podcast,
scientists say a revolutionary treatment for blood cancers is delivering impressive results.
A takeover battle is underway for Hollywood's Warner Brothers and the headset that made it possible for a man with almost no sight to watch a live football match.
I don't think there's really words to describe it.
It was obviously like the first time that I'd ever actually seen players on the pitch with my own eyes.
I was able to see what was going on off the ball, the expressions on the faces of supporters.
We begin with a significant announcement from Washington on the sale of advanced US-made AI chips to China.
On Monday,
President Trump said his administration had given the green light to Nvidia to sell some of its more powerful AI chips to Beijing.
Approval for the H-200 chip followed months of haggling between tech industry backers who were in favor of a deal and defense hawks who say the sale of these sorts of chips risk giving China a military and economic advantage.
The US President announced a deal in a social media post saying the US government would take a 25% cut of the sales and that Beijing had responded positively.
It's a deal that's been brewing for a while, so what's pushed it through now?