our top story today us treasury secretary janet yellen is in china with a tough message. in her five day trip, she plans to warn chinese leaders about overproduction and make the case for american businesses in the country. ms yellen is in the southern city of guangzhou, where she is expected to tell chinese vice premier he lifeng that china is producing too many goods in certain sectors. but first, she'll be hearing from leaders of us companies about how their businesses are faring in china. and how trade tensions are affecting them. william zarit from the cohen group western companies operating in the chinese market. he says yellen�*s visit is more about form than it is content. the message for her will be to encourage the us government to continue to communicate with the chinese officials.

you know, for a couple of years there was bad communication. so good communication with chinese officials and to make sure that the us government understands that having us business in china, active in china, competing in china is good for the companies and is good for the united states. now the treasury secretary is also wanting to push back on china about overproduction whilst also advocating for favourable conditions for us businesses in china. do you think she's going to be able to achieve that? no. ina word. not today, but i think we need to keep that message coming. you know, if you drop a talking point, the chinese will feel, 0k, well, it's solved. so market access will continue to be a strong message as well as national security. she's going to be talking about national security and perhaps they'll talk about some areas where they can cooperate in perhaps third

world financing to help alleviate third world debt. china dominates the sector and its cheap solar panels are being used around the world. in the last couple of weeks, europe has opened an investigation into the subsidies of solar panels from china. on this week's talking business my colleague aaron heslehurst talks to a global panel of industry leaders about whether europe and america can catch up, among them the boss of one of europe's biggest solar companies, otovo. certainly there are enormous amounts of panels already in storage in europe and there's more coming in on ships every single day. we're looking at an oversupply that is enormous. the prices of panels dropped between 35% and 50% in all european countries last year. so obviously, this is a challenge for everyone who is manufacturing or owning panels in warehouses. but for the consumer,

it's excellent news. no one has ever gotten as cheap solar energy as european consumers are getting this year. i've got to ask you, how many of the solar panels that you sell and install, how many of them come from china? i estimate that about 90% are manufactured by chinese—owned companies and 75% are produced in mainland china. we've certainly seen just what happens when europe becomes dependent on energy sources from potentially hostile foreign powers. do you think this all needs to be de—risked? i think you want the ability to make your own panels. you want the ability to make your own batteries. i think that makes sense from a security perspective, both energy security and national security. now, the difference between solar panels and gas is that if you're an exporter, the chinese in this regard become your enemy. the panels will last. they'll keep making

energy for 30 years, whereas if your gas exporter becomes your enemy, they turn off the gas immediately and you get cold immediately. so we have more response time with renewables than we do with fossil fuels. but that doesn't mean that we can go to zero. we absolutely need a local manufacturing value chain in europe. and you can watch the full talking business interview here on the bbc news channel over the weekend. let's go to india now where central bankers are set to announce their latest policy decision on friday. analysts say rates are expected to remain unchanged. the bbc�*s arunoday mukharji has more on what to expect and what are the factors likely to drive the bank's decision. there are two major factors that will be on the mind of officials of the reserve bank officials of the reserve bank of india or rbi as they deliberate on monetary policy. economic growth as well as taming inflation. india grew at a very strong 8.4% in the fourth quarter of 2023.

inflation moderated to around 5%, but still remains above the rbi target of 4%. so officials will also be cautious. india is heading into an intense summer and policymakers will also be hoping for a normal monsoon. there have been warnings of a heat wave that could affect agricultural production, once again threatening crisis. globally speaking, all eyes will also be on crude oil prices, which, if they remain high, then the rbi will also have to factor in the impact of high energy costs into inflation. considering all these factors, rates are likely to remain unchanged, say experts. add an event earlier in the week the prime minister said that rbi must purchase economic growth, but it the same time ensure trust and stability. a member indian elections arejust two stability. a member indian elections are just two weeks away, so economic policy is also likely to have clinical ramifications. the republican presidential candidate donald trump is scheduled to be deposed

later this month as part of a dispute over ownership of his social media company the trump media & technology group which went public last week. the deposition is scheduled for april 15, which is also the start of trump's first criminal trial. for the latest, here's the bbc�*s north america business reporter michelle fleury in new york. trump's media company may never be profitable, but its shares are valued at billions of dollars and those involved are fighting over who gets a piece of it. in february, the co—founders of former president donald trump's media company filed a lawsuit in delaware claiming that mr trump and other leaders had schemed to deprive them of a stake in the company that potentially could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. now, as part of that case, mr trump will be deposed by lawyers for andy lashinsky and wes moss, two former contestants on donald trump's reality tv show, the apprentice. the date, well, it coincides with the start of the former president's first criminal trial here in new york. however, depositions

often get rescheduled. this week, trump media filed its own lawsuit in florida against these two co—founders, arguing mismanagement and saying that they should be stripped of their shares. this is the latest legal twist just days after trump media went public, enjoying a remarkable debut on the nasdaq exchange. shares traded at a high of $78 before plunging days later. as many extol the virtues of ai as an innovative tool that will change the face of business as we know it, cyber criminals are also getting to grips with the new technology, creating ever more sophisticated threats to companies�* it systems. last year, mckinsey calculated that damage from cyber attacks will amount to about 10.5 trillion dollars annually by 2025 - a 300% increase on 2015. my colleague sally bundock spoke to the ceo of a leading cybersecurity company and asked her how businesses can protect themselves.

what we do is use our artificial intelligence to allow a business to learn their own unique digital fingerprints. and by having that really good, intimate understanding of them and their organisation, they can then spot when things start to go awry, whether it's from a widespread known attack or a recent form of ransomware or a zero day that's yet to be discovered, or an insider that has gone rogue and is doing something that they shouldn't. whatever it is, by virtue of the fact that it is not normal for your organisation, darktrace will help them identify it, but then, more importantly, surgically interrupt and stop that attack in its tracks. and how do you make sure that you yourselves, as an organisation are always ahead in this game? because that's the key, isn't it? it is. and there's a constant wave of innovation that happens from cyberattacks. and of course, the recent wave

at the moment is all things about how are they leveraging artificial intelligence to be able to gain access into business? but our approach has never been to try and predict or second—guess what that attack may be and instead focus on us and our organisation and how we may be uniquely vulnerable and how we can take proactive steps today to harden ourselves against an attack, as well as make sure that we're well protected to both detect and respond to an in—progress attack against an organisation. before we go, the hard rock band kiss has sold its back catalogue of songs to a swedish music investorfor a figure thought to be upwards of $300 million. # i want to rock and roll all night stockholm based pophouse entertainment also bought the group's brand, likeness

and intellectual property. the sale marks the band's retirement from live performances on their end of the road world tour. kiss are just the latest musicians to sell their back catalogues for multi—million dollar figures. bob dylan sold his for $500 million and bruce springsteen secured a $550 million deal for his body of work. not bad! and that's it for this edition of asia business report. thanks for watching.

hi, i'm levi with the catch up. tonight, an update on gaza, airport liquid warnings and an olympic diving fail. first, an update on gaza now, where no aid trucks have entered northern gaza

since an israeli strike killed seven aid workers on monday. israel says an investigation is under way but will take weeks. pressure is now growing on the uk to stop weapons sales to israel. a number of charities have paused their operations since the strike, including project hope. it's an ngo that operates a number of health care centres in the region. the very difficult decision we are running to primary, we are running two primary health and maternal child health clinics in gaza and it was a decision made by our staff. we've got a team of 30 on the ground, doctors and nurses. they felt like they needed to stand in unison with their colleagues at world central kitchen. and some other stories now. good news if you're travelling in london. the tube strikes starting next week have been called off as aslef members were meant to walk out for 2h hours on monday, the 8th of april and saturday, the 4th of may. and if you're planning on going away soon, you'll have to keep measuring the liquids

in your hand luggage. some of the uk's major airports, including gatwick, heathrow and manchester, are expected to miss the deadline for new rules to allow liquids over 100ml. and time to leave you with 10 seconds of diving. have a look at this diving fail! 26—year—old 0lympic diver alexis jandard slipped and fell during a ceremony to open a new 0lympic center in the north of paris. you're all caught up now. have a good night. hello and welcome to sportsday. punching their way to the top asjurgen klopp�*s liverpool beat sheffield united 3—1 and return to the summit. euro 2025 qualification starts

on friday for england's women as they begin their title defence. and the wta is taking its best players to a new home. the tour�*s finals tournament will be hosted by saudi arabia for the next three years. hello and thanks forjoining us where we start wirth football and the news that liverpool have returned to the top of the premier league after a 3—1win over bottom of the table sheffield united. after darwin nunez capitalised on a goalkeeping error it looked as though the hosts would cruise to victory at anfield, but a conor bradley own goal levelled matters shortly after the break. with the crowd on edge alexis mcallister�*s thunderbolt gavejurgen klopp�*s side the ascendancy once more, before cody gakpo finished it off late on to take the merseysiders two points clear of arsenal and three ahead of manchester city with 8 games to play.