thank you, peter veash from the bio agency. of the other stories making the news. president trump has been hailing a $10 billion dollar investment by taiwanese electronics giant foxconn — as proof his america first policy is making a difference. at a press conference at the white house, foxconn‘s ceo unveiled plans for a new plant in wisconsin making lcd screens — creating 3000 jobs. samsung electronics is on track to make record profits this year after its best ever set of second quarter earnings. they were up over 72% to more than $12 billion in the three months to the end ofjune. the financial success comes as samsung's boss faces a corruption trial and the company recovers from a massive recall of its flagship smartphone. profits at german car—maker volkswagen more than doubled in the last quarter. the strong earnings were a result of cost cuts and sales in new, higher—margin models. the results come a day after volkswagen defended alleged collusion in the car industry, saying cooperation with rivals like bmw and daimler ac