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us, you are in time for the top business stories. we start in the us where, as youve been hearing in the last few hours, meta, the owner of facebook, instagram and whatsapp, has launched its widely—anticipated new conversation app, threads. it allows users to create posts of up to 500 characters and is being seen as a clear rival to twitter. threads is available to download in more than 100 countries around the world, including here in the uk, but not as yet in the european union bec...

between the us and china ranges from taiwan and ukraine to national security and an ongoing trade dispute. janet mui, head of market analysis at rbc brewin dolphin. janet, at rbc brewin dolphin. good to have you with us. what janet, good to have you with us. what you make of this visit? as we said, the second in as many months. canjanet said, the second in as many months. can janet yellen said, the second in as many months. canjanet yellen do said, the second in as many months. can jan...

match of the day sees andy murray face stefanos tsitsipas. theres a host of grand slam champions elsewhere too and keeping across it all at the all england club is chetan pathak. chetan, bring us up to speed. the rain going on with the death first and second round matches played this in time but the sun is out in tennis is relentless. cheer on centre court behind me when liam brody the british wildcat he was a upset last year is playing casper ruud who is the fourth seed who has reache...

and ukraine to national security and an ongoing trade dispute. whats at stake? lets speak now to the duncan wrigley, chief china plus economist at pantheon economics. talk to me about trade because we know they dont see eye to eye on politics but they are also hugely dependent on each other for business. what is at stake in this dispute? business. what is at stake in this disute? ~ , ., dispute? absolutely. the two countries _ dispute? absolutely. the two countries are _ dispute? absol...

them. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tonight, how tenuous is vladimir putins hold on power. what does russian infighting mean for ukraines counteroffensive. and what did the u.s. and western allies know in advance. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we gave putin no excuse to blame this on the west and blame this on nato. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening from kyiv, ukraine. i am ali velshi. and i am here because something unprecedented unfolded over the weekend. never in 23 years under putins russia has this happened. thousan...

forces. so, i think putin is afraid of them. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tonight, how tenuous is black vladimir putins hold on power. what does russian infighting mean for ukraines counteroffensive. and what did the u.s. and western allies know in advance. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we gave putin no excuse to blame this on the west and blame this on nato. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening from kyiv, ukraine. i am ali velshi. and i am here because something unprecedented unfolded over the weekend. never in 23 years u...

is saturday, april 22nd. im aymara walker. victor blackwell and youre in the cnn newsroom we begin this morning with the battle over abortion. the widely used abortion bruggeman kristen will remain available to women in the u. s without restrictions , at least in those states where abortion remains. the decision protects access to the drug at least until the appeals process plays out, but the protection could ultimately be taken away again. court ruling in texas earlier this month susp...

is the director general of the wto, ngozi okonjo—iweala. will rising geopolitical tensions lead to the weaponisation of trade? ngozi okonjo—iweala, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. now, you are one of the worlds key advocates of ever freer trade, more globalisation. whats it like to be doing yourjob when the political tide across the world is running against you? the wtos purpose, the world trade organization, is... its purpose is to enhance living standards, to help create...

well, my guest today is the director general of the wto, ngozi okonjo—iweala. will rising geopolitical tensions lead to the weaponisation of trade? ngozi okonjo—iweala, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. now, you are one of the worlds key advocates of ever freer trade, more globalisation. whats it like to be doing your job when the political tide across the world is running against you? the wtos purpose, the world trade organization, is... its purpose is to enhance living sta...

in brussels in return for a reduced prison sentence. both qatar and morocco deny claims they bribed officials to win influence in parliament. good morning, sally will be with you at the top of the hour but now, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from geneva. im stephen sackur. this place is home to the world trade organization, the institution whose purpose is to maximise free and fair international trade on the assumption that globalisation is good. so what happens when many governments an...