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welcome to the programme. the updates from turkey and syria are relentlessly grim. the deathtoll has now passed 20,000 — but only a fraction of the devastated areas have been searched, with hope fading for those still trapped. though there are still miracles. these pictures have recently come in from diyarbakir — and they show a little boy, six—year—old basir yildiz, being rescued. crews had been digging for him for 80 hours. but even for the lucky ones like basir, there are ch...

how one woman turned freebies for the famous into a multimillion—dollar branding business. hello there. we start here in the uk where the government is under pressure to tackle a chronic shortage of workers — when it publishes its budget next week. it is adding to wage pressures — pushing up inflation — and holding back economic growth. soaring childcare costs have priced many people, usually women, out of the workforce. post—brexit restrictions on foreign workers have added ...

to $1 billion, although bloomberg reports that credit suisse sees that as vastly undervaluing the bank. the swiss banking giant had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of americas silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion by switzerlands central bank, but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. our business correspondent marc ashdownjoins me now. an urgency around these t...

to test a new alert system. ireland secured an historic grand slam title in dublin. a convincing 13—point victory over england saw them win the six nations in front of a huge home crowd on st patricks weekend. you on st patricks weekend. may have dodged the sho yesterday you may have dodged the showers yesterday but today it will be drier and brighterfor many yesterday but today it will be drier and brighter for many with sunny spells. the full forecast throughout the morning. its su...

vladimir putin, has visited the ukrainian city of mariupol. its the first time hes ventured inside territory seized by russian forces since last years invasion. his visit, under cover of darkness, has been fiercely criticised by the exiled council of the southern port city, which has seen some of the fiercest battles of the war. im joined now by the ukranian mp for kharkiv, maria mezentseva. thank you for being with us. what you make of this visit by president putin? well, nothing spec...

hello and welcome to the programme. the financial times is reporting that ubs has offered to buy credit suisse for up to $1 billion dollars, although bloomberg reports that credit suisse sees that as vastly undervaluing the bank. the swiss banking giant had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of americas silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion dollars by switzerlands central bank, but ...

the financial times is reporting that the swiss bank ubs has offered to buy its rival, credit suisse, for more than $2 billion. the swiss government is due to hold a press conference in about half an hours time in bern. credit suisse had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of americas silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion by switzerlands central bank, but that had not prevented a sha...

that the countrys biggest bank, ubs, has taken over its troubled rival — credit suisse — in an emergency measure designed to protect the swiss economy. credit suisse has seen its value plummet over the last week due to fears about the companys financial health. regulators in switzerland had spent the day trying to pave the way for a deal to be struck before the financial markets open tomorrow. heres the swiss president alain berset speaking at a press conference a short time ago. o...

the government of switzerland says that the countrys biggest bank, ubs, has taken over its troubled rival, credit suisse, in an emergency measure designed to protect the swiss economy. credit suisse had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of americas silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion by switzerlands central bank, but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. heres t...

the government of switzerland says that the countrys biggest bank, ubs, has taken over its troubled rival — credit suisse — in an emergency measure designed to protect the swiss economy. credit suisse has seen its value plummet over the last week due to fears about the companys financial health. regulators in switzerland had spent the day trying to pave the way for a deal to be struck before the financial markets open tomorrow. heres the swiss president alain berset speaking at a p...