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space with afghan women where we could interact with them away from the scrutiny of the taliban. i remember we chatted, we laughed, we had a cup of tea. we got manicures done. we took a photo of of what our nails looked like afterwards, we saw a bride getting ready for her wedding. for that one hour, ifelt like i could be anywhere in the world away from the reality that awaited these women when they stepped outside of the salon into a world where girls are barred from secondary schools...

hello, im sally bundock, here with your top business stories. lets start with oil, because crude prices have risen some 2% after saudi arabia and opec plus countries announced they would be cutting production to stabilise oil prices. saudi arabia said it would make cuts of one million barrels per day injuly, which is around 1% of global supplies. opec plus countries — which account for around a0 % of the worlds crude oil — said they would cut production by some 1.4 million barrels ...

lets start in the us where some of the worlds leading money managers are warning the collapse of another american bank could lead to a credit crunch and an economic slowdown. constrained lending as a result of stricter banking regulation could stifle credit to the us economy at a critical time. well get an expert view on this in a moment but first heres my colleague samira hussain on the collapse of first republic. as of monday, first republic customers turning up at their bank are in ...

thats the first increase after five consecutive months of declines. consumer prices edged up from 6.9% in march, which could further encourage the european central bank to raise interest rates on thursday. joining me now is christian schulz, deputy chief european economist at citi bank. lovely to see you. so, the number is on the up, no great surprise considering what we have seen elsewhere, but the big question is how the central bank response. the ecb has made some progress, i guess,...

hello and welcome to bbc world news. 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. fears about the possible collapse of credit suisse sparked falls in stock markets around the world over recent days, and raised fears of another global financial crisis. the rescue deal follows a weekend of emergency talks between the two banks, after credit swiss saw i...

light. the dazzling display that can be seen a little farther south than usual. hello and welcome. the premise to rishi sunak is on his way to belfast and he calls for mps to back his new deal on postgraduate training arrangements for northern ireland. the agreement removes most checks on goods destined only for northern ireland from the rest of the uk and creates new powers ministers at stormont to fend off changes to eu regulations. however, the democratic unionist party says it stil...

the global economy is expected to grow a paltry 3% over the next five years, according to the head of the international monetary fund. her comments were made ahead of the imf and world banks spring meetings, which kick—off today in washington. our north america business correspondent samira hussain is there. high inflation continues to plague countries around the world. central bankers are raising interest rates to try and slow down those price increases. as a result, however, is we ...

with the regional governor blaming russia. a warning that petrol prices could rise after global oil producer opec agrees it will reduce output. the home office suspends an immigration official and former met officer after a bbc investigation reveals hed been posting racist content on whatsapp. hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining us. breaking news to bring in the last few minutes. police say that at least 20 people are dead, many of them children following a mass shooting...

the first time in its history. multiple explosions rock the southern ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia with the regional governor blaming russia. a warning that petrol prices could rise after global oil producer opec agrees it will reduce output. the british home office suspends an immigration official and former met officer after a bbc investigation reveals hed been posting racist content on whatsapp. hello if youre watching in the uk or around the world. 3a people including 23 children ...

welcome to the programme, packed with dairy delights. but we first must talk about twitter. will he — wont he? the question of whether elon musk would buy the social media network twitter. it has been a six—month roller coaster since mr musk first made his offer in the middle of april. having struck a deal soon after, in earlyjuly the worlds having struck a deal soon after, in earlyjuly the worlds richest man revealed hed changed his mind and intended to pull out of the deal. that ...