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and hopes of a deal between gary lineker and the bbc in a row over impartiality which disrupted sports programmes over the weekend. hello and welcome to bbc news. the us government says people and businesses who have money deposited at silicon valley bank, which collapsed last week, will be able to access all their cash from today. a statement from the us treasury and the federal reserve said depositors would be fully protected and said american taxpayer would not bear any losses from ...

on the tech sector. junior doctors in england will walk out on strike for the next three days, calling for a masive pay increase to reverse 15 years of below inflation pay rises. a great night for the eccentric multiverse film everything everywhere all at once, which has won seven oscars, including best picture, best director, and best actress for michelle yeoh. this is proof that dreams train dreams do come true. and, ladies, dont let anybody tell you you are past your prime! hello an...

five or ten years being really characterised by a lot of churn and push towards more statism. we remain quite sceptical of the ability to turn the economic fortunes. there have been good signs in the past, a few days that they are a bit more rational, realistic, setting the gross targeted 5% but the end of the day, the composition of the committee is reallyjust where xi jinping is, that shows that politics will be there for a little while longer so we take the news with a grain of salt...

of widespread unrest. taiwans president tsai ing—wen has pledged to bolster the islands combat power and defences in a major speech on taiwans national day. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. there is one question which haunts the chancellor, haunts any chancellor of any political party stopping it is, what will the iss say? because the verdict of the institute for fiscal studies on whether the numbers add up, any budget o...

of the institute for fiscal studies on whether the numbers add up, in any budget, or what these days we have to call fiscal event, can be devastating for a politician. that verdict is treated like the word of god, not least by broadcasters like the bbc who have experts from the ifs on our programmes all the time. my guest this week is the director of the ifs, pauljohnson. welcome to the programme. if the ifs is the word of god, that makes you god. how does that feel? very strange. he c...

ten people have been killed and eight injured in an explosion at a petrol station in the republic of ireland — police say it appears to have been a "tragic accident". protests continue in iran and around the world as three people are killed in the country. now on bbc news — its political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking. one question haunts the chancellor, any chancellor of any political party. it is what will the iss say because the verdict of the institu...

after elon musk�*s takeover. and finally, the sun reports that former model and actress patsy kensit is set to join the cast of eastenders. so lets begin. thanks forjoining us. yasmin, front page of the financial times weekend, our top story, elon musk cutting a lot ofjobs and he has said it is unfortunate what has happened but that twitter is losing $4 million per day, that is the latest from the owner of twitter. does that justify cutting so manyjobs so quickly? he cutting so manyj...

"king of the bungle" leads the metro, as matt hancock is accused of cashing in on covid by appearing on hit show im a celebrity, get me out of here. by appearing on hit show im the daily mail says hancock faces uproar from voters and his party. the daily star says, "youve gotta feel sorry for the bugs." the front page of the i headlines the new £880 hike to mortgage bills in the uk. the financial times leads on the pressure on the major oil companies to help ease the cost of living cr...

global profits of more than £7 billion in the three months to september. unrest in brazil — as bolsanro supporters refuse to accept the result of the presidential elections. police fire tear gas as they try to break up blockades of major roads has been shot dead in texas at the age of 28. he was attacked at a bowling alley in houston. counter—terrorism police have taken on the investigation into a firebomb attack at a dover immigration centre. two or three devices — described as...

like because it in effect puts a border down the irish sea. now on bbc news, its time for political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than interrogation of someone whose political thinking shapes all of ours. this week my guest is a symbol of the modern labour party, a symbol if you like of a party of two eras. on the one hand, 13 years in power. on the other, 12 years of powerlessness. yvette cooper was once a young rising...