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and we will try to watch those throughout the programme but we will also look at some of the top business stories because they are developments in banking. first republic has failed in the us but it has been rescued and of course there are concerns about the wider banking industry and another us bank has collapsed and that has caused shock around the world. first republic will be taken over byjp morgan in a deal orchestrated by regulators and it has been under pressure for weeks as cus...

it will include the models behind popular chatbots like chatgpt. ai industry has faced scrutiny from regulators lately, over the pace at which it is developing technology to mimic human behaviour. the uk watchdog will assess whether or not ai provides an unfair advantage to companies that are able to afford the technology. lets speak now to stephanie hare, whos a tech expert. what will this review focus on? it will focus on may two things. because this is the competition authority, it ...

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,...

economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter thanks to robust consumer spending after lockdowns were lifted. but factory output has lagged due to weak global growth and this latest data raises questions about the sustainability of chinas recovery. a market strategist told me these numbers show how uneven chinas recovery has been. a pretty dire set of numbers, although services is still an expansion. it has come below expectations, but of course the bigger shock on the manufac...

the first working day in serbia after a two—day labour day holiday so the kids had a short spring break and basically today at 8am they were back into the classroom. everything seemed like a very normal start of a school day until at around 840 local time, close to the end of the first class, the student with the initials, k k, that is how police have identified him, entered the school with a gun and started a shooting spree in the primary school. . ~ , ., shooting spree in the prima...

in the past hour we have just had an update on some important data. they show the worlds biggest economy is still growing but more slowly than first thought. the first three months of this year the us economy grew by 1.1% months of this year the us economy grew by1.1% and months of this year the us economy grew by 1.1% and that is on an annualised basis with consumer spending still remaining pretty strong but many analysts have been expecting todays figure to be closer to the 2% mark w...

now its time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. what a difference a day makes. today, weve lost all that sunshine we had yesterday, instead we have that rain around, lets have a look at the radar of the last few hours. the screen heads up the last few hours. the screen heads up the western side of scotland, is an off somewhat. we have seen rain pushing and across more southern england, continuing to work its way into the midlands and across east anglia. not that heavy, but cool...

address to the country since anti—government protests erupted last month. his brother, the prime minister, resigned on monday. now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from washington, im stephen sackur. when vladimir putin made that momentous decision to invade ukraine, maybe he calculated that the us was too weak, too polarised to offer anything more than ritual condemnation. if so, he was wrong. american weapons are now flowing into ukraine. unprecedented sancti...

democrat senator mark warner. is this ukraine war the wake—up call america needed? senator mark warner, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. is there an attitude in this city, washington, dc, that you politicians are now prepared to do whatever it takes to ensure ukraines victory in the war with vladimir putin? well, my sense, stephen, is that this is not only an attitude thats reflected by politicians, by the american public, quite honestly, i think it is the british governmen...

$40 billion in aid for ukraine. most republicans joined democrats in supporting the deal. the funds will be used to provide military support to ukraine and humanitarian assistance to the civilians affected by the russian invasion. now on bbc news, stephen sackur is in washington, with hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from washington, im stephen sackur. when vladimir putin made that momentous decision to invade ukraine, maybe he calculated that the us was too weak, too polarised to offer a...