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hello and welcome to bbc news. banks and governments around the world are nervously watching the european markets to see if the crisis surrounding credit suisse will develop into a global banking crisis. so far things seem reasonably calm with shares in credit suisse rising almost 30% after the swiss national bank gave it a lifeline. but there are concerns that a potential interest rate rise later on thursday by the european central bank could add further volatility to the situation. e...

220400 or go to miso book dot com. hello and welcome to inside politics. im john king in washington. it is a very, very busy news day. thanks for sharing your time. some new cnn polling releasing this hour. it is a sober reality check for president biden. tough performance grades and a big wow on the question of deserving four more years, plus a simply blockbuster blonde bombshell report. get this supreme court justice clarence thomas. did not disclose luxury trips around the world wor...

protest for gun control. their republican colleagues called it breaking the rules of decorum. the lead starts right now. debate and voting underway right now, as tennessee state house republicans try to expel three statehouse democrats, they protested on the statehouse floor in the wake of the nashville school shooting, but should they really be kicked out of office plus airspace over northern israel shut down after rockets were intercepted, fired from lebanon. this is just one day aft...

the road. hang on. hey soft! mr mr. clark please stop clock. mr. wendell, please. that is that is not appropriate. the suspension of the rules. request mr clerk. can we just go back? over what what that was. one second one second. alright, were gonna. be watching the proceedings here just to bring people up to speed state representative gloria johnson. ah again born just like a former state representative jones, not born in tennessee, moved to tennessee to go to college. he went to uni...

half of abortions and the united states. justices alito and thomas publicly dissented. and again this battle it is not over yet. the next step in the litigation will be at the fifth circuit court of appeals on may 17th. but this tonight its a big win for the biden administration after its emergency request to keep the fda approval of the drug with a federal judge blocked it. the president has issued a statement tonight saying, quote i continue to stand by fda as evidence based approval...

and tributes for the hollywood film starand model, raquel welch, whos died at the age of 82. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. the search has begun for the next leader of the scottish national party and first minister of scotland —— following nicola sturgeon�*s surprise decision to stand down on wednesday afterjust over eight years in power. the snps national executive committee will meet on thursday to draw up a timetable for a leadership race. n...

almost a year after russia invaded ukraine the bbc�*sjohn simpson talks to president zelensky about his countrys future. because of soaring energy costs. and coming up on sportsday on the the bbc news channel. as they prepare for this summers�* world cup, euro 2020 winners — england take on south korea this evening in their first game of the arnold clark cup. good evening. the family of the missing woman nicola bulley have called for people to focus on finding her and to stop spe...

lets start with the war in ukraine. russia has launched a fresh wave of missile strikes against ukraine — speaking to the bbc, the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has ruled out conceding any territory to russia in a potential peace deal. our world affairs editor, john simpson, reports from kyiv. with the anniversary of the russian invasion coming close, president zelensky is showing signs of increasing confidence. hes been visiting several of his main backers in britain and ot...

possible explosives to deflate the balloon. >> gillian: in a moment, karine jean-pierre will be asked questions why the president waited nearly a week to shoot it down. >> john: we will bring you the white house briefing when it begins. john roberts in washington, good to kick the week off with you. >> gillian: you, too, john. im gillian turner in for sandra smith. the president said ordered the military to take out the balloon after it had been drifting for days. they say the military...

so now heres what we know. the balloon is about 200 feet high, the pay load, which you saw suspended beneath it to gather intelligence was about the size of a jetliner. that debris, which is expected to include glass solar panels was spread out over the size of 15 football fields. may have included battery material, explosives that would detonate that vehicle. the pieces now on their way, some of them, to the fbi lab at quantico for analysis. so theres a lot of discussion about how thi...