the goal overall will be to instill confidence in the american banking system. federal regulator said depositors will have access to their money today. the measures have effectively waived $250,000 insurance and of $220 billion in assets uninsured. at least 29 companies were impacted by svp collapse like pinterest, fitbit, ziprecruiter to name a few. the same has been done for new york signature bank, which was shut down over the weekend pure treasure secretary janet yellen said the action does not equal bailing out the banks. we are in the middle of a financial crisis. if you were investors and owners of systemic, large banks that were built out and we are certainly not looking to reform put in place and that means we will not do that again. but we are concerned about depositories ever focused on trying to meet their needs. ceo of pershing square eckman agrees this was not a bailout in terms of how the term has been used as of recently mainly because taxpayer funds will
and the singer ed sheeran opens up about using music to cope with depression. in the us, the head of the fbi has claimed it is most likely that covid i9 originated from a leak from a chinese government controlled lab in wuhan. china has accused the fbi of politicising the investigation into the origins of coronavirus, and says there has been no new scientific evidence to support the theory. other us agencies believe the virus developed naturally. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports. suspicions have long swirled around wuhan s laboratories. now, three years after the start of the pandemic, they ve burst into the open once again. the fbi has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident in wuhan. here you re talking about a potential leak from a chinese government controlled lab that killed millions of americans. from the start, many scientists believed that covid had passed naturally from animals
from his nicaraguan prison cell and flown to america. the good news is he s been reunited with his family after years apart. the bad news is ortega is trying to eliminate all opposition. so has resistance become impossible in nicaragua? felix maradiaga in miami. welcome to hardtalk. thank you, steve. and it s a pleasure to be back here. well, it is great to have you back on hardtalk, not least because you have just emerged from more than 600 days in a nicaraguan prison. was it a surprise when you were told that you were to be released? the release was a surprise given we were under terrible, inhumane prison conditions. and one of the most complicated parts was the complete isolation. we were not allowed phone calls for 611 days. i had no access to lawyers. even our trial took place inside the prison. so we were not able to really know what s going on outside. is it true that you lost, i think nearly £60? that is, what, 20 or more kilos in the course of your imprisonment? ind
to travel on the cheap. i was earning very good money, putting frozen pies in a box. you can absolutely fund all this traveljust by moving around and working. and the final curtain at broadway s longest running show. this is the first show i ever saw on broadway, and it s my broadway debut, so it s a beautiful, beautiful full circle moment for me. sitting halfway between the scottish mainland and norway, the shetland islands have a unique combination of cultures, and today, the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe the vikings. cheering. so this is up helly aa. it is one of a number of viking festivals that take place in shetland every year, and this one, in lerwick, is the biggest. up helly aa is best known for its night time procession. almost 1,000 people carry flaming torches through the streets, then set fire to a replica viking ship. the day begins with a march through the town, led by the jarl squad, a group of around 60 locals, kitted
president biden the power to ban tiktok overfears president biden the power to ban tiktok over fears it is a potential security risk. and thinking out loud. the singer ed sheeran opens up about using music to cope with depression. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. the head of the fbi has claimed it is most likely that covid i9 originated from a leak from the chinese government controlled lab in wuhan. china has accused the fbi politicising the investigation into the origins of coronavirus and says there has been no new scientific evidence to support the theory. other us agencies believe the virus developed naturally. 0ur north america correspondent john sudworth has more. suspicions have long swirled around wuhan s laboratories. now three years after the start of the pandemic, they have burst out into the open once again. the fbi has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most