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we'll have a special report. hello, very warm welcome to the programme. the financial times is reporting that ubs — switzerland's biggest bank — has agreed to buy credit suisse for more than two billion dollars. there's been no confirmation yet of whether the offer has been accepted. it's thought an earlier offer of $1 billion was considered too low. the swiss banking giant had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america's silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion by switzerland...

the financial times is reporting that the swiss bank ubs has offered to buy its rival, credit suisse, for more than $2 billion. the swiss government is due to hold a press conference in about half an hour's time in bern. credit suisse had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america's silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion by switzerland's central bank, but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. let's get more on this with our business correspondent, marc ashdown....

donald trump fans the flames of resentment in a message to his supporters, telling them he expects to be arrested within days. vladimir putin makes a surprise appearance in occupied ukraine. this coming just a day after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for the russian president for alleged war crimes. chinese leader xi jinping headed to moscow in the coming days to meet with putin. we'll break down what the two leaders are expected to discuss. former u.s. president donald trump is responding to a potential indictment in new york with the same angry rhetor...

protests. we'll look at the security preparations that might go into such an unprecedented moment. plus -- vladimir putin makes a surprise visit to ukraine, his first since the war began just a day after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for his war crimes. and another upset in march madness, officially sets countless hopes and dreams of a perfect bracket on fire. cnn sports' coy wire joins me live to break down the ncaa tournament. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. we begin this hour in the u.s. where former ...

seen here driving around the ukrainian city of mariupol, despite facing an arrest warrant from the international criminal court. we'll have details, plus a look at where things stand to understand the efforts to charge war crimes against him. here in the u.s., the manhattan d.a. is responding to trump calling for protests in the case he's arrested. and the successionist movement inside of america. why a chunk of one state wants to redraw the map and get absorbed by its neighbor. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. we begin with russian...