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ominous development. the director of the cia confirms what cnn has been reporting, that the u.s. is confident that china is thinking about providing lethal aid to russian troops in ukraine. the agency doesn't believe a final decision has been made by beijing, and today the white house is urging caution. >> and you know, beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance. but if it goes down that road, it will come at real cost to china. and i think china's leaders are weighing that as they make their decisions. >> but let's begi...

bbc news. studio in singapore, this is bbc new-— welcome to bbc news. our top story today: the us defence secretary says he had a rare phone call with his russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a russian fighterjet and a us drone. the race is now on to recover the wreckage of the drone which is thought to be 1,200 metres deep in the black sea. russia has also said it will try to find the wreckage. meanwhile, america's top general said the whole incident was a result of russia's increasingly aggressive behaviour in the area. us defence secretary lloyd austin gav...

america's defence secretary says he's had a rare phone call with his russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a russian fighter jet and a us drone. the race is now on to recover the wreckage of the unmanned aircraft. it's thought to be 1,200 metres deep in the black sea. russia has also said it will try to find the wreckage. meanwhile, america's top general said the whole incident was a result of russia's increasingly aggressive behaviour in the area. us defence secretary lloyd austin gave this update earlier. asi as i have said repeatedly, it's important that grea...

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the swiss central bank has agreed to provide a loan of more than $50 billion to the troubled banking giant, credit suisse, if needed. shares in the bank have plunged 24%, sparking a wider sell—off in european stocks, which closed down more than 3%. it comes days after the failure of silicon valley bank in the us. our correspondent, michelle fleury, has more. hopes that the problems of us banks would stay in the us have not panned out. shares in switzerland second—largest bank credit suisse dropped to record lows. we s...

the swiss central bank has agreed to provide a loan of more than $50 billion to the troubled banking giant, credit suisse, if needed. shares in the bank have plunged 24%, sparking a wider sell—off in european stocks, which closed down more than 3%. it comes days after the failure of silicon valley bank in the us. our correspondent, michelle fleury, has more. hopes michelle fleury, has more. the problems of us bar would hopes the problems of us banks would stay in the us haven't panned out, shares in switzerland is second largest bank credit suisse dropped 20% to record lows, should...