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by democrats in a hearing that at times got fiery today democrats say he didn't prove anything at all as the country heard from the special counsel for the first time our findings were sobering. >> john durham appearing the first time in front of the house judiciary committee about his scathing 300 page report which found the fbi had no actual evidence of collusion when investigating links between russia and the 2016 trump campaign. >> i have had any number of fbi agents who have come to me and apologized for the manner in which that investigation was undertaken. >> but durham was me...

and president trump arrives in scotland for a bank holiday break — surveying his golf courses. good afternoon. nurses are in the middle of their biggest strike so far this lunchtime, with their union the rcn calling on the government to put more money on the table if it wants to end the dispute. about half the health trusts in england are affected by today's strike which ends at midnight. the walk—out is impacting critical services such as intensive care for the first time. the government has insisted it has made a "fair and reasonable" offer. nhs england has warned that staffing...

forecast for europe. the chinese president xi visits moscow, his first visit since russia's invasion of ukraine. in 20 years since the us—led coalition invaded iraq to topple dictator saddam hussein. we look at the legacy. the un secretary—general antonio guterres has hailed a major new report on climate change as a "survival guide for humanity". climate scientists from intergovernmental panel on climate change said clean energy and technology can be exploited to avoid the growing climate disaster. but they also warned a key global temperature goal will probably be missed. they s...

and his supporters. we start with the troubled global banking sector. european markets have closed down more than three percent, spooked by a major sell—off of shares in the swiss banking giant, credit suisse. coming days after the collapse of us based silicon valley bank, it's prompted fears of a full—blown crisis in the sector. let's take a look at the damage at the close in europe today. shares in credit suisse plunged to a record low, falling 24%. that came after its biggest investor said it could not give the bank any more financial help. here in the uk, the insurer prudenti...

let's get down to business. hsbc has just reported a 92% surge in quarterly profit. rising interest rates helped to swell its net interest income. europe's largest bank that's headquartered in london said pre—tax earnings ringed in at $5.2 billion for the fourth quarter — that's better than expected and up from $2.7 billion the year before. but it's biggest shareholder, ping an insurance of china, is putting pressure on the board to pivot further east. that's one of the challenges facing hsbc. let's discuss this with will walker—arnott, senior investment manager, charles stanle...