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space with afghan women where we could interact with them away from the scrutiny of the taliban. i remember we chatted, we laughed, we had a cup of tea. we got manicures done. we took a photo of of what our nails looked like afterwards, we saw a bride getting ready for her wedding. for that one hour, ifelt like i could be anywhere in the world away from the reality that awaited these women when they stepped outside of the salon into a world where girls are barred from secondary schools in most provinces, where women can't attend university, where women can't work for domestic or inte...

hello, i'm sally bundock, here with your top business stories. let's start with oil, because crude prices have risen some 2% after saudi arabia and opec plus countries announced they would be cutting production to stabilise oil prices. saudi arabia said it would make cuts of one million barrels per day injuly, which is around 1% of global supplies. opec plus countries — which account for around a0 % of the world's crude oil — said they would cut production by some 1.4 million barrels per day from the start of next year. but not all members of the cartel were happy, with nigeria a...

let's start in the us where some of the worlds leading money managers are warning the collapse of another american bank could lead to a credit crunch and an economic slowdown. constrained lending as a result of stricter banking regulation could stifle credit to the us economy at a critical time. we'll get an expert view on this in a moment but first here's my colleague samira hussain on the collapse of first republic. as of monday, first republic customers turning up at their bank are in fact customers ofjp morgan chase. the signs above will soon change. first republic had been under...

that's the first increase after five consecutive months of declines. consumer prices edged up from 6.9% in march, which could further encourage the european central bank to raise interest rates on thursday. joining me now is christian schulz, deputy chief european economist at citi bank. lovely to see you. so, the number is on the up, no great surprise considering what we have seen elsewhere, but the big question is how the central bank response. the ecb has made some progress, i guess, the base rate was in double digits at the end of last year, we are now down to 7%. no further prog...

hello and welcome to bbc world news. the government of switzerland says that the country's biggest bank, ubs, has taken over its troubled rival credit suisse in an emergency measure designed to protect the swiss economy. fears about the possible collapse of credit suisse sparked falls in stock markets around the world over recent days, and raised fears of another global financial crisis. the rescue deal follows a weekend of emergency talks between the two banks, after credit swiss saw its value plummet over the past week. the swiss national bank said the deal was the best way to rest...