Page 4 - Guy Delauney News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

hello and welcome to the programme. the financial times is reporting that ubs has offered to buy credit suisse for up to $1 billion dollars, although bloomberg reports that credit suisse sees that as vastly undervaluing the bank. 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 dollars by switzerland's central bank, but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. our business correspondent marc ashdownjoi...

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...

is the industry ready? plus: the bitter row brewing at starbucks. its former boss denies illegal union busting in a tense appearance before the us senate. and players ready. a $180 billion industry, 45 contenders. who will smite the opposition at tonight's bafta games awards? hi there. "powering up britain" — that's how the uk government is describing its new strategy to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. it's expected to promise £20 billion in funding for carbon capture technology, more investment in nuclear and help for householders to insulate their homes and install heat...

and the cost of living crisis that has triggered. but there are signs of hope are starting to emerge. in the last few hours we've had the latest monthly inflation figures out of spain and that the pace of prices rises fell to an annualised pace of 3.1% in march when using the measure that allows comparison with other countries. that's a big drop from february's 6% and was mainly due to lower energy costs, with food prices also falling. and in germany, europe's biggest economy, there was also a big drop. by the same measure inflation has now fallen to 7.8% as businesses and households...

in brutal trench warfare. get in here and get down. those two russian shells that have just come in, i think it's tank fire. and — tier gas and dozens of arrests in paris — as protests across france against plans to raise the pension age continue into a ninth day. live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 8am in singapore, and 8pm in washington, dc — where the boss of tiktok has been in the hot seat, defending the social media app during a us congressional hearing. around the globe, an estimated 1.5 billion people use tiktok every day — and mo...